THE HITTIG NEWS.
Published (very Saturday at tluttlg, Ark
C. A. BERRY, Editor and Proprietor.
Entered as second class matter May 3. 1 907 at
ti e oostoffice at Huttig. Ark , under the act of Con
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Saturday, September 5, 1914.
TOWN OtfTCIALS.
Tne following are the duly elected of
ficials of the incorporated town of Hut
t'g:
Mayor—C. T. Thompson.
Recorder—W, H. Moore.
Marshal—Thos. Ashcroft.
Aldermen—L. A. Bodine. A. E. Lucas,
J B. Crockett, D. A. Keasler and F. W.
Scott.
Board of Education—W. H. Moore, F.
W. Scott, C. T. Thompson, E. N, Collett.
L G. Gibson and L. F. Magee.
Democratic Nominees.
U. S. Senator:
James P. Clarke.
Congressman
W. S. Goodwin.
Governor
George W. Hays.
Associate Justice
J C. Hart.
Attorney General
W. L. Moose.
Secretary of State
Earle W. Hodges.
Auditor
L. L. Coffman.
State Treasurer
R. G. McDaniel.
State Land Commissioner
Wm. B. Owens.
Com. Mines. Mfg. & Ariculture
John H. Page.
Supt. Public Instruction
George B. Cook.
Railroad Commissioner
W. F. McKnight.
Circuit Judge
C W. Smith.
Prosecuting Attorney
E. O. Mahony.
Chancellor
J. M. Barker.
Representative
W. H. Helms.
Circuit Clerk
Aichie D. Murphy.
County Clerk
Jesse J. Craig.
County Treasurer
Finn Craig.
County Judge
Henry S. Yocum.
Sheriff
J. M. Wallace.
Tax Assessor
R. E. Harris.
Surveyor
W. B. Armstrong.
Coroner
T. M. Pinson.
LAP1LE TOWNSHIP.
Justices of the Peace
C. B. Wood.
W. R. Richardson.
Constable
J. D. Nelson.
Road Overseer
Walter McGowen.
WILSON’S WARNING.
With accustomed timeliness
President Wilson, in a warning
proclamation which will live in his
tory. admonishes Americans to be
circumspect and charitable during
the present European crisis, a crisis
which might involve this country
in difficulties not at all understood
by those not in touch with the dip
lomatic situation. It surely be
hooves every American citizen, no
matter how his passions or preju
dices run, to be careful of his acts
and words during the European
w ir. the greatest conflict that the
world has ever seen. It is very
easy to express one’s opinion so
earnestly in the hearing of another
that heartaches are caused and
p .ssions aroused. It is very easy
lor a newspaper to make some
foolish “break” which might cause
embarrassment at Washington and
p'nnge this country into war.
WHY NOT 1VG ARKANSAS BACHELORS?
A great many state legislatures
h ve given consideration to bills
taxing bachelors and many con
vincing arguments have been pre
gr nted why men who escape mat
rimony should pay a penalty, but
why not tag them as a more pain
less and effective method of exter
mination? If the bachelors were
tagged the widows could easily find
them and Cupid would do the rest.
The bachelor is naturally timid, but
under the encouraging influences
of a merry widow he can be easily
led to the altar, for there is no more
helpless crift afloat than a love
sick swain who has passed the age
cf discretion, and the little imp who
plays ping-pong with human hearts
has no more able ally tnan a woman
who loves at second sight, for ex
perience makes cupid subtle and
bold.
The women have tag days to
promote most every other public
enterprise, and why not a tag day
for bachelors? We have in Arkan
sas approximately forty thousand
bachelors and an equal number of
widows. Why not get them to
gether and solve two vexatious j
problems with one marriage license? ■
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Gan Americans realize what
raising an army means in conti
nental Europe? Mobilization of
troops in Europe means conscrip
tion. The mere nod of a head and
the beckoning of a finger brings
millions to the colors. There are
no calls for volunteers. There is
no need for any. Men between the
ages of 16 and 35, the age when
energies should be devoted to
peaceful arts, are forced, whether
or no, to fight for their king or em
peror. Americans can hardly ap
preciate the pressure which is
brought to bear on the young men
of the warring powers. There is
no need for further explanation
why millions of Europe’s indus
trious and peace loving citizens
have come to America during the
past sixty years.
The year 1893 seems to have
been a banner year for the girl
babies in Kansas, if the registration
books are to be believed. Accord
ing to the figures presented to the
registration men by the women who
are just voting they are just 21.
Depend upon a woman keeping
away from compromising state
ments, when they affect her age.
Act No. 3 will be a benefit to the
taxpayers of Union county, instead
of an expense. Vote for it.
Some women just have to kiss
each other or remain unkissed.
The candidates are trying to
mobilize the voters.
MEANS INCREASE
Of STATE S WEALTH
MUNICIPAL BCND AMENDMENT
WILL MEAN MUCH GREATER
FINANCIAL FREEDOM.
One of Hio strongest cotnmonda
tions of tlie Municipal Bond Amend
ment is contained in the following
editorial from the Christian ScicncP
Monitor, published iri Boston, Mass:
‘'In common with several of her
sister states, Arkansas at the close of
the so-called reconstruction period
found herself involved in obligations
created for her by political adven
turers and exploiters of her resour
ces. Obtaining repossession of her
full rights of statehood, one of lrr
first acts was to erect a constitution
al safeguard against the recurrence
of such conditions. Bonds had been
issued upon the credit of the statp and
its municipalities, the proceeds of
which, in large part or wholly, were
diverted to private use or scandalous
ly squandered, lienee she inserted in
her constitution a clause prohibiting
thenceforth the issuance of bonds bv
towns, cities or counties. The prohi
bition has been effective in the sense
desired; it remains operative to 'his
day; only throuah direct taxation max
towns, cities or counties In Arkansas
carry on Improvements. They must
pay as they go. In September the vo
ters of the state may decide for them
selves at the polls whether they shall
he privileged. In their collective ca
pacity as towns, cities or counties, to
go into debt.
“It is almost a foregone, conclusion
tliat they will deride in the. affirma
tive, because they did so at the last
regular election, when the Initiative
ami referendum were tiied for the
first time in Arkansas. The amend
ment providing for the right of Issu
tng bonds was then carried by a large
majority, but was nullified by the su
preme ’court upon the tecbuicnli'ty#
that it added to the number of amend
meets that could be vot' d on legally
at the time. The change in the con
stitution—a change which its advo
cates claim will unfetter and liber
ate the state has the indorsement of
the mayors of ihe towns and cities
a.rd may be truthfully described as
a popular proposal.
“It is impossible to conceive of a
repetition in Arkansas of thp deplor
! able experiences that led her to adopt
so restrictive a constitutional provi
sion. There is. at any rate, tto rea
son to feel at this time that the priv
ilege of issuing bonds to meet the cost
of needed Improvements—sueh cost
as might !e Involved in the modern!
nation of her corn m unities—-would bo
abused. Thorp is every reason, on
the other hand, for believing that im
provements of the charaeter consider
ed needful to confmunities in otlmr
states would, in Arkansas, increase
taxable wraith and make for the gen
ernl welfare. Furthermore, the meas
ure of financial freedom gained
through the proposed amendment by
Iho several communities w-otild, we
believe, have an expansive influence,
promote public enterprise and stimu
late laudable emulation in all locali
ties. The present, is in constant debt
to the future; the future is properly
in constant debt to the past; if
through bonding for wublic improve
ment the present imposes obligations
on the future, it also by this means
bestows benefits for which the future,
should he grateful. Some day eco
nomies will lie so perfected as to per
mit of no debt-making, no interest
paying, no public obligations save
those due to the public itself; until
tills ideal shall lie realized it will be
wise to follow the best customs of
the age in which we live aecording to
the best lights we can svtnmon for
our guidance.”
Needed in the World.
Carry the radiance of your soul l.s
your face; let the world have th
benefit of It.—Fox.
STRAMOLINE
Purchase from your druggist a bottle
of STRAMOLINE, the great remedy for
Tuberculosis, Catarrh, Colds and re
builder of run down systems, send us
the label from the bottle. In return you
will receive fre#of charge a serviceable
fountain pen which retails for $1.00'and
the purchaser of a One Dollar bottle of
STRAMOLINE is entitled to enter the
contest for the largest number of words
of the English language that can be built
from the word STRAMOLINE.
If your druggist does not handle
STRAMOLINE, remit us One Dollar,
you will receive the Remedy and fountain
pen promptly.
The contest will be under the super
vision of three prominent citizens of 1
Memphis not connected with this Com- i
pany.
All lists must be received by us not ■
later than October 31. 1914 when con- j
test c oses. Premiums will be distribu
ted as soon thereafter as contest can be
decided.
CASH PREMIUMS
1st Prire for greatest number of words
horn STRAMOLINE ... $100 00
e,'d .... 75.00
3rd 50.00
''♦hi 25.00
5th 10.00
25 consolation prizes for the next
highest lists. $5.00 each. _ 125.00
Total. $585 00
For the first ten lists received by us
we will forward as an extra premium
' another fountain pen. making two that
will be received by the first ten con
testants.
M. L. MOORE CHEMICAL COMPANY.
FalL Building Memphis, Tcnn.
Publicity Will Harm Only Few
Public Officials, But Will
Be Protection For Many
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IT NOT ONLY REMOVES TEMPTATION FROM THE WEAK, BUT PREVENTS FINGER OF FALSE SUSPI
CION FRCM POINTING AT THE INNOCENT.
Grafter and embezzler are barah
words. Fortunately we do not have to
apply them very often to public ofll
' rials In Arkansas.
The records of our penitentiary
show, however, tlimt this state has
been afflicted, like other states, with
unfortunates who, Ivavinir, been placed
in positions of trust, fell into tempta
i tion and went down to ruia and, often
their enmeshed friends, who. as bonds
uien, were forced to share in the
havoc. The tavdodgen represented in
rhe* accompanying eat/oon is with ns
always.
The best way to get rid of e~'*ava
gance or actual graft in piTir ees,
is to REMOVE TEMPTATION. It is
morally wrong; for ns as citizens to
elevate a tnan to office, entrust him
wilh large amounts of money and im
portant duties and then exert little or
no supervision over his acts. If h*s
character is not equal to the test; if
his office soon becomes a means to
advance his own private ends and the
interests of the public are lost sight
of; if he becomes corrupt or even
merely Inefficient or extravagant, are
we not to some extent particeps
oriminis?
Brine on thp big torch of publicity
and see how quickly the oportunities
which make embezzlers, grafters and
crooked politicians of many of our
most promising young men will
vanish.
‘•You can’t be crooked in the light,"
says President Wilson. "I don’t know
whether It has ever been tried or not.
but I venture to say. purely from ob
servation, that it can’t be done.”
The tax-dodger will be scorched into
nothingness by the flame of publicity,
which will come from section four of
Act No. 3. This section provides for
publication in tbs county newspaper
of reductions or Incres.-eo made by
the board of equalization or county
judge of assessment* as fixed by th#
assessor.
Colored Column
G. C. Grayson visited friends
here this week.
A. W. Harper of Graysonia, was
a visitor here this week.
Rebecca, Mary and Saliie High
attended the Sunday school con
i yention at Eagle Mills this week.
W. A. High attended the Grand
Lodge of the Royal Circle of
| Friends at Pine Bluff this week.
Rev. R. H. Hurst preached an
able sermon here Saturday night.
Joe Bradford is improving from
a sick spell.
Rev. A. G. Smith arrived home
Sundav from Texarkana.
Alma Watts visited friends here
this week.
A revival meeting begins at the
A. M. E. church on Wednesday be
fore the 4th Sunday in September.
Services will be conducted by
Revs. R. R. Block, P. H. Hill and
D. A. Hardin. It is hoped that
there will be a good attendance at
each service.
tlected Princpj! of f I Dorado tutored School.
Prof. L. S. Scroggins, who was
princepal of the colored school
here five succcessive terms, has
been elected by the white school
board of El Dorado as principal of
the colored school there. He was
reared in El Dorado, and stands
among the foremost progressive
teachers of Union county. He is
earnest and conscientious and his
strong personality gains him mmy
friends. He fs qualified to fill the
position, having worked his way
through the branch normal college
at Pine Bluff and graduated with
honor in 1909. It is hoped he will
succeed in his new fie'd of labor.
Why I* It?
Sometimes it seems as if every per
son who is lacking in initiative, spe
cial ability or industry desires to be
either a writer, an actor or an artist.
The most agreeable way for a lazy
person to make a living is to express
his own opinions, emotions and im
pressions.—Norman llapgood, iu Har
per's Weekly.
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Notice is hereby given that the
following joint i eaoiutioii, piopoauig
an amendment to toe state Consti
tution, . was passed by the cJeneial
..sseinbly at its leguiar session of
Isis, and tnat the same will ue
submitted to tile elec tors of the
date at the next general election.
14 th,
pro
tile
Ar
tu be held .Monday. September
!#H, for adoption or reject, n.
Proposed Amendment Mb. iH.
That the following is hereby
posed as an amendment to
Constitution of tlie State ,,f
Kansas, and the same being submit
ted to tile electors' of the State
*oi approval or rejection at tins
next giueial election iol henutois
and Representatives if a major,ty
of tile electors voting at a . h e.ac
tion auopt such amendment It- same
.‘[.all become a part ol tne Consti
tution of the State of
to-wit:
A l Kansas,
That Section Fifteen (15) of Article
hive (S| ol the Constitution of t. e Stave
oi Arkui Ras. as amended by An udment
No. 13 declared by the Speak. of the
Reuse of Representatives on K blualy
loth, 1913, to have been ad. ted ba
amended so As to read as foil s:'
"Section 15 ’1 he members of e Gen
eral Assembly shall receive .... th. ir
salary the sum of Seven Hun d an 1
Kilty <1750.00) Dollars, except t Presi
dent of tlie Senate and Speak. of the
House of Representatives, each i whom
shall receive as his salary Kiel.t Hun
dred and Fifty < $£50.00) Dollars for
tin- term of two (2) years; an 1 in ad
dition to such salary the members of the
General Assembly shall recei e five
cents per mile for each mile trn "led in
sidiig to and returning from th seat of
goxerriment over the most dir < t and
practicable route Said salary shall be
payable In the following manner, to-wit:
Five I Jf, 00) Dollars per day for the first
hundred days of any regular s. Ion of
the General Assembly; Provl I the
President of the Senate and Sp< , k-r of
He House of Representatives noxv draw
■ v tJti.iiO) Dollars per day for the fPst
hundred days of any regular -esslon.
The remainder of their salary hall he
raid to them quarterly on the r • st day
of January, April. July and Oct -her of
the year following any regu'ar session
of the General Assembly, and th. Audi
tor of State shall draw his warrants In
favor of the members of the General
Assembly on said dates for the .mount
of salary due each at that tl ■.*. and
mail same to the members at th,lr re
spective p< st office addresses N’.. mem
ber of either House shall rece’.e anr
salary or emoluments for his service#
other than is provided for herein Th#
terms of all members of the Gen al As
sembly shall begin on the day of their
election.
The above resolution was filet |n thfi
off lee of the Secretary of state on March
6. T913.
Karh elector may vote for or agatnat
the above amendment
Witness my official signature t hi Is 19th
day. »f February
(Seal) Secretary of Stt*t«.
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D. A. KEASLER, Agent
Huttig, Ark.
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