HfJTTIG
NEWS.
DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS AND UNION COUNTY.
VOL. VI. NO. 10.
HUTTIG. ARKANSAS. SATURDAY. JULY 6. 1912.
PRICE. $1 PER YEAR
Boy Dies From Wounds.
Arvin Cobb, the 19-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Cobb, of
Huttig, died at the home of his
parents at 6 o’clock Monday eve
ning, July 1, 1912, from the ef
fects of a knife wound in the lungs
received June 15. The deceased
became engaged in a fight at the
home of Bunk Brasher, about five
miles east of Oakland. La., where
a party was being given on June
15 and during the fight received
two knife wounds, one of which
penetrated his lungs. The others
engaged in the fight were Harvey
and Loyd Tucker, both about the
age of tne deceased and the trouble
» is reported to have arisen over an
old grudge. We understand that
Harvey Tucker has been placed
under arrest but Loyd who is said
to have used the knife has left the
country. The funeral was held at
3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon and
interment took place at Union
cemetery, Rev. J. R. Rushing con
ducting services.
Mrs. Mi/abrth Henson Dead.
Mrs. Elizabeth Benson, better
known as "Grandma," died at her
home on Sixth street Thursday
evening. June 27, 1912, at 8:30
o'clock, of heart trouble, to which
she was subject, aged 75 years.
The deceased was born on May
22. 1837. and has been a resident
of Huttig for the past three years.
She was a devoted Christian and a
member of the Christian church.
The funeral was held Friday after
noon at 4 o'clock, Rev. J. R. Rush
ing officiating, and the remains
laid to rest in the Harper Springs
cemetery. She leaves four sons
and one daughter to mourn her
death as well a number of grand
children. They are W. A.. J. C..
and A. C. Benson of Huttig and R.
C. Benson and Mrs. Mae Quattle
baum. __
Socialist Namr iickcis.
The Socialists of Union county
met at El Dorado last Saturday
and placed the following ticket in
the field to be voted on at the Sep
tember election:
State Senator—J. E. Beck cf
New London.
Representative W. W. Johnson
of El Dorado.
County Clerk J. L. Burgess of
New London.
Circuit Clerk A. A. Enis of El
Dorado.
County Judge B. H. Stegall of
New London.
Treasurer— R. J. Taylor of La
pile.
Sheriff S. H. Burton of Norph
let.
Assessor—W. Patterson of Hills
boro.
Coroner—Dr. J. H. Ferris of
New London.
It was rumored Saturday that no
candidate was to be nominated foi
sheriff, but the convention changed
its mind. From the location of the
residence of the candidates it ap
pears that New London is the hot
bed of Socialism in the county anc
their members are from both par
ties, asjhejast time_ Mr. Stega1:
ran for office it was on the Repub
lican ticket.
Salt Production LarQe.
The production of salt in the
United States in 1911 was 31,
183.968 barrels of 280 poundt
each, valued at $8,345,692, ac
cording to W. C. Phalen, of the
United States Geological Survey
in a report just issued. This is ar
increase compared with 1910 o1
878.312 barrels in quantity arc
$445,348 in value.
In addition to the domestic pro
duction 1.014.926 barrels of sail
was imported. This imfortatior
was partly balanced by the ex
ports, 349,092 barrels, leaving ar
excess of imports over exports of
665.834 barrels. The United
States is amply able, according to
Mr. Phalen. to supply all the do
mestic demand, as the capacity of
the active mines and plants is larg
ly in excess of the present output
Moreover, there are many plants
now idle that could easily resume
operation should conditions war
rant. __
Cord of Thanks.
We desire to express our sincere
and heartfelt thanks to the friends
and neighbors for the sympathy
and kindness shown us in the re
cent loss of our dear mother.
W. A. Benson.
J. C. Benson,
A. C. Bsnson.
June Weather.
The rainfall in this vicinity for
the month of June was 3.64 inch
es, 1.1 5 of which fell on the first
day of the month. The highest
j temperature recorded was on the
15th when the thermometer reg
istered 95 degrees the lowest on
the 20th when it was 57 degrees
above. Taken as a whole the
nights have been too cool for this
season of the year and have re
tarded crops considerably.
Blggrr Steamships Yet.
The Hamburg-American liner,;
lmperator, recently launched in !
Germany, will be another "last!
word" in marine construction. She !
will have a tonnage of 50.000 tons
or about 5,000 more than the Ti
tantic, and be 900 feet or more
than one-sixth of a mile loner.
Three laps round her deck would
make over a mile. The lmperator
will have accommodations for 5,
000 passengers and will require a
crew of 1.100. She will have all
the latest gimcracks for attracting
the rich, such as a gymnasium,'
swimming-pools, etc. But in view
of the Titanic disaster she will also
be provided with additional safe
guards to Ufe. She has a double
bottom and she will be protected
on her sides by her coal-bunkers.
wild cao in one
I I UCL I I I o
rooms had no protection and on
that account they at once filled
with water when the plating of the
ship was ruptured. A ship is not
finished when it is launched, re
member. It will take another year
to complete the Imperator. She
will run in the service between
Hamburg and New York.
Rub-My-Tism will cure you.
Swat the Fly.
The Arkansas Board of Health
has issued the following fly-o
grams:
Kill a fly in time and save nine
million from being born.
Spare the fly and enrich the doc
tor and undertaker.
Milk is just as nutrious when
free of fly-specks.
Swat the fly and help to advance
the milennium of good health.
Coffins and flies are congenial:
they have interest in common.
A fly-free city would cheat the
cemeteries of many precious bab'es.
The fly is a living apology for the
sanitary shortcomings of a munici
pality.
There is no difference in eating
fly-specked food and food sprinkled
with stable manure: things which
are equal to the same thing are
equal to each other.
The fly is synonymous with filth,
and to allow it the hospitality of
your home and table is to invite
disease and death to take up their
abode in your home.
The sanitary intelligence of a
community may be fairly judged by
its morbidity statistic;; foul food,
flies and filth are directly related to
such statistics.
The New Congressional Apportionments.
After each decennial census
congress provides for a reappor
! tionment of congressional repre
iseniation, based on the new popu
! lation figures. The constitution
provided that there should not bt
more than one representative for
30.000 inhabitants, except that
each state should have at least one
member, even if her population
should be less than the required
j standard. By* 1810 the ratio hao
increased to one for each 35.000
by 1850 one to each 93,000. b\
,1880 one to 152.000, by 1900
| one 1 94.1 82.and under the censur
of 1 9 1 0 it will be one to 2 1 2,407
Thus now the people have onlv
one-seventh the representation ii.
congressthey had in 1 790, although
11j unit) 111I vcli ln« iiumuer 01
members has increased from 65 to
435. If we had the same ratio
that was observed when the con
stitution was adopted there would
have tube about 5.100 members
in congress. As the country grows
in population it is necessary to re
duce the ratio in order to prevent
the house from becoming too un
wieldy. Even now. with 391
members, it is too large to be ef
ficient and the public business has
to be done mainly by committees
and groups of leaders. In the
next congress there will be 435
members and the conditions will be
still worse. However, the parlia
ments of other leading countries
are mostly larger than our con
gress and they manage to legis
late.
1
In arranging- a new apportoin
ment the design is to adopt a com
promise ratio which shall not
i deprive any state of any of its ex
! isting representation. If the house
had been kept down to the present
number this time, for example,
some of the states which have not
been growing rapidly would have
actually lost some of their repre
sentatives. wkich would have been
given to the states that grew fas
ter. The number -435 just filled
the bill. The apportionment act
itself names the figure 433 but
nrovides that Arizona and New
Mexico should each have one.when
admitted, making 435 in all.
The number of votes in the elec
toral college this time with one
elector for each senator and repre
sentative was 483. Under the
new apportionment it would be
533, which would make 267 nec
essary to a choice. The constitu
tion says that each state shall “ap
point a number of electors equal to
the whole number of senators and
representatives to which the state
may be entit'ed in the congress."
Now the question arises, shall the
electoral college this year be based
on the apportionment at present in
force, or the new one? Does the
phrase "may be entitled" refer to
what the state has at this time, or
to what it will be entitled to have
when the new reapportionment has
taken effect? It was proposed in
congress recently that new appor
tionment should government, but
this propisition was not approved.
Therefore, unless there is further
action, the old apportionment, un
der the census of 1 900, will deter
mine the number of electors, which
will remain as at the last presi
dential election, nameiy 483.
However it is likely that congress
will direct the apportionment to be
followed nevertheless, as this was
what was done in 1892 under
identical conditions.
Suffer Painful Accident.
Wm. Manning and wife, who live
about three miles southwest of
town, suffered painful injuries last
Sunday afternoon while returning
1 home from visiting relatives here.
| While going down the steep hill in
front of A. J. Nixon's a line broke
causing the horse to run into the
fence and throwing both violently
to the ground .from their wagon.
Mrs. Manning sustained two frac
tures of the left arm above elbow,
while her husband was badly
iruised and one or two ribs brok n.
f'hey were removed to J. J. Hen
derson's where they can receive
medical attention.
Odd I (-Mows Install Of liters.
The following is the list of the j
newly elected officers of Hutt-g
Lodge No. 348. I. O. O. F.. in
stalled last Tuesday night fot the
ensuing six months:
N. G. T. P. Millstead.
V. G. Harlan Sehon.
Secy. !VL H Claybaugh.
Treas. L. M. Despain.
Warden H. Byah.
Con. Tom Rubottom.
Chaplin J. S. Greer.
R. S. N. G. Dhv ■ Oglethorpe.
I_. S. N. G. J. H. Ray bourn.
R. S. V. G. Joe Welker.
L. S. V. G. Haywood Impson.
I. S. G M. L. Phillips.
O. S. G. A. P. Phillips.
R. S. S. G. B. Bennett.
Advertised letter 11st.
The fol.owmg letters remain un
claimed in the Huttrg-postoffice for
the week ending July 1. 1912:
Gents.
Clem Conie Jessie Harwill
J T Ward Reid Richmond
Jake Johnson Ed Henry 2
James B ack
Ladies.
Etter Hays Sallie Starks
Moilie Thompson Elberta Johnson
* When calling for above letters
please say advertised.
E. N. Collett. P. M.
Notice.
The Union Saw Mill Company
will pav $50.00 as a reward to anv
| one, not in its employ, who will fur
nish information from which any
person shall be convicted of depre
dating of trespassing upon the tim
ber of said Company.
This let, day of February, 1 906.
Union Saw Mill Co.
By F. W. Scott.
Secy, and Treas. 1
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The great seal of the hous°,
which has been in continuous use
since 1830. has become so worn
that it makes only very dim mark
j when impressed on papers. A i
I resolution was therefore adopted
providing for the making of a new
seal. The old seal has only 24
stars and the new one will have 48
the number of states having thus
just doubled during the life of this
seal.
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How to
Remit Money
Bank Money Orders make the best form of remittance -
better than postoffice or express money orders. They cost
less. You don t have to fill out a complicated “application ~
blank." If a bank money order is lost or stolen you get your **
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HUTTIG, AHKANSAS.
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furniture at the Right Prices I
Because a person wants to furnish a home in ex
rjuisit taste, it does not follow that extravagance
should be necessary in making the purchase. That's
our view of the matter. We give a full measure of
value for the price paid whether much or little money
is involved in the transaction. You will notice this
method of equitable pricing throughout all our lines
of furniture.
urniliire for P.rch or lawn,
furniture for the Silting Room.
furniture for Library or Den.
Furniture for the Dining Room,
furniture for .he Bed Room,
furniture *or Ihc Hall,
furniture for the Parlor.
Furniture that will give service is the only kind to buy.
1 hat's the kind we sell. Just get our prices as a basis
for comparison.
WHOLESALE ^SpRETAIL
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