THE MTTIG NEWS.
Published Every Saturday at Huttig, Ark
C. A. BERRY, Editor and Proprietor.
Entered as second class matter May 3, 1 907 at
the postoffice at Huttig. Ark., under the act of Con
gress of March 3, lfc?9
Subscription Price. $1.00 per year in advance
Otherwise $1.50 per year.
Advertising rates will be Furnished on Application.
Saturday, December 23, 1916.
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TOWN Of NCI AES.
Tne following are the duly elected of
ficials of the incorporated town of Hut
t tg: g,
Mayor—C. T. Thompson.
Recorder- W. H. Moore.
Marshal—W. T. Terrell.
Aldermen L. M. Despain. A. E. Lucas,
J. B. Crockett, T. B. Weaver and F. VV.
Scott.
Board of Education W. H. Moore F.
W. Scott, L. F. Magee, J.C.Bridges, J. H.
Sehon and C. R. Duncen.
THE 2 1-2 CENT PIECE.
The director of the mint, in an
annual report recently made public,
recommended the passage of a law
authorizing 2'^. coins of nickel and
copper. He said: "When you
consider that we have no coin be
tween the 1 cent piece and the 5
cent piece, and that many an ar
ticle worth more than a cent and
less than 5 cents sells for the lat
ter price because of the lack of an
intermediate mometary unit of val
ue. tne economic importance of it
will be readily seen.”
The one-cent piece has been
losing favor of late because so few
things can be bought for less than
a nickel. A lot of pennies in pock
et or purse are a nuisance. A2'2
cent coin might save a little of the
expense the nickel has gotten us
into. And it would be easier to
handle than several pennies. Goods
costing 25 cents per pound or yard
could be bought in smaller amounts
without the usual loss of a half
cent to the customer.
While it would probably require
some rather strenuous mental
gymnastics to make ourselves at
home with such a coin, it would
very likely be a benefit to us in the
end.
Striped suits and checkered
careers go together.
It's an unreasonable man who
insists that his wife be reasonable.
Parents make themselves foolish
telling how smart their offsprings
are.
The fire that starts through ig
norance is just as hot as one that
is started by an incendiary.
The dress doesn't necessarily
make the woman, but some of
them show how she is mad/’
Now that the Dardanelles will go
to Russia, it is only necessary for
Russia to go to the Dardanelles.
If the whole country goes dry
what are cartoonists and jokesmiths
going to do to fill space the first of
each year.
Texas is making sausage from
.iackrabbit meat, and we expect to
hear any time that food has taken
another jump.
The fact that the United States
steel corporation has unfilled ton
nage orders on its books for more
than 11.000,000 tons of material
suggests not only activity and
prosperity, for a long time, but also
the reason for delay in the delivery
of structional steel.
Wall Street speculators who are
scolding the banks in relation to
the Federal Reserve system for
the higher rates now charged on
stock-market loans than for com
mercial paper seem to forget that
this was just about the way the
Federal Reserve system was de
signed to work.
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Local News of the Week.
W. P. Reasons. Notary Public,
First National Bank.
Dr. L. F. Magee was confined to
his home this week by illness.
E. R. Ford spent Monday in
Monroe.___
J. A. Woolley was a business vis
itor to Monroe Wednesday.
Faytie Carter visited with his
mother in El Dorado Sunday.
R. R. Cole was a business visitor
to White the first of the week.
J. C. Benson arrived home Sun
day from a trip to Fordyce, Stamps
and Fort Smith.
Miss Agnes Reagan is spending
the holidays with her aunt, Mrs.
Mike John, in Monroe.
Wm. Estheridge and wife of
Nashville were here this week vis
iting their son, Ed and family.
Gus Terrell of New London was
here Wednesday visiting his broth
er, W. T. Terrell and family.
F. W. Scott arrived home Sun
day from St. Louis where he ac
companied his wife last week.
J. P. Waldron and family left
Wednesday for Ruston, La., to
spend Christmas with relatives.
RUB-M Y-TISM-Antiseptic.
Relieves Rheumatism. Sprains,
Neuralgia, etc. adv.
The Young Mens’ Berean class
meets every Sunday morning at
9:45 at Baptist church.
Break your Cold or La
Grippe with a few doses of
666. _adv
N. H. Knox ha§ purchased W. R.
Dickerson's farm just outside of
town and Mr. Dickerson has moved
into town.
Percy Pryor of Baton Rouge,
La., is here to spend the holidays
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. G.
J. Pryor.
If the story his neighbors are
telling on D. W. Spencer is correct
he is some foot racer but at that
he cannot outrun a Christmas tur
key. __
The golden plover of the Pacific
ocean migrates from Alaska to the
Hawaiian islands. Its flight takes
it 2.000 miles across an inlandless
sea. _
No. 666
This i* a prejeription prepared especially
for MALARIA or CHILLS &. FEVER.
Five or six doses will break any case, and
if taken then as a tonic the Fever will not
return. It acts on the liver better than
Calomel and does not gripe or sicken. 25'
There were 14.685 bales of cot
ton ginned in Union county up to
Dec. 1, this year, as compared
with 10.557 up to the same
date last year, according to the re
port of Special Agent C. R. Duncan.
E. B. Short and family are
spending the holidays with relatives
in Cherry Valley.
Mrs. A. G. Fish and son are
spending the holidays with her
mother at Ruston, La.
Mrs. Minnie Wells is here from
Smithton spending the holidays
with her daughter. Mrs. R. E. Ebts
and family.
It has been found that a few
thorough application of crude pe
troleum to the interior of poultry
houses will destroy completely the
common red mite infesting chick
ens. __
Rev. A. Turrentine left Monday
for Arkadelphia to join his wife.
They will spend Christmas with
their daughter at Mansfield and ar
rive here the latter part of the
month.
Quite a large number of the boys
enjoyed an old time stag dance
Monday night in the house recent
ly vacated by W. R. Dickerson just
at the edge of town.
Albert Voss, who is attending
Ouachita college at Arkadelphia, is
home for the holidays and will
preach at the Baptist church Sun
day morning and evening.
C. A. Parson and family, who
have been the guests of Mrs. Par
son’s mother. Mrs. L. L. Leslie, for
the past two weeks, left Tuesday
for their new home at Winnsbori,
La. _
RUB-MY-TISM
Will cure your Rheumatisn
Neuralgia, Headaches, Cramps,
Colic, Sprains, Bruises, Cuts and
Burns, Old Sores, Stings of Insects
I Etc. Antiseptic Anodyne, used in
! ternally and externally. Price 25c
A bill prohibiting the transmis
sion of liquor advertisements by
mail to anyone except licensed
liquor dealers or agents has been
favorably reported by the House
postoffice committee. It is aimed
at the so called mail order liquor
business in dry territory and if it
becomes a law would stop the
wholesale and mail order dealers of
Monroe and other cities from mail
ing circulars into Arkansas.
“I notice there is a lot of grippe in
town,” said Luke Lorkins the other
day. "I never had the grippe in
my life, and I'll tell you why. I
never take a bath in the winter
time. It it the acme (whatever
that is) of foolishness to take a
bath in the winter time, and people
who indulge in the folly will pay for
for it sooner or later. The fellows
whc get the grippe are those who
take baths once or twice a week.
People never seem to learn.” The
reporter who got this interview
don't charge anything for this
health hint, and Luke Lorkins, who
is a public spirited mortal, won’t
charge anything either.
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Co-Operation
By FRANK FILSON
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(Copyright, MM, by W. G. Chapman.)
“I can't understand It, Miss Fer
guson,” said Loriiner of the Manufac
turing company. “Here are the Ells
worth people bringing out their new
patent flue on the very same day as
ourselves. And It has the same fea
tures—that escape which we have beer
having patent litigation about. 1 am
sure %omecne has betrayed us!”
He smashed his fist down on the
table. Three times during the last
year the Ellsworth people hud come on
the market with an imitation of one of
the Lorimer patents. Of course, one
could go to law, but Lorimer was tied
band und foot in many legal tights, and
meanwhile he saw the profits of his
factory being snatched from him.
"If I could find the scoundrel I’d
flay him 1” he swore. "Miss Ferguson,
it’s either you or Sanders or Bent.”
Sanders was the company secretary,
Miss Ferguson Lorlmer’s private sec
retary. Bent was the head of the fac
tory.
“Of course, when I spoke of you It
was in jest,” Lorimer went on in a
mollified tone. “But it’s a black be
trayal, Miss Ferguson. Do you think
it’s Bent?”
“The Ellsworth people evidently
have a man at work here somewhere,"
answered Miss Ferguson in even tones.
“I’ll find him,” swore Ferguson.
“And I’ll rip the hide off him when I
do.”
Miss Ferguson looked curiously after
Lorimer as he went out to his lunch.
He was a man of about forty yeurs;
he had been fighting the Ellsworth peo
ple for five or six years, and hitherto
successfully. Miss Ferguson had been
with him for nine years, and had seen
Somebody Chuckled Behind Her.
the business creep up until, in place of
a srunll shop in a tenement district, it
hnd its own buildings and covered a
block uptown.
Lorimer trusted her absolutely. He
had no secrets from her. Not even
that about Adnms.
Adams had been the man who set
I.orimer on his feet. A genius without
practical sense, all his Inventions were
appropriated by the man who hired
him for $110 a week. The patent flue
was his, as were the other patents.
Adams was a widower with one daugh
ter.
He hnd finally left Lorimer in a rage,
because he wanted $40 a week, which
Lorimer was disinclined to grant. All
that was before Miss Ferguson Al
tered Lorimer's employment.
Lorimer came home at two, and left
the office at six. Miss Ferguson had
the keys; Lorimer never came back
after he had put on his hat and coat.
At six o'clock he said good-night and
went away. Sanders had already
gone, and Bent did not come through
the office on his way from the factory.
As soon as Lorimer hud gone Mli*s
Ferguson went to the safe and un
locked it. Swiftly she abstracted a
certain set of blue papers and, return
ing to her desk, began jotting down
memoranda from them. She puzzled
over them for 15 minutes. At the end
of that time there was a telephone
ring.
The telephone operator had gone
home, leaving the switch connected
with the office. Miss Ferguson took
down the receiver.
“That you dad?" she called. “Yes,
I have them for sure. The flue attach
ment. I’m just copying the data. No,
there isn’t much of a secret about it—
it's just what yon expected it would
be. Tell E. that I’ll huve the papers to
him by the first post—my copy, of
course."
Somebody chuckled behind her. Miss
Ferguson turned, to find herself look
ing into Lorimer’s face.
“So it was yon, just as I suspected,”
said Lorimer. chuckling again.
The secretary sprang to her feet in
panic. “Touch m* if you dare!” she
screamed.
“I have no Intention of touching you.
Miss Ferguson,” said Lorimer. “My
remarks of this morning were simply
destined to put you into an uneasy
name Ar inina, i nave suspected you
for a good many months.”
“Well, you've caught me with the
goods," she answered defiantly. “What
are you going to do about it?”
“I don’t know,” said Lorimer. “W hy
did you do it? I’m paying you $50 a
week, how much does Ellsworth
pay?”
"Fifty,” snapped Miss Ferguson
"And I'm to get a hundred as soon as
you find out and discharge me.”
“Ellsworth won’t pay you a penny,’
said Lorimer. “He isn't white. What
did you do it for?”
“You call yourself white?” demanded
the girl. “Well—say ’ How about
your treatment of Mr. Adams? You
owe him about two hundred thousand.”
"Simply business,” returned Lorimer.
“Adams was an Impracticable man. He
couldn’t hove used a penny more than
he was getting. As a matter of fact,
he struck for forty, the fool, and that
was what raised my anger. If he’d
asked a hundred I’d have given it. Say,
come, now, what did you do it for?
; Just fifty from Ellsworth?”
The woman thrust her jaw forward.
| “I’ll tell you,” she said. “You ruined
! my father’s life, you kept his nose to
the grindstone, you drove him into his
grave through lack of the recognition
which ought to have been ids. My name
isn't Ferguson at all—it’s Adams. I’m
Mr. Adams’ daughter, see? And when
he died in poverty I vowed to get some
of that money back. Did I do it? Eh?
Did I do it?”
“We’ll come to that later.” said
Lorimer. “Now that I’ve found the
leak, of course I shall have to stop it.
Yon won't expect to stay?”
“Well, I should say not!”*
“But I’ll give you a hundred a week
to get that Job with Ellsworth and
find out what you can for roe.”
“What? Do you take me for that
sort of woman? I haven’t a thing
against Mr. Ellsworth.”
“All right,” said Lorimer soothingly.
"But if he doesn’t live up to the terms
of this bargain?”
“Then yon can count on me," said
the secretary fiercely. “But not till
then. Good afternoon, Mr. Lorimer,
and don't forget your treatment of
Adams has cost you a few thousand
dollars more than if you’d been u white
man."
When she was gone Lorimer sat
down at the telephone In turn. “Give
me 3427.” he told the operator at cen
tral.
"Hello! Is that you, Ellsworth? Say,
that woman spy that I gave those fake
papers to about the flue—well, I’ve
got tired of her. I’m sending her to
you.” 0
"The deuce you are, Lorimer,” an
swered Ellsworth.
“Yes. Cut down her wages, and
give her a few fake papers to betray to '
me. I’ll keep on putting up fifty
weekly.”
“Say, Lorimer,” said Ellsworth in
annoyance, "Isn’t this hobby of yours
a pretty expensive one?”
“Oh, well, I owed something to her
father,” said Lorimer. "Besides, Ells
worth, so long as we both employ her
we’ll know she Isn’t betraying either
of us to the other, and with a woman
of Miss Ferguson’s ability it’s neces
sary to keep her out of mischief some
how. I call fifty apiece cheap, don’t
you? So long!”
Miss a Meal Occasionally.
There are those who imagine that
If they do not have their three regu
lar meals a day they will perish. The
majority of people eut too much: with
them eating is a habit. If they miss
one meal they are totally incapacitated
until the next meal comes around. It
Is these people who should miss a
meal occasionally; they should culti
vate a certain amount of Indifference
to their meals, and the result will be
that their minds will be clearer and
their physical condition better.
N tice.
The Union Saw Mill Company
will pay $50.00 as a reward to any
one, not in its employ, who will fur
oish information from which any
oerson shall be convicted of depre
tating or trespassing upon the tim
ber of said Company.
This 1st, day of February, 1906.
Union Saw Mill Co.
By F. W. Scott,
Sect.. anc| Treas
DR. FOSTER JARRELL
Physician and Surgeon
Office first door west of barber shop
Office Hours: 4 to & and 7 to 8 p.m.
Telephone No. 43
HUTTIG,
ARKANSAS
FOR SALE!
BARRED ROCKS
(Kalamazoo Strain)
Price $1.50 Up
According to Size
Call or Write
DR. J. M. PERRINE,
Felsenthal, Ark.
tj DR. R. A. BARROW
DENTIST
Postoffice Building
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Colored Column
Joe Scates of Graysonia is here
visiting his sister, Mamie.
Prof. P. A. Cook leaves Friday
for Monroe to spend the holidays.
Lo’ura Jones of Doss is here vis
iting Will Oliver and wife.
Dora Riley left for Wesson Sun
day.
Prof. Moseley, the assistant
teacher, went to El Dorado Fhurs
jay to take examination.
The Eastern Star had their an
nual Thanksgiving sermon preach
ed Sunday.
Mamie Brunson returned from
Bastrop Wednesday.
Susie Jackson left for Oak Ridge
Wednesday.
Nettie Mathews is visiting with
friends in Monroe.
Methodist Churrh.
African Methodist Episcopal cnuiv
preaching every 4th Sunday.
Rev. Robt. Lillie. Pastor
E. W. Stewart, Clerk
The A. M. E. Sunday <Scho6l meets a
2:30 each Sunday evening. All velcorr.'
to attend. GM AwetK
Sadie Pierce, Secy.
Baptist Church.
Huttig Baptis ci uk >.
very 1st and 2nd Surica a•
o'clock. John Sit :i,. 1 , st'
The Baptist Sunday Sctroo, ~ei
ery Sunday morning at 9:30 o or
welcome to a'teno.
Maty Houston Sec
The B. Y. P. U. meet- * v.
ilternoon at 5:30.
H B Lew , hr.
Sallis High’ btcy.
Smith's Chapel baptist church ’ as
services every 3rd Sunday at 11a. m.,
and 7 p. m. W. M. Rodgers. Pastor.
Smith's Chapel B. Y. P. U. meets ev
ery Sunday afternoon at 5 30.
Hanah Elhs, Fres
Smith Chapel Sunday school rr.e<tf
every Sunday morning at 9:46.
E. H. Hony t.f
lodge Directcy.
GOOD LUCK LODGE No. ?f 9 F
A. M. meets Second and ^ „b<POt ' a
night. All visitors welcome.
W. M. McCormick. W. .
S. L. Glenn. Sec. ,
EAST LAKE LODGE No Fib? _
U. 0. of 0. F. meets First an T
Thursday in each month.
H. B. Lev i5 n
T W Scates, P. S.
BLUE LIGHT I . CF' if', y. ■ c
meets F ;rst an *d T -o y , va
month. J B Francis, C. C.
K. E. Jackson, K. of R. S.
Roosevelt Chapter. No. 18P OH'
the Easteri Sta
and fourth 'I uesrlay in each mont
Mrs. C. Wilhan -V
Lu.a Git S-.i
HOUSEHOLD RUTH, No. 2990. of
G. U. 0. of 0. F., meets the first and
third Thursday ip each mont! at SO
p. m. Emma Barne? v. N. t>
Carrie Avrrett. W R.
JEWEL TABERNACLE, No. 4i
meets every 1st and 3rd Tuesday.
Dora Riley, H. P.
Lula Glenn, C. R.
ELECTRIC LIGHT COURT OF CA
LANTHE, No. 70, meets first and thire
Wednesday in each month at 1:45 p. m.
Carrie Averett, W. C.
Mary Hudson, R. D.
LEBANON, Chapter No. 41, R. A. M.
meets every 2nd and 4th Thursday night
at 7:30. Emmett Holly, H. P.
S. L. Glenn, Secy.
R. A. WILLIAMS. No. 324, R. C. of F.
meets every first and third Monday night
at 7:25. W. A. High, President.
Rosie Fuller. Secretary.
Administrator’s Notice.
STATE OF ARKANSAS.
COUNTY OF UNION
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has
duly qualified as administrator of the estate of Sam
p Neel, deceased, late of Huttig, Ark., and all per
sons-having claims against said estate are hereby
notified to present the same to the undersigned ad
ministrator within six months from this date or this
notice will be pleaded in bar of said claims.
This the 1 4th day of November. A. D . 1 91 6.
Thos. B. Weaver.
Administrator.
DKS. MAGEE & MAYFIELD
Physicians and Surgeons
At Company Hospital
Office Hours—8 to 12 a.m., 1 to 6 p m
t>undays--9 to 11 a. m., 3 to 5 p. m.
Hesidence Phone 12; offlce.18
- ARKANSAS
NEILL C. MARSH
Lawyer
Practice in All Courts. Rorms 15 and
16, Postoffice Building
EL DORADO, - ARKANSAS
i We pilot ladies'calling--ards.