THE I1UTTIG NEWS.
Published Every Saturday at Huttig, Ark
C. A. BERRY, Editor and Proprietor.
Entered as second class matter May 3, 1907 at
the postoffice at Huttig. Arlt., under the act of Con
gress of March 3, 1879.
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Saturday, Nlay 4, 1912.
TOWN OFFICIALS.
Tne following are the duly elected of
ficials of the incorporated town of Hut
tig:
Mayor—C. A. Berry.
Recorder—W. H. Moore.
Marshal—Thos. Ashoroft.
Aldermen L. F. Magee, J. W. Perritt,
J B. Crockett, P. H. Pitts and D. F.
Collett
Board of Education—W. H. Moore, F.
W. Scott, M. L. Phillips, E. N. Collett.
L. G. Gibson and L. F. Magee.
If a girl really wants a man’s
love she returns it.
If it be true as reported that the
senate committee which has been
i ivestigating Lorimer is equally
divided, it shows how different a
senate committee is from other
people. _
Contrary to the statements of
romantic people that the words
"I Love You" are the sweetest in
the language, it is believed those
words, "Enclosed please find
check," have a chance to get in the
first division.
TO INCREASE PRESIDENTIAL TERM.
A bill has been introduced by
Senator Works of California for ex
t nding the presidential term from
4 to 6 years. This is a bill that
most everyone in this country, ex
cept politicians, would like to see
passed and if the voters through
out the country will continue to
bombard with letters, we will soon
be electing presidents only every
6 years and prohibiting them by
law from serving more than one
term. During a presidential year
every business man must expect
business to be slow and it is foolish
for this country to indulge in so
much politics when it gains noth
ing by it. but suffers a positive loss.
THE REPUBLICAN FIGHT.
The Democrats in Washington
are watching with a great deal of
interest the bitter fight between
Roosevelt and Taft for the Repub
lican nomination. The fight has
become so bitter that its effects
are bound to be felt when it comes
to the election in the fall.
Roosevelt entered the fight so
late that President Taft had se
cured nearly enough votes to in
sure his nomination before the
Roosevelt fight got a good start.
However, the overwhelming victo
ry that he won in Illinois and Penn
sylvania has had the effect of dis
couraging the renomination of
President Taft. It is believed
that if Roosevelt should win the
nomination of president, the Taft
people would knife him at the
poles, thus insuring the overwhelm
ing election of a Democrat.
CONGRESS AND THE VOTER.
Congress has complained of the
most active bombardment of let
ters from constituents of any pre- S
vious congress in the history of
this country. They say that the
people are watching legislation in !
congress closer than ever before.
One effect of this letter writing to j
congressmen is the passage of the j
bill prohibiting the use of poisonous 1
phosphorus in the manufacture of
matches. President Taft has just
signed the bill which will prevent
the manufacturers from using the
white phosphorus which often
caused the death of its employes.
The activity of voters through
out the country has also compeled
congress to formulate a bill which
will insure the establishment of a
Parcels Post. The express com
panies are bitterly fighting this bill
but congressmen are hearing from
their constituents in such unmis
takable terms that they realize that
if they do not pass the bill many of
them will remain at home.
Ill WILSON, PEOPLE
SEE TRUE FOIENO
Voters of Both Parties Sure Best
Interests of Country Will Be
Served by His Election.
CONFIDENCE IN TAFT LOST
Renomination of Present Chief Ex
ecutive Will Mean That Progres
sive Republicans Will Turn
to New Jersey Statesman. •
BY HON. FRANK G. CANNON,
Former United States Senator From
Utah.
I have traveled In ten states since
leaving Colorado a -month ago. The
cry of the Progressives in these states
—Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebras
ka, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Iowa,
Illinois, Indiana and even Missouri—
is for I^aFollet.te and Wilson. The
Progressive Democrats want the Re
publican party to nominate Robert M.
DaFollette for the presidency; so that
—if the Democratic party shall lose
—the People will win.
And Progressive Republicans want
the Democratic party to nominate
Woodrow Wilson; so that—if the Re
publican party shall lose—still the
People will win.
You w'll observe that the Progres
sive Dove has at last learned wisdom
from that wily old Serpent, the Sys
tem; whose favorite plan has been
tocelect both candidates, subscribe to
both campaign funds and then let
the People, in deadly earnest, fight
a useless battle.
Personally, I fear that the Progres
sive Republicans cannot control their
convention.
■ iv^uwiiuaiio r la/iuy ruuuws. ^
The office-holding machine Is pow
erful, inslduous, and experienced. The
Interests are desperately determined
to prevent a LaFollette term in the
White House; and their financial aid
makes the machine almost resistless.
Frankly, I do not believe in this talk
of a fatal breach between President
’raft and Big Business. On both sides
it looks like a calculated quarrel, a
melodrama played for national en
tertainment. The need of such an
affectation of battle is too obvious.
Despite his earnest work, the peo
ple had no faith that President Taft
would solve our vital problem and re
store the government to the custody
of the people. A play was needed.
It is being played.
But there remains Wilson, whose
nomination by the Democratic con
vention can only be prevented by in
sanity or perfidy—or both. Other
candidates are able; they have sin
cere advocates. But the Progressive
Republicans—as well as the mass of
Democrats—want Wilson nominated;
and it is the Progressive Republicans
whose votes will decide the issue.
If Taft shall be the Republican nom
inee, Progressives of his party would
turn almost en masse to Wilson—
and Wilson is the only possible Dem
ocratic nominee to whom they wouM
thus turn. They will not leave Taft
In order to vote for any Democratic
ally of the Interests. They will not
desert their own party to cuance any
humiliating experiment with the oth
er. They want to preserve their self
respect and at the same time per
form a high public service.
Wilson's Faith in Publicity.
At all times and places, says a
writer in Success, Woodrow Wilson
has counselled opening our govern
mental processes to the light. Thus
at Minneapolis; J
“Every community is vaguely aware
that the political machine upon which
it looks askance has certain very defi
nite connections with men who are
engaged in business on a large scale,
and the suspicion which attaches to
the machine itself has begun to at
tach also to business enterprise just
because these connections are known
to exist. If these connections were
npen and avowed, if everybody krf&w
lust what they involved and just what
use was being made of the alliance
there would be no difficulty in keep
ing an eye upon affairs and in con
trolling them by public opinion. But,
unfortunately, the whole process of
law-making in America is a very ob
scure one. There is no highway of
' gislation, but there are many by
ways.”
At auuiuei Wllllt? UC i»diu IUIS I1U
morons tribute to publicity:
“There Is one very disturbing qual
ity in man, and I have experience 1
it myself and I dare say you have.
When you are a long way from home
and see no neighbor from near your
home you give yourself an extraor
dinary latitude in your conduct, but
If you Were on the desert of Sahar"
and met one of your immediate neigh
bors coming the other way on a camel
you wou11 behave yourself until hi
got out of sight.”
Reaching the Root.
“Radical” means “rootlcal” and
these laws merely got at the root of
the things. We supposed we were
electing our public officials. We were
electing them, but were not selecting
them. Certain gentlemen in private
office were making up the slates and
then permitting us to accept them. 1
want to have a voice in the selection
of men I shall advocate. What is
“radical?" Why, merely giving back
to the communities of New Jersey
what they supposed they had all
along.—WOODROW WILSON.
"The apples has come,” Hilda an
nounced, as she opened the front door
to Mrs. Nlckell’s ring.
"Apples?" echoed Mrs. Nickell, paus
ing In the act of laying down her pack
ages, “What apples?”
"The apples,” explained Hilda, com
prehensively. “They are in the cel
lar already and he opened them and
they are very good. I ate one.”
“Hilda,” said Mrs. Nickell, sternly,
‘who is he and what apples did ht
open and what on earth are you talk
ing about?”
Hilda bestowed upon her employer
a pitying look and checked off the
nouns on her red fingers. "The ex
press wagon man, he brought a bar
rel of apples this afternoon and pu'
them downstairs and took the cover
off because I asked him. He was a
very nice man. T-he apples are red.”
It seemed that this was as complete
and detailed an account of the barrel
of apples as the Nickell family was
destined to obtain from any source.
When Nickell came home from work
the family gathered around the mys
terious barrel and considered it.
There was on It no mark or tag
and the broken boards of the cover
Hilda had tidily thrown into the fur
nace when the expressman took them
off. She did not know what express
company the man worked for, but she
explained in detail that the man had
a black mustache and handsome cor
duroy trousers. Meanwhile the apples
stared them in the face.
“Sa.v, they are good!" said Nickell
when he had bitten into one. "They
remind me of my boyhood days!”
“Richard,” remonstrated his wife,
"we shouldn’t eat them. They aren't
ours!’
"Well, we’ve got ’em, haven’t we?”
demanded Nickell, taking; another.
"We didn’t knock down anyone and
take the barrel away from him by
main force, did we? These apples
were thrust upon us against our will
and 1 Intend to have revenge on some
body. Besides, they're taking up
storage room.”
In a day or so Mrs. Nickell grew
used to the presence of the barrel of
apples and, the mystery remaining
unsolved, she deserted the paths of
rectitude and joined her husband and
Hilda in their depredations. The
Nickell family had apples baked for
breakfast and stewed for lunch and
made into ides and puddings for din
ner, and feasted off them at mid
night. They really were particularly
juicy, toothsome apples. Nickell had
gone over all the people he knew in
the country and had definitely de
cided that not one of them would loos
en up sufficiently to present him with
a barrel of fine fruit. Besides most
of them grew potatoes instead of ap
ples. It was very odd.
Nearly two weeks after the arrival
of the barrel the woman next door
called.
"Isn’t it funny how things get lost?”
she remarked to Mrs. Nickell as she
fastened her furs to go. "We ordered
a barrel of apples from the farm near
our summer cottage and the farmer
insists that he shipped them nearly
three weeks ago and we haven’t got
them yet! And he has our money!
I’d give a good deal to know where
that barrel is! Have you got a head
ache, Mrs. Nickell? Your face is so 1
flushed!”
“I can tell you where that barrel
is,” her hostess said, when she got her
breath. “It is down in our cellar this
minute and nearly half the apples are j
eaten tip!”
It took Mrs. Nickells some time to
recover from the embarrassed gloom
into which this little episode plunged
them. Though the family conversa
tion was tactfully steered away from
such topics as apples and orchards,
and though everybody developed a
sudden preference for oranges and
dates and grapefruit, apples by sheer
force of repression ruled in the minds
of all of them. The woman next door
was a disagreeable person and she
bad accepted Nickell's liberal concili
storv check for fruit eaten with an
air of righteous condescension and
disapproval that was hard to bear.
It was probably some occult connec
tion with this secret sorrow that led
Nlckell to do as he did a little later.
When he had left for business that
morning Mrs. Nlckell had reminded
him that they w'ere to have a small
dinner party that evening and that
he was to bring home some flowers.
On his way for the flowers that
night Nlckell paused before the at
tractive window of a big fruit store.
The window' was a work of art and
in the center was a mound of the big- ,
gest, reddest, most luscious apples one
might hope to see in a hundred years.
as he gazed Nlckell had an inspira
tion. Why would not a centerpiece
of this fragrant fruit with a few ferns
twisted in be far more original and
artistic than the conventional flowers?
He went in and ordered two dozen
of the apples. They made a bulky
package and he began to regret the
purchase as he fumblc-d in his change
pocket. "How muck?” he inquired.
"They are 20 cents apiece," said the
clerk.
“Murder!” cried the startled Nick
ell—and dropped the bag.
ltruised apples will not sell, the
fruit store man firmly explained to
Nlckell, w ho insisted on returning his
purchase when the fruit had been col
lected front all over the floor. So he
paid the $4.80.
Nobody mentions apples in the Nlck
ell family now. 1
Colored Column
Presiding Elder P. W. DeLyle
and Rev. D. A. Harden with their
other ministers returned to their
fields of labor Monday, after clos
a very successful conference here.
They raised the sum of $227.87.
Ellen Shepherd, of Bastrop, was
here this week visiting relatives.
Wes Jackson is visiting with rel
atives at Oak Ridge, La.
Prof. B. J. Gardiner, of Strong,
vas here last Saturday and Sun
Jay attending quarterly conference.
Born to J. S. Jones and with a
ine girl.
Mrs. Laura Simms was an El
Dorado visitor last week.
Mrs. W. A. High was called to
Free Union Saturday to be at the
funeral of her grandmother Louise
Waterhouse.
Baptist Church.
Huttig Baptist church has services
every 1st and 3rd Sunday morning at 1 1
o'clock. J. C. Collier, Pastor.
Preaching every third and fourth Sun
day at Smith Chapel.
E M Davis, pastor
Jim Harris, secretary
The Baptist Sunday School meets ev
ery Sunday morning at 9:30 o'clock. All
welcome to attend.
Sanders Simmons, Supt.
J S Jones. Secy.
t
The B. Y. P. U. meets every Sunday
afternoon at 5:30.
Prof. L. S. Scroggins.Pres.
Miss Lula Oliver. Secy.
meiiiuuisi i iiuri n.
African Methodist Episcopal church
preaching every 2rd and 4th Sunday in
each month. D. A. Hardon, Pastor.
The A. M. E. Sunday School meets at
2:30 each Sunday evening. All welcome
to attend. G M Averette, Supt.
Clint Royston. Secy
Lodge Directory.
GOOD LUCK LODGE No. 259 F. &.
A. M meets First and Fourth Saturday
night. All visitors welcome.
Fred Huston. W. M.
Lonnie Poole. Sec.
Roosevelt Chapter, No. 188. Order of
the Eastern Star, meets every second
and fourth Tuesday in each month.
Mrs. C. Williams, W. M.
Emma Bearl, Secy.
BLUE LIGHT LODGE No 153 K. ofP.
meets First and Third Tuesday in each
month. J B Francis, C. C.
Sanders Simmons, K. of R. S.
LEBANON, No. 41, R. A. M. meets
fourth Thursday evening in each month,
at 7:30. Joe Scott, H. P.
John Law, Secy.
EAST LAKE LODGE No. 6362 G.
U. 0. of 0. F. meets First and Third
Thursday in each month.
G. W. Smith, N. G.
W. I. Henry, P. S.
ELECTRIC LIGHT COURT OF CA
LANTHE, No. 70, meets first and third
Tuesday in each month at I .45 p. m.
Mrs. Sanders Simmons, W. C.
Queen E. Tate, R. D.
HOUSEHOLD RUTH, No. 2990. of
G. U. 0. of O. F., meets the first and
third Thursday in each month at 1 :50
p. m. Laura Sims, M. N.G,
Cornelia Peoples, W. R.
Board of Education Fred Houston,
president: A. Lewis, vice president; Joe
Scott, treasurer; W. M. Oliver, W. A.
High, Prof. L. S. Scroggins, secretary.
Royal Circle of Friends. R. A.Williams
No. 324. meets every first and third
Friday night. All visiting friends are
welcome. S. S. Simmons, President.
Lula Oliver, Secretary.
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RAILROAD TIME TABLE.
LGCIS1ANA 4 PINE BLUFF.
Leaves Arrives
5:30 a. n. Huttig 6:15 a. it.
5:00 p. m. Huttig 5:45 p. m.
Connects at Dollar Junction with St.
Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Ry.
St. Louis. Iron Mountain &. Southern
LITTLE ROCK * MONROE RY.
South
?:35 a. m
3:40 a. rn
Leaves
12:35 p.
Huttig
Monroe
LOCAL.
North
3:2? p. nr.
1:30 p.m.
Arrives
1 1:45 p. m.
Huttig
St. Louis, Iron Mountain &, Southern
FARMERVILLE 4 SOUTHERN RY
North
?: 1 0 a. m.
5:10 a. m.
South
3:55 p. m
5:00 p. it
Huttig
Farmerville
LOCAL.
10:15a.m. Huttig 2:25 p.m.
I Arrives Monday, Wednesday, and Fri
day from Monroe and goes to Fanner
ville.
lArrives Tuesday, Thursday and Satur
Jay from Farmerville and goes to Mon
roe.
LODGE DIRECTORY
ROWLAND LODGE No. 594 F. &. A.
M.meets every second and fourth Satur
day evenings at 7:30 o'clock. Visiting
Masons always welcome.
C. R. Duncan, W. M.
C. A. Berry. Sec'y.
HOWARD CHAPTER. No. 122. R. A.
M. — meets every first and third Thurs
day evening at Masonic hall. Visiting
companions welcome.
C. T Thompson, H. P.
C. A. Berry. Secy.
HUTT1G CHAPTER No. 320. Order of
the Eastern Star, meets every first and
third Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock.
Visiting brothers and sisters welcome.
Mrs. W. H. Moore. W. M.
Mrs. L. G. Gibson, Sec'y.
HUTT1G LODGE No. 348 I. 0. 0. F.
meets every Tuesday evening. Visiting
brethern cordially invited to attend.
G. C. Waller, N. G.
H. Sehon, Secy.
HUTTIG REBEKAH LODGE No. 66.
meets every second and fourth Wednes
day night at 7:30 o'clock. Visitors are
invited. Mrs. R. W. Cargill, N. G.
Mrs. Chas. Saxe, Secy.
SWEET BAY CAMP No. 4 1 1 W. O. W.
meets every first and third Saturday eve
nings. Visitors made welcome.
J. R. Sims, C. C.
J. C. Bridces, Clerk.
SWEET BAY GROVE. No. 145, W.
C.. meets every first and third Wednes
day afternoon in each month. Visitors
always welcome.
Mrs. C. A. McCormick, Guardain.
Mrs. J. C. Bridges, Clerk.
UNION CAMP No. 15365. M.W. A.,
meets every Monday night at 7:30o'clock.
Visitors always welcome.
L M DeSpain, Con.
J R Sims. Clerk.
Notice.
The Union Saw Mill Company
will pay $50.00 as a reward to any
one. not in its employ, who will fur
nish information from which any
person shall be convicted of depre
dating or trespassing upon the tim
ber of saipl Company.
This lit, day of February. 1906.
Union Saw Mill Go.
By F. W. Scott,
Secy, and Treas.
Old papers for sale at this office.
100 for 15 cents.
PROPOSED AMEKUMtiDT XW
CON8TITUTIOH OF TXI iTATB
OF ABX1KBAB.
Notice is hereby given that the fol
lowing joint resolution proposing an
amendment to t tie Stute Constitution,
was passed by the General Assembly at
its regular session of 1911, and that
the same will be submitted to the
electors of the State at the next
general election, to be held Monday,
September 9, 1912, for adoption or re
jection.
Proposed Amendment Ho. 11.
Thai the following article shall be
proposed as an amendment to the Con
stitution of the .State of Arkansas,
which, when agreed to by a majority of
all the members elected to each House
and adopted by a majority of the elec
tors of the State voting at the next
general election for senators and rep
resentatives, shall become a part of the
Constitution of Arkansas
“Kvcry male citizen of the United
States, or every male person who has
declared his intention of becoming a
citizen of the same, of the age of
twenty-one years or upward, who lias
resided in the State twelve months, in
the county six months, and in the pre
cinct, town or ward one month next
preceding any election at which he may
propose to vote, and who is able to read
and interpret, or interpret when read
lo him. if he is prevented from read
ing the same by reason of any physi
cal disability, any sec tion of the Consti
tution uf the State of Arkansas, exc ept
such persons as may, for the commis
sion of some felony. t>« deprived of the
right to vote by law passed by the Gen
eral Assembly, and who shall exhibit a
poll tax receipt or other evidence that
he lias paid his poll tax at the time of
collecting taxes next preceding such
election, shf.ll be allowed to vote at any
election held in the State of Arkansas,
but no person who was. on January 1,
1886. or at any time prior thereto, en
titled to vote under the Constitution or
statutes of any State in the United
States, wherein he then resided, and no
male person of foreign birth who was
naturalized prior to the adoption of
tills amendment, and no lineal descend
ant of such person, wno shall possess
the other qualifications described in this
article, shall be denied the right to
vote because of his inability to so read
and interpret sections of the Consti
tution of this State, provided, that mule
persons who make satisfactory proof
that they have attained the age of
twenty-one years since the time
for assessing the taxes for the
year next preceding the year In
which tiie election at which he
may propose to vote is held, and pos
sesses the other qualifications required
by this article shall tie permitted to
vote, and, provided, further, that the
said tax receipt shall be so marked by
dated stamp or other written endorse
ment by the Judgiw of election to whom
it may first he presented, as to pre
vent the holder thereof from voting
more than once at any election.
The judges of election shall enforce
the provisions of this article and shall
he the Judges of the qualifications of
electors.”
The above resolution was filed In the
office of the Secretary of State on
March 18. 1911.
i'ach elector may vote for or against
the above amendment
Witness my official signature this
12th day of February, 1912.
EARLK W HODGES,
Secretary of State.
(Seal.)
Of flee I lours: 8 to 12 a. m. 1 to 5:30 p. m.
Henry C. flushing, D. D. S.
Dentist
Office in Postoffice Building.
Muttin, Arkansas
Clean Up Proclamation.
Realizing the danger from disease this summer caused by the
mosquito and house fly we, the Board of Health of the Incorpo
rated Town of Huttig, do hereby proclaim
May 1, 2, 3 and 4 as General
Clean Up Days
and all residents will kindly make an inspection of their premises
and place and rubbish, offal and filth in a pile so it can be removed
to a point outside the city limits
We do not want to cause anybody any trouble but insist on
this being done now and then that every resident keep his premises
clean the rest of the summer as it means the health of all.
We call your attention to the following ordinance which will be
enforced to the letter:
I he throwing, placing, sweeping and leaving in any street,
gutter or on any sidewalk, alley, public ground or vacant lot, except
in accordance with the rules to be established by the Council for
the removal thereof, any dirt, filth, garbage, refuse, hair, straw,
paper, paper boxes, sawdust, melon rinds, fruit parings, decayed
vegetable matter, fruits or animal matter, meat scraps or other
offal from market houses or places where fresh meat and fish are
sold: dead animals or fish, or any part thereof, or any other matter
of whatsoever nature which might be detrimental to good health
or be obnoxious to sight or smell.
"That any person who shall commit any of the aforesaid nuis
ances or who shall refuse and neglect to abate same after being
duly notified shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, arid upon
conviction, shall be fined in any sum not less than five ($5 ) nor
more than twenty-five ( $25) dollars, and each day’s continuation
of such refusal shall constitute a separate offense, and subject the
offender to punishment thereof."
Inspection will be made from time to and if your premises are
not clean you Will be subject to a fine.
Dr. L. F. Maqce,
Dr. R. P. Burns,
F. W. Scott,
Eoard of Health.