THE HfJTTIG NEWS.
DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS AND UNION COUNTY.
VOL. VII. NO. 7
HUTTIG. ARKANSAS. SATURDAY. JUNE 7. 1915.
PRICE $1 PER YE/R
Information Pertaining To Appoinment Of
Fourth-Class Postmasters.
The Taft, order pertaining to 4th
class postmasters was an executive
order made on October 15. 1912.
by president Taft putting all 4th
class postmasters under civil serv
ice without an examination.
This order meant each 4th class
postmaster in the U. 5. then in
office would hold the office indefi
nitely regardless of his fitness or
qualifications, vacancies of course
to be filled based on a competitive
examinations.
It put postmasters under civil
service who had received their
appointment by virture of political
considerations and took no account
of merit whatsqever.
President Wilson, on May 7.
1913. issued an executive order,
amending the Taft order, which
provides that in all 4th class post
offices where the compensation is
$ 1 80 per year or over, there shall
be held an open competitive exam
ination by the civil service com
mission the result of which shall be
certified by the commission to the
postmaster general The post
master general shall appoint one of
the three receiving the highest
rating.
When the compensation is under
$180 the postmaster general
makes the appointment based upon
a report made by a post office
inspector.
Local examination boards are;
appointed by the civil serivce com
mission to conduct the examination |
It is impossible to tell at this time1
when these examinations will take
place but they will be held as soon
as the department can take care of
the work, and as the needs of the
sendee require.
Examinations will be held at the
most convenient point. After an
examination is announced the ap
plicant secures, upon request, at
the local post office, form 1753,
which is the proper blank to be fill
ed out and which contains full in
formation pertaining to the ex
amination.
It covers elementary arithmetic,
penmanship, letter writing, copying
tests, together with statemtent as
to faculties for transacting the
buisness of the office.
One can get more complete in
formation pertaining to this matter
by writing to the "Civil Service
Commission, Washington. D. C."
asking copies of form 1752 and
1759, which contains instructions
to applicants and rules and regu
lations governing appointments, or
by writing your member of
Congress.
PUT ONf fVf OUT.
Suffered Jb Yean from Skin Disease.
1 suffered from a skin disease for
36 years, and about six months
ago it attacked one of my eyes and
put it out. After it was too late. I
got a box of Hunt's Cure and be
gan to use it, and 1 must say that it
is the best remedy I have used in
36 years, and I believe it will cure
any skin eruption
P. H. Chaney, Caney, La.
Boll Weevil Showing Up.
El Dorado, Ark., June 2. 1913
Dear Editor;—On May 30 1
found boll weevils on the cotton of
J. W. Thurlkill, J. B. Thurlkill,
and W. M. Williams, and heard of
them at other places. Indications
are that they will be numerous
enough to do much damage to the
cotton, in a few days if not inter
fered with. They should be pick
ed off of the cotton when it is small
and as soon as squares begin to
fall they should be picked up and
destroyed by burning. If this is
done and the cotton is cultivated
shallow every week the extra large
acreage of cotton planted in Union
County may yet prove profitable,
provided of course each farmer has
planted corn, oats cowpeas, sorgh
um. chufas, potatoes, peanuts, and
ribbon cane a plenty to last a year.
Yours Very Truly,
A. P. Reynolds. Special Agent.
Resolutions Of Respect.
We, the committee appointed b‘
Rowland Lodge No. 594, A. F. &
A. M. to draft resolutions of re
spect in memory of our deceased
brother, Maurice Donovan, who
was accidently killed at Fulton,
i N. Y. on Apt il 29, 1913, beg to
submit the following:
Whereas, it has pleased the
Great Architect of the Universe to
take from us our beloved brother.
Maurice Donovan, a member of
our lodge: therefore, be it
Resolved, that while our ac
quaintance with Brother Donovan
was of short duration, his conduct
has been such as to endear him to
us as an exemplary young man and
■ brother Mason, and we feel keenly
| the loss of his companionship by
| our lodge in his untimely and tragic
j death. We extend to his bereaved
i family at Redden. Deleware. our
heartfelt sympathy in their great
sorrow, and our fraternal thanks to
Franklin Lodge No. 12, A. F. &
j A. M. of Georgetown, Deleware.
for conducting the Masonic cere
mony at the funeral. Be it further
Resolved, that a copy of these
resolutions be sent the family of
the deceased, a copy to Franklin
Lodge No. 12. A. F. & A. M. and
a copy furnished the Huttig News
for publication, and the same be
spread upon the minutes of our
; lodge.
Fraternally submitted
F. O. Mahony,
G T. Thompson,
J. B. Crockett.
Committee.
; Manager of a Railroad Cured of Eczema hy
Hut’s Cure.
At one time I had a very bad
i case of Eczema. It troubled me
| for seven or eight years, and. ai
I though I tried all kinds of medicine
| and several doctors, 1 got no re
j lief until I used Hunt’s Cure. I
i used several boxes, and it finally
| cured me. and 1 have always kept
! a box with me for fear it will come
back. A. D. Goodf.nough,
General Manager Lida Valley Rail
way Go., Goldfield. Nev.
50c per box at drug stores.
May Weather.
The rainfall for the month of
May in this vicinity was six and
forty-five one hundredths inches.
The warmest day was the 31st
when the thermometer reached 95
degrees and the coldest was on the
12th when it was 43 degrees.
Taken altogether it was a poor
month for crops as the nights were
too cool and the c ou 1 too wet to
! cultivate.
Empty Oat Sacks Wanted.
For all empty oat sacks delivered
to the Ice Plant on the 1 5th of each
month we will pay 5 cents each for
them. Sacks must be in good con
dition and we will only accept them
on the 1 5th of each month. These
sacks are well worth taking care of.
Sacks will be received on 14th this
month.
Union Saw Mill Co.
Visitors to the galleries of the
house of representatives at Wash
ington no longer find it easy to take
a printed plan of the house and
identify the various members by
| referring to the desks they sit at.
The removal of the old individual
desks and chairs arid the substitu
tion of benches has disarranged all
.this. Now the members do not
; have their individual stalls but they
j may be found sitting almost any
' where. It is "first come, first
! served" now. and the old lottery
j by which members drew for the
| seats is a thing of the past.
Woman’s Club Guest Day.
Mrs. C. Howard entertained the
members of the Womjn's Study
Club and about forty guests in the
auditorium of the Udion Hotel on
last Friday night from 8 to 12
o'clock, the occasion being the
closing of the club year for the sum
mer vacation.
The auditorium was beautifully
decorated in the club colors of pink
and white with crepe paper and
green foliage, the punch bowl
which was presided over by Misses
Marie Saxe and Helen Thompson
being in a to wer of green at one
corner of the room.
A clover hunt created considera
ble amusement and the prize a
clover leaf stick pin went to L. A.
Bodine for finding the pink clover
leaf.
Ten tables arranged to = eat two
couples each and a different liter
ary contest at each table afforded
the piincipal amusement of the
evening as all advanced until every
table had been visited and the an
swers of each couple recorded in a
book which were afterwards pass
ed upon bv judg s and the prize in
the contest was awarded Miss
Luta Ballard and A. F. Landers.
Delightful refreshments were;
served and the entertainment j
brought to a close by each one
present writing a will. These wills;
were read and a number of them
created much merriment.
Missionary Union Meets.
The regular weekly meeting of
the Woman’s Missionary Union
was hold at the church on Tues
day afternoon with nine members
and two visitors present. Devo
tional exercises were comiuctad by
Mrs Greer; Bible reading being
from 12th Chapter of Romans.
Committee reports and a card from
Mrs. Flenniken were read. Mrs.
Espy. Traveling Missionary, will
lecture at the church on Saturday
afternoon, June 7th to the ladies
and all are cordially invited to at
tend as well as the regular meet
ing on next Tuesday. Mrs. Com
stock gave in her membership and
was welcomed.
Children's Day at Felsenthal.
The Baptist Sunday School at
Felsenthal on iast Sunday morning
celebrated Children's Day with an
appropriate program participated
in by twenty-one children each one
doing his or her part well. Dinner
was served on the ground and en
joyed by a large number of people
from the surrounding country and
towns, over one hundred being
present from Huttig. Much credit
is due the ladies who trained the
children and the members of the
church feel proud of them, the
children and others who in any
way attributed to the success of
the day.
Woman's Home Mission Society.
The regular n oithly opt n
meeti' g of the Woman’s Home
Mission society was held Monday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. A.
E. Lucas with ten members and
thirteen yisitors present. An in
teresting meeting was hr Id lasting
an hour after which the hostess
served delightful refreshments and
and a social hour was enjoyed by
all present. The visitors in at
tendance were: Mesdames Greer,
Holsford, Thompson, Jeffus, Clark
■ son, Gatewood, Heard, Spencer,
i Comstock, and Reagan and Misses
Burns, Pilkjlton and Cole.
Navy for Di'trnce, Not Defiance.
The Democratic platform de
clares for an "adequate" navy, but
| such a loose term as this of course
; leaves room for the widest difTer
' ence of opinion. The result is
| there are two factions at Washing
1 ton—the "big-navy” men, and the
"little-navy” men. Of late the lat
ter have been in control, and the
U. S. Navy, which was second in
size in the world up to a short
time ago. is now taking th ■ down
ward slide. The "b:6 navy” peo
ple take advantage of every su'h
thing as the California-Japan im
broglio to argue that the country
needs a much larger navy. The
administration is doing everything
possible to counteract this.
At a banquet in Washington Sec
retary of the Navy Daniels issued
an important pronouncement on
this subject, declaring that what
this nation should aim at is "a navy
for defence, a navy for protection:
but never a navy for conquest."
And he added: "The only use for a
navy is the same use which you
have for a policeman. The navy
should not be made strong as a
menace to other netions. I would
blush to see this country endeavoi
to conquer peoples who do m t
wish toxome under our govern
ment. The only menace to our
peace today springs from the buy
ing of colonies in the East, the peo
ple of which did not come to us of j
their own free will."
Secretary of State Bryan, be’mg
introduced as "the best-loved
man in the United States,” declar
ed that while he believes it is all
right to have some ships and some
army.” he was glad there was a
man at the head cf the navy de
partment who "is not burning to
try his guns on living targets."
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Up the Mississippi
St. Louis to St. Paul
Beautiful scenery—coo! river Breezes,
scores of interesting stopping points:
including the $28,000,0<)0 Keokuk
dam,—largest i.i the world. Music,
dancing, ganms on deck and jaunts
ashore. Every rr.ile and minute ol
your h ip is filled with pleasures and
scenes new to you.
1 he Upper Mississippi steamers arc
large, fast and safe, with comfort
able, electric lighted,ventilated state
rooms, and meals that you will enjoy.
Gei up a party
from your town and plan a vacation
trip from 2 to 10 days on one of these
floating hotels. The Missouri Pacific
Iron Mountain offers the best service
to St. Louis where direct connections
are made with the Upper Mississippi
River Steamers. Get illustrated
vacation folder from ynur local rail
road agent or write for one to
J G. Hollenbeck, Gen’l Pas*. Agt.
St. Louis, Mo.
MISSOURI x
PACIFIC >'
IRON j
MOUNTAIN?
Anyone sending a sketch and description mat
quickly ascertain our opinion free whether as
invention >s probably patentable, Gonmiuntea*
turns strictly eohUdentinl. HANDBOOK on Patanca
sent free. Oldest agency for securing patents.
Patents take* through Muun & Co. receiTf
Iprrial notic', without charge. In the
Scientific American.
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YOU have doubtless heard of the farmer who
kept his accounts on the barn door with
chalk, and the barn burned down.
Did it ever strike you that you were in the
same kind of a "lix" when you pay your bills by
cash? A check is a receipt that can never be denied.
Suppose you let us use the chalk on our books
instead cf wasting it on the barn door.
First National Fank,
HUTTIC, ARKANSAS.
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GIVE THAT BABY ERESH AIR!
i Your baby should be out of door for hours these Spring
! days. Let them drink in the pure, fr?sh, Vung-buildlrsg
f air. These hours will expand into yearst dn ^fie §nct
their lives. Put them in one of these handy, light-runninj
GO-CARTS
( ’ he Collapsible Kind)
You can wheel them any
where with no inconvenience.
They make it e’.sy for you to
get about anywhere. Simple
Never get out of order. Low
in price Write today.
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to make a Long Distance call as it is
to telephone to a subscriber in your
own exchange.
Long Distance telephone messages
give you the benefit of a round trip to
any point without leaving your home
or office.
Every Bell Telephone Is a
Long Distance Station
The Southwestern Telegraph
and Telephone Company
C. L. NORWOOD. Manager,
El Dorado, Ark, §
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