THE HUTT1G NEWS.
DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS AND UNION COUNTY.
VOL. VI. NO. 17.
HUTTIG. ARKANSAS. SATURDAY. AUGUST 24. 1912.
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DtMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN FIND.
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Ea« h to Defray Expenses.
The News will receive contribu
tions to the Democratic campaign
fund of $ 1.00 from all who desire
to help in the election of Woodrow
Wilson president and Thos. Mar
shall vice president at the Novem
ber election. No contributions
will be received from corporations,
so when these gentlemen take the
oath of office they will be free and
untrammeled by obligations to the
money interests for having helped
in their election.
The following list of fifteen have
been sent to headquarters by Fore
man E. E. Buchanan of the Wis
consin Lumber Co:
E E Buchanan .
R M Baskin .
P H Pitts .
Claud Towns
H H Bay h .'.
G C Waller .
J E Cashin .
F E Wood .
E L Ware t .
James Phillips .
John Bershen .
A Carlson ..
H O Gatewood .
George Reiter .
Ed Bud
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scribed to the fund being raised by
The News and each contributor
will be given a button as soon as
they arrive to show that he has
helped along the cause:
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E G Mahony ....
W J Pinsm
J M Wallace
W M VanHook
,F W Scott
C R Duncan
F O Mahony . .
F W Miles .
C Howard .
L M Cartall
W A Hemphill
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Candidates (list uss Issues.
A fair sized audience greeted the
Democratic and Socialists candi- j
dates for county offices at the
school house last Saturday night.
The Democratic candidates pres
ent, were J. M. Wallace, for sheriff:
W. J. Pinson, for representative:
W. M. Van Hook, for county judge:
Finn Craig, for treasurer: B. F.
Miles, for circuit clerk, and Judge
E. O. Mahony, for prosecuting at
torney. representing J. M. McCain,
for county clerk. The only Social
ist speaker present was S. H. Bur
ton, candidate for sheriff, although
R. J. Taylor and E. J. Beck both
spoke at Strong during the day but
failed to show up here that night.
All the speakers were given close
attention and considerable ap
plause was given the Democratic
nominees. We honestly do not
see how anyone who attended,
even though a Socialist when the
speaking started could have left
entertaining the same views.
For Sale A new organ at a bar-1
gain. Call at News office.
Against Initiative Act No. 4.
The State Department of Publir i
Instruction favors the adoption of a
uniform series of textbooks for use
in the public schools of the state.
I ut does not favor Initiative Act
, No. 4.
A splendid measure for uniform
text books, which thoroughly pro
tected the citizens, was introduced
in the last General Assembly by I
Representative Bonnie Davis.
This bill received the hearty sup
port of the department and was
passed almost unanimously in the
House but failed . of final passage.
Act No. 4, however, is impossi
ble on its very face. and. aside
from its many vital defects and
omissions, could not be made oper
ative under any circumstances.
This act was evidently intended
to be coordinate with the Initiative
Act for a State Printing Plant,
which failed to secure sufficient
signers to the petition, and without
this State Printing Act it stands
helpless and incomplete in many J
essentials.
It is to be regretted that the |
Davis bili failed, as uniformity of
text books in the state under the
proper supervision is an excellent
thing. _ _
Mrs. H. 1. Richardson Dead.
Ara. the beloved wife of H. L.
Richardson, a locomotive engineer
at Camp No. 1. died at the home of
her parents at Banks Thursday
morning. August 15. 1912. at 5:30 i
o'clock, after an illness lasting
three weeks. Interment took place
in McFarland cemetery near Blue
Springs. Bradley county, last Fri
day. The deceased leaves a de- ;
voted husband and three small
children, the oldest being five years
of age,_
Missionary Union Meet.
The Womans' Missionary Union
met Tuesday afternoon with the
following members present: Mes
dames Moore. Johnson, Townsend.
Claybaugh. Milstead and Ravbourn
and two visitors. Mesdames Spen
cer and Bowen. Songs "I Love
to Tell the Story" and "Trusting;"
scripture reading by Vice Presi
dent Mrs. Moore, several readings!
were engaged in. Mesdames
Spencer and Bowen gave in their
membership, we are so glad to
have to work with us. We decided !
to give an offering of $ 1 0.00 to the
Orphans Home. Meeting closed
by repeating Lord's prayer in con
cert.
The Womans' Home Mission Society.
The Womans' Home Mission so
ciety met at the usual hour Mon
day afternoon with nine members
present and five visitors Mes
dames Milstead. Watson. Duck.
Bridwell and Rev. Rushing. Meet
ing opened by singing "Will There
by Any Stars:" prayer by Mrs. Mil
stead. Scripture lesson 6th chap
ter of St. Matthew. President.
Mrs. Cargill, recently received a
letter from Mrs. T. M. Short, who
is still a member of our society,
with $1.50 inclosed for the treas
ury of this auxilary and stating that
she will soon organize a Woman's
Home Mission society at Eros La.,
where she now lives. Mrs. Short
is a noble woman and a good
church worker, and we. the mem
bers of Huttig auxilary, wish her
much success. Mesdames Watson
and Bridwell gave in their mem
bership, whom we most cordially
received. Visitors always wel
come. __
I lift Nrw Officers.
At a recent meeting of the Ex |
ecutive Committee of the Union
County Fair H. C. McKinney was
elected president and executive
committeeman to succeed J. A.
McWilliams, resigned, W.. M. Bel
lott was made secretary. W. R.
Swilley vice president, A P. Roy
nolds assistant secretary. The
date of the fair was changed from
date originally set to October 22
25 inclusive, to give farmers a lit
tle more time to get their products
ready for exhibition. The abovei
named with F ?nk Hill constitute1
the executive committee. The
prize list will soon be ready for
distribution.
We treat Piles successfully with
out knife or chloroform. Refer
ence and inf ortnation on application
Drs. McCali &. Wll i I A MS,
Lawmen, Ark.
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Meld Selection ol Seed Corn.
Every farmer ought to select his
seed corn in the field this fall. It
is safe to say that 12.OOO.OOC
bushels could be added annually U
the corn crop of Arkansas by the
field selection of seed corn and th».
testing of the seed before planting
That would be an increase of on!;
3 bushels to the acre, for thf
state's corn crop in 1911 repre
sented 2.300.000 acres of lane’.
When it is remembered that from
one-fourth to one-third of the seed
planted does not come up and that
a large production of that which
does come up is so low in produc
tive power that it produces mere
nubbins or nothing at all both of
which difficulties can be largely
overcome by the methods sug
gested it will be seen tha*' the
estimated 3 bushels to the acre
as a result of seed selection and
testing is very conservative.
Seed selection should begin with
the cutting down or destroying of
defective stalks before the pollen
begins to fall from the tassels. It
is now too late for that but there is
still much that can be done. Any
ordinary farmer can go into his
fields and in a few hours select
enough good seed corn to plant
his entire crop. Here is the way
to do it: Choose a portion of the
corn field that has made good corn
without any special attention in
the way of fertilizing and from this
select a sufficient number of the
best developed and best fruited
stalks to furnish an ample supply
of seed to plant the crop with some
to spare.
The stalks should be only of
medium height, oval shaped near
the base and tapering rather sharp
ly toward the top. They should
have an abundance of broad, strong
leaves and should have the ear or
ears near the middle of the stalk.
If of a prolific variety, the stalk
should have two good ears, but if it
belongs to a large one-eared strain
one large well developed ear will
be sufficient. See that there are
no barren or defective stalks in the
immediate vicinity from which the
seed ears could have been ferti
lized.
Attach a colored string to the
seed stalks or otherwise mark
them. At gathering time send a
hand ahead with a bag to gather
the seed ears or attach a box to I
the wagon bed in which to put
them. Put the seed corn away in
a separate box or compartment of
the barn where it will keep dry till
planting time. If it is found that
weevils are attacting it fumigate
with a quantity of carbon bisul
phide.
L. A. Markham. Com. of
Mo. Pac.-I. M. Rv.
Notice.
The Union Saw Mill Company
will pav $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 said Company.
This let day of February, 1906.
Union Saw Mill Co.
By F. W. Scott.
Secy, and Treas.
Arkansas Pay.
Arkansas Day at the State Fair
will be the first day of the fair,
November 1 I. Champ Clark. Dem
ocratic speaker of the house of
representatives, will speak there on
that day. Governor Joe T. Robin
son will open the fair and introduce
Champ Clark to the people of the
state. A special train will convey
a large reception committee from
Hot Springs to Little Rock, where
Mr. Clark will be met and accom
panied to Hot Springs. The state
officials, congressmen and senators
of Arkansas will be in the escorting
party.
FROPOSED AMENDMENT TO TH1
CONSTITUTION OP THE STATE
OF ARKANSAS.
Notice fa hereby given that the fol
lowing Joint resolution proposing; an
Amendment to the Statu Constitution,
•vus passed by the Genial Assembly at
ts regular session of i*ll. and that
the same will be subm r?«d to the
electors of the state a; r-e n^xt
general election, to he 1-dd i-m-hy.
September 9, IP 12. for adoption ui ie
jection.
Proposed Amendment No. 11.
That 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 ea*'h House !
and adopted by a majority of the eiec j
tors ot the State voting at the next
gene?al election for senators and rep
reseiitn t i ves. shall become a part of the
Constitution of Arkansas
"Kvery male citizen of the T’nit»d
States, or every male person who has
declared his intention of becoming a
citizen of the same, of t lie age of
twenty-one years or upward, who has
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 1
to him, it he is prevented from read
ing the same by reason of any physi- ,
cal disability, any section of the Consti- ■
tution of the State of Arkansas, except :
such persons as may, for the commis
sion of some felony. t>e deprived of the j
right to vote by law passed by the (Jen- '
era] Assembly, and who shall exhibit a
poll tax receipt or other evidence that
he has paid his poll rax at the time of '
collecting taxes next preceding such ;
election, sliftll be allowed to vote at any !
election held in the State of Arkansas,
but no person who was. on January 1.
186t>, or at any time prior thereto, en
titled to vote under the Constitution nr
statutes of any State in the Cnited
States, wherein he then resided, and no
inale person of foreign birth who was
naturalized prior to the adoption of
this amendment, and no lineal descend
ant of such person, wtio 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 male
persons who make satisfactory prn*f
that they have attained the age of
twenty-one years since the time 1
for assessing the taxes for the
year next preceding the year in
which the election at which be
may propose to vote is held, and pos
sesses the other qualifications required
by this article shall r»e permitted to
vote; and. provided, further, that the
said tax receipt shall be so marked hv
dated stamp or other written endorse
merit by the judged of election to whom
it may first be 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
be the judges of the qualifications of
electors ’*
'i he above resolution was filed in the
office of the Secretary of State on
March IS. 1911.
Kach elector may vote for or against
the above amendment
Witness my official signature this
12th day of February. 1912.
EARLE TT HODGES,
Secretary of Stats.
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HON. J. E SCANLON.
TTnn ,T. F Scanlon of Rco Branch,
Van Bur°n county, is one of the best
known farmer? and business men in
the sfate, lie is a man of knowledge,
and a close observer, a patriotic, pro
gressive O.Iti-on. Hecently he wrote a
letter to the Arkansas Democrat of
l itrie Tipck, in which he callrd atten
tion to certain obnoxious features of 1
the proposed St ale-wide prohibition
act, citing facts not generally known.
The letter which attracted wide
Fpiead notice follows:
Editor Aikansas Democrat:
I have ius read the proposed initia
tive petition to prohibit the manufac
ture. sale or giving aw-^j liquors of
any kind in toe sta'e of Arkansas.
There ip an exception, however, to
this act (Section 5131 of Kirby’s PI
ges- 1.
I pi us pee what that section pro |
vidcs: (Section 5131): "This act [
shall not he construed, as prohibiting
the use of wine for sacramental pur- j
popes, or t v prevent the prescribing j
and furnishing of alcoholic stimtilanig i
hv a regular practicing physician to i
the sick under his charge, when he
may deem the same necessary.”
Personally, I do not know whether
whiskey for well or sick is good: 1
don't use it myself. Those who hive,
by their Initiative, declared that it is
essential io the sick, and leave fh"
whole thing in the hands of the doc
tors.
First, r want to have some onp ex
plain how tlie dictor is going to get
whiskey when it is not allowed to he
sold in the plate. 1‘nder our local
option Ians a drug atom can sell on
prescription or for mechanical uses,
hut Act \o. makes no exception ex
cept as to Spct'on 5131.
One result only can follow. The
decter must fill his own prescription
by "furnishing" as provided in ScnMon
5131. The reputable physician will
not do 'his, perhaps, hut the unscru
pulous dortor will, as he has in Maine,
Kansas, North f'aroltna, Georgia aud
Mississippi, where the "Poctor's Bar"
has heeome a scandal and disgrace to
the profession. The reputable phy
sician may prescribe whiskey, hut If
he does not furnish it the patient
must send out of the state to get it—
by which time it may be too late.
Again: The local option law per
mits w-ine or other liquors to be serv
ed to gviests in ones own house
| w ithout profit. (Sections 514R and
! 5148 Pigest.l Act No. 2 repeals that,
j The local option law prohibits any
to solicit orders for whiskey,
I efr., in dry counties, personally, or by
’ circular or by advertising (Sec. 5133
r*fe0st). Act N'o. 2 repeals that. So
that the whole s'ate can be overrun
with the agents of whiskey houses in
other statog, soliciting orders to be
shipped in.
The local option law gives the rich
of search for liquor on information,
hut expresslv exempts private dwell
ings from searth (Section 5145 Tim
section is repealed by Act No. 2.
t'nrler Act Vo. 2 a farmer can no:
make a cask of wine from his own
grapes for his own us®, or a barrel
of cider for his own use from his own
apples, hut he can send to St. Louis
and buy it. He is free to buy, paving
a profit to distillers, hrewprs. jobber,
retailer and express company what be
Is prohibited from making of bis own
home-made material.
My advice to the people of Arkan
sas is to vote local option, for when a
county votes local option, she can e»i
force the laws, but when von put a
law on a people) that they don't want,
you never can get that law enforced.
.1. B. SrAVI.W,
Bee Branch, August 1*1, 13*2.
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