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The Huttig news., 1907-08-31
BANKERS GETTING WISE.
They See Danger in the MaiI.Order
 System of Business.

It is only lately that bankers of the west have come to a realization that the mail-order system of business has been serious injury to them, killing off the business of their towns, taking out of circulation money that should help swell the local bank deposits and otherwise interfering with town pro- gress.
 The trouble has been with many bankers that they failed to consider the buying goods ds-away-from-home evil as anything of particular concern to them. When Farmer Smith would buy draft for $50 or $100 to send to Chicago. the banker got his ten cents exchange and thought he was that much ahead. while the facts re- mained that if he could keep the money from being sent from home that $50 of the farmer for the banker might make a dollar or two of profit It was only when the catalogue houses started in to solicit deposits of the people of country towns and farm. ing communities that the bankers took a tumble
 Then again some bankers have such an exalted idea of their position in the town that the goods to be had from the local merchants are not good enough for themselves and families, and set bad example before the peo- pie by sending away themselves for what they desire in the way of staples and luxuries. Bankers are conserva. tive; and are not forward in making suggestions to their patrons as to what they should do with their money. but in this matter it appears sufficient ly important to justify the exercise of what influence the banker can com. mand in behalf of home patronage. It is the business of the town and sur rounding country that affords a profit to the bank The greater this volume of business can be made the better for the banker and every interest of the town. and the farmers and other laborers as well.
 D. M CARR.
The Huttig news., 1907-08-31
WHERE THE MERCHANT FAILS.
An Iowa Farmer Tells Him He Should
 Advertise, and How.

An Iowa farmer contributes to the Des Moines Capitol the following very pertinent suggestion as to why the mail order houses succeed in getting the business of the rural communities away from local merchants:
 'If the mail order houses got $1 900 out of this county each month that be- longs to the home merchants the fault is with the merchants themselves The mail order houses advertise and give us prices on everything they offer for sale. They tell us what they have and what they want for it. Of course we get soaked once in awhile and if We do we can try some other house. Most of the home merchants who ad. vertise at all don't quote prices. They neglect to tell us what we want to to the store and ask the price of this article, and that, but you know how it is-one doesn't know so we'll exact. ly what he wants to buy when he gets in a store as when he is at home And there is where the mail order houses make their hit. They send us their advertising matter into homes and we read it when we haven't anything else to do and every member of the family who reads their stuff usually finds something that he or some other mem. Der of the family wants and many or. ders are made up and sent out just at such times.
 hnrp ic Uh chant falls down. If he talked up his business to us in our homes the same as the mail order houses do the people would be in to see him the next time they came to town and in many cases extra trips would be made to get the things at once that we didn't know we wanted until they were brought to our attention.
 ''The home merchant can save the expense of getting up catalogue. We people read the home papers more carefully than we do the catalogue, and if the merchant wants to talk business with us let him put his talk in the home papers, and put it in so that we know he means business. The home merchant likely, nine times out of ten, sells his goods as cheap as the mail order houses, and l believe on many things they are much cheaper but how are we to know if he doesn't tell us about it.
 "A merhant must not think that even his best customers know his goods so we'll that they can tell what he has without being shown.
 Ut is none of my business how the home merchant runs his business, but I don't like to see these roasts in the papers all the time about us fellows who get little stuff shipped in once in awhile and never anything said on the other side. There are always two sides of question, and have given you mine. If it is worth anything to you you can take it."
The Huttig news., 1907-08-31
Orders Work Stopped.

The Board of State Capitol Com missioners has decided to take no steps at present toward having the supreme court pass upon the points involved in the opinion of the attor- ney general, notwithstanding the fact that the commissioners are reported to concur in the belief that the attor- ney general has made a mistake in his construction of the law. Neither will the Board make any request for special session of the legisla- ture. The idea of testing the attor- ney generals opinion in the courts was rejected by the Commission because there are no public funds available for defraying the costs of the litigation.
 In the event of the state audi tor and state treasurer refusing to honor warrants against the school and pension funds, it is thought Governor Pindall will be forced to yield to the pressure and convene the legislature in special session to remove the dis abilities which affect these funds. In that event, the restrictions will also be removed from the capitol fund so that work may be resumed. After due consideration of the matter the Board decided to instruct the contractors to discontinue construction work on the new capitol until funds became avail able for payment.
 As a forlorn hope, the capitol com missioners in their instructions to the capitol contractors suggest that they continue with the work of building, promising that if they do, the commits sjoners will urge the legislature to pay all bills that may be rendered to the commission, and which the com mission audits and alulows. As the contractors are now owed nearly $100,000, and as the cost of enclosing the building so that it would be pro tected against the weather would be $75,0 ,000 more, it is not believed that the contractors will give the sugges- tion much consideration.
The Huttig news., 1907-08-31
Mutiny Not Heard From.

Washington, Aug.-No advices have yet been received at the Navy De- partment concerning the report of the threatened mutiny aboard the cruiser Raleigh, stationed at Honolulu. It is said here that difficulty concerning shore leave or any interference with the coaling of the vessel would be settled by the commander unless the trouble reached such proportions as to make consultation with Navy De partment officials absolutely neces- sary.
The Huttig news., 1907-08-31
Pike County Field Valuable.

It is reported that the syndicate which owns the Pike county diamond fields has refused an offer of $1,0OO,- OG0 for their holdings. State Mineral ogist Whitlock says the Arkansas field is three times as large as the Kim berly mines in South Africa. From external observations and formation of the land, the Arkansas field is believed to be worth, at a conservative calcu. lation, $100,000,000.
The Huttig news., 1907-08-31
By Steamer to St. Louis.

Although plans have not been def1- nitely arranged in Little Rock, it is certain, unless something unforeseen should arise, that 100 people from the city will go on the steamer s. S.. Brown to St. Louis to greet President Roosevelt there on October ? and will accompany him to Memphis, where he will make an address before the Lakes-to-the-Gulf Deep Waterways Association. Governor Pindall, the Arkansas delegation in Congress, and many prominent citizens from all parts of the State will accompany the delegation from Little Rock.
The Huttig news., 1907-08-31
State May Borrow Money.

Some means which will permit the disbursement of the common school fund and the Confederate pension fund, without the necessity of call ing special session of the legisla- ture to pass an emergency appropria- tion bill, will, it is said, be devised by Acting Governor Pindall. What his move will be he refuses to state until he has made an investigation and F t1i
The Huttig news., 1907-08-31
Cloth Workers Win Strike.

Providence, R. l., Aug.-Announce- ment was made that 200 men and women strikers of the American Cloth Company at Central Falls, who have been out nearly two months, voted to return to work. It is asserted the original grievances have been adjust ed and that an increase of 10 per cent had been granted.
The Huttig news., 1907-08-31
Reliable Sign of Death.

A Frenchman has received a prize for discovering a reliable sign of death The test consists of the sub cutaneous injection of solution of fiouresceine, which. if the blood is still circulating, in the course of a low
The Huttig news., 1907-08-31
Annual Meetings at State House.

The annual meeting of the Rural Letter Carriers of Arkansas will be held at the state house in Little Rock September and 8. The National con- vention of the Farmers Union of America will hold a three days ses- sion at the state house, commencing on September 2.
The Huttig news., 1907-08-31
Demand Better. Service.

Complaints have been made to the Arkansas Railroad Commission that since the inauguration of new pas senger service on the Searcy branch by the Rock Island, other service has, been reduced, and the commission has issued a notice to the Rock Island to show cause why suit should not be brought for the statutory penalty.
The Huttig news., 1907-08-31
Articles of Incorporation.

The Jackson Furniture Company has filed an amendment to it's articles of incorporation changing the name of the company to the D. Jackson and Hauley Company. The Prescott Table and Furniture Company of Pine Bluff have incorporated with a capi- talization of $10,000.
The Huttig news., 1907-08-31
Tho Reason,

"In this settlement" said the Bill. vile farmer, i've call all the literary fellers we kin ketch 'leadin'' authors. because as rule they're powerful handy at leadin mules to water."-At. lanta Constitution.
The Huttig news., 1907-08-31
Wise Parson.

"Parson, somebody dared us to get married, and we never take a dare. Here we are"
 Well, my young friends. I dare you to go home and endeavor to culti. vatA some comMon sense"
The Huttig news., 1907-08-31
Government Win Build Levee.

Through the efforts of the Pine Bluff Board of Trade the threatened cut off in front of that city by the Arkansas river will be prevented ivy a strong levee, built by the govern ment. Government engineers are now at work on the survey and plans, and on their report work will be immediately commenced on building the levee.
The Huttig news., 1907-08-31
Oil In Sebastian County.

More or less excitement has been occasioned by the alleged discovery of oil in Massard Prairie, six miles southeast of Fort Smith. Operators and producers from different parts of the United States are visiting the scene and making investigations.
The Huttig news., 1907-08-31
Farmers Union Convention.

The national convention of the Farmers Union of America will be held in the hall of the House of Rep resentatives, beginning September 9. Two hundred delegates are expected to be in attendance, representing nearly every state in the Union
The Huttig news., 1907-08-31
Brakeman Johnson Killed.

Lewis Johnson, brakeman on the Valley road, was run over and killed near Princeton.
The Huttig news., 1907-08-31
A Real One.

"Now we've come to hitch In the proceedings" as the horse remarked when his master tied him to the blacksmith's post
The Huttig news., 1907-08-31
When We Fly.

When we get airships every woman will continue to want to fly a little higher than any of her neighbors
The Huttig news., 1907-08-31
Bobbin Boys' Wages.

John B. Lennon, treasurer of the American Federation of Labor, deliv- cred recently an address on strikes
 Turning to the amusing features of the strike question, MT. Lennon said:
 II remember strike of bobbin boys, just strike, and one that suc- ceeded. These boys conducted their fight well, even brilliantly. Thus the day they turned out they posted in the spinning room of their employers mill great placard inscribed with the words:
 ""rhe wages of sin is death, but the wages of the bobbin boys is worse.'"
The Huttig news., 1907-08-31
Peculiar Medical Remedy.

It was stated at an inquest on a peasant in Servian village that the man died from swallowing too many bullets, which he was accustomed to take, in common with all the peasants in that district whenever he felt ill
Bridgeton pioneer., 1907-04-04

safe. 1t will be no easy matter to get
these big safes out Of the mud. One
OF them weighs half a ton, while the
other weighs 1900 pounds.
Capt. Bacon had three hundred and
nifty licenses for boats sll made out to
be signed. They must be issued in a
week. These blanks are burned. The
big map of the Cove in the office was
burned, but that can be duplicated
from copy owned by County CLERK
Sheldon.
1t is impossible to estimate the loss
at this time. Little insurance is car
ried.
The Delaware and Atlantic Tele-
phone company loses some Is 'phones
with all their connections and equip
ment.
The buildings were all owned by
the West jersey & Seashore railroad
company.
Joseph Garrison is a heavy loser,
all of the immense stock of his con.
Germ being destroyed.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1907-04-04
CAR FARE PAID
THE DAY OF THE
TYPEWRITER.

How many typewritlng machines
are there in bridgeton? Can't answer
the question, but there are a lot of
them. 1t is not very pretentious
business concern nowadays that does
not demand the use of a machine for
its correspondence, bill making, copy
ing, etc. Long hand lettersLare few
and far between in business oorre-
spondence, andamany ladies fare now
using them in the homes, and farmers
in the vicinity of Bridgeton.fnd them
a necessity in their business.
One OF She biggest of the busy con-
Germs here, receiving hundreds and
hundreds of letters, find that more
than 90 per cent. OF the letters are
written upon machine. The gentle
man insoharge of the correspondence
of this concern will read no long hand
written letters. He hasn't time.
When written. letter is placed before
him in pile of correspondence he
Immediately turns it over to his type.
writer and has it copied on machine.
In business the risk is too great to
depend upon chirography. The type
written letter cannot be misunder-
stood. Thel long hand .letteriis off,
times illegible and causes many COM
plications.
With the demand for the typewriter
comes the demand for the stenogra.
pher, and busy man can.dictate re-
plies 90 scores of letters in very
snort time. gThe only physical effort
Re rut forth by the business man is
TO s. gn his name.
In some of the large business places
in cities, the business man does not
even come in contact with the stem
ographer. He dictates upon record
of phonograph. and the typewriter
takes the letter from the record.
The old times are past. New things
are on. and you have to go along
pretty rapidly to keep up with the
procession.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1907-04-04
COURT IN SESSION MONDAY,

The matter of the appointment of
an administrator for the estate of the
late Charles P. McGear was taken mp
before Judge Tuller in COURT this
morning. Walter II. Bacon, ESQ.,,
appeared for J 5Blodie McGear. The
applicant for papers of administration
on behalf of his father, Frank M. Nc
Gear, and Isaac T. Nichols, the other
applicant, appeared for himself.
The administrator pendente lite,
Judge Hoagland, was called to the
witness stand to state the result OF his
appraisement of the estate.
sharp argument followed by Mr..
Bacon on one side and Mr.. Nichols on
the other, the Judge reserving his de-
cision as to the appointment of an ad-
ministrator.
Supreme Court Justice T. W,
Trenchard appeared before the Court
petltionIng to be discharged from fur
ther service as trustee and admins
traitor of the estate of E. Frank
Fisher, deceased, giving as hissreasons
the duties of his Office as one of the
Justices of the Supreme Court making
it impossible for him TO give further
attention to the estate. The petition
was granted.
The suit of Daniel J. Deyo against
William B. Keighley was called up.
This is jury case, and a jury was
empaneled.
Edwin F. Miller appeared for Mr..
Deyo and Henry S. AIvord for Mr..
keighley. This is suit to recover $3.50
by Deyo against Mr.. Keighley for pre-
pairing plans and specifications for
changing a single dwelling house in
Vineland. to double dwelling house.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1907-04-04

Mr.. Bacon declined to be inter
viewed and would answer no uues-
tlons. He evidently thought the opin-
Ion should speak for itself and when
ehe reporter suggested that he could
get little impression, as a layman.
from the opinion. he declined to add
any enlightenment.
involving as the case does, verdict
OF nearly 500. 900, the brief opinion
OF the COURT covers but little ground.
There is suggestion that the confess
sion OF the alleged incendiary is taken
seriously. and as viewed by layman
the opinion indicates that the remark
able story of Pharo should 90 TO a
jury. AS a layman would read the
opinion as above stated, it would seem
that something is incomplete, but the
matter is verbatim and 1t NAV be that
those trained in legal lore may grasp
the full meaning of the Court.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1907-04-04
Firm Has Now Dissolved

Announcement was made this morn.
ing that the law and real estate firm
OF tLaning q MoAllister has dissolved
by muEual consent. Mr.. McAIIister
retires from the firm.
Tne dissolution was most amjoable
the separation being due to the fact
that Mr.. McAllister, who is now City
Solicitor, desires to give his entire
attention to the practice of law.
1t is well understood in the com.
munlty that the firm of Laning &
MoAllister has grown to be one of the
Leading fire insurance and real estate
concerns in South Jersey. Mr.. Edwin
K. Laning. the senior member of the
firm has long been identified partiou
larly with this line of business. In
the meantime the legal business.
which was looked after by Mr.. Nc
Ailister, was continually gro wing, and
1t was deemed advisable that the law
yer OF the concern should coptinue a
lawyer and look after only the Ieea-
Aln'eOAo ohnV dAO UIUuSHG TO MS attoQ-
tion.
When Mr, MoAllister was elected as
Oity Solicitor, he found that there
was great deal of time that was nee.
essary to be given the position, and he
regarded it as advantageous to give
his whole time to law practice. Ac-
cordingly he has leased the office in
the Cumberland Mutual Fire Insur.
anoe building, just vacated by Su-
preme Court Justice Trenchard, and
will establish his offices there.
Mr. Laning will continue with the
business at the present offices in the
Oaril & Hitchner building, at Com.
merce and Laurel streets. The firm
has been together for two years and
has been very successful. Both are
young, progressive men, and each will
make success for himself in his own
line.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1907-04-04
Loves Fair Inmate.

Vineland, N. j. April "A romance
lies behind the effort made by George
Burnett to get Miss Lucy de Con out
of the Home for Feeble Minded here.
He was farmer for the institution, and
at distance first admired and then
fell in love with the somewhat pre-
possessing girl, who is leader in the
gymnasium classes. When he made
known his love to Dr. Mary J. Dun
lap, medical director of the home, he
was promptly dismissed and ordered
from the grounds. Burnett's six feet
of frams shook with both love and
anger, and he took the nsxt train for
Camden to consult his lawyer.
The outcome was an order from
Vice Chancellor Leaning compelling
DR.. Dunlap to produce the girl in
Court. Physicians testified that the
girl was not competent to take care of
herself, and the Vice Chancellor dis
missed the case before hearing any
evidence.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1907-04-04
NEW TRIAL In THE
MORE-JONAS CASE.

There will bs third trial of rhe
suit for damages of the More Jonas
glass company against the West Jersey
and Seashore railroad company grow
ing out of the fire of July 4, 1905.
Word was received here last night
that the new trial had been granted.
This morning reporter asked Walter
II. Bacon of the counsel for the glass
company for information. He simply
handed the reporter the following
tpyewritten matter:
NEW JERSEY SUPREME COURT.
More-Jonas Glass Company, !
VS..
W. J. & S. R. R. 90.
Rule to Show Cause why a new trial
should not be granted upon the ground
OF newly discovered evidence.
Before Gummere. O. j. and J. ].
Garrison and Swayze.
For the rule Bourgeois & Sooy.
Contra, Mr.. Fithian
MT, Bacon.
PER DURHAM.
The newly discovered evidence that
tue plaintiffs property was DESTROYED
oy an incendiary fire involves the con-
1esslon OF the alleged incendiary, its
truth and the various consider
atlons on which that result
must rest. Jury questions are raised
upon several points. We think the
rule to show cause should be made ab.
solute in order that if the plaintiff so
ueslres the issue may be retired at the
april Term of the Gum mberland Court.
10 which end the defendant must take
snort notice of trial if required.
A True Copy
VIM. Riker, Jr.,
Clerk.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1907-04-04
REPUBLICANS WIN CHICAGO

Chicago, April -Electing Frederick
A. Busse, the Republican candidate
for Mayor. over Edward f. Dunno,
his Democratic rival and present in
cumbent, by plurality of 13, 121, the
vote being as follows: Busse, 164, 500 ;
Dunno, Democrat, 151, ,71S; Reubaker,
Prohibition, 5S75; Keep, Socialist.
49, ,459, Chicago to-day closed one of
its most intense campaigns.
With Mayor Dunne's defeat was cou-
pied also the overthrow of his pet
proposition - immediate municipal
ownership of the traction lines-by an
adverse majority of about 40, 900 and
in its stead the voters declared for the
20-year franchises the Democratic
City Council had voted the street rail
way companies. but which Dunno had
vetoed, and which Council had again
passed.
What to do with the street railways
was the overshadowing issue of the
election. Both parties advocated a
change, the Democratic party, headed
by Mayor Dunno, standing for immed-
late municipal ownership through con-
demnation OF the street car properties,
If the result could not be obtained in
any CHER way. The Republican party
favored the vetoed ordinances. These
provided, besides 2O-year franchises,
the right OF the city to purchase the
systems for $50, 900, 900, plus the
amount to be spent for immediate re-
Mobilization, on six months notice.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1907-04-04
Caught Over 1000 F,sb

Game Warden Fred Conner with
his assistants caught over 1000 fish
last week in front Of the waste gates
at the head of the Cohansey. This is
considered just the beginning, and
Warden Conner expects to be able to
put into Tumbling Dam pond several
hundred bass and other fish before
the season for spawning is over.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1907-04-04
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Bridgeton pioneer., 1907-04-04
Mother Gray Sweet Powders or
Children.

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Bridgeton pioneer., 1907-04-04
WHOLE NO. 1904
HUNT BROTHERS Hats 9,..n.,

Fretty Eton Suits of Plain Panama. fo,o
Latest style Skirts and braid trimmed Jacket silk lined at 81
$40, SIS, S3o P-' Pio' Pi0'
covert Cloth Coats in all the styles Pony loose back and ft
starting at S8 $40, SI2 and SIS. Broado Coats @
SIo P12 Black Silk Tafea Coats As inches long with ernbdd
Collars, $40, s1a, s15 $40. W e'eo
Bridgeton pioneer., 1907-04-04
Beautiful Millinery

Easter Is over. and it brought the biggest Mllin
cry business in the stores history Tomorrow we will
be ready with show full of new Hats all at onr
former low prices So, $3.50, 81, So, and Sc.