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The Opelousas courier., 1908-03-07
A OF DIRECTORS
MARCH 7, 1908
N N ELECTIONS

what 1t calls the pontlcal
b~Ioodsucker" at election time. 1t
describes him as the man who
attempts to levy a tribute from
every candidate for an Office of
profit and to extort from him
money for his Services" The
Argus proceeds:
"Just when and under what cir
circumstances the use of money in
the politics of Bienville begun is
beyond the ken of this scribe, but
that the pernicious practice has
been prevalent for at least twenty
years is a well known fact. 1t is
supposed to have had its begin
ming in the control Of the negro in
elections. If so, the occasion of
it's use has passed into history and
if the necessity for thenano Of
money in elections cyl existed,
it is not so today.
1.-THE political boodler acknowl-
edges the sincerity of no mans
purposes in politics. He measures
the acts of every man by his own
half-bushel and boldly proclaims
that mo man is in politics for his
health" AS he awards no man
his vote and support as an act of
friendship or as an acknowledge
ment of superior worth for Office,
but only agrees to "deliver his
box" for a fixed price, regardless
MI any kind of fitness in the can
adidate, so he processes to believe
Of his neighbor and such a danger
GUS member of society is he that
his tribe should be suppressed
withaE further liberation of his
methods.
MEN should be allowed to run
for office on whatever merit they
may possess for the office to which
they aspire and should be elected
or rejected on this alone. 1t is
unfair to candidates to. be COM
pelledAc contend with the boodler
and 45he briber, and it is an unsafe.
and unscfv9Alaps democracytn
permits HIM to eXfsE and~tsEIsys
his being and to ply his ~nefarious1'
trade in awhile mans country
The condition which the Argus
describes as existing in Bienville
probably exists to a more or less
extent in every parish in the State.
The political blood sucker plies
his nefarious trade in defiance of
the election law and the best way
to suppress him is to give him a
dose Of the penalty prescribed for
bribaag in elections. The trouble
is, and always will be, that the
officers whose duty it is to enforce
the law Furnishing bribery too
often have to resort to these very
methods in order to get office.
They can not afford to prosecute
man who '1levies tribute" when
it can often be shown that they
were compelled to pay tribute.
And SO the practice continues by
default, as it were. Public senti-
ment should be aroused against
this evil. There is grave danger
that it will grow until it becomes
a public scandal, making our cleo
tons a byWord and a reproach.
Shreveport Times.
From all appearances it has
reached that point already.
E&E#M@E#&& #&s
The Opelousas courier., 1908-03-07

Three Louisiana editors, w. T.
Holland Of the st. Helena Echo.
Oscar Alpha Of the Franklin
Waterman and indicator News
and Chas. II. Trousdale of the
The Opelousas courier., 1908-03-07

Whenever you find a man find
ing fault with a local paper, open
it up and ten to one he hasn't an
advertisement in it; five to one he
never gave it a job of work, three
to one he does not take the paper;
two to one that if he is a subscriber
he is delinquent; even odds he
never does anythingfhat will as
slst the publisher to run a good
paper, and fo0y to one that if @
paper is a good one and f6ll of
life, he is the most eager to see the
paper when it comes out, and will
borrow his neighbours.
The Opelousas courier., 1908-03-07

This is how the esteemed editor
OF the Nashville American sees it:
"Dressy as they are, women CONT
nue. to put more money into hosi-
cry than into all the rest of their
costumes What explanations
were made at home about the pos
session of such knowledge is not of
50 much Importance as the fact
that the street crossing in front o
tbs American office is allowed to
SsInain in such a disreuptable con-
dltlon.-C Chattanooga Star.
The Huttig news., 1908-04-25

That languid, lifeless feeling that come
with spring and early summer, can be
quickly changed to feeling Of buoyancy
and energy by the judicious Use of DR..
Shops Restorative. The Restorative is
a genuine tonic to tired, rundown nerves,
and but few doses is needed to satisfy
the user that Dr. Shops Restorative is
actually reaching that tired spot The
indoor life of winter nearly always leads
to sluggish bowels, and to sluggish cir
oulatlon in general. The customary lack
of exercise and outdoor air ties up the
liver, stagnases the kidneys, and oft
times weakens the hearts actions. Use
DR.. Shops Restorative few weeks and
all will be changed A few days test
will tell you are using the right remedy.
You will easily and surely note the
change from day to day. Sold by all
dealers.
The Huttig news., 1908-04-25
Notice.

Notice is hereby given that a special
meeting of the stockholders of Union Saw
Mill Company will be held at the office of
said Company in the town of Huttig,
Union county, Arkansas, on the 2eth
day of May, 1908, and will be convened
at 10 o'clock a. m. on said day for the
purpose of considering and voting upon
proposition then and there to be submit
ted to authorize and give assent to said
Company issuing it bonds to the amount
of 100000, bearing 6 per cent. in
terest payable semi-annually, principal
and interest payable in gold, said bonds
to bear date the first day of June, 1908,
and to mature at the rate of 100000
90 per year. And to fix the denomna-
tons of said bonds and to authorize the
Company to execute its mortage or deed
of trust which shall be first lein on all
of the lands, timber and property of said
Saw Mill Company, except personal
property, but including the saw mill
plant and the interest of the Company in
the Louisiana & Pine Bluff Railway
Company, in order to secure the pay
ment of said bonds, and to fix the terms
of said mortage or deed Of trust, name
the Trustee, and also authorize the offic-
ers of the Company to negotiate said
bonds. Said bonds are are to be
issued for the purpose of paying off,
discharging and funding the indebtedness
of the Company and for other corporate
purposes. And it shall also be the pur-
pose of the meeting to vote upon any
other propositions that may properly
come before said meeting.
By order of the Board of Directors.
G. D. JOHNSON,
F. W. SCOTT, President,
Secretary.
Huttig, Arkansas, March l9, 1908.
The Huttig news., 1908-04-25

tives here, returned to her home
Sunday.
F. M. Byers of Tucker. was in
Sadie Saturday
Tom Dickerson and Henry Wise
mode business trip to Felsenthal
Saturday.
Misses Merry Lee and Eula Bra
sher and Dettie and Becy Cobb
visited with Misses Ellie and Sadie
Smith at Litroe Sunday.
Mrs. Alice Downs of Decatur.
La. is visiting with friends here
this week.
A number of our young people
attended the Easter egg hunt at
Litroe Sunday and we are glad to
know that one of the Sadie boys,
Gordon Sehon, won the prize for
finding the largest number of eggs.
Sylvester Cobb of Lapeer, was
here Sunday.
The Sadie boys and girls went
bird thrashing Friday night and as
they failed to find any birds they
returned to the home of Mrs. Ad-
ans and we're entertained there
for few hours by her daughter,
Miss Estelle.
elect Ellington visited relatives
near Spencer Saturday and Sunday.
John Kell Adams and Ernest
Sehon made business trip to
Huttig Saturday.
The Huttig news., 1908-04-25

question whether the explosion
was not an accident due to care
lessness. The New York Sun
gives number of facts in support
of this view.
In the first place, as the Sur
points out, if there was a conspira-
cy, there must have been number
of conspirators involved in it; and
it is a significant fact that not one
of the supposed conspirators has
ever broken silence and told how
the deed was accomplished.
1t is also significant that through
the bottom of the hafbor before
Havana has been searched, no
vestage or fragment of an exploded
mine has been discovered.
The Sun claims that there is no
evidence to show that the external
rent in structure of the Maine was
made from a force operating from
without; but on the contrary, the
reports of the divers tended to
confirm the idea that the destruct-
i've force originated from within.
1t is also said that the magazine
was not properly isolated from the
coal bunkers, which were filed
with coal admittedly liable to
spontaneous combustion. The
chairman of the investigating COM
mission was of the choice products
of the naval bureaucracy; and it is
evident that if a report had been
made in accordance with these
facts there would have been a
very unpleasant examination to To-
cate the responsibility for this
criminal state of affairs.
A very interesting speculation,
therefore, presents itself. Was
the truth suppressed. and was a
war deliberately brought on in or
der to hide the earelessness and
ineptitude of the naval bureau?-
Commercial Appeal.
The Huttig news., 1908-04-25
MYSTERY OF THE MAINE.

Congress has recently been con-
sidering the propriety of raising the
Maine and setting at rest a number
of disputed points. The naval
bureaucracy has been, we under
stand, steadily hostile to such an
undertaking and been content to
let the mystery repose forever
beneath the waves. 1t will be re-
membered that commission of
which Capt. Sampson was the
head, made an investigation of the
Maine and decided that the ship
was destroyed by an engine placed
beneath her by Spanish oonspira-
tors; and the public has pretty
generally acquiesced in the idea
that the explosion came from with
out.
1t is a justifable inference that
had not the American people been
led to believe that the destruction
of the Maine was not accidental
there would never have been any
war with Spain and we would not
be saddled with problems that it
will take years and millions to
solve. While we sympathized
deeply with the people of Cuba in
their oppression, we wouli hardly
hava gone to war on that account,
and helped out the bob tailed revo-
luton that had been started. But
the destruction of our battleship,
touched off the mind. and it would
have been impossible to have
averted the war after the report Of
the commission.
The naval bureaucracy has al
ways been opposed to raising the
Maine, yet that wouli have settled
all doubts. But as a matter of
fact the doubts are growing larger
in volume all the time; and it is a
The Huttig news., 1908-04-25
Q. 9. LUDWIG.
Secretary of State.

Japan is perhaps the only coun-
try ia the world where the fashion
in women's dress have not changed
materially in $500 years.
The Huttig news., 1908-04-25
ES{tIxtixtyixtSxtE
W FACTS WORTH KNOWING 4
Il Nc
N5EIE1kSN5E1Ef2

Venezuela sent more than 5O,-
100000 pounds of coffee to the
United States last year.
Some of the great Atlantic liners
employ $50 firemen.
American automobiles sold in
1907 brought 100000.
Glass telephone poles, reinforced
by wire, are being used in some
parts of Germany.
Missouri marketed 1O7, 155, 658
dozens of eggs last year, for which
was received more than 6,OOO,-
600.
Last February the labor force at
work in the isthmus of Panama
numbered nearly $4,000, about S.
900 Of which were Europeans, and
the balance from the West Indies.
A grasshopper can jump 200
times its own length.
The worlds population is esti-
mated ,48O,OOO,OOO persons.
The fastest elevators run at
speed equal to about IL miles an
hour.
Europe takes 26 per cent. of
the cotton seed oil production of
our country and 40 per cent. of
the cotton seed meal production.
The value of wheat ruined by
rust is estimated at 100000 a
year.
Some of the ice fields of Green
land are said to be a mile and a
half ia thickness.
Grapes are squeezed six times in
making champagne, yielding wine
of different qualities.
In Germany all workmen, serv-
ants and clerk above Is and getting
less than $500 a year are obliged
by law to insure as ainst old age.
The Huttig news., 1908-04-25

The News is only $l.OOsa year.
The Huttig news., 1908-04-25

---Ha-stAerstate in the Union has
more undeveloped resorces than
Arkansas and she is fast forging
ahead as it is only recently that
the vast mineral wealth of the state
has become generally known.
Commissioner of Manufacture and
Agriculture Guy B. Tucker is do
ing much to further our interests
in his various advertising schemes
and they are sure to bring great
results.
The Huttig news., 1908-04-25
CITY BARBER SHOP.
E. R. SIMMS, Prop.
Three Chairs Presided Over
by Expert Workmen
Just West of Saw Mill Company's Office
Union Church Services.

Preaching every Sunday morn
ing at l 100 o'clock and evening
at 800 o'clock. sunday school at
1000 o'clock. Christian Endeavor
Society at ZOO o'clock every Sun
day evening. Everybody is cor
daily invited to all these services.
REV. JOHN BREREToN, Pastor
w. H. WHEELER, Supt.
The Huttig news., 1908-04-25
Sadie, La.

Quite number Of our young
people attended the entertainment
at Litroe Saturday evening.
w. T. Sehon AMI F. F. Adams
went to Monroe Friday returning
Sunday.
Mrs. Sehon anl Dickerson visit
ed their mother near Lapils Sun
day.
Miss Rena Titles of Rosebud,
Ark, who has been visiting rela-
The Huttig news., 1908-04-25
Colored Column

If you want to cultivate your
voice to singing and enjoy yourself,
attend the singings at the First
Baptist Church every Sunday af-
ternoonat $50 O'Clock.
ADAM LEWIS, Pres.
JULIcUs JONES, Asst.
The Huttig news., 1908-04-25
Saturday. April rs, 1908.
TOWN OFFICIALS.

The following are the duly elected Of
ficials of the Incorporated town of Hut
tig:
Mayor. E. Rowland.
Rec order-J. E. Bailey.
Marshall. M. Cabiness.
Aldermen-S. Farmer, E. F. Wooley,
J. u. Brown, R. L. Bodde and A. w.
Corkins.
Board of Education-A. E. Culbreath,
DR.. r. E. Rowland, J. u. Brown, F. w.
Scott and A. w. Corkins.
The Huttig news., 1908-04-25
Proposed Amendment to the Constitu.
ton of the State of Arkansas.

Notice is hereby given that the following joint
resolution proposing an amendment to the State
Constitution, was passed by the General Assembly
at its regular session of 9o7 and that the same
will be submitted to the electors of the State at the
next general election, to be held Monday, Septem-
Der d, lao8, for adoption or rejection, viz:
Proposed Amendment No. 9.
Every male citizen of the United States male
person who has declared his intention of becoming
a citizen of the same of the age of twenty-on
years. who has resided in the State twelve months,
in the county six months and in the precinct, town
or ward one month next preceding any election at
which he may propose to vote. except such persons
as may for the commission of some felony be de-
prved of the right to vote by law passed by the Gen
eral Assembly, and who shall exhibit poll tax re-
oeipt OF other evidence that he has paid his poll
tax at the time of collecting taxes next preceding
such election shall be allowed to vote at any
election in the State of Arkansas Provided.
That persons who make satisfactory proof that they
have attained the age of twenty years since the
time of assessing taxes next preceding said election
and possessed the other necessary qualification,
shall be permitted to vote, and provided further,
that the said tax receipt shall be SO marked by
dated stamp written endorsement by the judges
of election to whom it may be first presented as to
prevent the holder thereof from voting more than
once at any election"
The above resolution was filed in the office of the
Secretary of State on April 81, 1907.
Each eeotor may vote for against the above
Amendment.
Witness my official signature this Oath day of
February, 1908.
o. C. LUDWIG.
Secretary of State.
The Huttig news., 1908-04-25
Huttig Public Library Hours.

The Library is open to all from
ZOO t. 300 clock. pm. on week
days Sundays from LOO to SOC
o'clock.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-08-13
Industrial Reports Show Increase
in Time and an Increase in
Output.
MERCHANTS EXCURSIONS
They HIVE Enlarged Business Of Job
bers and WhOlesnlers-First Crop
Scnrc Cnuscd by the Extreme
Heat Developed Rust-Col-
lcctiOus Arc Better.

New York Aug. 7-BraGstreets state Of
trade tomorrow will say:
Trade. crop and Industrial develop
ments of the week are mainly favorable.
Tho first of tho fall merchants cxcurs-
ions are reported in leading cities. thcro-
by enlarging sales by iobhcrs and whole
salers Industrial reports are generally
put and the leading crops have APP
preached week nearer harvest.
The result has been n moderate en-
largement Of sales and output and the
maintenance OF the earlier probability of
good outputs of Leading crops. There are
statements from few markets. how
ever. that early fall buying Is hardly
W to expectations. The extreme heat of
the week started the first real crop
scare Of the season. Premature rust
damage was reported in the Northwest.
though tho feeling Is that while some
shading of estimates Is required, the rust
came too late to seriously inture the
plant There is more doing in iron and
steel trade, hardware. western coal min
Ing and the lumber trade generally. The
railroads are buying more rails, cars,
etc. Money is easy and collections are
better, but still backward at most CEN
ters.
Business failures for the week ending
August numbered 255 against 275 last
week. 157 in the like week of 1907, 1871 In
1906, l66 In 1905 and 167 In 1904.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-08-13
WHEAT MOSTLY HARVESTED
The Rust Scare Was Largely Spccu-
Intivc-Other Crops Are Good.

New York. Aug 7-R G.. Dun & com
pany's weekly review of trade tomorrow
will say:
Encouraging reports OF commercial
conditions outnumber adverse state
ments. and In almost every instance
earlier gains are fully maintained.
While the growth of confidence Is evil
denced by Increased preparations for fall
trade and revival of structural work.
reports of damage to spring wheat by
rust were the only unfavorable crop
news other leading farm products maxi
Ing rapid progress Tho rise IN prices OF
wheat was largely speculative as most of
the crop Is harvested or beyond danger.
Retail trade is quiet. and iobbing mar
kets are responding to the usual atten-
dance OF outside buyers while the big
cotton goods auction sale had no demora-
LIKING effect on prices. August opens
with more activity at iron furnaces and
steel mills than at any time this year.
Mercantile collections are irregular but
money Is abundant and cheap. Liabilities
OF commercial failures In July were small
Ter than In June or any preceding month
this year except May. Railway earnings
for July were 10 smaller than In the
same month last year.
Commercial failures this week In the
week. 2S9 the preceding week and 1888 the
corresponding week last year. Failures
in Canada numbered % against % last
week, u the preceding week and 81 lsst
yeaA
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-08-13
EKWANOK GOLFING EVENTS
Open Amateur Tournament Begins
wednesday, for Famous Gun.

Manchester Aug. s.-The chief golfins
event of the season at the Ekwanok
Country club will be the open amateur
tournament for the first presidents cup,
which will begin Wednesday morning.
A qualifying round OF 81 holes at medal
play will open the competition. the first
80 qualifying for the CHIEF trophy. while
three more divisions of sixteen will play
for az many cups. The remainder of
the week will be occupied with match
play,
The first presidents cup bears the
names of several champions and other
we'll known golfers. They are John II.
brooks. 1900; Charles r. Macdonald, 1901,
the first national champion; Walter j.
Travis. 1902, former national champion
and former champion of England; +. J,
lO Alsop, 1903; Albert NJ. Reed, 1904;
A,verse |. White, 1906: Jerome u.
Travers 1905 the present national cham
MON: FREDERICK lierreshon, 1907, former
runner-up In the national championship.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-08-13
RHAPSODY on A Dogs INTELLr.
GENCE.

Dear dog, that seems to stand and grave
~ brood
Upon the broad veranda OF our home.
With soulful eyes that gaze into tho
goam.
With speaking tail that registers thy
mood.
Men say thou hast no ratiocnation;-
Methnks there Is a clever imitation.
Men say again thy kindred have no
souls.
And sin IS but IN attrihutive of man:
Say. Is It chance alone that bid thee,
then.
holes?
Why dost thou hlch some fragment Of
the cooking
At times when no one seemeth to DO
looking?
Was there an early Adam Of thy race.
And brindled Eve. the mother of thy
house,
Who shared some purloined chicken
with her spouse.
Thus causing all thy tribe to fall from
grace?
IT meas dWeit III tne BaFuSH VI 'Hi'
Adam
Perhaps thy sinless parents never had
'em.
This morn thou cam'st a-slin<ing through
the door.
Avoiding eyes. and some dark corner
sought.
And though no accusation nlled our
thought
Thy tail. apologize, thumped the moor.
Who claims thou hast no conscience
argues vainly,
For have seen its symptoms very
plainly.
What leads thee TO forsake thy board AMI
bed
On days that are devoted TO thy bath:
For. il It Is not reason. yet It hath
Appearance of desire to plan ahead!
The sage who claims thy brain and
soul be wien
Would do quite we'll to swap thy head
for hisn.
.-Burges Johnson. in Harper's Weekly
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-08-13

ports as to results. By actual count. 1t
is determined that from thirty TO one
hundred farmers annually visit each
as low as thirty. the total would lie
$50, 900
In order to get demonstration farm
started the county agent will call a
meeting In some locality and select some
man who Is known to be a good farmer
TO put In crop OF cotton or corn with
seed furnished by the government. This
crop will be raised under the eye Of the
government agent. who Will visit It at
frequent intervals. and In accordance
with the directions given by the depart
ment of agriculture. These directions
are brief. DR.. Knapp has issued what he
terms The Ten Comma ndments of Agrl-
culture" ten simple rules that II fol-
lowed will enable any man to farm sue
cessfully. As the crop grows on tiR
demonstration farm meetings OF farmers
will be arranged 10 see 1t from time to
time and the county agent will give lee
lures. Other farmers Will frequently CO.
operate by trying the same method of
raising a crop and carrying out the gov
ernments instructions, without the pres
ence of an agent.
The result of this system has been visit
bly, to demonstrate to whole communities
of farmers In the South what proper
methods of farming can do. II by
ploughng his ground deep instead OF
shallow, by getting the best Of seed. by
proper attention to conservation OF
moisture, fertilization and rotation OF
crops, BIZ Jones can raise n bale or a
bale and q half of cotton where he raised
but a fraction of a bale before. his
| neghbors are likely to get Interested.
Bill Smith Is likely to set out to do like
wise A healthy rivalry is aroused,
Early varieties of cotton are Insisted on
by the government. In order to get ahead
OF the boil wecvil. The result Is that
| the cotton is picked by tho middle or
end of October. and the children are en-
abled TO leave the cotton fields and go
| to school in the winter months. Mt
only are the men Interested, but county
super!ntendents are encouraged to form
clubs among the schoolOoys and the gov
| eminent furnishes the seeds for these
| clubs. system OF prizes IS arranged
| and the boy raising the largest crop OF
corn or cotton Is given a prize. Al! this
| means a new dispensation for the South.
DR.. Knapp illustrates what such methods
accomplish by citing ono neightorhood,
that was too poor even TO buy seed.
with It's stores closing down and its
banks shutting up. Three years OF hard
| work by the agents under the department
Of agriculture have raised the standard
OF farming. increasing the value OF the
| property five hundred per cent, filled the
banks and reopened the stores. This In
stance Is by no means an Isolated one.
| DR.. Knapps mail Is filled with accounts
| Of benefits accomplished in one COM
| lnunity after another In the Southern
States merely by the application OF a
few simple rules for good farming which
until he interviewed threatened to become
a lost art in a great part of tho South.