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The Huttig news., 1914-03-07

as fast as they can be carried out, and l promise to give all roads in the township the same attantlon l live about z miles from Strong, about 4 nilss from Huttig and 4 miles from LapiIs Vhieh locates me centrally ia the to~ 7hsp
 You would not have a ao4t9r at tend your f$miy or a surveyor run your.laad lines or any tt'7er pro- fessional work done without first knowing that the man doing it ws s trained in his profession Yet q great many people think that an antrained man can make an1 meiitl- tain good roads, That's q mistake. There is as muah science in tha making and upkeep ot roads with the material at hand a5 taere Is in any other profession. A man has to know the different grades of rna- tefial that abound in the township. which to use aid which to discard. For instance, red clay. while mak- ing a good base for I road. makes a mighty cad surface, and loan. while making a rotten base, makes an excellent surface. and 50 on. l would also prohibit the use of any vegetable matter in roads. such as pine tops, etc. No pefisha9le ma- terial should bs put in roa1. as wherever such is put 1t is laying the foundation for future trouble of a near date. do rot believe in putt ng dirt in hole already full of water. thereby doing a positive in jury to the road
 In concluding l would say I haze no other occupation and am in a position to spend all my time on road improvement if elected Py folio ling the above methods and keeping road machines at work all the time and effeetInq needed re- pairs to all bridges, the roads in this township can. be aade u com pare favoraply with rcads composed of like mateYial in any township 1T the State of Arkansas. Os the above method of road construction l base ny claims. and submit my candidacy to your kind and careful consideration at the polls on March 25th. am
 Respectfully yours,
 JoE CUMMINGS.
The Huttig news., 1914-03-07

Is this the kind of a Democrat you are looking for for Auditor of State? adv.
The Huttig news., 1914-03-07
To the Voters of la9ile TowasIi'p:

Having announced my candidacy for the office of Road Ovarseef of Lapile township and it being i'm possible to meet personally all the voters of the township l take this method of placing before the peo- pie some of the reasons for my claims to the office. have never had any other occupation but grad ing. both rail and highways. have been in the business for the past eighteen years and am equipped with the experience that peculiarly fits me for the office l have a thorough knowledge of dirt of the different grades and the most eco nonieal method of handling same. from the shovel to the most intri- cate machinery.
 If elected to office l would use all free labor (and that includes all able bodied men not exempt by law) in getting stumps and other impediments out of the road in or der to facilitate the use of road machinery. as one grader properly handled can do the work of forty men on highway. l would also put continuous ditches on both sides of all roads. thereby giving much needed drainage, which in my estimation is the greatest es- sential in road building and main tenanee. as there is no material will hold up without proper drain age. At all places where water crosses the road boxes should be installed and the road on each side raised above same. This pre- vents erosion in roads and keeps them in better shape contiguous to the waterway. All heavy hills in the township can be cut down so as to make hauling 50 per cent easier. the only problem being the disposal of dirt exoavated. and that could be easily solved by working both ways. that is. making embank- ment at foot of hill with dirt taken from top. All low places on roads should be raised enough to give drainage from center of road to ditches at sides. All leaning trees on side of road should be cut down and taken out of the way thereby eliminating a danger to man and beast.
 If elected to office pledge my self to all the ooye improvements
The Huttig news., 1914-03-07
The Weather in February.

The rainfall in this vicinity for the month of February was four and forty-three one hundredths inches. The highest temperature was recorded on the 5rd when the thermometer registered z6 above. and the lowest on the 8th and 24th when it was down to 2l above. The thermometer did not go above 56 during the day on the 24th. which was the coldest day of the winter.
The Huttig news., 1914-03-07
Call for Mass Meeting.

A mass meeting of the voters of Huttig will be held at the Town Hall Monday night. March Is. at Z:3O o'clock. for the purpose of selecting candidates for the offices of Mayor. Recorder and five Alder men to be voted for on Tuesday. April z. 1914. All interested voters are urged to be present.
 c. T. THOMPSON,
 Mayor.
The Huttig news., 1914-03-07
JoE CUMMINGS.

Hon. w. s. Goodwin. congress- man from this district. will address the voters of Huttlg and vicinity on the issues of the day at the Princess Theatre Thursday night March 10th, as z:5o o'clock. Ev- erybody cordially invited to be present and hear him. The Thurs day night picture show will be given on Friday night.
The Huttig news., 1914-03-07
Some Affiday.tS.

H. c. Mccain, who is opposing L. L. Coffnan for Auditor of State for second term, signed petition nominating Chas E. Taylor an in- dependent candidate for Governor at the last election to run against Geo. w. Hays.
 Hays name was certified to the Secretary of State July 2nd, 1915, as the nominee of the Democratic party. McGains petition nomina- ting Taylor (Independent) was filed July 5rd, 1915, one day later.
 The following is on file in the Secretary of States office:
 I, Earle w. Hodges. Secretary of State of the State of Arkansas. do hereby certify that there was filed in this office on the second day of July. 1915, under. signature of A. #J. Walls, Chairman. and w C. Hut ton. Secretary of the State Central Committee. a certificate to the eff feet that:
 WHEREAS. Geo. W. Hays had received a majority over Stephen Brundidge of 86l votes. he, Geo. w. Hays. was declared the nomi- nee for the Democratic party of the State of Arkansas for the office of Governor of said State at the special election to be held on the 25rd day of July, 1913.
 In Testimony Whereof. have hereunto set my hand. and attached my official seal. Done at Little Rock, this 2Oth day of February. 1914.
 EARL w. HoDeEs. lsEAL1 Secretary of State. State of Arkansas,
 County of Pulaski
 To the Honorable Earle w. Hodges.
 Secretary of State of the State
 of Arkansas:
 We. the undersigned electors of the State of Arkansas. do hereby nominate Chas. E. Taylor. a quali- fled elector of the State of Arkan- sas, Democrat. as candidate for the office of c ,vernor of the State of Arkansas, at the special election to be held in the various counties and voting precincts of said State on the 25rd day of July, 1913.
 We hereby request that the name of said nominee be certified to the various County Boards of Election Commissioner and print ed on the tickets to be voted at said election at the time and in the manner provided by law
 Witness our hands this, the 5rd day of July. 1915.
 Signed, H. c. MCCAIN.
 AND OTHERS.
 Is this the kind of a Democrat you are looking for for Auditor of @1
The Huttig news., 1914-03-07
What is Good for Headache?

One lady says. after suffering dreadfully for about seven years, she tried Hunts Lightning Oil which almost instantly relieved her, and nas been entirely free from those dreadful headaches since. Ask your drug ggst.
The Huttig news., 1914-03-07

make good crop the year follow ing. If clover is not available use Bermuda or something else for pasture.
 JOHN H. PAGE. Commissioner of Agriculture.
The Huttig news., 1914-03-07
Eczema, Ring Worm, Itching, letter.

Sold under a positive guarantee to refund the purchase price if it does not cure itch. ringWorm. letter and all other skin diseases. Hunt S Cure has proven itself the standard medicine for skin diseases. Ask any druggist and read the positive guarantee that goes with each package. Price soc.
 A. B. Richards Medicine Go
 Sherman. Texas.
The Huttig news., 1914-03-07
Badly Burned.
Mayor

Nothing relieves a scald or burn more quickly than Hunts Light hing Oil. This wonderful liniment is very healing. For cuts. sprains. bruises. etc. it is fine Sold by ali druggists in 25c and soc bottles.
The Huttig news., 1914-03-07

F. w. Scott and D. M. Clowney were business visitors to Shreve- port this week.
The Huttig news., 1914-03-07

Hear Hon. w s. Goodwin at the Princess Theatre next Thursday night.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-04-15

O'BRlEN BEGINS ARGUMENT. TO,
JURY IN BARRETT CASE
Branding Ed and Charley Barrett
and Arthur Friedman as persons
who have forfeited the right live in
organized society,"" Asst States Atty
James C. O'Brien today began his ar
gument to the jury which is to decide
the fate of the alleged slayers of Con-
ductor Frank Witt.
O'Brien summed up the evidence
which showed that Witt received the
fatal bullet while he held his hands
above his head and was crying out,
"don't shoot.
AS O'Brien pictured the death of
the conductor, Wits sister, Mrs.
Minnie LutZ, broke down and wept
1t was the first demonstration of grief
since the beginning of the long, ar
dous trial
In his speech to the jury, O'Brien
intimated that he would at the end
ask that Ed Barrett be given the
death penalty. Ed Barrett is accused
by Henry Grosskurth of having fired
the shot into the body Of Frank
Witt.
Henry Grosskurth has sworn that
Ed Barrett fired the shot into Wits
body" said O'Brien, "and Sergeant
Halligan has told you that Witt was
shot when he held his hands above
his head and cried out for mercy. But
there was no mercy shown. A shot
blazed forth. Witt helpless fell out
into Fifth avenue. But now Ed Bar
rett comes into court and says he
only acted in self-defense and didn't
shoot Witt" -
O'Brien later read the Supreme
Court decision affirming Ed BarTett's
conviction on a charge of Staying
young Masterson in a North Side sa-
loon, thus bringing in Barrett's Grim
inal record.
At one time in his speech O'Brien
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-04-15


The bullet that killed Frank Witt,
and the conductors uniform he wore
when his dead body was picked up on
Fifth avenue, are stricken out from
the evidence that will be considered
by the jury in the case of the Bar
rett brothers and Arthur Friedman,
charged with the murder of Witt.
Judge Mckinley made this ruling
yesterday on motion of Atty Ed
ward Day. for the defense. The
court addressed Asst States Atty
O'Brien: There is a proper method
for introducing these into evidence,
but that proper method has not been
followed. .
The defense failed to prove that
Francis Byrne, a newsboy, got off
Wits car and ran to get>,a crowd
from the Daily World Office while
Witt held the car, and the court
granted the motion of Atty O'Brien
that all testimony concerning con-
spiracy between Witt and Byrne be
stricken from the record.
O'Brien attacked the character of
Charles Barrett. A hush came over
the courtroom when the state called
for criminal records and showed that
March %, 1905, jury in Judge
KeEsten's court found Charles Bar
rett guilty with two other men Of
statutory offense committed upon
twelye-year-old girl. On June 13 he
was. sentenced by Judge Tuthill to
a term of ten years in states prison.
NO OBJECT
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-04-15

0'Brien turned to him and said:
.''No, Mr.. Day, it was not a pink tea,
but a cruel, cold-blooded murder"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-04-15
NO OBJECT

NO OBJECT
Moneys no object to me-"
"That so?"
Absolutely. It's an intangible
spirit as far as Pm concerned"
A mean really loves his wife if he is
perfectly willing to make fool of
himself to please her.
Many of the evening gowns have
bodies which are nearly sleeveless
and very deconette.
The true Democrat., 1914-02-07

secretary submitted STATEMENT OF re-
ceipts and disbursements for the month
of January
st. FrancisvilIe, La, Feb. /, 1914
Statement of Receipts and Disbursements
for the month of January:
Cash on hand last statement. IS 505. 81
Raoatptc Sippn-
The true Democrat., 1914-02-07
A GIRL AND A NlckLE.

The Youths companion tells the
story of a girl who lived in Mississippi
and who asked her brother to give her
the money to go to college. He told
her he could not afford it, and, tossing
her a nickel, added unless you can
go on that"
The plucky little girl took the FIVE
cent piece and bought some calico,
from which she made a bonnet that
she sold for twenty-five cents. With
this money she bought more calico and
made more bonnets. After she had
made several dollars in this way she
determined to raise potatoes. She did
not stop work, however, and it is not
surprising that girl of so nue.. de.
termination was able to borrow enough
money to start at school.
She was graduated with honor from
the State College for Women, attend
ed medical school, still earning al
her expenses, got her degree, and is
now a successful practieing physician
in large town in the South; and i
all began with a nickle!-Shrevepor
Times.
The true Democrat., 1914-02-07
Same Rates for True Democrat and Daily Pcayune
yodeling by the hour as he toiled on

|yodeling by the hour as he toiled on
his barren acres.
Much water has run under the bridge
since Arnold Martin made this ven.
ture, and now his little farm is cele.
brated all over Nebraska, and it's fame
is spreading to the far corners of the
country. The agriculturists who smil.
ed or wept when they heard of Ar
nold's foolish break now repair to his
home to receive instructions and ad.
monition from him. For he makes
more money from his twenty acres
than the average farmer can hope to
make from his $40 acres.
Recently he took lot of his prod.
ucts to a dry.farming congress at Tul.
sa, Okla, and won prizes aggregating
$1,167. He was the hero of that as.
semblage, and people crowded around
him all day long to ask him how in
thunder he did it, and Arnold explain
ed patiently and good-naturedly. He
makes no mystery of his success. He
is making fortune on a piece of land
American farmers considered too pool
for hog to pasture, and he says he
thinks eamight have done better had
/ he purchased 10 acres instead of 90
He believes that 20 acres makes al
most too large farm for one man te
attend to!
The United States Department Of
Agriculture has sent some of its ex
perts to Pawnee County to study Ar
mold Martin and his hip-pocket farm
and one of those experts, after con
templating the owners curves for 6
few days, said: "This man is the frs
of American farmers" Then he went
back to Washington and prepared 6
special bulletin treating of Martin ant
his methods.
| Martin has never suffered from lant
hunger. At Tulsa he said to a grouI
of farmers: "a farm of 320 acres is {
misfortune, and one of $40 acres is {
downright calamity
The true Democrat., 1914-02-07
HAVE FAITH IN THE HOME MAN.

1t is true to-day as it was 1900 years
ago that "a prophet is not without
honor save in his own country" The
lack of appreciation by home people
has caused many man to leave a
town and seek a new community in
which to begin an enterprise. Thus a
new industry which might have helped
this town to grow was lost because It's
people lacked faith in the home man.
The man who goes away and sue
ceeds is readily acknowledged by the
people of his home town as genius.
Many an inventor and many projec-
tor of new enterprises has had this
experience; it is common, indeed, to
all mankind. Persons in many com.
munities have not sufficiently appre.
ciated what their neighbors were &C.
complishing or could achieve, and so
many man has gone elsewhere and
found the recognition that was denied
him at home.
|, Give credit and backing to the home
man. Have faith in him and encour.
age him. If this is done fully and free.
ly it will go long way toward keep.
ing at home many man who other
wise will go elsewhere to find moral
and financial backing.
There is genius in this town as we'll
as in any other If you know of man
who has something to develop, don't
let him go elsewhere. Help him to get
a start right here. Commercial enter.
prises are benefit to any community,
and we should have sufficient pride in
this town to want it to grow.
The true Democrat., 1914-02-07
ABOUT LOUISIANA LAWS.

The Shreveport Journal INDUCES the
following:
Under this caption the Kansas City
Star says that while the old adage,
ignorance of the law excuses no man
has always been accepted as a true
and correct legal doctrine, yet the very
fact that ignorance is no excuse makes
it necessary that the law should be
very clear. The doctrine works a
great hardship at times-many honest
men violate the law at times through
ignorance and get themselves into a
world of trouble Which reminds us
that the old adage might profitably be
revised SO as to read that Ignorance
of the law excuses no man--uot even
the lawyer"
And we might suggest that the adage
be amended to further read, "igno-
rance of the law excuses no man
not even the lawyer or the lawmaker. +"
Louisiana carries upon her statute
books a bunch of antiquity, which is
called law, abandoned by other and
more progressive states years and
years ago. The statute books of the
state also contain some most remark.
able measures, such as the present
game law, the New Orleans except
ed" laws, and many others which
might be enumerated. 1t is not always
lack of intelligence in their passage
This, too, with all due respect to thai
most distinguished body of real states
men, the present Louisiana legislature
Exchange.
The true Democrat., 1914-02-07
L. r. G. N. CRAWLING ROAD BED

Two work trains have been put on
at Colfax to haul gravel from the pit
east of Bayou Darro. The gravel is
being hauled to points on the L. R. &
N. between Colfax and Baton Rouge
and will be used to ballast the track.
We understand the l.. r. & N. Co.
will gravel their entire road bed from
New Orleans to Shreveport, and will
put on three or four more work trains
for this purpose by the first of March
1t is also reported that after the road
bed is ballasted the company expects
to reduce the time of passenger trains
between Shreveport and New Orleans
to a schedule of ten hours and forty
minutes-Colfax Chronicle.
The true Democrat., 1914-02-07

Thank God every morning that you
have something to do that day, wheth-
er you like it or not Being forced to
work, and forced to do your best, will
breed in you temperance and selfcon.
troll, diligence and strength of will,
eheerfulness and content, and a hun
dred virtues which the idle will never
know.-Charles Kingsley.
The true Democrat., 1914-02-07
QUEENS OF THE HOME.

Lake Charles American-Pre
The good old doctrine of queens of
the home" was dragged out and busted
off in the Mississippi Legislature last
week when the woman's suffrage
amendment to the Constitution came
up for action. The Legislature finally
defeated, not law permitting women
to vote, but law permitting the men
of Mississippi to say whether women
should vote or not Upon this ques-
tion, it appears, even the men of Mis-.
sissippi may not be trusted. They
must submit to the guardianship of
the Legislature which they created as
far as woman suffrage is concerned.
All the old bunk arguments against
wOmen's participation in public affairs
were trotted out as a reason, not for
depriving women of the vote, but for
depriving the men voters of the oppor-
tunity to say whether they shall vote
or not. One honorable gentleman bas-
ed his opposition to woman suffrage
on the interesting but hardly novel
ground that his mother was a woman,
and so was his wife. and neither of
them had expressed desire to vote.
Therefore, no women wanted to vote.
1t is this sort of merciless logic that
completely refutes and fiabbergasts
feminine arguments. Another legis-
lator declared that woman is now the
queen of the home and of the hearts
of men, who are always ready to do
her bidding Southern chivalry," he
exclaimed, would always take care Of
them as it had in the past" For par
ticulars, see the laws of Louisiana,
Mississippi and other Southern States.
But the prize argument, as far as nov
city is concerned was produced by a
gentleman who bears the euphonic
name of Eden. Eden advanced, by i'm
plication at least, the theory that it
wouldn't do to let the women vote,
because they would vote for saloons.
He said that in States where women
vote there are open saloons; that the
women of California had joined hands
with the liquor interests to defeat pro-
hibition! This monstrous perversion
of the truth was apparently permitted
to go unchallenged. There was some
more Southern chivalry" talk, even
after that. The idea seemed to be
that the women didn't desire to vote
at all, but if the men were allowed to
say whether they should be given the
opportunity. the designing male sex
might force the chance to vote upon
them. And this, one speaker said,
would be reconstruction over again."
Without entering further into the mer-
its of the case, it might be said that
not only Mississippi but other South.
ern States would be better off for the
kind of reconstruction the women's
votes would force. Indeed, it Is hard
to see that any old kind of reconstruc-
tion would not be an Improvement in
Mississippi.
The true Democrat., 1914-02-07

On motion of Hamilton seconded by
Rettig, Meeting adjourned.
A. B. BRIANT, Mayor.
G. L. PLETTINGER, Clerk.
! hereby certify that the foregoing is
true and correct copy of the original
minutes as they appear on pages 2S2,
283 of minute book a."
G. l.. PLETTINGER, Clerk.
The true Democrat., 1914-02-07

"If man lies about you, don't call
him a liar to his face nor to his back,
but live so that everybody will know
that he is one Exchange.
The true Democrat., 1914-02-07
TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
st. Francisville, La, Feb. 3, 191

st. Francisville, La, Feb. 3, 1914.
At regular meeting of the Board
of Aldermen held this day, the follow
ing members were present: A. B.
Briant, Mayor; Joe Stern, F. O. Ham
ilton, Geo. Rettig. r. Yunkes, Board
of Aldermen
Minutes of last regular and special
meetings read and adopted.
Motion made by Stern and seconded
by Hamilton, That the Mayor be au-
thorized to bid on the lumber at sale
of Chas. Weydert. Carried.
Motion made by Rettig and second
ed by Hamilton, That the following
salaries, bills, and commissions be
paid:
The true Democrat., 1914-02-07

Get the Little Ad" habit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-31
HOW PRESIDENT
 VIEWS SITUATION

Washington, March 30 1.-The White House today authorized a statement of what the President had said in answer to the charge that the Presl- dent had made a deal with Sir Will liam Tyrrell, private secretary to sir Edward Grey. British foreign secre- tary.
 The President had been asked if the charge were true. The President re- piled:
 "Of course that answers itself. It is just the crowning insult of a number of insults which have been intro duced in this debate. This whole thing fond of telling of very effective de- batter. l need not say where this hap pened. He sent a challenge down into a county very hostile to him to de- bate. The people down there did not like the judge much. but they put up the man best liked by them and who was handy for such occasions. great, big. husky fellow. They all called him Tom. The challenger was given the first hour of the two hours allotted for the debate. and he had not go- more than half way through his speech when it became evident that he was convincing the audience. when one of Toms partisans in the back of the room cried:
 From, Tom. call him a liar and make it a fight
 That is the stage this thing has reached"