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DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS AND UNION COUNTY.
VOL. X. NO. 18
HUTTIG. ARKANSAS. SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 2. 1916.
PRICE, $1 PER YEAR
i* BETTER f ARMING HINTS.
LAST WORD ON CLOVERS.
Much has been written withir
the last two months about thr
growing of clovers and cover crops
in Arkansas and the campaign con
ducted by the Extension Divisiot
and U. S. Department of Ag'icul
ture has been a very vigorous om
and the county agents and banker;
everywhere are reporting unusua
> interest and reporting also that ths
acreage to be seeded to clover;
will be very satisfactory. By Sat
urday, September 2, every farmei
in Arkansas should havg decidec
definitely upon the number of acre;
and as to the variety of clover he
is to seed. Every business man in
Arkansas and all business agenciet
are interested in this great move
ment. Thousands of farmers will
be asked on September 2 by their
friends among the business men tc
state exactly how many acres of
clovers they are to seed and the
variety.
RATE FOR PIGS.
Every farmer who expects to
carry over a few pigs for the winter
should plant within the next two
weeks a patch of rape for winter
pasture. Rape planted before the
middle of September will furnish
pasture for at least three months
and farmers will be surprised at
the number of pigs that can be pas
tured on an acre “Do not buy
feed when it can be grown," should
be the motto of every farmer.
Arkansas buys too much pork when
we can grow pork cheaper here
than can the farmers of any of
the northern states.
A GOOD PASTURE.
A farmer near Forrest City has
a 12 acre permanent pasture on
which he pastured from April 1.
1915, to October 15, 1915, 50
cows, 5 horses and 12 sows and
their pigs. This is one of the
greatest pasture reports ever sent
to the Extension Division and U. S.
Department of Agriculture at Lit
tle Rock. This statement was
verified by many neighbors. The
pasture has Bermuda grass for its
base with bur clover, white clover,
hop clover and lespedeza. thus giv
ing pasture for practically the
whole year. Stock had been kept
on this particular pasture every
J day for seven years. The farmer
stated in a public meeting recent'y
that these 12 acres had produced
more money for him than any 50
acres on his farm.
SELECTING SEED.
One hundred farmers wanted!
One hundred farmers in every
county in Arkansas are wanted
who will agree to select seed corn
from their fields in September, se
lecting good ears not oyer four feet
from the ground and ears hanging
down rather than standing out;
from stalks of medium height,
j neither too tall nor too short: stalks
with plenty of blades and with a
good root system. If every farmer
will select three times as many
bushels cf seed as he will probably
need for planting, hang up these
ears in a shed and then after a
month or two remove the husks
and sort again and put away for
the winter, guarding against the
weevil, there will b« ample seed
supply for next* spring. Then in
February those ears should be
sorted again, the tips and butts re
moved, the ear shelled and the
corn graded. If one hundred farm
ers in each county can be found
who will undertake this campaign
for better seed corn, we can in
crease our yield in 191T over 30
per cent from the same acreage.
Remember that September is the
month for selecting seed corn and
remember that seed corn should
always be selected from the stand
ing stalks in September and not
from the crib in March.
PICK COTTON EARLY.
Thousands of dollars of good
cotton money are sacrificed in Ar
kansas each year because of failure
to get the cotton picked promptly
and before it has had opportunity
to fall to the ground where it not
only becomes trashy and full of
sano but where it is damaged by
exposure to weather. Cotton left
in the fields for a long period of
time fades until it becomes more
or less transparent when it is rec
orgnized as blue cotton and the
price is reduced by about a cent
oer pound. Much cf the cotton
falling to the ground begins to de
cay and is damaged thereby. Of
tentimes when cotton is left-open
m the field during a wet season the
seed begins to sprout and the sub
sequent decay leads to stained and
inferior cotton. Save the cotton
in the test possible condition by
getting it picked early.
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured
with LOCAL, APPLICATIONS, as they
cannot reach the seat of the disease.
Catarrh is a local disease, greatly in
fluenced by constitutional conditions,
and in order to cure it you must
take an internal remedy. Hall's Ca
tarrh Cure is taken internally and
acts thru the blood on the mucous sur
faces of the system. Hall’s Catarrh
Cure was prescribed by one of the best
physicians in this country for years It
is composed of some of the best tonics
known, combined with some of the
best blood purifiers. The perfect com
'blnation of the ingredients in Hall’s
Catarrh Cure is what produces such
wonderful results In catarrhal condi
tions. Send for testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Props.. Toledo, O.
All Druggists, 7r,c.
Hall’s Family Pills for constipation.
New Odd Fellow Officers.
The following is a list of the
newly installed officers of Huttig
Lodge No. 348, I. O. 0. F:
N. G.— M. L. Phillips.
V. G. H. C. Bedford.
Secy. —J. H. Sehon. jr.
Treas.—L. M. Despain.
Warden—S. O. Kelly.
Con.—-R. E. Claunch.
I. G. J. A. Bricnac.
O. G. A. J. Mullins.
R. S. N. G. D. C. White.
L. S. N.'G. J. B. Taylor.
R. S. V. G.~ J. D. Brigman.
L. S. V. G,— Thos. Works.
Chaplain S. K. Burnett.
R. S. S.—J. H. Raybourn.
L. S. S.—T. K. Billberry.
RUB OUT PAIN
with good oil liniment. That’s
the surest way to stop them.
The best rubbing liniment is (
MUSTANG
LINIMENT
Good for the A ilments of
Horses, Mules, Cattle, Etc.
Good for your own Aches,
Pains, Rheumatism, Sprains,
Cuts, Burns, Etc.
25c. 50c. $1. At all Dealers.
Do You Know That
One million two hundred thous
and Americans die each year, it is
estimated?
Heart disease, pneumonia and
tuberculosis cause more than 30
per cent of deaths?
Sickness lowers earning ca
pacity?
The U. S. Public Health Service
is the nation's first line of defense?
Disease is the nation’s greatest
burden?
Sunlight and sanitation, not silks
and satins, make better .babies?
Low wages favor’ high disease
rates?
A female fly lays an average of
120 eggs at a time?
ECONOMIES IN MAII EQUIPMENT.
Great Saving of Money to the Government
- Baqs at Naif former Cost.
The people who see mail bag
loaded on postal cars from the mail
wagons of the government, or ser
them thrown off at the station ir
the cities, can form no idea of the
immensity of this branch of the
public service. Statistics and ta
bles of figures may have little in
terest for the ordinary reader, but
when it is stated that the total
number of mail bags used for
transporting the mails amount to
about five millions, and if placed
end to end would stretch from
Boston to San Francisco and ex
tend into the Pacific Ocean, some
estimate may be formed of the tre
mendous mass of such equipment
needed in the dispatch of public
business.
At the beginning ot- this admin
stration an inventory was taken to
learn what equipment for railway
postal transportation the govern
ment had on hand. It was d;s
coyered that the grand total of
such property was 3,549.489
pieces, of which 468.846 were
mail pouches, 2.592,479 were
sacks, and 488.164 were mail
locks. Since this inventory was
made the growth of the service re
quired the purchase of over one
j million and a half mail bags to meet
the steadily increasing demand.
This business of the government
is so enormous that a tabulation
made in the railway mail service
two years ago showed that the
eight mail bag depositories of the
United(States received and sent
out again during the year just pre
ceding, nearly 40,000,000 sacks
and pouches. As the real amount
of stock then was about 4.000,
000, it will be seen that this equip
ment was handled ten times by the
system of distribution devised to
relieve congestion at one point and
meet pressing demands at another,
without which arrangement the
peculiar exactions of the service
could not be met. The amount
thus handled is now very much
larger, sacks and pouches passing
to and fro through these deposito
ries and the mail bag storehouses
at Washington aggregating 56,
’ 000,000 pieces. In the summer
[of 1913, the department was pay
ling $1.44 for its ordinary mail
pouches, i his price was deemed
too high, and experts were set to
work to devise something which
would be of equal capacity, equal
durability, at a less cost. The re
sult was that a pouch was designed
which the department contracted
for and purchased for less than 60
cents each, and this pouch has
been produced in large quantities
and is replacing those formerly un
der contract. Experts were also
placed on the proposition of de
signing a cheaper but equally ef
fective pouch for the exchange of
mails by moving trains. The de
partmertt was then paying $1.70
for these catcher pouches. Witn
in a short time a pouch was evolved
designed on scientific principles,
which is giving far better service
and at a greatly reduced cost, viz,,
80 cents each.
The saving in this production of
equipment will amount to a very
large sum, for there have been
over L50.000 of these new styie
bags placed in the service within
the last two years at a reduction of
fifty per centum, and this economy
will of course continue and grow in
amount as the further demand for
supply is met. While the old style
of equipment required expert at
tention to keep them in repair, this
newer product requires but little,
and is kept in good condition at a
nominal cost by machine operators.
We print ladies' calling cards.
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Innrovcd Slate Government.
Amendment No. 13 will surely
improve government in Arkansas.
First, because it will be an incen
tive for the voters to take a more
active interest and pai tioipation in
the making of our laws.
Second, because it will give us a
class of legislators less interested
in their own affairs and more in
those of the people. This result is
inevitable, because seats in the
legislature will be less desirable for
those who have ‘ axes to grind,"
and because bribery and secret in
fluence will naturally be lessened
when the people have the power to
make or veto laws.
Less work will be given to log
rolling and more to business. The
power of bosses ard rings will be
practically destoyed. Not only
will this change, make office more
attrac'iye to higher minded and
public spirited citizens, but it will
make it easier for a man who is
clean when elected to staySclean.
If you really want future legis'a
tures to be composed of citizens
who have the welfare of the people
at heart, vote for Amendment
No. 13.
RUB-MY-TISM
Will cure your Rheunmf isro
Neuralgia, Headaches, Cramps,
Colic, Sprains, Bruises, Cuts and
Burns. Old Sores, Stings of Insects
Etc. Antiseptic Anodyne, used in
ternally and externally. Price 25c
Mrthcdist Church Services.
.day school at 1
Vug at 1 Va. m an
The following services will te
held at Union church. Sunday: Sun
0:QI> a. m. Preach
a.hdw:00 p.yn by
the pastor. Junior P**£ue at ?>spo
p. m. Epworth League at 7:00 p.
m. A cordial invitation is extend
ed to all to attend these services.
Rev. S. K. Bupnftt Pastor.
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£ |m Do You
W\Idc
iJjiieve in national preparedness
and then fail to keep yourself
physically fit?
Wash your face carefully and
then use a common roller towel?
Go to the drug store to buy a
tooth brush and then handle the
entire stock to see if the bristles
are right?
Swat the fly and then maintain a
pile of garbage in the back yard?
PROPOSED AMTCMDMRNT TO Till
COHSTITI TION OK THE STATE
OF ARKANSAS.
Notice ts hereby given that the fol
lowing joint resolution, proposing an
i amendment to the fitate Constitution
was passed by the General Assembly
at Its regular session of 1915, and that
the same will be submitted to the elec
tors of the State at the next general
election, to be held Tuesday, November
7, 191R, for adoption or rejection.
Proponed Amendment No. 14.
That the follow ing is hereby pro
posed as an amendment to the Consti
tution of the State *f Arkansas, which,
when agreed to by a majority of a-*
members elected to each house arid
j adopted by a majority of the electors
j of the State voting at the next gen
eral election for senators and repre
sentatives. shall become a part of the
Constitution of the State of Arkansas'
"Section 1. The county court* in
! their respective counties, In addition to
tne county tax now allowed to he lev
ied. shall have power when authorised,
as hereinafter provided, to levy an an
nual tax not exceeding three mills ojj
j the dollar on all taxable property,
I which shall he collected and expended
| In making and repairing nuljJth roads
and bridges in their re&pecilve coun
ties: and said court shall have power,
after authority given as hereinafter
provided, to levy a tax not exceeding
three mills on the dollar on all taxable
property for a period of time not to
exceed tfilrty years, to borrow money,
Issue bonds, and pledge the revenues
arising from the tax levied for a pe
riod of time, to pay the interest and
principal of any sum or sums so bor
rowed. All bonds Issued hy authority
herein given shall bear a rate of inter
est not to exceed p«r cent per annum.
All sums so borrowed shall he used ex
i cluMvely In making and repairing the
i public roads and bridge** in the county.
The annual tax and the tax for period
of years shall not both he levied and
be In force at the same time In any
county—the levy of one shall exclude
the levy of the other.
Refnre any levy of taxea herein au
thorised shut! tie made, the question
of levying such tax shall he submitted
to the qualified electors of the county
at a general or special election called
for that purpose, at which a majority
Of the qualified electors voting at such
an election shall have voted In favor of
such levy of tatfha.
Approved February t, 141 R.
The above resolution was filed In the
office of the Secretary of State on Feb
ruary 8. 141 5.
filarh elector may vnte for or against
♦he above amendment.
Witness my official signature thla
ttth day of April, 19ir
&ARL.R W HO DO Kg,
I (Seal) Secretary of 0tat% j
Some people have the idea that a bank is only for the
convenience of the rich -and well-to-do. This is a great
mistake, for while the bank is a convenience to the man of
ample means, it is a NECESSITY to the man of limited
means who must handle his funds with greater care and
who is more liable to need financial aid.
Recently a man remarked that he had $25 that he
would like to deposit, but he supposed we would not want
to be troubled with so small an amount. No deposit is so
small but what it be appreciated by us and as carefully
lookek after as those of greater amounts.
We often hear the remark from parlies that they must
use their money and so cannot deposit it. No account is
more desirable to us than that of the man who must use his
money, for he gives his checks to hu friends and neighbors
this causes them to come to our bank and in this way he
sends us many new accounts. We will ’ appreciate your
account.
THE
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
On December 5th a mw.
through train, to
was placed in service
Another New Train For
* St. Louis
| Dallas
Fort Worth
Houston
Galveston
San Antonio
or intermediate points by the
5 Iron Mountain Route
Texas and Pa cific
International & Great Northern
This tiain will be a dupiicj te of the famous Scenic
Limited and will leave Si. Louis at 6: 15 p. m.
Fastest Time—Shortest .Route
Between St. Louis and T exas
Call or write for parti, clars
F. H. MOORE,
AGENT,
HUYTIG, ARKANSAS
inininuiiiuriniiiiiiunmiimi! inn
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Easy Payments it You Prefer to Buy That Vi aY
Chargv Accounts Solicited
Plain Figure Prices.
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Evsryjiody knows that mileage is the ■
Supreme T est of an Autornobi'e Tire. For ■
the same reason the Supreme Test of "Saw
Test" "Is \ earag’e.”
There y >u has'e the reason for its tre
mendous poj'ularity. As a rule people know
furniture wh:n they use it The outside ap
pearance is,not always indicative of inside
fc worth. Th^only exception to this rule that
we krow of the "Taw Test.” Because
everyone who has usedx it wi l tell you that
it is every bit as good’ as it looks. You
don't buy “Sa^v Test” Furniture on faith.
INo sired You buy it with the positive cer- .
j tamty that it w ill look up to' its appearance
as long as it lasts. That will be for sever
al generations.
We are strong on Rugs and Draperies,
pecially the newer designs. Those that
Jhave so much snap and beauty. They will
make your hon.e a most enjoyable place.
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