DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS AND UNION COUNTY.
VOL. X. NO. 12
HUTTIG. ARKANSAS. SATURDAY. JULY 22. 1916.
PRICE. $1 PER YEAR
f‘ft.;*;
if BETTER I ARMING HINTS, i*
KEEP ON DIPPING.
Over seven hundred dfpping vats
in counties where no systematic
regulatory work is being done
speaks volumes for the progressive
spirit of Arkansas farmers, who are
determined to quit paying the aw
ful tax of $20 for each head of
cattle. In a few counties a very
few farmers are grumbling about
the five cent tax, when they are
actually paying a tax of $20 to
keep the ticks. Government fig
ures show that much difference in |
the value of Northern and Sourn
ern cattle. We have one of the
finest cattle growing districts in
America where all clovers and
grasses do well, with long open
seasons and short feeding seasons.
PLANT LATE POTATOES.
Almost everywhere in Arkansas
a good crop of potatoes can be
grown if planted as late as the first
of August. If the early crop had
any disease, the late potatoes
should not be planted in the same
ground. Get the ground in good
condition, select your potatoes, put
them in a tub of water and let
them absord considerable water,
cut into pieces with one good eye
to the piece. Gut in the evening
and plant in the morning in fresh
and rather deep furrows and cover
at once. After three or four days
go over the patch or field with a
section harrow and again in about
i.v* ten days. The Lookout Mountain
potato is highly recommended, but
other varieties will do well if above
suggestions are followed. Let ev
ery farmer grow enough late pota
toes for family use until next
spring and some to sell.
SWAT MOSQUITOES AND FLIES.
It is thought by many physicians
that the labor loss alone from ma
laria would amount to an enormous
sum. In some counties it is esti
mated that one-fifth of the entire
labor time is lost because of this
preventable malady. No house in
Arkansas should be without good
screens for doors and windows,
that will keep out both mosquitoes
and flies. Screens are cheaper
than medicines. Clean up the
pools where mosquitoes breed and
the manure piles where flies breed
and thus check malaria and other
diseases. Let every one preach
the gospel of good health.
FARM IMPLEMENT PRICES.
As a step in preparedness it will
be wise for every farmer who ex
pects to buy a new farm tool next
spring to do it now. It is very ap
parent that there will be a marked
increase in the prices of all farm
machinery. Farmers who have
idle money or who can borrow at
the legal rate of interest, can well
afford to buy now such tools as
disc harrows, cultivators, planters,
mowers and binders. There is not
one chance in a thousand that one
of the above farm tools will be any
cheaper next January and there is
eyery probability that each of them
will be from 15 to 25 per cent
higher.
FALL AND WINTER GARDENS.
Don’t let weeds take the gar
dens. Clean up as fast as a crop
is gathered and plant something
else. If a good sized plot is cleaned
at one time put on a little well
rotted manure, plow deep and plant
new crops. The Valentine and
stringless Green Pod beans may be
planted as late as August 15. Ken
tucky Wonder or White Lima or
Sieva beans any time in July.
Early varieties of carrots may be
planted as late as August 20 and
Dwart German kale may be planted
as late as August 20. PurDle Top
Globe and White Egg turnips may
i be planted as late as September,
although Purple Top Rutabaga
turnips should not be planted later
than August 15 and always in
drills. Early Drumhead and Jer
sey Wakefield cabbage may be |
sown in drills as late as August 1C
and thinned to about 12 inches.
Bloomdale spinach may be planted i
in drills in August or September
Collards may be planted in drills,
where they are to grow as late as
the first week in August. The
above recommendations are made |
by Geo. Pye, one of the county
agents of Pulaski county and a
veteran gardener.
CAPTURE THE WEEVILS.
Thousands of men, women and
boys and girls have been in the
cotton fields in the last ten days j
picking off flared squares and burn
ing them and thus saving thous- ,
ands of bales of cotton. Pick off1
flared squares, pick up the fallen
squares and keep on cultivating.
Then next winter Arkansas farm
ers should give their farms the
best cleaning they have ever had.
The Extension Division of ♦he
University of Arkansas and U S.
Department of Agriculture are
planning a great ‘ Clean-up" cam- j
paign and for fall and winter plow
ing, thus fighting the weevil and
doing better farming at the same
time. Glean farming is about the
| best method after all for fighting
I insect pests.
Notice
The Union Saw Mill Company
will pay $50.00 as a reward to any
one, not in its employ, who will fur
nish information from which any
Derson shall be convicted of depre
cating or trespassing upon the tim
ber of said Company.
This 1st, day of February, 1906.
Union Saw Mill Co.
By F. W. Scott,
Secy, and Treas
Thirty-Nine Vats Built.
T. A. Gibson of Felsenthal, with
the government forces and super
intendent of the construction of
dipping vats, reports that there are
39 dipping vats completed in the
county and that 40 more are to be
built at once. He says that oppo
sition to the work of dipping stock
is fast disappearing. As farmers
see the good work they are falling
ing line. He says the farmers are
enthusiastic over the work after
they see the fine condition it leaves
their stock in. He predicts there
will be 125 to 150 vats in the
county by next spring.
Mr. uibson is now in a position
to give stock growers a certificate
to ship their stock into tick free
territory in Arkansas or Oklahoma.
This gives our cattle a better mar
ket and better prices. After we
have freed this section from ticks,
it will mean from $5 to $20 a head
more for our cows.—El Dorado
Times.
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured
by local application*, a* they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the car. There
I* only one way to cure catarrhal deafness,
and that Is by a constitutional remedy.
Catarrhal Deafness Is caus'd by an In
flamed condition of the mucous lining of
the Eustachian Tube. When this tubu Is
Inflamed you have a rumbling sound or
Imperfect hearing, and when It la entirely
closed. Deafness is the result. Unless the
Inflammation can be reduced and this tube
restored to its normal condition, hearing
will be dtstroyed forever. Many cases of
deafness are caused by catarrh, which Is
an Inflamed condition of the mucous sur
faces. Hall's Catarrh Cure acts thru the
blood on the mucous surfaces of the sys
tem.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any caae of Catarrhal Deafncsa that cannot
be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Circulars
free. All Druggists. 75c.
F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, O.
Methodist Church Services.
The following services will be
held at Union church Sunday: Sun
day school at 10:00 a. m. Preach
ing at 11 a. m. and 8:00 p. m. by
the pastor. Junior League at 3:00
p. m. Epworth League at 7:00 p.
m. A cordial invitation is extend
ed to all to attend these services.
Rev. S. K Burnett, Pastor, i
I
Just A Nickel.
It bought a paper in a Texarkana
office the other day—this nickel
did, and it was old and slick and
battered. The date was about all
that was visible of the lettering on
it, but we found that it was over
thirty years of age.
This caused us to stop and think
for a moment and then we said to
ourselves "What a wonderful story
this piece of money could tell if on
ly it had the power to taik."
How many times has it been
squeezed by some old tightwad,
who finally gave it up only in pay
ment of taxes or a forced necessa
ry? How many times has it car
ried human beings to the place of
their detination on a street ca^
How many cigars has it bought fo1"
American smokers? How many
roses has it painted on the cheeks
of the blushing brides? How many
unfortunates have kissed it good
uy when it was the last cent be-1
tween them and the poorhouse?
And then, ah! how many bright
faced boys and girls have brought
happiness with it? What a pre
cious little piece of metal it is;
many a little fellow has stood at
the show case with it tightly
squeezed in his sweaty hand and
pointed out to the salesman the
kind of gum drops and allday suck
ers that he wanted. Perhaps it
has paid for a red apple for us in
’ that sweet long ago when we dwelt
in childhood’s golden realm. Per
haps we have bought a package of
firecrackers with it. away back
yonder at Christmas time, when
our hearts leaped wildly at each
pop of a cap pistol and all the world
lay stretched out before us like an
oriental rug.
Just a nickel, but it could tell a
story that would read like an Egyp
tian fable. It may be that demons
now in torment once let it slip
throught their slimy fingers, or that
angels in Heaven dropped it into a
charity box. It might have bought
the poison that sent some hopeless
soul to his grave or it might have
paid for the drug that saved a
child's life and gave to the world a
man whose voice is heard in the
halls of the American congress.
A nickel is a little thing, but the
world with all its beauty and gran
deur is made up of little things. We
should not overlook the usefulness,
power and importance of anything
because it is little. A little help
might keep some faultering soul
from falling, a little smile might
refreshen a flower of hope about to
perish, a little deed of kindness
might be the necessary stroke of
the oar to land you safely on the
isle of Eteral Bliss. Texarkanian.
We print ladies’ calling cards.
No. 666
Thi« it a prescription prepared especially
for MALARIA or CHILLS &. FEVER.
Five or six doses will break any case, and
I if taken then as a tonic the Fever will not
return. It acts on the liver better than
Calomel and does not gripe or sicken. 2S'
Do You Know That
Intelligent motherhood conserves
the nation's best crop?
Heavy eating, like heavy drink
ing, shortens life?
The registration of sickness is
even more important than the reg
istration of deaths?
The U. S. Public Health Serv
ice cooperates with state and local
authorities to improve rural sanita
tion?
Many a severe cold ends in tub
erculosis?
Sedentary habits shortens life?
Nelected adenoids and defective
teeth in childhood menace adult
health?
A low infant mortality rate indi
cates high community intelligence?
It’s worry, not work, which short
ens life?
A cold bath every morning is the
best complexion remed- ?
Poor health is expensive?
The death rate from typhoid fev
er in the United Spates has been
cut in half since 1900?
Pneumonia kills over 120,0C0
Americans each year?
Flyless town has few funerals?
The well that drains the cess
pool is the cup of death?
RUB OUT PAIN
with good oil liniment. That's
the surest way to stop them.
1 he best rubbing liniment is
MUSTANG
LINIMENT
Good for the A ilments of
Horses, Mules, Cattle, Etc.
Good for tjour own A ches.
Pains, Rheumatism. Sprains,
Cuts, Burns, Etc.
25c. 50c. $1. At all Dealers.
The officials of the Arkansas
Federation of Labor are elated over
the prospects for the adoption of
Amendment No. 13. Their argu
ment is neatly summarized in this
declaration: "The man who votes
against Amendment No. 13 de
clares he distrusts the ability of
the people to govern.”
Fflscnthal News.
A crowd from here enjoyed a fish
fry at Little Lake last Friday. AM
report a nice time and plenty of
fish.
Mrs. W. T. Sehon visited her
sister. Mrs. Fred Poole, at Lapile
this week.
Mrs. Sim Garner made a busi
ness trip to El Dorado Saturday.
W. P. Spencer is visiting his
brother, George Mathews, of this
place.
Claud Sehon made a business
trip to Monroe this week.
Mrs. Charlie Beal and daughter,
Mary Alice, are visiting her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Boyett,
this week.
Miss Verna Russell, who has
been very sick for several days, is
able to be up.
W. J. Nunnally left for Frogmore
Sunday where he will take the po
sition as agent in the depot.
Miss Edna Mathews seems to be
rather blue lately. We can't imag
ine why. unless it is because Webb
will leave soon for Venus.
Mrs. Ernest Smith is visiting
relatives in Marion this week.
W. H. Hinton is in Camden on
business.
Ask Ada Hinton if the roads
from Harper Springs to Felsentha!
were very muddy Sunday.
Jordon Peace is visiting his sis
ter. Mrs. Fred Tugwell and family.
Mrs. Mary Moore is very sick.
Take from our ministers and churches any of the glory and
honor due them for their good and beneficial work among
our young men. We want to divide the honor with them.
Do you know the.bank and the church should go hand in
hand in helping young men to lead good, moral, honorable
and honest lives. The young men who disgrace their fam
i 1 is and the community never have a bank book in their
pocket. The young man who weekly deposits a portion of
his earnings, seldom, if ever, sows many “wild oats.” Par
ents can do no better act than to assist their boys in start
ing a bank account. It is a stepping stone to all that is good.
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through train, to be known as
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was placed in service between
St. Louis
Dallas
Fort Worth
Houston
Galveston
San Antonio
or intermediate points by the
Iron Mountain Route
Texas and Pacific
International & Great Northern
This trajn will be a duplicate of the famous Scenic
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Fastest Time—Shortest Route
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