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HUTTIG
NEWS.
DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS AND UNION COUNTY.
VOL. VI. NO. 1.
HUTTiG. ARKANSAS. SATURDAY. MAY 4. 1912.
PRICE. $1 PER YE/>R
Union County fair.
The following are the proceed
ings of the meeting held in El Do
rado last Saturday in the interes
of a fair in Union county fc 1J12
The meeting was called to ordei
by the president and the following
resolutions were adopted:
■‘Resolved. That it is the sense
of this association that Union coun
ty should have a much bettet fail
this year than we have ever hac
and that we exert every means pos
sible to enlist the cooperation o:
every township in the county, anc
that each township be representec
on the board of directors by bott
farmers and business men.
"Resolved Second, That we ap
point a committee of three frorr
each township in the county, ex
cept El Dorado which shall have
nine, who shall be the advisory com
mittee, and said committee shat
elect a board of directors to majiage
the Union County Fair.”
The following advisory commit
tee was then appointed:
Boone Twp. Alfred McRae. W.
F. McDonald. J. Harper Lewis.
Van Buren Twp.—W. T. Flour
noy, E. H. Smith, W. T. Yarbough.
Garner Twp.—M. D. Smith, Geo.
Sewell, Asa Morgan.
Tubal Twp.—C. J. Jolly, W. G.
Britt, S. D. Moss.
CornieTwp.- C. B. New, Paul
Tatum, A. L. Jones.
Wesson Twp—J. R. Sandifur,
Geo. Griffin, P. F. Simmons.
Henderson Twp. —G. H. Dis
mukes, A. J. Reynold. M. P. Muse.
Jackson Twp.—Joe Ford, H. E.
Breazeal, J. Chisholms.
Johnson Twp.- Walker Hudson,
W. H. Trull. H. F. Murray.
LapileTwp.—J. F. Poole, J. M.
Durrett, C. M. Nelson.
Harrison Twp.- ^i. W. Baskin,
Willie Brillhart, J. L. Burgess.
Willmington Twp.—W. S. Perry,
Dr. C. H. Williams, S. N. Stow.
Franklin Twp. — W. E. Baker, D.
F. Jackson, Arthur Betts.
Smackover Twp.- W. R. Swilley,
C. L. Saxon. Ed Murphy.
El Dorado Twp. -^Frank Hill, W.
C. Perdue. H. C. McKinney. D^ E.
Morgan. Albert Rowell, C. H. Mur
phy, W. T. Young. H. S. Speck. C.
W. Phillips.
All the advisory committee are
hereby called to meet at the court
house in El Dorado on Saturday
May 1 1, at 10 o’clock a. m. to elect
directors and meet with the asso
ciation. J. A. McWilliams. Pres.
Advertised letter list.
The fol.owmg letters remain un
claimed in the Huttig postoffice for
the week ending April 30, 1912:
Gents.
F W Riler Joe McCrary
Frank Pearson A J McCoy
Henry Hicks Edd Jackson
Edgar Haney
Ladies.
Sal lie Day
When calling for above letters
please say advertised.
E. N. Collett, P. M.
A Pleasant Social Affair.
One of the social events of las1
week was the entertainment giver
the B. Y. P. U. society at the home
of Mrs. J. B. Crockett on Fridaj
evening. As the guests approachec
the house their first inclination was
to holler "fire." but on closer obser
vation they learned that it was
only the decorations for the occas
ion that caused the momentary
alarm, as the entire porch was i
mass of beautiful Japanese lan
terns suspended from the ceiling
Each guest was met at the en
trance and escorted to a table lader
with a delicious bowl of punch anc
served in a dainty way by Mrs. W
H. Moore. Several games were
participated in and presently wc
noticed our hostess had desertec
us; however she soon returnee
bringing with her a big saucer foi
each guest of good old time, home
made ice cream which was highly
enjoyed by all. Those presenl
were: Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Moore
' Mrs. A. G. Atnip, Misses Ruth Car
i roll, Bernice Goodwin and Bessie
! Pollard; Messrs. E. H. Thompson
J. R. Sims and J. D. Wempie. Sev
' eral of the members failed to at
tend but had they known what was
in store for them you couldn t
have tied them away for the
'hours passed too swiftly, and as
each guest departed they pro
nounced Mr. and Mrs. Crockett as
A-l host and hostess and urged
them to repeat the offense at an
early date. A Guest.
Republican County Convention.
At a meeting of the Republican
County convention held at El Do
rado last week the following dele
gates and alternates were chosen
to the state and congressional con
i ventions to be held this month.
Delegates C. L. Jones. Pat Mc
I Nalley, L. C. and E. G. Trull.
Alternates—L. A. Russell. E. N.
I Collett, R. M. Deeson and J. W.
Riddle.
The convention endorsed the ad
ministration of President Taft and
the delegates while not instructed
for him will support him in the con
vention.
A new county central committee
was chosen and Pat McNalley was
elected chairman and E.G. Trull
secretary. Pat McNalley was also
elected state central committee
man from this county to succeed
R. L. Floyd who now lives in Little
i Rock.
Wanted Active Wan in tach locality
To join this Society. Sick, acci
dent, death benefits. And intro
duce our Memberships. Alt or
spare time. $50 to $300 a month.
Every Member secured gives you a
steady monthly income. Experi
ence not needed. Write for plans.
Box KM-293.
4-13-lOt Covington, Ky.
State fair.
1 am officially advised that the
State Fair will be held this year
November 11-16. We can easily
have time for a County Fair before
that date and send the best of it to
Hot Springs. I expect soon to be
I able to furnish you with the state
fair prize list. We hope that ar
rangements will be made to ship
these exibits to the state fair with
out cost, including the Boys' Corn
and Cotton Club exhibits. This
means that every farmer should
! plan a diversity of crops now and
try to show up our county in its
real light. We should not depend
too much on cotton for the weevil
is here to stay. A county exhibit
should contain every article grown
in the county. The president of
the fair association has called a
meeting of all interested parties to
be held at the court house Satur
day morning May 1 1. and 1 earnestly
request every farmer, editor, bank
er, teacher and business man to be
present if you are interested in the
welfare of Union county.
April Weather.
While the rainfall during April
was only four inches and thirty one
hundredth/ it rained on 15 days
out of the 30 in the month. The
warmest day was the 13th when
the theremometer registered 85
degrees and the coolest on the 1 8th
when it was 41 above. There
were only four clear days in the
month, _
A meeting of the Socialists of
Union county will be held at the
court house in El Dorado on Satur
day. May 1 1th for the purpose of
nominating a county ticket. This
with a ticket put out by Republi
cans will make three tickets this
year which will be an unusual thing
Nash's Sto<r Barns.
At 1:30 o'clock Monday morning
the general store of O. O Nash lo
cated at the west edge of town was
discovered on fire and the flames
had gained such headway that the
building and contents were entirel*
consumed. The general opinion ol
all is that the store had been brok
en into by burglars, as the back
door was partly open when the fire
was discovered, and that the fire
was started from a match thrown
on the floor by them, either inten
tionally or accidently. Mr. Nash
had no insurance on the building or
stock and estimates his loss at
i $ 1.200.00 which is indeed a hard
| blow to him financially.
Teachers' Normal.
In view of the fact that the Union
| Gounty Teachers' association will
i not hold the regular annual normal,
and realizing that there is a demand
! for some review work. 1 have de
i cided to conduct a one month nor
i mal in El Dorado beginning May 6.
The norma! will be followed by
the institute required by law, June
| 3 to 7 inclusive.
During this time we shall make
use of Institute Manuels, etc,, in
reviewing subjects required for first
grade licenses.
If you are interested in work of
this nature, we should be glad to
have you with us in this school.
Tutition will be $1.00 per week
and we shall strive to make the
work helpful for those who attend.
Respectfully,
A. D Murphy,
Co. Examiner.
Plant Bermuda brass.
Every farm should have its per
manent pasture. Such a pasture
does ,,ot have to be renewed an
naully nor cultivated and the beef
pork and milk it makes and the
feed it furnishes the work stock is
j very nearly clear profit. It is
something the farmer does not
have to work for.
Permanent pastures of tame
grass yieid as large or heavier
gross returns in money as the cul
tivate^ lands of the farm and usual
ly a much larger net return. As
an example, on the Louisiana State
Experiment Station a Bermuda
grass pasture gives annually a gain
of from 300 to 400 pounds of pork
and beef to the acre. At prevail
ing prices this is equal to half a
bale of cotton and it is all profit.
A permanent pasture also makes
possible the profitable use of poor
lands and the protection of disinte
gating hill sides. The upland
regions of Arkansas contain many
broken hilly farms that have been
almost ruined by errosion. If cul
tivated crops are raised on them a
| few more years they will have to be
; abandoned. These lands should
j all be turned into pastures. The
I slopes shou'd be sodded to some
good perennial grass. This will
permanently and completel’- stop
1 the washing and at the same time
maintain profitable agriculture.
The best grass for a permanent
pasture is Bermuda. This grass
should be planted during April 01
May. The land should be wel
broken and then harrowed till it is
level and smooth. With a shove
or bull-tongue plow lay off furrows
three feet apart. This completes
the preparation. For planting use
Bermuda sod rather than the seed
Plow up a plot of Bermuda soc
and tear it to pieces with a heavy
harrow. Gut the sod or roots intc
small pieces with some sharp im
plement and drop the pieces intc
the furrows at intervals of aboul
two feet. The pieces should ther
be almost completely covered with
'dirt. The covering can be done
| well and rapidly with the foot
This completes the planting. With
1 good seasons the g ass should fur
nish grazing before the end of the
summer.
Duri: g the fall sow on the Ber
muda a mixture of 36 pounds of
burr clover seed <in the burr ) and
3 pounds of white clover seed.
; Tne burr clover will make a good
winter pasture, while th white
clover will greatly improve the
Bermuda for spring and summer
grazing.
Rrdnir the Cotton Acreage.
The continued spring rains and
the overflows have disarranged
cropping pla^s on many farms.
The usual time for planting the
main corn crop has passed, with
: but little planted: and the normal
: season for planting cotton is now
here. Many think this will result
j in the planting of much cotton and
; little corn and other crops.
This would be uri^rise. Surely
our farmers have not forgotten so
; soon the experience of last year
with a big cotton crop. Everyone
! knows that a 12.000.000 bile ctor
i of cotton will actually sell for more
money than a 15.000,000 bale I
| crop: and, with the small crop, the
• producer saves enormously on *-he
j rent of land and the cost of labor
to produce and gather the crots.
| Let the big crop be a corn crop,
i Corn does as well planted in May
| or June as in March or April. The
: corn can be made for 12 or 15
1 cents a bushel, whiie if cotton is
raised to buy it. it is likely to cost
from 70 cents to $ 1 a bushel.
Plenty of corn means good stock ^
and fat hogs to furnish the home
meat supply and to ship to the
packing houses. That means
prosperity for the farmer.
Do not forget to plant a sweet
potato crop. The surplus above
family requirements can be sold |
' for a good price. One Arkansas
! farmer last year sold several
thousand bushels of sweet potatoes
at $1 per bushel The best com
j mercial varieties are Nancy Hall.
Dooly and Horn.
L. A. Markham.
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