DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OP SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS AND UNION COUNTY.
VQL. X. NO. 23
HUTTIG. ARKANSAS. SATURDAY. OCTOBER 21 1916.
PRIGE, $1 PER YEAR
ACTS AND
AMENDMENT.
Two Atts and Three Amendment to l)e
Voted on Next Month.
Act No. 1 provided for the regu
lation of primary elections. The
state convention of the Democrat
ic party which met in 1914, ap
pointed a committee to prepare a
bill for primary elections n Arkan
sas. This committee was com
posed of some of the ablest men ii
Arkansas, such as Congressman
Brundidge. Thos. C. McRae, Judge
Joseph Slayton and others. They
prepared thr- bill and presented t
to the legislature of 19’ 5. It wv
defeated, and now. chi: lly through
the eff. rts of Mr Bmj "tigs. it
submitted to the people to vot- on
Act No. 2 proposes to repeal all
• liquor laws of our state. It is gen
erally believed that the Brewers'
association is back of the bill, and
the saloon m n of. the stat- ar
having nothing to dc with it except
pay the money that the Bre • ;r.
association assessed to them. This
till proposes tv-repeal every jiocor
law of our state and make the .--d :
cf wh^key lawful in the sta’a.
They call it a local option bill, but
it has wry little of the ei~ne - us ■ f
local option about it. it a ows
anyone to make wine cr brand . and
sell it without license. No vote on
the question. It allows anyone to
manufacture whi ;key in the state
without license. No voft on the
question. It deni s the right of
petition on the question, don't al
low women any voice in the mat
ter. It destroys every special act,
allows a saloon to be put anywhere,
by a church, school or near your
home or business house, and you
can have no say. Is this local op
tion? They say it is a local self
government law. It provides that
if a county seeks to vote whiskey
out and the county goes wet. if
there should be any township, town
or city, that voted dry. this would
not exempt them from saloons. Is
that local self government? It pro
vides that bootleggers or any viola
tor of the whiskey law be given a
small fine, while if the county judge
or county cl rk don't do as the
whiskey men say. he is sent to the
senitentiary. and if a county seek
ing to outlaw whi. key v tes d y,
they pull off another election at
once, and keep it up i .defiirteiy,
but if it votes wat. no e’e tion can
be held in two years. Is this local
self government? No it is local
whiskey govert me it. Many people
in the stat3 ,think this b'll only
seeks to repeal our state- wide pro
hibition law. and nut us just where
we were before it was passed. This
is a mistake. It repeals all laws
we ever had, and declares the sale,
manufacture amj giving away of
liquor in the state lawful unci' r
certain regulations which give the
whiskey se 1 ;r ev< ry a vantage
and gives the other side practically
nothing.
Amendment No. 13 proposes a
law by which we c: n a se more
money for public schools, ar.d *is
backed by the State Teachers' as
sociation. It pemits any school
district to vote upon it-elf any
number of mills from 1 to 12. It
does not increase your taxes un
less you say so. Some districts
may not want a higher rate, than
the law now provides, but there are
other districts that would like to
have the privilege of increasing
the;r revenue.
Amendment 13 proposes to en
large the powers of the initiative
and referendum law of the state.
It proposes to do away with the ner
cent ruk? of the present law. and
requires a petition of only 10,000
to initiate a bill by the people, and
a petition of only 7.000 to rotor i
bill to the people which has been
passed by the legislature, and can
j
not oe repealed except by a three
fourths vote of the legislature, and
cannot be declared uncnnstitutior
! al except by a unanimous decision
| of the supreme court. It provides
that anv number of bills to change
the constitution of the state can be
voted on at any election, instead of
three as tbe lav; now provides.
T.nere are some other objectional
features of this proposed lav/, but
■ these are sufficient to show that
should this become a part of our
I constitution, it would make our
,
initiative and referendum law a
I menace instead of a safe guard.
Amendment No. 14 will make
but one change in the present road
system -it will permit a majority)
j in any cou ty to vote a three-mill j
| road tax for any term of y .-ars uoj
to thirty, if it so desires. 1 he ma-j
jority remains supreme, as at pres- :
ent. If it desires to continue the
j three-mill tax for a period of two
years, as at present, it may. The
I pending amendment merely gives
j each county the . right to conduct
its own system of road building,
j and opens avenues for permanent
highways without increased taxa
i . ..
; tion, to all counties.
There in more (‘ tarrh in tHs «option
of Jio country tl n ail other dit.* anus
put t- grtli r, find f >r years it. was sup
posed to he incur iMe. Doctors pre
scribed local Term..], and by constant- '
]y f. iiir:c to cure ■with local treatment,
pronounced it incurable. Catarrh is a
local disease, greatly influenced by con
stitutional < • and it ions and therefore rc
cp.iirea ( on i,tut ior.al tn.tm nt. Hall'i
(' tarrh Cure, in ami Picture d by F. J.
| Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is a consti
tutional remedy, is taken internally
and ; ets turn the Flood on the Mucous
Surfaces of the Sy otm. One Hundred
Doll irs reward is ottered for any case
that Halls Catarrh Cure fails to cure. .
Bend for circulars and testmonlnls.
F. J. C.ITBN 12Y & CO., Toledo, Giilc
Sold by Druggists. 7Dc.
Hall’s Family Pills for constipation..
How To Avoid Hres.
Simple precautions that may
save your home or place of busi
ness from disaster:
Watch your flues.
Use your common sense.
Keep your chimneys and heating
apparatus in repair.
Rqjmember that d:sorderly and
littered premises invite fire.
Keep gasofne and fuel oil away!
from the house, and never clean
, clothing with gasoline indoors.
Never permit the use of gasoline in
doors in open vessels.
Beware of cl aning compounds,
oil mops and cloths, sweeping mix
tures and similar breeders of ex
plosions ar,d of spontaneous com
bustion. those frequent causes of
fires of "unknown origin.”
Consider the circumstances
which have caused ether fires and j
1 caused others to lose their homes
and property. Then use thought
and enery to prevent the same
thing from happening to y<A.
Mo. 663
This is a prescription prepared especially
for MALARIA or CHILLS &. FEVER.
Five or six doses will break any case, and
if taken then as a tonic the Fever will not
return. It acts on the liver better than
Calomel and docs not gripe or sicken. 2!w
Methodist Church Services.
The following services will be
held at Union church Sunday: Sun- j
day school at 10:00 a. m. Preach- \
' ing at 1 1 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.
Ncticc.
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
o-rson shall be convicted of deoro
aating or trespassing upon the tirn- 1
ber of said Company.
This 1 ft, day of February, 1 906.1
Union Saw Mill Co.
By F. vV. Scott,
Secy.and Treas
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A CLEAN UP WEEK. NOVEMBER 13-18.
Every farmer in the cotton
; country ought to appreciate, if he
■ does not, the dange” from the boil
; weevil next year. The loss in Ar
Kansas has Peon less this y ar than
in o‘ her Southern States. Thous
ands of farmers in other coi'on
states will be obliged to accept
charity this winter. Thousands of“i
others will be obliged to live on the !
poorest fare, all because the
boll weevil practically destroyed i
their crop of cotton. Arkansas
farmers planted °arly last spring !
and cultivated their ft Ids oetterj
than ever before and teen pick J
off the first appearing weevils, and
yet the loss in some sections wasj
from fJO to 50 per cent. Now. let i
us bo wise and swat the boll weevil
when we can. There a^e two
things to be done now and both
must be done before the rains set j
in: (1 ) Plow cotton fields now .
plowing under all stalks, leaves and j
trash: 19.) rake up all trash along
fences, ditches, roadsides, edges of
timber adjoining cotton fields and
about cotton sheds and then born,
burn, ourn and thus destroy mill
ions of the boll weevil. Why not
set the week of November 13 as
' Clean-Up Week" and let every !
cotton fa' mer plan to be busy that I
week w.th harrow, rake and torch. 1
OATS ON EVERY FARM.
In most counties of Arkansas
winter oats will produce as many
dollars worth of feed as will com.
The oat straw A’HI have a bijF value
for feed ar,d for bedding for farm
animals and thus add to supply of
barnyard manure. Following the
oat crop cowpeas may be seeded
for hay or for plowing under to he
followed by oats, wheat or rye for
winter pasture and this to be
plowed under in the spring and the !
field p'anted ' to corn or cotton.
The Extension Division and U. S.
Department of Agriculture have
been recommending winter oats for j
every Arkansas farm and this
is about the limit of time. Ordi- :
narily. it is not saf s to sepd winter
oats after October 20 in Northern
Arkansas or November 1 in South
ern Arkansas. Make good seed
bed and use drill if possible.
COWS AND HEIFERS.
There are still too many cows
and heifers being sold out of Ar
kansas. This is a loss that cannot
be regained. The world is facing
a meat, famine and every possible
effort should be made to stop sale
and shipment of cows and heif- :
ers. Farmers can afford to make
extra efforts to get fe°d and pas
ture for the winter and keep their
cows. They will brmg good money
next spring or next fall. Every
farmer who has some extra feed
should buy mo e co/vs and ca'ves
to keep o' er winter to meet the
better market next spring.
CROP ..DEPOSITS VS. CROP MORTGAGES
Thousards of farmers are out cf
debt now for the first time in many
years and other thousands are not
only out of debt but with more than 1
enough money ahead to keep their
families untii lext October. The
wisest investment for most farm- j
ers is land, a small farm for the
renter and more acres for the small
farmer. But why not start a
movement now to abolish the crop
mortgage system without any law?
Let. pver.y farmer go to the bank
and make a time deposit of enough i
money to carry his family and meet;
farm expenses from next March
to October. He will get 4 per cent J
interest from the bank on money !
left four months or longer. Then
let him divide this fund into eight
parts, in such sums as he may
deem advisable. for different
months, and take a certificate for
emb sum and draw :t out with ac
cumulated interest n • the first of
each month. With such a p'an
and a b g garden and lots of .b ik
ons and eg; s and butter and p.*s
to se!i from March to October the
f rmers next summer can be about
tf e most prosperous ar.d hapoy in
this broad land and can be free
men when cotton selling time
comes.
A BALE FOR CHRISTMAS.
Two years ago there was hoard
all o -<or tne land the p’eadiog cry
of "Buy a Bale." Now, why not •
pro'lain a new order, "Save a
B le?" T he hanks in cities have1
adopted a plan of opening a system
of "Chris t:nas boxes" to which |
thousands of city people have
made small deposits. Now, why
not get thousands M cotton farm- i
ers to decide to "Save a Bale for!
Chrid.mas?” It would hold off the!
market thousands of bales and thus!
help the price, and buyers would 1
naturally want to pay all the mark-;
et would justify for this Christmas!
■ 'ttnn. It would let farmers have
cash for the Christmas needs and a
"nest egg" for a January bank de
posit. This cotton could be mark
eted any time during the week be
ginning December 18. Wnv not
talk up this movement to Save a
bale fur Christmas?
t SEND FOR BULLETINS.
As winter comes on progressive I
farmers should plan to do some!
definite reading of agricultural bul
letins. Sorr. f mines have adopt
, d the p’an of choosing a bulletin
i and havftuf it read aloud for all.
taking an hour each evening fori
reading and dk'cussion. The Ex
tension Division and U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture will send bul
letins and on request an outline for
study. A list of farmers' bulletins
will be sent on r quest and then
desired bulletins will be sent free
to any resid nt of Arkansas. Why |
not start in with one cf the follow
ing: Seed C rn Production. Poul
try Management.Soil fertility.Feed
ing Hogs in the South. Red Clover.
Sweet Clover. Boll Weevil Prob
lem. Farm Buttermaking. Crimson
Clover. Beef Production in thej
South, Breeds of Beef Cattle,
Home Gaiden. Community Egg
Circle, House Flies. Bur Clover.
School Lunches.”
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ifOR SALE!
BARRED ROCKS
i Kalamazoo Strain )
Price $1.50 Up
According to Size
Call or Write
DR. J. M. PKRRINE,
Felsenthal, Ark.
The Pirate.
The Into Oeorgc W. Peek orontor of
“Peek's Had Hoy," \v:is once con
demning tlio unjust American copy
right law . "They got u bad namo,'' ho 1
said, “those publishers who steal for
eigners’ writings. A publisher took
me home to dinner at Ids l!at Mu* other
evening. In the library the < hildren
were nuiking » furious racket. ‘Whitt
are you doing?’ the puhiislior asked.
‘We're playing pirsttes,' s;tii| the oldest
hov. ‘Pirates?’ said I. ‘I’.iit there's
no sea here. IIow ran you tie pirates
without a sea ?' ‘oh, we don't need
any sea,’ said the boy. ‘We’re library
pirates, like you. pa, ain’t we?’”
Calf Sheots a Cat.
I row a Jersey calf, one month old.
shot with a revolver a big tomcat has
not# place in this eolyum except for
the fact that the Innocent bystander
formerly 11\v-d tit I'rederuktown. Tin*
ex-5Ii' sniiriiui liv es in Oregon aid
carries a piitol. When he went down
to the lot the other day to feed his
stock a calf kicked him. the pistol
was knocked from his pocket and dl~
•hatgol, the build killing «i eat asleep
in the barn. Kansas City '1 luies.
Squander Now and
You Suffer Later
“Whatsoever a man sowelh, that shall he
also reap.’*
Service and safety a’-e prime essentials in
a bank. We offer you both. Keep in mind that
we are the bank that does things. Save for the
rainy day while the sun of prosperity is shining.
Gall and let us talk the matter over
El
THE
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
HUTTIC. ARKANSAS
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was placed in service between —
St. Louis Fort Worth Galveston
Dallas Houston San Antonio
or intermediate points by the
Iron Mountain Route
Texas and Pacific
International & Great Northern
This train will be a duplicate of the famous Scenic
Limited and will leave St. Louis at 6:15 p. m.
Fastest Time—Shortest Route
Between St. Louis and Texas
Call or write for particlars
F. H. MOORE,
AGENT,
HUTTIG, ARKANSAS
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Casy Payments if You Prefer to Buy That Way
Charge Accounts Solicited. Plain Figure Prices.
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Everybody knows that mileage is the
Supreme Test of an Automobile Tire. For
the same reason the Supreme Test of "Saw
Test" "Is Yearage."
There you have the reason for its tre
mendous popularity. As a rule people know
furniture when they use it. The outside ap
pearance is not always indicative of inside
|S worth. The only exception to this rule that
we know of is the "Saw Test." Because
everyone who has used it will tell you that
it is every bit as good as it looks. You
don't buy "Saw Test" Furniture on faith.
. No siree! You buy it with the positive cer
* tainty that it will look up to its appearance
as long as it lasts. That will be for sever
i al generations.
We are strong on Rugs and Draperies
l Especially the newer designs. Those that
t have so much snap and beauty. They will
» make your home a most enjoyable place.
The
MONROE FURNITURE CO.
Ltd.
132-138 North Second St.
MONROE, - LOUISIANA
freight P.iiil on All Orders Over $10.00
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