THE HCTTIG NEWS.
DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS AND UNION COUNTY.
VOL. VIII. NO. 21.
HUTTIG. ARKANSAS. SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 26. 1914.
PRICE. $1 PER YEAR
HOLD COTTON MASS MEETING.
Bankers, Merchants and farmers of Union
County Adopt Resolutions.
In response to a call for a mass
meeting of the bankers, merchants
and farmers of Union county to be
held in El Dorado Tuesday. Sep
tember 22, sent out by the El Do
rado Board of Trade, a very rep
re entative gathering of these in
terests was present when Albert
Rowell callled the meeting to order
at 9:00 o'clock that morning.
The organization was perfected
by the election of Mr. Rowell as
chairman and Mr. Beloit as secre
tary. Considerable time was con
s imed in speech making on the sit
uation that now confronts the
South on account of no cotton mar
ket. and many good talks were
made by men representing the dif
f irent walks of life present.
A committee of five, consisting
of B. W. Reeves, C. H. Murphv. M.
Muse, J. W. Perdue and J. K. Ma
hony. was appointed to draft reso- !
lutions. which were afterwards
unanimously adopted by the mass j
meeting. The substance of the
resolutions is as follows:
First. That Governor Havs be
requested to meet with the govern
ors of the cotton growing states
and use his best offices towards the I
drafting and having enacted a law
which will reduce the cotton acre- 1
a je in 191 5 at least 50 per cent.
Second. That in order not to
sacrifice the crop of 1914 the
debtor and creditor get together
and store the cotton necessary to
meet the debts until it can be sold
for at least 10 cents per pound.
Third. That the farmers of Un- j
jcn county.^planj^ cover crops at
once Tor pasture, etc., so as to con
serve the present short corn crop
and next vear raise more corn, hay. !
potatoes, etc., than heretofore so
as to live at home.
Arkansas State Indebtedness.
The United States Department
of Commerce and Labor has just
completed a report giving the in
debtedness of the different states
of the Union, the nation and the
world. The data contained in the
compilation relate to the year 1912.
The state debt of Arkansas is
shown to be $1,251,000 that year,
compared with $6,845,000 thirty
years previous. The per capita
debt of this state in 1912 was 76
cents and $8 46 in 1880. At the
present time about l .7 per cent of
the population of the United States
is in Arkansas and four-tenths of
one per cent of the total debt is
credited to this state.
The national debt of the United
States is $ 1.028.000,000 and the
indebtedness of all countries of
the world is $42,000,000,000.
European countries owe about two
thirds of the world debt and their
proportion is rapidly increasing, as
the present war, according to ex
perts. is costing on an average of
$50,000,000 per day.
County fairs to Aid.
County fairs throughout Arkan
sas will aid in the campaign to raise
the $100,000 for the Arkansas
Exhibit at the Pananha Exposition.
It has been suggested that they set
aside a day to be known as State
Exhibit Day. A speaker will be
furnished by the fair commission
ers. or at the suggestion of Gov
ernor Hays, who will address the
county fair that day and tell of the
benefits of a state exhibit at San
Francisco. A division of gate re
ceipts for that day could be ar
ranged so that part would go to
the state exhibit fund. Governor
Hays will himself visit as many as
possible of the county f;yrs on
those dates.
The American Bauxite Company
has donated enough aluminum to
make about 45.000 medals. These
are to be cast and sold in behalf of
the state exhibit fund. They will
bear a picture of the Arkansas'
building on one side and the great
seal of the state df Arkansas on
the reverse side. A day through
out the state will probably be set
aside as Medal Day. upon which
date these medals will be placed on
sale at a dollar apiece, the proceeds
to go to the state exhibit fund.
It is believed that through the
efforts of the county representa
tives of the commission a large
sum can be realized in this way. as
the medals would make highly
prized souvenirs.
The railroads of the state are
furnisning transportation, gratis, j
for-all the field men engaged in be
half of the Arkansas exhibit.
School Opens Monday.
The Huttig Public School will
open Monday morning. September
28, and it is tne desire of the
teachers that every pupil be pres
ent at the opening session. Prof.
A. J. Dowis will be the principal
and Misses Elsie Baldwin, of Rison,
Alto Ponder, of Lillie. La., and
Luta Ballard, of Edwards, Miss.,
the assistants.
1 he Huttig school building will
be open Saturday morning from 9
to 12 o'clock for the purpose of
enrolling. Each pupil will be given
a list of the supplies he will need,
and to avoid mistakes the last re
port card should be brought.
Prompt attention to this enrolment
will give early assignment to desks
Monday morning.
Let everybody work together for
the interest of the school and this !
term will be the best ever held |
here. i
Prefeit Home talent Play.
A number of the young people
presented “Oh! Susannah!" a three
act comedy, at the Union church
last Thursday night to a fair sized
audience. All acted their parts
well and those present were well
repaid for attending. Following
was the cast of characters:
John Sheppard, M. D., a young
doctor—Lester Malone.
Lieut. Andrew Merry. R. N.. his
greatest friend—John Williamson.
Hon. Waverly Vane, Merry’s
friend Bert Sims.
M. Plant, a Southsea solicitor
; Geo. Paddock.
Tupper. the Doctor's butler —
Albert Williamson.
Miss Susannah Sheppard, his
maiden aunt Bess Pollard.
Flora, his bride—Mrs. Geo. Pad
dock.
Ruby and Pearl, Mr. Plant’s
precious jewels — Gladys Terrell
and Nellie Pollard.
Mrs. O'Hara, the landlady Ade
line Terrell.
Aurora, the maid Lillie Sims.
1 he Magic Washing Stick.
The Magic washing stick is not a
soap, nor is it a washing powder,
i but a very peculiar article which
| makes dirty clothes clean and
'snowy white without a bit of rub
bing, thus doing away with the
hard work on washday. Washes
colored clothes without fading.
1 woolens without shrinking or hard
ening. and for lace and lace cur
tains it is simply fine. Guaranteed
perfectly harmless and can be used
with perfect safety on the most
delicate fabric. Price 10c per
Magic Stick or three for 25c. If
dealer can’t supply send stamps or
money order to A. B. Richards Co.,
Sherman, Texas.
Notice.
The Union Saw Mill Company
will jjay $50.00 as a reward to any
o'he, not in its employ, who will fur
nish information from which any
person shall be convicted of depre
ciating 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
| TREAT SEED OATS EUR SMET.
\ Practical and Inexpensive Mctiiod Which
Anyone Can Use.
(By Martin Nelson. Director, Arkansas
Exreri nent Station.)
Many oats in the state last year
were severely damaged by smut.
The losi due to this disease was
needless because it is easily pre
vented. Treating the seed with
formaldehyde before planting is
practical and effective.
First: Mix one pound (one pint)
of formaldehyde with forty gallons 1
of water in a large size barrel.
Second: Put a bushel or more
of oats in a two bushel bag. ( A
cheap gunny sack of very coarse :
open material.)
Third: Dip bag and oats into1
the solution and shake up and down '
until all oats are thoroughly wet.
Elevate and drain.
Fourth: Allow the oats to re
main in the bag for about two
hours, or empty in a heap and leave
for about two hours.
Fifth: Spread them out to dry.
When nearly dry. drying may be,
hastened by sprinkling them with
thoroughly air slacked lime.
Sixth: Sow about ten per cent
more per acre to allow fur the
swelling.,
Seventh: The machinery and j
receptacles to be used in handling |
the oats after they are treated
should first be thoroughly cleansed
w th the solution.
Note: Mix the solution just be
fore using. Apply the treatment
just before seeding.
For convenience a pully may be j
erected directly over the open end
of the barrel and through it a rope
can be used for dipping, shaking
and draining the bags of oats.
Another method sometimes used
in treating seed with formaldehyde 1
consists of spreading the seed out;
in a three inch layer on a smooth
clean floor, sprinkling them with
the solution, and then shoveling
back and forth to insure contact of j
all seed with the solution. The
treated seed are than shoveled into j
a pile and covered with sacks or,
canvas to keep the gas enclosed. !
After six or eight hours the covers |
are removed and the oats spread
out to dry.
Liberty Baptist Association.
The Sixty-Ninth annual session
of the Liberty Baptist Association,
i composed of the churches of Union
I and part of Ouachita county, con
vened with the First Baptist Church
of HutMg Thursday night for a
three day's session. The Associa
tion is composed of forty-four
churches, and about 200 delegates
are expected to be in attendance.
Gov. Geo. W. Hays is the Modera
tor and is expected to be in attend
ance. Devotional services will be
held every morning and evening to
which the public is cordially invited
to attend.
Skin Disease Cured.
Your druggist guarantees tore
turn your money if Hunt's Cure
fails to cure skin disease, itch, ec
: ze ’na, tetter, ringworm and other
forms of skin trouble. Also fine
for piles, old sores. Costs nothing
if it fails to cure. Give it a trial.
Pan-American Day at State. Fair.
| Hot Springs, Ark.. Sept. 1 5. — In
border that the people of Arkansas
may realize the great exhibit that
i is to represent this sta.te at the
Pan-American Exposition, the di
rectors of the Arkansas State Fair
which will be held in this city No
j vember 16 to 21. inclusive, at their
j last meeting unanimously passed a
; resolution to set aside one day of
the State Fair week, which will be
known as “The Arkansas Pan
American Day.”
This will mean that all of the ex
hibits that will go from th;s state,
which will be first exhibited here at
the Sta'.e Fair, will be properly
! designated and arranged in a spec
ial collection, and to make the day
an even more notal.l i one Governor
Hays, members of fhe Arkansas
Pan-American CommPsion. state
i
officials, officers of count;) fairs. |
and in fact, all who have worked in 1
the interest of the great State Fair
and the Pan-Americ m. wdl be!
present and the day will be made 1
one of the really great events t f
State Fair week.
Mrs. T. S. Craig Drad.
Emma, the beloved wife of Thos.
S. Craig, died at the home of her
parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Mc
Kinney, west of town, at 5:15
o’clock Saturday morning after an
illness of about one year. She was
43 years, 4 months and 10 davs
of age. She was a noble, Christian
woman and had a large circle of
friends who will join with us m ex
tending sympathy to the loved
ones she leaves behind. She was
the oldest child of Mr. and Mrs. W.
H. McKinney and besides her par
ents leaves a husband, one daugh
ter 9 years old. three sisters and
four brothers to mourn her death.
The funeral was held at Harper
Springs church at 1:00 o'clock p.
m. Sunday, the services baing con
ducted by Rev. J. R. Rushing of
the Methodist church here. In- I
terment was in the Harper Springs
cemetery.
Extraordinary Colon Yield,
J. H. Taylor, who lives near La- !
peer, brought to the Neel &c Bra
sher gin this week 1 156 pounds of
seed cotton which turned out a
524 pound bale of lint. Mr. Taylor
says the people from whom he
purcltased the seed claused it
would run 46 per cent ’'nt.and this
load only lacked seven pounds do
ing so. _
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Best for Constipation.
Mild and pleasant to take, Sim
mons’ Liver Purifier is recognized i
as the best liver medicine now in
use. It causes no unpleasant feel- :
ing. but gives new life and vigor to
the liver. Sold in 25c yellow tin
cans only.
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Arkansas farm Statistics.
(From the last Federal Cer sus Reports 1
There are 214,678 farms in Ar
kansas.
The approximate area of this
state is 35.616,000 acres; 17.-'
416.000 acres are in farms and
8.076.000 acres of the land in
farms are improved.
The average size of an Arkansas
farm is 81 acres.
The farms of this state represent
a capital investment of $400,000.- ;
000.
The farmers of this state own j
$ 1 6,864,000 worth of implements
and other farm machinery.
The value of the domestic ani
mals, poultry and bees on the farms
of this state is $74,058,000.
The average value of an Arkan
sas farm is $ 1.86 L
Methodist Chun h Services
The following services will be
held at Union church Sunday: Sun
day school at 10:00 a. m. Preach
ing at I 1 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. by
the pastor. A cordial invitation is
extended to all to attend these
services.
Rev. J. R. Pushing Pastor.
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