DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS AND UNION COUNTY.
VOL. XI. NO. 42
HUTTIG. ARKANSAS. SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 16. 1918.
PRICE. $1 PER YEAR
fourth Arkansas Hen.
Men enlisted in the Fourth Ar
kansas Regiment are hereby noti
fied to hold themselves in reedinesi
for the state inspection preparato
ry for recognition by the federa
government.
This inspection will be held a
El Dorado by a medical officer o
the Arkansas National Guard on ;
date to be designated hereafter.
At this inspection, every office
and enlisted man who has enrollei
must be present, with his enlist
ment papers complete, the repor
of his physical examination, an<
his service record. Every mai
watch for the date and be present
Beginning Monday, February 18
1918, drills at the armory will b<
held on every Monday, Wednesday
and Friday nights. Roll call wil
be had and all men within reasona
ble distance of El Dorado will b<
required to attend.
J. D. Trimble,
Capt. Eld. Co. 4th Reg.
A. N. G., Commanding.
Simple rood Conservation Plans
Now while all foodstuffs ars high
in price and conservation is de
manded both in the interest ol
economy and patriotism, we agair
direct attention to two plans whose
importance we have previously
urged:
1. To Save Wheat:—A mix
ture of three parts wheat flour and
one part finely ground corn meal
or corn flour, makes a biscuit which
cannot easily be told from the all
wheat biscuit.
2. To Save Corn:—If the horses
and mules of the South were fed E
pounds of corn and 1 pound of cot
tonseed meal for every 7 pounds ol
corn given them, they would be
better fed and the change would
save about 100,000,000 bushels
of corn in a year. Four pounds
less corn a day may be fed by add
ing two pounds of cottonseed meal.
These are two of the biggest and
most easily practicable methods of
food conservation for Southern
farmers. Why should not every
farmers family enforce them in
1918? In this connection, too, we
wish to ask every Progressive
Farmer reader to observe just as
far as possible the important new
rules of food conservation just pro
mulgated by the United States
Food Administration. Every fam
ily in the country is asked to dc
these five things:
]. Observe “Meatless Tues
day.”—The word meat in this case
does not include fish or poultry
but means that the family should
eat no red meat— beef.port, mutton
ham or lard on Tuesdays.
2. Observe “Wheatless Wed
nesdays."—Eat no wheat products
on Whdnesdays.
3. To Observe “Porkless Sat
urday.” Eat no fresh or saltec
pork, bacon, ham or lard on Satur
days.
4. For each day in the week.—
Observe each day in the week one
“wheatless meal” and one “meat
less meal” as above described.
5. Limit sugar consumption.—
The Government will seek to pro
vide three pounds of sugar foi
each person per month. Do noi
consume more.— The Progressive
Farmer. ___
Army Neecis Wore Foresters.
Six thousand additional men art
wanted at once to I ring the 20tl
Engineers 1Fores Regiment) uj
to full strength, i.-moanies D, E
and F of this regiment were on th<
Tuscania, whir i- was sunk by <
German submari. e on the night o
February 5th lust., and a numbe
of lives were lost. Some battalion:
of this regiment had precedet
these ill-fated companies overseas
The Twentieth Js _the__ secon<
forest regiment formed by the war
department and w*ll be the largest
regiment in the world when it. has
, its full quota. The first forest
regiment has been in France sev
I eral months, busy cutting timber
and other material for the army.
. Men can join this regiment by vol
p untary enlistment if not of draft
t age and if within the age limits,
which are from 18 to 21 and 31 to
r 40 years. Registrants who can
j snow that they are qualified for
service in this organization can be
t inducted into the service by apply
I ing by wire or letter to Major C. E.
, Clark, office of the Chief of Engin
eers, Room 25, War Department.
Washington, D. C., advising their
, age, full name and address, num
, ber of years of experience in
I woods, sawmills or other classes of
this kind of work; also class of
, i work they are best qualified to per
form. Upon receipt of this tele
gram or letter—if applicant quali
fies—the papers necessary for in
duction into the service will be
mailed to the aoplicant.
For the purpose of informing the
public accurately as to the system
rio w nf f F n
authorized statement has been is
sued by the Committee on Public
Information:
The actual pay roll of the fight
ing forces of the United States is
nearly $ 100,000,000, Der month.
The total pay of the United
States army for the month of De
cember was approximately $78,
580,800.
The officers and enlisted men of
the army are paid at the end of
each month, or as soon thereafter
as possible, bv the disbursing offic
ers of the quartermaster corps, in
cash or by check, at tneir stations
or in the field.
For Circuit and Chancery Clerk.
The News this week carries the |
announcement of W. E. McRae as
a candidate for the nomination for
Circuit and Chancery Clerk of
Union county, subject to the action !
of the Democratic primary on May !
28th.
Mr. McRae was a candidate for
this office four years ago and was
defeated by only 69 votes. He is
a native of Union county having
been born near Mt. Holly and was i
reared on the farm. He trained
himself as a bookkeeper and, until
recently, when ho went on the road
as a salesman for the Arkansas!
Wholesale Grocery Co..held import- ;
ant clerical positions in the county.
He is a hard worker in whatever
he undertakes but never shirks his
duty &s public spirited citizen when
the good of the county or state is
at stake.
He is thoroughly qualified in ev
ery way to fill this office with cred
it to himself and the people and
promises if elected to give his en
tire time to the duties of the office
and will appreciate and endeavor to
m ’rit your support.
INDIVIDUAL CUPS FOR HORSES.
; This is one of a number of drinking
I fountains for horses, with individual
| cups, erected by the Pennsylvania So
• ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to
I __
Pay of tnlisted Wen.
The pay of enlisted men deDends
on their grades, ratings and length
of service. From June 1.1917.
and continuing during the term of
the war the pay of enlisted men is
as follows:
Men receiving $30; all privates,
the army grade.
Men receiving $33: first-class
privates, men promoted to act in
minor noncommissioned officer ca
pacity.
Men receiving $36: corporals,
saddlers, machanics, farriers and
wagoners and musicians of the
third class.
Men receiving $38; all sergeant
grades in the line, which include
infrantry. field artillery, coast ar
tillery and cavalry: cooks, horse
shoers. band corporals and musi
cians of the second class.
Men receiving $44; sergeants of
the various corps of the engineers,
ordnance, signal corps, quarter
master corps and medical depart
ment; band sergeants and music
ians of the first class.
Men receiving $48: battalion
sergeant majors, squadron sergeant
majors, sergeant-majors (junior
grade), sergeant buglers, master
gunners and assistant band leaders
of the line.
Men receiving $51; regimental
sergeant majors, regimental supply
sergeants, sergeant majors (senior
grade ), quartermaster sergeants of
the quartermaster corps, ordnance
sergeants, first sergeants, electric
ian sergeants of the first class, as
sistant engineers and battalion ser
geant majors and supply sergeants
of the engineers.
Men receiving $56; sergeants,
first class, of the medical depart
ment.
Men receiving $71; hospital ser
geants. master engineers of the
junior grade and engineers.
Men receiving $81 : quartermas
ter sergpants of the senior grade of
the quartermaster corps, band
leaders, master s'gnal electricians,
master electricians, master engin
eers of the senior grade and master
hospital sergeants.
All enlisted men, while on de
tached duty not in the field where
there are no army quarters availa
ble, receive in addition to their pay
$15 per month to cover the ex
pense of housing and also a suita
ble allowance for subsistence and
for heat and light.
An enlisted man in active service
has no necessary personal expenses
except for barber and laundry.
Uniforms, underclotlvng. shoes,
hats, quarters, medical attendance
and subsistance are supplied them
at government expense. Such
materials as tooacco. nostage. con
fectionery and incidentals of indi
vidual taste may be purchased at
the post exchange at cost.
Save the Hen.
Every laying hen sold from the
farms before May 1st means
a loss of about 30 eggs to the food
supply of the Nation Tht.se eggs
are valuable food, manufactured
larely from insects, weeds, grass,
garbage and waste. The eggs,
therefore, are almost wholly a net
gain in human food. Moreover,
the hen is just as good meat after
she has laid these eggs as before.
Hold Vour Liberty Bonds.
Secretary of the Treasury Mc
Adoo urges the purchasers of Lib
erty Loan Bonds of both the first
and second issues to hold fast to
their bonds. They are the best in
vestment in the world.
The secretary’s statement was
called forth by ihe fact that Liber
ty Bond holders are being ap
proached from time to time by
agents seeking to induce them to
part with their Liberty Loan Bonds
and take in exchange securities
which in a number of cases are of
a very questionable value, and was
prompted by the desire to protect!
the bondholders against ill-advised!
disposition of their bonds.
The secretary expresses the i
hope that every purchaser of a
Liberty Bond will realize that the;
only genuine help that he gives his I
government is keeping his bond as |
an investment so long as it is pos-!
sible for him to do so. He states,
however, that no just objection lies
to the sale ofja Liberty Bond where
real necessity exists for its sale.
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
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.
Ey F. W. Scott,
Sef”’. and Treas
State of Ohio, City of Toledo,
Lucas County, ss.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he
is senior partner of the tirm of F. J
Cheney <S- Co., doinp business in the
City of Toledo. County and State afore
said, and that said firm will pay the
sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for
each and every case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by the use of HALLS
CATARRH CURE. FRANK J CHENEY
Sworn to before me and subscribed
in my presence, this 8th day of Decem
ber. A. D. 1886. A. YV. GLEASON,
(Seal) Notary Public.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken intern
ally and acts throuEh the Blood on the
Mucous Surfaces of the System. Send
for testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY * CO . Toledo, O.
Sold by all druspists. 75c.
Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Laughing at Trouble.
“When a man tells you to laugh at
trouble," said Uncle Kben, “he always
means your troubles am not his.”
nELPSEi
CITY PLANNING FOR FRANCE
Some Good to Result From Destruction j
of Towns by Bombardment of
the German Armies
There is no great loss, according to
homely philosophy, without some
slight gain. Great disasters often lead
to hotter conditions. The old fable
of the phoenix rising from its ashes is
essentially true.
France is to profit by the ruin of so
many of her cities. So her people have
decreed. When the German armies are
driven from her soil, her maimed towns (
are to be rebuilt. But they will
not be reconstructed along former
lines. Tbe narrow streets will not be
restored. The buildings centuries old,
ptcturosque. perhaps, but scarcely san
Itury, will uot be restored. Helms and
other bombarded cities are to be re
built according to the latest plans of
experts In city planning. They are to
be models on which cities untouched
by Germun cannonades will look with
envy.
But that Is not all. France has de
cided that she cannot afford In future
to allow towns and cities to grow up
ip tlie old haphazard way. A law lias
linen adopted which compels every mu
nicipality to organize a planning com
mission. which will decide on its fu
ture growth. Every improvement will |
have to conform to the city (dun, |
whether It Is made in newly doveluiM'o’
territory, or replaces a construction tif
long standing. Paris, having outgrown
the llaussiuann plans, has organized a
bureau which will care not only for the
city, hut for the whole metropolitan |
area. . ’ |
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With Your Dollars
A War Savings Stamp
IS AS SECURE
As A National Bank Note
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Both are backed by the United States Government.
About the only difference is that the Stamps pay you 4 par
cent interest compounded quarterly on January 1,1 925.
If you are pressed for money at any time, you can
cash a War Savings Stamp for its current value at any
money order post office on ten days’ notice.
War Savings Stamps are convenient and easy in
vestments, no ' red tape,” and are backed by this entire re
sources of the people of the United States.
Every Stamp you buy helps to keep the Germans
out of your own home. Every Stamp you buy bring6 you
nearer to financial freedom.
This War will be won only when
thrift becomes our watchword.
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