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THE HUTTIG NEWS.
DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS AND UNION COUNTY.
VOL. XI. NO 10
HUTT1G. ARKANSAS. SATURDAY. JULY 7. 1917.
PRICE. $1 PER YEAR
Save Moisture-Increase Yield
It has been estimated that from
5 to 6 inches of water will ordina
rily mature a 40-bushel crop of
corn. Arkansas has 45 to 50
inches of rainfall each year but in
spite of this abundance of water
much of the corn suffers from lack
of moisture and complaints are al
ways heard that in some places
corn is light and chaffy because of
the drought. The soil is our store
house for moisture and in ordinary
* seasons there is no necessity for
not supplying the corn crop with a
sufficient amount of water if we
cultivate the crop properly. If we
are to save the moisture, cultiva
tion must be done just as soon af
ter each rain as it will do to work
the soil. This cultivation should
be repeated frequently until the
crop is mature. Many farmers
cultivate too deeply, cut the corn
roots and reduce the yield. The
best way is to cultivate shallow.
For cultivating corn or cotton after
the grass and weeds are under
control, two trips for each row is
too expensive. One trip to the
row can be made just as effective
for saving the moisture. The one
horse seven-shovel cultivator with
small sweeps instead of the outside
shovels do splendid work on all
types of soil. It would be better
to use the 14 spike tooth harrow
cultivator on land in good tilth but
V. H. Kern, specialist in farm im
plements with the University of
Arkansas, says that such cultiva
tors cannot be used on rough hill
land. He also says that the spring
tooth harrow, sometimes called the
‘ Gee-Whiz,” is good. One trip to
the row, cheap but effective, usual
ly leaves the land in good condi
tion. Level, shallow cultivation is
the cheapest and safest.
Weather for June.
The highest temperature record
ed during June for this vicinity was
100 degrees on the 30th, and the
lowest was 49 degrees on the 17th.
The rainfall amounted to 5.77
inches, of which 5.12 inches fell on
June 2 and 3.
Notice.
To School Directors, Teachers and
Patrons of the Public Schools
of Union County:
Section 125 of the State Board
of Health reads as follows:
“No person shall be entered as a
teacher, employee or pupil in a
public or a private school in this
state without having first present
ed to the principal in charge or the
proper autherities, a certificate
from a licensed and competent
physician of this state certifying
that the said teacher, employee or
pupil, has been successfully vacci
nated; or in lieu of a certificate
certifying a recent vaccination done
in a proper manner by a competent
physician.”
Owing to the prevalence of
smallpox throughout the state each
year, resulting in so much sickness
and the expenditure of large
amounts bf money and a number of
deaths, the State Heatlh officer
advises me that this order must be
enforced in this, as well as all oth
er counties throughout the state.
The various school boards and
teachers throughout the county
will please take notice and be gov
erned by the ruling of the State
Board of Health.
H. H. Niehuss, M. D„
County Health Officer.
Arkansas Orchard Largest.
After the peach census was tak
en this spring it was found that
Arkansas has the largest peach or
chard in the world. This orchard
is situated in the hills about 10
miles from Nashville, Ark., and
consists of 3,500 acres or 350,000
trees. At harvest time, which is
about July 5, over 2,500 men are
employed to pick, haul, pack, grade
and load the peaches.
In 1915 626 carloads of peaches
were shipped; in 1916 a few cars
less. This year, on account of un
favorable weather conditions, the
crop will be smaller, and only 500
cars shipped.
The orchard was started in 1904
by Bert Johnson and has gradually
grown to its present dimensions.
The town of Highland, which has
been built up in the last 10 years,
boasts of about 800 population.
Here are the canneries, packing
houses and electric light plant for
the orchard, and hotels and com
missaries for the employes.
Peaches are shipped from the
orchard west as far as Denver, east
to the coast, north to the lakes and
s uth to the gulf.
No. 666
This it a prescription prepared especially
for MALARIA or CHILLS A. FEVER.
Five or six doses will break any cate, and
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. 25c
Mrs. Sarah Trammeil Burrough.
Another dear Christian mother,
grandmother and friend past away
Thursday night, June 28, 1917, at
11 o’clock, near Urbana, at the
home of her son, J. A. P. Burrough,
and was laid to rest in the Hills
boro cemetery Saturday afternoon
at 3 o'clock.
Mrs. Burrough was 87 years, 6
months and 1 9 days old at the time
of her death. She was the mother
of nine children, four of whom are
still living—Will Burrough and Mrs.
Thompson of New Edinburg.
Cleveland county; J. P. Burrough,
of Huttig: and J. A. P. Burrough.
of Urbana—and sixty-one grand
children and great grandchildren
living. She had suffered with a
cancer for fifteen years, yet she
never complained.
Sarah Trammell was born in Hot
Springs county, Ark., Nov. 9, 1829,
from there her parents moved to
Chambersville, Dallas county,
where she lived until 17 years of
age, when she was married to
James E. Burrough in 1846. She
then moved with her husband to
Eagle Creek, Bradley county, then
New Edinburg, Cleveland county.
Mrs. Burrough united with the
Baptist church in 1857, at the age
of 28, and remained a devoted
Christian until her death. She
came to live with her youngest son
last August and has been confined
to her bed nearly ever since. The
way in which she bore her suffer
ing made her one of the most
patient mothers I ever knew.
May the Lord comfort the be
reaved relatives and friends
through Him wno said "Blessed
are they who mourn for they shall
be comforted.” A Friend.
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured
by local application!, a! they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There
Is only one way to cure catarrhal deafness,
and that Is by a constitutional remedy.
Catarrhal Deafness Is caused by an In
flamed condition of the mucous lining of
the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is
Inflamed you have a rumpling sound or
Imperfect hearing, and when It Is entirely
closed. Deafness is the result. Unless the
Inflammation can be reduced and this tube
restored to Its normal condition, hearing
will be destroyed forever. Many cases of
deafness are caused by catarrh, which la
an Inflamed condition of the mucous sur
faces. Hall's Catarrh Cure acta thru the
blood on the mucous surfaces of the sys
tem.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Catarrhal Deafness that cannot
be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Circulars
tree. All Druggists. 7&c.
V. 3. 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 6:30 p.
m. A cordial invitation is extend
ed to all to attend these services.
Rev. A. Tubrentine, Pastor.
Former Huttig Girl Married.
Miss Mary Katherine, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Jeffus, of
Huttig, who has been employed
with the Cumberland Telephone
Go., of Shreveport for several
years, was united in marriage at
6:30 o'clock Wednesday evening,
June 27, 1917, at the First Bap
tist church cf Shreveport by the
pastor, Rev. Dodd, to Mr. Cecil
McDermott, a popular railroad em
ploye of that city, where they will
make their future home. The
News joins with the many friends
of Miss Mary here in extending
congratulations.
The Beauty Secret.
t Ladies desire that irre
sistible charm—a good
complexion. Of course
they do not wish others
to know a beautifier
has been used so they
buy a bottle of
Magnolia Balm
LIQUID FACE POWDER
•nd use according to simple directions. Improve*
tncnt is noticed at once. Soothing, cooling end
refreshing. Heals Sunburn, stops Ten,
Pink, IVkite, Roat-Rtd.
75c. at DruggitU or ip mail dirset
Sample (either color) for 2c. Stamp.
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Page’s Weekly Letter.
The peach season is now open
ing up, and the imporance of can
ning and drying fruit must not be
overlooked. If you haven't a home
canning outfit, try and get one,
even if you have to make it your
self, which is not hard to do. All
the surplus fruit and vegetables
should be canned or dried this year
to assure food for winter use. Un
fortunely, the people do not seem
to fully realize that we are in war,
and what it means to us. Of
course, they will realize it in less
than a year, when the hardships of
war come upon us, but in the mean
time many opportunities will pass
us unheeded. Most likely the gov
ernment will take over the wheat
crop, and then we will get flour
only by apportionment.
Our meat supply is getting low,
and will be lower and the price
higher. Keep the hogs. Milk and
butter, chickens, turkeys, ducks,
geese, sweet potatoes, onions, tur
nips, canned goods and dried fruits
will play an important part in our
food supply next year, and next year
will soon be here. We must pro
duce and keep these supplies if we
would have them. To buy some of
these things may be impossible be
fore this time next year. We must
not depend upon others, but upon
ourselves. Keep the milk cows,
the hens and the brood sows.
Make plenty of hay. Do not neg
lect the pea crop, but save and pick
them all. Prepare for winter oats
and a wheat crop. Arkansas must
make her own wheat next year.
Begin your preparations row.
Push your corn crop and get the
best you can out of it. Cultivate
it as long as you can without dam
aging it. It will pay you. Let’s
not be deceived by the apparent
high price of cotton. Remember,
that we can’t eat cotton. High
priced cotton will do us no good if
we have to spend all we get for it
for feed stuff for our stock By all
means plant plenty of late potatoes.
They will keep and will be a good
price. John H. Page,
Com. of Agriculture.
A Million in Gold.
This is a day of big things; busi
ness iB conducted on a scale un
dreamed of a few generations ago;
financial transactions involving
millions and billions of dollars are
common place and attract little at
tention; our government not long
ago without batting an eye voted
the sum of $7,000,000,000 to be
used in the war against Germany;
millionaires are now so common as
to attract comparatively little no
tice and people habitually ta'k and
think in thousands and even mill
ions and billions instead of smaller
figures as was the case a few de
cades ago.
Mighty few of us, however, have
a sufficiently intimate acquaint
ance with fortunes of a million dol
lars to have a very definite notion
of just how that sum would look if
gathered in a heap. Some time
ago the city treasurer of San Fran
cisco arranged to have a million in
gold displayed at a celebration held
in that city. Naturally it was the
center of a great deal of interest.
The money was in $20 gold
piece—50,000 of them—which had
been minted in San Francisco in
the preceding year. The coins
which weighed all together nearly
two tons would have made a pile
417 feet high if placed one on top
of the other. A little figuring
shows that the $7,000,000,000
appropriation, if heaped up in gold,
would extend upward more than
550 miles.
Learn a Little Every Day.
Turkey's area is 695,000 square
miles.
The national colors of the United
States were adopted by congress in
1777.
The bell of St. Ivan's church in
Moscow weighs 127,830 pounds,
while there is another making that
j will weigh 440,000 pounds.
A man walks as rapid as a slow
I river flows, or about three miles
an hour.
The life in seed may be tested by |
putting them upon a hot stove. If
they are alive they will pop open
when hot, if dead they will remain
immovable.
Holland has 6,336,670 popula
tion.
The seven Bibles of the world
are the scriptures of the Christians,
the Tri Retikes of the Buddistst,
the Five Kings of the Chinese; the
Three Vedas of the Hindus; the
Eddas of the Scandinavians; the
Zend Avesta of the Persians and
the Koran of the Mahommetans.
The state of Texas has recently
bought a ranch of 13,000 acres to
be used as a penitentiary.
THIS SEAL HAD CURIOSITY
Mammal Got Into Trouble Through
Nosing Around Too Promiscuous
ly Among Strangers.
Seals are very plentiful among the
Orkneys, and are sometimes caught
when asleep on the skerries. They are
attracted by musical sounds, and at
one time a considerable number were
said to make their appearance In the
bay of Hoy when the bell of the parish
church close by was rung.
Seals are usunlly much on their
guard against the approach of men,
but when unmolested frequently come
close to boats or people ashore. An
Instance of this occurred recently off
Skratll bay, In Sandwlck, where some
yawls were at haddock fishing, a writer
In the Edinburgh Scotsman says.
A seal made Its appearance, and
showed great curiosity as to what was
going on. It swam repeatedly between
two boats a short distance apart, nnd
ultimately devoted Its attention to one
of them, diving under the boat nnd
coming up first on one side and then
on the other. At last It mnde a spring
at a fish which was being hauled out
of the water on a hnnd line. It failed
to get a proper hold, but the fish was
thrown back to afford another chance,
which the seal quickly seized. It kept
so near that eventually one of the fish
ermen got hold of Its tall, and by the
assistance of another It was taken Into
the boat.
It was a young one, about th'-ee feet
In length. It did not seem to appreciate
Its new quarters, and made strenuous
efforts to escupe, but was kept a pris
oner until the fishing ceased, and then
taken ashore. Subsequently the seal
was restored to Its native element,
which It seemed to appreciate all the
more after Its detention.
—the home drink
Besides its popularity at drug stoves, fountains and
restaurants, Bevo has found a welcome place in the
home. A family beverage—-a guest offering—a table
drink that goes perfectly with all food.
As a suggestion for Sunday suppet—Street red or
green peppers stuffed with cream cheeso and
chopped nuts or olives, served on lettuce leaves.
French dressing. Cold meat. Toasted crackers.
Bevo for everyone. A beverage that tastes like no
other soft drink. Pure, wholesome and nutritious.
Bevo—the all-ycar-’round soft drin
Sold in bottles only and bottled exclusively by
Aniieuser-Buscii—St Louis
HE
Don't Envy Your
Successful Neighbor
Just resolve to be successful yourself. The same
principles that have made others successful will make you
successful. Ask any successful man of your acquaintance
or read the secrets of success laid down by any man who
has beome famously successful and you will find that their
success came from their habits of saving some part of ev
erything they earned. They early established the saving
habit and when the great opportunities came they were
ready. Too many of us look upon saving only as a tempo
rary arrangement and fail to realize that it is the careful.
steady and systematic saving that counts. Do not make
resolves that are toe great for you to ever carry out but
start now to save some certain part of everything you earn
—all you can possibly spare—and success will crown your
efforts. We will appreciate your account. I
THE
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
HUTTIG, ARKANSAS
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The Difficult Task.
“Why do they say thnt the first year
)f married life is usually the most dif
ficult?” “1 don’t know, unless it
takes about thnt long for the groom
to get to know all his wife’s relations
so that he doesn’t pass any of them
on the street."—Detroit Free Press.
The Future’* Bright Hope.
Grandpa thought pa was going to
turn out to be something wonderful,
and pa is confident that son will make
a mark in the world. Each generation
seems to realize that it Is a failure,
but it is betting on the next genera
tion.—Forth Worth Star-Telegram.
True Kindneee.
Experience proves that kindness, as
distinguished from personal affection,
which is quite another thing, does ngt
generally come by spontaneous growth
so much as by reflection tfhd the culti
vation of a larger sympathy.—H. I*.
Oxenham.
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Unprofitable Investment. ■«
Luke McLuke says lots pf girls mar
ry for revenue only. So do lots of
men. hut marriage for revenue pro
duces few dividends — only about
enough for divorce fees and court
costs.—Houston Post.