HUTTIG NEWS.
DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS AND UNION COUNTY.
VOL. VIII. NO. 25.
HUTTIG. ARKANSAS. SATURDAY. OCTOBER 24. 1914.
PRICE. $1 PER YEAR
READY EOR EARMING CAMPAIGN
This County Can have It By Asking Special
Man Sent to help.
The general committee of far
mers, merchants, bankers and edu
cators is rapidly bringing about
the organization of the great Pro
fitable Farming Campaign that will
cover the entire State of Arkansas.
This campaign, the most extensive
of its kind ever held in the South
will begin early in November anc
last 30 or 40 days. It will bring
together in a concerted movement
for diversified farming and more
poultry and livestock some of the
ablest farming men in the country
This county can have a leading
part in the campaign by asking for
it. In a concise statement the
state wide committee tells just
how to get the benefits of this
movement. “Call a public meeting
of the farmers, bankers and mer
chants,” says the announcement,
"Decide whether or not you want
your town' and county to get the
benefits of this great campaign —
whether you would like to have 30
or 40 meetings in your county, at
which the vital matter of diversifi
cation and livestock farming wi'l be
dealt with in a practical, helpful
way by some of the ablest agricul
turists in this country.
If you want the campaign send
in your request or petition at once
to C. C. Kirkpatrick, Secretary of
the Campaign Committee at Little
Rock. He will send a man at once
to explain the details of the cam
paign and help you organize. No
county will be included without a
request from the people of the
county. The only expense will be
board and lodging for 15 or 20
men for one or two days.
“The purpose of the campaign
is to enable Arkansas to feed her
self raise at home the products
she now buys from other states
to have a garden at every home; to
raise winter oats for pasture; to
raise our own corn, our own hay,
our own meats, canned goods,
poultry, butter eggs in fact all the
products every county is now buy
l ing from Northern states.”
The forces cooperating in this
campaign are the agents of the U.
S. Department of Agriculture. State
College of Agriculture, District Ag
ricultural Schools. Agricultural De
partments of the Railroads. Super
intendent of Public Instruction,
Commissioner of Agriculture, Offi
cers of the Farmers Union, Cham
bers of Commerce and other com
mercial organizations, jobbers, far
mers, bankers and merchants, as
sisted by the Agricultural Exten
sion Department of the Interna
tional Harvester Company.
Farm Demonstration Work.
For the past eight years what
has been known as farm demon
stration work has been carried on
in Arkansas under the direction of
the Agricultural Department at
Washington. Most of the counties
have had one of the local county
agents at one time or another dur
ing this time, and thus the people
have been able to learn the nature
of the work. A great many far
mers have cultivated crops under
the direction of these agents and
have profited by it. A great many
have misunderstood the work, and
were led to believe that the plan
was for the local demonstration
agent to visit the farmers and teach
them how to farm, according to the
ideas of the local demonstrator.
As 1 understand it this is not the
case, but on the other hand the
agent axplains in detail the improv- j
ed methods of the Department of
Agriculture in seed selection, land
preparation, planting and cultiva- \
tion, and will undertake to visit the
farm of any farmer who will agree
to cultivate a portion of his crop
accordingly, these visits to be fre
quent enough to meet a!! immer
gencies and giye all information
that may be required about the
government methods. In addition
the agent supplies bulletins and
procures any information and ser
vice from the government that is
available, and gives his services
free to those who undertake to try
out new methods or new crops.
The government plan is not one of
ixperiment, but the result of many
experiments made by i^e govern
nent in many parts of the United
States.
There is always a question in
the minds of some whether the
government methods will produce
better yields for less labor and cost
than individual methods. Some
times they do not, for some of the
individual farmers have as good
methods as the government, or at
least produce as good results. But
when compared with the average
there.is shown to be an absolute
positive increase under the gov
ernment methods. To illustrate
this more forcibly 1 will refer to
the result of the demonstration
work in this state in 1913. More
than 1,200 men tried this demon
stration work in 1913. They cul
tivated about 13,000 acres of corn
that made an average yield of 35
bushels per acre, and about 20,000
acres of cotton that made an aver
age of 1,048 pounds'of seed cotton
per acre. These demonstrations
were made in all parts of Arkansas,
on all kinds of land and under all of
the different prevailing weather
conditions. The government crop
statistics for Arkansas for 1913
show that the average yield of corn
was 20 bushels per acre, and 583
pounds of seed cotton per acre, or
a difference of 15 bushels of corn
per acre and of 465 pounds of seed
cotton per acre. These figures
make their own argument.
I know personally all of the coun- !
ty agents. I never met a more i
faithful and earnest set of workers. ;
1 do not know what they have done
this year, but 1 feel that each one
has done his best, and will continue
to do so if you will keep him in the
work. The farmers can derive
great benefit from the demonstra
tion work and I hope to see the
work continued in all the counties
that have it and to see it extended
to others. Continue the good work
and co-operate with the local
agent. He is a good agricultural
missionary and will help your com
munity.
John H. Page.
Commissioner of Agriculture.
Ybung Co jp!e Married.
On last Sunday night at 7:30
o’clock in the parlors of the Hart
man Hotel at Farmerville, La..
Justice Chandler of that place per
formed the ceremony which united
in marriage Miss Maud Smith, of
Pellston. Mich , and Mr. Orin Rice,
or Huttig.
The bride while almost a stranger
here has made a number of friends
during her short visit and is a
charming and lovable young lady.
The groom is e sterling young man
employed by Seaman & Seaman
who has made a large number of
friends here who will join with us
in wishing the happy young couple
much pleasure and prosperity.
The Magic Washing Stick.
“The Magic Washing Stick is the
finest thing in the world. Cleans
the clothes without rubbing—makes
the whitest clothes 1 ever saw. I
cannot do without it any more. All
you say of it is true, it does all you
say it will. I would give it for
nothing 1 have ever used. I hope
every lady will try it,” writes Mrs.
W. F. Gammill, Ashdown. Ark.
This peculiar article is sold by gro
cers and druggists, three 10c
sticks for 25c, or by mail from A.
B. Richards Medicine Co.. Sher
man, Texas.
GOLDMAN SORRtLLS IS KILLLD.
Nefl'o Shoots Him and tils Uncle, Waller
Sorrells. Near Lawson,
Constable Golemm Sorrells was
kill ;d and his uncle, Deputy Con
stable Walter W. Sorrells, was
probably fatally wcunded by Will
Nealy, a negro, whom they were
trying to arrest near Lawson, early
Tuesday morning.
Tne officers had gone to the
negro’s home with a warrant charg
ing him with the theft of a set of
harness. Nealy told the officers
that the key to his barn was in the
house, and obtained permission to
go inside. Returning to the door a
moment later he began firing,
wounding both white men, who
turned and fled.
The negro followed, shooting as
rapidly as he could load a double
barreled shotgun, with which he
had armed himself. After about
300 yards a charge of buckshot
struck Goldman Sorrells in the back
of the head, killing him. The ne
gro's next shot felled the older
white man with a load of shot,
which shattered his hip.
Thinking both were dead, the
negro went to the home of neigh
bors, telling them two white men
had killed themselves while trying
'to kill him. He then hurried to
El Dorado and gave himself into
the custody of officers.
The negro, who has been re
moved from the jail and hidden for
fear of mob violence, was slightly
wounded by# shots fired by the
Sorrells during the running fight.
Walter Sorrells. who was
taken to his home at Lawson, is in
a critical condition and is not ex
pected to live.
Another Pioneer Dead.
Elizabeth Rowland, one^of the
oldest settlers of Union county,
died at the home of her son. Dr. E.
F. Rowland, near Lapile at an early
hour Saturday morning, October
1 7. of semile weakness.
“Grandma" Rowland, as she was
known to her hundreds of friends
and acquaintances, was born in
Newberry, Alabama, in 1826 and1
came to Union county in 1848,]
having resided here continuously,
since.
She was a devout Methodist and
was loved by all who knew her.
The funeral was held at 4 p. m.
Saturday afternoon, the services1
being conducted by Rev. J. R.
Rushing, of this place and inter
ment took place in the old Lapile 1
church cemetery. She leaves one
son and a host of grandchildren ■
and friends to mourn her death.
Ihe Magic Washing Stick.
‘‘The Magic Washing Stick is
just fine. It did just what you said
it would do and the clothes were so
nice and white with al1 that hard
rubbing left ofi\” writes Mrs. Sarah
Goodale. Preston, Texas. The
Magic Stick is not a soap nor a
washing powder. Sold by grocers
and druggists, three 10c sticks for
25c. or by mail from A. B. Richards
Medicine Co , Sherman. Tex.
Arkansas Moving Pictures.
The moving pictures showing
Arkansas scenes at the Panama
Pacific Exposition will be one of
the most attractive features of the j
Arkansas Building, and the plan 1
under which these pictures are to '
be made insures the people that.
they will see many things which
are typical of Arkansas.
The Arkansas Lumbermen's As
sociation has contracted for 2,000
feet of film, which wiil show scenes |
in the Arkansas woods, both in pine
and hardwood timber, show the
logging camp and felling of the
trees, then the mills and the final
finishing of the lumber. The Ar
kansas Rice Growers' Association
will take 1,000 feet. Various in
terests of Sebastian county have ^
reserved 2.000 f-;et of film, and
scenes of the county will be selec
ted to show gas wells and many rl
the industries of the county. Th<
Arkansas Horticultural Society, as
well as several other state organi
zations, are expected to purchase
several thousand feet of film so
that the natural advantages of the
state may be shown to the world.
As Hot Springs is one of Arkan
sas' leading attractions, the Valley
of Vavors will be prominently dis
played in the movies, but no cam
paign for that purpose will ^e con_
ducted until after the State Fair
next month.
Report of Huttij School.
Cur sch< o! is closing the 'ast
week of its first month and all are
busy with the monthly examina
tions. There has been much irreg
ular attendance, and many will be
disappointed when they receive
their grades. No doubt there will
be some failures, as it is impossible
| for the one who misses a day or!
1 two to keep up with those who at
tend every day.
A man keeping up the expenses
| of his family is very much like a
pupil keeping up the work of his
classes in school. As long as one
works every day he does not notice
it so much, but let either stop for a 1
few days and he finds it difficult to
! catch up when he goes back to
I work. Some of those who are
thrown out of work while the mills
are shut down for repairs, probably
can realize how hard it is on a pupil
who is thrown out or kept out of
school work a day or two.
Those who come are doing fine
in punctuality. Week before Is t
the Tardy Roll showed Room One
had 12 tardies. Room Two had 2
tardies. Room Three had 14 tardies
l and Room Four had none a total
of 28 tardies. But last week the '
total was only 9 tardies in the,
whole school: in Room One there
were 4 Kenneth Atnip. Lrwrern e
Frost.. Patterson Payne and Laura
Bell Thompson. In Room Two'
there were 2 Lawson Sims and
Minnie Thompson. In Room Three j
there was only one Isabell Ben
son. In Room Four there were 2
Jarrell Bonham and Ora Voss.
Let us keep this up until the-e
is not a single one tardy. Room
Four has had one week without a
tardy. Which room will be next?
A. J. Dowis. Principal.
C. D. Barton & Sons
lllMDERTAKtRS
& tMBALMtRS
We keep a complete stock of
Coffins, Caskets and Robes
We can send a Licensed Em
balrner any tune.
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DHS. MAGEE & MAYFIELD
Physicians and Surgeons
At Company Hospital
Office Hours—8 to 12 a. m., I to 6 p m
Sunday s—9 to 11 a. m., H to 5 p pm
Residence Phone 12; office 18
HUTTIG - AHKANSAS
NEILL C. MARSH
Lawyer
Practice in All Courts. Rooms 15 and
16, Postoffice Building
EL DORADO, - ARKANSAS
DR. G. SURGHNOR
MONROE, LA.
Specialist on Diseases of Eye, Ear,
Nose and 'I hroat.
Adenoids and Tonsils Removed.
Classes Correctly Fitted.
Wh«n you have favors to extend, you had rather ac
commodate a neighbor who has accommodated you in some
way. Yiu naturally feel that you should favor tnose who
favor you.
Just so it is in business. The merchant will more
readiiy extend credit to the man whom he Knows spends
his cash w ih him.
Q
Hei e at the bank we can always make a loan to a de
positor who we know will bring his deposits to us when he
has funds. Of course, we have to loan to others sometimes
m order to eet our money out. but we naturally would
rather favor with loans those who have favored us with
their deposits.
° 1 ik is a good plan to have banking connections with a
good strong bank Make this your banking home. De
posit with us when you can and when the time comes that
you need help you will find us able and willing to help you.
Interest Paid on Time Deposits.
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