DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF SOUTH-ASTERN ARKANSAS AND UNION COUNTY
VOL. VII. NO. 3
HUTTIG. ARKANSAS. SATURDAY. MAY 10. 1913.
PRICE. SI PER YEAR
I OR COtMV SlPERINTENDtM
One of the Best Means of Improving Oar
Mural Schools.
Arkansas is rapidly coming to i
the front in the educational world ' |
Schools are being carefully grad- i
ed: length of terms being increas
ed: higher grade teachers are*be-|
ing demanded; better buildings are j
erected: greater school interest on
the part of the people is being
aroused; rural high schools are be
ing established; the small uncom
fortable one-room building, where
one teacher struggles through all
the grades, is giving away, and
wherever conditions are favorable,
consolidation of small, weak dis
tricts into stronger ones, is being
encouraged. Wherever this is be
ing done, the enrollment and at
tendance is being materially in
creased.
The real needs and conditions of1
i
schools are being brought to the I
attention of the people in an in- 1
telligent way.
The fact that our state is grow
ing in this, the greatest cause in j
development, doesn't lessen our re- :
sponsibility in the least. The
questions "What is our county do- ;
ing? What is my district doing?
demand the best that is in each of
us for the betterment of our schools
and higher education of our boys
and girls. These are the future
citizens of our country. Their suc
cess or failure depends greatly
upon what now is done for them in
this line, and Union county needs
to get busy on the cause of educa
tion.
The writer strongly recommends
county supervision for our county !
The real needs of ihe country |
school school children and of the
town school children the effective j
working out of necessary school
reforms, could be more quick'y ;
reached through the supervision of
an efficient man who would have
that for his business.
County Superintendency does
not make an additional office. It
takes the place of County Examin
er, Neither does a County Super
intendent displace School Direct
or. His duties are specific and do
not conflict with the duties of any
other school officer. He simply
aids, assists and co-cperates with
these other directors and officers.
Any county in the state may
adopt Superintendency for its
schools by a vote of the electors at
the annual school election, held on
the years preceding the years in
which the general State election is
held. *
This move has been tried ' and
found to be a positive working force
for the up-building of town and i
country schools, so why not have a
Superintendent in Union county?
We believe that an efficient man
can do more toward arousing the
school interest among the people,
and we believe that better schools,
and a higher standard of education
in Union county will be the result.
Let every elector who believes
in better schools turn out on Satur
day, May 1 7th and vote for Coun- j
ty Superintendency for Union
county. We owe it to our children
and our state.
The Hoodoo Number.
This year, whose number is '13. j
is surely acting rather mean. Dis- j
asters tread each other's heels un
til the sad onlooker feels that Jonah,
from his<ancient berth, has certain
ly returned to earth. There must
be something true, ods fish, in that
old-fashioned superstish;"thirteen"
is hoodooed, sure as fate this year
can't have its luck on straight. On
Britian's shore the suffragette is
keeping all men in sweat, and e’en
the king is sore and sick, expecting
every hcur a trick. The Balkan,
people and the Turks are shooting
up the wnole blamed works. The
kindly king of Greece was slain by
some cheap skate who'd gone in
sane. In Mexico the bullets soar
and people wade around in gore.
And here at home the floods roll
down submerging many a pleasa't
town, and cyclone shriek across
the plain and leave wrecked cities
in their train: Death and his an
gels grin ly roam, and celebrate
their harvest home. And so, how
ever much we wish to scorn the
ancient superstish, we'd like a yea:
of better fame one with no hoo
doo in its name. Walt Mason.
What a Baptist Preac her Did
This is to certify that I have used
one box of Hunt's Curs fora Skin
trouble, and same cured me after
using about $8.00 worth of other
ointme; ts and salves. Nothing
like Hunt's Cure for Skin troubles.
Rev. H. T. Sizemore. Hemphill.
Texas.
S. W. Eddy of Lincoln. Nebr.. ap
pears to have made a valuable in
vention in mirrors. It would hard
ly seem as if there was room for
improvement in anything so an
cient as that, but things can always
be made just a little better. As a
matter of fact when you look into
a mirror you do not see yourself as
others see you. Glass has sodium
in it and this gives it a greenish
color. This greenish color gives a
corresponding tinge toyour front's j
piece and you never look quite nat j
ural. This inventor thought of the i
idea of making the glass of a pink- I
ish shade so as to counteract this
tendency to a green hue. The re
sult is that a person looking into
one of his mirrors sees himself suf
fused with a very flattering glow of
color, and with a healthy look on
his face that is startling in its life
likeness.
"Why do the leavesof afcook stay
together?" Thc-y are bound to do
that."
Missionary Union Meets.
The regular meeting of the
Woman's Missionary Union was
held in the church at 2:30 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon with fourteen
members and two visitors present
After the devotional services the
reports of committees were read~
The egg money contributed has
been set aside for some special
purpose which will be decided at
the next meeting. Everybody is!
invited to attend the picnic to be
given next Tuesday at the soring
[northwest of town. All are re
quested to meet at the home or
Mrs. Voss. 38 sixth street at 10
o'clock to go out in a body. The
following committees were appoint
ed to serve three months.
Devotional Mesdames J. E.
Greer. W. M. Bowen. W. R. Dick
erson. Davis Malone'. H. P. Heard.
T. J. Breed and Holsford and Miss
Mary Jeffers.
Missionary Mesdames G. M.
Durham. Lasyone. Milstead. J. B
Crockett. W.-C. Thompson. A. P
Phillips. E. L. Townsend and M
H. Claybr-ugh.
Visiting Sick and Relief Mes
dames Brown. J. W Perritt. J. W.
Johnson, John Ravb >rn, M. L
Phillips. Thos Green and W. T.
King.
Membership - Mesdames Martha ,
Milstead. Barrett, E. A. Spaulding,
Canterberry. Thos. Voss. Waldron.
W. L. Reagan. Ed Esthridge. and ,
Miss Lucile Townsend.
Entertainment Mesdames D.
M. Clowney. May, Bricnac, F. W.
Scott, A. P. Richardson. Geo
'Waller. Ernest Spencer. A. G
Atnip. W. H. Wheler and Miss,
Lula Harrington.
Corresponding Secretary and
| Press Reporter— Mrs. E. L Town
send.
"The only thing that does a fu 1 ’
day's wo-‘k around my house," said
a disgusted father of boys, yester
day. "is the clock.”
Pints GIVE PIANO RECITAL
The pupils of Miss Minni-1 B Martin, who taught music in
the public school here the past term, gave a piano recital at
Union church Wednesday afternoon at 4 o’clock which was
largely attended by the parents and friends of the pupils. While
V/e were enable to attend personally we have heard nothing but
praise for the different participants frorh those who did and their
work was conclusive evidence that Miss Martin understands her
work and is an excellent instructor. The following is the pro
gram as rendered in full:
March of the Little Sages . Matthews
Minnie Raybourne
Daisy Chains . . Spaulding
Lillian Cobb
Butterfly Waltz . Englemann
N rra Kirklin
(a) Waltz for Grandpa . .. . Gurlitt
<b) The Charming Shepherdess Matthews
Ora Voss
First Piece of the Star Performer .. Gurlitt
Edith Carter
Vocal Solo "Sing. Robin. Sing" . ... ... Spaulding
- Ruth Moore. Edith Carter, accompanist
(a) Dance of the Fairy Queen Burbee
(b) Going Fishing . DeRcef
Aline Thompson
la' First Waltz . Schmoll
(b) My Do ly's Birthday ... . . Spaulding
Margie Kirklin
Indian. War Dance Brounoff
Thelma Magee
Song of the Reapers Opus 432 No. 3 Englemann
Bess Pollard
Enroute March Opus IBS No. I . Englemann
Bess Poliaid and Miss Martin
Damsels Fair . Hosmer
Minnie Hartsfield
The Blacksmith Opus 11 . . Eyer
Beatrice Howard and Helen Thompson
The Country Band . Rolfe
Reita Reagan
Dance Among the Leaves. Williams
Helen Thompson
The Joyous Peasant . Schumann
Bessie McCormick
Rose Fay -Opus 185 . ... .' eins
Della Ruth Phillips
Love's Lament ... Read
Fern McCormick
Faust Waltz (4 hands) . . Gounoud
Helen Thompson and Della Ruth Phillips
(a) At the Village Smithy -Opus 41. No. 8. Sochting
(h) Chinese Music Bjx .... ..Lrounuff
Beatrice Howard
Spring Song Duett 'Composed in 1843) .Mendelssohn
Fern McCormick and Miss M. rtin
wm Bl.LD NfcW CHURCH
lirst Baptist Church of It it tig Mil Trci t
Sc* tdifk•• Soon.
At a conference of tV' ^rst Bap
tist church of Huttig to.: i M • v
night it was ascertained that.
$1.200 00 had been raised for the
erection of a church building of
their own in Hutt'g.
Arrangements had previously
been made with the Union Saw
Mill Company whereby they have
agreed to donate a suitable site for I
the structure and render other val
uable assistance.
A committee on finance and
building consisting of Messrs. J. R.
Sims. J. B. Crockett. Thos. Voss.:
A. P. Richardson and Dr. R P
Burns, wi.h W. H. Wheler as ad
visor was appointed to make the
necessary preliminary arrange- :
merits and it is expected that the'
building will be completed before
the summer is over.
We are glad to note this sp'r't of
improvement in the tiwn and feel
sure it will have a v :ry b-n ficial
moral and spiritual effect among
the people as it will give both the
Baptist and Methodist denomina
tions full time and may encourage
other denominations to organize
here so that no matter what a per
son's religious views .may be he
can find a church home here.
Proclaim Moth rs’ Pay.
In conformity with a nation wide
custom. Acting Governor J. M
Futreli has issued a proclamation
setting aside the second Sunday in
May as Mothers Day and request
ing that it be observed in Arkansas.
Mothers' Day has grown in pop-»
ularity since it was inaugurated
; only a few years ago. It has grown
to be a custom for men to wear a
white carnation in memory o' their
mothers and for sons to write their
mothers on that day if ihey be
away f. c m home.
The mean on mal tt it perature of
the world is 5f d • r'f ahrenheit.
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Rural service is supplied at very
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GIVE THAT BABY FRESH AIR!
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Your baby s' ould be out of door for tours these Spring
days. Let them d ink in. the pure, fress, lung-building
air. These hours will expand into years on the end of
their lives. Put them in one of these handy, light-running
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y They make i easy :'o you to
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