THE HUTTK3 NEWS.
DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS AND UNION COUNTY.
VOL. XI. NO. 20
HUTTIG. ARKANSAS. SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 15. 1917.
PRICE, $1 PER YEAR
BOLD BANK ROBBERY.
First National Bank of ttuttlg Robbed It
Broad Daylight by Lone Bandit.
Shortly after 1 o’clock last Fri
day afternoon a lone bandit enterec
the First National Bank and askec
Assistant Cashier W. P. Reasons
who was alone in the bank, tc
change a dollar bill for him. As
Reasons’ reached for the change
rack the robber covered him with a
gun and told him to put up his
hand and hold them up.' He then
ran around the fixtured and
entered the enclosure, keeping
Reasons covered all the time.
When he reached him he made
him lay down on the floor on his
face and then bound his hands be
hind hin and also bound his feet
with heavv fish cord.
The robber then proceeded to
clean out the currency cash drawer
and the safe of everything in sight,
but left the silver on the counter.
While thus engaged Adolph, the
10-year-old son of J. E. Dickerson,
entered the bank and asked where
the cashier was and the robber
took him and put him in the vault
and then dragged Mr. Reasons in
and shut the door but did not lock
it. The boy became excited, com
menced crying and offered the rob
ber twenty five cents to let him
out.
Just as the bandit was leaving
the bank a son of T. M. Barton's
started to enter bank and asked
the robber where the cashier was
and he told him he would be there
in a few minutes. The boy looking
down toward the general office of
the Union Saw Mill Co., saw Cash
ier C. T. Thompson coming and
told the robber there he comes
now. Mr. Thompson passed the
robber a short distance from the
bank and as he came up the Bar
ton boy asked him “why that fel
low had put that boy in the vault’’
and Thompson rushed in the bank
to get his gun but the robber had
hid it. He opened the vault.released
Reasons as quickly as possible and
gave alarm. A posse was formed
as soon as possible but no horses
were available and the only auto
mobile in sight went the wrong di
rection as it was soon learned that
the robber had taken to the Ouach
ita river bottoms east of town.
The search continued all the after
noon, but the thickets are so plen
tiful that he was not caught.
The robber secured $6,556.00,
of which $2,500.00 was in gold
and $170.00 in silver, the balance
currency. The bank carried burg
lar insurance to cover the loss, but
there are many sore citizens to
think that he made a clean get
away with it.
The job was pulled off by a pro
fessional is the general opinion of
all as he even had extra fish line
ties for Cashier Thompson had he
happened in before he was through.
Up to Thursday night one sus
pect had been arrested at Millville
and turned loose and the officers
went to Monroe to look over the
party who cut up a policeman there
Tuesday and was shot while resist
ing arrest. They have several
other clues on which they are
working.
Some Hot Points.
Ten thousand matches are
scratched every second in the
United States. A match will cause
just as hot a conflagation as a gas
oline explosion.
Insurance prevents no fires; it
gemDSneates no fires. It merely
distributes tho less over many
purses. When there is too much
loss the people cuss about “high
insurance rates” which is easier
than inaugurating a fire prevention
campaign.
Some women will “worry their
husbands to death” to have a crack
mended in a window pane, who are
serene and untroubled about a
crack in the chimney fiue that may
burn their home day or night.
The editor is aquainted with a
woman who jumps into the middle
of a big feather bed every time it
thunders but whose bravery isn't
ruffled when she cleans a tub full
of clothing indoors with gasoline
while a fire is burning in the next
room.
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School Opens Monday.
The Huttig Consolidated Dis
trict No. 60 school will open Mon
day morning and every parent is
urgently requested to have their
children present on the opening
day that the work may be given
each pupil at the same time. You
owe this to your child as getting
started late sometimes causes
them to lose the foundation princi
ples of their studies and they do
not progress as they should.
An entrance fee of $1.00 will le
charged every pupil entering the:
school, which should be paid the j
opening day. Either give each pu-1
pilthe$l.CO or an order on the
Union Saw Mill Co. for it. This
rule will be enforced to the letter
and means every pupil.
The directors desire to imprese
upon the parents of children within
school age that the pupils must
start to school within two weeks
from the opening day and that ex
emptions, such as the law pro
vides, must be stated to the prop
er authorities. The pupils between
7 and 15 years of age must attend
school three-fourths of the stipu
lated term. Failure to comply
with the law is punishable by a fine
of not less than $ 10 under the new !
compulsory attendance law.
State of Ohio, City of Toledo,
Lucas County, ss.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he
is senior partner of the firm of F. J.
Cheney & Co., doing: 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 HALL'S
CATARRH CURE. FRANK J. CHENEY
Sworn to before me and subscribed
in my presence, this 6th day of Decem
ber. A. D. 1886. A. W. GLEASON.
(Seal) Notary Public.
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Ed L. Berry Dead.
Ed L. Berry, aged 53, 1503
Wolfe street. Little Rock, died at a
local hospital in that city, at 11
o'clock Thursday morning, Sep
tember 6. He was born at Car
lisle, Ind.,on January 19. 1863, and
is survived by his wife,two daught
ers, Francis and Marguit, three
sons, Lucian, William and Edgar,
all of LitWe Rock. Also his moth
er, one sister, Mrs. Everson of Mo
line, 111.,, and three brothers,
Charles of Houston, Louis H. of
Galveston, and W. F. Berry of
Louisiana. The funeral was held
Saturday morning at 10 o'clock
from the family residence.
The deceased was a resident of
Huttig for several years and be
came a member of Rowland Lodge
No. 594. F. & A. M„ July 10,1900.
While here he followed his trade as
a carpenter, but since moving to
Little Rock had to give that up on
account of his health. He will be
remembered by a number of friends
here who regret to hear his demise.
One can hardly blame the little
hands of devoted canners through
out the land for talking about the
fruits of victory.
ii BETTER FARMING HINTS. M
SELECT GOOD COTTON SEED.
Do not let the opportunity to get
good planting seed for next year
slip by. Arkansas people should
increase their production and value
of their cotton a great deal by sav
ing the best for seed. Select next
year’s seed in the field. Have
good pickers go over the field
ahead of the regular force and save
the best bolls from the best plants,
choosing from those showing abili
ty to yield; watch also for earli
ness, for size of boll and for storm
resistance. Get enough of the
best to make a bale at least, have
this ginned free from admixture
and save the seed for planting pur
poses.
PICK COTTON EARLY.
Begin picking cotton as soon as
a good picker can pick 125 pounds
a day and pick the crop as fast as
it opens, even if it costs $2 more
per bale. The extra cost in har
vesting will be more than made up
in the cotton saved and better
prices due to better grades; this is
the suggestion given cotton grow
ers by W. E. Ayres, with the Col
leg < f Agrn ul u e.
BUY OAT DRILLS TOGETHER.
The county agents report that
in a number of instances men are
getting together to buy grain drills.
This is a very good practice and if
the owners of smfcll tracts of land
in Arkansas are to compete with
their more wealthy brothers they
must cooperate not only to buy oat
drills, but many other things simp
| ly because they cannot afford tc
get them in any other way and
without these things they cannot
produce a crop as economically as
the man who has them. Why not
get together and buy corn shred
ders, stump pullers, pea and bean
harvesters and anything else you
may need. Do not forget that V.
H. Kern, farm machinery expert
with the Extension Division, will
be glad to give advice and help you
at any time.
REMEMBER THE CLOVERS.
As a result of the clover cam
paign put on last year by the Ex
tension Division hundreds of farm
ers are again planning on putting
in these legumes. Clovers are
valuable for several reasons:
Planted in the fall they keep our
land from washing and save our
soil fertility. In addition they fur
nish humus which helps to make
the soil loose and mellow and cap
able of holding more moisture for a
longer period of time. They also
add nitrogen to the soil and furnish
the finest kind of green feed for
cattle, hogs, and poultry before the
regular pastures come on. You
cannot afford to be without these
wealth producers, but remember,
that some precautions must be
taken in starting out with these
crops. Write to the Extension Di
vision for suggestion on growing
these legumes and ask for the clo
ver calendar.
TAKE CARE IN PLANTING OATS.
Arkansas people who plant oats
should be sure that their seed has
been well cleaned and that it is
free from cheat, weed seed, light
and broken grains and trash of all
kinds. In addition, all oats should
be treated for smut regardless of
where they are from. This treat
ment is not expensive and can be
relied upon. It is also very im
portant to plant a rust-proof varie
ty in order to insure the best re
turns and it is a big mistake to
expect oats to do their best on
very thin soils. Write the Experi
ment Station at Fayetteville for
the names of the best varieties for
Arkansas and also for methods of
treating for smut, etc.
PUT IN RAPE FOR THE PIGS.
Pork can be produced the cheap
est only when we use fall and win
ter pastures. Rape is ore of the
best winter pastures for hogs, but
if you are going to do anything
with it this year you must get busy.
Every Arkansan should have plen
ty of pigs and rape this fall. There
is no sense in anv of us buying
meat in this state and it is no doubt
going to be a good thing for us if
the present prices show us one
more way to make agriculture more
profitable.
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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
dating or trespassing upon the tim
ber of said Company.
This 1st, day of February, 1906..
Union Saw Mill Co.
By F. W. Scott,
Sf“"\ and Treas
Attention Wheat Raisers.
From the lists being sent in it
seems that Union county will plant
between 2,000 and 3,000 acres of
wheat this fall. This means at
least one bushel of seed for every
acre planted. On account of short
age of seed and also of shipping
facilities we should secure this
seed as early as possible. If you
haven’t already ordered your wheat
you should make arrangements for
it at once. The Council of De
fense will arrange to have seed
wheat ordered for all farmers mak
ing request. You should write to
R. N. Benson, secretary. Council
of Defense, El Dorado, stating hew
much seed you want ordered for
you. W. T. McKell,
County Agent.
Negro is Given Pardons.
Governor Brough Monday issued
a pardon to Jim Johnson, negro,
convicted in the spring term. 1917,
of Union Circuit Court, of grand
larceny and sentenced to one year
in the state penitentiary.
A statement from the governor's
office said:
“The trial court granted an ap
peal to the defendant, and gave
him 50 days to file his appeal,
which same was filed in proper
time. By some mistake, the pa
pers in the case were misplaced
and for that reason the clerk was ■
unable to prepare a transcript and
Johnson was thereby denied his 1
right of appeal. The petition to
the governor asking for the pardon
was signed by tne two prosecuting
witnesses whose property was
stolen, and also by the prosecuting
attorney atpc} circuit judge, and by
ail UlQ county officers of Union
county, together with a large num
ber of citizens.”
A belief in the hereafter robs
death of some of its horrows; it
does not seem so final.
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More than anything else causes men to be business
failures. Look around at the failures and near failures that
you know, and you will find that they are men who were
indifferent as to their future and spent their earnings
thoughtlessly.
A man need not be declared bankrupt by court or
have his business closed by creditors to be a failure. If for
long years you have had the health and strength to earn a
good salary, but now have nothing to show for it you are a
failure. Perhaps you consider you never had a fair chance.
The man who saves his money makes his own chance. By
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ness with them where he can make good. Just stop a mo
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your earnings slip away from you to be deposited by some
one else. Resolve today to begin building for your future
business success. Do not be indifferent, but make a start
by determining to deposit a part of all your earnings with
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