DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS AND UNION COUNTY
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VOL. VIII, NO. 11.
HUTTIG. ARKANSAS. SATURDAY. JULY 18. 1914.
PRICE. $1 PER YE/R
Exposition Exhibit Means Much to Arkansas.
Arkansas*will profit more from
the opening of the Panama Canal
and the development of this part
of the country than thousands of
her citizens imagine. This state is
in the very path of commerce and
development engendered by the
big canal which changes the path
of navigation of the world. Up
the Mississippi valley will swell the
tide of traffic, industry and settle
ment and Arkansas will feel the
first waves of prosperity that break
upon the country, owing to her for
tunate location1. How true it is
“that there is a tide in the affairs
of men which taken at its flood
leads on to fortune,’’ is just as true
with regard to states. Now. above
all times, is the era of possibilities
for this great state. This week at
Little Rock a geologist represent
ing Harvard University said:
There is not a geologist in the
United States who is not familiar
with the wonderful mineral re- j
sources of Arkansas.” That word
“wonderful," used by an eminent
geologist in describing mineral re
sources, should arouse our own
people to the wealth that abounds
on every side in this remarkable
state and stir us to enterprising
activity to tell the world what we
have and to do something to at
tract millions of dollars in capital
for development purposes and to
secure thousands of desirable citi
zens and home seekers. "Tender-,
handed grasp(a nettle and it stings ;
you for your pains; grasp it like a
man of mettle and it soft as silk
remains,” is a familiar old saying.
Public spirited men, ambitious for
the welfare of Arkansas, have urv
dar the fitting leadership of the
state’s chief exdfcuMve, grasped
like men of mettle a big proposition
ta put Arkansas in a position be
fore the eyes of the world which
will do her credit and justice. In
the absence of an appropriation by
the legislature, these men have set
out to raise one hundred thousand
dollars, in pennies, nickles and
dimes, as well as by $1,000 dona
tions, some of which have already
b^en pledged, to give Arkansas as
good a building and as creditable
an exhibit of products and re
sources as any state in the Union,
a id this is what is going to be done.
This cbunty is going to be organ
ized and an opportunity given to
each man. woman and child to work
for the advertising of Arkansas be
fore the world. If the other coun
ties do as well in proportion as
Union, nobody need worry for fear
that Arkansas will not make as
good a showing as any other state
at the San Francisco Exposition.
Arkansas Increases Coal Output.
The production of coal in Arkan
sas in 1913 was 2,234.107 short
tons, valued at $3,923,701, com
pared with 2,100,819 tons, valued
at $3,582,789, in 1912, a gain of
133,288 tons in quanty and of
$340,912 in value. The increased
production in 1913 is attributed by
E. W. Parker, of the United States
Geo'ogical Survey, chiefly to a
larger railroad consumption caused
partiy by a decrease in the sup
ply of fuel oil and partly by in
creased business. This was offset
to some extent by decreased, do
mestic consumption, particularly in
Texas, owing to an increase of
natural gas in that state. The
prolonged "rought in August and
September also had an adverse in
fluence on coal production, as it
cut down the wheat crop in Kan
sas and the cotton crop in Oklaho
ma and Texas. Transportation fa
cilities were improved over those
of previous years, and a reduction
in freight rates, put into effect in
the latter part of the year, is ex
pected to have a beneficial effect
on the industry by enabling larger
quantities of coal to be shipped to
the Northwest, where Arkansas
semianthracite has established a
market and has already to seme
extent replaced W’st Virginia
smokeless coal. The conditions at
the close of 1913 presented a more
hopeful outlook for the future than
has existed in Arkansas for several
years.
The number of men on strike for
one cause or another in 1913 was
1,221, a little more than one
fourth of the total number em
ployed, and the average number of
working days lost by each man on
strike was 27. The average quan
tity of coal produced by each man
employed was 480 tons during the
year, against 463 tons in 1912.
According to the Bureau of Mines,
there were 12 fatal accidents in
1913, just double the number in
1912. The ueath rate per thou
sand in 1913 was 2.58, and there
were 186,176 tons of coal mined
for each life lost. In 1912 the
death rate was 1.3, and the quan
tity of coal mined for each life lost
was 350,1 37 tons.
Spending Money for Noble f nds.
The Rockefeller institute for]
medical research has been further ]
enriched by the oil magnate, and i
now has the interest of twelve and !
a half millions with which to con
duct its investigations. Inasmuch!
as every other e**.,t to compel
Rockefeller to return to the peopie
the wealth that he secured through
moopolistic methods has failed,
perhaps it is just as well that some
of his money be employed in this
way. For we can imagine no more
effective way to aid humanity than
in devoUag money in fighting and
banishing disease. Insofar as this
pioney is devoted to this purpose it
is accomplishing a wonderful work.
He have long held in the highest
esteem those who were able to dry
up the tears of the orphan and
widow, but a still nobler deed is
that of lessening the chance that
those tears will flow. Disease and
death are the two things which
humanity fears most. Even pov
erty wears a forbidding frown, be
cause it can be vanquished by in
dividual effort. Neither death nor
disease can. Disease that racks
the body and overturns the mind,
that peoples the night grisly hor
rors and marks the day with
spasms of pain, robs existence of
its pleasure. Death is the white
terror in whose path the weeds of
sorrow spring up, and whose jave
lin thrust is deadly to human hope.
If Rockefeller’s millions can miti
gate their effects, they will have
been washed of much of their taint.
—Ex.
A family Mix.
In the early part of the last cen
tury there lived in an old New Eng
land town a Mr. Ghurch, who, in
the course of his pilgrimage through
this vale of tears, was bereft of
four wives, all of whom were buried
in the same lot. In his old age it
became necessary to remove the
bodies to a new cemetery. This
melancholy task the much bereaved
widower undertook himself, but in
the process the bones of the la
mented quartette became hope
lessly mixed. Priding himself on
posession of a New England con
science. Mr. Church would not. un
der the painful circumstances, per
mit the use of the original head
stones, but procured hew ones, one
of which bore the following inscrip
tion: "Here lies Hannah Church
and probably a portion of Emily.”
I Another: "Sacred to the memory
I of Emily Church, who seems to be
mixed with Matilda.” Then fol
lowed these lines:
Stranger, pause and drop a tear.
For Emily Church lies buried here.
Mixed in some perplexing manner
With Mary. Matilda and probably Hannah.
—Philadelphia Ledger.
Mhy Southern Soils Are Poor.
I notice in your issue of May 2
that some member of the staff has
the nerve to tell the truth about
Southern soils under the heading
“Southern Soils are Poor Eut
May be Made Immensely Fertile."
Of course they are poor* No
one with good sense of observation
ever doubted it except he was mis
led by the orators. And why are
they poor? Because of cheap la
bor and because of certain clima
tic conditions which, properly co
operated with will make fields fer
tile but which improperly operated
with have made our fields infertile.
The climatic conditions to which 1
allude are, first, the long warm sea
son during which decay goes on
rapidly; and second, the abundant
rainfall. The first changes the or
ganic matter to forms in which it
is both of use and in danger of loss.
The second makes it a loss by
washing it from the soil and by
washing the soil from the subsoil.
There has been practiced in the
South for years and years a S[ e
cies of bonanza farming with the
same motto as in the Northwest.
"Get it out of the land." This kind
oi farming nas Deen longer contin
ued than in the Northwest because
the soil and climate together bear
it longer. The favorable climate
has to some extent obscured the
real condition of the soil from us.
We have thought that our soil was
rich when in reality the richness
of late years has been mostly in
the climate, and the end of our
bonanza farming has been reached
before we knew it.
With favorable climatic condi
tions in the South a given yield,
! say 20 bushels per acre of corn,
indicates a poorer soil than does
the same yield in the North. What
then if our yield has fallen below
the northern yield? In some way
our low yield must have been more
profitable, else we would have come
to our senses before. And such is
the case.
While labor in the bonanza far
ming of the Northwest was always
high, labor in the South has alwi^ys
been low. This has made a lower
yield profitable and a more com
plete skinning of the land possible.
Let us summarize. Abundance
of rain, rapid decay of soil materi
als, and cheap labor have together
made possible the prbfitable pro
duction of very low yields of cot-,
ton—itself a poor land crop—on
very poor land. And so poor land
has resulted in the natural order.
But who will say that we ought
not to have the rain or the long
warm season or the cheap labor?
Surely in these very things which
have all but proved our ruin we
have the means of developing an
extremely fertile soil. These con
ditions properly co-operated with
will build up our land just as im
: properly operated with they have
Torn it down. The first class cli
! matic conditions which the South
.has, with first-class attention to
I the soil, will certainly give rich
| soil and large crops. The climate
i we already have; the attention to
the soil is what The Progressive
j Farmer preaches in every issue,
j M. E. Sherwin, in The Progressive
i Farmer. ___
Baptist Church Notice.
Sunday school at 9:45 a. m.
Preaching at 1 1 :00 a. m. and 8:00
p. m. Sunbeam Band at 3:00 p.
m. B. Y. P. U. at 7:00 p. m. A
cordial invitation is extended all to
attend these services.
Rev. W. T. King. Pastor
Don’t Endure Headache.
Just get a bottle of Hunt’s Light
ning Oil and apply it to the head.
The aching is gone quicklv, in some
cases instantly. Seldom fails to
give insiant relief for neuralgia.
Fine for rheumatism also. So.'d by
all druggists.
ELBERT BEDE SAYS
There’s almost as much pleas
ure in giving away something you
don't want as there is in getting
something you do want.
Isn't it funny that whei a man
is going to the devil they call nirn a
good fellow?
How's a woman ever to be presi
i dent9 No one can ever attain that
position until long after the age
j of 25.
Those who live under a cloud
j never see the silver lining.
Just for curiosity we would like
to see a love affair carried on the
way it is described in books.
A man may lead a woman to the
alter but it ends there.
When a man's vices are hidden
under his virtues there is always:
someone ready to tear the virtues [
away.
The parent who gets any enjoy
ment out of punishing his children
isn't going to do the children any
good by punishment.
We don't care whether or not
there are marriages in heaven but
we would like to know if there are
any moving picture shows there.
The man who loves a girl well
enough to eat her may not be dis
playing the best of taste.
Our distrust of mankind comes I
; from knowledge of ourselves.
i A new fashion in dress Is for a
J woman to wear electric lights
just as if the men didn't see enough
! already.
Some folks wouldn’-t give away
' ten cents if they didn't expect a
dollar’s worth of advertising.
Mother would be willing that
little feet should muddy her fresh
ly scrubbed floor if that were any
assurance that the same feet when
larger would not wander into for
bidden paths.
One thing about money, when it
gets tight it keeps out of sight.
Headstrongness is a mental
weakness.
I
The -eports that Huerta was go- i
ing to resign seem to have been
violently overdrawn.
A woman may not be able to hit
, anything with a stone but she can
cast a ballot straight.
tuck.
Luck means rising at six o’clock ;
in the morning.
Living on a dollar a day if you
earn two.
Minding your own business and
not meddling with other people’s.
Luck means opportunities you
have never failed to grasp. The
trains you have never failed to
catch.
| Luck means trusting in God and
! your own resources. Max O’ReJl.
i_
Increasing Elevator Capacity.
i When tile additions and altera
I tions to its huge grain elevator at
; Kansas City now under way are
: completed, the Missouri Pacific
Iron Mountain Railroad will have
one of the largest plants of its kind
in the world. As originally con
structed, the elevator consisted of
ten concrete circular storage tanks,
with a capacity of 80.000 bushels
each, or 800,000 bushels in all.
and the elevator building proper,
with a capacity of 200.000 bush
els, a total plant canacity of 1.000 -
000 bushels. Forty additional
concrete circular storage bins, 22
feet in diameter and 84 feet deep,
with a capacity of 25,000 bushels
| each or 1,000.000 bushels all told,
are under construction, besides 19
smaller bins, with a capachy of
7,000 bushels each or 133,000
j bushels total.
In the Time of Need
if sudden sickness should cause the doctor to have to
come in haste to save your life or the life of some member
of your family, it would be very embarrassing to have to let
him go away without his pay.
If fire siiould sweep away your home and household
goods, it would not be a pleasant task to ask friends to help
you out.
If the loss of your job or t+ie change to a better one
should necessitate a long move, it would not be making a
good showing to have to borrow money to make the trip.
If the chance of a lifetime should come to you to invest
in some good and profitable business, it would not be a very
pleasant or encouraging experience to have to lot it pass
you by because you did not have the money to take advan
tage of your opportunity.
A snug bank account is the best and most reliable
friend in time of need. Begin today to make sure of that
friend by opening up an account with us.
Interest Paid on Time Deposits.
THE
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Skin Disease Cured or Money Back.
Hunt's Cure is absolutely guar
anteed to cure itch, eczema, tetter,
ringworm or any other form of skin
disease. Failing to cure the drug
gist is authorized to promptly re
fund your money. Price 50c. Ask
your own drugmstsi
Notice.
The Union Saw Mill Company
will pav $50.00 as a reward to any
one. not in its employ, who will fur
nish information from which any
nerson shall be convicted of depre
uating or trespassing upon the tim
ber of said Company.
This lrt, day of February, 1906.
Union Saw Mill Co.
By F. W>. Scott,
Secy, and Treas
IT
DR. R. A. BARROW
DENTIST
Postoffice Building
HUTTIG. ARK. «
!=3l——.-r=n =ii———it==ll
NEILL C. MARSH
Lawyer
Practice in Aii Courts. Rorms 15 and
1 6. Postoffice Building
EL DORADO, - ARKANSAS
DRS. MAGEE & MAYFIELD
Physicians an4 .Surgeons
At Company Hospital
Office Hour»—8 to 12 a. m., I to 6 p m
Sundays—9 to I I a. m , 3 to 5p pm
Mcsideiice Phone 12; office 18
HUTTIG - ARKANSAS
10DGE DIRECTORY.
ROWLAND LODGE No. 594 F. & A.
M.meets every second and fourth Satur
day evenings at 7:30 o'clock. Visiting
Masons always welcome.
F. O. Mahony. W. M.
D. F. Collett. Sec y.
HOWARD CHAPTER, No. 122, R A.
M.—meets every first and third Thurs
Iday evening at Masonic hall. Visiting
companions welcome.
D. F Collett, U P.
f C. A. Bbrrt. Secy.
HUTTIG CHAPTER No. 320.Order of
the Eastern Star, meets every first and
third Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock.
Visiting brothers and sisters welcome.
Mrs. A. E. Locas, W. M.
Mrs. L. G. Gibson. Sec’y.
HUTTIG LODGE No. 348 !. O O. F.
meets every Tuesday evening. Visiting
brethern cordially invited to attend.
M. H. Clayhaugh, N. G.
E. L. Ware. Secy.
HUTTIG REBEKAH LODGE No. 66,
meets every Monday night at 7:30 o'clock
Visitors are invited.
Mrs. Ghas. Saxe. N G.
Mrs. May Claybauoh. Secy.
SWEET BAY CAMP No. 4 11 W. O. W.
meets every first and third Saturday eve
nings. Visitors made welcome.
C. M Caldwell, C. C.
J. C. Bridges. Clerk.
Net ice of Ceafirmatiee.
In the Unton Chancery, Court. September Term.
1914.
Ex Part* Petition of Union Saw Mill Co. to Con
firm Title io NE‘4 oi SW>* of Seolion 9. Township
18 South, Range 12 West
Notice is hereby given that Ihs undersigned has
filed in the Union Chancer* Court its petition to
confirm title in it to the N6L* 0t the SWV* of Section
9, Township 18 South. Range 12 West, containing
forty acres, and particularly confirming the same
against any and all irregularities in the sate of said
land to Marsh & Flenniktn tor the nelinquenll.ixes
of 1910 and any irregularity ur informality in the
assessment, levy, extension, collection, return as
dolimjuent. notice ot sale, sale or execution ot tax
deed pursuant to sakt sale and in the till* conveyed
by said Marsh A Flennilcen to the said Union Saw
Mill Company. Amt the said p-tition to confiim
title, so filed on this day. will be lieaid at Ihc Septem
ber term, I 91 4. of the Union GlUtncery Court
This the 8lh day ot July. A D 1914
Union Saw Mill Comp a n v
Uy K. W. Soot i. Secy I reas
CltOWlNCi
G ROWI NG!
GROWING!
Like everything else that the Monroe Furniture Co. is doing their
sales of MODERN HOME FURNISHINGS on the EASY PAYMENT
PLAN are growing. Bigger this year than last! We are Crowing,
Climbing, Spreading by leaps and bounds
If you are located anywhere within a radius of 100 miles of Monroe,
and are in need of HOME FURNISHINGS, write us about your wants.
You need not have the cash, as we will sell you on our easy payment plan
Make a small tirsl puymeni and wo will ship your goods to you
Freight Charges Prepaid, it your purchase amounts to Ten Dollars,
and the balance can be paid in weekly or monthly payments
Do you know, that ninety per cent of all the homes in the United
Slates are lurinshed on the EASY PAYMENT PL,AN?
No excuse lor not having a nicely furnished home now, when you
can buy r.cw Modern Home Furnishings at such small cost and pay for
them monthly just like rent. Write Us Tod«y.
FverylhinK for Every Home.
The
MONROE FURNITURE CO.
Ltd.
132-138 North Snood St.
MONROE, - LOUISIANA
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