DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS AND UNION COUNTY.
VOL. IX. NO. 29.
HUTT1G. ARKANSAS. SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 20. 1915.
PRICE, $1 PER YEAR
Agricultural Speaking Dales.
The schedule for the series of
safe farming meetings for Union
county has just been completed
and beginning November 29 ex
perts from the state and federal
extension forces, assisted by the
county ’gent and representatives
from the ranks of the best business
men and farmers, will tour the j
county in the interest of better
agriculture. Tick eradication, hog
cholera control, making a living at ]
home by growing more live %tock
and raising the things we eat, more j
■» cotton from fewer acres and farm
side lines will be some o* the ques
tions discussed. It has been ar
ranged with Dean J. H. Miller, di- '
rector of extension, to have two j
teams of agriculturists to canvass
the county. The following is the
schedule of meetings:
November 29 Team No. 1
Junction City. 9:30 a. m ; Caledo
nia, 2 p. m.; Team No. 2 Huttig.
9:30 a. m.; Strong. 2 p m.
November 30 Team No. 1
Hillsboro, 9:30 a. m : Lawson. 2 p.
m.: Team No. 2 New London
9:30 a. m : Philadelphia. 2 p. m.
December 1 Team No. 1 El i
Dorado, 9:30 a m.: Calion, 2pm;
Team No. 2 Union Church, 9:30
a. m.: El Dorado. 2 p. m.
December 2 Team No. 1 Lis
bon, 9:30 a. m.: Shuler. 2 p. m.:
Team No. 2 Wesson, 9:30 a. m.:
Three Creeks. 2 p. m.
The speakers for the campaign
in Union county will be W. C. Las
setter. H. K. Sanders. W. A. Den
man and a member of the faculty
of the District Agricultural High
school at Magnolia.
Methodist Cliunh Ser\ices
The following services will be
held at Union church Sunday: Sun
day scnool at 10:00 a. m. Preach
ing at 1 1 a. m. and 1:30 p. m. by
the pastor. Junior League at 3:00
p. m. Epworth League at 6:30 p. j
m. A cordial invitation is extend
ed to all to attend these services.
Rev. S. K. Burnett Pastor.
Read These Bulleftns.
Farmers of Arkansas will do well j
to read the following bulletins and
read them soon:
"How to Cure and Smoke Meat,”
"Tick Eradication,” "Hog Cholera"
"How to Prevent Typhoid Fever."
"Feeding Hogs in the South," “Use
of Meat in the Home," "Poultry
Management," "Pig Management."
Send to the Extension Division of
the University and U. S. Dept, of
Agriculture at ‘Fayetteville for any
of these bulletins and read them
and in four weeks another list will
be printed. Address all such re
quests to Dean J. H. Miller, Fay
etteville.
For County Clerck.
The News this week carries the
announcement of Geo. S. Tatum
for the office of County and Pro
bate Clerk of Union county subject
to the action of the coming Demo
cratic primary.
Mr. Tatum is well known
throughout the county and has a
strong following of friends who
have urged him to enter the race,
assuring him of victory. He has a
wide experience as deputy in many
of the official oapacities of the
county and is highly qualified to
fill the office for which he is asking
your vote.
He is a graduate of the El Dora
rado high school and Ouachita col
lege. He was, for several years, a
teacher in the county public
schools, and taught in the public
school; in El Dorado. He served
an unexpired term as countv ex
aminer, was, on two occasions,
deputy tax assessor, ancf assisted
in collecting taxes several years:
has assisted in preparing abstract
books, was, awhile, deputy county
clerk and is now ably serving as
deputy circuit clerk. This wide
experience in the various county
offices unquestionably fits him ver\
particularly, for the office for which
he is now an aspirant.
Mr. Tatum's public ar.d private
life is unspotted. He is courteous,
painstaking and does well what
ever is entrusted to him. He asks
the office at the hands of the vo
ers on the grounds of his ability to
serve them most ably and accepta
bly and on his own merits.
He made the race for this office
two years ago, and honestly be
lieves that he won the nomination.
He is willing to leave the matter in
the present race to the voters of
Union county with an abiding faith
in their sensp of justice. He ap
preciates the support he received
at that time very highly, and will
appreciate the continued support
of his frtends in the coming primary
Joint Debate By Candidates Congress.
The undersigned candidates for
Congress will meet in joint debate
at the following times and places,
towit:
El Dorado. Saturday, November
27th.
Everybody cordially invited to,
attend.
Respectfully.
W. S. Goodwn.
W. F. McKnioht,
R. S W A KNOCK,
J. 0. A. Bush.
$'50 Reward, $100
The reuiJ, rs of this popi r will ho
pleased to ham that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages, and
that is catarrh. Catarrh being greatly
Influenced by constitutional conditions
requires constitutional treatment.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally
and acts thru the Biood on the Mucous
Surfaces ot the System thereby de
stroying the foundation of the disease,
giving the patient strength by building
up the constitution end .assisting na
ture In doing its work. The proprie
tors have so mfch faith in the curative
powers of Hail's Catarrh Cure that
they offer One Hundred Dollars for any
case that it fails to cure. Send for list
of testimonials.
Address: F J CHENEY & CO., Toledo,
Ohio. Sold by all Druggists, 76c.
To leathers, Patrons and Pupils.
The Fourth Annual School Fair
and Contest for Union county will
be held in El Dorado on Friday and
Saturday. November 26 and 27,
1915.
A large number of entries have
already been made and we feel
the success of the fair is already |
assured but as we have expect
ed to make this by far the best fair
we have had, we are taking this
method of again urgihg every i
teacher and school to make entries
for each contest. An increased
number of prizes are offered this :
year and it is our sincere hope that
teachers and patrons of every
school in the county will permit
pupils to enter the contests, as we
know that pupils in every school
are ambitious to win prizes and
certainly they can lose nothing by
entering the various contests of
this fair.
If they lose the Drize they will
be greatly benefitted by the effort
put forth and it will help to stimu
late greater interest in future con
tests.
Miss Arthur from the University
of Arkansas will be in charge of
the domestic science demonstra
tion at the court house.
This communication together
with another list of premiums and
entry blanks is being mailed to all
teachers with request that entry
blanks be filled out by the 20th and
returned at once.
A. D. Murphy. Chm.
y. nil t*m pr.tct
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CAUSE AND CURE EOR PtlLAOKA
Put lie llea’lh Service Discovers it is Caused
by Insufficient Pr< teid Diet.
Anrouncement has been made]
at the Treasury Department at.!
Washington. D. C., that as a result
of contmued research and experi
ments of the public health service,
both the cause and the cure of j
pellagra have been discovered, and
that the spread of this dread mala
dy. which has been increasing it
the United States at a terrific rate
during the past few years, may
now be checked and eventually
eradicated. Assistant Secretary
Newton, of the public health serv
ice. expressed great interest in the
discovery and regards it as one of
th'e most important achievements
of medical science in recent years.
IlclS
f'tiil'J £ d.
u«en mureabiiig
alarmingly throughout the Unitea
States during the last eight years.)
and it is estimated that 75.0001
cases of the disease will have oc- ]
curred in the United States in i
1915, and of this number at least |
7.500 will have died before the end |
of the year. In many sections on
ly tuberculosis and pneumonia ex
ceed it as a ca^se of death.
The final epoch making experi-l
ment of the public health service
was carried out at the farm of the i
Mississippi state penitentiary about |
eight miles east of Jackson, Miss.. I
and together witn the previous
work of the service completes the
chain in the prevention and cure of
the disease. The work at the
Mississippi farm has been in charge
of Surgeon Joseph Goldberger and
Assistant Surgeon G. A. Wheeler,
I of the United States Public Health
Service. The farm consists of
3.200 acres in the center of which
is the convict camp. The final ex
periment was undertaken for the
purpose of testing the possibility of
producing pellagra in healthy hu
man white adult males by restret
ed, one-sided, mainly carbo-hy- j
drant (cereal) diet. Of eleven
convicts who volenteered for this
experiment, six developed a typical
dermatitis and mild neryous gastro
intestinal symptoms.
Experts, including a number of
prominent physicians, declare that
the disease which was produced I
was true pellagra.
Proir to the commencement of
these experiments no history could
be found of the occurrence of pel
lagra on the penitentiary farm.
On this farm are 75 or 80 convicts.
Governor Earl Brewer offered to
pardon twelve of the convicts who
would volunteer for the experi
ment. They were assured that
they would receive proper cafe
throughout the experiment, and
treatment should it be necessary.
The diet given was bountiful and
more than sufficient to sustain life.
It differed from that given the oth
er convicts merely in the absence
of meats milks, eggs, beans, peas
and similar proteid foods. In every
other particular the convicts se
lected for the experiment were
treated exactly as were the re
maining convicts. They had the
same routine work and discipline,
the same periods of recreation and
the same water to drink. Their
quarters wer^ better than those of
the other convicts. Thq,diet given
consisted of biscuits, fried mush,
grits and brown gravy, syrup, corn
bread, cabbage, sweet potatoes,
rice, collards and coffee with sugar.
All components of the dietary were
of the best quality and were prop
erly cooked. As a preliminary and
to determine if the convicts were
afflicted with any other disease,
they were kept under observation
from February 4 to April 9. two
and a half months, on which date
the one sided diet was begun.
Although the occurrence of ner-.
vous symptoms and gastro-inL sti
nal disturbances were noted early,
it was not until S ptember 12. or
about five months after the begin
ning of the restricted diet, that the
skin symptoms so chsuacieristic of
pellagra begun to develop. Tnese
symptoms are considered as typi
cal, every precaution being taken
to make sure that they were not
caused by any other disease. The
convicts upon whom the experi
ment was being made, as well as
twenty other convicts who were
selected as controls, were kept
under continous medical surveil
lance. No cases of pellagra devel
oped in camp excepting among
those men who were on the re
stricted diet. The experimenters
have therefore drawn the conclu
sion that pellagra has been caused
in at least six of the eleven volun
teers as a result of the one sid^d
diet on which they subsisted.
On the basis of this discovery,
the states of Mississippi, Louisiana
and Florida have laid their propa
ganda through their respective
boards of h-alth for the eradication
of the disease.
Ouach't.i Kiver Navigation Association.
At fhe recent hearing he'd at i
Camden by Capt. H. R. Fiske. U
S. engineer in charge of the Ouach
ita river, the Ouachita River Navi- j
gatition Association was organized j
ana Hon. T. J. Gaughan was elect j
ed temporary chairman. It being
understood that delegates from the
various interested towns should
afterwards meet and form a per
manent body.
In view of this. Mr. Gaughan has
j called such a meeting to be held in
| Camden at iO o'clock a. m.. Mon
day. November 29. The delegates
appointed from Huttig are F. W.
Scott and L. A. Bodine and the
alternates G. T. Thompson and G.
A. Berry.
Whether or not the necessary
improvements of the Ouachita riv
er are completed depends entirely
upon the interest which the people
who are effected most manifest in
this important organization and we
hope it will be sufficient to bring
about the desired end and that the
Ouachita river will be navigable to
Camden the year round.
Churrh Semi-Oriental.
The Russian church, which terms it
self orthodox — pravoslavny — differs
considerably from all the other Chris
tian temples by its semioriental style
that is half Tartar, half Byzantine, yet
possesses its distinctly Slavonic ele
ment. W'ffh its ghded cupolas,
bright-colored roof3 and ornaments,
white glaring walls, it has more of a
mythologic and legendary character
than nie stately gothic or romauesque
cathedrals.
To get the news read The News'
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Dallas Houston San Antonia
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