DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS AND UNION COUNTY.
VOL. X!. NO. 45
HUTTiG. ARKANSAS. SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 25. 1913.
PRICE. Si PER YEAR
StateTche ■: i; Assctiaticn.
At a recent meeting of the exe
cutive board of the Arkansas State
Teachers’association, plans were
perfected for the big meeting to be
held in Little Rock, April 4. 5. 6,
1918.
This being the fiftieth anniversa
ry of the association, every effort
is being made to make this, not on
ly the most successful meeting,
educationally, that the association
has ever known, but also to make
it a oatriotic demonstration of the
educational forces of the state.
Trios to Camp Pike and Eberts j
aviation field *re planned A gr«=at
"anniversary parade" of the teach
ers. in honor cf this anniversary
meeting, will be a feature this year.
The Little Rock Board of Com-l
m rc. has said that Little Rock :
w'l take care •! the teachers.
Every one wh knows the Little
Rock Board of Commerce knows
i* nough - ic
ior County and Probate Judge.
By refering to our announce
ment column this week, you will
notice the name of one of the very j
best men in Union county aspiring j
to be Countv and Probate Judze.
He was born six miles south of El |
Dorado, and has lived there all 1
these years, raising a large family
and educating them, ea rning the j
money to do so on the farm, and as j
commanded to do in the Holy Writ.
“In the sweat of his face.”
For twenty years he served as
school director and for three years
superintendent of county roads,
under his brother, the late Judge
W. M. VanHook. During that time
the improvement of the roads all
over this county were so marked,
we take it that everybody knows of
his good service.
The truth is, he has been a suc
cess at everything he undertakes.
He has a good common school edu
cation and a fair knowledge of the j
law. having kept up with the enact
ments of the legislature, and a stu- j
dent for years of the digest, and an
inate desire to do right between
man and man. So you see he is j
well qualified for this honorable
and important position.
We take it that the people at,
this time are more interested m the
public roads than anything' else,
and we submit to vou, Mr. Voter.
that he can perform tnese auues
which are incumbered upon the
county judge, better than a lawyer,
and we have his word, which has
never been broken, that he will
give the roads of this county his
personal attention.
No man ever had a better neigh
bor; he is that which is best in
manhood, and represents that,
which is best in government, so we j
name him the Hon. R. R. VanHook
Deaths in British forces.
Now that American troops are
taking their places in the trenches,
attention is again directed to an es
timate by the secretary of war. that
the losses up to June 1, 1917, of
the Eritisn expeditionary forces
from deaths in action aid from
wounds amounted to but 7 pt r
cent of the total number of all men
sent to France since the beginning
of the war.
The ratio of this character today,
because of improved tactics, is less
than 7 to evny 100 men.
PhiIrish Potatoes.
The Un tod Stated and her allies
will need a larger amount of Irish
potatoes this year than ever before
and Arkansas can help in the pro
duction of this extra amount of po
tatoes if every farmer will plant
from one-half to one acre of Irish
potatoes this year. Are you plan
ning to plant that half acre or acre
of potatoes this spring? it requires
10 to 12 bushels of potatoes to
plant acre. So. if you have not al
ready done so. arrange to get the
seed. The early maturing varie
ties are considered best for the
South, because they mature before
the excessive heat of summer, and
are likely to keep better than the j
other varieties which mature later. '
The Red Bliss and Bliss Triumph
are the very best varieties for us to
grow. The Ohio and the Irish
Cobbler are also good varieties. If
you have a supply of home grown
potatoes from your fall crop that
are in good condition, plant these.
If you wish further information on
the Irish potato, v/rite to J. S.
Knox, with fhe Extension Division.
Old Statehouse, Little Rock, Ark.
41h Arkansas Inspection.
All officers and enlisted men of
the El Dorado Co., 4th Regiment
Infantry, Arkansas National
Guards take notice that the state
inspection of this company will
take place at the armory. El Dora
do, Tuesday, Feb. 26. 1918, at 9
o’clock. All officers and men are
ordered to be present Promptly
Every man who has not been
physically examimined is hereby
ordered to report at El Dorado at
once for examination.
By Capt. J. D. Trimble.
Mew Uray Business.
I have taken out license for dray
ousiness here and will appreciate
your hauling of all kinds,
Moses Walker.
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., doins? business in the !
City of Toledo, County and State afore
said. and that said tirni will pay the i
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 Gth day of Decem
ber, A. D. 1880. A. W. GLEASON,
(Seal) Notary Public.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken intern
ally and act3 through the Blood on the
Mucous Surfaces of the System. Send
for testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. O.
Sold by all drugfsrists, 75c.
Hall's Family Fills for constipation.
Motes on Recruitinn.
Men with railroad experience are
wanted for the railway service of
the army. This is an exceptional
opportunity for railroad men.
Men not subject to draft under
the selective service law. and be
tween the ages 1 o to z i ana o i to
41, and whose applications for en
listment have been approved by
the office of the chief ■ff engineers.
Washington. D. C.. can enlist in a
number of engineer organizations.
Skilled mechanics are desired for
enlistment in the aviation corps. |
It has been found hard to obtain ef
ficient mechanics for this service,
a^d an appeal is made to skilled
mechanics who will volunteer their
services for this corps. It is
thought that there are a number of
men throughout the state who are
q lalified for this service and who
are not of draft age, whp would en
list in this branch of service.
Any information relative enlist
ing in the army can be had by ap
plying or writing to Recruiting Of
ficer, U. S. Army, Main and Mark
ham Sts. Little Rock, Ark,
Smokeless Powder Plants.
Plans and contracts are com
pleted for the construction of two
smokeless powder plants, each to
cost approximately $50,000,000.
The estimated capacity of each is
500,000 pounds of powder a day.
and from 10.000 to 15,000imen
will be employed at each plant.
The initial output at each facto
ry is expected not later than next
August. Much of the product will!
be available for the a’lied nations.1
Tell us the news for the I-iews1
IIfi AT CAMP PIKl.
Irwin Funk of Rogers Writes Interesting
letter I rum Soldier City.
Camp Pike. Feb. 18, 1918.
These are busy days with the 1
army boys at Camp Pike. After’
two months of forced inactivity,
due to the weather condition, dur
ing which period the boys have1
done little or no real drilling, the '
camp is fairly dry again and the j
officers are pushing the men to the i
very limit to make up for lost time. '
Squad drill has been kept up most
of the time, and the boys and the
officers have been getting a lot of
theory, bt t now they are out by
companies, battalions and regi
ments. and are getting ready for
the rifle range. Time is a most
precious commodity when a nation
is preparing a million men for the
battle line, but if there is anyone in
the world who can get more hours
out, of a c'av or more minutes out of
an hour, than a top sergeant from (
the regular army, I don't want him I |
for a boss. And that is where the :
top sergeants at Camp Pike come '
r.'om. j
But the work is welcomed by .
most of the men. There are men
here who have been in quarantine ,
ever since their arrival, last fall,
and they welcome anything that
will give them a change in the daily 1
program. It is a small wonder that ,
a lot of Northern boys are cussing
Arkansas, for they hold the state ,
responsible for the weather, the .
quarantine and the occasional
grouchy officer. They didn't like
our dust, they didn't like our
snow and they didn't like our mud.
Some of these days they are going |
to look back with longings for our
Arkansas spring -but you can't |
make them see it that way just „
now.
C
The Y. M. C. A. buildings are t
:rowded these days or rather c
=vening. for they nave no time to c
/isit them during the day. When s
iarkness puts an end to the drill a
most of them are too tired to even e
want to come to town, and a sold- s
er has to be tired or dead broke v
when the bright lights of Little v
Rock have no attraction for him. j
So he naturally gravitates to the ! ^
"Y" to read, or to write or to play t
games, to listen to concerts of lec
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classes and religious services.
A word as to the reading matter
at Camp Pike. A lot of people are c
senring magazines and periodicals t
there, but there is really too much 1
cheap stuff and not enough of the <
better class. The Saturday Eve
ning Posts have been welcome, but i
they get too many of them, espec-j:
ially the ones of last year, if you! I
send Posts, don't send older than a i <
month back. There are literally r
tons of Posts stacked around the r
postoffice and other buddings. \
Don't send magazines that are i
made up chiefy of continued sto
ries. for the chances are against t
the soldier being able to get all the t
copies. Don't send dirty or torn i
copies. If the boys are entitled to
anything, they are to the very be^t ;
you can send. Don't send them 1
by express or freight "collect" for <
there is no one here with any mon
ey for that purpose. t
Writing home to his father, John ‘
Stafford, editor of the Springdale 5
News. Lieut. Guy S. Stafford says *
in part: "The Red Cross is a won- *
derful organization, as well as the f
army Y. M. C. A. Don't you ever 1
turn down an opportunity to lend [
them all possible aid and assist
ance. I had always rather looked
upon them both as 'money grab
bers.’ but nix on aU such chatter
as that ip, the future. They are
fho i cal thing, and the money is all
spent in a good cause that of
making the life of the American
soldier safe and pleasant. You
can't go too strong if the columns
of the News in their behalf."
Perhaps you have seen son' '1 of
the, really vicious and some ol the
merely foolish charges that have'
been made against the Red Cross.!
the Y. M. C. A., the medical offic-l
ers and ether departments of the
army and army work. But this is \
very noticeable the stories do not
come from the soldiers, but are the
work of the ignorant and careless,
or of an qrganized enemy propa
ganda, When you hear cne jof
these stories, or read one of them,
just refer it to the first soldier you
meet. Or write to your own boy.
They know. And we don't believe
they will hesitate to toil you the 1
truth. But to date, every such
charge has been disapproved by
,he mien themselves.
It would be a fine thing if every
one in the state could visit Camp'
Dike. I believe that it is really:
worth a considerable sacrifice to[
tome even though you may not!
lave no relatives here, or do not
ixpect to have. It rea'ly doesn't
five much idea of the place to say
hat there are more than a thous
.i.w L-uiiuingo ui laicxu iiidliy oUNb !
if nails, or so many million feet, of'
umber were used. Even a state
nent that there are 50,000 men ■
,an't convey the real spirit of the
:amp. As words fail to tell the
eal granduer of Niagara or the I
>t.her scenic wonders of the world,
»o words fail to bring home the
eeling that comes over you as you
watch the drilling men and realize
just what they are doing.
Women visitors are made we)-I
:ome at the Y. M. C. A. hostess)
louse, just a few steps from the
lepot. and it is a beautiful, home
ike place. In fact, it is the most j
.ttractive place at Camp Pike and
lot of fellows are regretting that
hey cannot manufacture some ex
use that would take them there
fterner. A matron, several ass
istants. including trained nurses,
re in attendance at all times, and
very mother, wife or sister is as- *
ured of a hearty welcome. They ;
nil help you find the sold’er you
fant to see, and if it is possible for
im to get away from his drilling 01
,is work will have him brought to
he house.
f ur County and Probate Judge.
The News this week carries the
nnouncement of L. D. Britt for
he nomination of County and Pro
late Judge, subject to action of the
;oming Democratic primary.
Mr. Britt was born and reared
n the west end of Union county
.nd has resided here all his life,
de has been deputy circuit clerk
or the past three years and has
nade study of county govern
nental affairs, and will cooperat'd
vi. h road officials in building good
oads.
He has studied and bosn licensed
o practice law and expects to en
er active practice of his profession
n the no^r future.
lf elected he will be in his office
it all time and promises to peiform
he duties of the office to the best
>f his ability with justice to all.
Mr. Britt expects to make a
horough canvass cf the county
md hopes to meet every voter per- •,
■onallv but if he does not do so we .!
eel no hesitency in saying to all
hat he is in every way qualified to
ill the office to which he aspires |
.nd will appreciate your support by !
naking a faithful public servant.
Time Markers ir Lisbon.
fnrri'ct time is unnounooi] every
pven hour in tin1 port of Lisbon by
moans of two lanterns plunotl on iron
columns 100 foot high. Tho lauteriu
raoh Imvo throe l'aoes tnoasuring O.b
foot by S foot.
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