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DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS Or SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS AND UNION COUNTY.
VOL. VI. NO. 29.
HUTTIG. ARKANSAS. SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 13. 1912.
PRICE. $1 PER YEAR
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Our Livestock.
There are constant though grad
ual changes going on throughout
the country, affecting the condi
tions and opportunities of the
farmers, and it is important to the
farmers that they give thought to
them. For instance, the last cen
sus report disclosed the fact that
there is a deficiency in the number
of sheep, hogs and cattle, in pro
portion to the population of the
United States. Thus follows an
increase in the value of sheep, hogs
and cattle, and thus better oppor
tunities for profitable returns from
stockraising follow. The price of
hogs arid good beef cattle at the
present time makes stockraising an
inviting field.
Now is the time to begin prepa
rations for next years profits The
cows should be well cared for and
kept in good condition during the
winter. If they are giving milk
they will amply repay for the extra
care and extra feed necessary.
No better investment exists on the
fa^m today than good milk cows.
It pays to breed up the milk cows.
A few years ago nobody would
have believed that 30 pounds of
butter could be made from the
milk of one cow in one week, and
to say that one cow could produce
1.000 pounds of butter in a year,
would have been ridiculed. By
successful breeding and proper at
tention both of these records have
been surpassed and we have the
living example of a cow with a 41
pound record in seven days.
Now is a good time to look after
the hogs. Select the good breed
ers and separate them from the
others. The hogs that will weigh
more than 100 pounds when fat
tened should be prepared for
slaughter or the market. It is not
wise to feed them through the
winter and take chances on dis
ease next summer for the extra
growth. It will not pay. Breed
the sows to farrow the last of Feb
ruary or first of March. Then the
spring pigs can be pushed along
and become good-sized killing hogs
by the following Christmas, and
will not have to be wintered. Dur
ing the winter months prepare safe
and comfortable places for the
sows at farrowing time. Give
them care and attention and you
will be amply repaid. The average
litter of pigs farrowed in February
and well-cared for will bring more
money on the market the following
Christmas than the average two
acres of land planted to cotton (at
present prices). and the cost will
be less. The hog is getting to be
an important factor in the profits
of the farm. He doesn't command
the respect or receive the consid
eration to which, at his present
value, he is entitled to receive. If
given the proper care and attention
the hog is truly the “mortgage
lifter.” John Page.
Com. of Agriculture.
Calico Kensington.
The Womans’ Missionary Union
gave quite a successful Calico
Social last Thursday afternoon
from 3 to 5 o'clock at the library.
Devotional exercises were led by
Mrs. Milstead. Then a small piece
of cloth was passed to each lady
with needle and thread for them to
test their skill in working button
holes.
Music was furnished throughout
the afternoon by Misses Lucile
Townsend and Gladys Gibson.
Miss Minnie Martin favored us
with a lovely solo—"Goodbye
Summer,” by Lynes.
The decorations was appropriate
to fall, and consisted of a profusion
of pink, white and yellow chrysan
themums, and red and yellow
autumn leaves, with Arkansas ap
ples.
The last on the program was a
plate luncheon. We especially
thank the young ladies who fur
nished the music fo- the afternoon
and all our friends for their pres
ence and liberal donations.
Advertised Letter list.
The foliow'pg letters remain un
claimed in the Huttig postoffice for
the week ending Nov. 13.1912:
Gents.
A Battsful
Moses Hutson
Eiiger Darest
Maniez Haley
; hot Jones
C C McElory
Skip Lee
Webb Taylor
Walter Mack
Steven Clark
Mr Debet
J W Bird
John Die
D Hall
Ambren Jones
B B Milliner
E T Parker
Guss Wanza
Arthue Mathews
Geo Rieter
Ladies.
Lu’a Lewis
Pashion Williams
Etta Waters
J E Bradfords
Harry Brown
Francis Mack
Ider Car
Mattie Houston
When calling for above letters
please say advertised.
E. N. Collett. P. M.
Entertained the Stewards.
On Monday evening at 7:30
o’clock in the library room of the
church the Womans' Home Mission
Society of the Methodist church
entertained the stewards.
The regular Monday afternoon
meeting was postponed until this
hour when the program was car
ried out just as it would have been
at the regular time and proved
quite enteresting and enjoyable to
all present, which included the
families of both the Mission ladies
and the stewards.
Each member of the society
present took some part either with
a reading or repeated a chapter
from the Biple from memory.
The annual reports of the officers
were read which showed a mem
bership of 17 and an average at
tendance for the year of 8. The
society has reised and disbursed
during the past year over $321.00.
which was a surprise even to some
of the members to learn. After
the program and several short
talks by the stewards a delightful
plate luncheon was served and ev
erybody felt better both physically
and spiritually for having been
present. _
Improvement in Egg Preservation.
A new process for preserving
eggs, in connection with cold stor
age. is being introduced in France.
It has the advantage that the eggs
can thus be kept perfectly fresh
for an indefinite time and when
taken out of storage they do not
deteriorate rapidly as regular cold
storage eggs do. In eggs ordinar
ily there is a certain amount of ?nr
inside the shell and dissolved in the
substance of the egg. This air if
left in will cause the egg to decay
to a certain extent no matter what
method of preserving it is adopted.
The new system therefore first
gets rid of the air by placing the
egge in a vacuum. After the air
has thus been sucked out of the
eggs through the porous shell, car
bonic acid gas and nitrogen are
forced back into the egg to take its
place. These gases act as pre
servaties. by keeping out the oxy
gen. The eggs are then sealed up
in tin cans, when they can be k‘'pt
for any period, in a cool place, the
same as canned fruit.
_
The Los Angeles city ofTicials
were puzzled how to cut off top 30
feet of a muncipal smokestack 1 30
feet high which was rusted nearly
away and in danger of falling. Fi
nally J. R. Porter, who is a crack
shot, was detailed to shoot the
stack off. He did it with a 32
caliber revolver and cut a fairly
regular line round it. ,
We print visiting cards and
stationery of all kind.
AUoidanie Leaders Appointed.
Four hundred active and enthus
iastic teachers throughout th<
: state have just been appointed by
the executive officers of the Stau
, Teachers' Association as officia
(attendance leaders in their respec
tive communitie for the "atten
i ance campaign" which is now be
j ing actively oarried on ih officers
| of the association.
It is planned to make the next
association meeting to be held i
Little Rock. December 26-27-23.
I the greatest and best in the instor,
. of the association.
Missionary Union Meet.
The Womans' Missionary Union
| met at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon
with 16 members and 1 visitor
present. Songs Let the Lower
Lights be Burning and Its All Right
Now: prayer by M^s. Milstead.
Reports from committees. Bible
lesson, Jeremiah, which was en
joyed by aU. Meeting was closed
I by repeating the Lord's prayer.
We are glad to have so many pres
ent. We packed our box for the
omhan boys whom we are clothing
The society will hold their open
session with Mrs. Wheler next
Tuesday. Everybody invited.
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Bark Action Phonht ts.
By George Fitch. Copyrighted by
George Mathew Aaarns.
At this minute the quadrennial
crop of back action proohets is ripe
and on the markqt. It is the larg
est on record because there are
now more people in the United
! States th^n ever befor»
If national elections didn’t ac
' complish anything else they would
be remarkable for the enormous
crop of reverse gear prognostica
tors which they produce. A back
action prophet is a man who is able
to look backward after a thing has
happened and tell just exactly how
it is going to occur.
1 he back-action prophet is much
more valuable than the ord'na'‘y
plug prophet because he is always
right. He never makes a mistake
unless he happens to read the'
newspapers carelessly. At this
minute millions of back-action
prophets are announcing the elec
toral vote for Roosevelt, and Taft
and Wilson with an accuracy verg
ing upon the marvelous and are
telling just what every doubtful
state will do in the election which
has just passed.
The ex-post facto prophet
knows what is going to happen loijg
in advance sometimes years in
advance. But he doesn't tel! any
body. That is where he is wiser
than the common ordarden pro
phet. The latter tells all he knows
months before the election and
then everybody knows it and he is
no wiser than anyone else. The
back-action prophet, on the other
hand, conceals his knowledge until
after the election and then an
j nounces it in triumph. Thus no
| one can take the credit of his dis
j coveries from him and he becomes
a great man and is madly envied
by ignorant people who didn't have
any idea in June what kind of a
vote Wilson would poll in New
i York.
The post-mortem prophet is now
; in the midst of his season. He is
; telling everyone who will list'- n just
what he knew in July about the
election. His knowledge was
marvelous and the world should be
grateful to him, for if he had made
bets on this knowledge, he would
now be riche' than Morgan and
half of mankind would be ruined.
But the post-prandial prophet is
kind and gentlemanly and v.'ould
scorn to take advantage of his
great gift. During the campaign
| he sits on his knowledge like a hen
l with a maternal fren/.y and hatches
| it after election when it is suf-.
| For this reason should revere him
praise him instead of g vir-g him
| the dude hoot and g .r mto the
prophet business ours* . a
i larger and more complete s'. .
Everybody has a hobby, dc;ng
1 the right kind of job work is jr.
( ashivr Miles Resigned,
F. W. Miles, cashier of the Fi, -t
Natonal Hank of Hui.tig. has t i
jdered his resignation to the board
| of director to take effect Dm * m
ber 5. and has at cepted the Cdsii
iersll'p of the American Bard'; and
.Trust Company of El Dorado. Mr.
Miles is an excellent business mar;
and the bank here has prospered
under his management from the
start and we feel that we ar°
: voicing th° sentiments of nearly
“very person who transacts busi
ness through our bank when we
say that his resignation will be
learned of with regret. W • also
think the institution to which he
goes is to be congratulated on se
curing h:s services and believe it
wi:! flourish under his supervision
We treat Piles suceessluliy with
out knife or hloroferm. R..f* r
ence and information on application j
Drs McCall. & Williams.
Lawson. Ark.
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What w.1 s 11:t* u If!
report
Wllilt is t* e pi
price of i ton
Has rnv to-i m !-’f; towry
Is there , ft .otter
me
!)> you watt! to Ihiv
: 11>• butler or eg •>
W'n n is tho i" , ;
Who was i h i toil
I ho toleplione answers
those timl many imIi.t
questions for th> i
sands of farmers
every day
The cost of a telephone
on your farm is small.
The savings gr. at
Our nearest manager will tell
about it or write to
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Southwestern
Telegraph and
Telephone Co.
W. E. Patterson Jno, H Greet;
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El Dorado, Arkansas.
Practice in all Courts, Stato and Funeral. !mnv
; diate attention *;ivun all business, Kooms I an 1
14,Post Offict Bu It•
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LAWYEHS
El Dorado, Arkansas
Practice in all Courts.
Office in Postcffice Bid^
R. P. BURNS
Physician and Surgeon
'■ Offets his professional se. vices to Huttig
: and vicinity.
Office and residence 30 C Street.
Huttig. Arkansas
Office Hours: 8 to 12 h. m. 1 to 5: 10 p. it. .
Henry C. Rushing, D. D. S.
Dentist
In Postoffiee BuiUUng.
llutti^, Arkansas
Nur .1.1:3 tot wi.l not always remiin a child,
it will not always come to Father and Mother for pen
nies. Some day it will need more than pennies and
!r* perhaps Father and Mother may not be here to give,
“have you ever thought of the importance oi
training your child into the habit of saving? It if.
o.isn, to tram a child and 'as the twig is bent, so is
the tree inclined.’
“Open a Savings Account with us in the name of
p| your child. How proud it will be to have a Bank Ac
yl count all its own! You know how you would have
jj! f°!l the glow of pride if your parents had given you a
Bank Account all your own. VVonldn't you have
saved and added to it?
“Si.00 will start a Savings Account v.i'h us for
|n your li .tie one.”
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J First National Bank
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ARKANSAS STATE FAIR
§ Hot Springs, Nov. 11th to JGth
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V isit i I ?l Springs and view the products of the Stale a school, college
an un versity of education.
A Grand Exposition of
Arkansas' Resources.
Round trp ticket ■ at special rate will be on sale November I Oth to 16th
inclusive. Imvt.ed for return passage to reach original starting point prior to
midnight of November I 8th.
Entertainment Features.
Harness and Runn.ng Races. Fireworks Display. “Last Days of Pompeii."
Dance of All Nations. Balloon and Aeroplane Flights. Band and Orchestra
Concerts Daily. Automobile Show a .d Races and a host of other attractions
Hot Springs can be most convenien.ly reached from ail parts of the state
via the
Iro?i ^fountain Route
Tickets on Sale November 10th to
loth it elusive. Final Return lim
it November 18 th.
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