DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS AND UNION COUNTY.
VOL. VIII. NO. 32
HUTTIG. ARKANSAS. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 12. 1914.
PRICE. $1 PER YEAR
WORK or FARM SCHOOLS.
Are Helping Boys and Girls to Build tp
Homes and farms.
One of the most striking features
of the recent Profitable Farming
campaign was the part being taken
in it by the four District Agricul
tural schools. These farming men
not only got out and worked on the
campaign themselves, but they en
listed the support of the men and
women associated with them in the
schools.
No other state perhaps has such
schools as these in Arkansas.
They are called by those who know
their work. “The backbone of the
State.” Some yea's ago the farm
ers all over the state saw the need
of such schools as these, and they
made a successful fight to get
them.
The schools are located in the
geographical center of each of the
four sections of the state. There
are no entrance requirements. If
the boy or girl is fifteen years of
age. tie or she may attend any one
of these schools at a minimum cost
The idea in founding these schools
was to train the farmer boy to be a
better farmer, and the farmer girl
to be a better home-maker. That
was four years ago. Today the
schools have over one thousand
boys and girls, not only from Ar
kansas. but from other states, who
are training themselves, not to
teach farming, but to go back to
the farm home and make farming
and home-building a success.
One of the reasons for the suc
cess of these schools is that each
one is managed by a '.ocal board of
five members, all of whom are
farmers. Thus, the schools are
run by farmers, are filled by farm
ers’ children, and the instructors
are farmer men and farmer women.
They are schools of the farmers,
and by the farmers, and for the
farms. The cost to the state per
student was only $90 and this paid
tuition, room, heat and light and all
the incidentals except board. The
board bill for each student for nine
months was about $ 100 and text
book bill averaged only about $7.50
apiece.
Some of the boys and girls are
working their way through the
schools, and the school
now have applications for three
thousand young men and women
who want to work their way
through. Of course all of these
applications cannot be taken care
of owing to lack of accommodation.
The farmers who have supported
the schools are working now to get
more money to build more domito
ries to take care of the earnest
young men and women who want
to live on and build up the farms of
the state.
Theory has no part in the
schools. Work is what counts.
The boys work in the fields and
with the live-stock, and in the
shops. The girls work in the
kitchen and the laundries and in
the sewing rooms, and in the do
mestic art departments. .They
learn not only how to plan and take
care of a home, but how to make
that home attractive.
“The man who marries one of our
farmer girls from the agricultural
schools is a lucky man,” says one
of the most successful farmers in
the state. ‘‘The good these
schools are doing cannot be esti
mated. The farmers who control
them and whose boys and girls are
being educated in them know that
Arkansas is being made a better
and a richer state for this work.”
How Homes Are Lest.
They let their insurance run out.
They bought things they did not
need because they were cheap.
They subscribed for everything
they could pay for on the install
ment p'an.
The father always intended to
get his life insured, but dieu with
out doing so.
Money enough went down in
drink and up in smoke to save the
home.
They tried to do what others ex
pected them to do rather 'than
what they could afford.
They thought it small to insist
on having an agreement or under
standing put in writing.
They could not say “No" and
could not afford to tell their friends
"I can’t afford it.”
When the^shoe began fo pinch
they “really did not see where they
could retrench. ’ Habit made lux
uries seem necessities.—Success.
Nntite to farmers.
Commencing Dec. 1. our gin will
run only on Tuesdays’and Satur
days. The grist mill will run Sat
urday afternoons.
Neel & Brasher.
Huttig. Ark.
The Magic Washing Stick.
“All glory to the Magic Washing
Stick—my clothes were as white
as snow," writes Mrs. Sallie Cum
mings. Marquez. Texas. Not a
soap nor a washing powder, but a
peculiar article which makes dirty
clothes clean and beautiful without
a bit of rubbing. Sold by druggists
three 10c sticks for 25c or by mail
from A. B. Richards Medicine Co.,
Sherman, Texas.
Deputy’s Slayer txecuted.
Will Neeley, the negro who killed
Deputy Sheriff Goldman Sorrells
and seriously wounded his uncle
Walter Sorrells of Lawson not long
ago, while the officers were trying
1 to arrest him for a minor offence.
! was electrocuted at the state peni
tentiary Tuesday, Dec. 8. He was
47 years old and professed religion
before he died.
Increased Appropriation for farm Work.
There has been a gratifying in
crease this year in the appropria
tions made by the various quorum
courts of the state at the recent
annual meeting. Last year the
quorum courts of thi-ty counties in
Arkansas appropriated $23.523 37
to aid in the employing of local
agents in Demonstration Wo k.
This year the quorum court of for
ty-two counties have appropriated
$45,430 00. There are about ten
or twelve other counties that are
now engaged in raising funds by
local subscription which indicates
that the total a-mount contributed
by the people of Arkansas for the
support of demonstration work will
be at least one-half greater than it
was last year. This result is very
gratifying and indicates that dem
onstration work is rapidly growing
in favor with the farmer.
The Magic Washing Stick.
“The Magic Washing Stick is the
finest thing in the world. Cleans
the clothes without rubbing
makes the whitest clothes I ever
saw. I canflot do without it any
more. All you say is true, it does
all you say it will. 1 would give it
for nothing 1 have ever used. Hope
every lady will try it." Mrs. W. F.
Gammill. Ashdown, Ark. This pe
culiar article is sold by druggists,
three 1 Oc sticks for 25c. or by mail
from A. B Richards Medicine Co.,
Sherman, Texas.
Notice.
The Union Saw Mill Company
will pay $50.00 as a reward to any
one. not in its employ, who will fur
nish tnformation front which any
person shall be convicted of depre
uating or trespassing upon the tim
ber of said Company.
This 1st. day of February, 1906.
Union Saw Mill Co.
Bv F. W. Scott.
Secy, and Treas
Old papers for sale at this offic®,
10c per 100.
Presiding Elder's Appointments.
Rev. W. P. Whaley, presiding el
der of the Camden district of the
Methodist church will hold his first
quarterly conferences in th:s coun
ty on the following dates:
E! Dorado station, 7 p. m., Wed
nesday, Dc-c. IS.
Junction City. 10 a. m., Thurs
day, Dec. 1 7.
Wesson, 7 p. m., Thursday, Dec.
17.
Huttig, 7 p. m.. Friday. Dec. 18.
Strong, 3 p. m., Saturday, Dec.
19.
El Dorado circuit, at Bethel. 1 1
a. m„ Sunday. Dec. 20.
W. 0. W. Elect Olficrrs.
The following officers were elec
ted for Sweet Bay Camp No. 411,
W. O. W., at the regular meeting
last Saturday night and will be en
stalled on the fiist Saturday night
in January when the Woodman
Circle will serve them a supper.
C. C. L. M. Despain.
A. L.—James Gibson.
Banker S. L. Brown.
Clerk J. C Bridges.
Escort A. p. Phillips.
Physician Dr. Foster Jarrell.
Watchman J. C. Williams.
Sentry—J. L. Jeffus.
Manager-J. A. Wooley,
The Magic Washing Stick.
"I cannot speak highly enough in
praise of the Magic Washing Stick.
It saves half the labor in washing.
Makes the clothes sweet, clean ar.d
white as snow without the use of
rubboard,” writes Mrs. R. M.Ca-d
well, Forney, Texas. Sold by
i druggists three 10c sticks for 25c.
i or by mail from A. B. Richards
Medicine Co.. Sherman, Texas.
Let us print you a box of fine sta
tionery for your girl for ? Christ
mas present.
Odd Fellow and Rebrkah Officers.
Below is the list of officers of
Huttig Lodge No. 348. 1. O. O. F.,
who were elected on Tuesday
j night of last week, and also these
for Huttig Rebekah Lodge No. 66.
who were elected last Mond .y
night.
ODD FELLOWS
N. G.—A. F. Holtsford.
V. G.—A. V. Frost,
Secy. — E. L. Ware.
Treas.— L. M. Despain.
REBEKAHS
N. G — Mrs. Dora Holtsford.
V. G. Mrs. Florence Sharpe.
Secy. Mrs May Glayba^gh.
Trees.—Mrs. Docia Raybourn.
These officers together with the
appointive officers will be enstalled
on the first meeting night in Jan
uary. __
Wliat Is Home?
Recently a London magazine
sent out 1000 inquiries on thej
question, "What is Home?" In
selecting the classes to respond to
the question it was particular to
see that every one was represent
ed. The poorest and the righest
were given an opportunity to ex
press their sentiments. Out of
800 replies seven gems we e se
lected as follows:
Hope A world of strife shut
out; a world of love shut in.
Home The place where the
small are great and the great are
small.
Home The fathers kingdom:
the mother's world, and the chil- j
dren's paradise.
Home The place where we,
grumble most and are treated best. 1
Home The center cf our afrec- .
tions 'round which our best wishes;
twine.
Home The place where our
stomachs get three square meals
daily and our hearts a thousand.
Home The only place on earth
where the faults and failings of hu
manity are hidden under the sweet
mantle of charit,.
Co-operation of Church, L . hool
and Press Essential to
Community Building.
By Peter Radford.
I.rcfirpr \ at ion a Famn'r>' Irion.
The church, the pre-s and the
school form a tripple alliance of
progress that guides the destinv
of every community, state and
nation. \\ ithout them civiliza
tion would wither and die and
through them life may attain its
greatest blessing, power and
knowledge. The farmers of this
nation are greatlv indebted t >
this social triumvirate fur its
uplifting influence, and on lie
half of the \merican plowmen
I want t i thank those engaged
in these hi; h callings for their
able and efficient service, and 1
shall offer to the press a series of
articles on co-operation between
these important influences and
the farmers in the hope of in
creasing the efficiency of all by
mutual understanding and or
ganized effort. \Ve will take up
first, the rural church.
I he farmers Are Great Church
Builders.
The American farmer is the
greatest church builder the world
has e\ er known. 11e is tiie cus
todian of the nation’s morality:
upon his shoulders rests the "ark
of the covenant” and he is more
responsive to religious influences
than any other class of citizen
ship.
The farmers of this nation
have built 120.CXX) churches at a
cost of $750,(XX),000, and the an
nual contribution of the nation
toward all church institutions
approximates $200.CQ0,(XX) pier
annum. The farmers of the Unit
ed States build 22 churches per
day. There are 20,CXX),000 rural
church communicants on the
farm, and 54 per cent of the total
membership of all churches re
side in the country.
The farm is the power-house
of all progress and the birthplace
tof ;«!I that is noble. The Garden
of Eden was in the country and
the man who would get close to
God must first get close to na
ture.
The Functions of a Rural
Church.
If the rural churches today are
going to render a service which
this age demands, there must be
co-operation between the reli
gious, social and economic life
of the community.
The church to'attain its fullest
measure of success must enrich
the lives of the people in the
community it series; it must
build character; develop thought
and increase the efficiency of
human Efe. It must serve the
social, business and intellectual,
as well as the spiritual and moral
side of life. If religion does not
make a man more capable, more
useful and more just, what good
is it? We want a practical re
ligion, one we 'can live by and
farm bv, as well as die by.
Fewer and P. tter Churches.
Blessed is that rural community
which has hut one place of wor
ship. While competition is the
life of trade, it is death to the
i oral church and moral starvation
to tiie community. Petty secta
rianism is a scourge that blights
the life, and church prejudice
saps tlie vitality of .many com
munities. An over-churched
community is a crime against
religion, a serious handicap to
society and a useless tax upon
agric ultu re*
While denominations are es
sential and church pride com
mendable, the lii^li teaching ot i
universal Christianity must pre-j
vail if the rural church is to ful
fil its .mission to agriculture.
We frequently have three or:
four churches in a communitv ;
which is not able to adequately
-upport one. Small congrega
tions attend services once a
month and all fail to perform
the religious functions of the I
community. The division of re
1 giotis forces and the breaking '
into fragments of moral effort!
is ofttimes little less than a ca
1 unity and defeats the very put
pose they seek to promote.
Subs-rioe for the News.
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A FEW FROM MANY REASONS
Did you over stop and think about the manv advantages to
be pained bv depositing your money in this ban^?
F-irst of all, your money is insured against loss from
fim. thieves or robbers. We pay an insurance company to
stand tne loss if one should occur.
You do business in a business-like way and gain stand
ing with other business men.
You have a record of your transactions and often avoid
ugly disputes or perhaps double payment.
You are encou'aged to save because you will hesitate
before checking aeainst your account.
You are enabled to send money away or have collec
tions made without cost to you, as these are among the
many favors that we extend to our depositors.
You build up a credit with us which insures you of get
ting help when you need to borrow.
If you put your money on time deposit, you will get in
terest on it while you are waiting to find a favorable oppor
tunity to invest.
These and many other reasons should encourage you
to save and deposit your money at the
Interest Paid on Time Deposits.
THE
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Our large buying power for our two stores gives us our price
concessions whice others cannot possibly secure. We can and
DO give prices on every line of goods we carry, such as vou
will not find elsewhere. We arc ready for you and your
Christmas list. Our liberal Credit Pian makes the purchasing
easy because It permits you to pay a little at a time as you can
spare the money. -
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are prepared to sell straight or
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the United States on short notice.
We can check your baggage through
saving you trouble in rechecking.
We can also save you money by
buying rqund trip tickets, and
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