THE HUTTIG NEWS.
DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS AND UNION COUNTY.
VOL. XI. NO. 12
HUTTIG. ARKANSAS. SATURDAY. JULY 21. 1917.
PRICE. $1 PER YEAR
Page’s Weekly Letter.
Many reports are coming in daily
concerning the presence of boll
weevil. In some cases the weevils
are puncturing a large share of the
early squares. The damage done
will depend largely upon weather
conditions and the treatment that
the cotton gets during the next
few weeks. The adult weevil pre
fers to feed upon the young
squares. When one is punctured
an egg is deposited which develops
into a small white worm within
three or five days. From the time
the egg is laid until the adult wee
vil comes out is from two to three
weeks. Aftei . a square has
been punctured it usually falls to
the ground within a few days. If,
the square falls in the shade of the
plant or in a bunch of grass the
chances for the development of the
weevil is good, but if the direct
sunlight can strike it the young
weevil will usually be killed. The
temperature at the surface of the
ground is much higher than it is
two or three feet above. Because
of the above facts the most practi
cal method of combatting the in
sect is by giving constant and shal
low cultivation. This will keep
down the grass and weeds, so that
the sun has the very best chance
to strike every falling square. Very
frequently a chain attachment is
put on the plow, which will tend to
drag the squares to the middle of
the rows. The constant cultiva
tion will also help to maintain the
moisture in the soil and foster the
rapid growth of the cotton plants.
A few weeks of rain or lack of
proper cultivation would mean ab
solute destruction of the crop in
many instances. Write to the
State Department of Agriculture
for Farmer’s Bulletin No. 519.
This bulletin covers the boll weevil
problem thoroughly.
Although the seed of cowpeas
and soybeans are high, a small
patch at least should be planted on
every farm. From this patch the
seed for next year can be saved.
The vines can then be pastured off
or turned under. Feed is high
priced and an acre of cowpeas will
help in furnishing feed for the hogs
that are to make the meat for the
family. Try turning under an acre
of cowpea vines after they have
been pastured and see the effect it
will have on the cotton or corn
crop next year. In addition to the
cowpeas and sowbeans, a pacth of
whfeat, oats or rye should be put in
if the seed can possibly be ob
tained. Even with the high price
of seed it will pay large dividends
to sow some of the above crops in
the cotton middles in the latter
half of September or early October
for winter pasture. The mule,
horse or hog must be fed, and it is
much cheaper to furnish green pas
ture than to buy the feed.
John H. Page,
Com. of Agriculture.
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured
by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of tha ear. There
hronly one way to cure catarrhal deafness,
and that Is by a constitutional remedy.
Catarrhal Deafness Is caused by an In
flamed condition of the mucous lining of
the Eustachian Tube. When this tube Is
Inflamed you haye a rumbling sound or
Imperfect hearing, and a hen It Is entirely
closed. Deafness Is the result. Unless the
Inflammation can be reduced and this tube
restored to Its normal condition, hearing
will be destroyed forever. Many cases of
deafness are caused by catarrh, which Is
an Inflamed condition of the mucous sur
faces. Hall's Catarrh Cure acts thru the
blood on the mucous surfaces of the sys
tem.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Catarrhal Deafness that cannot
be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Circulars
free. All Druggists. 7Sc.
r. J. CHENEY * CO.. Toledo. O.
Suffrage Statistics.
There are now nineteen states
out of a total of forty-eight in the
Union in which women may vote
for president of the United States,
and eleven of the fifteen largest
states in the Union have woman
suffrage. Nebraska added 77,520
square miles of suffrage territory
to the United States, the total area
now being a little more than half of
the country. The total number of
women of voting age to whom
complete or nearly complete suf
rage have been given is 8.557,308,
and 48 per cent of this number
gained suffrage since the first of
Jaruary. At the next presidential
election, if no more states are add
ed to the suffrage line in the mean
time, women will help choose 175
of the 531 electoral votes. The
following states have granted pres
idential suffrage since 1916: Da
kota, Ohio, Indiana, Rhode Island,
Nebraska and Arkansas have given
even more in the Riggs primary
bill. ,_
Scandal Monger.
After God has finished making
the rattlesnake, the toad and the
vampire, He had some awful sub
stance left, with which He made a
scandal monger. A scandal mon
ger is a two-legged animal with a
cork-screw soul, a water-sogged
brain and a combination backbone
made of jelly and glue. V/here
other men have their hearts he car
ries a tumor of decaded princioals.
When the scandal monger comes
down the street honest men turn
their backs, the angels weep tears
in heaven and the devil shuts the
gates of hell to keep him out.—
Anon.
Warm Weather
There were six days of the first
half of July on which the govern
ment thermometer registered 100
degrees or over, it being 100 de
grees on the 1st. 7th and 15th;
103 on the 13th and 102 on the
14th.
This is the first time we have
had 103 degrees here since July
14,1914. The other two hottest
days since 1908 were 106 degrees
on August 18, 1909, and 104 de
grees on June 10, 1911.
Sweet Potato House.
One-fifth of the sweet potato
crop of the Southern states—10,
000,000 bushels of the average
crop cf 50,000,000—is lost an
nually by decay. Careless hand
ling at harvest time and improper
storage cause almost the entire
loss. To save these 10,000,000
bushels to the food supply this
year and also take care of the prob
able increase in production is the
object of efforts specialists of the
United States department of agri
culture are making to induce grow
ers in the South to prepare well
ordered storage houses as soon as
possible for the coming harvest.
Storage can be provided by con
verting vacant buildings into stor
age houses, or in specially con
structed buildings. Two things
are essential in the storeroom—
good insulation and provision for
throrough ventilation. These
things are provided for in plans for
a model storage house given in
Farmers’ Bulletin 548, “Storing
and Marketing Sweet Potatoes.”
The plans there described are for
a building of 2,500 to 3,000 bush
els capacity, but the principles of
construction can be as readily fol
lowed and applied in providing stor
age for 500 bushels of for 50,000
bushels.
It is economy to build a substan
tial sweet potato storage house,
beranse it will last longer and re
quire less attention than a cheap,
poorly constructed one. It would
be possible to keep potatoes in a
cheaper house and less careful con
structed one, but the attention re
quired and the additional fuel used
would soon exceed the cost of the
extra care and material required in
a better one. The chances of loss
are much greater in a poorly built
than a well built house.
Tell us the news for the News
Big fire at Lawson.
An effort to cover up a supposed
robbery of the postoffice at Law
son, a village 10 miles east of El
Dorado, is believed to have fur
nished the motive for starting a fire
which, early last Saturday
morning, swept the little town and
rasulted in a loss of $20,000.
The fire started in the postoffice.
From this building it spread
through the village. Buildings de
stroyed include the postoffice, the
B. B. Green store, the A. G. Cha
ney store, the Williams & McCall
drug store and several homes and
barns. Among those who lost
their homes are Henry Trull, Dr.
G. H. Williams and B. B. Green.
It is said that there was no insur
ance.
There was about $300 in the
postoffice, and it is bt. li ved that a
robber entered the office and se
cured the money, and then fired
the building in an effort to hide the
theft. No arrest has been made.
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i y buy a bottle of
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Must Fix the Roads.
The postoffice department has
decided to cut out a large number
of rural routes in the rtext few
months to reduce expenses. In
spectors will go through the coun
try in the next few months and ex
amine all roads which the rural
carriers travel and whenever the
condition of the roads is found bad,
routes will be discontinued. Roads
which show neglect will be more
apt to be condemned than those
which have been put in first class
condition.
Patrons of rural route No 1 out
of Huttig should inspect the roads
in their neighborhood and whenever
it needs working should cooperate
with the road overseer and see
that it is in good shape before the
inspector for this territory shows
up if they do not wish to lose their
mail route.
Ships Will Win War.
“The fate of America and her
allies in this war depend on ships.”
“England stands ready to buy
every ship, of wood or steel, built
in the United States, that we are
willing to sell.”
“It is a solemn duty of every cit
izen to urge congress to back up
the president in his campaign for
the construction of just as many
boats of every sort as can be turned
out.”
These statements were made
last week by J. E. Rhodes, secre
tary-manager of the Southern Pine
association, in an address before
the New Orleans Advertising club
on "What the Southern Pine In
dustry in Doing for the Govern
ment.”
“I reveal no secret,” said Mr.
Rhodes “when I say both our own
government and our allies take a
very serious view of the rapid di
minution in the world's ocean ton
nage caused by Germany’s subma
rine campaign. With thirty to fifty
ships being destroyed a week, there
is grave anxiety as to just how
long this thing may continue with
out precipitating a crisis, unless
prompt and vigorous steps are tak
en to replace vessels lost. 1 am
happy to state, however, that
America is rapidly awakening to
the danger before us. Wooden
shipbuilding yards are springing up
at many points along the Pacific,
Atlantic and Gulf coasts and, in ad
dition to the numerous steel ship
building facilities we have had
heretofore, six big steel yards have
been put into service within the
last thirty days, with more in pros
pects. So within a year I think we
will be in a fair way to bid defiance
to anything Germany may attempt
along the submarine line, unless
the rate of destruction becomes
much greater than at present.”
Mr. Rhodes took a cheerful view
of progress being made by the
country in its military preparation.
“My impression,” he said, “is that
our war preparations have been
very well handled indeed, consider
ing our late start and the numerous
work to be done. A year from
now we will not only have sur
prised our allies but ourselves, at
our military efficiency."
Methodist Church Services.
The following services will be
held at Union church Sunday:* Sun
day school at 10:00 a. m. Preach
ing at 11 a. m. and 8:00 p. m. by
the pastor. Junior League at 3:00
p. m. Epworth League at 6:30 p.
m. A cordial invitation is extend
ed to all to attend these services.
Rev. A. Turrentine, Pastor.
45 Million Barrels of Salt.
The domestic consumption of
salt in 1^16 was 45,720,860 bar
rels of 280 pounds each, an in
crease of more than 7,OOO,O0O
barrels over the consumption of
1915. According to statistics
compiled under the direction of R.
W. Stone, of the United States
geological survey, department of
the interior, the domestic produc
tion of salt in 1916 was 45,449,
329 barrels, the imports were
871,992 barrels and the exports
600,461 barrels. This was an in
crease of 19 per cent in the quant
ity of salt produced. The total
value of the salt was $13,649,947.
The fire Fiend Says:
It never rains but what it pours.
Is a saying of endurance,
And troubles pour with loud ker
splash .
On a man with no insurance.
Juet What Did He Mean?
A lady, who was suffering a slight
Indisposition, told her husband that it
was with the greatest difficulty she
could breathe, and the effort distressed
her exceedingly. “I wouldn’t try, my
dear,” soothingly responded the hus
band.
Neighborly Sorrow.
When a strange young woman who
is Indisputably pretty and well dressed
moves Into the neighborhood the neigh
bor women are sorry she has such a
disagreeable voice.—Ohio State Jour
nal.
PROCRASTINATION
Is not only the thief of time but is the thief of good oppor
tunities as well.
The man who puts ofF starting to save will never
have the foundation for success. The man who spends all
he earns may have a “good time” as he goes along, but he
cannot take advantage of the good business chances that
come to him and old age will find him a miserable failure.
The man who makes good is the man who does not
put off until some future time to save, but now while he is
earning saves some part of everything he earns. He does
not spend his money thoughtlessly to have a good time, but
finds enjoyment and encouragement in knowing that he has
something laid up with which to take advantage of future
business chances and for old age which is sure to come.
Do not wait until next week or next month to start
to save, but start now by opening an account at
THE
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
HUTTIG, ARKANSAS
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