THE MTTIG NEWS.
Published Every Saturday at ttuttlg, Ark
C. A. BERRY, Editor and Proprietor.
Entered as second class matter May 3, 1907 at
the postofflce at Huttig, Ark., under the act of Con
gress of March 3. 1879.
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Advertising rates will be Furnished on Application.
Saturday, January 30. 1915.
TOWN OrriCIALS.
Tne following are the duly elected of
ficials of the incorporated town of Hut
tig:
Mayor--C. T. Thompson.
Recorder—W. H. Moore.
Marshal—Thos. Ashcroft.
Aldermen—L. A. Bodine, A. E. Lucas.
J. B. Crockett, D. A. Keasler and F. W.
Scott.
Board of Education—W. H. Moore. F.
W. Scott, C. T. Thompson, E. N. Collett.
L. Q. Gibson and L. F. Magee.
It’s better to be up and doing
than to be down and done.
Lazy people usually work over
time when it comes to giving ad
vice.
The brave man carves out his
fortune, and every man is the son
of his own works.
Life’s greatest tragedies come
from hesitating before paths of
plain right and duty.
There is a lot of power in silence.
Energy doesn’t mean noise, nor
speed confusion.
If some men had never been
born, some others might have to
work for a living.
The more polite some women
are when they meet, the more they
hate each other, when they part.
It is said that Colonel Roosevelt
asks for the preservation of the
Moose. Not the Bull Moose?
That animal is almost extinct.
The English people are a queer
sort. When it was announced to
them that probably aeroplanes, not
Zeppelins, wrought the havoc on
the Norfolk coast and killed seven
or eight people, they sent up a
sigh of relief. They were not wor
rying about aeroplane raids, appar
ently; they only hoped that the
bombs had not been tossed from a
Zeppelin. It made a great difference
to them, then, when their people
were killed by explosives thrown
from a 'p'ane. Never having seen
a Zeppelin they fear it. Children
are easily frightened by the dark.
There is nothing in the dark itself
to cause the dread; it is the mys
teiy that throws them into con
niption fits. Are the Great Britians
children, then?
PUSHING THE SHIP BILL
The action of the Democrats in
the Senate recently, in pledging
themselves unanamiously to sup
port of the Bill for the purchase of
sh;ps, has elicited the overwhelm
ing approval of the country.
Since August 1. when more than
half of the world became
involved in war. ships bearing an
aggregate of five million tons, have
been withdrawn from commerce.
Our great cotton crop of 1914
which is literally weeping for the
opportunity of getting into the
European markets, would be great
ly benefitted if Uncle Sam pos
sessed an adequated Merchant
Marine. There is a great demand
in Europe for our lumber, grain and
other farm products, but not nearly
enough ships with which to export
them.
And so if we had an adequate
number of ocean carrying ships
with which to handle the vast
manufacturing and agricultural
output of this country business
would be flourishing to an unusual
degree, in every state in the Union.
The Bill provided for an issue of
$30,000,000 government bonds,
with which to purchase and to
build a Merchant Marine with
which to meet this problem. This
Bill is broad in its provisions and
the government can if it wishes
turn this enterprise over to private !
individals after it is organized if it!
sees fit to do so.
I
WANTS NO “DEADHEADS”
ON LIST OF EMPLOYES.
A Call Upon the Law Makers to
Prevent Useless Tax on
Agriculture.
By Peter Radford
lecturer National Farmers' Union.
There is no payroll in civiliza
tion that does not rest upon the
back of the farmer. He must
pay the bills—all of them.
When a farmer buys a plow
he pays the man who mined the ;
metal, the woodman who felled
the tree, the manufacturer who
assembled the raw material and
shaped it into an article of use
fulness, the railroad that trans
ported it and the dealer who sold
him the goods. He pays the
wages of labor and capital em
ployed in the transaction as well
as pays for the tools, machinery,
buildings, etc., used in the con
struction of the commodity and
the tame applies to all articles
of use and diet of himself and
those engaged in the subsidiary
lines of industry.
The total value of the nation’s
annual agricultural products is
around $12,000,000,000, and it is
safe to estimate that 95 cents on
every dollar goes to meet the
expenses of subsidiary industries.
The farmer does not work more
than thirty minutes per day for
himself; the remaining thirteen
hours of the day’s toil he devotes
to meeting the payroll of the
tired hands of agriculture, such
s the manufacturer, railroad,
commercial and other servants.
The Farmer’* Payroll and How
He Meet* It
The annual payroll of agri
culture approximates $12,000,000,
000. A portion of the amount is
shifted to foreign countries in ex
ports, but the total payroll of in
dustries working for the farmer
divides substantially as follows:
Railroads, $1,252,000,000; manu
facturers, $4,365,000,000; mining,
$655,000,000; banks, $200,000,000;
mercantile, $3,500,000,000, and a
heavy miscellaneous payroll con
stitutes the remainder.
It takes the corn crop, the
most valuable in agriculture,
which sold last year for $1,692,
900,000, to pay off the employes
of the railroads; the money de
rived from our annual sales of
livestock of approximately $2.
000/100,000, the yearly cotton
crop, valued at $920,000,000; the
wheat crop, which is worth $610,
000,000, and the oat crop, that
is worth $440,000,000, are re
quired to meet the annual pay
roll of the manufacturers. The
money derived from the remain
ing staple crops is used in meet
ing the payroll of the bankers,
merchants, etc. After these ob
ligations are paid, the farmer has
only a few bunches of vegetables,
some fruit and poultry which he
can sell and call the proceeds
his own.
When the farmer pays off his
help he has very little left and
to meet these tremendous pay
rolls he has been forced to mort
gage homes, work worr»n in the
field and increase the .lours of
his labor.
W« will devote this article to
a discussion of unnecessary ex
penses and whether required b
law or permitted by the man
agements of the concerns, is
wholly immaterial. We want all
waste labor and extravagance, of
whatever character, cut out. We
will mention the fall crew bill as
illustrating the character of unnec
essary expenses to which we refer.
Union Opposes "Full Crew” Bill.
The Texas Farmers’ Union
registered its opposition to this
character of legislation at the
last annual meeting held in Fort
Worth, Texas, August 4, 1914,
by resolution, as follows;
“The matter of prime impor
tance to the farmers of this state
is an adequate and efficient mar
keting system; and we recognize
that such a system is impossible
without adequate rallroaa *acili
ties, embracing the greatest
amount of service at the least
possible cost. We further recog
nize that the farmers and pro
ducers in the end pay approxi
mately 95 per cent of the expense
of operating the railroads, and it
is, therefore, to the interest of
the producers that the expenses
of the common carriers be as
small as is possible, consistent
with good service and safety.
We, therefore, call upon otir law
makers, courts and juries to bear
the foregoing facts in mind when
dealing with the common car
riers of this state, and we do
especially reaffirm the declara
tions of the last annual conven
tion of our State Union, opposing
the passage of the so-called “full
crew” bill before the thirty-third
legislature of Texas.”
The farmers of Missouri in the
last election, by an overwhelming
majority, swept this law off the
statute book of that state, and
it should come off of all statute
books where it appears and no
legislature of this nation should
pass such a law or similar legis
lation which requires unnecessary
expenditures.
This applies to all regulatory
measures which increase the ex
penses of industry wrthout giving
corresponding benefits to the pub
lic. There is ofttimes a body of
men assembled at legislatures—
and they have a right to be there
—who, in their zeal for rendering
their fellow-associates a service,
sometimes favor an increase in the
expenses of industry without due
regard for the men who bow their
backs to the summer’s sun to
meet the payroll, but these com
mittees, while making a record
for themselves, rub the skin off
the shoulders of the farmer by
ur£*ng the legislature to lay an
other burden upon his heavy load
and under the lash of “be it en
acted” goad him on to pull and
surge at the traces of civilization,
no matter how' he may sweat,
foam and gall at the task. When
legislatures "cut a melon” for
labor they hand the farmer a
lemon.
The farmers of the United
States are hot financially able to
carry “dead heads” on their pay
rolls. Our own hired hands are
not paid unless we have some
thing for them to do and we are
not willing to carry the hired
help of dependent industries un
less there is work for them. We
must, therefore, insist upon the
most rigid economy.
Legislative House-Cleaning
Needed.
While the war is on and there
is a lull in business, we want all
legislative bodies to take an in
ventory of the statute booKs and
wipe off all extravagant and use
less laws. A good house-cleaning
is needed and economies can be
instituted here and there that will
patch the clothes of indigent chil
dren, rest tired mothers and lift
mortgages from despondent
homes. Unnecessary workmen
taken off and useless expenses
chopped down all along the line
will add to the prosperity of the
farmer and encourage him in his
mighty effort to feed and clothe
the world.
If any of these industries have
surplus employes w« can use
them on the farm. We have no
regular schedule of wages, but
we pay good farm hands on an
average of $1.50 per day of thir
teen hours when they Doard
themselves; work usually runs
about nine months of the year
and the three months dead time,
they can do the chores for their
ooard. If they prefer to farm on
their own account, there are more
than 14,000,000,000 acres of idle
land on the earth’s surface await
ing the magic touch of the plow.
The compensation is easily ob
tainable from Federal Agricul
tural Department statistics. The
total average annual sales of a
farm in the continental United
States amount to $516.00; the
cost of operation is $340.00; leav
ing the farmer $176 per annum
to live on and educate his family.
There is no occasion for the
legislatures making a position for
surplus employes of industry. Let
them come “bark to the soil’’ and
share with us the prosperity of
the farm.
ODDS AND ENDS
Moving-picture men have followed
Stanley’s footsteps through Africa.
The use of concrete for mine sup
ports instead of wood is increasing
rapidly.
Electricity is cheap in Japan, and
the use of the current is -becoming
very general.
The gambling establishment at
Monte Carlo has just experienced lta
most profitable year.
Attention has been called by tb®
French Academy of Medicine to th®
alarming spread of leprosy.
Six large mail-order houses are ship
ping every day on an average of 100,
000 packages by parcel post.
The systematic efforts by railroad
authorities to cut down the accident
list by suppressing trespassing on tha
tracks Is bearing fruit.
CHOLERA IS CONTAGIOUS
I Methods of Prevention and Cure—Sin
gle and Double Treatment With An
ti-Hog Cholera Serum Properly
Given Effective.
Kvery hog raiser knows that hog
cholera is a contagious and infectious
disease. If no germs were brought
into the herd there would be no hog
cholera. The germs are frequently
carried by dogs, birds, the feet of peo- J
pie, wagon wheels and running water.
All new hogs brought on the farm
should be quarantined 30 days before
they are allowed to run with other
hogs. In cases of death by hog cholera
all carcasses should be burned. Quick
lime is a good disinfectant, and can
easily be scattered about the hog lots.
Another effective disinfectant is a sir
ounce solution of U. S. P. creolin to
one gallon of water.
If hog cholera is in the herds of the
neighborhood, vaccinate at once with
anti-hog cholera serum. This will not
cure the disease but will prevent the
healthy hogs from becoming infected.
There are two methods of vaccina
tion, the single (or serum alone) and
the double (or simultaneous) methods.
By using the serum alone method,
there is no danger of infecting healthy
hogs with cholera.
The objection to the single treat
ment is that it only gives immunity j
against cholera for a certain indefinate
length of time. By using this !
r
Use Serum for Cholera.
method you can hold hog cholera In
check, especially if sanitary precau
tions are taken.
The double method consists of using
serum and a small quantity of hog '
cholera virus (blood taken from a hog
about to die from cholera.) The dou
ble method usually produces immunity
against cholera for life.
In using the double treatment con
siderable caution should be used. A
veterinarian should be summoned, as
there is danger of producing hog chol
era if the doses are not properly
given. If cases are brought to the at
tention of the state veterinarian im
mediate aid will be given.
R. M. Gow, State Veterinarian.
TREATING OATS FOR SMUT
Mixture of Formaldehyde and Water a
Practical and Effective Method.
Seed oats this spring must be
treated for smut. Nearly all spring
oats last year smutted badly and all
seed now available are probably badly
infested. Treat the seed with formal
dehyde and avoid loss from smut.
1. Mix one pound (one pint) of for
maldehyde with forty gallons of water
in a large size barrel.
2. Put a bushel or more of oats m
a t>vo bushel bag (a cheap gunny sack
of very coarse open material).
3. Dip bag and oats into the solu
tion and shake up and down until all j
oats are thoroughly wet. Elevate and
drain.
4. Allow the oats to remain in tne
bag for about two hours, or empty in
a heap and leave for about two
hours.
5. Spread them out to dry. When
nearly dry, drying may be hastened by
sprinkling them with thoroughly air
slaked lime.
6. Sow about ten per cent more per
acre to allow for the swelling.
7. The machinery and receptacles
to be used in handling the oats after
they are treated should first be thor
oughly cleaned with the solution.
Note. Mix the solution just before
using. Apply the treatment just be
fore seeding. *
For convenience, a pulley may be
arranged directly over the open end
of the barrel and through it a rope
can be used for dipping, shaking and
draining the bags of oats.
Another method sometimes used in
treating seed with formaldehyde, con
sists of spreading the seed out in a
three-inch layer on a smooth, clean
floor, sprinkling them with the solu
tion, and then shoveling back and
V>rth to Insure contact of all seed
with the solution. The treated seed
are then shoveled into a pile and cov
ered with sacks or canvass to keep
the gas enclosed. After six or eight
hours the covers are removed and
the oats spread out to dry. »
Arkansas College of Agriculture,
Fayetteville, Ark.
After the trees are pruned, be sure
to gather up all the branches and
twigs and take them away. They
should be burned at once. Do not, un
der any circumstances, leave them in
the orchard. They are another
means of harboring disease and in
sects to prey upon your trees at your
expense.
Colored Column
Election of A. M. E. Sunday
school officers;
G. M. Averett, Supt.; Robert
Shepard, Asst. Supt.: Sadie Pierce.
Secy.; Bernice Coleman, Asst.
Secy.; W. I. Henry, David Brown
and Dora Riley teachers, Prof. P.
A. Cook instructor.
The following are the officers for
the K. of P. lodge:
J. B. Francis. C. G.: Simon Wil
kerson, V. C.; N. W. Hughes. K.
R. and S.; Willie Wilson, Prelate;
Eddie Reed. M. of F.: J. C. Collins.
M. of E.: J. P. Phillips, M. of A.:
M. H. Hudson, M. of W.; J. D
Dyer, 1. G.: S. P. Jones, O. G.
Officers for Womans’ Mission of
E. M. E. church;
Carrie Averett, Pres.; Daisy
High, V. P.; Lillie May High, Sec.;
Prisicilla Brown, Asst. Sec.; Mat
tie Grumble, Treas.; Dora Riley.
Instructor; Lula Glenn. Asst. In
structor. Rev. Reed, pastor.
Willie Johnson is on the sick list
Anna Bragg has returned from
Prescott.
C. S. Scates and wife were called
to Oak Ridge to attend the funeral
of his sister.
Henrietta Hunter is visiting
friends at Oak Ridge,
The Baptist Home Mission will
give a financial rally Sunday. Din
ner will be served.
Baptist Churcn.
Huttig Baptist church has services
every 1st and 3rd Sunday morning at 1 1
o’clock. T H Evans, Pat to'.
Preaching every third and fourth Sun
day at Smith Chapel.
M F Holley, pastor
Lizzie Brown, secretary
Women’s Home Mission meets every
Monday at 1;30 p. m.
J. M, Collins, President
Susie Mayo, Sceretary.
The Baptist Sunday School meets ev
ery Sunday morning at 9:30 o'clock. Ail
welcome to attend.
J S Jones, Supt.
Tena Harris, Secy.
The B. Y. P. U. meets every Sunday
afternoon at 5:30.
Prof. L. S. Scroggins,Pres.
Miss Lula Oliver, Secy.
Methodist Church.
African Methodist Episcopal church
preaching every 2rd and 4th Sunday in
each month. D. A. Hardon, Pastor.
The A. M. E. Sunday School meets at
2:30 each Sunday evening. All welcome
to attend. G M Averette, Supt.
Clint Royston, Secy
JEWEL TABERNACLE, No. 412,
meets every 1st and 3rd Tuesday.
Augusta Steverson, H. P.
Tena Harris, C. R.
Spanolia Camps No. 261 C. W., W 0.
W. mee every first and third Thursday at
7:30 o’clock. J. C. Ellis, Gov.
S. G. Crayton, F. S.
OBLIGE GALE CIRCLE No. 213
meets every first and third Saturday at
1:30 o’clock. EmmaBarns.Gov.
Mary Adkins, Secy.
HOUSEHOLD RUTH, No. 2990. of
G. U. 0. of 0. F., meets the first and
third Thursday in each month at 1:50
p. m. Laura Simms, M. N. G.
Carrie Averett. W. R.
STATE LINE TEMPLE NO. 337
meets every 2nd and 4th Friday night at
8 o’clock. C. S. Scates, C. M.
W. B. Barnes, C. S.
ELECTRIC LIGHT COURT OF CA
LANTHE, No. 70, meets first and third
Tuesday in each month at 1:45 p. m.
Lizzie Oliver, W. C.
Ever Pittman. R. D.
BLUE LIGHT LODGE No 1 53 K. of P.
meets First and Third Tuesday in each
month. J B Francis, C. C.
A. Lewis, K. of R. S.
Lodge Directory.
Roosevelt Chapter, No. 188, Order of
the Eastern Star, meets every second
and fourth Tuesday in each month.
Mrs. C. Williams, W. M.
Emma Bearl, Secy.
EAST LAKE LODGE No. 6362 G.
U. O. of 0. F. meets First and Third
Thursday in each month.
H. B. Lewis, N. G.
T W Scates, P. S.
GOOD LUCK LODGE No. 259 F. &
A. M meets First and Fourth Saturday
night. All visitors welcome.
Geo. Kelso, W. M.
S. L. Glenn, Sec.
OMEGA COMMANDERY No.4 Knight
Templars meet every 2nd Thursday
night in each month.
J. H. Law, E. C.
E. Brooks, Recorder.
SPINOLA Lodge No. 261, C. of W.
A., meets every first and third Wednes
day night at 8 o’clock.
J. C. Ellis, Gov.
S. G. Crayton, Secy.
LEBANON, Chapter No. 41, R. A. M
meets every 2nd and 4th Thursday night
at 7:30. Emmett Holly, H. P.
W. A. High, Secy.
Royal Circle of Friends, P. A.Williams
No. 324, meets every first and third
Friday night. All visiting friends are
welcome. G. W. Smith, President.
Lula Oliver. Secretary.
FREE TO FARMERS
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LOST—Stock Certificate No. 1477,
for 50 Shares of stock of the Frost
Johnson Lumber Company of Shreveport,
La. All persons are warned not tc trade
for same. I am applying for duplicate.
A. G. Fish
Warning Order.
In the Union Chancery Court:
Kinard Bros., and Joe Mahony, Trustee, Plaintiffs
vs.
C. A. Farley and Sammie Farley. Defendants.
The defendants, C. A. Farley and Sammie Farley,
are warned to appear in this court wi'hin thirty 30)
days to answer the complaint of the plaintiffs
A. D. MURFhv. Clerk
January 26, 191 S.
Warning Order.
In Union Chancery Court:
John Matthews, Plaintiff.
v*s
Mary Lee Matthews, Defendant.
The defendant. Mary Lee Matihaws. is hereby
warned to appear in this court within thirty 30)
days to answer the complaint of the plaintiff herein
filed against her.
Given under my hand and seal of office this the
26th day of January, 1915.
A D Murphy, Cleik.
NEILL C. MARSH
Lawyer
Practice in All Courts. Rorms 15 and
1 6, Postoffice Building
EL DORADO, - ARKANSAS
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LODGE DIRECTORY.
ROWLAND LODGE No. 594 F. &, A.
M.meets every second and fourth Satur
day evenings at 7:30 o’clock. Visiting
Masons always welcome.
C. T. Thompson, W. M.
C. A. Berry, Sec’y.
HOWARD CHAPTER, No. 122, R. A.
M. - meets every first and third Thurs
day evening at Masonic hall. Visiting
companions welcome.
L. F. Magee, H. P.
R. W. Beede, Secy.
HUTT1G CHAPTER No. 320. Order of
the Eastern Star, meets every first and
third Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock.
Visiting brothers and sisters welcome.
Mrs.C. A. Berry, W. M.
Mrs. L. G. Gibson, Sec'y.
HUTT1G LODGE No. 348 I. 0. O. F.
meets every Tuesday evening. Visiting
brethern cordially invited to attend.
A. P. Holtsford, N. G.
E. L. Ware, Secy.
HUTTIG REBEKAH LODGE No. 66.
meets every Monday night at 7:30 o'clock
Visitors are invited.
Mrs. Dona Holtsford, N. G.
Mrs. May Claybaugh, Secy.
SWEET BAY CAMP No. 411 W. 0. W.
meets every first and third Saturday eve
nings. Visitors made welcome.
L. M. DeSpain, C. C.
J. C. Bridges, Clerk.
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RAILROAD TIME TABLE,
St. Louis, Iron Mountain &, Southern
LITTLE ROCK & MONROE RY.
South North
5:25 a. m Huttig 3:23 p. m
7:55 a. rn Monroe 1:00 p.m
local. *
Leaves Arrives
1 1 =65 p. m. Huttig 12:15 p. m.
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern
FARMERVILLE A SOUTHERN RY.
North South
4:42 a. m.Huttig 3:54 p. m
3:15 a.m. Farmerville 5:20 p. in
local, t
10:15a.m. Huttig 2:25 p.m.
tArrives Monday, Wednesday, and Fri
day from Monroe and goes to Farmer
ille.
Arrives Tuesday, Thursday and Satur
day fnm FAmerville and goes to Mon
roe.