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DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS AND UNION COUNTY.
VOL. X. NO. 27
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HUTTiG. ARKANSAS. SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 4. 1916.
PRICE. $1 PER YEAR
rTfR FARMING IflNTS. w
SOME SHCOOL LESSON:
The Extension Division of tin
University and U. S. Departmen’
of Agriculture has prepared for uc>
of rural and city schools a set o
lessons in "E-lementary Agricu1
ture” and a series of lessens kncwr
as “Elementary Cooking Lessons.'
There will be about twenty leison
in agriculture but not prepared ii
any regular order but intended t
supplement the text or to be of in
terest as special lessons, one lr-s
son each week. The Cooking Ins
sons are in order and in t wo sets r f
sixteen each. Course 1 on “Foodr
and Food Preparation.” Thf
practice work for these must t<
done by the gills in their home;
and reports made later at a meet
ing or at the class period. Onlv
one lesson per week will be ser.i
for either work. These lessons
are sent free to any tear her wh>
wants to use them. The cooking
lessons are intended for gels 19
years old and over. Thjy ma\
also be used by the mothers ii
their neighborhood clubs.
FARM OWNERSHIP.
Arkansas has too many tenant
farmers. Exactly one-half of th
farmers of the state are tenants.
This is the best year in our history
for farmers to acquiie land. We
have too many small farms and
this is a great year for the man
with the small farm to aud to h's
holdings. Thousands of farmers
have more clear money than ever
before and our land prices have not
yet advanced although this is cer
tain before next spring. 1 his
is not a persona! matter and not a
matter of concern only to the farm
er. It ;s of interest to bankers and
merchants and preachers and ev
erybody. to have more farm owners
and fewer tenants. Let everybody
talk in favor of farm ownership
Farm owners support the schools,
churches and roads better than do
renters, no matter how good a man
a renter may be. Let everybody
boost for more land owners and
f vver tenants.
SELECT SEED CORN.
Has everybody selected seed
corn for next spring? Of course it
should have been done in Septem
ber from earliest maturing staks,
, but if not then, why not today?
i Select from stalks if possible, but
j if you want do that, select good
1 sound ears when gathering the
corn, hang them up in a dry place
for the winter and sort again in
February, take off tips and butts,
grade ; n I a*batter crop will be the
result even if you don't test for
' germination. Arkansas does not
grew enough acres of corn nor do
we grow enough *per acre. Get
good seed, make ground rich, pre
pare good seed bed, cultivate every
ten days until the middle of August
and "great will be ycur reward."
The Extension Division and U S
Department of Agriculture, Fay
etteville and Little Rock, have
corn bulletins for free cistribution
Sea county agent for bulletins.
CLFAN-U? WEEK, NOVEMBER 16 I O.
The entomologists tell us that
the bill weevil may be almost ex
terminated this winter if the farm
ers will help. The recommenda
tions are that infested cotton fields
be plowed the middle of November
and then that all the trash in and
about cotton fields be raked up and
burned early in November to de
stroy the winter quarters of the
boll weevil. Therefore, all farm
ers in the weevil territory in Ar
kansas are urged to m ike the week
beginning November 1 3 a Clean
Up Week.'’ raking up trash along
fences, ditches, in edg§s of woods
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Against Act No. 2
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adjoining cotton fields, around old
buildings and every place where
the weevii may find snug winter
quarters, and burning. Badly in
fested fields in the rich delta region
hould have the stalks raked im
mediately after the last picking
and thoroughly burned, although '
this plan is never recommended
except in just this emergency.
Let everybody clean up his cotton
fields and burn during Clean Up
j Week.
Truth About Amendment No. 12.
Amendment No. 12 does not
! increase your taxes.
I It permits any school district in
i Arkansas to vote upon itself anv
number of mills, from 1 to 12 mills.
That is to say, under Amend
ment No. 12 the voters of your
district will meet together in an
nuo! school meeting the third Sat
urday in May. each year, to vote
on the question of. local school
taxes. You can then vote a tax of
1 mill, or 2 mills, or 3 mills, or 7
mills, or 9 mills, or any number of
mills up to 12 mills, but no more.
It is possiole that vour district
does not need any higher rate than
it is now voting. If so. you can
continue to vote the same rate as
now. or even a lower one.
But the important point is this:
There are hundreds of districts!
where the present rate is not high
enough to support the schools.
These schools will have to close
and deprive their children of an ed
uca‘ion if Amendment No. 12 is
not adopted. Question: Will you
1 not be fair enough to adoupt
Amendment No. 12 and permit
these districts to spend their own
t money as they please for the edu
cation of their own children?
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New Organization.
A goodly number of earnest
young men organized a Berean
class at the First Baptist church
last Sunday which bids fair to gain
great strength and is ambitious to
exert an influence toward good and
moral uplift in the city and com
munity. The temporary officers
| elected were:
President Curry Pryor.
V.-Pres. Murphy Maroney.
Secy. Lester Malone.
Treas. A. J. Revels.
The class meets at 9:45 a m.,
Sunday in its private room at the
church and extends a hearty wel
come to all who wish to engage in
Sunday school work and labor for
the Lord.
The organization expects to in
| elude in its programs social func
tions and athletic work.
Irion County Represented.
The Arkansas News in a com
plete write-up of the Arkansas on
Wheels train which just finished
touring the East and North had
this to say of the Union county ex
hibit:
The Union county exhibit is be
ing taken care of in a most splendid
way by Mr. George W. Mason, a
well-known real estate mian of El
Dorado. In his space is shown
some of the finest sweet potatoes
on the train, persimmons as large
as apples, a fine display of peas,
corn and some of the best displays
of cotton on the train are the
specimens in this display. He is
letting the people know of Union
county, and the work he is domg
on the train is worth many hun
dred dollars to the city of El Dora
do and Union county.
Methodist Church Services.
The following services will be
held at Union church Sunday: Sun
day school at 1 0:00 a. m. Preach
ing at 1 1 a. m. and 8:00 p. m. by
the pastor. Junior League at 3:00
p. m. Epworth League at 7:00 p.
m. A cordial invitation is extend
ed to all to attend these services.
Rev. S. K. Burnett Pastor.
tor Sale.
The Board of Directors of Con
solidated School District No 60
will receive sealed bids for the
Harper Springs school building and
grounds up to Saturday. December
2, 1916. For particulars see J.
H. Sehon. president of school board
living near school building. The
board reserves the right to reject
any or all bids.
J. H. Sehon,
W. H. Moore, President.
Secretary.
Amendment No. 13.
In what we believe to be the in
terest of the people of Arkansas,
we have initiated Amendment No.
13.which is intended to perfect the
Initiative and Referendum of this
state.
This amendment has received
the endorsement of the State Fed
eration of Labor, the State Farm
ers’ Union and has been approved
by many public men, among whom
are such well and favorably known
statesmen as Dr. Ghas. H. Brough.
Senator Joe T. Robinson, Con
gressmen Caraway. Oldfield, Till
man. Wingo and Jacoway. Auditor
of State Dickinson, Secretary of
State Hodges, State Labor Com
missioner Clary and a host of other
well known men, who stand high in
public estimation.
In addition to the opinions of the
many prominent lawyers who have
endorsed Amendment No. 13. we
have secured an opinion from the
well known and reliable firm of
lawyers, Mehaffy, Reid &, Mehaffy
of Little Rock, and from United
States District Attorney J. V.
B'juriand, Ft. Smith, and both of
these eminent legal authorities
nave rendered a dear and emphat
ic opinion that Amende mt No 13
can in no way be construed to
iuthorize local communities to
pass legislation contrary to that of
the state. This opinion is in ac
cord with the dicision of the Su
preme Court cf Oregon on precise
y tne same wording we have in
Amendment No. 13.
Yours very truly,
L. H. Moore, Secy.-Treas.
Aik. Federation of Labor.
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S. R. Ned Read.
Samuel R. Neel, of Huttig. died j
at 5:30 o'clock, Tuesday afternoon.
October 31. 1916. in the St. Fran
cis sanitarium at Monroe. La.
following an operation for appen
dicitis performed at 1 o’clock Mon
day morning.
He was bruised in the stomach
i last Thursday while handling a
i large basket of cotton at his gin.
J but thought little of it until late
' Saturday evening it commenced to
! pain him considerably. As the
pain increased and he commenced
swelling he left here Sunday after
noon for Monroe accompanied by
! Dr. H. F. Mayfield. He continued
to grow worse after his arrival there
and it was decided to operate
which was done after the arrivei of |
his wife by automobile from here, j
He was 50 years. 2 months and I
22 days of age at the time of his!
death and is survived by a wife, an
adopted child: one sister. Mrs Jen
nie Narmore. Haynesyille. La.: two
brothers, H. L. Neel, of Felsenthal. j
and J. L. Neel, of Athens. La., to I
mourn his loss.
The deceased was a good citizen.;
enterprising in every way and was !
always working for the betterment,
of the community and he did much j
for the advancement of this end of i
Union county during his residence j
here. He was for years a railroad j
contractor, but about four years;
ago purchased a stock farm east of i
here and three years ago erected !
the cotton gin which he has since ;
operated. He has been a member!
of the board of school director of!
Consolidated District No 60 since ,
it was formed and devoted much
of his time to the work of building
the new school building and getting
the grounds in shape after its com
pletion.
He was a man of fixed ideas but
liked by all and will be missed from
the community as much as any
man living here could be.
The funeral services were con
ducted at the Methodist church at
| 3:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon
by Rev. Gueren of El Dorado and
Rev. S. K. Burnett and the church
was packed showing the esteem in
j which he was held by all. Inter
ment was at Harper Springs ceme
tery where short services were con
ducted for the benefit of a large
number of his country friends who
could not come to the church. The j
(Schools were dismissed at noon
to allow the teachers and
pupils to attend and the mills were
also closed down at noon.
His brothers arrived on the af
ternoon train from Monroe.
To get the news read The NeVs
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