$31000 III FRUIT
CANNED BY GIRLS
Canning Club Girl* Are Doing a Big
Work—2,500 New Members
Wanted.
“It la estimated that $30,000 worth
of fruit was put up by the canning
club girls of the state last aummer. A
large quantity of tJieae products are
for sale and the Federated Club* of |
the state are helping the girls sell
their goods to the best advantage,'’
says Miss Emma Archer, with
the Extension Division of the
University of Arkansas and U. S
Department of Agriculture. Canned
goods are assembled in the coun
ty seat towns and through the
Federated Clubs are sold to mer
chants or individuals desiring these
home products. Merchants Duy at
wholesale; consequently, they are In
favor of the canning club work be
cause the home products retail much
more quickly than foreign canned
goods. The canned goods offered for
sale are tomatoes, beans, peaches, and
anything else the girls may have en
/ hand, including jellies and preserves.
Nearly all the vegetables are canned
in tins; how'ever, a great quantity has
been put up in glass this year for
special trade. Miss Archer says fur
ther, “A great number of people
throughout the state are becoming en
thusiastic over the kind of products
which these girls are able to deliver.
They are asking for more fancy con
tainers and fruit is being put up in
attractive packages, thus commanding
higher prices than products turned
out by commercial firms."
2611 Canning Club Qlrls.
At the present time there are 2,611
girls In Arkansas who belong to the
canning clubs of the state. These girls
are all in the work for the prime pur
pose of making money, and a great
many of them are doing much better
than those in charge ever dreamed it
would ever be possible for them te do.
Miss Lena Baltz of Randolph
county reports a total sale of |225
worth of vegetables and canned goods;
while much Interest Is still being
manifested in the work ef Miss Willie
Hurley of Jackson county, who last
year won a scholarship to the Agri
cultural School at Joneabore, and
holds a record of producing 8,1*6
pounds of tomatoes on one-tenth of
an acre from which she put up 1,006
No. :i cans.
High Prices Cause No Fear.
In addition to the canning club
members, 1,525 women of the state
canned enough fruit and vegetables
for home consumption as well as a
surplus to he sold on the market.
These women with 'he canning club
girls have made t,000 families inde
pendent of the present high price of
food products and have carried pros
perity into their homes by enabling
the family to literally feed Itself.
The methods of making labor saw
ing devices are being taught to these
women and girls by the home demon
stration forces; consequently, the
tireless cooker, iceless refrigerator,
and other comfort producing equip
ment are being adapted and put Into
use throughout Arkansas. Because of
this fact more time for recreation is
made possible and life on the farm Is
being improved in general.
Poultry Club Girl* Sell Infertile Eggs.
Through the poultry clubs of the
state 670 girls are making a reputa
tion for themselves as producers of
better fowls and better eggs. These
girls are learning to secure the high
est market prices by handling only in
fertile eggs. They are sorting, cand
ling, and guaranteeing their products
to the satisfaction of both the retailer
and the consumer and with much prof
it to themselves. They are learning
that better chickens really bring bat
ter prices. Miss Blanche DeLaney of
Sebastian county Is now attending the
Agricultural School at Russellville
from profits of her poultry yard.
Quality of Butter Improved.
Everywhere women and girls are
banding together In the butter club
work. A remarkable Improvement In
the quality of the butter produced has
been noted in many localities and al
ready a greater market price has been
demanded and received. Seven club
members of Jackson county some
time ago adopted the slogan, “Better
Butter for the Home and Market.”
Since they have been actively engag
ed In butter improvement work, the
price of country butter in Jackson
county has increased 10 cents a
pound.
More Club Members.
Every girl of school age In Ar
kansas should belong to one of the
girls’ clubs: 2,500 new members are j
wanted by July 1, 1917. Write to Miss
Emma Archer, Extension Division,
Old Statehouse, Little Rock, for de
tails.
FARMERS, ATTENTION!
Every farmer with money invested
in Arkansas land who believes in bet
ter live stock or is interested in truck
or fruit growing should make plans to
attend the "Farmers Short Course”
at the College of Agriculture, Fayette- '
ville, from January 8 to February 3 in- i
elusive. Special attention will be
given to live stock judging, feeds
and feeding and to good orchard man
agement as well as other questions
concerning profitable farming. If you
cannot come, send the bojr.
Emergence of Arabia as a
Separate Nation Is Climax
Of a Century of Revolts
The sudden emergence of Arabia hs
a sepnrate unit in the great war is a
continuation of a scries of revolts
against Turkish control since 1818, ;
when it was annexed by that nation
for the second time in its uneasy his
tory. From 1882 to liH>8 there hnve
been eight revolts. Its happiest days
were those of the pre-Islamlc period, |
during which it was powerful enough j
to defeat the Romans in 24 B. C., and
to resist all other foreign Invasion un
til 522 A. D., when it was conquered by
the Abyssinians.
Mecca was compared by Burton to
Bath, but has been likened by other
writers to “Florence without beauty.”
It bus hud a full share of flood, tire
and sword, but is said never to have
suffered froqi any serious epidemic.
This seems the more remarkable be
cause the city lies at the lowest level
of a valley which must be a cesspool,
and the sewage, having no outlet, per
colates into the wells. The immunity,
ascribed by Mohammedans to miracu
lous interposition of providence on be
half of “Mecca the Inviolable,” is due
to the dry climate, the fact that most
of the inhabitants have the fine physi
cal vigor needed for a long Journey,
and the absence of destitution. The
thousands seen begging are “beggars
at a fair,” reaping the harvest of
wealth brought by pilgrims.—London
Chronicle.
Younger Brother Held Down
By Attitude of His Elders
If a younger brother ever amounts
to anything It Is In spite of his older
brothers. The treatment he receives
at their hands while lie Is young
makes it almost Impossible for him to
meet and talk to people when he Is
grown. They find fault with every
thing he does, and bring their com
bined influence to beur in an effort
to get him to run away from home.
Tlie result is that he keeps out of
their presence, and since they are so
down on him lie presumes that other
people are also down on him, says a
writer.
He gets to looking and acting like
a homeless hound that is hated by
everybody in the, neighborhood. The
poor hound has had so many rocks
thrown at him by men, women and
children that he has quit looking for
a friend. When he sees anyone com
ing he goes off at full speed, and gives
a yelp, us if he had already been hit.
When the younger brother sees one or
more of his older brothers he turns
off and goes in another direction.
The oldest boy in the family de
serves little credit even if he wins
wealth and fame, but if the younger
brother ever reaches the point where
he con earn a dollar a day, he should
he crowned with bays.
Wise and Otherwise.
Every man can be wrong, but not
every man can be president.
No man ever does as much today as
he Is going to do tomorrow.
No man cun expect to be happily
married unless he’s a good listener.
It's easier for a dentist to fill an
aching void than a long-felt want.
A man may pocket Ills pride, hut a
woman always has to conceal It else
where.
After hearing some men speak we
are surprised at the small hats they
wear. *
Whining children and women are
had enough, but please deliver us from
whining men.
After getting an education It Is up
to a young man to do things with the
knowledge he acquires.
Somehow a woman never seems to
tire of her efforts to get an article
worth all of a dime for 12 cents.
Our idea of a credulous man Is one
who actually believes that one woman
•an treat another with silent contempt.
There are more ways than one of
looking for trouble. A Texas man ad
vertised for his mother-in-law, who
(vas missing.
FAVORITE OF FILMDOM
Robert Edeson,
Former Star of the Spoken Drama,
Now Shining in the Movie World.
ENGLISH RULE IN GREEN ISLE
Dates From Twelfth Century, When
8trongbow Invaded Country to As
sist King of Leinster. ,
Visitors to the historical places and
buildings of Ireland hear much talk of
Strongbow. In the twelfth century,
when Strongbow became famous, Ire
land was divided into many small
provinces, and each of these had its
petty king. Dermot MacMurrough,
who was king of the province of
Leinster, was a very cruel nnd unpop
ular ruler, and he was so disliked and
abused by his people and the neigh
boring rulers that he finally fled to
England, where he begged King Henry
II for help in subduing his enemies.
But Henry remembered that there
were many other kings in Ireland nnd
he refused to side with MacMurrough,
though he gave permission to any of
his subjects who liked, to go to Ireland
and aid the Leinster king. A company
of barons, therefore, left their barren
lands in South Wales and crossed
over to Ireland to win themselves rich
lands there where soil was fertile. At
the head of this band of barons was
Richard de Clare, earl of Pembroke,
who was known as Strongbow. They
landed at Waterford, which city these
barons straightway captured. Strong
bow’ made his claim even stronger
by marrying the daughter of Dermot
MacMurrough. Then, learning that
Dublin was just then struggling to
free itself from the rule of the Danes,
Strongbow made all haste in that di
rection, and soon he had taken the
city by storm. Since that first land
ing and conquest by Strongbow and
the other barons the English have al
ways held more or less power over Ire
land.
An old historian, named tamoren
sls, gives us the following quaint de
scription of the warrior Strongbow:
“The eerl was somewhat ruddle and
of sanguine complexion and freckle
faced, his eles grel, his face feminine,
his voice small, and his necke little,
but somewhat of a high stature. He
was very liberal, courteous and gen
tle; what he could not compasse and
bring to passe in died, he would win
by good words and gentle speeches.
In time of peace he was more readle
to yield and obele than to rule and
beare swale. In all chances of warre,
he was still one atyl the same maner
of man, being neither dlsmaid with
adversltie nor puffed up with pros
perity," a picture which hardly fits
such a twelfth-century conqueror.—
Christian Science Monitor.
Economies.
“Why don’t you wear some of yonr
last year’s clothes?” Inquired M.
Growcher.
“Why, father!” exclaimed his daugh
ter; “didn’t I have my last winter’s
furs made over and wear them all sum
mer?” _
RAILROAD TIME TABLE.
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern
LITTLE ROCK ft MONROE RY.
South North
7:45 a. m.Huttig .3:69 p. m
9:50 a. m. Monroe. 2:07 p. m
local. *
Leaves Arrives
11:26 a. m. Huttig . .. 12:30 p.m.
St. Louis, Iron Mountain St Southern
FARMERV1LLE ft SOUTHERN RY.
North South
5:22 a. m. Huttig 2:32 p. m
7:21 a. m..Farinerville 5:45 p. m
local, t
10:10a.m.. Huttig 2:22 p.m.
fArrives Monday, Wednesday, and Fri
day from Monroe and goes to Farrner
ville.
* Arrives Tuesday, Thursday and Satur
day from Farmerville and goes to Mon
roe.
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.
T. B. Weaver, W. M.
W. P, Reasons, Sec'y.
HOWARD CHAPTER, No. 122, R. A.
M. meets every first and third Thurs
day evening at Masonic hall. Visiting
companions welcome.
J. M. Gibson, H. P.
C. A. Berry, Secy.
ZEDEK1AH, COUNCIL. U. D.. R. &
S. M. Meets every fourth Wednesday
i night of each month. Visiting compan
ions welcome. T. B. Weaver, T. 1. M.
R. N. Benson, Recorder.
HUTTIG 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. J. A. Brignac, W. M.
Mrs. L. G. Gibson, Sec’y.
HUTTIG LODGE No. 348 I. 0. 0. F.
medts every first and third Tuesday eve
ning. All brethern cordially invited.
M. L. Phillips, N. G.
Harlan Sehon, Secy.
HUTTIG REBEKAH LODGE No. 66,
meets every Monday night at 7:30 o'clock
Visitors are invited.
Mrs. Wilkie Frost, N. G.
Miss Murray Pilkinton, Secy.
SWEET BAY CAMP No. 411 W.O. W.
meets every first and third Saturday eve
nings. Visitors made welcome.
Lester Malone, C. C.
J. C. Bridges, Clerk.
Sweet Bay Circle No. 145. W. C..
meets every second and fourth Thursday
night at 7:30 o'clock. Visitors are cor
dially invited.
Mrs. E. S. Etheridge. Guardain.
Mrs. J. C. Bridges, Clerk.
To Our Friends
and Customers:
\
We extend to you our best
wishes for the New Year and hope it
will bring to you much happiness and