THE HUTTIG NEWS.
DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS AND UNION COUNTY.
VOL. XI. NO. 44
HUTTIG. ARKANSAS. SATURDAY. MARCH 2. 1918.
PRICE. Si PER YEAR
I GCAL RED CROSS WORK.
Facts and Figures Showing What Our Re
Cross is Dulng.
Those who contributed so liber
ally to the American Red Cros
hundred million dollar war fund las
June as well as those who joinei
the Red Cross in the Christma
membership campaign are entitlei
to know something of how thei
money has been handled.
Of the hundred million dollar
raised last year, 25 per cent wa;
returned to the local chapters fo
local work, such as purchasing rav
material to be made into surgica
dressings by our women workers.
The remainder was entrusted tc
a war council of the National Rec
Cross to be administered in reliev
ing the distress incident to the
war among our allies in Europe
building and equipping hospitals ir
the war zone and taking care ol
umimHcH anH sir.If snlHiprs anH r.ivi
lians who had suffered the ravages
of war on the front, as well as
building hospitals in our canton
ments and equipping hospital units
So well has the council handlec
this fund that for every dollar it re
ceived for relief work it has spent
$1.02. What little expense was
incidental to proper administration
of this fund was taken care of from
outside sources and the council
was enabled to spend not only the
principal but the interest paid by
depository banks for actual relief
work.
No other corporation and no oth
er organization in history ever ad
ministered Seventy-five Million
Dollars without any deduction for
expenses or salaries of employees,
or so handled a fund of such mag
nitude that not only the principal
but accrued interest went direct
and without any deduction, for act
ual relief work. This ought to be
a sufficient answer to those
spreaders of German propaganda
in this country who have charged
that a large part of the money con
tributed was being spent for sala
ries and expenses.
Our local chapter has five
branches in which the ladies are at
work almost every day of the week
making hospital supplies, such as
bed shirts, robes, sheets, pillow
cases, etc., or kn tting sweaters
helmets, socks, wristlets and mak
ing surgical dressings, such as
bandages, fracture pillows, laparo
tomy pads and compresses, accord
ing to the needs of the hospitals, as
fnllnws:
EL DORADO BRANCH.
Hospital garments and supplies 2.872
Knitted sweaters, helmets, socks,
wristlets.
Surgical dressings . 1.10C
WESSON BRANCH.
Hospital garment, supplies, etc. 1 S5
JUNCTION CITY BRANCH.
Knitted articles . 1 2<
STRONG BRANCH.
Surgical dressings . 50(
HUTT1G BRANCH.
Surgical dressings . 66!
In justice to the branches i
should be explained that they hav<
on'y been reallv organized for worl
about two months and then wen
delayed because of our inability t<
secure instructors for their classei
" as soon as they were needed.
Surgical dressings can only b<
made under supervision or afte
receiving n course of instructior
from a graduate instructor who ha;
taken a full course in the work.
From the above it will be seei
that 5.4 97 articles have been madi
up by cur ladies and shipped to di
vision headquarters and the valui
of these articles, in money, cai
hardly be estimated properly bu
would amount to at least thre^
times the actual cost of material
The chapter and its branches al
so have on hand now more thar
1,000 articles ready for shipmenl
and will make regular shipments
weekly.
Next week we will publish a fi
nancial statement of the conditior
of the chapter and of each brancf
in Union county and show where
the money that has been spent
has gone.
We have enough money on hand
to run our work rooms about three
months perhaps and as the good
j weather opens up the work done
j will increase in volume.
This showing has been accom
plished in the face of great difficul
| ties for the classes had to be
i trained and material purchased and
organization perfected before we
could get on a working basis.
The credit for this showing is
due to the noble and unselfish sac
rifice of our good ladies who have
given their time and work to this
! cause from none but the most pa
triotic motives.
I The men have given the money
to buy the raw materials but the
actual work of preparation, with
! out which the money would have
! been useless, has been done by
loving hands that bent themselves
to unaccustomed tasks at great
sacrifices of personal convenience
and comfort.
El Dorado Chapter Red Cross
for Tax Assessor.
In our announcement column
this week appears that of W. M.
( Billie) Ramsey for the nomina
tion of Tax Assessor of Union
county at the Democratic primary
in May.
Mr. Ramsey, who is a native of
this county, made the race for this
office four years ago and was sec
ond man in the race, having nearly
200 more votes than any of the
others.
He was for a number of years in
the stave and timber business
which require a thorough knowl
edge of land numbers, lines and
values and this knowledge will be
very helpful in helping the tax pay
ers assess their lands should he be
the choice of the voters. He is
also a good penman, which will as
sure a neat and accurate set of
books.
For the past few years Billie has
been farming, but expects to make
a thorough canvass of the county
and meet every voter personally,
unless the shortage of labor pre
vents, as he feels that it is his pa
triotic duty to produce more this
year than last.
He is qualified in every way to
fill the office to which he aspires
and will appreciate your support,
and by faithful service prove his
gratitude if elected.
Conserving Poultry Products.
At this time, when food products
are to play such an important part
1 in the winning of the war, it is the
patriotic duty of everyone to be
’ come a producer of such products.
- Poultry and egg products may not
• be used in the trenches very large
: ly, but they will take the place of
! other products in the diet of tnose
1 of us who are behind the t-enches.
> thereby allowing bacon and such
other products to go to the fighting
! men.
Increased poultry and egg pro
i duction can be brought about more
; quickly than the production of oth
er animal products. The city man
i can do his bit as well as his farmer
! cousin. The recent ruling of the
• food administration, prohibiting the
; sale for slaughter of hens and pul
i lets during the mating season, will
t do much to increase our stock of
; eggs and poultry.
Tell us the news for the News
Letter to farmers.
To the Farmers of Union County
I wish to announce to the farm
ers of the county 1 have taken u
the work of Gounty Agent and ar
now ready to work out nlans wit:
you for the coming year. Sine
the county is new to me and th
season well advanced, it is import
ant. if i am to render the most ef
fective service this year, that I ge
acquainted with your farming prob
lems quickly.
If those who are in need of mi
services will notify me in advance
; they will enable me to olan m3
work more efficiently, and by sc
doing 1 will be able to meet with
you more frequently. Where the
work is of general interest, if farm
ers will arrange to have a number
of neighbors present for my visit
I will be enabled to reach many
more farms than would otherwise
be possible. I trust that you will
feel free to call on me and let us
study together your farming diffi
culties.
Those who have carried on dem
onstration work with Mr. McKell
will assist me materially in getting
acquainted with the work if they
will write me. giving the present
condition of the demonstration and
stating whether or not they have
received instructions for carrying
on the work during the spring
months.
Let us all work together to
make this a year of prosperity and
outstanding progress for Union
county.
Yours for service.
C. H. Alspaugh,
County Agent.
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Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured
by local application®, a® they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There
1® only one way to cure catarrhal deafness,
and that is by a con®titational remedy.
Tatarrhal Deafnes® is caused by an in
flamed condition of the mucous lining of
the Eustachian Tube. When this tube i®
inflamed you have a rumbling sound or
imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely
closed. Deafness is the result. Unle®® the
inflammation can be reduced and thi® tube
restored to Its normal condition, hearing
will be d*®troyed forever. Many case® of
deafness ore caused by catarrh, which 1®
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. 75c.
F. J. CHENEY 6i CO., Toledo, O.
Three Valuable Prizes.
The feature of the celebration of
of the fiftieth anni
versary meeting of the Arkansas
State Teachers' association will be
the great parade of school folks.
Three valuable prizes will be of
fered. First, a $50 library of
teachers’ professional books will be
i given to the county having the
greatest percentage of its enrolled
I teachers taking part in the parade.
Second, a $25 library will be given
to the county having the second
largest percentage of its enrolled
I teachers taking nart in the narade
Third, a $25 library will be given
to the countv whose teachers tak
ing part in the parade, travel the
greatest number of miles in getting
to the convention city.
No Need for Attorneys.
The secretary of the treasury
has announced that neither the
soldiers, sailors, nor their depend
ents or any beneficiaries under the
soldier and sailor insurance law
need employ attorneys or claim
agents to collect the insurance
that the employment o( such in
termediaries is unnecessary and
inadvisable and a needless expense
The procedure for the presenta
tion and collection of insurance
claims is very simple and the prop
er blanks can be secured from the
Bureau of War Risk Insurance ir
Washington. The name of the
person in the service who was
killed or injured and the relation
ship which he bore to the persor
making the claim should be given
If further information or assistance
is required by the claimant the Bu
. reau of War Risk Insurance will
gladly furnish it.
Circulars have been srart out by
3 I '
^ claim agents and attorneys offer'ng
i to assist persons entitled to the
benefits of this insurance in collect
' ing their claims. The "pension
sharks," who once thrived and fat
| tened under our pension laws, are
. still a rank memory in this country.
It was hoped that when they
were legislated out of existence
we would never s^e their like again
■ and the action of Secretary Mc
Adoo in giving prompt warning
against these would-be profiteers
under the insurance law will be
! commended by all.
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Attempted Suicide.
Mrs. Dena Lewis, who has been
employed in the home of a lead
j ing family here since February
1 O arfmntcrl fr, tal/o u ^i;r«
early Wednesday morning by drink- i
ing a quantity of wood alcohol.
She was unconscious when dis- j
covered but regained conscious-:
ness after first aid treatment by j
Dr. H. F. Mayfield and was re
moved to a sanitarium at Monroe,
accompanied by Mrs. J. P. Fenton.!
She left two notes, one to her!
husband, Charles Lewis, at Bige
low, Ark., from whom she is sepa
rated, and the other telling them j
her to notify J. C. Blake at Olla.
La., from where she came, and that
he would notify her mother.
Mrs. Lewis is about 25 years of
age and made a favorable impress
ion on all whom she met during her
short residence and was giving
perfect satisfaction in her work,
but appeared di&pondent at tfmes.
especially last Monday and Tues
day when she failed to receive any
mail.
Mrs. Fenton returned from Mon
roe Thursday and reported her as
much better with chances of re
covery in her favor.
Jury List.
Following is the list of grand and
petit jurors selected to serve at the
spring term of the Circuit Court
which convenes Monday, iviarch
1 8, at El Dorado:
Grand Jurors.
W E Baker
W W Brillhart
Steve Little
J W Burnside
G T Cullins
W H Fletcher
G P Sewell
C L Saxon
B B Green
C G Adams
W E Harper
I A Cobb
J N Galbreath
J R Cameron
W E Lewis
J M McCain
Alternates.
C M Cook T B Cottrell
R M Britt W T Yarbrough
‘ Richard Nash Henry Nelson
Petit Jurors.
A R Britt
J A J Harrell
Minor Taylor
W T McGough
Jas 0 McGowen
John Poole
Zack McKinney
M D Welch
W F McDonald
fi D Yocum
W G Pendleton
J M Caldwell
Jeff Combs
John Harman
Robert Adams
Charlie M Conner
0 T Turberville
Walker Hudson
W T Harris
J D Deason
Clyde Whaley
Mark D Smith
J D Davidson
H S Gabiniss
Alternates.
Claud Armer Gordon Fike
|G E Loften Charlie Harman
J D Beaty J Cal McCall.
Call For Mass Meeting.
A mass meeting of the voters of
the Incorporated Town of of Huttig
Ark., is hereby called to meet in
the town hall at 7:30 o’clock Mon
day night, March 18. 1918, for the
: purpose of nominating candidates
for mayor, recorder and aldermen,
to be elected April 2, 1918.
Thos Green, Acting Mayor.
“Grainy” Chamberlain
Bronchitis
There is no disease that should cause more anxiety in the
home than Bronchitis, for if neglected in the earlier stages it
often becomes chronic and may even prove fatal.
Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is the medicine for this disease,
and if given in regular doses will relieve the cough, ease the
pain, remove the difficulty in breathing and produce a free and
easy expectoration, thus reducing the inflammation.
Old people, and those who have weak lungs, cannot be too
careful in guarding against this disease.
I *
Chamberlain’s jCough Remedy
strengthens the throat and lungs and makes them less susceptible
to changes of the atmosphere. In fact, the use of Chamberlain’s
Cough Remedy will prevent an attack of Bronchitis becoming
chronic.”
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About the only difference is that the Stamps pay you 4 per
cent interest compounded quarterly on January 1, 1 923.
If you are pressed for money at any time, you can
cash a War Savings Stamp for its current value at any
money order post office on ten days’ notice.
War Savings Stamps are convenient and easy in
vestments, no “red tape,” and are backed by the entire re
sources of the people of the United States.
Every Stamp you buy helps to keep the Germans
out of your own home. Every Stamp you buy brings you
nearer to financial freedom.
This War will be won only when
thrift becomes our watchword.
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