THE HUTTIG NEWS.
DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS AND UNION COUNTY.
VOL. XI. NO. 34
HUTTIG. ARKANSAS. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 22. 1917.
PRICE. $1 PER YEAR
Thrift Campaign Organized.
At a meeting held in .El Dorado
last week called by C. H. Murphy,
chairman of the thrift stamD and
war-savings certificate campaign
for Union county, township chair
men were appointed for the entire
county. Those appointed for
Lapile township were: W. A.
Murphy, for Strong: T. K. Moore,
for Lapile, and T. B. Weaver, for
Huttig.
There is no better way that par
ents can instill the saving habit in
their children than in buying them
a thrift stamp to start toward sav
ing for a war-savings certificate.
If you have not already received
a phamplet explaining this manner
of saving call at the postoffice for
one. You not onlv teach the child
to save but you teach it to be pa
triotic. The plan, however, does
not stop with children but is a most
excellent thing for grown-ups.
The investment pays 4 per cent
compounded interest and is abso
lutely safe.
RUB OUT PAIN
with good oil liniment. That’s
the surest way to stop them.
Hie best rubbing liniment is
MUSTANG
LINIMENT
Good for the Ailments of
Horses, Mules, Cattle, Etc.
# Good for your own A chcs.
Pains, Rheumatism, Sprains,
Cuts, Burns, Etc.
25c. 50c. $!• At all Dealers.
20,000 Nurses Will Be Required.
With a continuance of the war,
in the next year at least 20,000
nurses will be needed in army hos
pitals at home and abroad. Of
the 80,000 graduate nurses of the
country only 3,500 have so far
been assigned to duty in army
service, and of this number 1,500
are in France.
An army nurse must be a gradu
ate of a training school for nurses
and must have served for two
years in a nospital. They are as
signed to duty in the United States
or abroad, and preferences are
granted when conditions permit.
Nurses who prefer not to have
service abroad will haye their pref
erence respected.
For Sale at a Bargain.
One large sideboard, one square
dining table and six dining chairs.
Apply at the News office.
No News Is Good News.
Although the failure to receive
letters from men in the service is
not pleasant to relatives and friends
at home the adage “No news is
good news" never was more true
than at present. The report of ev
ery casualty at home or abroad is
immediately wired or cabled to of
fiicals at Washington, being relayed
from there without loss of time to
the emergency addiess of the sol
dier or sailor affected. It is also
at once released for publication in
the newspapers. No news of
casualties has or will be held up.
No man in the service has re
ceived ord-- r r, not to write home;
he has bc-cn urged, on the contrary,
to keep 11 touch with relatives and
friends. 'I lie forces in Franch have
at their disposal post cards giving
general information in regard to
health and the receipt of letters
and parcels, which may be dis
patched without payment of post
age.
Care is also taken to see that
mail intended for soldiers and sail
ors reaches them promptly. Where
the regimental and company des
ignation of a soldeir is not known it
may be secured by application to
The Adjutant General's Office,
Washington, D. C. In one week
1,674 letters with insufficient ad
dresses were received at this of
fice. On 1,232 the addresses were
completed and they were forward
ed, 123 were returned to senders.
58 went to the dead letter office
bepause senders’ addresses were
not given, and the balance were
j held with the view that the aci
j dresses might be completed later.
War Notes.
! Many officers of the marine
| corps and the navy are members of
a class receiving instruction at
Washington, D. G., in defense
against the use of gas.
In five years the portion of the !
world's gold monetary stock (coin
and bullion used as money) he'd by
the United States has increased
from one-fifth to more than one
third.
The retail price of milk in Eng
land has been increased from 14 to
16 cents a quart. The sale and
use of cream has been prohibited,
except for invalids, infants and for
butter making.
At a children's hospital recently i
established by the American Red
Cross in France, an average of 350
boys and girls are being examined
each day. In c.onnecvon is a dent
al dispensary located in an old
kitchen, with a dental chair impro
vised from a wine barrel!.
In its campaign for the saving of
coal the fuel administration de-;
dares the average American home
is superheated. Eminent Ameri
can physicans are quoted as saying
that a room above 68 degrees!
Fahrenheit is too warm for health;
and exposes the occupants to ca
tarral diseases and pneumonia.
Tacts About War Insurance.
Any man or woman of any age in
the active military or naval service
of the United States can obtain [
government insurance. It has
been ruled that members of offic
ers' training camps are under the
cost for each thousand dollars of
insurance is from 65 cents a month
to persons at the age of 21 to
$1.20 a month to those of the age
of 51.
The beneficiaries are limited to
wife, husband, child, grandchild,
brother or sister, stepbrother or
stepsister, adopted brother or
adopted sister of the insured, as
well as parent, grandparent, or
stepparent either of his or her con
sort.
The insurance is not compulsory,
but the cost is low and the protec
tion great, and not only are all per
sons eligible afforded every oppor
tunity to obtain this insurance
without trouble or extra expense
but they are urged to do so.
Gen. Pershing and thousands of
other officers and tens of thous
ands of soldiers have already taken
out insurance. Up to date policies
of insurance have been issued ag
gregating $1,032,938,000.
Notice
The Union Saw Mill Company
will pay $50.00 as a reward to any
one, not in its employ, who will fur
nish information from which any
person shall be convicted of depre
dating or trespassing upon the tim
ber of said Company.
This 1st, day of February, 190&.
Union Saw Mill Co.
By F. W. Scott,
Sec*, and Treas
Tax Collector’s Notice.
I
The tax collector will be at the
following places in Lapile township
I on the dates named for the purpose
of collecting real and personal
property for the year 1917 and
everybody should meet and pay up
so as avoid a penalty and prevent
a congestion in his office the first
of April:
Huttig, Wednesday and Thurs
day. January 23 and 24.
Felsentha', Friday, January 25.
Lapile, Saturday, January 2G.
Strong. Monday and Tuesday,
, January 28 and 29.
How’s This?
We offer One Hundred Dollars Re
ward for any case of Catarrh that can
not he cured by Hall' atarrh Cure.
Hall’s Catarrh Cur has b^en taken
by catarrh suite rers for the past
thirty-live years, and has become
known as the most reliable remedy for
Catarrh. Hall’s Catarrh Cure a is thru
the Blood on the Alucous surfaces, ex
pelling the Poison from the Blood and
healing the diseased portions.
After you have taken Hall s Catarrh
Cure for a short time you will see a
great improvement in your general
health. Start taking Hall’s Catarrh
Cure at once and get rid of catarrh.
Send for testimonials, free.
F J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Compressed Air at the front.
Many of the mortars emDloyed
today on the allied fronts are of the
compressed air type, using a puff
of air or gas instead of power to
throw the shell into German
trenches.
Present-day trench warfare has
caused the pneumatic cannon idea
to be developed after it had been
laid aside for many years as im
practical. Aside from being silent
and inexpensive, the pneumatic
mortar is readily manipulated. It
is used at ranges of from 750 to
1.000 feet, and is said to be ex
ceedingly accurate.
Income Tax Returns.
You won't have to figure out
your own income tax all by your
self hereafter. The government is
going to send out men to help you.
It will be up to you to hunt up
these men, who will be sent into
every county seat town, and a few
of the large towns besides, to meet
the people. Postmasters, bankers
and newspapers will ce able to tell
you when the government's income
tax man will be around, and where
to find him. He will answer your
questions, swear to the returns,
take your money and remove the
wrinkles from your brow. Returns
of income for 1917 must be made
between January 1 and March 1,
1918.
"The government recognizes,"
Collector of Internal Revenue Jack
Walker says, "That many persons
have had a good deal of difficulty
in filling out income tax forms. It
recognizes, too, that taxpayers liv
ing at points where the collector’s
office is not easily accessible find
it hard to get proper instruction in
the law. During January and Feb
ruary, when every married person
living with wife or husband and
haying a net income of $2,000 and
every unmarried person not the
head of a family and having a net
income of $1,000 for the year
1917, must make return of income
on form prescribed, there will be
hundreds in every community
seeking light on the law, and help
in executing their returns. My
own and every other collection!
district in the nation will be divided
into sections, with the county as
the unit, arid a government- officer,
informed in the income tax law,
will be assigned to each section.
He will spend hardly less than a
week in each county, and in some
counties a longer time, very likely
in the court house at the county
seat. In due time my office will
advise postmasters, bankers and ^
newspapers stating when the offic- j
er will be in each county and where
he may be found. It will be unnec
essary for income tax payers to
ask my office for forms on wh:ch
to make their returns. The officer
who visits their cour.ty will have
them.
“It may be stated as a matter of
j general information that ‘net in
come' is the remainder, after sub
tracting expenses from the entire
'gross income. Personal, family or
; living expense is not ‘expense’ in
| the meaning of the law, exemption
being allowed to cover such ex
i penses.
The new exemptions of $1,000
i and $2,000 will add tens of thous
ands to the number of income tax
payers in this district, inasmuch as
practically every farmer, mer
chant, tradesman. professional
man and salaried employee, as well
as a large number of wage workers,
will be required to make return and
pay tax.
“The law makes it the duty of
tax payer to seek out the collector.
Many people assume that if an in
come tax form is not sent, or It
government officer does call, they
are relieved from making report.
This is decidedly in error. It is the
other way around. The tax payer
has to go to the government, if he
don't do so within the time pre
scribed (between January 1 and
March 1 ) he is a violator of the
law. and the government will go to
him with its penalties."
Notice to Registrants.
The local Exemption Board of
Union county has appointed us to
assist registrants in filling out
Questionnaires. We will be glad
to assist anyone to fill them out.
The government asks that you se-:
cure assistance and the appoint- j
ment given us is to enable you to I
get assistance without going to El!
Dorada.
All parties should be prepared to
answer the following information:
Occupation and length of each
for past ten years.
Taxes paid this year on real
estate and personal property.
If you claim dependency, what is
required for support of your de
pendente per month? What have
been your montyly earnings for
past twelve months? Your de
pendents will have to sign affidavit
with you and they should be pres
ent with you in filling out papers.
What is your height and weight,
stripped?
If you desire assistance, make
appointments with either of us.
G. A. Berry, T. B. Weaver,
Associate Members Legal Advisory
Board, Union County, Ark.
Protestantism 400 Years Old.
Last week the 400th anniversa
ry of the Protestant movement
called the “Reformation" was cele
brated by Protestants throughout
the world. The movement was
started by Martin Luther, a Ger
man monk of the Roman Catholic
church. On October 31, 1517. he
nailed to the door of the church at
Wittenberg a sort of theological
declaration of independence, called
the "Ninety-five Theses.” The
"theses” objected to or protested
against certain doctrines and prac
tices of the church authorities at
Rome. A thesis is a statement
which the one who makes it offers
to prove.
Most of these thesis have now
been forgotten; but the substance
of them was that Luther claimed
for himself and his followers the
right of independent opinion and
speaking, not to be subject to the
decrees of the Church of Rome.
The thesis were at once con
demned as heresy. Luther was
summoned to Rome for discipline
bui refused to go. From this be
ginning the Protestant movement
spread.
Hacking Coughs c.w
“ For Hacking Coughs that rob you of your sleep till your sys
tem becomes so run down that you are in grave danger of Pneu
monia or Consumption, the kind that almost tear you to pieces,
that make your head ache, your throat sore and inflamed, take
Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy
It soothes and heals the inflamed air passages, stops the tick
ling in the throat, and by its tonic effect enables you to throw
off the disease. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is quite different
from the ordinary cough medicine, for it not only soothes but
also heals, so that the effected parts are restored to a healthy
condition and the danger of a future attack is removed. I firmly
believe that it is the best and most reliable preparation ever pro
duced for coughs and colds.”
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