DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS AMD UNION COUNTY.
VOL. IX. NO. 50
HUTTIG. ARKANSAS. SATURDAY. APRIL 15. 1916.
PRICE, $1 PER YEAR
Bitter farming Hints.
DOUBLE CROPS.
Two crops of Irish potatoes from
every patch, corn and peas, corn
and soy beans, corn and peanuts,
corn and velvet beans, cotton and
crimson clover, will be a great
combination this year. Plant rape
after the last cultivation of corn
What a combination for hogs, cor:
and peanuts and corn and rapi
with hogs running to both patcher
or fields. It may not make real
hard meat but ft will make cheap
meat. Let us make a great cam
paign this year for peas, soy beans
and peanuts in every acre of corn
and then crimson clover or rye in
every acre of cotton.
SANE FARMING.
Why not adopt the above name
instead of "safe farming?" A
farmer who has even a small part
of God's earth that will produce j
food ought not to "gamble” on the :
chance of making money on anoth
er crop to buy food for his stock
and his family. L is a species of
insanity that has passed over the!
whole South and parts of the West
and comparative Dav^rty is the re
sult. Let us raise more stuff for'
food and feed and be sane and loyal
to farrvly and community.
A SPAYING MANUAL.
The Extension Division of the
College of Agriculture, cooperating
v. itti the U. S. Department of Agri
culture, has published a handy lit
tle spraying manual for orchardists
and gardners. It will be sent free
to anyone interested who will write
either tn the Little Rock office 6r
to the Fayetteville office. It tells
what to sprav for. when to spray
and how to spray.
MORE COW FEED.
Arkansas farms do not have
enough cows and the cows do not
give enough milk, partly because
they do not get enough of the right
kind of feed. A milk cow that is
an “easy keeper” is not profitable.
A mill to produce much flour must
have much wheat and less wheat
means less flour. Just so, less
feed for the cow will mean less
milk. Let us have more cows and
then feed them more. Plant Su
dan grass, cowpeas. soy beans and
peanuts and then plan for a little
cotton seed meal. More feed,
more milk.
FREE BULLET1NES.
Here are a few Arkansas and
government bulletins that should
be of interest at this time: “Home
made Silos." “Sorghum for For
age," "Cowpeas," "Lespedeza,"
"Home Vegetable Garden," "Poul
try Management." "Spraying Man
ual.” These will be sent free to
anyone on request to Director of
the Extension Service, University
of Arkansas, U. S. Department of
Agriculture, cooperating, old state
house, Little Rock, Ark.
PERMANENT PASTURES.
No Arkansas farm should be
without a permanent pasture.
Don’t wait. Fence off two or
three or more acres, depending
upon tne size of the farm, plow
deep, work well and plant Bermu
da, using both the root and seed
method and a little white clover. In
August sow bur clover, and next
February lespedeza may be added.
Every farmer who wants to do this
should call on the county agent, if
one, or the state demonstation
agent at Little Rock for bulletins
and suggestions for making a good
pasture.
SWEET CORN.
Why not a patch of sweet corn
for every farm? There is hardly a
thing that will be more keenly en
joyed by all the family than a few
“messes" of sweet corn. Plant a
square 20 by 20 feet, and then
plant another similar square every
two weeks until June, or four
plantings. Get the seed bed just
right, plant three grains to a hill.
three by three, or dril' one grain
every twelve inches, in rows four
i feet apart. Keep ground well
cultivated with hoe and rake. Plant
the ' Country Gentleman" and il
will be ready for the table in about
seventy-five to eighty days.
When the ears are gathered the
stalks may be cut for the cow.
Cjrd of Thanks.
We desire to express our heart
felt .hanks to the many friends for
their kindness and assistance dur
ing the illness and death of our
husband and brother. May God
bless each one for his or her part.
Mrs D. F. Coliett,
E. N. Collett and family
How’s This?
We offer One Hundred Dollars Re -
word for any case of Catarrh that can
not Lie cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure has been taken
by catarrh sufferers fur the past
thirty-live years, and has become
known as the most reliable remedy for
Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure acts thru ;
the UiooJ on the Mucous suriaces. ex- I
polling die I’oicon from the Hlood and
healing the diseased portions.
Aft r you have taken Hall's Catarrh !
Cure for a short time you will sec a
gr* t improvement in your general ;
health. Start taking Hails Catirrh
Cure at onee and get rid of catarrh.
Send for testimonials, free.
V. J. CHENEY i CO., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by all Druggists. 75c.
X Gasoline Blow forth to Burn Out Stumps.
1 am a reader of your very valu- |
able paper and note that you are j
always anxious to obtain original 1
ideas that may be helpful to the |
farmer.
I am a Northern lawyer who
purchased a plantation here and
moved into this country one year
ago. and am therefore not much of
a farmer. 1 realized, however, the
necessity of cleaning up, as The
Progressive Farmer has repeated
ly adovccated. and the pla e I
bought, like hundreds of others,
contains many old stumps, dead
ened trees and logs and debris. 1
had one deadened portion in par
ticular that contained a couple of
hundred old stumps and snags.
The problem of getting rid of
these confronted me. 1 found that
if 1 could get a good fire started in
the stumps I usually could burn |
them out, but this took a great deal j
of time and trouble, and especially j
on windy days it was difficult to |
get a fire started. 1 then con- ]
ceived the idea of getting a plumb- j
er's gasoline blow torch, which I i
purchased for $2.40. This pro
duces an intensely hot blue flame. j
and by the aid of it 1 found 1 could !
set fire to and . burn almost all of
the stumps and snags and set fire
to and burn the big limbs and logs.
The torch works so successfully
for me in cleaning up my place
that I feel the idea may be worth
something to many others. Frank
B. Parker, in The Progressive
Farmer.
Official Voir for Congressman.
Below is the official total vote
for congressman from this district
at the recent primary election:
Goodwin . 10.Ol 1
Warnock . 8.048
McKnight. 2.541
Bush 2.270
By a three to one vote the city
of St. Louis recently'declared for1
race segregation. The question
there was that no negroes here
after should move into a block
three-fourths of whose residents
are white and vice versa. Oppon
ents of segregation made a bitter
fight, but the vote was 52.000 for
the measure to 17,000 against it.
Mc-lhodlst Chun h Services
The following services will be
held at Union church Sunday: Sun
day school at 10:00 a. m. Preach
ing at 1 1 a. m. and 7:50 p. m. by
the pastor. Junior League at 5:00
p. m. Epworth League at 6:30 p.
m. A cordial invitation is extend
ed to ail to attend these services.
Rr;v. S. K. Burnett, Pastor.
Arrested for Pinkard Killing.
Will Norsworthy. a young white
man residing north of Strong, was
arrested Monday by Sheriff J. D.
Miller of Union parish. La., ana
taken to Farmeryille where he was j
locked up and charged with the
murder of Perry Pinkard at Ber
nice. La., on last Saturday night.
Perrv Pinkard was arrested last
October along with his father and
brother for the killing of J. T.
Spencer at Spencer. La., but was
discharged. His father is still in
jail awaiting trial which is set for
this month.
It is said that there is strong cir
cumstantial evidence against Nors
worthy and that other arrests will
likely follow.
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(>o You Know That
Sags in roof gutters may act as
mosquito breeding places?
America's most valuable crop in
babies?
Jhe public cigar cutter is a
health menace?
The United States Public Health
service maintains a loan library of
stereopticon slides?
The typhoid rate measures ac
curately community intelligence?
Whooping cough annually kills
over ten thousand Americans?
Bad housing produces bad
health?
Rocky Mountain spotted fever is
spread by a wood tick?
Appointed Tick tradicating \grnt.
T. A. Gibson of Felsenthal has
been appointed Tick Eradicating
agent for this county by the depart
ment^ agriculture and animal hus
bandry of the University, and will
have charge of work in this county |
under Prof. Denman. His du
ties will be to assist in the erection
of dipping vats and seeing that all
cattle are dipped regularly.
The placing of this county out
of the quarantine district will mean
from $5 to $10 increase in value
of every head of cattle, which will
add thousands of dollars of wealth
to the farmers and stock growers
here, and cause an increased inter
est in stock raising.
We have the climate and land
here which are ideal for the grow
ing of stock and by raising the feed
on which to fatten them a ready
market can always be had for our
product and cotton will only be
raised as a side line.
Mr. Gibson will be only too glad
to call on you or furnish any infor
mation you may desire. Write
him at Felsenthal.
Heroic Work ol Telephone Operations.
It is during periods of real adver
sity the value of the large corpora
tion to the community is most
plainly manifested, and since the
reeent conflagation which de
stroyed the greater portion of that
city, the citizens of Paris. Texas,
are most profuse in their express
ions of commendation for the
Southwestern Telegraph and Tele
phone Go. The work of this cor
poration during and immediately
after the fire demonstrates that the
corporation has a soul, and a heart
of great magnitude. The story of
the accomplishments of the work
men for the telephone company,
and the courage of the girls who
manipulated the switchboard, reads
like a motion picture sconario, and
it is doubtful if one so thrilling as
actual happenings at this dreaded
time, was ever thrown upon the
screen.
A cigarette stump thrown into a
trash box started the fire which on
March 12 destroyed $7,000,000
worth of property and made 10.
000 residents of Paris homeless.
There had been no rain for a
month, and as a hurricane was
blowing, the frame residence sec
tion burned like tinder. The tele
i
phone operators stuck to their
posts until the building in winch
the exchange is located was itself
in flames, and many of those who
left had close calls in reaching
places of safety. By reman at
their switchboards, the operators
were enabled to summon relief
from Dallas and other cities, and to
keep the outside world informed as
to the progress of the flames, as
well as keep in touch with the wat
er station.
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
ciating or trespassing upon the tim
ber of said Company.
This 1st, day of February. 1906.
Union Saw Mill Go.
By F. W. Scott,
Secy, and Treas
ONE SET OF BRAINS ENOUGH
Cle.er Man Makes Mistake When He
Takes to Wife Clever Woman,
Says Writer.
The wife of one of our most cele
brated literary men said the other eve
ning that a talent, d man should al
ways choose a wife with m thing fur
ther than domestic accomplishments.
"It is a great mistake for brainy peo
ple to marry brains," said she deci
sively," according to London Tit-1 tits,
"and, happily, few of them dc it. Put
two geniuses together in matrimony,
and you have put two cats in a bag—
nervous, fretful, irresponsible crea
tures, with no patience and less com
mon sense, who will be always worry
ing each other and tugging in opposite
directions at the matrimonial chain. If
they arc both talented in the same tine
uiey <vih wear eacn other out in
the expression of different ideas; but
if they have separate abilities, there
will he pretty often a jangie about
which cne is the more important.
What a clever man wants is a clear
headed, sensible wife, who will ferget
his vagaries in remembering his bril
liancy and remain a constant shield ,
between his sensitiveness and dis
agreeable things; something, in fact,
like one of those cushions that sailors
put down on the side of the vessel to
keep it from Jarring too roughly
against the dock. Ixiok at me, for in
stance; I never wrote a word for pub
lication, painted a picture, composed
music or did anything clever in all
my life. But I make my husband just
t lie sort of wife he needs."
Gets His Soup at Sea.
Because, he is bound for London,
where it is impossible to secure a sup-;
ply of t'ne special seaweed out of which j
a soup is made that is especially fa- i
vored hv his countrymen, Captain j
Takai of the Japanese steamer Kenkon j
Maru No. S, appealed to the customs
officials, the Philadelphia Record says.
As a result Captain Harai of the
steamer Senju Maru, also Japanese,
was given pennisson to transfer to j
Captain Takai a portion of his supply
of the delectable dainty without which 1
the voyage would be a dismal one for j
him and his crew. Captain Harai is ,
homeward bound and can soon replen- !
ish his stock.
The seaweed in question is found
only in the Orient, and it contains a I
gelatinous substance which thickensj
the soup, and has a peculiar appeal to
the oriental palate. In fact, the. Japa- j
r.esc sailor claims there is nothing else i
so good in tjie soup-making line, it
is fcHtul by fishermen at the bottom of
the sea and. washed and dried, It finds }
ready sale in China and Japan.
By a Lake in Winter.
The deep sense of peace which fills
the woods at midwinter is nowhere
expressed more fully than where a
sylvan lake or pool reflects with calm
surface the grayness of the patient
skies.
Strained by the autumn semirings
of the hills, and the decay of innumer- !
aide leaves, the water is rarely clear 1
and bright, as when it mirrors the ]
clearer heavens of spring and sum- !
mcr.
It gleams io the slanting light that j
strikes between denser masses of
cloud in tints of yellowish suffusion
from the ralnscoured clay, or in a
strange jade-green opaqueness.
Where the naked trees upon the 1
margin of the lake project the whole
length of their reflection upon its un
moved water, they present an im
pression of enormous columnar height,
such as can never he equaled after
the leaves of the summer add sub
stance to the lines of their uppei
boughs.
It is as easy for you to please
everybody as it is for everybody to
please you.
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Bet ween Men_
Is chiefly the difference in their habits. Some men's
chief aim is to have a good time as they go along, not worry
about their family’s future welfare and spend freely for ev
erything that they think they want. Their motto is "Come
easy, go easy." Sickness or old age is a real calamity to
this class. Other men who start out with no better chance
think of the future business that they hope some day to
have. They think of their families that they wish to edu
cate and provide for as they grow up. They think of sick
ness that sometimes comes and old age that is sure to come
and they make preparation for all these by SAVING some
little part of everything they earn. Their motto is to spend
nothing thoughtless, but save for real needs and business
chances. Which class are you in? If you have never
saved, resolve to do so now. No account is so small but
what it will be appreciated by this bank
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The Southwest
. On December 5th a' now. all steel, fast, daily,
through train, to be known as
The Sunshine Special
was be placed in service between
St. Louis
Dallas
Fort Worf h
Houston
Galveston
San Antonio
or intermediate points by the
Iron Mountain Route
Texas and Pacific
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This train will be a duplicate of the famous Scenic
Limited and will leave St. Louis at 6:15 p. m.
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til; ) Afte-i house-cleaning is the time to
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tainly save money by ordering it from
ft us. A purchase of two solid cars
|* enab es us to quote you prices below
which you could possibly secure the
> same quality else where, and our ab
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ery Refrigerator we sell. Could any
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