THE HETTIG NEWS.
DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS AND UNION COUNTY.
VOL. XI. NO. 7
HUTTIG. ARKANSAS. SATURDAY. JUNE 16. 1917.
PRICE. $1 PER YEAR
TO HOLD CANNING SCHOOLS
Union County Nome Demonstration Agent
Mrs. Helene Henry to Conduct Them.
In order that each home in Union
county may furnish itself with a
supply of canned or dried vegeta
bles and fruits we are planning to
give demonstrations in canning and
drying of vegetables and fruits ac
cording to following plan:
1. Twenty-four volunteers, one
from each woman's organizalion in
El Dorado, have agreed to take a
two days’ course of instructions
under the direction of the home
demonstration agent so that they
may assist her through the sum
mer in holding canning demonstra
tions in the county.
2. The school directors in each
district will be asked to select two
women from their district to a
school of instruction held in a cen
tral place. These women will be
volunteer assistants when a dem
onstration is held in their own
school district. They will return
home and organize their communi
ty, and plan for the canning school
in their dis‘r ct.
3. The canning schools for La
pile township will be held as fol
lows:
Strong, Monday, July 2.
Huttig, Tuesday, July 3.
4. Representatives from the
school districts will attend as indi
cated below:
School district Nos. 83, 54, 53,
70, 43, 37, 14, 38, 18, 58, 30. 8,
76, 9 and 64 at Strong.
School district Nos. 60, 44 and 5
at Huttig.
5. A demonstration will be held
in each school district as planned
by the representatives selected in
their district.
Helene S. Henry. County
Home Demonstration Agent.
To the School Directors of District
No.
Believing the women of our coun
ty would appreciate instruction in
the canning and drying of vegeta
bles and fruits we have made the
following plans:
1. The school directors of each
district are to select two women
from their district who will attend
a school of instruction to be held in
a central place. These women are
then to return home and organize
community for a canning school to
be held there. The canning school
in each district are to be held by
the county demonstration agent
and the representatives selected by
the directors.
2. The canning school for rep
resentatives from our district will
be held at (Place) .
(Date)...
3. Please fill in the blanks be
low and mail to Mrs. Helene S.
Henry, Home Demonstration
Agent.
We will send Mrs..
and Mrs...
to the canning school at.
Signed by director .
4. Enclosed is a letter of in
struction to be given to the women
selected. Trusting that the homes
of Union county may have an
abundance of canned and dried
vegetables for home use, I am,
Most sincerely,
Helene S. Henry, County
Home Demonstration Agent
farmers Enroll.
Do the farmers of'Arkansas
know that arrangements have beer
made by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture to assist thenr
in getting labor when they want it'
If farmers need more labor thar
they know where to get they maj
enroll their names at the countj
court house and laborers who wanl
to work on farms may do the 6ame
Farmers of this county may gt
to the court house and enroll their
names with Geo. S. Tatum, who is
county clerk of this county, and
men who want jobs on farms may
do the same. In this way farmers
and laborers may get in touch with
each other and do their own bar
gaining. Farmers cannot be guar
anteed labor when they want it,
but this arrangement will help
them in many cases.
Army of Girls Wanted.
Girls, here is your opportunity to
do something for your country and
at the same time be a Good Sama
ratan to the young men who are
going out to fight and die in order
that you may have a country in
which to live in peace and security.
Every young man who goes to
war needs from two to three
pairs of wristlets to wear around
his wrists in the chilly trenches of
France. They will prevent thous
ands of bad colds and many hun
dreds of deaths from pneumonia.
But wristlets are not a part of
the equipment furnished to each
scldier by the government. Hence,
if you, the warm hearted young
ladies of our country, do not make
them our boys will not get them.
Col. Daniel E. McCarthy, depart
ment quartermaster of the central
department, U. S. army, Chicago,
III., is so warm hearted and gener
I ous and patriotic that he is work
! ing nearly twenty-hours a day in
j his efforts to make every arrange
: ment for the comfort and well be
! ing of the troops. But Col. Mc
Carthy. strong and brainy man that
he is. cannot furnish them wristlets
because the government does not
authorize him to do so.
Will you help Col. McCarthy out
in this, girls? Will each of you
constitute yourself his aid and knit
at least one pair of wristlets for
“some girl’s brother?” The colon
el has a beautiful young daughter,
and she is knitting them too.
The wristlets should be of tan
color if possible, or dark gray or
some other subdued color, so they
will not attract the attention of the
enemy. They should never be red
or any other bright color. They
should be knit loosely enough to
admit of drawing them on and off
over the hand, and should be about
five inches in length.
The editor suggests that inside
of each pair you pin or sew a little
slip of paper, with your name and
address plainly written thereon, so
the soldier boys may know who
sent them. And to aid the move
ment, and also to do something for
the country, the editor wants to
publish in the paper the names of
every young lady who joins in this
worthy undertaking. Let us have
your names as fast as you knit them.
Write Col. McCarthy a note tell
ing him you are knitting some
wristlets and ask him where you
are to send them. He will answer
your letter promptly and will tell
you just what to do with them-in
order that they may get to the
right place. And he will be im
mensely pleased to hear from you
because of what you are doing for
"the boys."
Girls, the editor makes this ap
peal to you in the name of our
country, which we all love so well.
You can not fight,’ but you can
make life more comfortable for the
boys who do the fighting—some
of whom will never come back
again. Come into the office and
talk it over with us, and if we can
aid you in any way we will do so.
In writing to Col. McCarthy ad
dress your letter as follows: Col.
Daniel E. McCarthy, U. S. Army,
Federal Building, Chicago. 111.
The nearest fixed star is 16,
000,000.000 miles distant, and it
takes three years for its light to
reach the earth.
BLITtR I ARMING MINIS,
SAVE THE MOTHERS.
During the last year there were
1.570,021 cattle slaughtered at
the Armour packing plant in Chica
go and their eight branch houses.
Among this number were 530,861
heifers and cows and 125.570
heifer calves. This number, of
course, indicates the animals
slaughtered by only one of our
large packing companies but it
points out very clearly that the fe
male animals are being indiscrimi
nately sold and slaughtered. This
may be due largely to the high
prices of feed and the exceptional
prices offered for beef, but if the
slaughtering continues the short
age now prevailing will undoubted
ly, be increased greatly.
We must conserve the mothers
among all classes of livestock.
I Save the cows, heifer calves, gilts,
I brood sows and ewes. Remember,
if you sell it will be difficult to re
place them and one of your great
est means of “growing into money"
will be eliminate. What the pres
ent practice means to the future
of Arkansas can only be estimated,
but Arkansas is typically a live
stock state in many parts
and remember that for every heifer
calf sold and killed we have lost
one cow and the possibility of ten
offsprings. Sell only your surplus
and keep your bleeding stock is the
warning issued by the specialists
with the Extension Division.
PLANT SWEET CORN.
Sweet corn is more easily dried
than almost any other food. Every
farmer should plant sweet corn and
large quantities should be dried
and if preferred some may be
canned. Sweet corn can be plant
ed in small tracts and in large fields
and is easily cultivated. Plan on a
supply and a large excess of sweet
corn for winter use. It will help
solve the food problem next winter
KEEP THE CHICKENS HEALTHY.
Dampness ond filth are the chief
causes of disease among chickens.
Many who are raising chickens for
the first time and confining them in
close quarters should remember
this. Plenty of exercise is also
necessary. Busy fowls with plen
ty of clean drinking water and ac
cess to shade during the extremely
hot portions of the day in clean
quarters are seldom diseased.
Chickens are naturally hardy under
these conditions and if given proper
food and kept in quarters not over
crowded and free from lice.
BURN CARCASSES AND VACCINATE HOGS
Hog cholera is again carrying off
great numbers of Arkansas hogs
Dr. R. N. Gow, state veterinatian,
says:
“To a certain degree the farmers
themselves are to blame for the
spread of this disease. Everyone
should obey the law and burn hogs
immediately that have died of
cholera. To permit carcasses to
remain in the field is to spread dis
ease through dogs and buzzards
who carry the disease to healthy
herds after visiting the infected an
imals. In addition, do not allow
sick hogs to remain in the open.
In this way they come in contact
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with healthy animals and spread
the infection.
“Vaccinate your hogs and pro
tect them from cholera. By using
serum and virus they can be im
munized. The value of vaccina
tion can easily be judged in vi- v of
the fact that the state serum plat t
is selling more serum to farmers
of the state in three months than it
formerly sold during an entire year.
Vaccination against hog cholera is
the only wav. It will certainly pay
you to try it.”
There is more Catarrh in this section
of the country than all other diseases
put together, and for years it was sup
posed to be incurable. Doctors pre
scribed local remedies, and by constant
ly failing- to cure with local treatment,
pronounced it incurable. Catarrh is a
local disease, greatly influenced by con
stitutional conditions and therefore re
quires constitutional treatment. Hall's
Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J.
Cheney & Co.. Toledo, Ohio, is a consti
tutional remedy, is taken intirnally
and acts thru the Rlood on the Mucous
Surfaces of the System. One Hundred
Dollars reward is offered for any case
that Hall's Catarrh Cure fails to cure.
Send for circulars anil testimonials.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohi»
Sold by Druggists, "5c.
Hall's Family lills for constipation!
Young Couple Married.
At the home of the bride's par
ents. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. BriJges.
just northwest of town on Sunday
afternoon, June 10, 1917, at 2:30
o'clock. Rev. E. F. Cole performed
the ceremony which united in mar
riage their daughter. Miss Cora
Omega, to Mr. Herman Lawrence
Ashcroft, in the presence of a few
friends and relatives. The bride
is a beautiful and accom
plished young lady and the groom,
the oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. T.
F. Ashcroft, is a hustling young
man and both have a large circle ol
friends who will join us in wishing
them happiness and prosperity.
Next Monday Dipping Day.
Monday. June 18. will be the
day for dipping cattle at the vat in
Huttig and every one who expects
to use this vat will be required to
dip on that day, not just any old
time. There are some improve
ments that will be made before
that time that will cost some little
money and it was the opinion of all
I talked to that this money be
raised by charging 10 cents per
head for all cattle dipped on that
day, which I think will pay all cost
and have a small sum left over
which will be put in the bank to the
credit of the vat. So everyone
without any exception will be re
quired to pay this fee. So bring
the amount you will be due for
there will be no credit extended.
This will make all the collection
taken this season without some
misfortune.
Yours respectfully,
C. R. Duncan.
B. Y. P. U. Program.
For June 1 7, Rev. Cole. Leader.
Topic—What Has Confession to do
With Salvation?
Prayer.
Song, No. 1 1 5.
Scripture reading, Matt. 32-39,
by Helen Thompson.
Introduction— Defining the Term
Salvation, first half of paragraph 1,
by Leader.
Defining Terms Confession, part
2, paragraph 1, by Rev. Wright.
Confession Does Not Secure
Salvation, bv Albert Voss.
Where There is No Confession
There is No Salvation, by Mrs. E.
, H. Thompson.
Confessing of Chrst is the Re
sult of Salvation, by B Howard.
Confession is the Proof of Sal
vation, by Ora Voss.
The Christian’s Confession of
Sin. by Gene Crockett.
Song, No. 242.
Benediction.
About 1 1 per cent of the deaths
in the United States are the results
of some sort of nervous disease.
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