HUTTIG
DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS AND UNION COUNTY.
VOL. V. NO. 50.
HUTTIG. ARKANSAS. SATURDAY. APRIL 13. 1912.
PRICE. $1 PER YEAR
Plant a Seed Patch.
It is easy and inexpensive to
have high quality seed to plant.
Here is the way it is done.
THE SEED CORN PATCH.
Before you begin planting corn
select a small plot of good land for
a seed patch. Have this far
enough from other corn to avoid
mixing. Buy enough high quality
seed corn to plant this patch. This
plot need not be large. If you de
sire enough seed corn to plant
twenty acres next year, one-half
acre will be large enough to select
from.
Plant this patch carefully and
cultivate well throughout the
growing season. Before the pollen
is ripe and ready to fall from the
tassels cut down or detassel all
barren or defective stalks and next
fall select enough fine ears from
the best stalks, according to in
structions sent out bv the United
States Department of Agrilture, to
plant next year's crop. Write the
Secretary of Agriculture. Washing
ton. D. C.. for instructions on the
field selection of seed corn.
THE SEED COTTON PATCH.
oeiect another small plot of good
land for growing your planting seed
of cotton. If you desire seed j
enough for thirty acres next year,
two acres will be about right for
the seed patch. Two acres ought;
to yield 30 bushels of seed and ;
that quantity will be sufficient to j
plant the crop twice if necessary.
As with corn buy first class seed \
for a start, plant carefully and cul- j
tivate well.
in the fall select according to
government instructions enough of
the best stalks to furnish sufficient1
seed for planting next year's patch
Save the remainder of the seed j
from this patch to plant the main
crop nexVjrear.
/ Make arrangements with the
ginner to avoid mixing your fine !
seed with common seed. This can
be done by running the stands
clear of cotton before yours is;
started through.
GET THE BEST SEED.
Be sure you get first class seed
for planting these patches. If yoi j
have a neighbor who has fine seed
buy from him. If not. purchase
from a seed house that you know
to be absolutely reliable.
INEXPENSIVE WORK.
The whole amount of this work
will scarcely require more than
three day's of extra time or cost
more than $4 or $5. Yet the re
sultant increase in yields will con
servatively add from. $100 to
$150 to the yearly income of the
average small farmer. Seed se
lection sometimes looked upon as
a little thing is really one of the
biggest things on the farm.
Wanted- Active Wan in Each Locality
To join this Society. Sick, acci
dent. death benefits. And intro
duce our Memberships. All or
spare time. $50 to $300 a month.
Every Member secured gives you a
steady monthly income. Experi
ence not needed. Write for plans.
Box KM-293,
4-13-10t Covington. Ky.
State-Wide Prohibition Campaign.
Contrary to the opinion expressed
in some quarters that the nomina
tion of Hon. Joe T. Robinson was
a victory for the whiskey ring, it
develops that many of his most
ardent supporters are among the
most earnest advocates of state
wide prohibition. Hon. Jno, H.
Hinemon of Morrell, who was one
of his campaign managers, has
written a personal friend in Little
Rock as follows:
"Certainly the report that the
supporters of Mr. Robinson will
oppose state-wide prohibition is
news indeed to me. On the con
trary. nearly all of his supporters,
so far as I know, will actively sup- ,
port this proposition. As you
know, the movement to submit
this question at the next general
election did not meet my approval.
1 thought it better to try to pass a
statutory bill through the legisla
1 ture.
"However, there is nothing left
now but for us to fight for success
in the general election with might ;
and main. So far as I am con
cerned. I shall avail myself of ev
ery possible means of promoting
this measure. My pen. my voice,
my time and such of my means as
I can spare will be gladly and
cheerfully given the cause. I earn- (
estly hope that God will give me i
strength to canvass the entire state 1
for the cause. If we fail before ;
t^e people, there is nothing to do <
but wait two years and try again. <
It is adle to talk about statutory ]
legislation if we fail before the I
people. j;
“You may say that 1 am at the (
service of those who are in charge f
of this movement. If we win in c
the general election, I promise that c
Gov. Robinson will do his best to f
enforce the measure.” a
The state-wide campaign com- a
mittee is in correspondence with 1
Mr. Hinemon. and he will have c
some active and prominent con- [
nection with the work of initiating t
and electing the state-wide bill. s
Seed Bed for Cotton.
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We hear much complaint each
spring of poor stands of cotton.
Frequently cotton fields have to be
planted a second or third time and
this entails the loss of much valu
able time.
1
Fully 75 per cent of this trouble ,
and loss of time is due to the. 1
trashy or cloddy condition of the ,
seed bed. Often the beds are so ^
porus and become so dry from an
excess of clods or unrotted veget- (
able matter that the seed will lie j
for weeks without sprouting unless |
rain comes. Even then the ger- !
mination is very imperfect. L
The remedy consists in prevent- >
ing the clods or getting rid of them i
and of disposing in some way of f
the unrotted vegetable matter.
To prevent clods as little brea1'- 1
ing as possible should be done at-1
this time of the year. Many farm-! f
ers bed their cotton lands during (
the winter and rebed in the spring. j1
This results in a clody condition of i I
the soil and if the weather turns ;r
off dry there is not moisture '
enough at planting time to sprout *
the seed. Don't rebed. Let the
old beds lie. Harrow them. 1
Freshen them at planting time by *
running a cultivator ahead of the ^
planter. If you must rebed. start
the harrow immediately to pulver- '
ize the clods.
This year there is a great deal of
cotton land that has not yet been
broken. This should be bedded just <
as soon as the weather clears. *
Open a good deep center furrow '
and bed out on this, turning under !
deeply as much as possible of the 1
surface vegetation and trash. I
Start the harrow as soon as the
beds are made and pulverize the 1
clods. At the same time you will I
drag out much of the unrotted |!
vegetation near the surface. Do ;:
not rebed this land. Put in your
time with the harrow. Cotton land
that has been broken broadcast
should have about the same treat
ment as that recommended for un
broken land.
We need to use the harrow more
on farm lands in the spring instead I
of doing so much rebreaking, par- i
ticularly in the case of stiff lands, i
The harrow treatment will give a
much better seed bed and will i
make the handling of noxious veg- 1
etation later on much easier. 11
Mrs. J. M. Wallace Dead.
At 8 o'iock Sunday night. April
7. 1912. the angle of death visited
the home of J. M. Wallace, the
Democratic nominee for sheriff,
ind claimed the wife and mother.
A/ho had been suffering for the past
several years with pelagra. She
A/as taken to Mew Orleans early ir
,he winter for' an operation, bui
ipon consultation it was decided
lot to perform one and she ha
>een back at her home in Strong
or several months and was appar
sntly getting along well until a re
apse Sunday shortly after dinner
which resulted in her death.
Minnie E. Wallace was the
laughter of James Murphy, one of
,he most respected old settles of
his country, and was 42 years of
ige. She leases to mourn her
leath besides the devoted husband
six children as follows: Mrs. Jack
Dykes of Columbia county: Mertie.
4attie Lee. Mary Gordon. Pugh
.nd Cora. She was a faithful
Christian character, beloved by all
ter circle of acquaintances and a
levoute member of the Baptist
hurch. The funeral was held
rom the family resident Tuesday
fternoon, interment taking place
t Spring Hill cemetery near Oak
ind. L.a.. the services were con- j
ucted by Rev. McGraw. of the
baptist church. The heartbroken
lusband and children have the
ympathy of all in their hour of
rouble, but they can rest assured
hat if they emulate her life that
hey will meet her in the better
/orld where sorrow is unknown.
Arkansas Growing Fast.
Industrially, Arkansas has gone
orward by leaps and bounds dur
ng the past two decades. In 1880
he wealth of Arkansas amounted
o $286,000,000; in 1900 thw
wealth of the state was $1,173.
)00,000. In 1886 the assessed
aluation of real and personal prop
rty was $134,406,625: in the
itest report it is $378,000,000.
n 1886 there were 1 75.936 chil
ren enrolled in the public schools;
or the school year ending June
iO, 1910, the enrollment was
i95.978. In 1888 we expended
or public education $901,190.
'he public school expenditures for
he last school year were $3.1 10.
64. In 1886 the value of manu
actured products was $6,000.
!00; since then this figures has
een increased ten-fold each year
n 1880 we had less than 1.000
niles of railroad: today we have
i.OOO miles. In 1880 the popula
ion of Arkansas was 802.525.
"he last census gives Arkansas a
lopulation of 1.574.445. In 1880
he individual bank deposits in Ar
ansas amounted to $843,010: in
909 the individual bank deposits
/ere $23,716,199.
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or both papers.
The Reliable Man.
Old TolTver, the tailor, is making
ots of scads: he has the trade of
business men and all the weathy
ads. While others are complain
ng that things are mighty slack,
le’s busy as a bumble-wasp, and
idding to his stack. 1 order sun
iry garments, and ask when they'll
>e done, he studies for moment as
solemnly as one who has no sort of
iking for idle, empty talk: "Your
ags will sure be ready at half past
ten o'clock.'' He gives me this
assurance and gravely turns away,
to tinker with his tape line around
some other jay. All sorts of things
may happen before the hour he set:
perchance there'll be a deluge of
•vater beastly wet: \ tire may
sweep the village, a eye! ne snort
around, perhaps a howling earth
quake will harrow up the ground.
There may be labor riots, there
may be battle s shock but my
rags w II be ready at half past ten
o'clock. Old Tolliver, the tailor, is
prosperous and wise: he never
makes excuses, he never deals in
iies. He's careful with his prom
ise. but when the same is made, it's
good as royal warrant and so he 1
gets the trade.—Walt Mason.
Advertised letter list.
The fol'.ow'rg letters remain un
claimed in the Huttig postoffice for
the week ending April 8. 1912:
Gents.
Louis Henery 2
Rueben Tate
Ladell Louse
Charley Hodge
Cecil Rose
Oliie Smith
S P Williams
Geo Wilker
Pete Nelson
Rest Rosing
Tom Hop
Ratler Hall
William Foster
□a v:d Ca rv
Emmet Parks
Nicholas Louis
W S Hill
W L Hall
Jos Brown
W A Watson
E J C Anderson
Ofs Roust
J B Dawson
W H Howard
Davis Jones
Lim Gi'iew
Ladies.
Clara Andrews
Carnelia Spencer
Estelle Louis
S V Saralue
Susie Morgan
Patsy Franklin
J W Baiiis
Stella Higdon
Leslie Barmore
Etta Ha"s
Laura Mineweather
Macky Eliis
Mira Johnson
Annie Henry
Sinnie Gordon
Lula Whitaker
Mary Lee Bolding
When calling for above letters
please say advertised.
E. N. Collett. P. M.
Notice.
The Union Saw Mill Gompany
will pay $50.00 as a reward to anv
janajjgUlUX? enrproy, who whiter
nish information from which any
person shall be convicted of depre
dating or trespa-.sing upon the tim
ber of said Company.
This 1ft, day of February. 1 906. !
Union Saw Mill Co.
By F. W. Scott, j
Secv. and Treas. i
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lege is a momentous question in lives
of the boy, the girl and the parents.
It is a matter which deserves the
most careful consideration.
Time and trouble can be saved and
the fullest information secured with
out expense by consulting our Educa
tional Bureau.
Our mission is Education, and we
are in personal touch with the best
schools and colleges everywhere.
A letter to us brings to you all you
want to know about the institutions
best suited to your needs.
The service is free. Just write
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be glad to figure your route and check your
through, saving transfer troubles.
OLD RELIABLE ROUTE
Let us figure with you now.
D. A. Keasler, Local Agent.
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power to spend less than one's income to lay
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man should shirk. You owe it to yourseif or
your family, or both. This bank pays 4 percent,
on savings accounts. Remit your money when
pacing till by bank draY They are the best.
jj
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