DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS AND UNION COUNTY.
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VOL. XI. NO. 21
HUTTIG. ARKANSAS. SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 22. 1917.
PRICE, $1 PER YEAR
NEGRO TAKEN FOR RANK ROBBER
Assistant Cashier W. P. Reasons Kills Moses
Charles Tuesday Afternoon, Believ
ing Him a Robber.
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Shortly after 1 o'clock Tuesday
afternoon Assistant Gashier W. P
Reasons, of the First National
Bank, shot and killed Moses
Charles, a negro of Spencer, La.,
believing the negro was going to
hold him up as did a lone bandit
about the same hour on Friday,
September 7, when he was lockfed
in the vault and the bank robbed of
$6,556.00.
Mr. Reasons had just entered
the bank from dinner and proceed
ed at once to unlock the vault and
get out coin tray. Cashier C. T.
Thompson, who was already in the
bank, had stepped to the rear of
the bank to wash his hands. A. J.
Jamison, who had accompanied
Raesons into the bank to get a re
ceipt for some money paid that
morning on a note, was standing in
front of the cashier's window when
Charles walked into the bank and
up to the gratiag at Mr. Jamison's
right. He was a yellow negro and
wore large glasses and a blue
jumper like the bandit who robbed
the bank and being behind the frame
work Reasons could only see his
head and shoulders and could not
see whether he had a gun or not.
As he reached the grating he com
menced peering around the corner
into the cashier’s window but still
said nothing. Reasons, still being
nervous over his ex
perience of ten days before, was
struck with the similarity of ap
pearance, and thinking Charles'was
getting toady to pull a gun on him,
opened fire hitting him with three
of the four shots fiffed. When the
shooting commenced Charles ran
from the bank into the rear door of
the Union Saw Mill Co. store and
dropped dead in front of the gro
cery counter. To add to Reasons'
suspicion, another negro with
Charles, remained outside of the
bank like he might be doing guard
duty.
Coroner T. M. Barton of El Do
rado was notified of the affair and
he arrived here about 9 o'clock
Tuesday night in company with
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney W.
C. Medley and Sheriff Finn Craig.
A coroner's jury composed of the
following citizens was empanelled:
H. P. Heara, R. A. Barrow, Foster
Jarrell, E. R. Ford, F. W. Scott, A.
E. Woolley, A. Turrentine, W. T.
Terrell, Willis Revels, C. R. Moore,
E. J. McDonald and H. McCormick.
After viewing the body and taking
the testimony of A. J. Jamison, C.
T. Thompon and J. W. Perritt a
verdict of justifiable hormicide was
reached after a short discussion.
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Comparative figures, lumber
with farm produce, show that now
is the best building time for farm
ers in years.
An equal amount of farm pro
duce will buy twice as much lum
ber'today as it would two or three
years ago.
There is a mistaken impression
that lumber is high. The illustra
tions below prove that it is not.
The farmer will never find a better
time to build than the present.
His purchasing power is represent
ed by what he produces. What
Drought him $1 in 1914 now
brings him $2 or $2.50. In other
words, the same products now buy
from two to two and one-half times
as much as they did then.
State of Ohio, City of Toledo,
Lucas County, ss.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he
i Is senior partner of the firm of F. J
Cheney & Co., doing business in the
City of Toledo, County and State afore
said, and that said firm will pay the
sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for
each and every case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by the use of HALL'S
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in my presence, this 6th day of Decem
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Another Pioneer Dead.
Death claimed another pioneer
of Union county at 1 1 o'clock Sat
urday night, September 15, 1917,
when the soul of Mrs, Virginia C.
Terrell passed to its eternal home
at her residence at New London.
The deceased was 78 years, 9
months and 29 days of age and
had been a resident of Union coun
ty since 1857. having moved here
after her marriage at Marion, La.,
that year.
She leaves two daughters. Mrs.
J. T. Burnside and Mrs. W. P.
Richardson, and three sons, W.T.
Terrell of Hutlig, A. L. and A. N.
Terrell of New London,
The funeral was held Sunday af
ternoon at 4 o'clock from the late
residence and was largely attend
ed. Rev. Rogers of Strong con
ducted the services.
Launch Large Wooden Ship.
The largest passenger steamer
ever built in the South was
launched at the yards of the Slidell
Shipbuilding Co., Slidell, La., Sat
urday when the wooden steamer
Maple slid down the ways. The
launching was attended by appro
priate ceremonies and witnessed
by more than a thousand persons.
The Maple is a trim vessel and
will be ready for service in about
45 days. She is 190 feet long, 34
feet beam, a cargo depth amidship
of 11 feet 6 inches and outside
depth of 13 feet 4 inches, with
beam over-all of 38.8 feet. She
has stateroom accommodations for
20 passengers. She will be placed
in passenger service between
Miami and Jacksonville, Fla., by
the Coast Steamship Co., of which
Chas. L. Dimon of Mt. Vernon, N.
Y., is president.
Southern pine is used almost ex
clusively in the ship. The interior
is beatifully finished. The exterior
is painted white. She has as esti
mated speed of ten knots an hour
and is propelled by an 800-horse
pow§r engine.
Moving pictures of the launch
ing were taken by the Southern
Pine association to be shown
throughout the country as an edu
cational feature.
Notice to Barber Patrons.
After September 15, 1917, 1
will have to put my business on a
strictly cash basis as 1 am unable
to obtain credit from the barber’s
supply house or the Company
store. 1 have tickets good for
$1.10 in trade which l will issue
for $1.00 cash or punch out. So
liciting a continuation of your pat
ronage and thanking you for the
pist, 1 am.
Respectfully.
Fred Daniels.
adv2t.
That Wheat Crop.
Now that farmers are going to
sow more wheat this year, careful
attention must be given to the
seeding in order to insure the max
imum yield.
A good clay, or loam soil will
grow wheat well. A thin sandy
soil will not give best results.
Land of good fertility should be
used. Too often farmers pick out
the poorest spot on the farm.
The land should be broken deep
if it can be done early. About five
inches will be deep enough if late.
After corn or peas discing or culti
vating will be sufficient if the soil
is not packed too hard. The seed
bed should be solid. This can be
secured by proper harrowing or
dragging. All clods should be bro
ken and the soil leveled before
seeding is done. Sowing seed on
rough land or breaking it in nearly
always results in failure.
Two hundred and fifty pounds of
acid phosphate or about 200
pounds of high grade commercial
fertilizer per acre will usually prove
profitable. These fertilizers should
be applied when the wheat, is sown.
Seed during the last two weeks
of October in the southern half of
the state, and about two week earl
ier in the northern part. Late
seeding may winter kill. With
present high price of seed perhaps
a bushel and a peck per acre will I
be enough on a good seed bed, al
though a bushel and a half will of
ten give better results.
Use a drill if one can be secured.
Drilled wheat does not kill out by
winter freezing as badly as that
which is broadcasted. If a drill is
not available the land should be
leveled off, the seed broadcasted
and covered with the harrow or
similar tool.
According to experiments made
by the Arkansas experiment sta
tion, Kentucky Blue Stem, Red
May, Fulcaster and Fultz are good
varieties for Arkansas conditions.
Write to John H. Page, com
missioner of agriculture, or to the
Extension Division. Fayetteville,
for Farmers' Bulletin No. 885.
Jno. H. Page,
Com. of Agriculture.
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One large sideboard, one square
dining table and six dining chairs.
Apply at the News office.
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 s^d Company.
This »lst, day of February, 1906.
Union Saw Mill Co.
By F. W. Scott,
S**'”*. and Treas
Methodist Church Services.
The following services will te
held at Union church Sunday: Sun
day school at 10:00 a. m. Preach
ing at 1 1 a. m. and 8:00 p. m. by
the pastor. Junior League at 3:00
p. m. Epworth League at 6:30 p.
m. A cordial invitation is expend
ed to all to attend these services.
Rev, A- TpgRfNTiNP, Pastor.
To Advertise Liberty Loan Bonds.
Fairfax Harrison, chairman of
the Railroads’ War board, autho
rizes the following;
At the request of the treasury
departrqerit, the railroads of the
United States will cooperate in the
publicity campaign that is being
planned for the second f_i|aerty
Loan,
Colored posters advertising the
new issue of Liberty Bonds will be
placed in the waiting rooms of ev
ery railroad station in the country.
Through these posters the treas
ury department will be able to
reach the millions of persons who
use the railroads and present them
with timely information concerning
the second Liberty Loan.
The 1,750,000 employees of the
railroads will also have the subject
called to their at*ention by a series
of posters that will be placed in the
railroad shops and all other places
where employees assemble.
More than $20,000,000 worth
of the first issue of Liberty Bonds
were purchased by ' railroad em
ployees. _
Young People Married.
On last Saturday at El Dorado
Justice of the Peace J. H. Lee per
formed the ceremony wh:ch united
in marriage Miss Allie. daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Poole, of New
London, to Mr. D. A. Faucett, of
Huttig. The bride is a native of this
oounty and is popular with all who
know her. The groom is employed
is boilermaker by the Union Saw
Mil! Co., and is a young man of
sterling qualities.
Found Dead in Brd.
Mrs. Marguret Emma Guinn,
iged 70 years. 2 months and 20
jays, was found lying across her
Ded dead Thursday morning. Sep
tember 20, 1917, by her son,
Willis, when he went to call her at
4- o'clock to prepare his breakfast.
She had evidently started to arise
and was sitting on the edge of the
bed when she fell back dead from |
heart failure. She had been visit
ing friends the day before and re
tired early, telling her son she felt
tired.
She was a member of the OkaJo
na Baptist church and leaves four
children to mourn herdeath: Mrs.
Lillie Newsom, of Strong. Willis
H., of Huttig, Bonner and Theo j
Roy. of Little Rock.
The funeral was held from the
late residence on Railroad street at
1 1 o’clock Friday morning, Rev.
E. F. Cole officiating and interment
was in Harper Springs cemetery.
Huttig School Opens.
The public school of Consoli
lated district No. 60 opened last
Vlonday morning with an enroll
nent251 pupils, divided as follows:
-irst grade 34, second 34, third
48, fourth 43, fifth 16, sixth 25,
seventh 17, eighth 10, high school
24.
Talks were made at the opening
sxercises by Rev. A. Turrentine,
Prof. A. J. Dowis and C. A. Berry.
\ number of parents were present
Dut not as many as should have
3een. Every parent having a child
n the school should attend the
;hapel exercises at least once a
nonth and visit the school after
wards.
The Dead Language*.
Greek and Latin are ull right In their
way, but they don’t weigh much in the
way of gaining for us the common ne
cessities of life, such as meat and
milk—or nuts and noodles—according
to one’s proclivities. Modern Engpcdi
Is what we really need ant} v e waste
our time in trying fp av'-dWe it through
the Greek ami Latin route- About the
only thing a knowledge of Latin can
do for us is to enable us to read the
doctor's prescription—and perhaps the
loss wo know about that, the better off
we’ll he. Then if we know Greek we
nan tell our children wliat kind of a
cork screw (lie word “'foovk'' rescue
hies in the origin—and uf what value
is that*—jii*ch«ugo,
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Em—Oh. ves; an eleventh hour \\\
citation from Jack to go to toe thea
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It* Compensation.
“Money Is nothing hut trouble."
“That may he, hut it is the <ud> Mud
uf trouble that is bins) to burrow,*
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A man need not be declared bankrupt by court or
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long years you have had the health and strength to earn a
good salary, but now have nothing to show for it you are a
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