DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS AND UNION COUNTY.
VOL. VIII. NO. 47.
HUTTIG. ARKANSAS. SATURDAY. MARCH 27. 1915.
PRICE. $1 PER YEAR
Mrs. L. Hilliard Dead.
This community was shocked
Sunday evening when a telephone
message was received from Mon
roe stating that Mrs. Lizzie Hilliard
who had been taken to the St.
Francis Sanitarium there for treat
ment on Thursday of last week,
had died at 6 o’clock.
A letter and a telephone mes
sage received earlier in the day
stated she was getting along fine
and her sister who was nursing her
and the attending physician
thought she would be able to re
turn home within a week.
The trouble which caused her to
be taken to the sanitarium was in
the nature of an abscess on the
face. She had eaten a hearty din
ner and sat up and read during the
afternoon Sunday, being in excell
ent spirits over her improvement,
when late in the afternoon a com
plication arose affecting her respi
ratory organs and she was dead in
twenty minutes, despite all the
doctors and nurses could do for
her.
The deceased was born July 18,
1863, and had been a resident of
Huttig-almost continuously since
1906. She leaves one son, Albert,
one daughter, Inez, one sister, Mrs.
H. T. Goodwin, of Monroe, and
two brothers. Bismark and H. T.
Lipsey, to mourn her demise.
Mrs. Hilliard was one of those
home loving. Christian characters,
possessed of a kind and indulgent
disposition which made her loved
by all with whom she came in con
tact. She lived by the golden rule
and was an inspiration to right liv
ing to all who were intimately ac
quainted with her.
The funeral was held from the
home of her sister, Mrs. Goodwin,
in Monroe Monday morning, inter
ment taking place at Ghemere, La.,
at noon Monday, Rev. Miner
of the Methodist church officiating.
The bereaved relatives, espec
ially the children, have the sympa
thy of the entire community in
their dark hour and all will do what
they can to make their burden as
light as possible.
Preventative Ways of Controlling Insects
and Grass.
At this time there is much work
that can be done in the way of
cleaning out the hibernating places
of many kinds of insects, such as
the cut worm, potato beetle, boll
weevil, corn ear worm and num
bers of other insects that can be
killed out Dy burning the fence
corners, rotten stumps, old logs in
the field, ditch banks, and the ends
of the,rows that never been culti
vated. There will not be much re
quired in the way of work and time
at the present and much can be
accomplished now that will be of
untold value later on in the season.
We must remember that on every
farm at some time during the
growing season there is an occas
ion to have anxiety over the pres
ence of some sort of pest or insect.
Now is the time to make the first
and really the most important step
toward the prevention of these
pests. Burn out the fence cor
ers, ditches, old logs and stumps in
and about the fields. It will repay
you an hundredfold.
The above means of preventing
insects and crop pests is in reality
cultivation of the crop and should
be regarded as such. The best
farmers now are convinced that
cultivation begins long before the j
plants are up and follow that prac
tice. Aside from the killing out of
insects there is another reason for
early cultivation. Grass can be
controlled if we start early enough
and we cannot start early enough
unless we begin the cultivation of j
our corq, cotton and other crops!
before they come up. This culti
vation should be "1 me with a sec- j
tion harrow so as to cover a great
deal of ground in a short time and
because the harrow or cultivator
or weeder is really the best means
of killing out the young grass that
will be up and under way by the
time the crop comes up unless we
kill it out. A harrow or weeder
will not kill grass after it has had
the same start that the crop has.
A sweep and a hoe are the only
remedies we have left and too
many trips are required to the row
to be forced to depend on these
implements.
John H Page,
Commissioner of Agriculture.
De&ifKss Canuot Be Cured
y l'jcal applications, as they cannot
each tiio i.iseauod poruon of the ear.
ill re 13 only oaa Way t> cur.; deafness,
end ti.. i is by constitutional r medics.
Deafr. us i3 caused by a:i inflamed condi
tion of the mucous lining of the Eusta
chian Tube. When this tube is inilamed
you have a rumbling sound or imperfect
he ring, and when it is entirely closed.
Heaftu as is the result, and unless tiie in
flnmm'.tion can bo ta’ 1 cut and thi3
tube rtetored to its n rrrr 1 condition,
hearing will bo destroyed f rover; nine
cases cut of t n are caused by Catarrh,
which i3 nothing but an i-’flamed condi
tion cf the mucous surfaces.
V’e r 11 rlvoitno Hundred I oliars for any case of
Dr -'nr~3t :aev IbycaTarrliithatcannot boeuredly
Hali’a Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, f rue.
F. J. Cr’ EN’EY, & CO, Toledo, Ohio.
Bold by Drusryir.ta, 7‘c.
Tate Hall’# Family Fills for constlnation.
A/'v
School Teachers.
A school teacher is a person who
teaches things to people when they
are young. The teacher comes to
school at 8:30 o'clock, and when
she has gotten enough children for
a mess in her room, she teaches
them reading, writing, geogrraphy.
grammar, arithmetic, drawing,
cooking, board sawing, crocheting,
deep breathing, bird calls, scientif
ic sating, patriotism, plain and
fancy bathing, forestry, civics and
other sciences too numerous to
, mention. When school is out. she
I stays behind with five or six of her
worst scholars and tries to save
the State the job of reforming
j them later on. After that she
i hurries home to make herself a
| new dress and snatch a hasty sup
per before going back to attend a i
j lecture by an imported specialist
! on the history of tribal law in Pat
; agonia, which the superintendent
j thinks may give her some infor
mation which may be useful in her
school work some day. A great
many lecturers roam the country,
preying on school teachers, and
some of them are very cruel, talk
ing to them so long that tne poor
things have to sit up until morning,
when they get home, to get their
daily test papers corrected.
School teachers’ salaries range
from $30 a month up—but not far
enough up to make them dizzy. On
her salary, the teacher must dress
nicely, buy herself things for her
work which the district is too poor
to get. go to twenty-nine lectures
and concerts a year, buy helpful
books on pedagory, pay her way to
district, county and state institutes
and enjoy he-seif during a three
months' vacation which her salary
takes every year. In addition, the
teacher is supposed to hoard away
yast sums of money, so that when
she becomes too nervous and cross
to teach, at the age of about fifty
or thereabouts, she can retire and
live happily ever after on her in
come.— Philadelphia Bulletin.
Notice ot Election.
I
Notice is hereby given that an
election will be held in the incor
porated Town of Huttig, Ark., on
Tuesday, April 6. 1915, for the
purpose of electing a Mayor. Re
corder and five Aldermen to serve
for one year.
C. T. Thompson,
W. FT Moore, Mayor.
Recorder.
A bill was introduced in the
Massachusetts legislature which
would forbid the smoking of “to
bacco or any other substance in
pipes cigarettes or cigars or any
other form” anywhere in the state
except in the smoker’s own private
apartments.
Poorly-Paid Public. Life?
If every lawyer in the country
had an income equal to the amount
of money paid annually, directly or
indirectly, to the attorneys-at-ilaw
in the Sixty-Third Congress, for
tunately just ended, the annual in
come of lawyers would aggregate
at least $1,250,000,000. The
direct cost to the country, in mon
ey paid out. to the members in the
Senate and House of Representa
tives is more than $7,000,000 a
year. That sum does not include
the $5,000,000 spent for printing
and binding representing in a large
measure so called activities of
members of the two houses. It
includes salaries, mileagb, pay
ments to members’ clerks and oth
er perquisites, amounting in all to
about $10,000 each a year. In
the Sixty-Third Congress 289, or
63 per cent of the 434 members ol
the House of Representatives, anc.
75, or 76 p'er cent of the 96 mem
bers of the Senate were graduates
of the law. Their aggregate sala
ries were $2,730,000 and other
payments to or for them, which a
practicing attorney would include
in his income, aggregated $910.
000. a total of $3,640,000. How
many of these 364 graduates of
the law in Congress could have
possibly earned in legitimate prac
tice their profession $10,000 a
year? Else why are they willing
to draw Congressional salaries and
perquisities? Yet President Had
ley of Yale University thinks there
is a possibility of men starving in
public life. Manufacturers Record
Notice.
1 now have my Denmark stallion,
Black Squirrel, at the Union Saw
Mill barn where he will make the
season of 1915. 1 solicit your
patronage. Terms $16 00 for foal
i n s u re a:'
To get the news read The News I
Why the Date of Easier Is Movable.
Inasmuch as Easter may come
as early as March 22 or as last as
April 25 the time of Lent varies
accordingly. This year Easter
falls on April 4. Next year it will
not come until April 25.
From both a religious and an as
tronomical point of view it is some
thing of a anomaly that, although
the anniversary of Christ's deith
may fall on any one of thirty-five
dates, the anniversary of his birth
is always on the same. Tnis is be
cause of our having adopted the
solar year as the basis of our cal
endar; we at the same time, cling
to the lunar year merely to estab
lish one date.
It is a mystery why, when the;
date of Christ’s birth was fixed as
Dec. 25, some dates in April were
not at the same time settled upon
as those of His death and resur
rection. That would have been
logical ahd would have banished
from the calendar a lunar cycle
that has long been abandoned by
all civilized people.
Basing their calcu'ations upon j
the assumption that Christ was
crucified on the 14th day of March,
moon astronomers tell us His
death was probably on April 7, of
the year 30 of the Christian era.
The first Sunday after April 7
wou’d therefore appear to be a
consistent date to fix for Easter for ;
every year.
The Julian calendar being still in
use in Russia and Greece, their
dates are now twelve days differ
ent from ours.
The fixing of a definit^dHe for
Easter would require a decree
from the Pope, but there is no
doubt that the Protestant churches
would quickly follow the Roman
Catholic world in adopting it. That
would be all that would be neces-.
sary. as Easter is a purely relig
ious feast.
S HELLO GIRL’S BRAVERY
PRESENCE OF MIND ENABLES
CAPTURE OF ROBBERS.
Wires Are Cut, But She Is Resource
ful Enough to Overcome
Obstac e:».
Little Rock.—Ofticials of the f -nth
western Telephone company here
point with pride to the exploit of Miss
Clara Grassl, the operator heroine of
Andale, Kan., who recently saved the
bank in her town front a bold night
robbery. S. A. I Ane, division com
mercial superintendent, who has just
returned from the Bell company head
quarters at St. Louis, heard there the
story from an eye witness in the em
ploy of the Kansas company. lie gives
details of the exploit that were omit
ted by the dispatches in the papers at
the time.
"It isn’t everyone who can go to
sleep at the side of a switchboard on
a stormy night and wake up suddenly
and play the heroine,” said Mr. Lane
yesterday, “but that is what Clara
Grassl, Bell operator in the little town
of Andale, Kan., did. They say that
she was awakened by hammering on
MICS CLARA GRASSL,
Andale, Kan.
the door of the exchange. She also !
heard a noise in the street outside. A
man’s voice demanded admittance. |
This girl su ldenly decided that there
was mischief a foot. She reached for j
iter revolver and fired a shot through j
the door ‘just for luck.’ The intruder
went away.
“In a few moments Clara tele
phoned her fat.her of the incident and
he started from his home to the tele- i
phone exchange. In front of the bank *
he was turned hack by robbers on 1
guard outside. He hurried home and i
telephoned his daughter that the bank
was being robbed. She telephoned the
town marshal and a score of citizens.
“The robbers had cut the long-dis
tance wires, hut the resourceful ope
rator got connection with Wichita by
means of rural lines and notified the
police of that city.
“A battle was soon raging on the
streets of the little town that winter
night. The telephone exchange was
in tiie range of fire, but the operator
sat at her post and continued to call
for reinforcements.
“The robbers were routed and final- I
lv captured and the hank was saves!
through this girl’s coolness, resource- 1
fulness and heroism. 11 she would
say about the affair was that she had
done her duty. I regard her actions
of tlial night as an inspiration to
every toll-phone operator in the coun
try, yes, and to every young woman
who is working for a living. The
chance to do great things does not
lie alone in great cities or in centers
of activity. Telephone officials and
employes the country over are proud !
of cue -xamplo set by this young ope
ra'vx In time of danger and public
nee.1.”
CANADA RAISES PHONE, RATES.
Cal'yry, Alberta - Without notice
to the public., Canadian telephon?
rates in Alltrta wire recently raised
by the provincial government.
.-"The biggest jump is on the charges
for trank lines for private branch ex
changes, This has been boosted from
$- 0 to $lk a year. All other rates
have b. cn increased in amounts vary
ing from $4 per annum up to $14.
Notice Tax Payers.
AH taxes are due April 10th,
1915, the provisions of the Depos
tory Law compells me to report all
taxes delinquent, not paid to the
Collector by 12 o'clock, p. m..
April 10th. 1915, which will be
compiled with bv me.
J. M. Wallace,
Collector.
Mt tiiodist Church Services
The following services will be
held at Union church Sunday: Sun
fay school at 10:00 a. m. Preach
ng at 1 1 a. m. and 7:50 p. m. by
:he pastor. Junior League at 3:00
p. m. Epworth League at 6:30 p.
n. A cordial invitation is extend
ed to all to attend these services.
Rev. S. K. Burnett Pastor.
Notice.
The Union Saw Mill Company
will pay S50.00 as a reward to any
one, not in its employ, who will fur
nish information from which any
narson shall be convicted of depre
ciating or trespassing upon the tim
ber of said Company.
This let. day of February, 1906.
Union Saw Mill Go.
By F. W. Scott,
Secy, and Trear
FACT AND FANCY
j A third of the insane recover.
I Peking’s university is the oldest lr
I the world.
Superstition never keeps people
from accepting Vi for a dozen.
V\ hen you sing your own praises j
you are apt to pitch the tune too high.
Those who never do anything very !
bad seldom do anything very good
either.
To keep your enemies from know
ing any harm of you, don't let your
friends know any.
Bees are excellent weather prophets.
Xever caught in a shower, when they
return home it is a sure sign of rain.
The poor are discontented because
they can’t get all they want; the rich
because they can’t want all they get.
No. 10060.
REPORT OK THE CONDITION
of the
FIRST NATIONAL BANK Of HITTiG
At Huttig, In Ihe State of Arkansas, at
the Close of Business March
4th, 1015.
RESOURCES.
Loans and Discounts $56,948.83
Overdrafts unsecured .. 25 49
U. S Bonds deposited to secure circu
lation (par value) 6.250.00
Bonds. Securities,etc (other than stocks)
including premiums on same .. 1,485.26
Subscription to stock ol Fed
eral Reserve Eank SI ,700.00
Less amount unpaid 1,133.34 566.66
Banking house 2.488.85
Furniture, and Fixtures 1.502.66 3.991.51
Other Real Estate owned . 130.00
Due from Federal Reserve Bank _ 1,317.55
Due bom approved Reserve Agenls in
central reserve cities 4,137.96
Due trom banks and bankers iother than
above) 4,762.13
Outside checks and other cosh
Items $1,112.16
Fractional currency i 16.70 1,228.86
Lawful Money Reserve in Bank, vij:
Specie S5.766 00
Legal tender notes 440.00 6.206.00
Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer
(5 per cent of circulation) .. 312.50
Total . $87,353.77
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock raid in $95,000.00
Surplus fund 2,300.00
Undivided Profits $2,279.98
Less current expenses, in
terest, and taxes paid 1,175.21 1,104.77
Circulating notes ... 6.250.00
Demand deposits:
Individual deposits subject
to check S41.381.87
Certificates of deposit due
in less than 30 days 583.39
Cashier's checks outstand
ing . 564.26 42,529 32
Time Deposits:
Certificates of deposit due on or after 30
days - 175.94
Bills payable, including obligations re
presenting money borrowed . 10,000.00
Liabilities other than those stated above 3.7*
Total . 537.363.77
I St ite of Arkansas, County of Union, ss.
'1 ‘.; • • : . -;as.
en.i'.tr,
owfedge anil belief
s to the best of my knowledge 1
C T. THOMPSON. Cashier.
Correct—Attest:
F. W. SCOTT,
L A. RODIN E,
T. B. WEAVER.
Di'actors-.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 13lh day
of March, 1915.
F. W. MULKEY. Notary Public.
RECAPITULATION.
RESOURCES.
Loans and Discounts
Overdrafts .
U. S Bonds. Securities, etc ...
Stock in Federal Reserve Bank
Banking Hom e and Fixtures
Other Real Estate
Cash and Exchange
Redemption Fund .
S56.9'8.83
26.49
7.735.26
566 66
3.991 51
130.00
17,652.52
312.50 ,
Total . S87.363.77
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock paid in S25.000 Ad
Surplus fund and undivided profits 3.404.77
Circulation . 6,250.00
Bills Payable . 10.000.00
Deposits 42.705.26
Liabilities other than above stated 3.7 4
Total $87,363.77
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Money Makes Money
if planted in our bank. Keep in mind
that we are a bank that does things Ev
ery man can’t get rich, but every man
can save something. The only sure way
of saving money is by depositing it.
When it jingles in your pocket you want
to spend it. Your name would look weli
on our books. Gall and let us put it there
today.
Interest Paid on Time Deposits.
THE
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
HIITTIC. ARKANSAS
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