THE HUTTIG NEWS
DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS AND UNION COUNTY.'
VOL. VIII. NO. 23
HUTTIG. ARKANSAS. SATURDAY. 0CT01ER 10. 1914.
PRICE. $1 PER YEAR
The Agricultural Colleges.
The farmers of Arkansas have
four district agricultural colleges
to which they can send their bovs
and girls, where they can receive a
practical and useful education in
farm and domestic life, and at the
same time get the advantage of
literary training, and the farmers
should send their children to these
schools. It will cost but little for a
boy or girl to attend one of these
colleges ror a term, and 1 am sure
if the boy or girl attends one tern
there will be extra efforts,made to
seed them through until they grad
uate. The boys and girls whe
graduate from these colleges can
go back on the farm better equipp
fed for useful service, and better
able to make farm life more pros,
perous, happier, and more attrac
tive. 1 speak from personal knowl
edge when 1 tell you of the great
advantages ihese agricultural col
leges can give your boys and girls.
We need the highest degree of
intelligence on the farms, and
nothing will pay bigger and better
returns on the farm than an agri
cultural education. The boy who
has an agricultural education a d
goes back on the farm with his
father’s wisdom, knowledge and
experience to help him, w 11 make
a good farmer nine times out cf
ten. We cannot say that nine out
of ten farmers are good farmers
now. We all know that. So strain
a point to send your boys to one of
these colleges.
One of the splendid features of
an agricultural education is the
knowledge obtained in regard to
stock breeding and stock raising.
Arkansas must immediately turn
her attention to stock if we are go
* TntfW proSpW *s W# should. Ths
time is coming when we will make
our mark in stock raising, and now
is the time to give the boys an edu
cation that will enable them to do
their best. Other states are ad-1
vancing along this line, and if we
educate the boys we can keep pace
with them.
One of the col'eges is located at
Russellville; one at Monticelio; one
at Jonesboro, and one at Magnolia.
Write to the agricultural college at
either place and ask for informa
tion. Thev will tell you the cost.
They are all maintained by the
state, and you are a taxpayer.
Take advantage of the opportuni
ty. They are all good schools.
Take your choice, but try and send
your boy or girl to one of them.
John H. Page,
%Commissioner of Agriculture.
Methodist Church 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 7:30 p. m. by
the pastor. A cordial invitation is
extended to all to attend these
services.
Rev. J. R. Rushing. Pastor.
The Magic Washing Stick.
‘‘The Magic Washing Stick is
just fine. It did just what you said
it would do and the clothes were so
nice and white with all that hard
rubbing left off,” writes Mrs. Sarah
Goodale. Preston, Texas. The
Magic Stick is not a soap nor a
washing powder. Sold by grocers
and druggists, three 10c sticks for
25c. or by mail from A. B. Richards
Medicine Co., Sherman. Tex. •
Arkansas at the Panama Exposition.
Exceedingly generous is the sup
port being given the Arkansas Pan
ama-Pacific Exposition Commission
by the railroads of the state, and if
all lines of business will do like
wise, there will be ample funds to
erect the building and exhibit there
the greatest collection tf any state
participating in the big international
exposition.
The railroads of Arkansas have
supplied tr insportation for ti e field
agents of the Commission without
cost. They have also secured free
transportation to »San Francisco
for all material to be used in the
erection of the Arkansas building.
This material has been donated ty
the lumbermen of Arkansas, ar.d
means a saving of about $15,000
in the erection of the Arkansas
ouilding, which is to be one of tl e
most beautiful at the Exposition.
A picture of this building will ap
pear in this paper within the next
few weeks.
Arkansas Farmers Move Frequently.
In compiling data for the last
Federal census, the enumerators
asked every farmer in Arkansas
this question: "Flow long have you
lived on the farm you now occupy?"
This question was answered by
1 94,798 of the 214,678 farm op
erators in this state. More than
75,000 stated that they had occu
pied their farms only one vear or
less: 47.530 from 2 to 5 years:
30,538 from 5 to 9 years, and 39,
697 ten years and over. The most
restless class of people in this state
is the tenant who operates his farm
on the share basis.
An official of the Federal Census
Bureau, in discussing the report
recently issued by the government
dealing with thd term of occupan
cy of farms in the United States,
said:
"This frequency of moving from
farm to farm, or instability of occu
pancy, very likely forms one of the
chief causes for the decline of rural
prosperity, or is a hindrance to
greater progress. Frequency of
removal of farmers results in gen
eral shiftlessness; the roads and
bridges are generally in a poor con
dition because the farmers, moving
at frequent ^erfo'cfiri.re partte
ularly interested in their upkeep.
I Farm buildings of such farms are j
not usually kept in good repair, as '
the farmer who is about to move j
will leave the repairs for the next!
tenant to make. The same rea
sons will apply for lack of interest’
by the ’unstable' farmer in the i
schools, churches and general wel
fare of the community. Tney ;
move frequently; they do not re
main on a farm long enough to get
the best results from it, conse
quently they are usually In a poor
financial condition.”
A factory on the Farm.
A silo is a factory on the farm
and therefore lends itself to co-op
eration of the commercial and ag
ricultural interests. The farmer
gets the profit of both producer
and consumer.
We need more of these twin
agencies of prosperity on the farms
of Arkansas and businessmen can
not render a better service to their
communities than in encouraging
the building of silos. The silo is a
great business educator. It arous
es the spirit of enterprise, devel
ops business ingenuity and awakens
the joy of ownership.
A farmer can build a silo for two
or three hundred dollars, and it
will, under ordinary conditions, pay
a dividend of 40 per cent where it
' is run to capacity.
I
Skin Disease Cured.
Your druggist guarantees tore
turn your money if Hunt's Cure
fails to cure skin disease, itch, ec
zema, tetter, ringworm and other
forms of skin trouble. Also fine
for piles, old sores. Costs nothing
if it fails to cure. Give it a trial.
Notice.
The Union Saw Mill Company
will pav $50.00 as a reward to any
one, not in its employ, who will fur
nish information from which any
Derson shall be convicted of depre
dating or trespassing upon the tim
ber of said Company.
This 1 st, day of February, 1906.
Union Saw Mill Co.
By F. W. Scott,
Secy, and Treas
TlfOS. ELMORE LTCEY,
St. Louis, Mo.
Mr. Lucev, the famous humorist,
Arill lecture at Union church Mon
day night. October 9th. this being
tne first number of the Lyceum i
cource for the benefit of the School
‘Improvement Association.
School Hoard Meeting.
The joint school boards of the
new consolidated district. No. 60.
met on last Tuesday night with
Prof. A. J. Dowis and Prof. W. M.
Lacy present and made the neces
sary arrangements to carry on the
two schools this term. F. W.
Scott was elected president and
W. H. Moore secretary of the jointj
board.
On account of the congested
condition of the primary depart
ment of the Huttig schoqj it was
decided for the best interests of
the pupils to let half of them at
tend in the morning and half in the
afternoon. THfo fa an
city schools, as the best educators
figure that a young child becomes
so fatigued by long hours that more
harm is done than good.*
A committee was appointed to see
if a music room could be rented
near the school building so that the
upstairs room could be enlarged
to make room for the aduitional
desks necessary to care for the
pupils and also to insure more
quiet.
Thirty new desks were ordered
for the Huttig building and a new
stove for the Harper Springs build
ing. _
New Library Board Elected.
At the annual meeting of citi
zens held at Union church on last
Monday night the following board
of trustees for the Huttig Public |
Library were elected to serve one i
year: Mesdames C Howard, R.
W. Cargill and D. M. Clowney, and
Messrs. L. F. Magee, W. H. Moore
and J. B. Crockett.
The by-laws of the Association
were amended, making the mem
bership fee 10 cents a month and
no one but members can take books j
from the library until the monthly
fee is paid. This action was made
necessary in order to raise funds
with which to pay the librarian and !
make the institution self sustaining, !
The new board will meet, in the
library on next Monday evening «at
7:30 for the purpose of electing
officers.
Autum In the White River Country.
Each of the seasons have their
peculiarly pleasing features, but an
autum day in the White River
Country possesses for the Nature- i
lover an almost irresistible charm.
When the leaves on all the hills
turn into flame, and the air gets
that wood-sm«ky, leaf-spicy, exhil
arating tang, the White River
'Country is a fit place for angels,
'let alone human beings. The
sports of fishing and hunting are at
their best. Afloat trip down the
James and Whit? Rivers in the
Fall season offers one of the most
delightful outings it is possible to
immagine. The Missouri Pacific
Iron Mountain has issued a folder
that describes this float in detai1.
Whether you think of taking a few
days off or not this folder will in
terest you. Ask the Peal agent
for a copy or write to J. G. Hollen
bedk, General Passenger Agent,
St. Louis.
Rcpo'l of Huitiy School.
Number of tardies during tl e
first week:
Room 1 Kenneth Atrip. 1: Ve
atress Atnip, 1; Anna Benson, 1;
Mack Benson. 1: Bessie Bozeman,
2; Haze! Ethridge, 1 : Ivy Harris, 1;
Edith Mullins. 1; Paul Mullins. 1;
Carrie Thompson. 1; Hood Wil
liams 4. Total, 15.
Room 2 —Ruby Phillips. 1; Eula
May Shugart, 1; Lawson Sims, 1.
Total. 3.
Room 3 GUdys Benson. 1 ; Hel
mer Benson, 1 ; Isabel Benson, 3:
Opal Ellis, 1 : Mt-da Green. 1: Ver-,
line Heard. 2: Robert Holtsford. 3:
Anna May Perritt. 4: Clara Per
ritt, 4; Aline Thompson, 1. Total!
21.
Room 4—Rui,h Phillips, 1:'
Gladys Terrell. 1. Total.?..
The second week is showing con ,
siderable improvement, and we
hope that by Monday there will be
no one tardy unless detained by
unpreventable circumstances.
Wednesday our enrollment had
reached a total of 1 90. The pri
mary room will not seat all the pu j
pils enrolled in that department, so I
the Board of Directors have di
vided the day between the two
sections of the First Grade. The
Primer section will have the fore
noon and the First Reader section
will have the Afternoon.
The Board will have a shipnnent
All of our bocks have not come,
but we are expecting the balance
of the shipment to be here in a few
days. The teachers and pupils are j
working hard and the Board andi
parents are taking a great interest,
in the school. With desks and;
books for all. our school is going to
be one of the best in the sta .e.
A. J. Dowis. Principal.
Information Mum! Arkansas farms.
Arkansas has 214.678 farms.
Of this number 107.412 are oper
ated by owners and managers and
107.266 by tenants.
Fifty per cent of the farms of
this state are operated by owners
and managers and 50 per cent by
tenants.
The farm home owners and man- i
agers of Arkansas cultivate 4.928,- j
000 acres of land and the tenants '
till 5,148.000 acres.
The valuo of the land and build- j
ings of the tenant farms of this1
state is $ 1 1 6.844.000; that of the !
home owners and managers is
$192,322,000.
The Magic Washing Stick.
“The Magic Washing Stick is the
finest thing in the world. Gleans]
the clothes without rubbing makes j
the whitest clothes 1 ever saw. 1
cannot do without it «iny more. All]
you say of it is true, it does all you j
say it will. I would give it for i
nothing 1 have ever used. 1 hope I
every lady will try it," writes Mrs.!
W. F. Gammill, Ashdown. Ark.
This peculiar article is sold by gro
cers and druggists, three 10c
sticks for 25c, or by mail from A.
B. Richards Medicine Co.. Sher
man, Texas.
C. D. Barton & Sons
INDtBIAKEKS
& EMBALMERS
We keep a complete stock of
Coffins, Caskets and Robes
We can send a Licensed Em
balmer any time.
DAY PHONE 124. • NIGHT 208-47
EL DORADO, ARK.
You knew of a farm that would sell tomorrow for half
price, for cash, could you buy it?
If you had the chance today to buy stock at less than
face value in the best paying business in Union county,
could you invest?
If by investing a few hundred dollars in a safe and
well-paying business you could double your money within
a few years, could you take advantage of the opportunity?
If you knew of a bunch of cattle that you could buy
today arid make a profit of $ I 00 or $200 on within the next
week, could you buy them and take the profit?
Determine to start today to get ready for your oppor
tunities by opening ud an account and depositing everything
that you can do without with us.
Interest Paid on Time Deposits.
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NEILL C. MARSH
Lawyer
Practice in AH Courts. Rooms 15 and
1 6, Postoffice Building
DR. G. SURGHNOR
MONHOE, LA.
Specialist on Diseases of Eyf, Far,
Nose and Throat.
Adenoids and Tonsils Removed.
Glasses Correctly Fitted.
DRS. MAGEE & MAYFIELD
Physician* and Surfeons
At Company Hospital
Office. Hour*—8ioi2a.ni., I to B p m
(Sundays—0 to 11 a. m , 3 to 5 p. p.m
Residence Phone 12; office 18
teaser
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livery and Dray Business
Good Rigs on Short Notice and at
Reasonable Prices.
Graying, 40 cents per Single Load.
Special Rates Where a number of
Loads Are for Same Party.
T. F. ASHCROFT, Proprietor.
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