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HUTTIG NEWS.
DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS AND UNION COUNTY.
VOL. X. NO. 48
HUTTIG. ARKANSAS. SATURDAY. MARCH 31. 1917.
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PRICE. $1 PER YEAR
FOUR BIRXtD 10 DEATH
When Home of 0. W. Nowell at Old landing
is Destroyed by fire.
John Q. Barlow, aged 66 years.
8 months and 19 days, his wife.
Rhoda. aged 54 years. 4 months
and 10 days, and their daughter,
Areola, aged 17 years, 9 months
and 24 days, were burned to death
and G. W. Howell fatally burned
in the fire that destroyed the home
of Mr. Howell at Old Landing on
the Ouachita river five rmles east
of nere et 6 o'clock Saturday
morning. March 24, 191?.
Mr. and Mrs Barlow, who are
Mrs. Howell's parents, arrived here
just one week before from their
home at Glancy, Miss., on a visit
with their daughter, ?nj are
survived by four other children,
Homer, Wayne. Lucian and Katie.
Mr. Howell had arisen to start a,
fire in a stove to the room occupied
by the Barlows and was using gas
oline out of a can which exoloded.
throwing burning oil all over the
bed clothing on the beds in which
they were sleeping and himself.
* causing the room to become a
roaring furnace in a moment. Mr.
Howell rushed from tire house and
jumped into the river about thirty
yards distance from the house, but
he was so badly burned about the
face and lower limbs that he died
at 6 o'clock Sunday morning. Mrs.i
Howell and their two small chil
dren were in an adjoining room and
escaped without injury in their
night clothes.
I he limbs and arms ot all those
who perished, in the fire were
entirely burned off apd their bodies
burned to a criso anfl all three
buried in one grave in the Huttig
cemetery late Saturday afternoon.
The remains of Mr. Howell were
laid to rest at 10 o’clock Monday
morning.
A certain section fmvm
that one of his men lmd r
in his pail. lie questioned t
"Yes; me got lots rabbilj
smiling reply.
"John," tlie foreman said,
me rabbit tomorrow.”
John promised he wouh
next day I lie foreman recoil
• tion and ate it with relisl
became curious as to wlier
It.
•‘Say, John,” lie inquired,
W. H. Moore, Recorder.
Stock Law.
In talking to parties, on Saturday I
last, in El Dorado, it seems that!
there is a wrong impression in
some localities regarding my ac
tion in the legislature relative to
the Stock Law.
1 did nothing except what 1
promised the people during the
county canvass last spring. At
that time 1 said this. ‘ Personally, 1
was neither for nor against a stock
law, but if you send me to the
legislature 1 would endeavor to
pass a law submitting the question
of a stocl^ law to the voters of
Union County, for then to vote
upon at a special election a^ to
whether they wanted a stock law
or not.”
1 passed a measure of this kind
through the House, it was defeated
the Senate. I only redeemed
my promise, believing such a
measure to be Democratic.
Respectfully,
T. J. Babb.
Potash from Pine Waste.
Revival of the potash industry in
America through utilization of the
waste products of Soutnern pine
saw mills is foreshadowed in the
arrival in New Orleans last week
of a party of chemical experts from
the Western states, who are now
•making a tour of this section se
Jecting availables sites for opera
tions. Tentative contracts
have been entered into with a
number of manufacturers for the
entire surplus output of their
plants, and indications point to ex
tensive developments along this
line in the near future.
The, production of ' potassium
carbonates, or potash, from woods,
is one of the oldest of purely chem
ical industries, and was fairly ex
tensive as far back as fifty years
ago in the United States, Russia
and Canada. The rapid develop
ment of the well-known Stassfurt
potash deposits after 1870 had an
immediate effect on the production
of potash from wood ashes, how
ever, so much so that within twen
ty years'the amount produced in
this way was not half the world’s
production.
The industry in America was
slowly undermined until at* the
present time the amount of "pearl
ash" or refined "potashes," made
either in the United States or Can
ada, is insignificant. Ashes are still
used for fertilizer to a small ex
tent; farmers often lixiviate them
to produce a lye for soft soap; and
an industry still exists for making
commercial potash, but it is very
small. Before the war practically
all our potash was coming from the
Stassfurt mines, giving German
Kali syndicate a virtual monopoly.
Present conditions in the world's
commerce have made necessary
the subtitution of something to re
place the German potash whose
importation has been cut off. To
a small degree, potash oDerations
have within the past two years
been undertaken in several parts of
the country, but the plan recently
evolved for using yellow pine waste
is the most extensive yet under
taken. and promises immense pos
sibilities of development for the
South.
State of Ohio. City of Toledo,
Lucas County, ss.
Frank J. fcheney makes oath that he
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 tirni will pay tiie
.sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for
each and every case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by the use of HALL'S
CATARRH CURE. FRANK J. CHENEY
Sworn to before me and subscribed
in my presence, this 6th day of Decem
ber. A. D. 1886. A. W. GLEASON,
(Seal) Notary Public.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken Intern
ally and acts through the Blood on the
Mucous Surfaces of the System. Send
for testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, O.
Sold by all druggistsr 75c.
Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Notice.
Notice is hereby given that the
firm of Reagan & Henderson of
Huttig, Ark., has been this day
dissolved and that 1 will not be re
sponsible‘for the firm's debts be
yond this date. I will continue to
buy cattle. Robt. Henderson.
February, 19, 1917. Lillie, La.
The fire fiend Says:
Oft in the stilly night,
Ere slumber's chain has found me,
1 hear the fire gong tell
Of peoples' troubles 'round me.
I wonder why a man
Will take a chance so slim.
That fire can come to other folks,
But never visit him.
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Civilian Training Camps.
Major Genenal John J. Bershing,
U. S. Army, commanding the
Southern department, which in
cludes the states of Arkansas. Ok
lahoma, Louisiana, New Mexico
and Arizona, has accorded an in
terview to the press, in which he
has given an outline of his policy
j and plans with reference to the
Civilian Training camps to be held
in the Southern department during
the coming summer.
The Genera! stated in substance,
as follows:
Under the terms of the National
Defense act, which became a law
on June 3, last, the Civilian Train
ing camps became a part of our
national military establishment.
The object of these camps, ae
announced by the war department,
is twofold. First: It is the inten
tion to instruct and train the citi
zens of the country in the use of
arms, and to teach them the true
military history and policy of the
United States, and second: It is
the intention to prepare those de
siring to become officers of volun- i
teers during war, to perform in a
proper manner the duties which;
will fall to them.
These camps are open to all!
male citizens of the United States
between the age of 1 8 to 55. with
the restriction that those beyond
the age 45 may attend only when
no expense is incurred by the gov- 1
ernment because of their attend
ance. It is absolutely required
that all attendants be men of good
character and standing in their re
spective communities: that they be
physically sound, and that they
have at least the equivalent of a
high school education. .
The government furnishes trans
portation 1 o t le at e d nts from lis
home to camp and return, subsist
ance and uniform while at camp,
and all such things as tents, cots,
blankets, etc., necessary for his
well-being.
Methodist Church Services.
The following services will be
Reid 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.. Junior League at 3:00
p. m. Epworth League at 6:30 p.
m. A cordial invitation is extend
ed to all to attend these services.
Rev. A. Turrentine Pastor.
No. 666
This ii a prescription prepared especially
for MALARIA or CHILLS &. FEVER.
Five or six doses will break any case, and
if taken then as a tonic the Fever will not
return. It acts on the liver better than
Calomel and does not gripe or sicken. 2$r
What it Costs to fire Big Guns.
Every time Uncle Sam fires a
torpedo, zip! zip! two houses and
lots!
Eleven men must work a year at
the average American wage to pay
the price thereof.
A single broadside from the
deadnaught Arizona means the in
come of the average workman for
25 years!
That's the way our money will
be shot away in case of war with
Germany.
A 14-inch shell weighs 1.400
pounds and costs $ZOO.
A 12-inch shell, already consid
ered one of our "smaller" shots,
' costs $600.
The Arizona has 12 14-inch
guns, all of which, together with
some of her smaller cannons, can
be fired a& once—at a cost of $15.
000.
Ten 14-inch shells or one tor
pedo are counted on to sink a bat
tleship.
The cost is the same for ammu
nition- $7,000.
But the torpedo is the cheaper
way because of the lessened ex
pense of firing: also the lesser risk.
jA torpedo is really an electric
launch: it leaves the torpedo tube
with the propellers working and
will keep on going ti toe motor
runs down unless it hits it nmk.
When it hits bang!
It is fitted with a gyroscope, to
keep it steady in i s course, ard
two propellers moving in opposite
direction. The motive power, is
electricity or comp-essed air.
Torpedo parts are guaged to as
Tear exact size ' as possible two
ten-thousandths of an inch. It is
as delicate a mechanism as the
machines that record earth trem
ors.
Compared to a torpedo, a wrist
watch is as delecate as a coal wag
on. '
* Copper and nitroglycerine are
what make torpedoes costly.
There are cannon shells that
cost more than torpedoes.
The German 4‘2-centimeter shell
cost $9,000.
A rifle cartridge costs a nickel.
That shows the relative import
ance of the rifle in modern war.
Fourteen-inch guns throv pro
jectiles 14 to 16 miies. They will
pierce a 1 1 -inch Krupp steel plate j
at seven miles.
Twelve-inch guns will shoot just
as far, lut v ill pi>r.e ;ht 11-inch
plate only at five mues.
When big gu is are fired every
man on the battleship has to stuff
his ears with cotton, and touch the
deck with his toes and fingertips,
keeping his month open. This is
to prevent broken bones and lost
teeth.
RUB OUT PAIN
with good oil liniment. That's
the surest way to stop them.
1 he best rubbing liniment is
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Horses, Mules, Cattle, Etc. j
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Pains, Rheumatism, Sprains, j
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T. J. Babb for Delfcjalc.
In this issue appears the an
nouncement of Hon.‘ T. J. Babb of
El Dorado as a candidate for dele
gate to the Constitutional conven
tion from Union county, subject to
the action of the D- mocratic pri
mary to be held Satrrday. April 14.
Mr. Babb is well known to the
majority of the voters of the coun
ty and needs no introduction at our
hands. He is at present' the rep
resentative of the county in the
lower house of the general assem
bly and his record during the re
cent session speaks for itself.
This is an important position and
one that calls for rr^en who have
studied the needs of the state and
understand them thoroughly. Mr.
Babb's experience in the legisla
ture has fitted him along this line
and he will appreciate your suoport
on the 14th.
Notice.
The Union Saw Mill Company
j will pay $50.00 as a reward to any
j one, not in its employ, who will fur
nish information from which any
' oerson shall be convicted of depre
| dating or trespassing upon the tim
ber of said Company.
This 1st, day of February. 1906.
Union Saw Mill Co.
By F. W. Scott,
S**"". and Treas
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