THE HUTTIG NEWS.
DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS AND UNION COUNTY.
VOL. VII. NO. 1 2
HUTTIG. ARKANSAS. SATURDAY. JULY 12. 1913.
PRICE. $1 PER YEAR
Advice on Farm Drainage.
A matter o' great importance in
farming is farm drainage. There
are very few farms in Arkansas
that do not need drainage. Many
good farms have a few low
wet spots, and too often they
are allowed to grow up in weeds,
briers and bushes, until eventually
they become veritable thickets,
and make ugly spots on the farm
and a detriment to farming opera
tion. If you have any such spots
on your farm, take them out. It
will pay you well.
The best way to get rid of wet
spots is to use tiling and tile drain
them. If you don’t do that, then
do the next best thing and drain
them with open ditches By
all means get the water off. and get
the low wet spots in cultivation.
After you have cut the ditches,
plow the land deep ih the fall. By
plowing deep you will lower the
water level and it will help to dry
out the wet spots. A good wav to
do farm ditching is to use a small
road grader. The "Glide” or the
"Century" will do good work. By
using the road grader you can make
a wide and shallow ditch. In cul- j
tivating your land you can plow
across the ditch, and after each
breaking or cultivation, you can run
a middle buster down the bed of
the ditch and always keep it clean
and ready for service.
Tile or underground drain
age, is far better than any other)
kind. A six or eight inch tile drain )
will carry off a surprising amount
of water, much more than an open
ditch of greater dimensions, be
cause the tile works on the princi
ple of a siphon, to a certain extent.
The tile tends also to lower the
water level, and leaves the low land
so that it can be cultivated sooner
after a rainfall than the highland.
As a rule from ten to twenty
five per cent of every farm needs
tile drainage. The owners neglect
to drain it because the expense is
heavy, when in fact two crops would
make enough difference to pay for
it, and often one would do it; and
yet the owners go on year after
year losing the benefits of gcoi
farming, and good crops.
Tile drainage also gives a circu
lation of air through ihe soil and
enlivens it, making it better for ^
crops. The soil holds more mois
ture and makes a greater amount
of plant food available for the crop.
In tile drainage the tile should be
large enough to carry off the water;
there should be a sufficient fall,
and the tile should be laid to an
absolute grade. These simple
rules observed will make tile drain
age a success and profitable any
where in Arkansas, where any
kind of drainage is needed.
I he peach shipping season is at
hand. Be sure to provide yourself
with enough crates and baskets.
Some of our strawberry growers
lost heavily by overlooking this
matter. Be careful about the
packing. Good packing and good
grading are essential to good prices.
Look out for the boll wevil. He
is here. Pick up the punctured
squares.
John H. Page, Com
missioner of Agriculture.
Calomel Is Bad
But Simmons' Liver Purifier is
delightfully pleasant and its action
is throrough. Constipation yields;
billiousness goes. A trial convin
ces. [In Yellow Tin Boxes Only]
Tried once used always.
Buys Sash and Door Plant.
The Bell Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
is the name of a new.company re
cently organized in West Monroe.
La., composed of C. C. Bell, former
ly of Huttig: O. O. Clark, of Mon
roe; W. E. Clark of Strong and
several other Monroe parties. The
company has a capital stock of
$50,000 all paid in and have taken
over the plant of the Monroe Mill
Work and Supply Go. They will
manufacture sash and doors, and
run a planing mill and lumber yard
in connection. Mr. Bell will be the
general manager and O. O. Clark
the president of the new company.
How Foolish.
To suffer from Skin Diseases Itch
Eczema, Ringworm, etc) when one
50c box of “Hunt's Cure" is posi
tively guaranteed to cure or your
money promptly refunded. Every
retail druggist in the State stands
behind this guarantee. Ask your
druggist and see the guarantee with
each box You don't risk anything
in giving it a trial.
Mrs. fiobt. M. Harrison Dead.
Minnie, thebeloved wife of Robt.
M. Harrison, died at her home in
Bolding Sunday morning at 8 o'
clock after an illness lasting three
weeks. The deceased was a fine
Christian character and loved by
all who knew her. She leaves a
husband and several children to
mourn her demise. The funeral
took place Monday afternoon at
Harper Springs cemetery and was
largely attended.
Woman's Nome Mission Society.
The Woman’s Home Mission
Society met in open session with
Mrs. W. A. Hemphill, at her cozy
little home on A street Monday
afternoon. The devotional exercises
were conducted by Mrs. Cargill, a
number of interesting readings upon
the work were given, and a discus
sion of the scipture lesson was en
joyed by all present, eleven mem
bers present and the following
visitors were present Rev. and Mrs.
King, Mesdames, Cobb, Jeffus,
Durham, Moore, Sims, Greer,
Stephenson, Holtsford and Miss.
Bess Pollard, glad to have so many
visitors with us. Mrs. Jeffus and
Sims gave in their membership.
The hostess assisted by Miss
Pollard served delicious refresh
ments and all went away rejoicing
that they had been present regard
less of the excessive heat.
$5.00 Reward.
A reward of $5.00 will be paid
to the person who furnishes infor
mation as to who the miscreant
was that destroyed ‘h faucets on'
on the yard hydrants recently.
A. G. Fish, Supt.
New Rebekah Lodge Officers.
The following newly elected and
appointd officers of Huttig Rebekah
Lodg^No. 66 were installed on
last Monday night for the last half
of the year:
N. G.—Mrs. J. E. Greer.
V. G.—Miss Murray Pilkinton.
Secy.— Mrs. Ghas. Saxe.
Treas.—Mrs. H. H. Bayh.
Chap.- Mrs. Doshia Rayborn.
Warden—Mrs Florence Sharpe.
Cond. Miss Minnie Sehon.
R. S. N. G. Mrs. W. Chadwick.
L. S. N.G. —Mrs. H. Sharpe.
R. S. V. G.- Mrs. Geo. Waller.
•L. S. V. G.—Mrs. H. J. Welker.
1. G.— Mrs. A. J. Willey.
O. G.—Haywood Impson.
After the installation ceremonies
a social hour was pleasantly spent
and ice cream and cake served to
those present.
Librarian Wanted.
The position of Librarian will be
vacant July 1 st. Any one interest
ed, will kindly make application
immediately.
W. H. Wheler. President.
Hunt's Cure rapidly destroys Itch
ringworms. Itching Piles, Eczema.
Tetter and like troubles. Under its
ihfluence the diseased cuticle sca
les ofF leaveing a smooth white
healthy skin in its place. A wonder
ful remedy and only 50 cents a
box.
Ihe Fly.
The fly is only a little thing but
he is as unpopular as if he were a
trust. He is unpopular for thiee
reasons: 1 - Because he gets up too
early in the morning: and second,
because he hasn't been invited, and
third, because he does not keep his
feet clean.
The fly hasn't a thing to do in the
world and could well afford to sleep
until ten o'clock. Instead he gets
up at daybreak ana flys around the
| nearest bedroom like a French
| monoplane goirg after the Gordon
, Bennett cup. When he has finish
: ed 1,100 circuits he cools off by fiy
j ing 700 times around the exposed
ear of the person who supposes
himself to be sleeping in that room.
Then he sits down on the forehead
I of said-person and digs holes in his
skin with all the vim of a small boy
| excavating in a piano with a new
jack knife.
Because of these actions a great
many taxpayers wake at 5 a. m. en
tirely against their will and spend
the next three hours hating the fly :
and planning his ultimata ruin.
i ne ny uso auerius meaiswithout
being asked, spends long hours in
parlors, whose owners he does not
even know by name, and sneaks into
kitchens through leaky screen doors
and gorges himself on food intended I
for others. Because of this failing
a great many flies get thrown out of!
American homes. It is possible to'
throw a fly out of the house without
ruining him permanently, but very
few people take the trouble to prac
tice up in the art.
W orst of all is the fly's well known
carelessness about his feet. He is
the small boy of the insect tribe and
likes nothing better than to vrade
around knee deep in microbes and
then.track them all over the house.
Until the fly sleeps later, rings the
| door bell when visiting strangers.
! and soak his feet in carbolic acid
j each evening, he can never hope to
become popular in this country and
swatting him will continue to be the
great American exercise. By
George Fitch.
Missionary Union Meets.
The Woman's Missionary Union
met at the church Tuesday after
noon at the usual hour with thirteen
members present. The Bible les
son was taken from the New Test
ament and was very interesting.
The members are all pleased to
have Bro. and Sister King back
again. The Missionary Tea will
be with Mrs. W. H. Wheler next
Tuesday afternoon and every lady
is cordially invited to be present.
All Discarded Chinese Documents are Burned.
The Chinese look upon every bit
of writing and printing it Chinese
characters as sacred. They would
consider it a sacrilege to step on
written or printed paper or to use
discarded manuscripts or newspap
ers as wrappers for provisions.
The fact that the Chinese charac
ters were used by his ancestor
causes them to be venerated by
the Chinaman, more particularly
those characters which enter into
the names of Chinese saints.
In Chinatown, San FranciscOj is a
sacred furnace which is utilized
solely for the purpose of burning
discarded letters, manuscripts and
newspapers. Three times every
week a collector calls at each Chi
nese dwelling and takes away all
cast off literature which has been
folded neatly and put aside in a safe
place pending his arrival.
The furnace stands before the
altar of a "joss” or god, and every
day the custodian burns, the sack- j
fuls of paper which have been j
brought there.
No discrimnation in regard to
class or rank is used. The papers
of the Door beggar, together with
those of the wealthy mandarin
whilst the love letters of the Chi
nese belle are consigned to the
same flames as prosaic bill for pro
visions and printed advertisement
slips.
Once intrusted to the care of the
collector, not one of thr* documents
is over looked, so there is no danger
of the disclosure of some cherished
love secret or important affairs of
state.
When burned the ashes are taken
out in a special boat and consigned
to the sea.
The emperor of China had his
private joss house in which the
royal letters were collected and
burned by a priest. Jn Canton,
Pekin and other large Chinese
towns there are a great nnmber of
these sacred furnaces, owing to the
colossal amount of literature which
has to be consigned ever day to
the flames.—Tit Bits.
Services at Union church Sun
day will be as follows: Sunday
school at 10 o'clock a. m.: preach
ing at 1 1 a. m. and at 7:30 p. m.;
B. Y. P. U. at 4 o'clock p. m.
Everybody is urged to attend any
of these services.
Huttig News for $1 a year.
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St. Louis to S*. Paul
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including the $28,000,000 Keokuk
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ashore. Every mile and minute of
vour trip is filled with pleasures and
scenes new to you.
The Upper Mississippi steamers are
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able, electric lighted,ventilated state,
rooms, and meals that you will enjoy.
Get up a party
from your town and plan a vacation
trip from 2 to 10 days on one of these
floating hotels. The Missouri Pacific
Iron Mountain offers the best service
to St. Louis where direct connections
are made with the Upper Mississippi
River Steamers. Get illustrated
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