Batesville daily guard., April 25, 1916, Image 1

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VOLUME X.
THE PROSPERITY
OF OUR FARMERS
Kailroad Agricultural Commissioner
Says Great Things Are in Store
For Tillers tC the Soil.
No man is in closer touch with the
interests of the farm than the rail
road agricultural commissioner, and
a talk with one of them will tend to
dispel all the gloom that may accum
ulate if one is wont to look upon the
191 G crop prospects in Independence
with forebodings.
C. O. Carpenter, the industrious
and influential commissioner of the
Iron Mountain, spent a short time in
Batesville Monday afternoon, when
he came here to meet parties who are
in charge of the shipping arrange
ments incident to the marketing of
the strawberry crops in this section.
Mr. Carpenter found that those inter
ested in the berry industry had made
all the necessary preparations for the
marketing of their crops, which will
begin next week.
The commissioner speaks very op
timistically concerning the 1916 Inde
pendence county farmer. With favor
able weather, the average farmer
should he independent of the world
next fall, he states.
Something like $75,000 will come
into the county within the next two
months as a result of the berry crops,
and the commissioner states he finds
that the farmers this year plan to
plant more tomatoes, cabltage and
other products than they ever did Ite
fore, much of the vegetation Iteing
suitable for canning.
Especially does the commissioner
speak favorably concerning the farm
ers >n the Oil Trough section, where
last summer devastation was caused
by the overflow, which came at a time
when the farmers were in readiness
to gather and market their crons.
Many good farmers were forced to
leave the section in order to secure
employment, but with the coming of
another and favorable crop year
many of them are back at their old
p'aces. The unprecedented overflow
of last .January tended to strengthen
the land and make crop growing
easier. Many hundreds of acres of
grain were under water in January,
but no damage occurred as a result.
The farmers of the Oil Trough sec
tion and in communities adjacent to
Newark last year shipped about
twelve carloads of canned tomatoes.
This year they will ship thirty. Last
year they shipped 27 cars of wheat.
This year they will place 50 carloads
Just Received Complete Line of
LADIES
Skirts & Waists
AND
LADIES
Underwear,
Union Suits
and Vests
EDWARDS
BATESVILLE DAILY GUARD.
of the grain on the market. These
farmers have also increased their
acreage for potatoes and other food
crops.
According to the agricultural de
paitmcnt of the Iron Mountain, the
farmer at last is about to come into
his own. And this largely is due to
the railroad, too. which during recent
years has seen the importance of co
operating with the man who tills the
soil.
John L. Overton of Ash Flat, Sharp
county, was fishing with his hands in
Big creek. He thrust his hand under
a rock and thought he had a cat fish
or an eel, hut when he brought the
catch above water he discovered he
had a large water moccasin. Mr.
Overton not only returned the moc
cason to the creek, but showing his
regard for water moccasins in gen
eral, he gave the entire creek to the
snake.
At the recent primary Baxter and
Stone counties nominated county
treasurers. Both of the nominees are
named Joe Cooper, both are Tame and
both are school teachers.
‘ SMOKY DUNN OUT ON BAIL
Former Resident of Batesville Free
After Two Years' Fight in Ex
press Robbery Case.
For the first time in two years,
during which he has had a prelimin
ary hearing and two trials. W. W.
(“Smoky”) Dunn. charged jointly
with Homer Heard with robbing an
express car, Monday afternoon was
released from custody on bond in Lit
tle Rock. This was made possible by
the reduction of his bond Saturday
from $5,000 to $2,000. "Smoky"
Dunn will be remembered by many
citizens of Batesville who knew him
when he was in the employe of the
White River road as conductor and
resided in this city. Punn was arrest
ed in Apri, 1914. He was given a pre
liminary hearing and was in jail until
his first trial in November. 1914. He
wns convicted and sentenced to three
years in the penitentiary, and al
though he appealed, he was forced to
begin his sentence in the federal pen
itentiary at Atlanta because he could
not furnish bond.
The United States district court de
cision was reversed and Punn was re
turned to the Pulaski county jail to
await a second trial. This trial, held
last week, ended with the jury dis
ngreeing, and Punn was returned to
jail until his bond was furnished. The
bond was signed by Pr. H. Prothro
and George M. Heard, father of
Homer Heard.
No date has been set for a retrial
of the Dunn-Heard case.
BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS, Tl ESDAV EVENING, APRIL 25, 1916.
SAFE and SANE FARMING
The Extension Division of the University of Arkansas, co-op
erating with the United States Department of Agriculture, stands
emphatically for safe farming for all, but especially for the small
farmer. Failure to grow feed and food stuffs is not only unsafe
farming, but it is unpatriotic and disloyal to country and family.
The Extensive Division believes in rather larger farm units than
general in Arkansas, but it recognizes that the small farms may
lie handled more efficiently than at present. It, therefore, submits
the following plan for a forty-acre farm and also ten rules for
safe farming.
SUGGESTION FOR FORTY-ACRE FARM
CROPS.
10 acres Corn and Cowpeas.
2 acres Sudan Grass.
6 acres Oats and Lespedeza.
4 acres Peas t.nd Peanuts and Soy Beans.
1- acre Garden and Potatoes.
1 acre Sorghum and Syrup.
3 acres Permanent Pasture.
12 acres Cotton for cash, with crimson clover.
LIVE STOCK.
2 good Mares and Colts.
2 Milch Cows and Calves.
2 Brood Sows and Pigs.
50 Young Hens and Chicks.
TEN RULES FOR SAFE FARMING
1. Grow a good garden.
2. Keep plenty of live stock.
3. Save and use all manure.
4. Plan for a rotation crop.
5. Always plow something under.
6. Keep up soil fertility.
7. Save your own good seed.
8. Grow all grain and hay used.
9. Use cotton as a cash crop.
10. Don’t go in debt to make crop.
“Don't cut out the cotton." the Agricultural Department says,
“but plant your surplus acres in Cotton for your CASH CROP,
after raising every kind of FEED needed for the family and all
live stock," for—
“ What doth it profit a man to plant his whole farm in cotton,
and have to buy his meat, bread, other food and feed’’4
Union Bank & Trust Co.
STRONG FACTION
OPPOSING BREAK
•
German Government Is Said to Be
Ready to Make Concession*
to United States.
Washington, April 24 — Indications
that powerful influences in German
politics are opposed to severance of
diplomatic relations with the United
States are said to be contained in
confidential dispatches from Ambas
sador Gerard. Specialists and their
labor leaders -are said to be particu
larly adverse to any such move.
Other dispatches from Mr. Gerard
were said to contain strong intima
tions that the Berlin government
would make some concessions to the
United States. It is uncertain if the
concessions will lie sufficiently broad
to meet the American demands.
Mr. Gerard’s dispatches indicated
that Germany would go to great
lengths to preserve friendly relations
with the United States. Mr. Gerard
is said to have gained his views dur
ing conversations with Berlin offic
ials, including Foreign Minister von
Jagok.
His dispatches are said to empha
size the difficulties by which the Ger
man government is confronted in en
deavoring to find away to meet the
demand of the United States without
arousing the element which insists
upon a relentless submarine warfare.
The state department is awaiting a
dispatch from Mr. Gerard reporting
the result of a conference with Pr.
von Bethmann-Hollweg, imperial Ger
man chancellor.
Berlin, April 24—The American
ambassador was called by telephone
to the imperial chancellor's palace
this morning. He went immediately
and the conference with Dr. von
Bethmann-Hollweg lasted an hour
and ten minutes. When he came
from the conference Ambassador Ge
rard declined to give any informa
tion.
It is understood the German reply
to the American note will not be de-
I livered before the imperial chancellor
' has another opportunity of conferring
> with the emperor.
Many conferences have Uken plaee
। between the chancellor and thbae in
charge of submarine warfare.
NOBEL ROADWAY
IS BEING BUILT
—
Citizens of Batesville and Cave City
and Citizens En Route Co-oper
ate in Road Building.
The public road from Cave City is
the most traveled highway in the
county, andsit is over this route that
the greater part of Batesville's trade
comes. For a long time the farmers |
in I^wrence, Sharp. Izard and those I
in northern Independence county
have traveled this road, bringing
thousands of dollars annuallv to the
merchants of Batesville and little ef
fort was made during those years to
keep the highway in good shape.
But now the merchants of Bates
ville have awakened to the import
ance of road improvement, and are
donating liberally to the work of
making a model highway to connect '
this city with Cave City. In this t
work our merchants have the co-op- ;
eration of the Cave City merchants •
and citizens, and the farmers living I
en route. Through the efforts of Dr.
F. A. Gray. Dr. M. C. Weaver. W. A.
Edwards and IL C. Wade, this ad
vanced step has been made possible.
Two weeks ago these gentlemen
began circulating a subscription list
securing funds to apply to this im
provement. Five hundred dollars was
asked of Batesville. Three hundred
and fifty dollars of the amount has
been raised, with many more persons
to interview. Cave City is to raise
SSOO, and the citizens of that place
are donating liberally.
Already the road has been placed
in first class condition to Pfeiffer, a
distance of six miles, and some work
has been done by the farmers living
beyond that place.
Next week road experts from Lit
tle Rock will visit Batesville and con
duct a two days demonstration with
the road grader which is bemg held
by the county subject (o purchase. At
this time an effort will be made to
have many automobile parties to go
to the point where the grader will be
operated and witness the demonstra
tion. Judge Waldrip says every road
overseer in the eounty will be present.
Judge Will Horn of Sharp county
has assured Batesville citisens that
his county will continue the model
highway to Evening Shade just as
soon as it is extended to Cave City.
This move in the right direction
with modern road building should at
tract the interest of every wide
awake citizen, and the spirit should
not die until toads are built ull over
Independence county just like the one
that will be a monument to the pro
gressiveism of Batesville and Cave
City citizens and tne industrious
farmers who live along the route.
ALUMNI PROGRAM.
Interesting Program to Be Carried
Out By High School Alumni
Next Friday Evening.
Following is a program to lie ren
dered by the Batesville High School
Alumni at the Hail Auditorium next
Friday evening at 8 o'clock:
Scripture reading and prayer, Jas.
W. Jenkins.
Song. Grammar School Glee Club.
Reading, Eileen Thomas.
Declamation, Virgil Butler.
Vocal Solo, Thurston Alexander.
Debate. Affirmative. Dr. Ball;
negative. Jared Trevathan.
Duet, Misses Mary and Vera Moore.
Locals, Mary Kennard.
Reading, Cecile Shelby.
Music, Mae Halfacre.
A LETTER FROM HAITI *
Independence County Young Man of
Two Years' Experience in Army
Use Writes to Friends.
Le Trou, Haiti, April 2. 1916.
Editor Guard—Will you please
spare space for this, as I have re
ceived letters from friends in Inde
pendence county asking the real sit
uation in Haiti. I was horn near
Cave City, and have spent the most
of the past two years in Haiti.
Haiti is a very beautiful island, but
on account of the revolution she has
gone backward. We marines have
hikes very often throughout the jun
gles, where the Cacos are supposed to
be operating with their looting and
killing of innocent people.
The constabulary, or Haitian police
are assisting the American troops in
ocating the whereabouts of the Caco
I (bandits).
! The southern part of the island
around Port au Prince is quiet. Ihe
northern part around Cape Haitian
has been a regular nest for the Cacos.
But they have all been captured but
I a few, who are doing all the damage
the can to the American forces, which
isn't much.
There are 1,700 men in Haiti which
form the First brigade. U. S. marine
corps.
During the past eight months this
brigade has continued its duty in con
i nection with pacification of the re
। public, and this unfortunate country
1 has tasted the enjoyment of peace for
the first time in nearly fifteen years.
The marines are scattered over the
country in detachments, with brigade
Porch Furniture
During the summer
make your porch »the
most comfortable “room”
on the place; you can do
this lots easier if you
have a set of our
Maple
Porch Furniture
Try It and See.
C. w. Maxfield Co.
“The Beet for the Money”
NUMBER 106.
ANNIVERSARY OF
1.0.0. F. ORDER
Ninety-Seventh Anniversary of Order
to Be Celebrated With Program
Tomorrow Night.
The Rebekahs and Odd Fellows will
enjoy an auspicious program tomor
row night in commemoration of the
97th anniversary of the I. O. O. F.
lodge. The district meeting of the
Rebekahs will take place tomorrow,
and at night the Odd Fellows will be
in charge of the program.
Mrs. Raechel, president of the state
Rebekah assembly, of Little Rock,
and Mrs. M. A. Reed of Walnut
Ridge, state secretary of the assem
bly. will be present, together with
other notable members throughout
the district. Local committees are
busy today making arrangements for
the celebrations and entertainment
for the visitors.
Following is the program, to be
rendered tomorrow night:
Dr. J. W. Case, chairman.
Music.
Solo, T. B. Alexander. D. H. Cole
man. Austin Sherrill.
Address of Welcome by No. 4, S. A.
Ruddell.
Response for Rebekahs, Mrs. J. H.
Colyear.
Music.
Recitation, N. M. Alexander.
History of No. 4, John T. Warner.
Music.
“What I Think of Odd Fellow
ship." Judge D. FL Coleman.
History of Rebekahism, Mrs. Rae
chel. president State Rebekah Assem
bly. i
Music.
Refreshments, by the committee,
toasts, etc.
I
' headquarters at Port au Prince, the
capital, and with headquarters of the
First regiment at Cape Haitian.
In addition to the work of policing
and attending to the administration
of civil affairs in many outlying vil
lages, a number of officers and non
commissioned officers are assigned to
the organizing and training of the
constabulary, which is designed to act
as the military and police force after
■ the withdrawal of American forces.
Although This is not tlie first time
the sea soldiers have shouldered the
white man’s burden in training
“Fuzzy-Wuzzy” to keep his rifle and
kit just so. it is by far the most ex
■ tensive undertaking yet assigned to
marines.
Yours truly,
Fonce Ford.