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Newspaper
Dermott News
Location
Dermott, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1915
Page
6
A Harrison Times message urges Dermott readers to choose builders over destroyers in fostering community progress. It condemns selfish profit seekers, mail order patrons, and careless elites who hinder growth, urging individuals to reflect and act toward prosperity and civic improvement.
The county reports 1411 white children with 1014 enrolled and 4118 Negro children with 1761 enrolled. attendance averages vary. Teachers were 0 white men and 3x white women, plus Negro men and 41 Negro women. male teachers earned about $502 and female $51.51 monthly on average, with salaries from $85 to $175. New frame and brick schools were added. total school property valued at 121.1. receipts $65,041.17 and expenditures $46,580, leaving a balance of 53a6 117 ATS. The county examiner notes steady improvement in county schools.
County Judge Hur backs road improvements as two new routes open. The Dermott to Lake Village highway now covers about 14 miles, down from 32.7, with well drained grading. A Tak Village to Montrose route, 14 miles, begins a new western link toward Louisiana, draining and smoothing rough sections for seasonal travel.
Dermott prepares for the upcoming cotton season with two updated gins offering about one hundred bales per day output. Owners cooperate to promote farmer interests and secure high prices, with new cotton buyers and improved roads aiding travel to Dermott gins and a Bayou Bartholomew bridge reducing haul distances.
Governor Hays last week announced two year appointments to Boards of Equalization for each county. In Chicot County the board includes N. W. Bunker Jr, J. A. Bennett and Thomas Gaffney. Desha County members are Gus Waterman, J. C. Rapp and Dr. V. McCammon. Drew County members are M. Collins, E. J. Rabb and J. A. Hillman.
Mrs Minnie E Rutherford of Magazine Arkansas, a noted suffrage leader and W C T U president, married August 3 to Dr 8 Fullen of Galveston Texas. They plan to reside at Magazine. Fuller, a wealthily connected lawyer, has long been active in charitable temperance and suffrage efforts across Arkansas.
Washington reports American farmers have grown the greatest wheat crop in any country. Estimates place production at 960 million bushels with forecasts toward a billion bushel mark. Bumper yields of corn, rice, and other crops are also indicated.
Notice announces bid receipt for furnishing all material and building a pile and bent bridge over Bayou Bartholomew at the old Crenshaw Place west of Dermott. Bid deadline is Tuesday August 17 1915 at 12 o'clock at the County Clerk's office Lake Village Arkansas. Project specifies white oak piles about 10 feet, four pile bents, two pile banks, and deck framing with detailed sizes. conditions require all work to meet specifications and be approved by commissioners. Documents on file at Lake Village County Clerk and Bron Kirkpatrick Devon HR Blacyt COP Skinner commissioners Kirkpatrick Cook County Judge.
A county notice records the calling in of scrip by the county official. The document cites the county clerk and references Ark ansas and Lake Village for the date and authority to issue and redeem treasuries. It names George Elder as Clerk and outlines a formal procedure for scrip redemption and related notices.
Cary Safe Co. of Buffalo New York advertises iron safes and vault doors for banks and jewelers. F Barber of Hotel Pines Pine Bluff Arkansas is the local contact.
A bacteriologist explains two nitrogen fixation processes. Soil bacteria fix atmospheric nitrogen into plant food, differing from nodules on legume roots. Factors include time and soil depth. bacteria work year round, storing nitrogen in soil at little cost to farmers.
Guidance from Arkansas Experiment Station on silage making using corn and sorghum, including harvest timing, chopping, filling, compaction, water distribution, and sealing. Tips cover labor, equipment, surface shaping, moisture control, and preserving silage quality. Mentioned is a demonstration by JC Melton and notes on local farming practices.
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