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Newspaper
Dermott News
Location
Dermott, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1918
Page
8
Jindy ZT Wood announces candidacy for re election to the office of Chancellor of the Second Chancery District Arkansas subject to Democratic Primary election action by voters.
Jim Johnson is announced as a candidate for the office of Marshal of Dermott, pending the city primary on February 19. The designation signals Johnson's bid in the upcoming municipal contest.
JS Speed of the State Council of Defense calls citizens to remove tattered emblems from homes and businesses and replace them with new ones. Service tags gain popularity nationwide with churches and firms displaying them in Little Rock. Gov Brough spoke at a First Christian Church patriotic meeting as a service flag with stars was unfurled.
A primary election will be held in Dermott on Tuesday February 19 to nominate a mayor recorder treasurer marshal and two aldermen per ward for two year terms. Voting takes place in Ward 1 Ward 2 and Ward 2 School Annex with pledges to the city recorder ranging from 1.10 for mayor to 5.0 for treasurer and 3.0 for alderman. A Bennett is named mayor and J T Crenshaw is recorder with payments due January 9 LYs.
Dixie Lyceum Bureau announces Hettie Jane Dunnaway Co. will visit Tuesday January 15 presenting Red Rambler a four act drama written for her and Mr Sewell. The NY run drew praise and sold company time for this year and next. Tickets two for adults and 35 cents for children.
D T Hanperson County Superintendent argues that improved education could address labor shortages. The piece notes cotton planters face challenges and links schooling to productivity and economic stability in the region.
The document outlines progress and obstacles in the Southeast Arkansas Levee District as of January 1 1918. It details earth removal targets totaling about thirteen and a half million cubic yards, with allocations and contracts across stations from Jefferson Lincoln County Line to Louisiana State Line. It compares district revenue to Mississippi Levee District, notes tax structures, and warns that without sufficient funding and accelerated work the levee system may fail during future floods. President C Warfield emphasizes urgency and proposed independent strengthening under Flood Control Act provisions.
The article argues labor quality is central to plantation profits. Planters prefer a reliable working class, especially healthy families in the South. They plan to build a good school and a church as a business strategy to retain labor and boost dividends. The focus is on the Negro cotton worker and family welfare as motivation.
The speaker argues that the plantation will attract the best class of labor, the only kind that pays. He proposes trying a new scheme to secure such workers and improve productivity.
A new church family arrives in Dermott at the School and Speedway corner and receives a generous housewarming with a benediction of meals and gifts from the Missionary Society. Rev and Mrs R M Holland express gratitude and pledge service to all townspeople and congregants alike.
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