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Newspaper
Dermott News
Location
Dermott, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1916
Page
8
The piece notes the I told you so effect in Arkansas politics after the primary. It discusses ongoing elections, upcoming events, and the steady churn of public office. It highlights speaker Carrie Chapman Catt visiting Little Rock and outlines plans for suffrage, roads, and civic conventions with emphasis on notable figures and groups.
A fragment from a U S Department of Agriculture message urges safe farming and road maintenance. It stresses dragging roads after rains, using a wood drag to smooth bad spots, and promotes the practice as beneficial to farmers, their families, and the public.
A wartime agricultural advisory argues farmers should diversify away from cotton reliance. It predicts uncertain cotton prices in November and urges producing sufficient meat, corn, and food for family needs plus cash for clothing. It warns that betting everything on cotton could leave growers financially exposed if war ends or Europe remains weak.
A fragment describes fraternal fellowship among lodge members, pledging mutual aid in distress and illness. It emphasizes brotherhood, Bible-based tenets, and living by goodwill to become better citizens of Monroe County.
Mrs Ho Townsend Mrs Burleigh and Mrs Wo EL Hutchinen will represent the Dermott Political Equality League at the Arkansas suffrage convention in Little Rock today and tomorrow Mrs Catt national president will preside and be guest of honor at a banquet at Hotel Marion tomorrow The event is expected to be the largest suffrage demonstration in Arkansas.
Friday night meeting at Hotel Dermott elects Mr Barnett chairman and Mrs Hammock secretary. Report on preparations and work by Mr Dewder, with details on literary and musical contests at High School Auditorium and Hotel Dermott, athletics at the park, and visitor arrangements.
Job work neatly and promptly done out at the Dermott News office. Your filings join the army ignited led gations have soldiers in use.
Local readers are invited to hear Marion Nelson Waldrip at the High School Auditorium tonight. Praised as a brilliant speaker, he follows the Arkansas on Wheels tour and has earned praise from Dermotters for his engaging oratory and sharp wit. Through reports from attendees, Waldrip is described as forceful, eloquent, and captivating in his presentations on life and education.
A theatrical schedule notes a nine week Tuesday night run titled Feature Each Tuesday with The Raver presenting six installments in April and May. It features stars including Henry Walthall Rose Coghlan Ethel Clayton Rosetta Brice Richard Buhler Lillian Walker Anita Stewart Karl Williams Antonio Moreno Myrtle Gonzalez William Duncan Edna Mayo and others across titles such as The Sporting Duchess Gods of Fate Green Stockings My Lady's Slipper The Great Divide The Price of Belly The Chalice of Courage and The Misleading Lady.
A Tuesday afternoon petition circulated in Judsonia to raise funds for street oiling. Residents report last year’s oiling helped lessen dust, and many signed swiftly. The proposed cost runs about 2.1 or 2.5 cents per foot for road frontage.
Word arrived Sunday announcing the death of Wm. S. Read at his mother’s home in Tallulah La. Funeral services were held at Lake Village on Monday. Read, a former cashier of the Dermott Bank and Trust Co., was a highly esteemed citizen with many friends who mourn his loss and extend sympathy to his wife and young son.
The first program from the loan collection of Hein and the Department of Fine Arts at Athanaien University was delayed and moved to the Night School Auditorium next Thursday in April. Admission remains free as the school improves interest in music under the School Improvement Association auspices.
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