THE HOME NEWS
EDITED IN THE INTEREST OF McCRORY AND WOODRUFF COUNTY
VOLUME 1.
NUMBER 33
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1916
Delegates ■ at* Large.
Little Rock, March 7-For the
first time in the history of the
state, the people will select the
men who are to represent them
on the Democratic National Com
mittee and in the National Con
vention. The machinery of gov
ernment is being entirely divor
ced from the political machine,
and the state convention being
more and more divested of pre
rogatives that have made it pow
erful in the past.
At first it had been feared that
there would be very little inter
est in these contests, but that
fear has been discounted by the
number of men who are willing
to pay the expense necessary to
become candidates for these hon
orary positions. There are no
emoluments but more or less ex
pense attached to the offices of
delegate and comitteeman, but
those who win achieve a promi
nence in party ranks that is a
measure of their popularity and
ability.
A fee of $75 is required for de
legates-at-large and National
Committee, but there are six can
didates for one and two for the
other. Four delegates-at-large
are to be elected, and the candi
dates are Sheriff W. G. Hutton,
State Senator John R. Duty,
Senator S. C. Sims, Judge W. H.
Arnold, Jerry C. South and Wal
ker V. Powell. For National
Committeeman, Vincent M. Miles
of the Little Rock bar, appointed
successor to the late Judge W. M.
Kavanaugh, i s a candidate.
vjreai interest nas oeen arousea
over the eleventh-hour entry of
Attorney-General Wallace Davis
into the contest. For some time
Gen. Davis had been considered
as a probable candidate for nom
ination to the office he now holds
by appointment, but as a matter
of fact he had himself never ser
iously thought of entering the
contest now confined to John D.
Arbuckle and Lewis Rhoton.
He says the emoluments of the
office are no inducement for him
to give up his private law prac
tice for the exactions of public
office.
For the first time since the
death of Senator Jeff Davis the
name, for many years one to
conjure with in Arkansas politics
will again be before the voters
of the state, and the results will
be watched with interest. The
position of National Committee
man» held in the past by such
men as Senator James K. Jones,
Judge W.M. Kavanaugh, Guy B.
Tucker and others, is much more
A. O. U. W.
Little Rock, Mar. 7.-At a'
meeting of the Finance Commit
tee of the Arkansas Grand
Lodge, A. 0. U. W., in Little
Rock last week, it was shown
that during the year there had j
been disbursed in the beneficiary j
fund a total of $64,246.62 to Ark-1
ansas citizens, and $26,185.47 on1
the Reserve and Loan Fund.
The interest earnings on loans !
during the same period were'
$4,172 49. There is now loaned
out in the state by the A. 0. U.
W., a total of $189,150, of which
$82,000 is on churches, $52,000
on schools, and the balance to in
dividuals.
The Finance Committee, con
sisting of H. S. Turner of Little
Rock, J. M. Weaver of Van
Buren and S. W. Adams of
! Helena, made the following state-!
j ment in reporting their findings
1 to Grand Recorder Cross and j
; Grand Master Workman Frazer: j
“We desire to express our ap
proval as to the amount of all |
expenditures which have been ■
made. We have before us
! summary of the business done j
during the year 1915, and the
gain in membership in the order
! is gratifying to us, and the high
standing that the order now oc-'
cupies among the citizens of this j
state is much to be proud of.
The credit for this showing we
believe is largely due to the ef
fort of both of you.”
Miss Onnie Miller is on the
sick list this week.
important than many suppose. |
The committee directs and organ
izes the national campaigns,
largely formulates the partisan
policies, and are responsible more
than any other factor, for the
election or defeat of the party
nominee. The handling of the
National conventions which nom- •
inate the candidates for Presi
dent and Vice President, is in
the hands of the National Com
mittee.
Gen. Wallace Davis has inherit
ed much of his father’s aggress
iveness, he has had years of per
sonal experience and observation
in practical politics here and in
Washington, and his candidacy
will test not only his personal
following, but that of the old
Jeff Davis organization. His op
position to Mr. Miles, formerly
of Fort Smith, now of Little Rock
will prove one of the most inter
esting side-lights on the campaign
that will conclude on the 29 of,
March.
Our New Subscribers.
Following is a list of those
who have subscribed for THE
HOME NEWS since the last list
was published, to whom we ex
tend our thanks:
Mrs. Genia Lewis, MeCrory.
Oc Jeffries, ”
Mrs. W. B. Fakes,
Mrs. Ellen Burrow,
H. R. Hall,
R. M. James,
Hansford Rhodes
Miss Elizabeth Holland, ”
H. C. Eckhardt,
Eugene Wright, ”
J. B. McLemore,
T. W. Roberts,
Dr. J. R. Piercey
Louis Jimerson
Mrs. L. McFall,
J. F. Morgan, ”
Wherry & Sons
Mrs. Clayton Hailey
John Shearer,
B. S. Holder, R. 1, ”
J. W. York, R. 2, ”
John C. Veazey, ”
Otto Long,
B. M. Anderson, ” ”
W. 0. Scales,
F. H. Johnson,
G. F. Sims, ” ”
D. H. Echols, Cotton Plant.
R. E. Mills,
N. N. Cain.
J. R. Boone,
M. T. Meehan,
W. F. Horne,
T. Eck Simpson,
A. Weinberg, ”
S. B. Wilson,
W. H. Collier,
J. W. Hill,
W. G. Jones,
L. M. Steveson,
Harry Mathis,
W. E. Lee,
W. J. Loveless, . ”
John R. Meehan,
N. G. Turner,
T. H. Legg,
Dr. V. J. McComb,
Mathis Parker,
W. B. Holmes, ”
J. B. Mooring ”
Dan Keith, Howell
T. A. Smith,
P. A. Vaughn,
Fink Hayes. Grays
Dr. J. H. West
Wm. Moorman, Augusta.
L. W. Winfree,
George Haralson
Roy Mitchell, Hunter
W. P. Dawson
Roy Parnell, Wiville.
Earl Winfree, Langton.
I. P. Phillips,
W. A. Elam, Hilleman.
Dewey Cook, R. 4, Conway.
Sam B. Kyle, Oakland, Tenn.
Dayton Miller, 1,005 State
Bank Building, Little Rock.
Miss Edna Woodruff, 101 Strat
ford, Houston, Tex.
Our National Forest.
The Arkansas national forests
are gradually being opened up to
settlement. They had been open
until a few years ago when the
Reserves were set apart, but the
land-hunger was not so great
then, apparently, and lands
which had no claimants then are
now being readily taken up by
bona-fide settlers. It is not prob
able that the Reserves will ever
be entirely restored to the public
domain, since there are large
areas in both forests that can
never be made tillable. The gov
ernment has demonstrated that
there is great good to be accom
plished by an intelligent conser
vation of our timber resources,
and much ot the antagonism
shown in earlier years has disap
peared as the. people learn to
know the condition better.
There are 434,000 acres in the
Ozark forest to be thrown open
to settlement April 20, in the
counties of Stone, Baxter, Searcy
Newton and Marion. An aggre
gate of 55,558 acres of public
land is to be opened for settlers
in the Arkansas National Forest,
and 232,054 acres privately own
ed will be excluded from the Re
serve. The largest bodies of
land eliminated are in Garland,
Polk, Scott and Montgomery
counties. For the reason that
the area eliminated is so largely
held in private ownership, there
by making administration diffi
cult, the Secretary of Agriculture
has classified it as not sufficient
ly valuable for forest purposes
to warrant continued protection
and administrati )n. The lands
lie along the edge of the Forest,
embracing a rough, mountainous
region, conforming to several ir
regular mountain masses broken
by the valleys of the La Fourche,
La Fave, Ouachita, and Poteau.
Special Meetings.
By special invitation of the
Baptist church, Elder W. R. Mc
Ewen, General Missionary of the
Arkansas Baptist State Conven
tion, will come to McCrory for a
short series of sermons begin
ning with next Saturday night,
and lasting through Monday and
perhaps Tuesday. All members
of the church are urged to at
tend these meetings, and the
public in general is given a cor
dial invitation.
Mrs. J. F. Morgan left yester
day, Thursdry, for Hot Springs,
where she will spend a few weeks
for her health.