THE
HOME
NEWS
EDITED IN THE
INTEREST OF McCRORY
AND WOODRUFF COUNTY
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, FRIDAY, MAY 12, 1916
VOLUME 1.
NUMBER 42
Prison Reform Lecture.
Rev. L. Tomme, superinten
dent of the Arkansas Children's
Home Finding Society, was in
the city Friday, Saturday and
Sunday. He preached a sermon
at the Baptist Church Sunday
morning and delivered a lecture
on prison reform at the Metho
dist Church Sunday evening.
Having served 25 months as
Chaplain of the Arkansas State
Penitentiary, Rev. Tomme was
quite familiar with the conditions
and able to give us some infor
mation which we could not learn
otherwise.
He severely criticised tne pre
sent system and gave numbers
of referances of lack of business
as well as humane regulation.
He did not fail to call names and
state facts as they are and we
hope to see the awful conditions
there that now exist cleaned up
by our next governor which we
are sure he will do.
The speaker stated that the
state pays three commissioners
who have charge of the peniten
tiary $3,000.00 a year each or
more than twice as much as we
pay our governor who has charge
of the entire state. In his argu
ment for prison reform Rev.
Tomme stated that it meant good
roads and more good homes.
In describing the conditions he
stated that three or four men are
forced to bathe in the same wa
ter. that the prisons are provided
with poor ventilation and are
kept very unsanitary. All .the
men wash in one trough and
drink from one tin cup with
which they dip the water from
a barrel. Stealing and gambling
and the illegal selling of whiskey
is permitted and in some in
stances forced inside the walls.
He said that we need segrega
tion as the best and youngest pri
soners are kept with the vilest
and that good, Christian men
should be placed in charge, giv
ing the men a chance to do and
he better, gradually working
their way up and out of the pen.
During his term as chaplain,
he went to the electric chair with
fDo men and boys, one of whom
| as Arthur Hodges. Quite a
il >et al donation was made to the
society which he represents and
hope he will continue his mes
sage of kindness in behalf of the
state convicts and that great
g0°d will result therefrom.
J-F. Morgan, T. J. Fakes, T.
■ aylor and .June Dallas made
j us,ness trip to Augusta Mon
> in the former’s car.
On Press Excursion.
I The ‘Devil” is leaving his work
undone this week and is doing
the work of editor and publisher
i while the boss and his better
half are away. Mr. and Mrs.
Raney left Monday for Texarkana
to attend the annual meeting and
excursion of the Arkansas Press
Association which convened in
that city Sunday. " j
Belore returning they will go
with the quill pushers on a plea
sure trip to Pine Bluff, Gillette,
Stuttgart, Camden, Monticello,
Clarendon and other cities, spend
ing one night in Camden and one
in Pine Bluff. At Texarkana
Tuesday night the editors were
given a reception at the Country
Club and were entertained at
Pine Bluff with a banquet and
dance. If the News is not as
newsy and interesting as it should
be, we are to blame, but if it is
as good or better, then we ask
that you ‘‘please give the Devil
his dues.” We are sure the
many friends of Mr. and "Mrs.
Raney join us in wishing them a
pleasant and happy trip on this
their annual vacation.
The Devil.
Miss Zana Angus returned Sun
day from a visit to friends at
Wynne.
Judd Johnson who is making
good keeping books for the Shoff
ner Mercantile Co. at Shoffner,
spent Sunday with home folks.
“Bill” Wilkes of Augusta was
here Sunday. He came over to
visit his wife who is ill at the
home of her mother, Mrs. Kate
Angus.
Mrs. L. P. Heirerer and little
daughter, June, of Little Rock
arrived Sunday for a visit to her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. C.
Eckhardt.
Those present at the luncheon
given at the Wavely Hotel last
Friday in honor of Gov.-Elect
Dr. C. H. Brough were: Dr.
Brough, Dr. G. B. Fakes, Col.
Shearer, Prof, and Mrs. T. W.
Woodbury, Rev. H. T. Raney,
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Fakes, Mr.
and Mrs. H. D. Swayze, Mr. and
Mrs. Walter W. Raney, Rev. S.
M. Yancey, Mr. and Mrs. W. E.
Jelks, and Messrs C. T. Willis,
J. H. Crossett, Ruken Jelks, E.
C. Marsh and Roger Fakes. The
distinguished visitor made a
short talk at the luncheon and
thanked his many friends, among
whom he included The Home
News, for the loyal support given
him during the recent campaign.
Quit Selling Cows.
The greatest calamity in Ark
ansas just now is the sale of
cows and heifers from our farms.
There ought to be an embargo if
it were legal, against selling any
cows under ten years of age.
Arkansas needs a thosand pure
bred bulls brought into the state
but she can’t spare a heifer or a
cow. Our farms need the ma
nures and our farmers need the
cash they would realize next year
from calves from scrub cows and
sired by pure bred bulls. Ark
ansas farmers can make money
by growing calves and feeders
for the northern farmers to finish
Get in bulls but do not sell cows.
Two specialists of the Extension
Division of the College of Agri
culture are helping bring in pure
bred bulls. Write the Director,
Extension Service, Old State
House, Little Rock, Arkansas,
for information about getting
pure bred stock.
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Raise Sheep.
A small flock of sheep on a
farm is always profitable, no
matter what the market condi
tions of mutton and wool. Since
August 1914 the destruction of
woolen goods in Europe has ex
ceeded that of any ten years
preceding. The war has also re
duced the holdings of sheep both
in England and Australia. For
ten years wool is bound to com
mand a good price and all meats
will be high. The Extension
Division of the University of
Arkansas and the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture with offices
at Fayetteville and Little Rock
want to promote the growing of
all kinds of live stock, and bulle
tins will be sent free on sheep,
hogs, cattle and horses.
Otis Price was over from Au
gusta Saturday.