THE HOME NEWS
EDITED IN THE INTEREST OF McCRORY AND WOODRUFF COUNTY
VOLUME 2.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY, 9, 1917
NUMBER 28
GOVERNOR upholds
the publicity act
Vetoes Hardage Bill and Says
the People Have a Right to
Know About Affairs
(Arkansas Gazette, Feb. 7)
With a comprehensive explana
tion of hisaction, Governor Brough
yesterday returned with his veto
to the House of Representatives
the bill which it is said would
practically have repealed Act No.
2 -the publicity bill. .
While expressing his belief that
the bill should be amended, the
governor said that the bill he ve
toed made possible the use of
political influence that would pre
vent the proper publicity for pro
posed laws, because papers of
small circulation could get con
tracts at a low price because they
had a small circulation.
“Publicity,” said the governor
in his message, “is the Gibraltar
of the initiative and referendum,
and is the only agency we have
to recall in Arkansas.” With
out full publicity a proposed law
might become a menace, he said.
The veto message in full
follows:
The Governor’* Message.
“Mr. Speaker: I regret to re
turn, herewith, without my ap
proval, House Bill No. 42, entitled
“A Bill for an Act to Amend
Section 15 of Act No. 2. ” The
publicity act of the extraordi
nary session of the General As
sembly of 1911, approved June
11, 1911.
“This bill was introduced by
one of the ablest and purest met
in all Arkansas, a gentleman fot
whose integrity and constructive
legislative ability I have the
highest admiration, who worthih
wears the rich h<>nor that the
state has conferred upon him, by
electing him speaker of a former
house. Hon. Joe Hardage of Ar
kadelphia, and like all of Judge
Hardage’s measures, it contains
a great deal of good. I heartily
endorse the idea contained in the
ill of vesting the award of pub
hcation in a State Printing Board,
anther than vesting it in one of
hcial, whether that official be
secretary of state or governor,
an this idea is in harmony with
ftty message.
Might Play Politics.
But I seriously object to any
oard handling the public print
ng o the state on the basis of
nmpetitive bidding. Especially
_ en Such vital questions as the
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WITHOUT A STRUGGLE
LIFE OF H. T. RANEY
ENDED LAST MONDAY
HARTWELL THOMAS RANEY
EXTRACT OF AN ADDRESS
Delivered by Rev. F. A. Lark, Pastor of the Methodist
Church, South, at the Funeral Services of H. T. Raney,
Which Were Conducted at the Residence in Mc
Crory, Arkansas, by Rev. J. R. Nelson of
Wynne, Tuesday, February, 6, 1917
“Rev. Hartwell Thomas Raney
was born in Giles County, Ten
nessee. March 2, 1848, the young
est son of Hartwell Harrison and
Elizabeth Lee Raney. When a
boy of nine years his parents
moved to Woodruff County, Ark
ansas, landing at Augusta in
1857. From that day until his
death yesterday morning, about
six o’clock, February 5, 1917, he
resided within a radius of ten
miles of McCrory so that this
good man’s record is before the
eyes of our citizenship and
country. His life has not been
lived in a corner.
In young manhood at the age
of 19, he was married on July 11,
1867, to Miss Julia Antoinette
Comer, daughter of James Wilson
and Mary Antoinette (Smith)
Comer, who had just passed her
16th year and who is a native of
Woodruff County. From this
holy union were born eight chil
dren all of whom have preceeded
him but two, Mrs. Ed B. Wood,
residing on the Raney farm near
McCrory and Walter W. Raney,
the enterprising editor of The
Home News of McCrory.
Brother Raney came up through
hard conditions having had few
educational advantages but had
in him the grit to make good,
any way, even possessing the
pluck to attend school with his
eldest daughter, Emma. He was
not afraid to put his hand to a
hard job and work it out and he
was not the fellow to eat an
idler’s bread. He was not afraid
of the hardest toil and God gave
him a compensation of worldly
goods which he has used for His
glory. What he had was his,
earned by honest labor and his
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COUNTY GOOD ROADS
ASSOCIATION FORMED
Judge A. L. Hutchins Elected
President and R.B.McKnight
Secretary Last Monday
Pursuant to a call issued by
Judge A. L. Hutchins quite a
number of Woodruff County citi
zens met at the Bank of McCro
ry last Monday and organized
the Woodruff County Good Roads
Association. The meeting pro
ceeded to work by electing Mr.
Harry Snapp of Fitzhugh as tem
porary chairman. The organiza
tion was made permanent by
electing Judge A. L. Hutchins of
Augusta as chairman, and R. B.
McKnight of Augusta as secre
:ary.
Some discussion of ways and
means of securing better roads
was had when former County
Judge J. F. Summers read a pro
posed bill embodying suggestions
that had been made by Judge
Hutchins and others looking to
improving the roads.
It was the opinion of all that
any change should be submitted
to the people and that bill drafted
below by a committee consisting
of Judge A. L. Hutchins, J. F.
Summers, T. A. Jeffries, J. H.
Snapp, L. B. Parnell and J. T.
Angelo was adopted and the re
quest made that the same be in
troduced in the legislature by our
representative. We feel that the
Good Roads Association will be
the means of securing a great
improvement on our roads.
A Bill for an Act
To be entitled an act, to better
provide for the working of
public roads in Woodruff
county and other purposes.
Section 1. That the election of
Overseers for the various Road
Districts of Woodruff County, be
and same is hereby abolished,
provided that nothing herein con
tained, however, shall affect any
Officer serving as Road Overseer
at this time.
Section 2. That at the July
term of the County Court of
Woodruff County for both the
Northern and Southern Districts
thereof shall appoint 3 (three)
Road Commissioners for each of
said Districts, which Commis
sioners shall serve for One Year,
from January the First next fol
lowing and without renumera
tion.
Section 3. That it shall be the
duty of the Road Commissioners
of said Districts to employ an
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