THE
HOME
NEWS
EDITED IN THE INTEREST OF McCRORY AND WOODRUFF COUNTY
VOLUME 1.
I 7---—---- - ■ - ■ -
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1916
NUMBER 48
another good roads
MEETING HELD MONDAY
__ i
Almost to a Man Are Our People Pulling for the Rock 1
Road. A Uuiversal Demand Almost.
Another interesting and in
structive meeting of the citizens
of the proposed special road dis- j
trict was held at the Jewel Thea- j
tre in this city Monday. The!
district includes all of Sections!
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and |
12, Range 1, West, and Sections j
1, 2, 3,4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Hand
12, Range 2, West, in Township
7, North, Northern District of
Woodruff County.
The meeting was called to or
der by Chairman T. A. Jeffries
with Secretary W. W. Raney at
his desk. The minutes of the
previous meeting as published
in The Home News of June, 16,
were read and approved as read.
J. H. Crossett read a letter
from Atty. H. M. Woods stating
that incorporated towns could be
placed in the district and also in
formed him that the preliminary
survey could be secured at a cost
of $9.00per mile. Mr.. Crossett
as chairman of the committee
appointed at the previous meet
ing to secure the list of property
holders also read the report of
the committee which had also
been published and it was adopt
ed.
The above list which was pre
pared by Clerk Wm. Moorman
tor the committee was made by
him gratis and when the meeting
learned that Mr. Moorman re
refused to accept pay for his ser
vices, J. F. Morgan made a mo
tion which prevailed that' Mr.
Moorman be v voted a card of
thanks for his work.
Messrs H. Hinkle, E. Bostle
man and Joe Ridge who reside i
in the eastern portion of the dis
trict were present and offered
objections asto being placed in
uie district, whereupon Mr. Cros
se tt suggested that the road be
stopped at Mr. Bronte's home
one mde east of McCrory and
that one mile of road each north
and south through the town
of McCrory be added.
This met with objections by
Messrs F. Lewis, J. F. Morgan,
' k-Atkinson, and others, and
Mr. Lewis suggested that the
road be established as proposed
nd to extend boundary to four
I es commencing at a point two
n es eas* of McCrory. H. T.
«aney endorsed Mr. Lewis sug
gestion.
The Secretary explained that
the town of McCrory and the
Railroads would pay more than
three dollars to every one paid
by the farms along the road, and
stated he thought best to build
the entire length.
Mr. Morgan stated he wanted
to see the road go to the Cross
County line, but if it should be
shortened, to go as far eas* as
the Burkett Crossing. He stated
that Dr. Lesemann had only last
week purchased the Roetzel land
with the understanding that he
was to get a rock road and that
the land would be taxed to pay
for it.
Mr. Atkinson stated he had no
objections to the road being built,
and to go to the county line with
it. Mr. Henkle stated that he
was alone and would have to
abide by the decision of the rest.
Later when the vote was taken,
he, Mr. Bostleman and Mr. Ridge
voted in favor of building the
road.
Carl-Lee Makes Talk.
Atty. E. M. Carl-Lee of Augus
ta was present and was asked
to address the meeting. He be
gan by stating that his father,
he knew, would be glad to have
his land included in the district
at twice the amount of tax pro
posed, and that he certainly
would not oppose the rock road.
Mr. Carl-Lee recalled the bill
which he introduced while in the
legislature a few years ago pro
posing a rock road from Augus
ta to Memphis and said that he
killed it upon the people of Me
mory objecting, but he was glad
to note that some who so bitter
ly opposed his road proposition
were now the strongest support
ers of this one.
He thought the district did
not embrace enough territory
ind stated he believed the one
most important construction and
he one that will be of the great
est value to Woodruff County is
the one now under consideration,
rhe gentleman commended
bounty Judge Hutchins for hav
ng already heard him state that
le was willing to use the full
xjwer of his office to build steel
)ridges on this highway. He
vas disappointed that more citi
(Continued on page four)
Ticks And Prices.
The average value of beef cat
tle over two years old in ten tick
infested States—North and South
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama,
Mississippi, Florida, Louisana,
Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas—
was #25.90 on January 1, 1915.
For the remainder of the country
on that date it was $48.47. In
Georgia and Florida the average
price was $18, in Alabama $20,
in Mississippi $22, in Louisana
$24. In every tick-free State,
with the exception of Vermont
and Tennessee, the average value
was $40 or more and in eighteen
the average was over $50.
There are two reasons why
cattle in a ticky country are
worth less than in a tick-free
one. They weigh less and they
bring less per pound. They
bring less because they cannot
be sold on the open market but
must be disposed of in quaran
tine pens for immediate slaugh
ter only. Experienced dealers
estimate that buyers offer from
fifty cents to two dollars a hun
area weight less tor cattle trom
below the quarantine line and
the owner, who cannot tranship
his herd to another market or
sell the animals as feeders, is in
no position to stand out for a
better price.
Ticky cattle weigh less because
they are scrubs to begin with
and because the tick sucks the
blood they need to make flesh.
Experiments have shown that
when the ticks are abundant
they will take in the course of
the year 200 pounds of blood
from a thousand-pound steer.
They don’t take it all at once, of
course, but they take it never
theless and the steer, in order to
live, has to make new blood.
While he is busy at that, he is
not likely to put on much weight.
Fattening ticky steers is like
trying to keep a leaky barrel
full; there is a lot of waste in
the process.
Furthermore, as all cattlemen
know, there is more money in
grade stock than in scrubs. Else
where in the country farmers are
turning their attention to grad
ing up their herds, to securing
animals that will respond to good
treatment and feed; in the tick
infested sections of the South
this has been impossible for no
one will risk bringing pure-bred
bulls into a ticky country to die
from Texas fever.
Both directly and indirectly,
therefore, the tick keeps down
the weight of southern cattle
and the eradication of the pest is
More Convicts.
Judge Hutchins has given
Overseer Bronte seven more con
victs which arrived Saturday.
This makes 14 men the Judge
has given to our roads, but un
fortunately t#o have escaped,
the last making his get-a-way
Monday morning. The county is
furnishing these men free and
paying their board and we feel
very grateful to Judge Hutchins
for allowing their services on
our roads. The convicts will be
given to Overseer Smith of Hille
mann after they have worked a
few weeks longer in this district.
Sewing Club.
The- Sewing Club met with
Miss Mary Piercey Thursday.
The afternoon was enjoyed very
much by everyone. After sew
ing for quite a while, punch and
sandwiches were served. Miss
Pauline Huff has been elected
our seacher. She i3 a graduate
of Henderson-Brown College,
and we are glad to have her with
us. Next Thursday we will meet
with Mrs. H. W. Burrow.
C. M. Crossett left today, Fri
day, for Rodgers to visit his sis
ter, Mrs. Ida Partlow.
Misses Myrtle Young and Ar
vine Reynolds of Judsonia have
been guests of Miss Zana Angus
this week.
A. R. Wolfe, a young and an
efficient attorney of Hot Springs
was here Saturday and Sunday
the guest of J. F. Morgan. The
gentleman was looking for a loca
tion and we will be glad to have
him as a citizen of our town.
essantial if the southesn beef
producer is to compete on even
terms with producers elsewhere.
The matter is as vital to the
small farmer asto the large cat
tle owner. Students of agricul
ture are all agreed that the aver
age southern farm today has too
little stock upon it for its own
good. The reason is obvious.
Under the conditions created by
the tick, cattle raising is not a
sufficiently attractive industry to
appeal to the average man.With
out the tick, the business as
sumes a different aspect. This
has been abundantly demonstrat
ed in those sections in which the
tick has been eradicated. Almost
invariably the tick’s disappear
ance is accompanied by an in
crease in the quantity and im
provement in the quality of the
county’s live stock.