the home news
Published every Friday at McCrory, Ark.
WALTER W. RANEY, Ed. and Pub.
j B. SMITH, Associate Editor.
c..wription $1-00 Per Y«ar in Advance.
Entered as second-class mat
ter August 26, 1915, at the post
}ffice at McCrory, Ark., under
the Act of March 3, 1879.
Friday, July 20, 1917.
Chicago, July 14.-The first of
the slacker marriages to make
public apearance in the domestic
junk pile was recorded at a hos
pital today when Conrad Jeffers,
29 years old, was brought in with
his skull fractured by hammer
blows and his throat cut.
“He married me two months
aa’o to escape the draft,” ex
plained Mrs. Jeffers. ‘T found
out that he was a slacker and we
quarreled all the time. We had
hours of it last night and. finally
wnen he was asleep I got a ham
mer and a razor and went after
him.”
Jeffers is in a critical condition.
Rudyard Kipling or some other
wise guy made the discovery that
“the female of the species is
more deadly than the male.”
We will add that the excess of
deadliness is ’most generally, as
in this instance, properly applied.
Little Elmer Skinner
Again death has visited the
home of our good friends, Mr.
and Mrs. John Skinner, and has
laid its hand on another tender
rose bud, little Elmer, and pluck
ed it from the enclosure of their
home circle. An angel of God
took it with tenderness and bore
it away into* the beautiful man
sions of God, and placed it there
with other angels, calling to its
dear father, mother, grandfather,
grandmother and. friends who
love it to come on from a world
01 s^n* where death parted them,
to live with God in a home that
He has prepared, where there is
no more death, neither parting;
where God will wipe all tears
irom their eyes; where they may
behold their darling arrayed in
beautiful heavenly garments in
the city of their God.
We sincerely sympathize with
tbe grief stricken family in their
loss here, which is their gain
there. They may count how
marW there are in heaven and
say, God’s will be done.”
Live and look up!
C. B. Parsons.
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PAGE TALKS ABOUT
THE BOLL WEEVIL
Little Rock, July 18—Many re
ports are coming in daily con
cerning the presence of the boll
weevil. In some cases the wee
vils are puncturing a large share
of the early squares. The dam
age done will depend largely
upon weather conditions and the
treatment that the cotton gets
during the next few weeks. The
adult weevil prefers to feed upon j
the young squares. When one
is punctured an egg is deposited
which develops into a smali white
worm within three or five days.
From the time the egg is laid
until the adult weevil comes out!
is from two to three weeks.
After the square has been punc
tured it usually falls to the
ground within a few days. If
the square falls in the shade of
the plant or in a bunch of grass,
the chances for. the development
of the weevil are good, but 'if
the direct sunlight can strike it
the young weevil will usually be
killed. The temperature at the
surface of the ground is much
higher than it is two or three
feet above. Because of the
above facts the most practical
method of combatting the insect
is by giving constant and shal
low cultivation. This will keep
down the grass and weeds, so
that the sun has the very best
chance to strike every falling
square. Very frequently a chain
attachment is put on the plow,
which will tend to drag the
squares to the middle of the
rows. The constant cultivation
will also help to maintain the
moisture in the soil and foster
the rapid growth of the cotton
plants. A few weeks of rain or
lack of proper cultivation would
mean absolute destruction of the
crop in many instances. Write
to the State Department of Ag
riculture for Farmer’s Bulletin
No. 512. This bulletin covers
the boll weevil problem thor
uugin.y.
x Altho the seed of cowpeas and
soy beans are high, a small patch
at least should be planted on
every farm. From this patch
the seed for next year can be
saved. The vines can then be
pastured off or turned under.
Feed is high priced, and an acre
of cowpeas will help in furnish
ing feed for the hogs that are to
make the meat for the family.
Try turning under an acre of cow
pea vines after they have been
pastured and .see the effect that
it will have on the cotton or corn
crop next year. In addition to
the cowpeas and soy beans, a
patch of wheat, oats or rye
should be put in if the seed can
possibly be obtained. Even with
the high price of seed, it will j
pay large dividends to sow some;
of the above crops in the cotton
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RIGGS BROTHERS,
McCrory,
Arkansas
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See the Gzarks First.
Visit your own Mountain Resorts. Scenery just as beau
tiful as that of Colorado. Have you seen it? Why not
spend your vacation close at home, at
Eureka Springs, Ark., Heber Springs, Ark.,
Or Armstrong Springs, Ark.
Make your plans now for a .trip to either or all of these
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Connection with
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Cotton Belt at Fargo, Ark.
Iron Mountain at Helena and Kensett, Ark.
For further particulars write or call on
J. C. MURRAY, General Passenger Agent M. & N. A.
R. R., Harrison, Ark.
middle? in the latter half of Sep-1
tember or early in October for
winter pasture. The mule, horse
and hog must be fed, and it is
much cheaper to furnish green
pasture than to buy the feed.
John H. Page,
Com. of Agriculture.
Attention, Company A
TO ALL MEMBERS COMPANY
A, 3rd. ARKANSAS:
The Augusta Lodge No. 45 F.
& A. M. respectfully invite all
members of Company A, 3rd.
Arkansas Regiment to their an
nual picnic on Horse Shoe Lake,
July 26th, 1917.
Said picnic being given in
honor of Woodruff county’s boys
who have volunteered their ser
vices to Uncle Sam.
Warning Order
In the Woodruff Chancery Court
for the Northern District, Sep
tember Term, 1917.
Ada Fletcher, Plaintiff,
vs.
Joe Fletcher, Defendant.
The defendant, Joe Fletcher,,
is warned to appear in this court
within thirty days and answer
the complaint of the plaintiff,
Ada Fletcher.
L. W. Winfree, Clerk.
Filed July 13, 1917. 7-13-4t