THE HOME NEWS
EDITED IN THE INTEREST OF "McCRORY AND WOODRUFF COUNTY
VOLUME 2.
On Tuesday, October 31, 1916,
the first ‘Woodruff County Fair
will be held in McCrory. We
are anxious that this day be
made one of the biggest and
most profitable days our county
has ever known, and it can be
made so by every citizen doing
his part.
One of the main features of
the Fair will be the exhibits of
the Boys' Corn and Pig Clubs
and the Girls' Canning Club.
However, every man, woman
and child in the county is asked
to prepare something to put on
exhibition; a nice selection of
farm products, a jar of canned !
fruit or vegetables, a glass of!
jelly, a pound of butter, a fine j
calf or hog, or a pen of good
chickens would make a nice ex-1
hibit. If you have anything
just a little better than your
neighbor’s, send or bring it to!
the Fair. j
One feature that will be of in-j
terest to the ladies will be the
fancy work department where
there will be on display the many
different specimens of women’s
worK.
Of unusual interest will be the
home-made labor saving devices
such as the tireless cooker, ice
less refrigerator, butter worker,
wheel tray and fly trap. All
these are simple devices and can
he made at home at small cost.
Pr- J. E. Gibson will talk on
tuberculosis among stock and
Wl ^ ^ave charts showing some
lnteresting figures on hog chol
Pra control. He will also have
specimens showing hog cholera
lesions.
mm>haSfWi11 b,e given by the
m^n and other business
evliK Ithe £ounty for the best
alon^t8^ Send y.our Pr°ducts
they may win.
"et s keep up our reputation
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER, 15, 1916
NUMBER 8
First Woodruff County Fair
at McCrory, Tues. Oct. 31
Big Exhibits of Farm Pro
ducts will Be Displayed
Merchants and Business Men Offering
Prizes and Every Man, Woman and
Child Should Take Part
Concrete Sidewalks.
At a meeting of the City
Council Monday night the City
• Dads agreed to pay 25 per cent
of the cost of any concrete side
walk that any property owner
| may build. Anyone desiring to
I take advantage of the offer
made by the Council should see
the street committee, Messrs G.
G. McCrory, R. A. Drewery and
Oc Jeffries, at once. We con
gratulate our officials upon the
progressive step which they have
taken and hope to see many nice
new concrete walks laid before
winter arrives.
Mrs. L. A. P. Beard of Beards
i returned home last Friday from
! a two weeks’ visit to her grand
! daughter, Mrs. Leslie Ellis, of
j Pine Tree. While there Mrs.
Beard was presented with a
great-grandson which was born
to Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Thursday,
Sept. 7,1916.
Mule Kills Child.
While feeding his father’s
! mules in their stable at Morton
Monday, Sept. 11, John Ansel,
; Jr., age ten years, was kicked to
death by one of the animals. ^
His father was in the lot and
hearing the noise rushed to his
I child whom he found had been
; killed outright. The parents
| Mr. and Mrs. John Ansel, Sr.,
shipped the remains to Brinkley
| Tuesday where they were laid to
rest in a Catholic Cemetery.
I A man who wears Bates Shoes
has a good understanding of real
value. E. T. Wherry & Sons.
Adv. tf.
i _
McCRORY DRUG CO.
Everything in the drug line
PHONE NO. 42.
for progress by attending the
Fair and also by making an ex
hibit. A good exhibit will not
only be a big advertisement for
you, but will go a long ways
toward making our first Fair a
success.
Save The Best For Seed.
All cotton is not good cotton.
Some varieties have the ability
to produce from $12.00 to $15.00
per acre more than others, ac
cording to results of the Arkan
sas Experiment Station. This
difference has largely been
brought about by careful selec
tion of planting seed. Under
the usual farming conditions in
Arkansas cotton deteriorates very
rapidly from year to year because
of failure to select the best seed
and because of admixture at
time of ginning. This deterior
ation can be overcome and cot
ton can be improved by careful
seed selection. Choose next
year’s planting seed while the
crop is still in the field. Have
good pickers go over the field
ahead of the regular force and
save the best bolls from the best
plants, choosing from those that
show ability to yield; also watch
for earliness and watch for size
o’f boll and watch for storm re
sistance. Get the best, get
enough of the best to make at
least one bale, have this ginned
free from admixture and save
the seed for planting purposes.
If by practicing such selecting
only two bolls are added to each
stalk,* it will mean an increase
of $8.00 per acre in the returns
the following year. Good seed
selection pays big profits.
Screen doors, windows, wire
and hinges at H. T. Raney’s.