EDITED IN THE INTEREST OF McCRORY AND WOODRUFF COUNTY
VOLUMN 6
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, FRIDAY, FEB. 4, 1921.
NUMBER 23.
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VIRGIL BEESON
BEESON APPOINTED
ADJUTANT GENERAL
Succeeds Joe S. Harris as Head
of Arkansas National
, Guard.
Virgil A. Beeson of Morril
ton was appointed adjutant
general of the National Guard
to succeed Joe S. Harris of
Monticello, in a commission
imssued Monday by Governor
McRae.
Major Harris, who was ap
pointed adjutant general in
January, 1919, by Governor
Brough tendered his resig
nation at the beginning of
Governor McRae's adminis
tration and the appointment
of Mr. Beeson, who is a
friend of both the 'governor
and C. P. Newton, the govern
or’s private secretary, was an
nounced Monday.
Major Beeson saw service
overseas in the late war. He
organized a company at Mor
rilton in 1917 and was sent;
abroad. Previous to the war
be was publisher and editor of j
“The Morrilton Headlight." I
Mr. Forrest Greer x spent
Monday and Tuesday in Mem
phis.
Masters Charles and John
Irvine Burrow, who attend
Junior High School, Little
Hock, arrived home Wednes
day for a week-end visit to
their mother, Mrs. Eleanor
Atkinson Burrow. They will
return to Little Rock Sunday.
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THE JFESTIVE GROUNDHOG
No, this is no stale joke about sausage.
It is about the little animal that is supposed to
repulate the weather, which depends more or
less on whether he sees his shadow on Ground
hog Day.
Riduculous, isn’t it? Yet you would be
surprsied to know just how many people have
faith to believe that the groundhog knows
what the weather will be for the next six
weeks. What do we think about It? Well,
we don’t pretend to know. We haven’t much
faith in shadows. Our Bank deals in solid
substances, money, * bonds, and reliable se
curities. Those things are sound and sub
stantial. The groundhog and his shadow can
run the weather if they are able to do so. Our
business is banking and in that line we are pre
pared to render the best of service.
BANK OF McCRORY, McCRORY, ARK.
Safe and Strong.
SOW LESPEDEZA
A. P. McCombs of Ashley
county, is one of the large
planters > of Arkansas. He
says that up to two years ago
he has been trying to grow
cotton on stiff land and has
made a good crop about one
year in four. In 1919, he
sowed most of his stiff land
to Lespedeza, averaged three
tons an acre and sold the sur
plus for $35.00 a ton. In
1920, he averaged three and
a half tons an acre and is
selling what he does not need
for $22-50 a ton.
On sandy land, Lespedeza
does not grow so rank, and he
did not cut the hay on his
sandy soil until after frost.
He attached a regular seed
pan to his mower and caught
the seed. The yield on this
kind of land was 10 bushels
of seed#an acre and one and a
half tons of hay.
J. M. Aldrich of Benton
county, Mississippi, has be
come wealthy by buying up
land, after it had become so
badly washed and worn that
no one would rent it, and
bringing it up with Lespedeza.
When he buys such land, he
sows it in February one bush
el of Lespedeza seed an acre
and pastures with cattle for
three years. Then he breaks
the sod and raises crops for
two years, followed by Lespe
deza for two years, and so on.
He has found that the land
should be kept in Lespedeza
for three years the first time
to get good results, and for
two years each succeeding
time.
In 1916, Mr. Aldrich raised
1*4 bales of cotton an acre
on the highest upland in his
township, on land that had
been brought up in this way.
His neighbors did not pick
their cotton because the boll
weevil destroyed it. The
Lespedeza sod pushed his cot-'
ton ahead of the boll weevil.
Mr. Aldrich raised 60 bushels
of corn an acre on upland
brought up by his method,
while corn was a failure
throughout his county, on ac
count of drought.
Sow Lespedeza in February,1
or early March in oats, using;
one bushel of seed an acre.1
If the land i^ muddy, it is not
necessary to cover the seed.
If the land is dry, cover very
lightly with a brush or a har
row. j
Lespedeza makes a good
j hay crop on bottom lands, but
pasture only on uplands. It
is the cheapest crop to follow
oats, or to be sown alone on
rough land, as no extra plow
ing is needed for it. Lespe-!
| deza is nearly a fool-proof
! hay crop. It may be cut any
time between September first
and November first, is easy to
cure, and re-seeds itself.
Good green-cured Lespe-!
deza hay is usually in strong
demand at a good price. Les
I pedeza, ^ off-color, unsonud,
or mixed, as much of it is with
grass, weeds, brush, or briars,
is almost unsalable and often
will not bring enough to pays
the freight. Mow the Lespe-1
deza meadow in June, setting
the mower high and cutting
the weeds, brush and briars.
Rake up this trash as soon as
it becomes dry and haul it off
the field. This will insure
clean hay.
Where 15 or more carloads
of choice Lespedeza hay are
for sale in one community, re-;
sponsible buyers will go to the
place and pay for it as soon
as it is loaded in the cars.
H. M. COTTRELL, Arkan
sas 'Profitable Farming Bu
reau, Board of Commerce,
Little Rock, Ark.
Mr. F. Lewjs was in Little
, Rock the first of the week.
ALLEGED FORGERS
IN JONESBORO JAIL
Two Said to Be Wanted in
Several States for Pass
ing Bad Checks.
Jonesboro, Jan. 28.—Mari
on E. Perry and Admiral
Crittenden, both of whom
have several aliases, were ar
rested at Nettleton, four
miles from Jonesboro, and
placed in the county jail here
today at th^ request of Mem
phis detectives. The men
are said to have passed sev
eral forged checks in various
states.
Deputy Sheriffs Houston
Johnson and Tom Carter,
who made the arrests last*
night, say the men had a
grip in their possession which
contained many checks on
banks in several states with
the forged signatures of w^ell
known business men and
bank officials. The signed
checks totaled several thous
and dollars. One w^as for
$8,000, made payable to
Paul Kyeser. It contained
forged signatures of T. H.
Tompkins, president; and W.
P. Orr, cashier of an Arkan
sas bank. Another check
was for $2,000. The others
were for smaller amounts.
The men endeavored to
pass several of the checks at
Nettleton yesterday, the offi
cers said. It is said they pass
ed three or four at Truman
several days ago.
The two men disclaimed
ownership of the grip con
taining the forged checks.
They said it belonged to a
man they met several days
ago. Two Memphis detec
tives were here today and
offered Sheriff Johnson . a re
ward of $50. for the men,
but the officer refused to sur
render them, believing a
larger reward had been offer
ed by other cities.
Perry is said to live in Mem
phis, where he has a wife and
three children, while Critten
den’s home is said to be in
Woodruff county.—Arkan
sas Gazette, Jan. 29.
Born: Sunday, Jan. 23,
1921, to Mr. and Mrs. O. L.
Powell, 627 Walnut St., River
side, Calif., little “O. L.” Jr.,
who tipped the scales at 7 Yi
pounds.
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