THE HOME NEWS
EDITED IN THE INTEREST OF McCRORY AND WOODRUFF COUNTY
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McCRORY, ARKANSAS, FRIDAY, MAR. 4,
1921.
NUMBER 33
pledge committee
MET HERE MONDAY
The Pledge Committee ap
pointed by the Executive Com
mittee to reduce the cotton
acreage met in McCrory Mon
day. Pledges were distrib
uted to the committeemen for
each township and instruc
tions given to return same as
soon as signed to Chairman
T. E. Bonner or Secretary J. H.
Dale of Augusta. Following
is a copy of each of the
pledges:
Farmer’s Pledge
I,-of the County of
Woodruff, State of Arkansas,
do hereby certify that I am a
farmer and cotton grower and
hereby solemnly promise and
agree on my sacred word of
honor that during the year
1921, I will not plant in cotton
more than 50 per cent of the
lands to be cultivated by me
during the year 1921, and
I further promise that I will
use whatever influence that I
may have with * my friends
and neighbors to have them
sign a like obligation and co
operate with the county com
mittee in the organization and
the work for the said cotton
reduction.
Witness:
Signed
Land Owner’s Pledge
I, -, of Woodruff
County, State of Arkansas,
hereby certify that I am a
land owner and rent land to
tenants for cultivation.
I hereby solemnly promise
and agree in furtherance of
the success'of the plan to re
duce the 1921 cotton produc
tion as adopted at the Mc
Crory Cotton Convention held
February 8th. That I will not
only permit my tenants but
will require as far as I can
that they plant in cotton for
the year 1921 not to exceed
ually cultivated, and
50 per cent of the lands aet
I hereby further agree to
assist in the thorough organi
zation of my county and will
use my influence and exert my
best efforts to make the
movement a success.
Witness:
—- Signed -
Merchant’s Pledge
I,--, merchant in the
County of Woodruff, State of
Arkansas, do herreby hearti
ly agree to the plan to reduce
the 1921 cotton production as
adopted at the Cotton Conven
tion held February 8th. at Me
mory, Arkansas.
I hereby solemnly promise
and agree that I will not fur
JUsh any farmer who refuses
t° subscribe to the said plan
and bind himself not to plant
over 50 per cent of his culti
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vated land in cotton for the
year 1921, and
I hereby further agree to
assist in the thorough organi
zation of my county and will
use my influence and exert my
best efforts to make the move
; ment a success.
Witness:
Signed
Mr. F. W. Beede of Beede
ville was in McCrory today,
Friday.
Fresh pies for sale. Mrs.
H. N. Babb at Arnof Hotel
building. Adv. 3tp.
Miss Thelma Smith who‘ is
; teaching at Hilleman spent
I Sunday at home.
Messrs A. D. Cain and S. B.
| Jenkins of Morton were here
j on business Monday.
The McCrory Ice & Com
mission Co. began operation
of their plant this week.
Mrs. W. W. Beede of Bee
deville is quite ill at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Bronte.
Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Foster
and Miss Ruth Powell of
Wynne were guests of Mrs.
M. E. Powell Sunday.
Miss Esther Arnof is teach
ing in our schools in the absen
ce of Miss Ruby Spradlin who
is all at her home in Augusta.
Mrs. J. E. Lewis and two
children left today, Friday,
for a visit to her sister, Mrs.
Sam Sanders, in Little Rock.
Col. H. B. Gray has just
completed a new concrete
walk for Mr. T. W. Greer in
front of his home this week.
The remains of the infant of
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Robinson
which died a year ago were
disinterred Wednesday by Un
dertakers Paul Woolery of
Little Rock and Walter W.
Raney of McCrory and shipped
to Little Rock where they will
rest beside those of the father.
MEMPHIS ACTIVE IN PRO
MOTING RIVER TRAFFIC
The United States govern
ment has determined to con
struct up-to-date carload ter
minals at Mfemphis for the
huge towboats and barges of
the Mississippi-Warrior Serv-j
ice which stop here weekly on
their trips from St. Louis to
New Orleans and vice versa.
The sum of $450,000 has been
appropriated for this purpose
and will soon be available.;
The city will arrange to pro
vide a site, and it is expected
that work will begin in the
comparatively near future up
on this last step to make Mem
phis one-hundred per cent
river port.
The city authorities have
already provided municipal
terminals for handling both
carload and Hess than carload
freight. The people of Mem
phis recently voted a million
dollars wotrh of bonds for
this purpose. The city issued
half of these bonds and pur
chased and equipped the old
River and Rail storage plant.
Improvement of the city ter
minals is going ahead con
stantly, and with the new
government terminalas there
will be ample facilities for
handling a large volume of
both incoming and outgoing
freight.
The Chamber of Commerce
has long realized that the
economic developement of the
! great Mississippi Valley was
closely related to the problem
of water transportation. It
has been one of the leading
exponents of this idea, and
was active in urging this view
upon the Mississippi Valley
Association when that body
was formed. The other cities
of the Valley saw the cog
nency of the argument / at
once, and the Valley Associa
tion is today one of the strong
est champions of inland
waterway development in the
entire United States.
That the renewed activity
upon the Mississippi River is
attracting nation-wide atten
tion is evidenced by the as
signment by the Country
Gentleman of one of its ablest
writers to prepare a series of
articles under the caption
“A River Re-born.” The
writer, Mr. Edward Hunger
ford, visited Memphis and
other river ports some weeks
ago, and the first of his ar
ticles appeared in the Country
Gentleman for February 19.
It was a masterly summary of
conditions leading up to the
revival of river traffic, and a
comprehensive review of the
work under way to make
Mississippi River navigation
up-to-date and efficient in
every particular.
MEMPHIS CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE, John A. Os
oinach, Assistant Secretary.
HONOR ROLL FOR MID
TERM, 1921, McCRORY
HIGH SCHOOL.
Pupils who attained an av
erage of at least 90% in all
subjects, including deport
ment, are as follows:
Grade 12. Thelma Pugh,
Margaret Hargis and Lizzie
Bronte.
Grade 11. Dora Harris.
Grade 10. Irene Brandon,
Ruby Johnson, Otis Jernigan.
Grade 9. Mary Ethel Jef
fries, Myrtle Mobley and
Frankie Henderson.
Grade 8. Mary Ellington.
Grade 7. Maggie Mitchen,
Rachel Murphy, Vernon Pea
cock.
Grade 6. Cornelia Scales,
Dorothy Hamilton, Lou Alice
Jernigan.
Grade 3. Myrtle Rose
Best, Mary Hamilton Riggs,
Mary Shue and Pauline Hall.
Grand Honor Roll
Pupils who attained an
average of at least 90%, in
cluding deportment, and who
were present every day of the
semester are as follows:
Grade 12. Esther Arnof.
Grade 11. Dora Harris.
Grade 10. Dorriss Kyle,
Katherine McCain, Pauline
McCain, Johnie Ramsey, Mary
Raymond and Gerald Morris.
Grade 9. Alma Bronte,
and Eloise Raymond.
Grade 8. Hazel Jeffries,
Edith Jeffries and Helen Rod
dy.
Grade 7. Lucy Hall.
Grade 4. Lillie Taylor.
Grade 3. Ma urine Ray
mond.
PIGRAM-DRAPER
Married: Sunday, Feb. 20,
1921, Scott Pigram and Mrs.
Emma Draper, both of Pea
Ridge, near Tilton, Rev. An
derson, officiating.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack F. John
son of Colton Plant attended
the funeral here Sunday of
their friend, Mrs. G.T. Earley.
Mrs. Horace Chaney and
children of Augusta arrived
Tuesday to visit her mother,
Mrs. Dora Young, for a couple
of weeks.
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