THE
HOME
NEWS
EDITED IN THE INTEREST OF McCRORY AND WOODRUFF COUNTY
VOLUME 2.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, FRIDAY, APRIL, 27,1917
NUMBER 39
Food Campaign Meetings
Messrs. G. G. McCrory, R. H.
Abbey, L. W. Sturdivant, and
other leading citizens have been
to almost every rural section of
this part of the county the past
week urging the farmers to raise
more food products.
It was the pleasure of the ed
itor to go with them to Pumpkin
Bend Sunday afternoon where
they were met by about 150 la
dies and gentlemen of that sec
tion, and we are glad to state
their trip there was not in vain
as the good people of that rich
farming country are doing their
part toward growing something
to eat.
We also had the pleasure of
going with these gentlemen to
the prosperous Tip community
where about 400 people attend
ed. We have never seen more
enthusiasm than was manifested
there. The citizenship of that
section is as good as any in our
county and they will be found
doing their part in this good
work, as well as the other places
visited in this part of Woodruff
County.
Township Assessors
The following have been ap
pointed township assessors to as
sist Assessor Edgar Miller in as
sessing the taxes for their re
spective townships in the North
ern District:
Augusta: Messrs. C. L. Jack
son and June Wade.
Barnes: Messrs. A. E. Ridge
way and W.G. Dilliard.
Dent: Messrs. M. A. Sparks
and J. A. Pence.
DeView: Messrs. L. B. Win
free and A. J. Stapp.
Garden: Messrs. S. H. Hill and
E. W. Butler.
Point: Messrs. J. D. Eldridge
and Swift Davis.
Pumpkin Bend: Messrs. J. W.
Browning and J. H. Wiggins.
White River: Messrs. Lou Rey
nolds and W. D. Overstreet.
Seed for Planting
The Home News hereby ten
ders the use of its colums free to
anyone wishing to buy or sell
seeds of any kind for planting.
We are strong believers in the
campaign to plant more food
cr°ps and are glad to make this
offer to any who can use it.
Mrs. H. W. Burrow and Miss
Ruth Hailey attended the music
teacher’s association in Little
hock this week.
Complete and Official Vote
Of Woodruff County Democratic Primary
Held Saturday, April, 14, 1917.
Augusta .
Bullville .
Cotton Plant .. .
DeView .......
Freeman.
Garden.
Hillemann .
Howell .
Hunter .
McCrory.
Pumpkin Bend .
Riverside.
Tip.
White River ...
W'iville.
Totals...
427 l_ 347 1652 I 416 I 276 I 125 I 42
No election was held in the following precincts:
Jelks, Morton, Penrose, Point and Revel.
Barnes,
The District Vote—Incomplete and Unofficial
Craighead county: Driver 534, Hutchins 76, Robertson 222,
Johnson 450, Bandy x.
Green county: Driver 426, Hutchins x, Robertson 123,
Johnson 413, Bandy x.
Lee county: Driver 263, Hutchins 48, Robertson 334,
Johnson 17, Bandy 3.
Mississippi county: Driver 1,161, Hutchins 173, Robertson 766,
Johnson 303, Bandy x.
Poinsett county: Driver 1,032, Hutchins 886, Robertson 73,
Johnson 54, Bandy 51.
St Francis county: Driver 358, Hutchins 256, Robertson 194,
Johnson 40, Bandy 13.
Woodruff county: Driver 416, Hutchins 652, Robertson 276,
Johnson 125, Bandy 42.
Totals: Driver 4,190, Hutchins 2,091, Robertson 1,988,
Johnson 1,402, Bandy 109.
X indicates vote not reported. No election was held in Clay,
Cross, Crittenden and Phillips counties.
Woodruff County Will
Be Well Represented
The nomination of Judge A. L.
Hutchins of Augusta as delegate
at-large and of Hon. E. M. Carl
Lee of Augusta as county dele
gate to the state constitutional
convention assures the people of
this county that we will be ably
represented in the framing of a
new constitution for our state.
The above gentlemen are loyal
Democrats, have gone before
the people and won their nomi
nations and we as a Democratic
newspaper are for them realizing
that they are men, able and
thoroughly competent to look
after the people’s interests and
i believing they will do so.
McCrory Will Build
Maj. C. W. McCrory will re
build on the block where his
home was destroyed by fire sev
eral weeks ago. A contract was
let yesterday, Thursday, to Mr.
J. S. Kelley of Judsonia for the
construction of a modern $5,000.
bungalow and work will begin
on same at once.
Miss Elsie Futrell of Cotton
Plant visited friends in McCrory
Sunday.
Mr. Frank Angelo and Dr. R.
T. Gephart of Cotton Plant were
visitors in our city Tuesday.
Mr. H. D. Angus, one of our
most progressive farmers, has
just received a registered, pure
bred Duroc-Jersey sow from
Memphis at a cost of $75.00.
County Road Meeting
At a road meeting held in this
city yesterday, Thursday, April
26, at which about 100 citizens
were present the following busi
ness was transacted:
Mr. T. A. Jeffries was elected
chairman and Walter W. Raney
secretary.
The committee to select a
route for a rock road from Cot
ton Plant to McCrory of which
Mr. L. B. Parnell of Wiville is
chairman stated they were not
ready to report.
Mr. J. E. B. McBurnett of Wi
ville stated that he believed a
majority of the people in his ter
ritory would favor a rock road.
Mr. Harry Snapp of Fitzhugh
made quite an interesting and
instructive talk.
When Mr. Jeffries, who had
been appointed at a previous
meeting to secure the original
petition from M. H. Patterson of
Jelks asking for a rock road
from Fakes to Fair Oaks, report
ed that Mr. Patterson had de
stroyed the petition and he
therefore could not secure same
from the gentleman, Mr. W. B.
Fakes made a motion that a new
petition be prepared. The mo
tion was seconded by Mr. W. B.
Scott of Jelks and prevailed.
A motion by Secretary Raney
seconded by Mr. F. Lewis, pre
vailed that the new district be
made four miles wide instead of
two as was the case with the
original proposition. Mr. Scott
offered an amendment but with
drew same after some discussion.
Chairman Jeffries appointed
Messrs. W. B. Fakes, J. H.
Crossett and F. Lewis a commit
tee to have a petition prepared
for the Fakes to Cross County
Line Road, and also appointed
these gentlemen together with
Messrs. W. B. Scott of Jelks, A.
H. Materna of Morton and A. S.
Thompson of DeView to circu
late same.
A motion by Mr. Lewis, sec
oned by Raney, prevailed that
the chairman appoint a commit
tee to have prepared a petition
for a road district from Jelks to
Cotton Plant. The chairman ap
pointed Messrs. J. E. B. Mc
Burnett and Hugh Walker of
j Wiville, Watt and Dan Keath of
! Howell, W. B. Scott of Jelks, N.
! J. Hays of Grays and Ran Mc
Gregor and H. C. Argo of Cot
ton Plant.
! Motion prevailed to adjourn.