THE HOME NEWS
EDITED IN THE INTEREST OF McCRORY AND WOODRUFF COUNTY
VOLUME 3
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, APRIL 12, 1918.
NUMBER 38.
CENTRAL COMMITTEE
MET HERE MONDAY
Chappell Grove Given a Box
and Several Important Res
olutions Adopted. Me
Crory Is Secretary
The Woodruff County Demo
cratic Central Committee met
in this city Monday with Mr. D.
H. Echols of Cotton Plant,
chairman. In the absence of
Captain Robt. M. Hutchins,
secretary, who is now with the
forces at Camp Beauregard,
La., Mr. G. G. McCrory of Mc
Crory was unanimously elect
ed in his stead. The following
members were present:
D. H. Echols, chairman; G.
G. McCrory, secretary; J. C.
McDonald, A. H. Hamilton,
Fred Shoup, Lee Miller, J. D.
Eldridge, Walter W. Raney,
A. S. Thompson, J. H. Swan
son, J. B. Mooring, E. W. Chan
ey, J. C. Crittenden, H. O. Pen
rose, J. I. Ashby, W. E. Jelks,
and J. D. Eldridge.
The following resolution
was introduced by Hon. E. M.
CarlLee and upon motion by
Walter W. Raney, seconded by
H. O. Penrose, was unanimous
ly adopted:
To The Boys in Khaki
BE IT RESOLVED, that this
committee, as the first official
act of this meeting, endorse
with everlasting gratitude, the
action of each and every one
of the 227 noble Woodruff
County boys, who at first call,
volunteered and also those of
our brave boys who have,
under the Selective Draft, en
rolled to fight the battles of
America, for the freedom of
the world and to establish the
democracy of its people.
And that we pledge them
for our party, and for each of
us as American citizens, col
lectively and individually, that
we will make cheerfully, every
sacrifice, the greatest of which
in comparison with theirs, can
only be insignificant, that our j
country calls upon us to make
for them while they are fight- j
ing and dying for us. ____ I
And that especially we will!
buy Liberty Bonds, and War
Stamps maintain the Red Cross
and the Y. M. C. A. and all
such kindred organizations,
and, if necessary, exhaust the
entire resources of this coun
try for their support and com
fort, until victory crowns their
valor. And until, with the aid
of the God of -Battles, Prussian
autocracy has been banished
from the face of the earth, and
no aristocratic government ex
ists, or doubts the meaning of
American democracy.
Vacancies Filled
At this juncture of the meet
ing Chairman Echols announc
HON. JOHN E. MILLER
Candidate for Prosecuting At
torney from the First Judicial
District.
ed that there were some va
cancies in the committee to be
filled and that nominations
were in order, whereupon H.
O. Penrose nominated John
Meehan of Cotton Plant in
Jerry Mooring’s stead: W. W.
Raney and E. W. Chaney being
candidates for office, tendered
their resignations as members
of the Committee. G. W. Bar
ber of McCrory was elected in
Raney’s stead and Mr. Chaney
is succeeded by E. H. Chaney
of Tip.
Alex Slane of Hillemann
was elected to fill the vacancy
of John Mauldin who lias join
ed the colors. John Dormer
of Augusta succeeds Captain
R. M. Hutchins and J. W. Mul
lens of Jelks will fill the unex
pired term of L. C. Baxter. E.
W. Butler of McClelland was
elected a member to fill the
unexpired term of Dr. B. A.
Fletcher, deceased.
General Provisions
The following general reso
lution covering the primary
was adopted:
BE IT RESOLVED by the
Woodruff County Democratic
Central Committee; that a pri
mary election be held in
Woodruff County on the last
Tuesday in May, 1918 same be
ing the 28th day of said month
and the day named by the
Brundudge Election Law and
fhe State Central Committee
as the day for holding Primary
Elections.
2. That said election shall
be held for the purpose of nomi
nating all State, District and
County officers and for the
election of delegates to the
County Convention which said
delegates shall also be the
members of the succeeding
Democratic Central Commit
tet.
3. That all rules and regula-:
tions governing said primary
as well as those fixing the
qualifications of members of
the party election adopted by
the State Central Committee
(Continued on Page 11)
WORK OF DEFENSE BODY
RECEIVES COMPLIMENT
—
Achievement of Arknsas State
Council Stressed by Mem
bers of National Or
ganization
The work of the Arkansas
State Council of Defense has
been recognized officially by
the Council of National De
fense as being one of the most
active in the country. John
H. Winterbotham of the Coun
cil of Ntional Defense has
written Director Wallace
Townsend as follows:
“May I express to you the
very great gratification that I
feel in the progress that you
are making in Arkansas. It
appears to me, with my know
ledge of other state councils,
and with my knowledge of
your situation with its _ geo
graphic and railroad limita
tions, that what you have ac
complished down there is noth
ing short of phenomenal. The
State Council of Arkansas is
certainly the real thing and I
am proud to be associated with
it.”
A resolution was adopted
that it be the sense of the State
Council that the Arkansas del
egation in Congress insist upon
the speedy passage of a bill
now pending to remedy the
conditions of vagrancy and
idleness that prevail in some
sections of the country. The
subject has been receiving a
great deal of attention by the
State and County Councils of
Defense, as well as by the city
councils, but existing laws do
not appear to be able to reach
the offense adequately.
To Check Impostors
Especial attention was again
called to the activity of unau
thorized persons and agencies
collectnig money in the State
under the guise of war activi
ties. It is recommended that
when anyone attempts to col
lect funds for such a purpose
he must first show proper
authority from the Council'of
Defense. The newspapers
were requested to give no pub
licity to such matters presented
by strangers unless such au
thority can be - produced. This
is for the purpose of protect
ing the public against impos
tors and the council is now on
the trail of some who are un
der suspicion.
Information has reached the
council that some of the mer
chants of a certain town are
not observing the daylight bill
The council passed a resolu
tion to the effect that those
who refuse to observe the law
are unpatriotic and slackers.
“There is only one time” said
Gen. J. R. Gibbons, acting
CARD OF THANKS
Mr. Walter W. Raney,
McCrory, Ark.,
Dear sir:
I want to write and thank
you and through you, your peo
ple for your kindness to me
Saturday and the hearty re
ception and attention shown
to me while I addressed your
people.
Be sure to send me yo ur
paper this week and again
thanking you and with my best
wishes, I am, Your friend,
H. L. PONDER.
chairman, “and all this talk
about old time and new time is
foolishness. It is as much an
obligation upon us as any other
'law passed by Congress.”
A resolution was adopted
approving the patriotic activi
ties of the Southern Commer
cial Secretaries’ Association.
An invitation to send a dele
gate to the patriotic meeting
of the association at Charlotte,
jS. C., June 6-8 was accepted,
if it is found possible to send
one.
! The Red Cross Campaign on
May 20-27 was officially en
dorsed.
A “resolution was adopted
endorsing the work of the agri
cultural forces in the cam
paign for increased food pro
duction now being made
throughout the State, and for a
normal acreage of cotton.
Arkansas Recipes Popular
i Hamp Williams, federal
food administrator, read a tele
gram from the administrator
in Washington complimenting
Arkansas upon the splendid
showing made in return of the
I flour, one of the most notable
'instances of patriotism in the
country. Mr. Williams report
ed that the administration had
printed 100,000 leaflets con
taining recipes for Arkansas
hoe-cake, Arkansas cornmeal
mush, Arkansas cornmeal pan
cakes, Arkansas cornbread,
Arkansas corn sticks, etc. He
had just received a publication
'from the Michigan State Coun
cil of Defense reproducing all
! of these recipes and giving
j credit to Arkansas, with the
statement that one million cop
ies had been printed in that
state for distribution.
Mr. Remmel, State Highway
Commissioner, W. B. Owen
and E. M. Rowe were appoint
ed a committee to work out a
plan for the encouragement of
motor truck transportation to
relieve the congestion of rail
road traffic. This is in accord
ance with a resolution passed
by the National Council of De
fense March 14, requesting
“the State Council of Defense
and oth4r state authorities to
take all necessary steps to fa
cilitate such means of tran
sportation, removing and regu
lations that tend to restrict
and discourage such use.”—
Arkansas Democrat.