THE
HOME
E WS
EDITED IN THE INTEREST OF McCRORY AND WOODRUFF COUNTY
VOLUME 1.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1916
NUMBER 51
To The Voters.
We publish below a copy of a
bill, or law, the author of which
is Hon. E. M. Carl-Lee of Augus
ta, which will be submitted to
the voters at the general election
to be held in November.
The bill is aimed solely at mer
cantile companies and applies
only to those doing business in
Woodruff County. Should a ma
jority of the voters vote for the
bill it will become a law.
The bill is being submitted
through what is known as the
iniative and there will be several
other bills to be voted on as state
measures, one of which is Mr.
Brundidge’s primary election
law and the other the local option
law which proposes to repeal
our state-wide laws.
VUICI
vve till u iv. uiat cvci ,y
should get a copy of these laws
which will all be published in
some county paper, and maybe
all of the county papers, study
the merits and demerits of the
laws submitted so that an intelli
gent yote may be cast for or
against them.
There will also be some amend
ments to the constitution and al
so some laws referred to the peo
ple by the last legislature to be
voted on and unless the people
acquaint themselves with all
these measures, they cannot cast
the intelligent vote on them
which they should do. Measures
are of much more importance
sometimes than candidates and
we ask that a careful considera
tion be given all laws before
casting your ballot. Following
is Mr. Carl-Lee’s bill:
THE PETITION AND BILL
To Honorable Earle Hodges, Sec
retary of the .State of Arkan
sas;
We, the undersigned voters and
Qualified electors of the County
of Woodruff, State of Arkansas,
respectfully propose the follow
ing Law, to wit:
AN ACT TO RESCIND THE
POWERS OF CERTAIN MER
CANTILE CORPORATIONS IN
WOODRUFF COUNTY, ARK
ANSAS.
Whereas the operation of cor
porations selling goods, wares
and merchandise in Woodruff
County, Arkansas, has become
subversive to the growth, devel
upement, happiness, prosperity
and general welfare of the peo
P e of said county; And whereas,
under conditions brought about
? the operation of said corpora
,10ns it has become impossible
cr man who tills the soil to
Big Sale at Planters M. Co.
We call attention this week to
the page advertisement of the
Planters Mercantile Co., announc
ing their big sale which starts
tomorrow, Saturday and continu
ingthroughoutall nextweek. They
are offering many bargains in
seasonale merchandise and it will
pay you to call and take advan
tage of them. They have hun
dreds of bargains which they
could not mention in the ad and
have placed the articles on dis
play in their large and well
equipped store. adv
George Walker of Heber
Springs is spending the week in
the city the guest of his brother
in-law, Assessor Edgar Miller.
become it’s owner, or to acquire
for himself and family a home;
And whereas, the continued ex
istance of such corporations will
more firmly establish LAND
LORDISM, thereby hastening
the overthrow of the indepen
dence of individuals and of free
government, which can not long
| survive when a few own the lands
land the many are tenentsatwill;
therefore,
BE IT ENACTED BY THE
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF
ARKANSAS:
Section 1. The powers oi each
and every corporation engaged
in the business of selling goods,
wares and merchrndise, with its
situs or domicile, in Woodruff
County, Arkansas, are hereby
rescinded; provided, the provi
sions of this act are intended to
apply only to corporations creat
ed pursuant to the provisions of
sections 837, 838 and the succeed
ing sections of Kirby’s Digest of
the Statutes of the State of Ark
ansas, up to and including sec
tion 871.
Section 2. All laws and parts
of laws in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed.
And by this, our petition, we
order that the same be submitted
to the people of Woodruff Coun
ty, to the end that the same may
be adopted, enacted or rejected
by the vote of the legal voters of
said county at'the regular gener
al election to be held in said
county of Woodruff on the 7th
dav of November 1916, and each
of us for himself says; I have
personally signed this petition, I
am a legal voter of the state of
Arkansas, and my residence,
post office address and voting
I precinct are correctly written
| after my name.
A Clover Campaign.
A clover field is everywhere
taken as a symbol of richness,
richness of owners and richness
in fertility of land. A field of
clover is a rich pasture for all
kinds of livestock, and beautiful
to look upon. Its roots go down
into the earth and bring about a
fine texture of the earth for til
lage. On the clover roots are
found homes, as it were, of bac
teria that take nitrogen from the
air and add to the wealth of the
soil more food for other plants.
There are many clovers and prac
tically all of them, with proper
care, do well in Arkansas. Some
clovers grow well here even with
out care. The wealth of a state
may well be measured by its
acreage of clovers and alfalfa.
The extension Service of the
University of Arkansas and U.
S. Department of Agriculture is
planning a great campaign this
year for a large acreage of clov
er to be seeded between August
and October. The fifty-nine
county agricultural agents and
the state agent and his district
supervisors have been talking it
for months and the bankers are
talking it and the business or
ganizations and everybody. The
Director of Extension Service at
Little Rock is sending out thou
sands of bulletins on the various
clovers arid thousands of letters
to progressive farmers about
clovers, and clovers this summer.
(Jnmson clover will grow m
most soils although in many
farms inoculation may be neces
sary. It should be tried out in
a small way firsf. It may be
seeded in the cotton at the last
cultivation at the rate of 15
pounds per acre. Bur clover is
a wonderful plant and may be
seeded in cotton at or after the
last cultivation or in the open
field. It will make a good pas
ture this winter and plowed un
der about the last of April and
the ground planted to cotton, the
clover will cover the ground
again by September for another
winter pasture. Bur clover sown
on Bermuda sod furnishes win
ter pasture. Red clover will do
well on almost any farm in Ark
ansas and may be seeded in the
fall or in the spring. White
clover makes a rich pasture and
Japan clover, or Lespedeza,
grows almost anywhere and is a
fine pasture and a most excellent
hay crop.
Every farmer in Arkansas is
urged to get “on the clover
wagon” and be able to say on or
Now Is The Time
To Beware of Fire.
A warning against mid-sum
mer fires which ersily develop in
to conflagrations, issued by the
Arkansas Actuarial Bureau. At
tention is called to little causes
of big gres by J. S. Speed, Mana
ger, at a time when long periods
of hot, dry weather make wood
en buildings and shingle roofs
highly inflamable. “Most fires
could have been prevented by a
litttle forethought and care en
tirely out of proportion to the
loss and trouble resulting from
the lack of it. ” says the warning.
“Instead of trusting to your luck,
take the attitude that your place
will be the next to catch fire—
and then take steps to see that
it doesn’t. Ordinary matches,
greasy Jags and gasolene, when
not handled with intelligent care,
trash accumulations and old or
faulty electric wires, will sooner
or later make trouble. It is im
possible to list here all the com
mon causes of fires which must
be guarded against, but any
thoughtful man can protect him
self, his business and his family
by devoting a few minutes each
weeek or each month, to a per
sonal inspection of his premises.
Incidentally, he should keep a
watchful eye on his neighbor’s.”
before October that he has seed
ed from five to one hundred acres
of clover. The “Clover’ ’ family
is an aristocratic family, proba
bly the most beautiful plant fam
ily known in Arkansas and yet
the most democratic, as it will
almost come for the asking and
it blesses both the farmer and
the passerby. Bankers and edi
tors and merchants, lawyers,
preachers, teachers, all patriotic
people, are entering the cam
paign for making Arkansas a
great clover state. And, last
but not least, let thousands of
progressive farmers plan for a
few acres of that “Queen of the
Clovers,” Alfalfa. The Exten
sion Division of the University
of Arkansas and U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture is thorough
ly committed to the campaign
and wants the help of all. A cir
cular, or planting program, for
clovers and grasses has been pre
pared and will be sent free on
request to, the Director of the
Extension Division, Fayettevile
or Little Rock, or a copy may be
had from the county agent or
’ any banker.