For Our Farmers
caution!
With a shortage of ships to
move our cotton . to foreign
shores) with no indication of the
end of the war; with the Nation
stirred over preparedness for
eventualities; with the buying
power of the entire world grad
ually lessening day by day, it be
comes our duty to issue this for
mal warning, as the, time of
planting cotton is at hand.
Let everyone encourage the
farmer to be on the safe side by
raising plenty of feed and food
for the community as well as for
himself, his family, and his live
stock. (A calf, a pig, chickens,
and a garden often mean the dif
ference between want and mon
ey ahead). Economical and safe
living for all as well as “safe
farming’ ’ must be the rule if
prosperitv is to abide with us.
Six-cent cotton this fall would
spell disaster in the cotton states.
Low price follows oversupply as
certainly as the night the day.
High prices and prosperity over
the South this year prove what
voluntary reduction of cotton
acreage does. Any marked in
crease in acreage over last year
is going to result in a great loss
to Southern cotton producers,
merchants, and bankers, and
will similarly affect all allied bus
iness and professions.
HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO IT?
Here are some suggestions as
to practical moves to grapple
with the situation:
Call several of your leading
men together at once and go
over the situation carefully—
don’t get too many men at first,
three or a half dozen would be
best. Get together very inform
ally at your store, bank or school
house and decide on a plan that fits
your community. Later a more
formal and general meeting in
the community can be held if ad
visable. But the actual planning
and necessary work will of
course rest on several individuals.
Enlist your newspapers or back
them up, as the case may call
for. Get some of your men,
whose opinions carry weight, to
write short articles, one or two
hundred words, and furnish to
your local press as interviews.
Get the local correspondents of
the metropolitan daily papers to
keep their papers in touch with
activities in this line, so that
other communities may profit by
your example. Talk this thing
and get others to talk it to the
farmers and to each other.
Publicity “Education” and Pu
blic Sentiment will save the situ
ation.
Exterminate him now! The
Mosquito.
Augusta Lady Writes.
How is a woman to manage
her financial affairs and live un
der the present laws of our coun
ty ? Four or five years ago I failed
to assess my taxes, the penalty
was added and I paid it. About
that time my taxes were raised
without my knowledge. I also
paid the required amount which
included $125.00, which my
household and kitchen furniture
was assessed at. I am told that
the law does not require the as
sessor to go the homes and assess,
nor put his dates in the town pa
per, but only requires him to post
his dates in public places.
(Signed) Mrs. G. W. Hatch.
The above is a copy of a letter
] which The Home News gladly
gives space and for the lady’s
information we will state that
the editor of this paper has seen
the county assessor publish his
dates in other county papers and
we would without any renumer
ation whatever, publish the as
! sessing dates in our paper. Th;s
will not be the case however,
this year as our County Assessor,
Mr. Edgar Miller of McCrory,
| has already authorized us to print
! him 50 large notices on cloth and
150 on cardboard to be posted in
; the county and the dates will al
' so be published in The Home
News in the near future.
As to the lady’s misfortune in
having her taxes raised without
her knowledge we wish to advise
her that through the influence
of the newspapers of the state a
law was passed in 1914 which re
quires all actions and proceedings
of the equalization boards (the
one that raised her taxes) to be
published in some paper in the
county and if she will only keep
posted by subscribing, she will
know just what is being done a
long the line of finances for the
county as affecting its citizens..
We are always glad to receive
communications from any citizen
of the county, especially our sub
scribers, and we hope the above
information will prove of value
to Mrs. Hatch in the futnre.
Dr. Brough Coming.
Dr. Chas. H. Brough, Demo
cratic nominee for governor, has
accepted an invitation and will be
here Friday, May, 5, to deliver
the baccalaureate address at the
commencement exercises of the
McCrory High School.
Rev. S. M. Yancey and W. E.
Jelks went to Heber Springs
this, Friday, morning to look
over the new $10,000.00 church
there. They went as a commit
tee appointed by the building
committee for our new Methodist
church.
| We Pay Highest Cash Prices |
For Your Produce
Hens, per pound,.09
Cox, per pound,.06
Broilers 1 to 134.20
Fryers 134 to 2 lbs.15
Stags 2 to 334 lbs....... 10
Geese, each,.25
Dux, per pound.10
Turkeys, per pound,.14
Old Gobblers.1234
Tow Sacks, each,.02
Fresh Eggs, per dozen, ..13
Cow Hides, per lb.10
Horse Hides, each... 2.00
Hogs, per lb. .06
Peas, per bushel.1.50
| McCrory Feed & Produce Co. I
L. W. STURDIVANT, Manager Phone No. 26
S .6 £
Clean Up Week!
The week beginning Monday, April, 17, and ending
Saturday, April, 22, 1916, is hereby designated by the
Mayor and Street Committee as “Clean Up Week” for the
Town of McCrory.
Let EVERYONE UNITE in the effort to eliminate
the fly and mosquito by giving their premises and alleys a
thorough cleaning. Burn the rubbish and junk, have the
tin cans and buckets hauled away, use lime freely, and
CLEAN UP!
Your attention is directed to Ordinance No. 18 of
the town laws defining nuisances. Please use every effort
to comply with ordinance and let's make McCrory abso
lutely clean before fly time. The Marshal will visit your
premises on Monday, April, 24, to see how well you have
complied with this request.
Yours for a Cleaner McCrory,
G. W. BARBER, Mayor
G. L. CARSON,
H. D. SWAYZE,
J. F. MORGAN, Street Com.
W. D. HINSON
McCRORY, ARK.
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