THE HOME NEWS
EDITED IN THE INTEREST OF McCRORY AND WOODRUFF COUNTY
VOLUME 1
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1916
NUMBER 41
Prizes for Boys
The Board of Commerce of
Little Rock, will provide free en
tertainment for the prize winning
boys and girls for at least three
days during the second week of
this coming November.
The following are the condi
tions upon which this free trip
will be awarded:
1st. The railroad fare, coming
and going, must be provided for
by the county from which the
boys and girls come. To my cer
tain knowledge this expense has
already been arranged for in a
number of counties and I trust
that those counties that have not
already arranged for the railroad
fare will do so at once.
2nd. There will be only one
member allowed from each club
in a county, except where there
two agents in a county in which
case each agent will be allowed
one member from each club, (by
club, I mean an agricultural club,
such as Corn, Feanuts, etc.
3rd. There MUST be at least
TEN regularly enrolled in this
office, and active ir e nbers in any
club before contestants may com
pete for this prize.
4th. This prize must be won
on merit and no boy or girl is
wanted unless they have done
something worth while in the
club work, and unless they are
able to account for their records
if called upon by anyone; for in
stance, he should know exactly
how many bushels of->corn he
raised and what it cost per bush
el to raise it, and about the pig
he should know the weight of
pig at beginning, daily gain and
cost, kind of feed given and final
weight, and likewise for the girls.
5th. While this prize shall be
won on merit, if any preference
at all is shown, give it to the
smaller boys because they are
more appreciative and apprecia
ted. We prefer “Club boys”
not “Club men.”
6th. These prizes should be
awarded at the -county fair or
contest and should be based up
on the best all around record of
the club members, such as the
best yield, profit, written his
tory, etc.
A . J. Jernigan, State Agent.
U. Raymond is in Hot
Springs taking the baths
W. B. Fakes and wife returned
Sunday from a ten days’ visit to
“eber Springs.
W. and Thomas Cook went
Conway Monday to attend the
edside of the former’s daughter,
DR. CHARLES HILLEMAN BROUGH
Our Guest and Our Next Governor.
McCrory is proud today to have as her guest the distinguished
professor and statesman, Governor-elect Dr. C. H. Brough. We con
gratulate Prof. Woodbury upon securing this extraordinary man of
great learning to deliver the closing address at the commencement
exercises tonight of our high school.
As the Lonoke County News said of him during the campaign,
“He does not feel ill at ease in the presence of the most prominent
and yet the humbliest man in all the land can shake his hand and
have communicated to him the assurance that Brough is his friend.
In mental equipment, powers of physical endurance, in democratic
manner and sympathetic personal touch and in ease of approach he
has few equals.”
We are glad to have the Doctor with us and he can know that he
is welcome in as much as he was honored with a plurality of 400
votes in Woodruff County in the recent Democratic primary, re
ceiving as many votes as both his opponents. Dr. Brough’s vote
at McCrory and surrounding territory was 370 as against 199 for
Smith and 93 for Hodges, and this too in the face of the fact that
he never entered this county during the campaign. The Home News
congratulates itself upon having been one of the original support
ers in espousing the cause of the Fayetteville man.
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The High-Class Car at a Moderate Price
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Not All for Money
Telephone employees in Arkan
sas, at least those of the South
western Telegraph & Telephone
Jompany, daily see walking ar
guments which convinces them
:hey are fortunate in being em
Dloyed by a corporation which
will look after them if they be
come incapacitated or ill.
The sick benefit and pension
system of this corporation has
lot been very heavily drawn up
m in Arkansas, because of the
splendid conditions of the ex
changes, and the healthy climate
)f the state. But there are exam
Dles, which show the wisdom of
:he company heads in arranging
ts far reaching benifit system.
In a northeast Arkansas city a
nanagerover two years ago was
stricken with tuberculosis. He
was sent at the company’s ex
pense to North Carolina, where
le remained until able to return
:o work. He was then transfer
red to a mountainous section, but
soon became again afflicted. This
:ime the company sent him west
md maintained him there, all
the time paying him a salary,
until he was pronounced cured.
There was then no vacancy in
Arkansas for the former employee
so the company continued to pay
him a part of his former salary
until he secured a position in a
Texas city.
The mind of an employee of an
exchange in Eastern Arkansas
became deranged. He was not
permitted to go to the state in
stitution for treatment, but sent
to a private sanitarium in Geor
gia, where his expenses were
paid, and his salary went to his
family just as though he was
working, until he was discharged
as cured.
In the Little Rock exchange
there are seasons of the year
when the work is very heavy,
and when it has passed many of
the young women show the
strain. It is customary to per
mit those who thus suffer to de
rive the benefits of this system,
and rest a few weeks at the com
pany’s expense.
These are some of the reasons
why the Southwestern company
holds its employees so well, and
why they are so well satisfied
with conditions.
For Sale: One two-horse bug
gy, used only six weeks, new
set of double harness, and one
good horse, for cash only. Call
or write, B. Brewster, M. D.,
McCrory, Ark. Adv. 38-tf.