Good Things
To Eat
Are to be found at our
store. We are here for bus
iness, and if you will give us
your trade you can live cheap
and well.
Our stock has been enlarg
ed and will be added to as
the demands justify. Good
Goods, Lowest Prices, Prom
pt Service and Courteous
Treatment are all we can
promise. Price our goods
and we will prove all that
we claim.
Raymond ’s
G rocery.
WOODRUFF CO. NEWS.
PUBLISHED THURSDAY OF BACH WEEK AT
McCRORY, ARKANSAS.
WALTER W RANEY, Editor.
Entered at the Post Office at McCrory
Arkansas, as Seeond-Class mail,matter.
June ilth, 1901.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
One Year. In advance. *100
DEHOCRATIC TICKET.
COUNTY
Representative—
E. M. CARL-LEE.
Judge—
J. F. SUMMERS.
Sheriff—
W. R. CAIN.
Circuit Clerk—
Wm. MOORMAN.
County Clerk—
ED B. CARL-LEE.
Treasurer—
C. L. JACKSON.
Assessor—
W. B. FAKES.
MISS BULL ENTERTAINS.
On last Friday evening the
Junior Musicians were highly en
tertained by Miss Pauline Bull.
Quite an interesting program
had been arranged and each num
ber was rendered with perfect de
light.
Immediately after the last num
ber was given, dainty refresh
ments were served.
Little Miss Freeda Williams,
daughter of Mrs. T. C. Bull, was
made a member of our Club. Mis
ses Ellen Lewis, Ruth Hailey and
Mrs. Hamilton Riggs are to make
out the program for our next
meeting. The Club has planned
to have a picnic on July the I4th.,
each member being allowed to in
vite one person.
At a late hour the Club adjourn
ed to meet Thursday, July 23rd.,
with Miss Pauline McFall.
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C. L. ADAnSON,
Jeweler, Optican and Engraver.
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry
Silverware, Etc. Etc.
ALL WORK GUARANTEED
TWELVE MONTHS.
REPAIR WORK A SPECIALTY.
AUGUSTA. ARKANSAS.
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F1RSTCLASS ROOMS
And GOOD FARR.
Your Patronage Re
spectfully Solicited.
MRS. JOHN c. VEAZEY, Prop.
ARE COUNTED IN BILLIONS
Hard to Realize Where All the Pin*
Manufactured Finally Make
Their Disappearance.
—
One hundred and thirty-three
million gross of pins. Nineteen bil
lions pins. The census bureau is the ,
authority for the statement that the j
output of pins in the United States
for the year 1907 alone reached these
stupendous tigures. It is not strange
that mankind has for many years
wondered where all the pins go to.
Nineteen billion pins supplies 225
pins for every man, woman and child
in America. Nor is this all. These j
figures are for the common pin and
do not include hairpins, safety pins, !
nor the importation of an unstated
quantity of pins from other coun
tries. If we assume that the average
length of pins is an inch, it appears
that in a single year America pro
duces 19,000,000,000 inches of pins,
1,000,000,000 feet of pins, 320,000
miles of pins, pins enough if laid
end to end to go around the world
13 times, pins enough to make a
100-strand cable between New York
and Liverpool. Their cost was about
£140,000.—Glasgow Herald.
BOYS LANDED BIG FISH.
While Earl Stone and Paris Hat
tabaugh, nine and 19 years old re
spectively. were fishing in Richland
creek, at the old watermill, one mile
east of town, they found a large cat
fish fastened between a log of the
mill dam and a stone. It had run
into the trap during high water, and
as the water receded it was unable to
get loose.
How to land the fish was a ques
tion, for the boys reasoned that the
fish, as soon as dislodged, would be
come unmanageable; but they were
equal to the emergency. While Paris
sat on the fish Earl took the shoe
string band from his straw hat, put
it through the gills of the fish and
then the two dragged it ashore. In
triumph the boys brought their
catch, the largest of the season, to
town, and found its weight to be 33
pounds.—Bloomfield correspondence
Indianapolis News.
CHINA AND GLASS ORNAMENTS.
China and glass ornaments should
be washed in water not too hot, in
which a little soap powder has been
dissolved. In washing the dishes of
a china cupboard change the water
frequently, taking care not to put
too many dishes into the basin at
cnce, in case they strike against each
other and become chipped.
Hand-painted china and all kinds
decorated with gilt should never be
allowed to stand in water, especially
if it is very hot, as such treatment
is sure to injure the decoration.
I A soft brush is necessary for cut
' glass. To dry it thoroughly use
plenty of sawdust as this will absorb
the moisture where the brush cannot
reach.
MARINE INSURANCE.
Marine insurance is the oldest
kind of modern insurance. Its prin
ciples were first employed in the
fourteenth century by the merchants
of Barcelona, in Spain, when that
city was the capital of the kingdom
of Catalonia, and when its hardy
mariners were second to none in the
world. About the same time, and
also at Barcelona, the famous code
of maritime laws known as the “con
j sulado del mar,” was promulgated,
1 which is the foundation of the pres
ent shipping laws of every country.
HARD LUCK.
-1
"Oh, girls, just w’en I set me heart
on er pair of real corsets ma goeq
an’ gets me these here girdles."
A REFLECTION IN THE ABBEY.
Gobsa Golde and hiB family were
doing Westminster Abbey.
Suddenly the old man gave a con
temptuous laugh.
“The Poets’ Corner!” he sneered,
snapping to his red guide book.
“What good’s a comer in poet’s?
Gimme wheat or cotton, hey,
! mother?”
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FARMERS’ EDUCATIONAL
AND
CO OPERATIVE UNION
= OF AMERICA
To Use Waste Cotton.
Abilene offers as a candidate for
the State Senate this year W. J.
Bryan, who was formerly a Repre
sentative.
Mr. Bryan is now going oveir his
district, talking up a novel proposi
tion which he says he will support, if
he gets a chance, and that is a cot
ton mill under control of the State
Penitentiary Board, to utilize the labor
of female convicts in making cotton
Lagging from cotton waste.
Mr. Bryan declares that the Jute
bagging is manufactured by a foreign
trust, which extorts millions of dol
lars from the South each year, and be
believes that a cotton mill adjunct to
the penitentiary could utilize the
cheaper grades of cotton and make
a satisfactory bagging that would be
more protection to the cotton bale
than the jute bagging, less unsightly,
and at a saving of several millions of
dollars to the farmers of Texas every
year.
Jute bagging costs nearly a dollar
a bale, and If 35 cents could be saved
to the farmer it would amount to a
million dollars a year. Then there
would be nearly two millions more
kept within the State for the raw ma
terials, skilled labor, provisions fort he
convicts working In the mill. Such
a mill could be built by the State
upon the principle on which the State
bought and operated the Cunningham
sugar plantation—the profitable em
ployment of convict labor in such a
way as not to compete with the citi
zen labor. Mr. Bryan believes the Idea
a good one, practical, and would like
to see it put in operation by the next
Legislature. — Dallas (Texas) Demo
crat
How to Tie Wool.
Do not tie your wool with sisal or
binder twine. Woolen manufacturers
are up in arms against this practice,
and are more and more refusing to ac
cept from wool dealers wool that is
tied with sisal or binder twine, and
the time has come when the buyer of
wool must discriminate against this
kind of twine, for the reason that in
untying the fleeces it is impossible to
remove sisal or 'binder twine without
leaving some of the fibre in the woo!,
and this causes a defect in the goods
when made, to the annoyance and ex
pense of the woolen manufacturer,
who has has to put such pieces of
cloth among his defective goods.
In Ohio the tying up of tags in a
fleece of wool is a criminal offense,
and if discovered is punishable by im
prisonment or fine, or both, at the dis
cretion of the judge trying the offense.
It is in the power of the wool grow
ers to Improve the value of their wool
by proper tying and tagging, using the
hard-twisted twine instead of the loose
bound, wiry sisal. It is barely possi
ble that the wool dealers and manu
facturers will refuse to accept wool
tied with sisal except at a discount
from a merchantable price.—Southern
Cultivator.
Buying Small Farms.
There has been a very noticeable
Increase in the demand for small
farms the past winter, mainly from
city men who have been thrown out
of employment. In some sections
they have bought up practically all
the small farms in the market, paying
good prices for them, and generally
making the entire payment in cash.
Most of the purchasers are American
born mechanics and tradesmen who
have had a farm bringing-up. They
have saved a little money and now,
when their source of livelihood has
stopped, they naturally turn back to
the land where they know a com
fortable living rewards honest, intel
ligent effort. This class of of citi
zens is a large gain to any commu
nitq.—Farm and Home.
Get This into Your Noodle.
The farmer was in a store one rainy
day. He had made a purchase, and
as he put some change back into his
pocket a nickel fell to the floor and
was rolling under a table when he
suddenly slapped his foot on the coin
and stopped it where he could get
it. That was a very sensible thing to
do.
The same farmer keeps quite a
bunch of cattle and hogs. That same
rainy day there was a large manure
pile back of his barn and some of it
was being washed down the hill into
a gully and carried off to the river.
Not only a nickel, but many dollars
were rolling down the hill every time
it rained, and he never attempted to
stop the loss. Could he afford the
loss? No, though his farm was by
no means in need of commercial fer
tilizer.—Southwestern Farmer.
Don’t think of any such a foolish
thing as completely quitting cotton.
Colton is one of the best crops the
entire South ever planted. It Is the
abuse of the cotton system, and not
the planting of this great crop, that
has been all wrong. The way to do
It is simply this: Plant plenty of other
things to run the place aud have some
for the market; then plant all the
cotton you can reasonably oare for.
Facts do the best talking; show that
the Union Is making a better man of
| you
Save Good Seed.
You can save the seed of turnips,
beets, carrots, cabbage and collards i
by bedding during the winter and set
ting out the next spring. Most of
the other garden vegetable seed can
be saved during the season. The seed
you save yourself, get good seed, and
it is very profitable for the time and
trouble taken. It takes little time
to save the seed. Have a mouse-proof
box to put your seed in, gather them,
label them and put them in the box.
If you keep account of the money you
spend for seed you find that it amounts
to several dollars a year, which could
be saved. Besides you get a good
stand, and do not have to cultivate
an acre to get a half acre of stuff.—
Jacksboro (Tex.) News.
The “California Mixture.”
The lime-sulphur formula for scale
which has given such good results in
California, is as follows:
Salt 10 pounds, sulphur 20 pounds,
lime 40 pounds, with water to make 60
gallons of spray material ready for the
tree. The lime and sulphur remedy was
discovered by California people and
after many experiments this formula
was decided upon as being the best
for practical use. This formula was
adopted by many states and has been
the popular remedy for many years;
however, experiments were constantly
bing made to lessen the cost or find a
substitute.
When properly cooked and applied
this mixture will kill every scale that
it hits.
Keep a Stiff Upper Lip.
Dont become impatient because the
Farmers' Union has not yet estab
lished a” perfect system of marketing.
It took years to build up the great
gambling system which now controls
prices, and as perfect as it is in its
power to rob the producer, the Farm
ers’ Union has made inroads against
it the past four years which have
amazed the world. Don’t fret because
you have not overthrown the system.
You are building mudh more rapidly
than your enemy builded, arf& much
more solidly, for he built upon greed
and plunder, while you are building
upon “justice, equity and the golden
r ule. ’ ’—Co-Operator.
“Poets may sing of the glory of the
eagle, and artists may paint the beau
ties of birds of plumage, but the mod
est American hen is entitled to a
tribute for her industry, her useful
ness, and her productivity. The Amer
ican hen can in three months produce
wealth equal to the capital stock of
all the banks of the New York clear
ing house, and have a week to spare.
In less than sixty days she can equal
the total production of all the gold
mines of the United States. The
United States proudly boasts of all
its enormous production of pig iron,
by far the greatest of any country in
the world, and yet the American hen
produces as much in six months as the
iron mines of the country produce in a
year. In one year and ten months she
could pay off the Interest-bearing deb:
of the United States.”
A negro farmer in Kansas knows
how to raise potatoes. His name is
J. G. Groves, and, it is said, he raises
more potatoes every year than any
other individual grower in the world.
Last ybar on his farm he produced
72,150 bushels of white potatoes, be
sides several hundred bushels of the
sweet variety. The former crop aver
aged 245 bushels to the acre, and is
about his average yield. He began
farming less than thirty years ago
without a cent, as a day laborer at 40
cents per day, and now owns 500 acres
of land valued at $150 per acre. His
potatoe crops have made him wealthy.
There is something in knowing how.
Fruit jars are mighty cheap now.
compared to the cost of doctors, to
say nothing of the comfort of a weli
stored larder.
Every good Union man’s place is a
little bettor kept than that of the
non-union brother. This is one of
the signs you know them by.
Talking Unionism is all right, and
it is necessary for the propagation
of its good teachings, but, as in ev
erything else, remember that it is by
exemplification that the highest teach
ing can be done.
The cotton fight on the pairt of the
speculators is a fight of life and death
with them. Is it any wonder that
they have stirred heaven and earth
to take care of a system of getting
a living without work which has taken
nearly a century to build up and per
fect? Don’t be discouraged because
all of the financial world Is helping
the speculators, for they all get a
small "rake-off In some form or oth
er.
It Is a good plan to save handlee
when they break out of tools. The
hard wood comes In good use In
many places. It should be put where
It can be found easily. The same
may be said of irons of all kinds. No
one can tell when just such a piece
may save a trip to the shop.
There doubtless will come a time
when there will be no more clear
ing of farms, but It will be consid
ered the poorest kind of manage
ment to destroy young trees which
will soon grow Into merchantable
timber, and the land will be as profit
able in trees as in any other crop.
Manure never contains a larger
amount of fertility than when it Is
fresh. The sooner it is carried out
and applied the better.
Foe Sale : One good, and com
paratively new, Eldridge sewing
machine, with attachments.
Reasonable price.
Mrs. A. C. Dilliard,
McCrory, Ark.
The children’s day exercises ren
dered at the Methodist church last
Sunday evening were a grand suc
cess. Mrs. W. B. Fakes deserves
highest praise for having so faith
fully and efficiently instructed the
children who well rewarded her
for her time and trouble spent in
the above work.
RECIPE FOR HAPPINESS.
Go out under the bright, glad
sky: listen to the songs of the hap
py birds, the shout of the dancing
brooks; see how the sunlight glo
rifies hill and meadowland and
comes shimmering down thru un
counted forest leaves, these mel
low, golden summer days. Turn
your faces from the thronged
towns and cities, forget a little
while busy care, and let your soul
thrill and glow under the won
drous touch of divine harmony
that fills all nature. The glad
earth seems ever calling to an en
joyment of the all-true and the all
beautiful. Morning after morning
we know the rills clap their hands
for joy, away off in the greenwood,
and the hearts of the tiuv bird
thrill aud thrill, again and again,
because they are glad. Aud we
have so much more to make us
happy than they have—so many
hopes and loves that bird-hearts
never know. Ilow can we go up
and down the highways with sad
countenances when the whole
earth seems so happy? It seems
like ingratitude to God to do so.
And our smiles and pleasant faces
will bring such sunlight to other
hearts.
GRAYS,
Cy Our Regular Correspondent.
Otho Crisp went to Higginson,
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Walker, of
Wiville, were in Grays Saturday.
Vauee Thompson, of Memphis,
visited Harry Musgrove the latter
part of the week.
Mrs. Mary Powell, of Tennessee,
spent several days with Mrs. F. F.
Crow, last week.
T. J. Atkins and family, of De
vall’s Blulf, passed through Grays,
Wednesday enroute for the Revel
neighborhood.
The young people enjoyed a
pleasant evening at the home of
N. J. Hayes, Wednesday evening
the occasin being an ice-cream
supper.
The ball game played here
Saturday afternoon between the
second nine, of Wiville, and the
team here, resulted in a score of
39 to 11 in favor of Grays.
F. M. Alford died at his home
at Grays, Saturday afternoon at
5 o’clock. He leaves a wife and
three children, also a brother, J.
M. Alford. The deceased was
sick only a few days.
HUNTER.
By Our Regular Correspondent.
Roy Mitchell made a business
trip to Morton, last week.
Mrs. Ella High, and children,
spent Sunday with J. N. Lee.
Mr. Olds, and family, of Bemis,
leave this week for Little Rock.
Misses Zella Hunt and Effie
Wilson were in Augusta and Fakes
the past week.
Constable Patterson attended to
business in Hazen, one day last
week.
H. O. Penrose was a business
visitor at Penrose station, last
week.
R. A. Bell, and wife, of Lee
county, are spending this week
with his parents.
Jno. Stronger, of Hunter, has
been employed as section foreman
on the Cotton Belt, at Bemis.
Rev. H. E. May filled his reg
ular appointment here, Sunday
night. He preached an interest
ing sermon.
It looks bad and is bad to dese
crate the holy Sabbath by selling
goods and playing base ball on
that holy day.
Will Penrose, and wife, are en
joying themselves this fine weather
by camping out and getting some
of the city’s sickly complexion
turned to a nice sun burned brown.
Bert Baker is doing some work
for the Wilson & Hunt Bro., Tel
ephone Co. He has been at work
on the electric light plant in Cot
ton Plant for two months. Bert
is a good workman.
District No. 11 already has two
good school houses and will have
the third in the next 60 days.
Watch us grow. If you expect to
get in on the ground floor around
Hunter, get a move on yourself.
Mrs. Irene Vanderburg, who
has been spending some time visit
ing relatives in Forrest City,
came home the 20th., and he is all
smiles again. Yes the old gray
horse came tearing out of the
wilderness, again Sunday.
Mesdames Quesenberg, Jackson,
and Mooney met with quite a
serious accident, one day hist
week. They had been to pick
black berries and on their return
home their horse became frighten
ed ran away and threw them out
of their buggy, hurting Mrs.
Jackson very seriously.
KAN. CITY HEAT flARKET
Choice, fresh Meats, Fish, Vegeta
bles, Dairy and Poultry Products, and
Country Produce.—A Variety of Good
Things to Eat is What We Endeavor to
Offer the Trade at All Times.
HOnER VEAZEY
FRESH
FISH
EVERY SATURDAY
JEFFRIES, MARSH & CO.