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The Home news., 1916-07-14

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 and the many are tenents at will; therefore,
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:
 Section l. The powers of each and every corporation engaged in the business of selling goods, wares and merchandise, with it's situs or domicile, in Woodruff County, Arkansas, are hereby rescinded; provided, the provi sions of this act are intended to apply only to corporations creat ed pursuant to the provisions of sections 837, 838 and the succeed ing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 All laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.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 day of November 1916, and each of us for himself says; l have personally signed this petition, l am a legal voter of the state of Arkansas, and my residence, post office address and voting precinct are correctly written after my name.
The Home news., 1916-07-14
A Clover Campaign.

 richness of owners and richness in fertility of land. A field of clover is rich pasture for all kinds of livestock, and beautiful to look upon. It's 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 we'll in Arkansas. Some clovers grow we'll here even with out care. The wealth of a state may well be measured by it's acreage of ctovers and alfalfa.
 The extension Service of the University of Arkansas and U. s. Department of Agriculture is planning great campaign this year for large acreage of clov- CT to be seeded between August and October. The ffty-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 and thousands of letters to progressive farmers about clovers, and clovers this summer.
 Crimson clover will grow in most soils although in many farms inoculation may be neces- sary. It should be tried out in small way first. 1t 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 we'll 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 most excellent hay crop.
 Every farmer in Arkansas is urged to get ''on the clover wagon" and be able to say on or
The Home news., 1916-07-14
To The Voters.

is Hon. E. M. Carl-Lee of Angus ia. which will be submitted to the voters at the general election to be held in November.
 The bill is aimed solely at mer- camille companies and applies only to those doing business in Woodruff County. Should ma- ioritv of the voters vote for the bill it will become 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 MT. Brundidge's primary election law and the other the local option law which proposes to repeal our statewide laws.
 We think that every voter should get 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 vote 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- pie 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 careful considera- tion be given all laws before casting your ballot. Following IS MT. Carl-Lee's bill:
 THE PETITION AND BILL 10 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, towit:
 AN ACT TO RESCIND THE POWERS OF CERTAIN MFR CANTILE CORPORATIONS IN WOODRUFF COUNTY, ARK ANSAS.
 Whereas the operation of cor poratlons selling goods, wares ana merchandise in Woodruff county. Arkansas, has become suoversive to the growth, devel- opement. happiness, prosperity ana general welfare of the peo- pie of said county; And whereas, uliuer conditions brought about os the operation of said corpora eohs It has become impossible iof the man who tills the soil to
The Home news., 1916-07-14

George Walker of Heber Springs is spending the week in the city the guest of his brother in-law, Assessor Edgar Miller.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-05-12
Lahore Share of the profit

lncome-tax returns prove that the
well-to-do are earning more money
than ever before. Reports of railroads
and Industrial companies show that
they are earning on the average larger
profits than they ever earned in the
past. The general advance in wages
all over this country, emphasized by
United States Steels announcement
OF another increase involving $4,000.
600, proves also that the American
workingman is getting more money in
his pay envelope than was ever put in
1t in any previous year. Every COM
modify, or at least every essential one,
is higher in price, and so the entire
land has been lifted upon plane
hitherto untouched. Big profits, big
wages and big prices go hand in hand.
When prices are high commodities APP
pear to be scarce, and when wages are
higher labor is least plentiful. Today
there is q genuine .dearth of labor in
the United States, which contrasts
with endless lines at soup kitchens
and two millions idle few years ago.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-05-12
Democratic Right to Be Proud.

Much has been said of the federal
reserve system as constructive act
OF legislation. But all that has been
said of 1t in this character as a fact
for peace is outdone in what is now
said of 1t as a fact for war by i'm
partial observers at distance and
speaking in the light of the greatest
cataclysm ever known to the world.
There has been no political maxim
in this country more arrogantly ex-
plotted by its formulatcrs than that
the Republican is the party of con-
struction and the Democratic the party
Of destruction. But the fact remains
that this greatest act of legislative
construction in over fifty years is the
work of the so-called party of destruc.
Jtion--a work achieved in the nick Of
time against the insistent neglect OF
the so-called party Of construction.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-05-12

among her married woman frienos and
studies their condition. II they have a
pain In their little finger. hubby calls
up half dozen times day from his
ONCE to inquire IL the pain has sub
sided or If he hadn't better call a doc
tor. Her children are as solicitous.
one holds her hand, another smooths
her forehead, while the others are en-
deavoring to charm the pain away.
Tho bachelor girl, alone in her small
rented room, may have pains in her
whole body and there. is no one to
know or care. She feels keenly the
lack OF solicitude and sympathy.
The childless widow, who has been
petted and adored by her good man
who has gone before her. may in time
become resigned to her situation. But
the lack OF someone to love her and
someone whom she can love fills her
soul with a yearning want which will
not be stified. A pleasant evening
among her congenial friends will sat.
isfy the bachelor girls heart The
widow comes home from such an en-
tertainment to cry over her present
existence. The bachelor girl gets her
solitary meal and eats 1t with relish.
giving the matter no particular
thought The widow, through sheer
sentiment, sets her table for two, Her
lips culver and her eyes fill with tears
as she looks upon the vacant chair op-
posite.
She concludes she must see 1t occu-
pied once more If she is to dispel her
loneliness. Such a thought never oc-
ours to the bachelor girl. Sentiment
with her is lost in the labyrinth of
duty, as she elbows her way through
the hard business world to vie with
others. to earn her daily bread. She
lays by what she can, which is not
much-having the advantage over the
widow in this respect-she is not
sought out by. the money sharks, who
make love to her in one breath and
coax loans from her to make invest
ments in the stock market a moment
later.
The business girl is just smart
to look into sharpers' schemes
and Judge for herself what is best to
do. The widow, used to depending on
what a man has told her, believes i'm
plicitly the lips that purr love story
In her ear, calling her "girlie," declar-
Ing even though she sent him from
her he must see her again.
The average widow is unsuspicious
regarding matrimony. The bachelor
maid is armed with doubts. The wild
ow's standard excuse is that she was
TOO lonely in single blessedness. The
girl cannot feel the want of
what she has never had-a husband
and his love.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-05-12
Excellent Type Of Dwelling House.

prepared by the United States Depart
49,. ment of Agriculture.)
A southern farmhouse for a small
family is shown on the accompanying
plan, prepared in the office of public
roads and rural engineering of the de-
partment. The plan was developed
after extensive surveys in the South
to determine the household needs of
families with reference to local agri-
culture, climate, and domestic help
The aim primarily is to provide: (a)
A cool and convenient kitchen and din
Ing room for the housewife; (b) bed
rooms and living room with the best
exposure; (c) facilities for outdoor
sleeping, and (d) an easily heated
house, cool in summer and yet with
sunny rooms in winter The materials
selected are those commonly used In
the South. Local builders should have
no difficulty in carrying out the plans.
Description Of Plan.
With the house facing south, the
living room and bedrooms will have
the advantage of the prevailing sum-
mer winds, which, generally through
out the South, are from the south and
southwest. Where the prevailing winds
vary from the usual direction the plan
can be reversed if desired, or the
house 30 placed that it will have the
proper relation to the summer breezes.
The arrangement of dining room and
kitchen constitutes the chief feature
of the plan. The china closet, opening
into both rooms, saves a great many
steps between the kitchen and the
dining room. The clearing up after
meals can be accomplished with very
few steps, dishes being passed through
on the wide counter shelf, washed at
the sink, drained, and returned to the
china closet, where they are available
from either side.
The kitchen is small, well lighted.
conveniently arranged. and cool, by
reason OF the facts that the range is in
separate room and the windows on
opposite sides permit a cross draft.
The distance from the range to the
other fixtures is no greater than in
most farm Kitchens; and, If 1t were,
the extra step or two would not Offset
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-05-12

chimneys, with two open fireplaces
each, which would be necessary to heat
all the rooms. The upkeep would be less
and the efficiency and comfort far in
excess of that afforded by open fire.
places. If ethe situation is low, with
water near the surface. the house can
be raised higher from the ground and
the pit carried down but three feet or
SO. 1t should be built of concrete and
made waterproof. Space for fuel
storage is provided under the rear
gallery, and there is vegetable cellar
under the kitchen.
Gallery and Sleeping Porch.
There is less front gallery to this
house than in most southern farm
houses. The reason for this is that,
while galleries add to the GOODNESS Of
house in summer, they keep the win
ter sun out, making the house, damp,
cold, and cherries, Extensive gal
leries add to the housekeeper's work.
If house has wide caves and good
roof ventilation and is placed so that
it is partly shaded by trees, the same
beneficial effect afforded by galleries
is had in the summertime, while in
winter the sun will penetrate each
room at some time of the day. The
summer temperature within house is
largely influenced by the presence of
nearby trees, which, even IL they do
not shade the building. prevent or
lessen radiation from the ground. The
plan. however, does provide COM
Portable front gallery. and the sleep
ing porch can also be used as an out
side sitting room. Two sleeping COM
partments can be provided on this
porch by using movable partition or
screen
Complete working drawings for this
house may be obtained by those con-
templating building, on application to
the Office of public roads and rural en-
cheering, United States department.
of agriculture, Washington. d. c.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-05-12
RECITAL OF RUIN
That Is, According to Republican
Argument.
New York World Points Out How
standpat Organs Have Brought
Disaster on Their Cause by
Persistent Foolish Claims.


hit was not for the European war
the country by this time would be in
dustrially in ruins because of the I'm
derwood-Simmons tariff act. II you
do not believe it, go back and see how
imports were overwhelming us in the
first year Of this act, which ended Just
before the war broke out-the fiscal
year 1916"
This daily chant of the standpat or
gans apparently moved the senate
awhile ago to address to the depart
ment of commerce a resolution of in
curry which Secretary Redfield now
responds to. And the damning fact is
admitted that imports in 1914 under
the said tariff were AS per cent
larger than in 1913 under the Payne
Aldrich tariff. Dutiable imports were
actually less, but free imports, chief
ly. of materials for our factories, were
larger.
This is bad, but a worse tale of
ruin remains to be told. 1t relates to
the first year of the prior Payne-Al-
drich standpat tariff and is proved in
precisely the same way. In that first
year imports increased is per cent
over the previous year.
Therefore it is shown by accepted
standpat rules of evidence that four
times more ruin was produced by the
Payne-Aldrich tariff in its first year
than by the Underwood Simmons tariff
In its first year.-New York World.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-05-12
FARMERS URGED TO PREPARE
President Of Cotton States Msr
chants Association Appeals to
Members Of Organization.

In a letter addressed to 10000 mem
bers of the Cotton Merchants asso-
citation President r. r. Ellis calls at
.tention to the opportunity presented
at this time to render an incalculable
service to the farmers of the South by
inducing them to plant ample food
crops. Part of his letter follows
Never in the history of our coun-
try have the citizens OF the United
States been confronted with more Sc
rious situation than is presented at
this time, and no man living can pre-
dict with the slightest degree of GER
tainty what the social, political or
business conditions will be in the next
six months.
Certainly It is up to us all, and
especially to the people of the South,
to prepare ourselves as best we can
for whatever may happen.
IF our individual members will
make it a personal matter and duty
to use their influence to the utmost
limit in urging the farmers to raise
foodstuffs this season to last both man
and beast for full year, they will be
doing service for their communities
that will be well worth while in put
ting the South in strong financial po-
sition, no matter what may happen, or
what may be the price of cotton next
fall.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-05-12
IMPORTANCE OF HERD BULL
Easy to See That None but Best Bred
Animals Should Be Used In Build
ing Up Herd.

So far as calves are concerned the
bull represents half the herd. II the
cows are grades and the bull pure
bred animal descended from strong
line Of parents he will represent some
thing more than one-half of the herd
because OF the greater power such
well-bred animals have of stamping
their breed characteristics ON their of
spring. This being the case, we can
easily see the Importance of getting
none but the best bred bulls.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-05-12

one OF their grand
councils in New
York city. A large
number of authors
were to be pres
ent. What's the
w o o d c + a I t
Lacquer" ] asked
myself, with some
curio sity. My
imagination con-
jured up hand
s o m ely carved
and burned woods
a ny things
cunningly fash
toned from wood.
Would they inter
est me? i was
not sure. but the
thought that u
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-05-12
WHICH IS THE LoNELIERa

For some this earth is a paradise
And they live in long, sweet dream,
While others live from day to day
Pulling forever against the stream.
The Independent bachelor girl IL
more apt to deny than not that she has
lonely moments, while. on the con-
trary, widow never let's up impress
ing you with her loneliness, real or
imaginary.
The spinster who is any age be.
tween thirty and over has seen enough
OF life to realize what she Is missing
ID not having husband, aome and
children OF her own. She looks about
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-05-12
Republicans Have No Issue.

The Democrats are enacting great
constructive program, and dealing with
great problems cautiously and with
good results as rule. The people are
realizing that In critical time like
this it would be hazardous to trust
the Republican party, and there is not
one pledge that they can make in sim
certify that the people would be justi-
fed in considering seriously.
The Republican party has no issue.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-05-12
Surely a Call for Wilson.

II is no time to put demagogue in
the presidential office. 1t is no time
to put logomachist there. The hour
is a rude hour. The circumstances of
the situation are realities that will
crush all that is artificial. We want
no artificiality, no humbug.. The need
is for naked strength. American man.
hood stripped of all shams, the habit
of thought that is sure and silent, as
all strong things are.-Proyidence
Tribune.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-05-12
WHAT LOVE MEANS TO MAN.

man fell in love. What was that to
him?
Twas all. Twas the breath Of his life
twas a hymn
OF the soul whose MUSIC ana rhythm and
ring aN asf
Were sweeter than. songs that the angels
sing
He loved. That was ali-but II fllled up
his life
So that all of his thought was of mar
rage and wife.
Before the heart of a man has
been touched by the tender passion,
he is a cynic in regard to love. He
does not think 1t worth while to give
It a thought. He slaps his bachelor
chums on the back and tells them how
lucky they are in being free lances.
He actually pities the man who Is
tied down to one woman's apron
strings, as he phrases It.
No matter how fascinating the wom-
en- with whom he is brought in con-
tact may be. he prides himself upon
the fact that when they are out OF
his sight they are out of his mind. =
He is amused at the girls who set
their caps for him under their mann
mas directions. He knows-what
they don't know-that It Is time lost
But he is a man with mans in
stincts and his heritage for loving.
His heart may be plant OF slow
growth, but he cannot live his life
out without its breaking into blossom
soon or late.
All men are not attracted by the
same type of woman. 1t takes a GER
tain particular heart to mate with
some other heart. Outward beauty of
face or form or brilliant intellect has
nothing to do with it. It is the I'M
mistakable power of mutual attrac-
ton, that wonderful magnet SO indie
scribable, yet the golden key, to un-
lock love, the chord in each heart
which vibrates to the touch of but
one only. Two may meet strangers,
glance casually into each others eyes,
| and without a spoken word or clasp
of the hand each may realize the influ-
ence which means the awakening of
the heart. A woman ponders over
this sweet and new sensation roman
tically. yet earnestly. With a man 1t
is different. He finds himself COM
pletely submerged in the labyrinth of
an unseen power. Love strikes into a
mans breast deeper than is the case
| with woman.
He realizes that It is mans destiny.
He is filled with the fever Of unrest
until he is presented to the woman
whose personality has such an infiu.
ence. Her presence, the sound of her
voice. and the touch Of her hand add
to his entertainment She is ever in
his thoughts. He cannot get away
from them II he would.
| He loved! It opened out q new
world to him. The one fear that op
pressed him was that he was moi
good enough for her.
| He laughs at scars who never felt q
sword cut Nothing II as 1t was be
fore to him. He realizes Gods plan
to mate--that It is not we'll for man
to live alone; that he needs the gentle
companionship Of . noble, virtuoue
4 woman to guide him Alright through
this forward world Of temptation and
folly. He realizes marriage makes o.
mars man. Marriage means every
thing to him.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-05-12
VALUE OF BABcocK TESTER
Wonderful Factor In Development Of
pairylnS In Texas--Hcips Weed
Out Boarders.

tBy J. W. RIDGwAY. College station.
Texas.)
The Babcock tester has been q
wonderful factor In the development
Of dairying in Texas. It has enabled
the dairy farmer to weed out nnproft-
able individukIs. It has placed the
creameries on practical buying
basis and has given the colleges 1
method Of solving the more important
economic problems Of dairviug."
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-05-12

Country Il Not Complaining.
OF course nothing IL ever done right
ander . Democratic president. and yet
the country gets along extraordinarily
we'll. It IL better on than any other
country In the world
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-05-12
The only Riohteous Man.

We suppose Colonel Roosevelt loves
this country as much as could be ex-
pected, considering the number Of
liars, scoundrels and all-round male
factors he regards 1t to contain
Houston Post.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-05-12
Easy 10 See coloneI's Aims.

The colonel declares that the pro-
iective tariff must not be the Repub-
lican issue. The reason Is plain. On
that issue some other man might be
nominated. But Of heroism and the
nations soul" the colonel has snug
little monopoly.