THE
HOME
NEWS
EDITED IN THE INTEREST OF McCRORY AND WOODRUFF COUNTY
VOLUMN 4
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, NOVEMBER, 29, 1918.
NUMBER 19
SUGAR CERTIFICATES
TO BE DISCONTINUED
Domestic Consumers and Pub
lic Eating Houses Are
Urged to Conserve,
However, As Before.
Washington, Nov. 28,—Dis
tribution of sugar under the
certificate system will be dis
continued December 1, under
an order issued yesterday by
the Food Administration. In
annuoncing the order the ad
ministration emphasized that
requests for conservation of
sugar were in no way modi
fied.
Domestic consumers, it was
said, will be expected to ob
serve the voluntary ration of
four pounds per person a
month and public eating
places will be required to use
only four pounds of sugar
for each 90 meals.—Arkansas
Democrat, Nov. 28.
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BISHOP MOUSON GIVES
OUT NEW APPOINTMENTS
North Arkansas Conference At
Clarksville Is Adjourned
The North Arkansas M. E.
Conference, in session at
Clarksville for four days,
closed Sunday night, following
the reading of appointments
by Bishop Mouson.
A portion of the appoint
ments follow:
Forrest City District!
W. B. Hay, presiding elder;
Colt, A.’ McKelvy; Cotton
Plant, W. F. Walker; DeView,
F. H. Champion; Hunter cir
cuit, J. C. Crenshaw, super
numerary; Jelks and Wiville,
H. M. Lewis, supernumerary;
Searcy District.
A. E. Holloway, presiding
elder; Augusta, H. Hains
worth; Augusta circuit, T. C.
Chambliss; Auvergne and
Weldon, H. H. Hunt; Brad
ford, I. E. Baker, supernu
merary; Kensett and Bald
Knob, C. C. Griffin; North
Little Rock, First Church, F.
A. Lark; Searcy, T. Y. Ramsey,
J. H. Dye, supernumerary;
Seacry circuit, G. R. Fikes;
commissioner Galloway Col
lege, J. H. O’Bryant; trans
ferred to other conferences;
J. W. Moore to Los Angeles
conference.
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Private William Chas.
Headman of DeView was re
ported in the casualty list in
' nursday’s Arkansas, Demo
crat as having died of disease
overseas.
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^ e join the many members
°t the Methodist Church and
?u.r. entire citizenship in re
joicing over having had the
services of their pastor, Rev.
IV kelson, retained for
another year. We gladly wel
LOme y°u home again, Broth
u and Sister Nelson.
DEPARTURE OF MAILS.
Mail closes going east (north) at 10:30 a. m. and 6:25 p. m.
Mail closes going west (south) at 9:45 a. m. and 6:25 p. m.
Routes No. 1 (north) A. D. Stafford, carrier, and
No. 2 (south) W. J. Mitchell, carrier, leave at 8:00 a. m.
Mail froom DeView arrives at 9 :30 a. m. and departs at
11:30 a. m. W. B. KYLE, Postmaster.
Mrs. W. G. Black Dead
A telegram containing the
sad news of the death of Mrs.
W. G. Black of Little Rock,
was received this, Friday, af
ternoon by Mr. H. D. Swayze.
Mrs. Black, who was Miss
Minnie Jelks before marriage,
has many friends here who
will learn with deep sorrow of
her death which occurred
about four o’clock, p. m., Nov.
29, 1918, at her home in Lit
tle Rock.
She leaves a husband, a son,
Victor, a daughter, MissLaura,
and a sister, Mrs. Joe Hocott,
of Little Rock; a mother, Mrs.
M. E. Neal, a brother, Mr. W.
E. Jelks, and a sister, Mrs. H.
D. Swayze, of McCrory, and a
sister, Mrs. H. Y. Swayze of
Kerrville, Texas, and a host
of friends to mourn her loss.
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YOUR HOME PAPER
Does more than any other
single institution to promote
the social and business life of
the community and merits your
support. Advertise in it and
Subscribe for It
and keep posted as to what
is going on in the country, state
and county; also keep in touch
with what your neighbors are
doing in the home town.
Our subscription prices are:
$1.00 per year, 60c for six
months and 40c for three
months.
If you have a soldier friend
let us send The Home News to
him as there is nothing that he
would appreciate more.
THE HOME NEWS.
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LAST CALL FOR BONDS
Those who subscribed to
the Third Liberty Loan and
have not completed their pay
ments must complete same at
once or their bonds will be
forfeited. Please call for
your bond.
BANK OF McCRORY
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Rhode Island Red hens and
registered Poland China pigs
for sale at the Dilliard Farm.
See me for prices. W. G. Dil
liard. Adv.
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Renew your subscription
before it expires which will
be on the first day of the
month opposite your name as
printed on the wrapper or
front page of this paper.
All subscriptions MUST be
discontinued, hereafter, at the
expiration of same.
PLAN TO PUT BUSHEL
FUND TO IMMEDIATE USE
Money Will Aid Wounded
and Sick Arkansans Return
ing From Overseas Service
Plans for immediate action
to aid in the rehabilitation of
wounded and sick soldiers,
sailors, and marines returned
from overseas service, have
been taken up by officials of
the Farmers’ Give-a-Bushel
movement, work to start as
soon as the present drive, to
be concluded December 1, is
over.
It is believed that a total
of 750,000 bushels, equivalent
to $750,000.00 will have been
obtained by that time. The
officials will co-operate with
federal aerencies working
along similar plans, but will
render help where existing
federal law prohibit. One of
the biggest tasks to be under
taken isN the locating of
positioins for crippled sol
diers.
The government plans to
furnish farm lands to wound
ed soldiers who can turn to
such work, but insists that
;uch soldiers have a working
^ tal. It is planned by the
Arkansas agency that in such
cases the “Give-a-Bushel”
board will extend a loan suf
ficient to constitute*a working
capital, the money to be re
turned if possible.
Members of the Arkansas
State Council of Defense,
d;h sneakers obtained by the
council, are touring the state
directing the whirlwind drive
close up the campaign by
the last of this month.—Ark
ansas Gazette, Nov. 23.
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NOTICE
A call to the ladies of Mc
Crory. Miss Elizabeth Hol
land is now the salesmanager
for the California Perfume
Company’s toilet articles and
Christmas goods. See her.
California Perfume Co. Adv.
ltp.
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Buy you a lot in the new
Raney Addition—the choicest
property to be had —right in
the heart of town.
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Land for sale: 200 acres, Vk
mile of Hunter, 35 acres open,
balance timber, good roads and
water and new railroad being
constructed by land. Call or
write Home News Editor, Mc
Crory, Ark. adv.
LARGEST POTATO IN
STATE RAISED HERE
Mr. G. T. Hay who resides
one mile west of McCrory
raised the champion sweet po
tato of Arkansas this year.
The largest potato in the
state until Mr. Hay harvest
ed his crop was grown in
Cross County. Both are now
on exhibition in John H.
Page’s office at the capitol
building in Little Rock and
the Cross County potato is re
corded as the largest for the
reason that Mr. Hay’s potato
was kept on exhibition at the
Bank of McCrory several
days and lost 23 ounces in
weight before it was sent to
Little Rock. The potato from
Cross County weighs 1 5
pounds and Mr. Hay’s product
weighed 15 pounds and 15
ounces when it was first ex
hibited here, but it weighed
only 141/2 pounds at the cap
itol. Following is what the
Arkansas Democrat of Nov.
16, 1918, had to say about
these potatoes:
GETS BIG POTATOES
Two monster sweet potatoes
were presented to the agri
cultural exhibit at the state
capitol Saturday. One of
these shipped to John H. Page,
by Mr. G. T. Hay of McCrory,
weighed 141/2 pounds, and
one brought in by Thomas D.
Spruce of Alexander weighed
10 V2 pounds. The latter was
grown by Fans Farr, a negro
farmer. These potatoes were
close rivals of the 15 pound
jumbo tuber contributed from
Cross County, which has held
the star championship for size
four years in succession.
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MEMORIAL FUND
The Home News Memorial
Fund has increased this week
with a cash donation of $1.00
from Mrs. T. J. Comer of Mc
Crory. As stated last week,
upon the suggestion of Mr. W.
B. Dougherty, we are endeav
oring to raise a popular sub
scription to this fund which
will be used to erect an ap
propriate memorial in the
town of McCrory to the mem
ory of the boys from Woodruff
county who gave their lives
in the great war against au
tocracy. We shall publish
the list each week and the
following subscriptions have
been received:
MEMORIAL HONOR ROLL
W. B. Dougherty, .$50.00
Mrs. T. J. Comer,. 1.00
Total .$51.00
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Riggs Brothers, agents for
the Lally-Light have installed
one of these modern lighting
systems this week in the new
barber shop of L. B. Colwell.