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E HOME NEWS
EDITED IN THE INTERES T OF McCRORY AND WOODRUFF COUNTY
VOLUME 3
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, APRIL 26, 1918.
NUMBER 40.
CONDITIONS IN GERMANY
The following article was
handed us this week by our
friend, Mr. J. E. B. McBurnett
of Wiville. It is quite lengthy
but is worth reading by all.
The Scranton, Kansas Gaz
ette prints a speech by one Her
man Wilkes, German born,
which is worthy of wide circu
lation as a patriotic declara
tion. The speech follows:
“I know Germany, I was
born there, I went to school in
the fatherland, and let me tell
you, my good German friends
here tonight, you do not know
what you are talking about
when you support German au
tocracy. If you are honest
about it, you will say that you
and your fathers fled from
Germany .just as mine did, to
escape military tyranny. I
know Prussianism. You may
have been born elsewhere in
the empire, but the brutal iron
heel of the government that
has' drenched the whole world
powers was the same power
that made every German who
had a little mud hut, no mat
ter how poor he was, to hoard
a German soldier free of
charge. That soldier was the
autocrat of the home. His
word was law. If he punish
a child or knock him from a
chair, the father must smile.
To resent the action of the bru
tal guest, who must have the
best of everything in that house
was to bring ire punishment on
the head of the family. There
was a filled knapsack hanging
upon the wall and a loaded
gun in the corner and when the
call of war did come, that sol
dier with 150 others knew just
where to run in order to form
a company ready for service.
This is a type of the German
organization for you. What I
have said cannot be denied.
“Let me tell you something
else. I have been asked so
many times how can the Ger
man people, who are generally
so peaceful, have changed into
such murderers. I tell you that
for years there has not been a
minister standing in the pulpits
of Germany but what has been
selected by the government.
Approved by the powers he
has never preached to the peo
ple without combining the
name of Kaiser Wilhelm with
Almighty God. The people
had it preached to them. God
has given them the Kaiser. It
is a part of their training as
well, for not a school teacher
or instructor in the schools of
the fatherland but what is
there subject to the approval
of the imperial German gov
ernment and the children are
taught that Germany must
teach the world that their
Kaiser and their God are in
separably connected. I tell
you that the German people
have had so much of this doc
SOLDIERS ENTERTAINED
Sgt. O. M. Winfree, Sgt. El-1
mo Marsh and Sgt. Elmer Wild
er, who have been spending the j
week with homefolk in the
city on furlough from Camp
Beauregard, have been the
guests of honor at several
social functions during their
visit. The boys are highly
pleased with the entertainment
given in their honor.
Among those who entertain
ed ar $:
Monday, at Mr. and Mrs.
Marsh, 12 o’clock dinner;
Monday evening, Mr. and Mrs.
Morgan, 6 o’clock turkey din
ner at the Waverly Hotel; on
Tuesday, 6 o’clock dinner at
the country home of Mr. and
Mrs. Sturdivant; Thursday, 6
o’clock dinner with Mr. and
Mrs. Swayze.
Friday, 6 o’clock dinner at
the McCrory Home.
Rev. T. A. O’Bryant of Lon
oke, spent Monday night and
Tuesday in McCrory, the guest
of relatives. The Home News
was favored by a pleasant call
from the gentleman.
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trine that they really believe
what they have been taught
and cannot escape from the
virus.
My own mother carried me
in her arms. She knew what
military tyranny was, for she
suffered before we came to the
land of the "free to live under
the stars and stripes. Often
have I heard her say in heart
broken anguish over the safe^
ty of her brothers who fought
in the German legion, ‘Oh, why
is it necessary for people to
fight and keep great armies
when all could be so happy?’
Her brothers were killed in
battle, but our love went out
to this great country of free
dom which has blessed the
world and which is ours today.
How happy would she be were
she only here now, three stur
dy grandsons are in the ser
vice ready to follow Old Glo
ry to the greatest sphere of
freedom that the world has
ever kn^wn. They have taken
a solemn vow to follow our
flag,until it floats in triumph
over Dresden, if need be. And
their march, my friends, won’t
be the march of the Germans
through Belgium, with its
crimes and its tears, for they
will say to the German people,
come my brothers, into the en
joyment of the fruits of a great
freedom of the world’s de
mocracy that knows no divine
rights of kings and that shall
mean for all peace and hap
piness. • We come not to rob
you of your land, or your mon
ey, or to enslave you, but to
bring you in larger measure
that message which the angels
sang on old Judea, ‘Peace on
earth, good will to men.’ ”—
Roscoe (Tex.) Times.
ENTERTAINMENT
On Thursday evening Mr.
and Mrs. Swayze entertained
in honor of the soldiers from
Camp Beauregard, the guests,
Misses McFall, Berry, Lewis,
Tarpley, Raglin, Stewart, Pow
ell, Williams, Jeffries, Cullum.
Out of town guests were Misses
Lottie Barber of Newport;
Ruth Powell of Wynne and
Mrs. R. H. McDonald of Wei-*
don. Sgts. Winfree, Marsh,
Wilder; Messrs. Wherry, Jef
fries, Lewis, McCrory.
Sack ear corn. Planters
Merc. Co. 4-26-lt.
Wanted to buy, fat hogs—
W. J. Mitchell. 4-5-tf.
- Sgt. Maj. Winfree visited in
Memphis Wednesday evening.
500 bushels corn for sale—
cash or credit—W. J. Mitchell
A full line of men’s summer
wash pants. Planters Merc.
Co. 4-26-lt
Mr. C. Crotzer of Memphis
is visiting friends here this
week.
Mr. J. I. Ashby of Hunter,
was a pleasant visitor in Me
Crory Wednesday.
Miss Mary Will Neil of Bells
Tenn., is the guest of her un
cle, Dr. L. A. Jelks.
Sgt. Elmo Marsh returned
to Camp Beauregard Friday by
way of Newport, Arkansas.
For your sewing machines,
get a bottle of Boyle Sewing
Machine Oil. Planters Merc.
UO. 4-Z0-1T
Born: Wednesday, April 10,
1918, to Mr. and Mrs. T. Le
May, of Pumpkin Bend, a nine
pound girl.
Miss Lottie Barber of New-;
port, arrived Wednesday and
is the pleasant guest of Mrs.
A. J. Marsh.
Miss Ruth Powell of Wynne,
attended the entertainment at
Mrs. Swayze’s Thursday night,
L*eturning Friday.
Mrs. W. W. Raney, Miss
Rena Berry and Sgt. Maj. O.
M. Winfree motored to Augus
ta Thursday evening.
Mr. Jno. C. Veazey, Jr., of
Tip purchased a five-passenger
Chevrolet of the W. B. Fakes
Motor Co., of this city Wednes
day.
Buckwheat, Corn and Aunt
Jemima’s Pan Cake Flour, try
one of the above substitutes for
wheat flour. Planters Merc.
Co. 4-26-lt.
Mrs. Jas. H. Porter and two
children, Harvey and Maurice,
of Helena, are the guests of her
father, Col. H. B. Gray and
family.
To make room for the new
crop, I will sell No. 3 can toma
toes for three for 50 c. and No.
two’s for three for 40 c.—Geo.
H. Proulx. 4-12-2t.
Miss Elizabeth Johnsor has
resigned her position in Cotton
Plant and is now at home to
the delight of her many
friends here.
COUNCIL OF DEFENSE
The Woodruff county branch
of the State Council of Defense
met in this city Wednesday
and passed some valuable reso
lutions which we will publish
next week. R. T. Harville of
Augusta, is chairman, Fletcher
Lewis of McCrory, vice chair
man, and W. C. Berry, Jr., of
Augusta, secretary of the coun
ty organization. Among those
who attended we note: Messrs
H. O. Penrose, of Hunter; R.
E. Holder, of Barnes; E. H.
Cole, of Hillemann; Dan
Keith, of Howell; Sheriff Alex
McGregor, and W. C. Berry,
Jr., of Auusta; E. W. Butler,
of McClelland; and Fletcher
Lewis of McCrory.
Dr. Earle Kittrell, Veteri
narian, of Augusta, will be in
McCrory the last Saturday of
each month. Have him exam
ine your horse. Adv.3-15tf
On Friday morning, Mr. Mil
ton Huff received a card from
his brother, Lieut. Walter B.
Huff, stating that he had land
ed safely overseas.
Rev. J. R. Nelson and Mr. A.
A. Taylor are proud owners of
new Chevrolets purchased of
the Fakes Motor Company of
this city Thursday.
Sgt. Maj. O. M. Winfreo will
leave Saturday for Camp Beau
regard, La., stopping over Sat
urday night in Little Rock the
guest of G. L. Dortch.
Mr. K. H. Carson was in
Jonesboro Wednesday where
he met and was accompanied
home by his nephew, Master
Billie Carson of Chicago.
Sgt. Elmer Wilder, who has
been visiting relatives and his
many friends in McCrory for
the past week, will return to
Camp Beauregard Saturday.
For Sale: A few registered
Duroc males, ready for service,
dark cherry red, fine individ
ual lines of breeding. Call or
write H. D. Angus, McCrory,
Ark. Adv. 3-8 tf.
After a few days visit with
homefolk and friends in Mc
Crory, Roger Fakes returned
to Conway Sunday where he
goes to resume his duties at
Hendrix College.
*Mrs. R. H. McDonald and
daughter, little Miss Christine,
of Weldon, who have been the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wilder
during Sgt. Winfree and Wild
er's leave from Camp 'Beaure
gard, La., returns home tomor
row, (Saturday.)
Mr. J. E. Comer informs us
that he will install a first-class
barber shop in the u^er story
of the new brick on the south
side of F. Lewis’ new store
building, all of which is now
under construction, and that
Carson’s will occupy the lower
floor. His building on the north
side will be used by the Mc
Crory Drug Co., in the lower
floor and the upper will be oc
cupied by Caldwell’s pool
room.