THE
HOME
NEWS
EDITED IN THE INTEREST OF McCRORY AND WOODRUFF COUNTY
I vOLUMN 4
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, JANUARY 10. 1919.
NUMBER 25
financial statement .
bank OF McCRORY
Following is the report of
condition of the Bank of
McCrory, McCrory, Woodruff
rmintv Arkansas, at the close
ot business Dec. 31. 1918.
Resources
loans & discounts $105,899.79
Loans on real est. 39,387.12
Loans on cotton.... 16,797.39
Overdrafts secured
and unsecured .... 96.96
U S. Bonds . 18,000.00
Otherbonds and se
curities includ. st.
wrts. eo. &cy. scrip 920.15
Furniture & fixt... 1,800.00
Banking house . 3,300.00
Other real estate 3 600.00
Cash and due from
reserve banks . 257,836.13
Other resources .... 930 • 0
Total .. 488,587.54
Liabilities
Capital stock pd up 25,000.00
Surplus funds cert. 5,000.00
llndeiv. prfts. net .. 16,916.15
Indiv. den.
inc.pub.fds.388.515.82
TirrtP PPrt
of deposits 12,024.66
Cash’r’s cks 1,130.91
Totl amt. all
dep. shown401,671.39
Total . 488,587.54,
STATE OF ARKANSAS
COUNTY OF WOODRUFF
We, H. W. Jernigan, presi
dent, and Claton Hailey, sec
retary of the above named
bank, do solemnly swear that
the above statement is true to
the best of our knowledge and
belief.
H. W. JERNIGAN, Pres.
CLAYTON HAILEY, Sec.
Attest: J. F. MORGAN
E. T. WHERRY
H. W. JERJSTIGAN
Subsribed and sworn to be
fore me this 9th day of Jan
uary, 1919. My commission
expires Nov. 27,1921.
G. W. BARBER, N. P.
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OVERPOWER JAILER
a uur, negroes overpowered
Jailer and escaped from
r,; uP°^on jail Sunday
One of the quartet,
}w»nei? ^uc^ner» was being
oil foL?fficers at Chickasha,
u-i ?• The other negroes were
lc* on minor charges.
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MRS. ELLEN FAKES
Mrs. Ellen Fakes wife of the
late Dr. G. B. Fakes, of this
city died Thursday morning at
her home. Mrs. Fakes was
one of the oldest and most
highly respected ladies of this
city and leaves many friends
to mourn her loss. Services
were conducted at the M. E.
Church by Rev. J. R. Nelson
and the remains were laid to
rest in the Fakes cemetery. A
longer mention will be made
next week.
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FOUND DEAD IN YARD
Mrs. Virgie Stowe, age 34
was found dead by her little
daughter, Hazel last Tuesday
morning at her home on Dr.
J. W. Morris' place near Beard
Church. Mrs. Stowe seemed
as well as usual, having cook
ed breakfast and cleaned her
house and had just finished
sweeping her porch when she
dropped dead. The cause
of her death was supposed to
have been heart failure. She
was born at Swifton, Ark June
22, 1884, and was married
Dec. 5, 1911 to W. R. Stowe
at Wynne. She leaves a hus
band and four children to
mourn her loss.
The remains were laid to
rest at Beards Cemetery Jan.
8, 1919.
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Howell's Bitter Tonic at Red
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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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Private Milliard Crotzer,
of the Aero division of the
Marines, who has just returned
from overseas, and has spent
a thirty days furlough here
will leave Sunday for Norfolk,
Va., to join his company. Mil
liard is the son of C. Crotzer of
this city and was one of the
many Woodruff county boys
who had the thrilling experi
ence of going over the top. He
was never hand to hand with
the Germans but when he went
over, he was sometimes three
miles in the air.
SAND HILL
“As war is all over and
peace in the land, with the
editor’s permission, I’ll take
my stand, to write a few hap
penings in our land.”
Our new school “marm”
Miss Sales of Augusta, took
charge of her school Thurs
day.
The game of “slap in and
slap out” is being played very
much now as most everyone
seems to be exchanging places.
Lost: One crown, badly bat
tered, finder please return to
Kaiser Bill.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Tol
bert McElroy, Thursday night
a girl.
! Mrs. Linbart entertain e d
Monday night with a party, a
large crowd was present and
all had a good time.
We are glad to state that
Loil and Wilbur Clutts are
much better after a severe at
tack of pneumonia.
We all enjoyed Sunday af
ternoon skating in Mr. Bob
Wright’s pasture. No you can
not learn the first rule out of
school.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Davis
left Tuesday to visit relatives
jin Jonesboro.
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“Flu” Gets Old and Young
“Grip” and “Flu” coughs
should not be neglected.
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For sale, Suban yam sweet
! potatoes, $1.75 a bushel at the
house. M rs. G. H. Proulx. ad
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If you want the Home News
you must pay your subscrip
tion as the government will
no longer allow newspapers to
be sent otherwise.
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Saw mill men and stackers
wanted. Good wages, good
boarding house, steady work,
The Plummer Adams Co., Mor
ton, Ark. adv2t.
Cut This Out—Worth Money
Don’t miss this. Cut out
this slip, enclose with 5c to
Foley & Co., 2835 Sheffield
Ave., Chicago, 111., writing
your name and address clear
ly. You will receive in re
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Compound, for coughs, colds
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Pills and Foley Cathartic Tab
lets. Red Cross Drug Store.
' Adv.
ARKANSAS CHILDREN’S
HOME SOCIETY
Rev. D. J. Weems of Con
way, has been in McCrory the
past week in the interest of
the Arkansas Children’s Home
Society which is nonsectarian.
Any child under twelve
years, sound in body and mind
needing a home will be receiv
ed.
Any person prepared to
give a child a good home, if
properly endorsed, may obtain
a nice little boy or girl by
writing Rev. O. P. Christian,
3210, West 12th street, Little
Rock, Arkansas.
'In six years this society has
cared for about 600 children.
Goy. Brough is the president
and says “I would urge it, as
a patriotic duty of every citi
zen of Arkansas, to give this
society his most hearty sup
port.”
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Roger Fakes leaves next
Monday for Hendrix College
at Conway to take up his
studies.
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W. G. Black, of Little Rock
attended the funeral services
of Mrs G. B. Fakes in this city
Wednesday.
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Miss Della Jeffries left the
first of the week for Nashville,
Tenn., to resume her studies at
Ward-Belmont College.
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Misses Elizabeth Johnson of
this city and Ora Lee Hunni
cutt of Jelks, are visiting in
Memphis for a few days.
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Miss Ruth Anderson, former
home demonstration agent at
this place, was the pleasant
guest of Miss Della Jeffries
during the holidays.
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We failed to mention last
week that Lynn Gray, who has
been stationed at Fort Sam
Houston, Texas, has been hon
orably discharged from the ser
vice and is now at home.
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Mrs. M. A. West of Ray
mond, Arkansas left Thursday
for her home, having spent a
few days here the guest of her
daughter, Mrs. W. B. Fakes,
and other relatives and friends
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One registered, big type
big bone long bodied Polifie
Poland China boar pig for
sale. You will win if the last
word is from Walnut Land
Stock Farm, W. M. Comer &
Son, Props. adv. l-104t
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Rev. and Mrs. J. R. Nelson
were called to Murray, Ky.,
yesterday afternoon on ac
count of the serious illness of
Mrs. Nelson's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. B. Jones. Both have
been sick for some time with
the Flu and pneumonia.