THE HOME NEWS
EDITED IN THE INTEREST OF McCRORY AND WOODRUFF COUNTY
VOLUME 2.
Will Work Road
As a result of the Bankhead
Highway meeting held in Wynne
Tuesday which was attended by
Messrs. T. A. Jeffries, W. B.
Fakes, F. Lewis, W. G. Dilliard,
J G. Pulley and Walter W. Ra
uey of McCrory, a meeting was
held at the Jewell theatre in
this city Wednesday night which
has resulted in much good.
The delegates to the Wynne
meeting made reports which
proved to the people of M cOory
that we must do something for
the road east to Fair Oaks and do
it quick if we expect to have the
Bankhead Highway come this
way.
Mr. Jones, a representative ot
the Memphis Chamber of Com
merce was at the Wynne meet
ing having made the trip to that
city in an Overland and intended
to come to McCrory the following
day. Mr. W. B. Fakes remained
over in Wynne to accompany Mr.
Jones to this city but they had
to abandon their trip after cros
sing the Cotton Belt Railroad
north of Fair Oaks on account of
the impassable condition of the
road between the railroad and
the Woodruff county line.
Mr. Jones informed Mr. Fakes
that unless Cross County repair
ed that part of their road and
Woodruff County her portion be
tween Morton and McCrory, the
logging car which will leave
Memphis within a week or ten
days for Wynne, McCrory, Cot
ton Plant and Des Arc will not
come over this route and as a re
sult of his statement the follow
ing action has been taken:
At the meeting held Wednes
day night W. W. Raney reported
nat he had made the trip to the j
hross County line via. Burkett’s j
Crossing, Old Field Lake bridge
and Morton in a Ford and that
there were three or four bad
places in the road that need re
pairing. Those present decided
to raise a public donation of mon
eY and labor and to have this
toad worked next Monday and
Tuesday. A fund of $143,00 and
much labor and teams were con
tributed at the meeting which
oas been added to and the com
plete list to date follows:
Fletcher Lewis.$50.00
W. Mullens.. 25.00
Fakes Mercantile Co. 25.00
B. Fakes. 10.00
H.D.Swayze. 10.00
F. Morgan. 10.00
W. T. McCain. 10.00
%gs Brothers. 10.00
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McCRORY, ARKANSAS, FRIDAY, MAY, 18, 1917
Next
Monday and Tuesday
May 21 and 22
Will be
Good Roads Days
ON THE
McCrory-to-Fair Oaks Road
Come and bring a saw, ax, shovel,
spade, team, scraper or anything used
in working a road.
The people of McCrory and sur
rounding territory have raised a fund of
about $254.00, have ordered a big sup
ply of dynamite and will put this road
in good shape between McCrory and
the Cross county line near Fair Oaks.
Come and donate some work on
this road next Monday and Tuesday.
More McCrory Boys Enlist
Adj. Bill Robbins, Lieut. J. L.
Blakeley and Capt R. M. Hutch
ins of the Arkansas National
Guard are in McCrory today,
Friday, and the following have
volunteered and enlisted for the
company from Woodruff county:
Grover Garland McCrory.
Lawrence Harris.
Elma Weatherly Wilder.
Elmo Carl-Lee Marsh.
Allen Green Taylor.
Alvin W. (Pete) James.
John L. Johnson.
R. T. Cooper.
J. S. Hood.
Walter Caudle.
Adam Rider.
Alex Nelson.
Will Ozier.
H. Dane Angus.
Raymond L. Holland.
From the People
Augusta,"Ark., May4, 1917.
We, the boys of Augusta do
hereby wish to express to J. Ross
Chambers, the editor of the Free
Press of Augusta, our apprecia
tion (?) for the patriotic feeling
he has shown his friends and
subscribers by discharging Mr.
Cox, his assistant, for doing that
which every patriotic American
boy has done or should do.
When our country called for
volunteers to defend the stars
and stripes Mr. Cox signed up
just as 60 or 70 other boys did
here. Mr. Chambers was out of
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culated, and when he returned
and Mr. Cox told him of his hav
ing enlisted, but that he would
be here for about two months
probably before it would be nec
essary for him to leave and that
he would like to continue with
his job, and that he would work
at least another week so that an
other man could be seucured in
stead. Mr. Chambers inform,
ed him that another man
had better be secured
while the getting was good, and
he employed another for the
place.
Again thanking (?) the Free
Press editor for his interest in
Company A, 3d Arkansas Regi
ment, etc.
Respectfully,
A Recruit.
A bad piece of road near Dr. j
Fakes farm north of town has
been put in good condition. The
work was contributed by Messrs. I
W. E. Jelks, W. G. and L. J.
Dilliard and F. Lewis.
Mr. Joseph M. Arnof arrived
home Sunday from Harvard Uni
versity, Cambridge, Mass., and
spent a few hours with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. H. Arnof, be
fore going to Little Rock where
he is now with the officers train
ing camp.
NUMBER 42
J. L. BOND.
Who will be McCrory’s guest on
Friday, May 25 and who will
deliver the graduating
address of M. H. S.
Have You Registered?
Following is a list of the regis
trars for the army and navy for
the various voting precincts of
Woodruff county:
C. B. Cook, McCrory, Deview
township.
A. S. Thompson, Deview, De
view township.
H. S. Taylor, Jelks, Deview
township.
W. E. Jelks, McCrory, Rt 1,
Barnes township.
J. W. Browning, McCrory,
Pumpkin Bend township.
I. B. Matheney, Morton, Dent
township.
J. G. Tennes, Penrose, Dent
township.
Frank H. Cole, Hilleman,
Franks township.
Charles R. Brinneman, Hunter,
Caney township.
Spencer Lratlord, Lotto n riant,
Cotton Plant township.
A. F. Maberry, Cotton Plant,
Rt 1, Freeman township.
E. W. Butler, McClelland, Gar
den township.
J. D. Eldridge, Gregory, Point
township.
J. A. Smith, Howell, Cache
township.
E. S. Cook, Wiville, Cache
township.
L. L. Cole, McCrory, Rt. 2,
i Cache township.
Lee Collier, McCrory, Rt. 2,
Cache township.
J. P. Wade, Grays, Rt 1, Au
gusta township.
F. B. Jones, Grays, Rt 1, Au
gusta township.
T. E. Bonner, Augusta Augusta
township.
J. H. Dale, Augusta, Augusta
| township.
| J. W. Apple, Fitzhugh, White
River township.