THE HOME NEWS
EDITED IN THE INTEREST OF McCRORY AND WOODRUFF COUNTY
VOLUME 2.
Cross-the-County Road.
Monday and Tuesday, August
7 and 8, has been designated as
free road working days for the
Cross-the-County road between
Burkett’s Crossing and the Bayou
and it is hoped that all who can
will come and help.
There is not a road anywhere
that will be of more service hard
ly to McCrory, Morton, and other
sections of the county than this.
It will be traveled by all who
wish to go from Augusta and
other points to Wynne or Mem
phis and is the connecting link
of the road which will be the fu
ture ‘"Cross-the-County” High
wa\.
It is desired that 100 men, 40
teams, 30 scrapers and other
things needed for working a
road be on hand on the above
dates and we publish below a list
of some who have promised to
help:
.J. E. and J. T. Atkinson two
teams and drivers two days.
J. F. Bronte, team and driver
two days.
Dr. J. W. Morris, team and
driver two days.
, J. W. Armspaugh, team and
driver two days.
J. F. Morgan, team and driver
two days.
F. Lewis, team and driver and
two scrapers two days.
T. C. Bull team and driver two
days.
E. E. Jeffries team and driver
two days.
T. A. Jeffries two teams and
scrapers two days.
W. G. Dilliard team two days.
A. A. Anderson team and driv
er and plow two days.
R. C. Thompson, X E. Dye,
H. W. .Jernigan, H. K. Hall, C.
P. Best and W. B. Kyle have
a^r edto hire one man each for
two days. H. D. Swayze said he
would hire a man for one day.
W. 0. Barrentine will furnish
a man and saw two days. H.
Arnof, L. B. Grace, C. Crotzer,
Geo. Raymond, Frank Shue, V.
R. Dilliard, W. W. Raney, E. L.
Hamilton and H. C. Shearer will
each work two days and the peo
ple of Morton have promised
some help. Riggs Brothers have
also agreed to furnish a car to
take people to the road which is
to be worked.
Others who are interested in
better roads have promised to
be there and if you have not, we
\ant you to come, and help us.
^e are expecting 100 men and
40 teams and the indications are
that we will not be disappointed.
v 0 T OU come and help?
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1916
WANTED!
Whether Business Man or Farmer, Doc
tor or Preacher, we want You to help
100 Men
40 Teams
30 Scrapers
10 Heavy Plows
10 Cross-Cut Saws
10 Axes
10 Water Bovs
I _ _
To work Two Days, or more, on
the two miles of Cross-the-county road
between the ’Possum Creek bridge at
| Burkett’s Crossing and the Bayou
Monday and Tuesday
August 7 and 8.
Arrange Your business so that You can come and
help build this road. If You believe in Good Roads, show
it by Your actions instead of words. If You can not come
SEND SOMEONE, but
WE WANT YOU!
Convicts to Hillemann.
County Judge A. L. Hutchins
1 was over from Augusta Saturday
and placed the county convicts,
1 who have been in charge of Over
'S seer Bronte the past two months,
in charge of Overseer Geo.
Smith of Franks Township. Mr.
Smith stated he had several
miles of road which he could use
them on to great advantage.
Through the use of the convicts
Mr. Bronte has been able to
make extensive improvements
on the roads in DeView Township
and we are very grateful to Our
Judge for their use. Be it said
to Mr. Bronte’s credit that the
prisoners were well fed and
cared for. and each of them re
gretted to learn that they were
no longer to be in his charge.
NUMBER 1
Our Birthday.
The Home News this week is
one year old. Although it is the
youngest newspaper in the coun
ty, we doubt if there are any
who will say it is the weakest.
During this our first year we
have endeavored to give the peo
ple of Woodruff County one of
the best papers possible for the
money. We have stood for every
thing that is right and progress
ive, have devoted our time and
efforts entirely to home people
and home affairs.
We have enjoyed a very liber
al patronage from our home mer
chants asto advertising and job
printing and hope to continue to
receive their business in this line
for which we feel most grateful.
Our subscription list is one of
the few “paid-in-advance” kind
and will rank well up with any
umei cuuuiry newspaper.
We have criticised where we
believed criticism was due and
have been more liberal in praising
those whom we believed to be
doing that which was right.
The Home News has had a few
“skirmishes” but in every in
stance has won, and this too by
allowing the other party the same
privilege as though they owned
the paper.
We have never given vent to a
personal spite through the colums
of our paper and will never do
so. We have donated our space,
time and money liberally and *
freely to the upbuilding of our
churches, schools and public en
terprises and we are glad to
know our work has been appre
ciated by most all of our citizens.
In the future as in the past we
shall do everything possible for
the best interests of McCrory
and Woodruff County and hope
to have the hearty co-operation
of the people in the future as has
uccii uui jjica&uic lu eujuy uur
ing the past twelve months.
Jacob Arnof is home from a
four months’ stay in Birming
ham, Ala.
Miss Annie Harton of Dyers
berg, Tenn., arrived Tuesday for
a visit to her cousin, Mr. J. H.
Crossett. Mr. and Mrs. Cros
sett and family and their guest
left Wednesday in- their Willys
Knight for Conway.
Misses Eva and Sallie Moore of
Gregory again delighted the mu
sic loving public of this city
Tuesday evening with three ex
cellent numbers of the program
rendered at the music recital
given in the school auditorium.