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EDITED IN THE INTEREST OF McCRORY AND WOODRUFF COUNTY
VOLUME 3.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 1918
NUMBER 25
County Exemption Board
Busy Classifying Men
The Woodruff County Local
Board has been exceedingly
busy the past few days and last
Monday finished the great task
of mailing out all of the ques
tionnaires.
Mr. R. T. Harville who is as
sisting Mr. Dan Keith, of How
ell. and Senator W. E. Ferguson,
of Augusta, during the absence
of Dr. R. N. Smith, the third
member of the board who is in
Texas, is about one of the busi
est men in Woodruff County at
present. Besides looking after
his duties in connection with
the Conner Mercantile Co., and
ocher business enterprises with
which he is connected, and
serving Uncle Sam as fuel ad
ministrator for Woodruff Coun
ty, he is also helping out with
the draft work on the exemption
board during Dr. Smith’s ab
sence.
The Woodruff County Board
has proven one of the most ec
onomical of the entire state and
is to be congratulated upon the
efficiency with which they have
handled this large task of regis
tering and classifying the 2,000
registrants of this county. The
heaviest burden of the work has
been placed upon Senator Fer
guson who has given his entire
time, almost, to the work be
cause of the fact that Mr. Keith
resides at Howell and can not be
on the job as much so as the
Senator and Dr. Smith being
County Health Officer and a
practicing physician, necessarily,
is kept from staying with the
job his entire time.
We are authorized by the
Board to state that any person
who registered in Woodruff
County and who has not re
ceived his questionnaire should
at once either write a letter ad
dressed, “Local Exemption
Board, Augusta, Ark.,” and tell
them that same has not been re
ceived. They ask that you state
at what place you registered and
also the name of the postoffice
you gave on your registration
card, and if you know your “red
ind” or serial number, be sure
to state same. Should you visit
the Board or call them over the
telephone, you will find them lo
cated in their rooms over the Au
gusta Mercantile Co., and their
office hours are from 9 to 11 a.
m- and 2 to 4 o’clock p. m.
Up to Wednesday noon, the
first 900 men had been classified
and from this number about 250
Howell News
Several girls from Wiville come
to Howell twice weekly for the
purpose of taking lessons in mu
sic.
Mr. Dan Keath is in Augusta
this week meeting with the Lo
cal Exemption Board of the
county.
The public school at this place
had enrolled over one hundred
pupils before Christmas, and are
daily enrolling more.
Electric lights are being placed
in the buildings owned by the
Howell Mercantile & Gin Co.,
|and in the Methodist Church.
There will be a shadow supper
i at the Methodist Church Friday
| night January 18, for the pur
i pose of raising funds to pay for
I some nice church lights.
| About twelve boys and girls
are making application for mem
| bership in the Agricultural Clubs.
Others will make applications
later as our number was under
estimated when our applications
were sent us. We are going to
try to have an agricultural exper
iment garden in connection with
our school as soon as spring ap
pears.
Card of Thanks
We wish to thank our friends
and neighbors who came to us in
our hours of trouble and so
faithfully helped us administer
the need of our dear darling
Jeanette, and also those who
spoke the endearing words of
sympathy after our God saw fit
to take her, and for the beauti
ful floral contributions.
May the day be far distant
when any of you shall be called
upon to bear a cross like we are
having to bear, and may God,
with his wisdom, bless each and
every one of you for the rest of
your days.
Hugh and Ethel Shearer.
Lester Lewis, experienced
electrician, will work either by
hour or contract. Installation of
Delco systems a specialty.
Adv. 1-4-tf.
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had been placed in Class 1.
Figuring this as a basis there
will be about 500 of the 2,000
registrants placed in Class 1
which it is estimated will be
more than this County’s quota
of 1,000,000 men, should the
government ask for that many
in the next call which will prob
ably come in February.
Bank of McCrory
Declares Dividend
The stockholders of the Bank
of McCrory met Tuesday and
elected the following directors
for the ensuing year: Messrs
E. T. Wherry, J. F. Morgan, T.
C. Bull, Clayton Hailey and H.
W. Jernigan.
The new directors met Wednes
day and after declaring a divi
dend of ten per cent, elected the
following officers: H. W. Jerni
gan, president; J. F. Morgan,
Vice president; Clayton Hailey,
secretary; G. W. Barber was
elected cashier and Homer Rob
inson, bookkeeper.
The surplus was raised from
$1,000. to $5,000. the maximum
required by law.
R. J. Carter
Cotton Plant, Jan. 9, 1918.
(Special) — R. J. Carter, senior
member of Carter Lumber Com
pany, of this place, died Monday
after a 10 days’ illness. Mr. Car
ter was a splendid citizen, and
had many friends in Arkansas
and Tennessee, having been in
the lumber business at Riverside
many years before removing to
this city.
He is survived by an aged
mother and two brothers, Joe
| Carter of Pine Bluff, and Elmo
; Carter of McCrory. His remains
| were taken to Augusta Tuesday
for interment,
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Elmo Carl-Lee for Judge
We have been authorized by
I Hon. E. M. Carl-Lee of Augus
| ta to announce to the voters his
candidacy for county and pro
; bate judge, subject to the action
of the Democratic party. A
more extensive mention will be
made next week.
Messrs Millard Crotzer and
Nudy Arnof, two of McCrory’s
most promising young men. so
journed in the City of Roses
last week.
Her Trouble Is Gone
Mrs. Thomas H. Davis, Mont
gomery, lnd., says she had
trouble with her bladder and had
doctored for several months
without relief, when Foley Kid
ney Pills were recommended and
she commenced using them and
got relief. They relieve back
ache, rheumatic pains, stiff,
swollen joints and kidney
trouble. Sold by Red Cross
(Drug Co.
Save Brood Sows and Gilts
The United States Govern
ment has asked that Arkansas
increase her hog production 20
per cent. To do this means that
every hog grower must keep
more breeding stock than he did
last year.
Due to the present high price
of hogs I notice that some of the
farmers have been selling off
their good brood sows and gilts
to buyers who are shipping them
out of the county for butcher
purposes. Woodruff county
needs all or a greater portion of
those surplus sows to help make
up the increase asked by the
government. Therefore, if any
man in the county has more
brood sows than he can well
take care of, he can render a
patriotic service by not selling
these brood sows for butcher
purposes but instead by saving
them for his neighbor or for.
some other farmer in the county
who wishes to increase the num
ber of his hogs.
As county agent 1 would like
to see every farmer in our coun
ty secure as many sows and
gilts as he can profitably handle.
And with this desire in mind,
I shall for the next few weeks
act as free distributing agent
between seller and buyer. I
wish that those who have a sur
plus of breeding sows for sale
would write or telephone me the
number which they wish to sell,
giving the age, breeding and
price of the sows which they
care to dispose of; also the infor
mation as to whether they are
open or bred. On the other
hand I wish those who want
more brood sows would likewise
write or telephone me the num
ber of sows or gilts which they
would like to buy, stating age,
the breed they desire and ad
vice as to whether they prefer
open or bred sows or gilts.
I urge that every man give
this his prompt attention as hog
breeding season will soon be
over. R. W. Beck, Co. Agt.,
McCrory, Ark.
Telephone number 20.
Croup At Midnight Well In Morning
“A few nights ago one of my
patrons had a small child taken
with croup about midnight,”
writes M. T. Davis, Bearsville,
W. Va. “They came to my
store and got a bottle of Fol
ey's Honey and Tar. Before
morning the child had entirely
recovered.” Use only Foley's,
for coughs, colds, croup and
grip. Sold by Red Cross Drug
Co.