THE HOME NEWS
EDITED IN THE INTEREST OF McCRORY AND WOODRUFF COUNTY
VOLUME 3. McCRORY, ARKANSAS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 24,1917
NUMBER 5
fine program for
FARM CHAUTAUQUA
Some of the Most Talented Speakers in State
Will-Address Meeting at McCrory
Next Wednesday, 29th.
A big one day’s farmers’ pic
nic and chautauqua will be held
in the Jeffries grove at McCrory
next Wednesday, August 29.
Mr. B. C. Riley chautauqua
manager for the extension divi
sion of the University of Arkan
sas who has charge of the meet
ing says that the extension di
vision of the United States De
partment of Agriculture has
planned to make this one of the
best farmers’ programs evef* put
on in this part of the state.
Some of the best talent that
the State and national Govern
ment can supply will be on hand.
Some of the subjects which will
be discussed follow:
The purchase, care and use of
farm machinery by V. H. Kern,
Specialist.
Small Grains, the use of the
fanning mill, treating oats for
smut, etc, by L. W. Osborne,
Agronomist.
In addition to these, other sub
jects which should be of great
interest to every farmer in the
county, there will be special
meetings for the women. Miss
Emma Archer, State Home Dem
onstration agent, will talk_ on
home conveniences, etc. i
The children will be taken care
of with special games, stories
and other forms of entertain
ment.
Every farmer in the county is
urged to make plans now to at
tend the meeting. There will be
something for everyone and you
can’t afford to miss this event.
Miss Dorris Shultz of Brinkley
arrived Saturday for a week’s
visit, the guest of Mesdames S.
C. Bunch and W. E. Jelks.
Mr. E. N. Henderson returned
Thursday to his home at Pang
hurn after a week’s visit here
guest of his son, Mr. F. J.
Henderson.
Col. H. B. Gray has three acres
°1 velvet beans and brought a
sample to this office today, Fri
day, one vine of which contained
30 blooms.
Miss Leta Robinson of Wynne
'is the guest of Miss Margaret
| Hargis this week.
Mr. Mitchell Tffylor returned
! Tuesday from Memphis where he
j underwent an operation.
Ka-Lom-Ite Laundry Marvel.
The clothes washing wonder that
; does the work. Call at Cullum’s
Barber Shop and get sample, free,
adv. 6-29tf j. P. Taylor.
Mr. and Mrs. T. T. McFall of
Newark and Dr. and Mrs. Pasco’
and two sons, were guests of Mrs.
L. McFall and daughter, Miss
Pauline, Sunday.
Mr. O. L. Powell, who is at the
head of the mail order depart
ment of M. M. Cohn’s big store
in Little Rock, has returned to
his duties after a week’s vacation
spent with homefolk here.
Among the latest improve
ments added to the W. B. Fakes
Garage is a Haywood Model F
vulcanizer with which they can
repair either inner tubes or outer
casings. A free air station has
also been installed.
Dr. D. C. Absher who is here
in charge of the health cam
paign conducted by the Inter
national Health Board attended
^he meeting of the health officers
of the state in Little Rock this
week and made an interesting
talk before the convention.
Found: Good $25.00 saddle
with steel fork, on road between
McCrory and Newport. Mer
chant’s cost mark, “ctgb” or
“ctgh,” written with pencil on
side of saddle. Owner can have
: same by proving ownership and
paying $1.00 for this advertise
ment. The Home News.
There were three old soldiers
in attendance at the Confederate
reunion today whose combined
ages amount to 252 years. They
; were: J. T. Key of Searcy, 85;
John Shearer of McCrory, 84:
and Cad Hanks of Germantown,
Tenn., 83. The average age of
the three men is 84 years.—
Searcy Citizen.
HIGHWAY BOOSTERS
MEET AT MEMPHIS
Bankhead Pathfinders Are Tendered Banquet
by Arkansans. Wynne Sends a Big
Delegation of “Live Wires”
Memphis, Aug. 20. —With 196
miles traversed since leaving At
lanta last Tuesday, the pathfind
ers of the Bankhead highway
reached Memphis today after a
run of 196 miles the final day
from Tupelo, Miss. Tomorrow
three cars will leave on the returp
trip to Birmingham, the head
quarters of the association.
More than 75,000 people greet
ed the pathfinders along the route
and, according to Secretary J. A.
Rountree, the reception was most
cordial. It is expected the tour
ists will reach Birmigham by
Tuesday night,
Three routes in Georgia, three
in Alabama and three in Missis
sippi have been inspected. The
official route will be announced
later. The men who will desig
nate the route are: Dr. W.*M.
Riggs, president of Clemson .Col
lege, South Carolina; Prof. Hale
Houston, professor of engineer
ing in that institution, and A. A.
Camp, millionaire banker, mer
chant, philantrophist v and road
builder of Windener, Ga.
The two big Cadillacs in the
party were driven by Marvin
Pears, millionaire of Pears’ Mill,
Ala., and A. J. Steele of Bir
mingham, while the third car, a
Studebaker, was handled by Ar
thur O’Donnell of Birmingham,
once mechinician to Barney Old
ueiu.
Within 15 days the route from
Washington to Atlanta will be
inspected and by October 15, the
route west through Arkansas to
Texarkana will be gone over. In
the spring, inspection will be
taken up through to Los Angeles
and then the decision will be ren
dered as to the entire route of
the cross-continent highway.
WYNNE PRESSES HER CLAIMS.
In another bid for official des
ignation of the “Air Line Route”
from Memphis to Wynne, Ark.,
as a link the Bankhead Highway,
44 automobiles, bearing 150 peo
ple, arrived in Memphis today
from Wynne, Des Arc and neigh
I boring towns. The delegations
I
| tonight tendered a banquet at the
Hotel Chisca to the pathfinding
party, and 30 members of the
Good Roads Committee of the
Chamber of Commerce.
At the banquet, which was ar
ranged by H. A. Block of the
Cross County Business Men’s
Club, C. L. Bryan of Memphis
acted as toastmaster. Q. N. Kil
lough of Wynne made the princi
pal speech for the Arkansas men,
while the following members of
the pathfinding party responded
to toasts: T. S. Plowman, J. A.
Rountree, Dr. W. M. Riggs, M.
0. Eldridge and A. G. Batchel
der. H. B. Anderson spoke for
the Chamber of Commerce. „
Mr. Rountree, as secretary of
the Bankhead Highway Associa
tion, complimented the Arkansas
delegation on the fact that their
state, while the youngest member
of that organization, has the.
largest representation in its mem- .
bership of any of the states en
rolled.
For the Memphis-Wynne route,
the visitors urged that it touches
more towns, in addition to being
the most direct route from Mem
phis across eastern Arkansas.
The route traverses Blanton, Ma
rion, Ebony, Vincent, Crawfords
ville, Earle, Smithdale, Parkin,
Princedale, McDonald, Levesque,
Gray Lake, River Front, St.
Fancis and Wynne. All of the
road is in good condition, and
$140,000 will be spent within the
next few months on the stretch
between Earle and Wynne.— Ar
kansas Gazette.
Died: Mary, age two years,
youngest child of Mr. and Mrs.
A. D. Pruett of Wiville, Thurs
| day, August 23, 1917.
Maj. R. B. Keating, who has
charge of the government immi
gration and labor office at Little
Rock, was here today. He and
his family reside at 3,000 Gaines
Street. More than 3,000 laborers
have been given employment
through his office since it was es
tablished a few months ago.
Woodruff Co. Fair, McCrory, Oct.24-5-6th