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McCRORY, ARKANSAS,
FRIDAY, FEB. 25, 1921.
NUMBER 32
ELMER HOLT KILLED,
VICTIM OF OWN GUN
fatal Accident Happened
While Hunting With Father
in Wilds of Pumpkin
Bend.
Elmer Holt, age 19, is dead
as the result of a load of shot
from his own gun. The tragic
end of a day’s outing with his
father, G. Walter Holt, oc
curred on Gane Ridge about
two and one half miles north
east of the Pumpkin Bend
school house, Tuesday, Feb.
22, 1921, about two o’clock.
The father and son, two
prominent and highly respect
ed citizens of their community,
had found a rabbit in a hol
low log. They caught the
rabbit and while the father
had his back turned to his |
son and was dressing the
game, a shot rang out and as
he looked around the boy fell.
It is supposed that he set his
gun, which was a No. 12
breech-loading on the log and
when he leaned his weight on
the gun it slipped off the log,
the hammer of the left barrel j
striking the log and sending |
the load of shot into the man’s j
left side. The hammer was
broken off and left in the log.
When the father endeavored
to carry his boy to higher
ground a request came to not
move him that he was fatally
wounded and could not live j
long. Mr. Holt called for|
help, but none came and he j
remained with the wounded
son until the end came.
About one hour elapsed be
fore the last breath and dur-'
ing this time the victim was
conscious and talked with his
. father concerning friends and!
the hereafter. When asked,
by his father asto the here-j
after, the pleasant and con
soling reply was that he was
safe and had nothing to fear.
He wished for ’ his wife and
mother who were at home and j
told Mr. Holt to tell them:
goodbye and to meet him in
heaven.
When the suffering had
ended, the broken-hearted |
father took a belt from his |
own clothing and placed it
around the" dead body to help
cover the terrible wound, he
then tied a handerkerchief
around the head and chin and!
folded the hands across the
McCRORY ORUG CO.
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Jeffries & Morris, Props.
“Everything in Drugs”
PHONE 42
MRS. G. T. EARLEY
The remains of Mrs. Grover
T. Earley of Cotton Plant who
died in a hospital in Mem
phis Thursday night were re
ceived here today, Friday, and
carried to the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Pulley who reside
on T. N. Taylor’s farm near
King Lake. She leaves a
husband and a nine months
old baby girl. The remains
will be laid to rest Sunday.
Mr. J. H. Crossett Jr., of
Hendrix College, Conway;
spent a few days at home this
week with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. H. Crossett, Sr.
Messrs H. P. Riggs and E.
T. Wisner have removed the
fences from around their front
yards which adds greatly to
the beauty of their homes.
The fence around the school
building is also being removed
which is a progressive step by
our school board.
body and before leaving on
the long walk through the
mud, water and snow for home
some three miles away, he
wrote a note and placed it in
the breech of one of the guns.
The note stated that if anyone
should find the guns to return
them to G.W. Holt and that El
mer, his son, had killed him
self accidentally.
Mr. Holt was completely
exhausted when he reached
the home of Ollie Burgess
two miles away which was the
nearest house. As he fell in
the front yard, he told Mrs.
Burgess the sad story.
Before Messrs Holt, Burgess
and others could return to the
scene of the accidnt, Robert
Barnett had found the guns
and the dead man’s body.
Mr. Barnett was ^t his home
which is on the McDonald
place across the Bayou and
about one half mile west of
the place where Mr. Holt was
killed and was attracted by
Mr. Holt’s cries for help.
! The deceased was an
! obedient son, a kind husband
1 and brother, and was well
liked by all who knew him.
While engaged with his father
in the auto truck delivery
| business in McCrory last year,
he made many friends who re
gret to learn of his untimely
death.
Elmer Holt, who was the
oldest child of Mr. and Mrs.
G. Walter Holt, was bom
Mar 15, 1901 and was 19 years
11 months and 7 days of age.
! He was married Oct. 10, 1920,
Kto Miss Sallie Chandler at
Vick, Ark., and leaves to
i moi^rn his loss, a father,
i mother, four sisters, Bertha,
Dessie, Ollie-Jewel and Ruth;
! two brothers, Richard and
i Arthur, and a host of friends
WOODRUFF COUNTY
ABSTRACT COMPANY
The Woodruff County Ab
stract Company is now in the
hands of Mr. A. H. Glasscock.
Mr. Glasscock is an abstractor
and land title expert of 25
years experience. He for-'
merly owned an abstract and'
land title company at Para-j
gould, in Greene County,!
where he was the originator of
his system for accuracy. For
the past seven years Mr.
Glasscock has been in com
plete charge of the State j
Land Office and all the land
records of the State of Ark
ansas. Mr. Glasscock is re
puted to be one of the best
land title experts in Arkansas.
He is a surveyor of many
years’ experience and has his
transit and other necessities
for survey work, and will do
I private survey work in Wood
| ruff County. Mr. Glasscock
| will office with Atty. R. M.
i Hutchins at Augusta.
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ARKANSAS SUNDAY
SCHOOL ASSOCIATION
The Arkansas Sunday
j School Association feels that
it is very fortunate in being
able to rent the moving pic
ture film which was made in
connection with the World’s
Sunday School Convention,
held last fall in Tokyo, Japan.
This, with other films of in
terest to Sunday School work
ers will be shown in connec
i tion with the Arkansas State
j Sunday School Convention
1 which will be held in Little
! Rock, April 13 to 15, at the
t First Methodist Church,
South.
i Another matter of consider
: able interest will be the
awarding of a fine silver cup
as a Mileage Trophy to the
county which has the largest
j representation at the con
i vention in relation to the num
ber of miles traveled. This
trophy was won last year by
1 Benton County, the most dis
tant county from Little Rock,
and their contention is that
i they will take it back again
this year. There are other
counties, of course, claiming
that they will take the trophy
away from Benton County at
this convention.
Arrangements for the State
Convention aire proceeding
with great satisfaction and a
large attendance is expected.
Sewing Wanted: See Mrs.
i Maud Pemberton at Mrs.
Lula Shue’s hotel. Adv. 3tp.
Mrs. W. J. Beardin of Holli
day’s Cove, W. Va., and Mrs.
L. A. Cheek of Jonesboro,
Ark.., visited the latter’s
daughter, Mrs. O. F. Leisin
ger, Wednesday and Thurs
day.
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POULTRY VS COTTON
Would you exchange a big
bale of cotton for only nine
chickns? You may think this
a foolish question, but we
have the facts to show where
one citizen of McCrory re
ceived more money for only
nine chickens than did a farm
er north of town for a bale of
cotton weighing 588 pounds.
It is true the chickens were of
the very ’best, but the bale of
cotton was of large size and
as good as the average.
After having paid the ex
press and commission charges,
the F. W. Brockman Com
mission Co. of St. Louis sent
Dr. L. A. Jelks of this city a
check for $84.39 which was
received this week for ten
chickens. The chickens were
hatched last March and April
and were caponized when six
or eight weeks old. They
weighed 105 pounds when
shipped and weighed 99
pounds upon their arrival in
St. Louis.
On the same day that Dr. %
Jelks received the above
check, Mr. Ben Starman, a
progressive farmer who re
sides north of town, sold a
bale of cotton weightng 588
pounds to George Wright fc~
six cents a pound, netting the
farmer $27.82 after paying
the cost of ginning.
Nine of the chickens would
have netted $30.96 or $3.14
more than was realized for the
bale of cotton.
There is not a farmer in
Woodruff County but who
could raise at least one hun
dred chickens every year with
the proper effort, and this, too,
in addition to his regular
farm crops. Paying with
poultry is a progressive and
prosperous plan.
Fresh pies for sale. Mrs.
H. N. Babb at Arnof Hotel
building. Adv. 3tp.
Col. H. B. Gray has ordered
a car of cement and can sup
ply your wants in this line.
He is building a concrete
walk in front of his home
which proves him to be one
of the progressive citizens of
McCrory, notwithstanding he
is one of the oldest men in the
town. Those needing walks
constructed should let him
submit his figures.
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