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EARLE L. KITTRELL
Graduate Veterinarian
(Deputy State Veterinarian)
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Augusta, Arkansas
Office Phone 16 :: Home Phone 40
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Schedule of County Agents
As it is necessary that we
visit all parts of the county as
often as possible, we have de
cided that the best way to do
this work is to work on a sche
dule. Therefore, you may
expect us in your respective lo
calities on the day named in
the following.
First Monday—Morton and
Pumpkin Bend.
First Tuesday — Chappel
Grove and Tip.
First Thursday—Grays and
Jelks.
First Friday—DeView and
Beard’s Church.
Second Monday — Wiville
and Howell.
Second Tuesday — White
Hall and McCrory High
School.
Second Thursday—McClel
land.
Third Monday — Cotton
Plant.
Third Tuesday—Ebeneezer
Crafiord and Nelson School.
Third Thursday — Penrose
and Hilleman.
Third Friday—Hunter.
Fourth Monday — Roddy,
Revels, and Gregory’s Point.
Fourth Tuesday—Augusta.
Fourth Thursday—Fitzhugh
Fourth Friday — Fakes
Chapel and Riverside.
Wednesday of each week,
will be used as emergency
days, as will all days of the
fifth week. Every Saturday
will be spent in McCrory at
the office. We believe that by
this method we can be of more
service to you.
Please don’t ask to have the
dates changed. Don’t forget
your day and week.
R. W. Beck and Miss Ruth
Anderson, County Agents.
Clean up your premises and
help make McCrory flyless.
Postmaster W. B. Kyle
spent a few days this week in
Little Rock.
Attend the good roads meet
ing in McCrory next Wednes
day at one o’clock.
Mr. J. Edward Sullivan of
The Home News force spent
Sunday with home folks in
•Lonoke.
Lost: Open face, gold case
watch with Elgin movements
and no ring. Liberal reward.
Glenn Wood.
Assessor Edgar Miller has
withdrawn from the circuit
clerk’s race and has accepted
a position with the Jernigan
Mercantile Company at Bull
ville.
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J. H. CROSSETT IS NAM
ED CHAIRMAN HERE
Mr. J. H. Crossett, manager
of the Fakes Mercantile Co.,
has been appointed chairman
of the McCrory Branch of the
Home Service Section of the
Red Cross. He has appointed
Messrs G. G. McCrory, mana
ger of the Planters Mercantile
Co., and G. W. Barber, cashier
of the Bank of McCrory, to
serve on the committee with
himself.
The duties are to perform
such work as pertains to the
families of soldiers and sailors
•who have gone from our
country. If they need any as
sistance in securing their
monthly allowances should
there be any delay they will
assist so they will not be pay
ing the most of it to some law
yer or for other unnecessary
purposes.
Mr. H. M. Woods and Dr.
R. Q. Patterson of Augusta
and Mr. U. S. Monroe of Hun
ter are the other members of
this committee.
Spring Is Nice, But—
Lack of fresh vegetable food
and interrupted, changing
habits make these trying weeks
for any one inclined to consti
pation. Foley Cathartic Tab
lets are just the thing for indi
gestion, billiousness, gas on
stomach, furred tongue, head
ace, or other condition indicat
ing cloged bowels. Cause no
bad after effects. Red Cross
Drug Co., McCrory. Adv.
Notice From Proulx’
After Saturday, March 16,
and for the summer season
only, our warm meal service
will be discontinued, but we
will serve cold lunches, sand
wiches, etc., and will also be
prepared to supply your wants
in the cold drink, cigar and
fruit lines.
GEO. H. PROULX.
Adv.3-15-2t.
Dr. Earle Kittrell, Veteri
narian, of Augusta, will be in
McCrory the last Saturday of
each month. Have him exam
ine your horse. Adv.3-15tf
Mr. C. T. Weatherford ar
rived Monday from Almo,
Ky., to assume charge of the
blacksmithing and garage
| work for the W. B. Fakes
j Motor Co. He will move his
family here soon.
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BIG “GET-TOGETHER”
ROAD MEETING HELD
Metropolis of Cross County Is
Hostess to Live Bunch of
Good Roads Enthusiasts
A few of our citizens hav
ing previously enjoyed the
cordial welcome and genuine
hospitality of our sister city
to the east, and having told
their friends of what one could
expect to be showered upon
him when the Cross County
Commercial Club gets busy, it
was no trouble to line up a
good sized delegation to go to
Wynne Thursday night to the
“get-together” meeting which
was called for the purpose of
coming to abetter understand
ing asto what each town and
county had done and was to
do in helping to get the Bank
head National Highway locat
ed via Memphis, Wynne, Mc
Crory and Cotton Plant.
The towns of McCrory,
Jelks, Cotton Plant, Augusta,
Morton, Earle, Parkin and
Crawfordsville were well rep
resented, McCrory leading
them all with the largest rep
resentation and sending her
representatives in automo
biles.
The auto party left McCro
ry in the afternoon and made
the trip in one hour and a half.
JS'o trouble asto cars or roads
was witnesed either in going
or returning. Among those
who went were: Messrs T.
A. Jeffries and Walter W.
Raney, chairman and secre
tary of the McCrory Club of
the Bankhead Highway Asso
ciation, W. B. Fakes, J. F,
Morgan, A. J. Porter, J. G.
Pulley, Rev. J. R. Nelson, E.
E. Jeffries, Cashier G. W. Bar
ber, T. J. Fakes, Tal Harris
and Ray Crail. Messrs J. W.
Mullens and —.—.Benson of
Jelks and M. A. Sparks and
John Ansel of Morton attend
ed as representatives of their
towns.
Dr. T. B. Bradford of Cot
ton Plant, and Mr. King of
Memphis, directors of the
Bankhead Highway were the
chief speakers and Hon. O. N.
Killough was toastmaster at
the banquet.
GOOD ROADS MEETING
Everyone interested in se
curing the Bankhead Highway
through McCrory will take
notice that a meeting will be
held Wednesday, March 20, at
one o’clock in McCrory. Citi
zens from all towns elsewhere
who may be interested, are
cordially invited. Let every
member of the McCrory club
be present and bring a new
member and lets send a good
delegation to the big meeting
in Little Rock April 19.
WALTER W. RANEY,
,*■ Secretary..
Born: Friday, March 8,
1918, to Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Materna, 645 Valentine St.,
Memphis, Tenn., a girl.
PLEADS GUILTY TO
HOLDING UP BANK
Ben Crews Again Confesses
Robbing Cotton Plant
Trust Company
Cotton Plant, March 8—Ben
Crews, a young mill worker of
Kensett, confessed robber of
the Bank of Cotton Plant Jan
uary 9, last, peaded guilty to
the charges before A. L. Hut
chins, presiding judge, in the
absence of Judge J. M. Jack
son, who is ill at his home.
Sentence was deferred.
Blacky Blackstone and ai?:o
Trigger Brewer, accused as
accessories to the robbery,
will be tried at the April term!
Crews held up the bank
early in the afternoon, and af
ter locking the cashier in the
vault, escaped with about $3,
500. He was arrested a day
later and admitted that he
committed the robbery. He
implicated Blackstone and
Brewer charging that they
planned the affair.
Will Parker, convicted of
second degree murder, was
sentenced to 20 years in the
penitentiary.
The Grand Jury adjorned
after returning 14 indictments.
—Gazette.
Lost: Gold frame, ear spec
tacles, double lens in leather
covered case which is very
much worn. $2.50 reward to
finder. W. T. McCain. It.
Mr. R. L. Johnson returned
Tuesday from Memphis where
he went to see his new grand
daughter which was born to
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Materna
last Friday.
Prof. J. W. Simmons of Cot
ton Plant was here this week
helping some of our citizens
make out their income tax re
turn blanks. The gentleman
will probably be in the race
for county judge in the com
ing primary.
Mechanic Pete James of
the 154th. Infantry, 39th.
Division, Camp Beauregard,
La., arrived Wednesday to be
the guest of his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. R. M. James, and
other relatives and friends
until Sunday.
Mr. J. T. Evans of near Tu
pelo was here Wednesday so
liciting funds to aid Mrs. Em
ma White, who lost her home
by fire on March 10. She has
two small children and is in
need of help. She also had the
misfortune of losing her hus
band January 3rd.
Mr. E. W. Butler, manager
of the Chicago Mill & Lumber
Co. of McClelland was a busi
ness visitor in McCrory Mon
day. He purchased several
hundred dollars worth of big
mules from Mr. W. J.
and ordered The Home Ne\ ►
sent to him for one year to
gether with 2,000 goveri -
ment food cards