THE HOME NEWS
EDITED IN THE INTEREST OF McCRORY AND WOODRUFF COUNTY
VOLUMN 6
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1920
NUMBER 2
news from grays
|tems of Interest Concerning
the People of that Good
Town in which You May
Be Interested
Mrs. W. B. Angus was a
Grays visitor Monday.
HitissTlelen Hayes visited
friends in McCrory Sunday.
Mr. Marvin West of Cotton
Plant spent Sunday with home
folk here.
Mr. Tom Clifton made a
trip to Brinkley Sunday, re
turning Monday.
Mr. Romie Thompson of De
View visited Mr. A. G. Kerr
Sunday night.
Miss IIa West who is teach
ing at Newport spent Monday
nere with homefolk.
Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Fitch
of Newark spent a few days
here recently looking for a lo
cation.
Mr. E. H. Wilson and family
of McCrory were guests of
'Ir. Oscar Wilson and family
Sunday.
Master Bonnie Hayes and
little sister, Evalyn, went to
jlumter Friday to visit friends
and relatives.
Miss Ethel Fitch enter
tained quite a number of chil
dren at the home of Mrs.
Winston Monday night.
Mr. Otis Graves and family
returned Mondav from a fopr
veek’s visit in Heber Springs
2nd points in White County.
BIG PICNIC AT COTTON
PLANT AUGUST 5th.
There will be a grand pic
nic and barbecue, Thursday,
August 5, 1920, given by the
citizens of Cotton Plant as a
compliment to the enlisted
men who served in the world
Jar* Big free attractions:
Iwo Ball Games, Big Brass
hand, Jazz Band for dancing,
irap ^ Shooting. Best Trap.
best Shooting. There will be
Plenty to eat for all, plenty of
JCe water, plenty amusements
and two speakers of interest.
A hearty welcome to all.
NOTICE
Supt. C. T. Willis requests
nat every high school pupil
;'ho desires to take advantage
?e. summer school to re
port for registration Monday
yrmng August, 2, at 8:30
the High School
ouiiding.
C. T. WILLIS, Supt.
Mrs. Tim Shultz and chil
dlen, of Brinkley, arrived
v’Jntiay and are guests of the
» sister, Mrs. Sam
CAUDLE-CARTER
Married: Saturday, July
24, 1920, Mr. E. C. Caudle of
McCrory and Miss Ida Carter
of Gregory. The bride is a
charming young lady and has
been teaching in the schools of
this county. The groom is a
progressive and prosperous
farmer and we join their many
friends in extending congrat
ulations. They are now at
home on their farm one mile
north of McCrory.
BARBER FOR JUDGE
Through an oversight upon
our part we failed last week to
place the name of Mr. G. W.
Barber in our announcement
colum as a candidate for
county judge. We have made
^he correction and again call
our readers attention to Mr.
! Barber’s candidacy and ask
that you carefully consider his
claims before casting your
i ballot.
CARD OF THANKS
To the many friends who
assisted us and our dear mother
in her last illness and death
we wish to express heartfelt
thanks. We shall never for
i get your kind acts and words
' of consolation.
SAM MILLER and WIFE
__ MIKE MCFARLAND
| 4QG-POUND BEAR IS KILLED
Cotton Plant, July, 28.—A
bear weighing 400 pounds was
killed Saturday at the Dixie
olantation, near here. The
bear was in a corn field and
had destroyed considerably
corn.—Arkansas Gazette.
Committee Meeting Postponed
The Democratic County
Central Committee meeting,
which was to have been held
at McCrory Tuesday, July 27,
has been postponed until Tues
day, August 3rd.
Miss Myrtle Acton and
brother, Lonnie, of Jonesboro,
are guests of Miss Mabel and
Master Willie Dunehew.
Miss Pearl Pegg returned
Sunday to her home in Mem
phis, after a two weeks’ visit
with Mesdames E. B. Wood
and W. W. Raney.
Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Colwell
; have sold their restaurant to
Mr. E. F. Bogard of Pangburn.
They wish to thank their many
friends for the liberal patron
age given them in the past.
Mr. Homer Robinson was in
Little Rock this week on busi
ness. He was accompanied
home by his mother, Mrs. S.
I C. Robinson and her grandson,
Robert Adams, who are guests
at his home.
AS USUAL, McCRORY
WINS ANOTHER GAME
! The infallible “Doc” Roe
pitched his seventh straight
victory for the McCrory nine
in a fast game with Gregory
on the local diamond Wednes
day. The defeat was greater
than that dealt the visitors on
4heir home grounds recently,
the score Wednesday being
seven to three. A large crowd
witnessed the “ceremonies”
and enjoyed seeing the home,
team win this their seventh j
| straight victory. Following
is the line-up and score by
innings:
McCrory Pos. Gregory
F.Greer .2b.McGoughy
L.Grav .3b.Lewis
T.Hamilton ....cf.Baty
T.Daley .ss.Carter
L.Cariker .If...Davis
L.Harrison .... rf.R.Eldridge
Walters .lb.N.Matkin
J.Browning .... c.B.Matkin
“Doc” Roe p.J. Arthurs
Score by Innings
j McCrory ....0 1001410 x—7
Gregory ....0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0—3
MISSIONARY SOCIETY
' The Missionary Society met
Thursday, July 22, with Mrs.
Blevins at DeView by special
; invitation, 25 ladies being
present.
1 The meeting was led by
Mrs. Mag Williams and an in
teresting program was ren
dered. the subject being Latin
American countries. Mrs.
Guv Murphy gave an enter
taining and instructive talk on
the .subject. Delicious re
freshments were served by the
charming .hostess.
! The Socitey voted to sus
pend the meetings in August
and the next meeting will be
held the first Thursday in Sep
tember. The Missionary So
ciety will serve ice cream and
cake on the day the candidates
speak at McCrory.
j Judge R. E. L. Johnson of
Paragoiild, was here Tuesday
m the interest of his can
didacy for Congress. While in
the city, he was the guest of
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Wood.
Miss Carolyn Marsh of
Hickory Ridge arrived yester
day, Thursday, and will be
the guest of her friend, Miss
Lucy Clark at Wiville, for
two weeks.
Dr. C. E. Roe who has been
pitching ball for our team
several weeks and who has
won every game since coining
here left Wednesday for Hart
ford to play in three games.
From there he will probably
go to the Heavener, Okla.,1
learn. We join his many,
friends in wishing him a con-|
tinuance of his successful.
baseball career. !
BLAYLOCK For TREASURER
In our announcement colum
our readers will note the name
of Mr. E. E. Blaylock of
Augusta as a candidate for the
office of treasurer of Woodruff
County, subject to the action
of the Democratic primary,
August 10, 1920.
Mr. Blaylock is one of
Woodruff County’s youngest
and most popular business
men. He is connected in a
clerical way with the Conner
Motor Co., of Augusta, and
is held in high esteem by the
Company and its large number
of patrons.
The subject of this sketch
is a deserving young fellow of
excellent habits and manly
c haracter. He is polite, capa
ble and courteous and will look
after the duties of the .treas
urer’s office in an efficient and
capable manner to the satis
faction of his constituency.
He has no opponent and truly
deserves none and we are glad
to know that a gentleman of
nis kind is to be our next
treasurer. We state here in
bis behalf that your vote will
be highly appreciated notwith
standing his being unopposed
for this important position.
FARM FOR SALE
I have 120 acres one mile
north of Fair Oaks, 15 acres
in cultivation, 40 acres under
new wire fence, good garden
and water and new house.
Cheap for cash. $2,400. Mrs.
J. H. Simmons, Fair Oaks, Ark.
Adv. 7-30-2tp.
OPTOMETRIST COMING
C. S. Thompson, optome
inst. of Little Rock, will be at
the McCrorv Drug Company
with a full line of optical
goods Thursday, August 12,
and every 60 days thereafter.
Eves tested free, work guaran
teed. Adv. 7-30-2tc.
Mrs. Frances Trout wTho was
a guest of Mesdames H. P.
Rigors, Jr., and W. B. Dougher
ty the past week, returned to
her home in Memphis Thurs
day.,
Mr. and Mrs. V. L. Ogilvie
and granddaughter, Elizabeth
OgiTvie, and Mrs. Chas. Lac
key returned Thursday to
their homes in Covington,
Tenn., after a pleasant visit
here guests at the homes of
Messrs H. P. Riggs and W. B.
Dougherty.
Rev. and Mrs. A. J. Porter
returned Saturday from Min
eral Wells, Texas, where they
visited the latter’s mother,
Mrs. M. A. Awtry, whom she
had not seen for 25 years.
They also visited points in
Oklahoma and report a de
lightful trip.