THE HOME NEWS
EDIT O IN THE INTEREST OF McCRORY AND WOODRUFF COUNTY
VOLIJMN
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, SEPTEMBER 26, 1919
GETTING ready
for fall gardens
Now is the time to get the
fall gardens under way. Set
lut cabbage for tall and
winter seeding; plant beans,
turnips, spinach etc., and see
hat the garden soil *s kept
J the best of tilth. Burn all
dead decaying rubbish that is
in the garden. At this time
rotten cabbage, bean vines,
Dea vines, lettuce seed stalks,
etc. are to be seen in the
garden. Clean these out at
once. The successful gar
dener is one who keeps going
after the garden work. Lets
all try to grow a fall garden
and prepare to live at home.
Arkansas has no pure seed
or inspection law.
The result is that poor
mixed seed, seed infected with
all manner of fungus and
of obnoxious weed seed, seed
of all kind that cannot be
sold elsewhere is shipped to
Arkansas. The only protec
tion the Arkansas farmer has
at present against this is to
provide his own farm seed.
Another fact that is gener
erally overlooked by the farm
er is that pure, vigorous seed
is as essential to strong
growth and maximum pro
duction in plant life as pure
bred females and sires are to
the developement and profit
able production of animals.
The Extension Division of
the University of Arkansas
and U. S. Department of
Agriculture strongly rec
ommend that each farmer in
the State* should make care
ful inspection of seed especial
ly of cprn and of cotton and
save an ample supnly of every
kind of seed that is growing
on the farm.
Margaret Williamson,
Home Demonstration Agent.
Mr. W. N. “Bill” Wilkes, of
Augusta, was a McCrory 'visi
tor Monday.
Atty. E. M. Carl-Lee of Au
^rusta, was a business visitor
Monday.
Oscar M
Week-end
Winfree spent the
in Augusta. ,
Mr. Walter Jeffries spent
^unday and Monday in Mem
phis. J
DR- c. P. HARRIS
DENTIST
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McCRORY, ark.
Office Hours: 8-5
BANKHEAD HIGHWAY
Birmingham, Ala. Sept. 15.
I Efforts will be made to
have the Bankhead National
Highway, Incorporated in
the Townsend-Bankhead Bill
which is now pending in the
United States Senate, accord
ing to the announcement
I made by J. A. Roundtree,
Secretary of the Bankhead
National Highway Association
I which has activey advocated
i for the past four years the
building of this transconti
nental highwa-y, which starts
at the steps of the capitol in
Washington, traveling twelve
southern states on to the Pa
cific coast.
inis highway is the only
transcontinental highway that
can be traveled thrte hundred
and sixty five days in the year
and is the only highway that
links the north, the south and
the west together for this all
year travel. A ma jority of tht
Senate and the House of Rep
resentativts of the U. S. Con-!
gress live on the route or in
the states which this highway
traverses. It is the plan of
the Bankhead National High
way Association to secure an
amendment to this bill which
will insure the Bankhead Na-,
tianaL Highway will be one of
the fifst highways built under
this bill which directs that the;
highways will be linked from1
state to state. Tihs has been j
done in the case of the Bank
head Highway, by the State
Hghway Commission and the
ft ate Legislatures officially
adopting and linking this
highway in nearly every state
which it traverses.
Mrs. A. V. Crump of Rich
mond, Va., arrivtd last week
and is the guest of her sister,
Mrs. John Shearer.
Married rWednesday, Sept, j
24, 1919, Mr. Joe Wright and j
Miss Myrtle Rubottom, at
6 :00 p. m., at the home of the
bride. The ceremony was
nerformed by the Rev. R. H.
Champion.
NOTICE
Land for rent, and help
wanted.
Two good tenants wanted
on land east of McCrory, near
’Possum Creek school house.
Some good cotton and corn
land. I want men who will
1 clear land for ntxt year, for
| which I will pay a good price.
[Call upon A. A. Anderson,
McCrory, Ark., or write own
1 er Dr. C. F. Burkhardt, Effing
ham, 111.
I also want tenants and
men to clear land and cut and
haul stave bolts on 400 acres
! of land, second bottom one
and one quarter miles of
Hunttr, Ark. Call on Geo.
H. Poston, Hunter, Ark. or
-'’rite owner, Dr. C. F. Burk
hardt, Effingham, 111.
THE GREAT ADVENTURE
By Ira C. Hopper
“Will the word come for us
to go across?” Such was the
question hourly asked by each
and every one of us in our out
fit training in the sage brush
and cactus hills of Southern
Texas, as the papers told of
daily reverses suffered by the
Allies and spoke of the Ger
man w-edge driving closer and
yet closer to Paris. For months
we have worked and trained,
hoped and feared, suffered
and endured all kinds of wea
ther, hoping to cross over and
show our mettle before an end
came. Daily w^e expected and
prayed for the order to move
and daily that order did not
come. Exerything wTas held in
readiness to move on ten hours
notice. It wras all so exasper
ating and tying. We were not
discontented but wrere eager
to fight.
Suddenly, wrhen hope of go
ing across was at its lowest
ebb, an order came to entrain
for we knewr not where. Never
was an order obeyed with
more alacrity, and within a
few hours our outfit was mov
ing. Jokes and much laughter
engrossed the attention of;
most of us and a Holiday spirit
pervadtd the wThole train. The
smallest man in the outht
boasted of how he could han
dle a dozen Huns single hand
ed and all felt equal to the task
How well rewarded we felt
for all our montiis of grind
and drill in the dust and mud
of South Texas.
Days of winding and twist
ing about over the country fol
lowed the hilarious beginning
of our journey and we wonder
ed what was our destination.
Montreal Canada, finally hove
into sight and we had left our
train and gone abroad a small
English ship barely big enough
for our regiment. A large
crowd of people has assembled
to witness our departure and
the sight of many wounded
Canadians among the crowd
gave us our first glimpse as to
what might be ahead for us.
Down the beautiful St. Law
rence we steamed, under the
historic bluffs of Quebec, in
view of the quaint French Ca
nadian farm homes, thence
across the Gulf of Halifax
where we joined a convoy of
other troop ships undSr the
protection of a British cruiser.
As we steamed from the har
bor and turned our faces to
ward the east, we felt for the
first time absolutely certain
that we were facing the great
adventur.e. Enthusiasm ran
high, good natured jokes were
indulged in freely and specu
laton as to how long the world
war would last when once we
got in was rife. Yet, I feel
.sure now that much of our
o-ood natured jokes and ban
ter was forced in order to hide
a feeling of home-sickness we
could not down, as the last
fast receded from sight.
A dense fog, so thick you
could scarcely see the width
of the boat, enveloped us soon
after sailing and it was with
difficulty that the ships kepi
their formation. This lasted
day after day. The fog horns
sounded constantly and a
feeling of w’eirdness, unreal
ity, and uncertainty fell upon
all. Several collisions be
tween ships were barely
avoided and danger seemed
to be imminent everywhere.
The fog vcas apparently suf
focating, one felt uneasy, one
was homesick, one felt as if
something was hovering ever
near and ready to cheat him
out of his great adventure.
Then one night, as if in
answer to our expectations,
the alarm was sounded, all
men were waked (though
very few were asleep) and
ordered to put on life belts
and stand ready to abandon
the ship. Why the alarm?
What the danger? Ques
tions on every hand. The
engines were stopped, we
felt ourselves drifting. Great
God, what was the danger?
Prayers were murmurtd that
had been forgotten for a long
time, we wondered how cold
the ocean water would be.
We asked where were we to
mi§s our Great Adventure.
Word was passed along that
in the dense fog we had run
into a field of icebergs and
one gigantic mountain of ice
threatened our ship with in
stant dtstruction. Most ev
ery one thought of the Titan
ic and all remembered home.
Moments seemed ettrnity. If
daybreak would only come
and sunshine break forth.
(Continued.)
Mr and Mrs. D. M. Huff
and daughter, little Miss Jes
samine left Wednesday for a
few days at the Tri-State fair.
Mrs. Margaret Williamson
requests all the ladies who
promised canned goods,
pickles, prtserves, fruit juices,
vinegar and dried products,
seeds etc., for exhibit to please
leave them at Miss Turner’s
for her, as she wishes to place
them on exhibit.
The sad news of the death
of Mrs. Rebecca Simmons,
who died at 4:15 a. m., this
Friday morning, reached our
office just before going to
press. Interment will be at
the Odd Fellows cemetery at
urday ldThefcmwfyp cmfwyc
11:00 o’clock tomorroow, Sat
urday. Services conducted by
Rev. L. E. Mann of Brinkley,
assisted by Rev. J. R. Nelson
of this place. The remains
wdll be brought from Brinkley
to Odd Fellows’ cemetery by
means of auto-hearse.
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