THE HOME NEWS
EDITED IN THE INTEREST OF McCRORY AND WOODRUFF COUNTY
[ VOLUME 2.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, FRIDAY, JUNE, 29, 1917.
NUMBER 48
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$20,000
‘Tight or Give
J y Said Speaker Champ Clark to the peo
ple of our Country, discussing the war
What have YOU given Jo aid in raising the $20,000 allotted to Woodruff
County for the RED CROSS?
Won’t YOU Help?
DON’T BE a “Street General.” He neither
FIGHTS nor GIVES. He TALKS and BALKS
“ EVERY LITTLE HELPS.” Hand your gift to any bank in the county or
to any member of the Red Cross Society.
WAR EXEMPTION
BOARDS APPOINTED
Governor Brough announced
Wednesday the names of the
gentlemen who will compose the
Exemption Boards for the vari
ous counties of the State, ap
pointed by him and indorsed by
the United States War Depart
ment. It will be the duty of
these boards to investigate the
claims for exemption, determine
the physical fitness and decide
upon which of the volunteers
who registered on June 5 snail
he accepted for military service.
The gentlemen appointed for
this duty in Woodruff county are j
Mr. R. T. Harville of Augusta,
Mr. Dan D. Keith of Howell and i
hh\ R. N. Smith of Augusta.
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* ne appontment or tnese gen
tlemen meets the hearty appro-!
val of our people and gives abso-!
lute assurance to the soldiers-to- j
be and their friends that there
will be no favoritism shown and
that everybody will be given a
square deal all around.
The date for these examina
tions has not been fixed, nor the
exa°t date for the mobilization
the troops selected, but these
will follow rapidly, and within a
tow more weeks Woodruff coun
s contingent of the great
American army will be training.
he honor of the county will be
safe in their hands.
Capt. J. L. Crocker Died
Augusta, June 23.—Captain L.
J. Crocker, one of the largest
planters in Woodruff county, died
at his home in Gregory this
morning. He was one of Gen
eral Morgan’s lieutenants. The
official records show that he was
one of Morgan’s most active and
dashing officers and was with him
in all of his important. opera
tions. He has been actively in
terested in all important enter
prises and developments of his
county and was a greatly hon
ored and loved citizen. He was
a member of the Masonic frater
nity and was buried with Ma
sonic honors in the cemetery at
Augusta this afternoon.—Mem
phis Commercial Appeal.
At Morris Grove Church
Services will be held next Sun
day at the Morris Grove Metho
dist Episcopal Church South, as
follows:
Sunday School at 10 a.m., Mr.
J. H. Swanson, Superintendent.
Morning worship, 11 a.m.
Evening worship, 8 p.m.
This church is our Father’s
house. Feel at home. Join
heartily in all parts of the ser
vices. Strangers, visitors and
friends are welcome. The pas
tor, J. W. Moore, will meet you
at the door and greet you with a
handshake and a smile.
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Iget the habit
OF CO-OPERATION
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The farmers of Woodruff coun
ty should all become familiar
with the fact that when they
need extra labor they may enroll
their names with Mr. Walter
Jimerson, our Connty Clerk. He j
will also enroll the names of la
borers who want work on farms,
and it will be thus easier for men
and jobs to get together. If far-!
mers are too busy to make a trip j
to the court house they can tele- j
I phone their names in. In this j
j case they should give the num
! ber of their phone and their post
i office address, so that laborers
j hunting for work may find them
easily. The laborer, too, may
enroll by telephone if it is not
convenient to enroll in person.
Hutchins-Mathis
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Hutchins
of Augusta have announced the
approaching marriage of their
sister, Miss Frances Nelle Hutch
ins, to Mr. Harry Pointer Mathis
of Cotton Plant. The wedding
; will be solemnized at the Metho
| dist Episcopal Church South in
Augusta, Thursday, July 12, 1917.
The newest things for dress
goods for summer wear—organ
dies, voiles snd tissue ginghams.
Planters Mercantile Co.
The Junior League
Following is the program for
the Junior League, which will be
rendered Sunday, July 1, at 5
o’clock p.m.:
Subject — “Citizenship and
Temperance.”
Song No. 66.
Song No. 239.
Scripture lesson—Matt, vd, 24.
“Show Your Colors” —Dorriss
Kyle.
“The Two Sides of Life”—Lou
Alice Jernigan.
“How Boys and Girls Show
Their Colors”—Lyndelle Dilliard.
“How to Show Your League
Colors”—Willie Anderson.
Piano solo—Lena Cullum.
“The Procrastinational Girl” —
Mary Lark.
Song No. 250..
Song No. 13.
Vital Statistician
Mr. W. N. Dunehew, Recorder
of the Town of McCrory, has
been appointed by the Arkansas
State Board of Health as Regis
trar of Vital Statistics for
the Town of McCrory and
DeView Township.
Rev. F. A. Lark returned on
Wednesday from a visit with rel
atives in the East, refreshed by
association with his old home
friends. He will preach at the
Methodist church Sunday.