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EDITED IN THE INTEREST OF McCRORY AND WOODRUFF COUNTY
VOLUME 1.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, FRIDAY, AUGUST, 6,1915
NUMBER 2
THE HOME NEWS
As we present to the people of
McCrory and Woodruff County
this, our second week’s issue of
The Home News, we can not
help but express our sincere
thanks to the many who have al
ready subscribed since last week,
and for the many promises from
our friends who are interested in
their town having a newspaper
that they will give us their sub
scriptions in the near future to
be numbered among our readers.
Among those who have been
added to our increasing list of
subscribers by paying us for sub
scriptions are: C. P. Best, 0. K.
Porter, J. E. Livingston, E. L.
Hamilton, C. Crotzer, R. C.
Thompson, G. W. Barber, Mrs.
Josie Fakes, E. T. Wherry &
Sons, C. .B. Cook, Frank Shue
H. D. Swayze, F. Lewis, Louis
Rushing, Dr. H. P. Hargis, and
Esq. J. W. Neely, McCrory; C.
Blair, Morton; Joseph M. Arnof,
Mackinac Island, Mich, and L.
E. George, Beebe, Dane Angus,
Little Rock.
The Home News will go to
every subscriber for the full time
for which their subscription is
paid and will be discontinued at
the expiration of same. All sub
scriptions must be paid before
the paper will be sent to anyone
and the price is $1.00 per year,
55 cents for six months and 30
cents for three months. The size
of The Home N ews each week
will depend solely upon the
amount oi news nappenmgs re
ported to us and also the adverr
tising patronage. We shall en
deavor to publish ALL the news
happenings of which we can learn
each week and if it requires
twenty pages all home print, we'll
deliver them to you. We again
repeat that there is just as much
home news concerning McCrory
and Woodruff County, and just
as much home printed reading
matter in this paper as in any
of the county papers. We con
sider the patent side, or that part
of apaper printed at Little Rock
which contains “stuff" a couple
of weeks old and which you have
no doubt already read in some
daily newspaper, of little import
ance, so much so that we think
we can spend the money which
it would cost us, to a better ad
vantage in giving you more
HOME news.
We want you, dear reader, on
our list and if you do not care to
pay out a whole dollar now, just
pay us for six or three months
and do not miss a single issue.
We are printing and mailing out
about 700 sample copies this
week and if you know of a friend
SUNDAY SCHOOL PROGRAM
Following is the program for
the Methodist Sunday School for
next Sunday morning:
Prelude—Piano, Miss Ruby
Hargis.
Song No. 280.
Scripture lesson.
Prayer.
Song No. 63.
March.
Roll call.
Lesson period.
Song No. 90.
Report by classes.
Bible quiz.
Solo—Miss Gretchen Tarpley.
Announcements.
Song No. 52.
Close—Golden Text.
Organist, Miss Linnie Kyle.
MORTON NEWS
Mv Our Regular Correspondent
G. Materna is on the sick list
this week.
Master Marshall Wisemore is
real sick at this writing.
Little Lettie Welch has been
real real sick a few days this
week.
Mrs. George Haynes has been
visiting in Hamlin and Wynne
for two weeks.
Mr. Jenkins and wife visited
the family of Mr. Sharp at Pen
rose last Sunday.
A nice wagon load of watermel
ons was in town for sale Thurs
day, first of the season.
Miss Grace Burkett, our school
teacher, spent Saturday and Sun
day at her home in DeView.
Mrs. August Materna was in
Augusta Sunday attending the
funeral of Miss Ruth Zuber.
Mr. and Mrs. Sympskey of
Hickory Ridge spent Tuesday
and Wednesday as guests at the
Materna home.
Rev. Cunningham from Ten
nessee is holding a revival meet
ing this week. Quite a nice
congregation gathers to hear him.
Many friends and acquaint
ances regret and mourn the
death of Miss Ruth Zuber. She
taught school at Penrose and had
gathered a host of friends both
here and Penrose.
who would be interested pass
this copy along to them when
you have finished reading it,
Again thanking those who
have expressed their confidence
by having their names enrolled
on our subscription list, and
hoping to have you as one of our
regular readers, if you are not
already a subscriber, we are,
Yours Respectfully,
Walter W. Raney, Editor.
JACK GILLIAM KILLED
Kensett, July 30. — (Special.) —
In this city this morning at 2:15
o'clock Cecil Gentry shot and
killed his step-father, Jack Gilli
am.
It is alleged that Gilliam had
been drinking and came home
about 11 a. m. and began to abuse
Mrs. Gilliam, and kept it up until
the time of the shooting, when
he is alleged to have said that he
had “a notion to beat her up,"
when her son, Cecil, interposed
in defense of his mother. It is
claimed that Gilliam then turned
on young Gentry and pulled a
gun. Gentry also pulled one and
shot until Gilliam fell.
Gilliam shot once and snapped
three times on shells that did not
explode. Gentry shot three
times, only one bullet taking ef
fect.
The coroner’s jury brought in
a verdict that the killing was
done in self defense.
The deceased was a former
resident of McClelland, Woodruff
County.
Mrs. W. D. Hinson left Wed
nesday for Newark where she
will spend a month with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. M.
Galloway.
Rev. S. M. Yancey left Mon
day for Holly Grove to assist the
pastor there in a two week’s re
vival. From there he will go to
Hot Springs for a few days rec
reation.
Mrs. Ida Partlow and four
daughters, Misses Mary, Helen,
Ruth and Fay, arrived Monday
and are spending the week with
her sister, Mrs. Mollie Thompson
of this city and her brother, C.
M. Crossett of DeView.
Presiding Elder Dr. W. F.
Evans of Marianna held the
third quarterly conference at
Fakes Chapel Sunday. He also
preached at that church Sunday
morning and at McCrory Metho
dist church Sunday evening.
The McCrory Base Ball Club
has its diamond in first-class con
dition now and we are authorized
by Chas. George to annoucne
that they challenge any nearby
teams for a game or series of
games. Help boost for our base
ball team.
Messrs Heckertt and Garland
brought a number of Augusta
people over in their cars Sunday,
among whom we note: Miss
Laura Shell, Mr. and Mrs. John
Robertson, Mesdames Heckertt
and Garland and Messrs Fred
Shoup and Ed Roddy.
STATE NORMAL SCHOLARSHIPS
Under the law of the state,
county examiners are authorized
to grant scholarships to those
who may desire to enter the
State Normal Scool, conditions
for granting the same being:
The applicant must be at least 16
years of age, must have com
pleted the common school course
of study, must be of good health
anrl of good moral character, and
must obligate himself to teach in
the schools of the state at least
two years after graduation.
I shall take pleasure in grant
ing scholarships to all who meet
the above requirements. The
specially prepared teacher is the
one in demand, and this is the
opportunity to make yourself the
teacher in demand. 7
T. W. Woodbury, Examiner,
Woodruff County.
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