THE home news
Published Every Friday at McCrory, Ark
WALTER W. RANEY, Ed. and Pub.
Subscription $1.00Per Year in Advance
Phone: 40
Entered as second-class mat- j
ter August 26, 1915, at the post'
office at McCrory, Ark., under!
‘he Act of March 3, 1879.
OUR HEROES
Of all heroes you ever
knew, who was the greatest?
Did you ever stop and ask
yourself that question?
When one finds himself
in the presence of a very
brave soldier, one who has
given much for those he loves,
and realizes what he has
done, it is hard to explain the;
thrills of admiratioon, the
reverence, the appreciation
one feels for that same
soldier. We feel we owe him
a debt we can never pay. He
has suffered so much that we
who stayed at home might
never realize the horrors of
a German invaded land. He
deserves much and all worth
while people are willing to do
everything possible to show
our appreciation. For that isj
the most we can give—--grati- j
tude. Of course one can ex-!
press their gratitude in ways
other than empty words, but
gratitude is what counts. |
Has he not risked all worldy j
things for you? He was,
young, with life before him,1
but he went away to a
strange land to overcome a
formidable enemy. Sacrificed1
home, loved ones, everything,,
not knowing that he would
ever return. Is there greater i
love than that? Jesus said:|
“Greater love hath no man;
than that he layeth down his;
life for another.” This is all |
beautiful and touching, but
stop and think. Do youj
recognize a Hero even greater
than all of these?
There is one! Born in a
manger, one thousand nine j
hundred and twenty years
ago! Greater than any other
hero who ever existed or
that ever will exist! Jesus
Christ, our Saviour, our Hero,
°ur Father’s Son.
What other hero ever gave
as much as He has given?
Who ever suffered as He suff
ered? He, too, left His
Father, came into a strange
land, fought the good fight,
suffered mental anguish, pov
erty, scorn, suspense, every
thing that any human can
suffer, and more. Look at
the years of patient toil, the
scorn, the hate, the many
shameful things inflicted up
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HERE is the greatest motor car in all the world. Great be
cause there is more of it in use than of any other car in the world.
Great because tnat in our demand for a million and a quarter Ford
cars this year fully 50% of that demand is for the Touring Car. Sure
; e^ei> Ford touring car is a car of great service. You see it whether
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lul Ford Touring Car is delivering service and satisfaction, pleasure
and economy, in a larger measure than falls to the lot of any other one
piece of mechanism in the world.
We can now deliver Ford cars to you with reasonable prompt
ness. Leave your orders without delay, if you would be wise. The
prudent man carries his umbrella when it is dry, because any fool can
carry one when it rains!
Never forget that right hand to every Ford Touring Car is
that ever-dependable and universal “Ford After-Service.” Here we
are, with the genuine made Ford parts, Ford mechanics, and Ford
equipment, to give service to Ford cars instantly, so that your car is
never out of commission.
on Him. Was ever a human
persecuted as Jesus was?
His whole life was one of toil
and pain, and finally, look at
the awful physical suffering
He endured at the hands of
those who crucified Him. He
could have escaped all this,
but Jesus was no slacker. He
was the bravest volunteer
that ever walked on this old
earth. He endured it all,
that man should be free. The
world was lost, but with His
own life, His own blood Jesus
redeemed all who are willing
to accept His gift.
We look with horror on
those who do not recognize
our world war heroes, and
well we may. The one who
willfully shirked his duty, hid
behind the word agriculture, j
etc., in order to stay at home,
what is he? There is no
word in any vocabulary that?
will describe him. But worse
than all is the one who fails
to accept what Jesus bought
with His blood. We’ve only
to love, believe and obey to
accept His great gift. We ac
cept what our boys bought
with their suffering, why can’t
we, why don’t we accept
what Jesus offers us? For
as great as their gift is, what
our boys have given us is a
temporary thing while the
gift of Jesus endures through
out all ages. It is the gift
from the greatest soldier, the
greatest hero, to all others.
We have recently cele
brated Armistice Day by
showing reverence for those
who paid the supreme price in
France. Why can’t we, on
the most sacred day of the
year show as much reverence
for Him?
Christmas Day! Who can
dare on that sacred day show
hostility to Him by breaking
God’s commandments?—By
celebrating the day of Christ’s
birth in sinful revelry? It is
horrible! Let’s show on that
day as much love and rev
erence for Him, at least, as we
did for our boys in France.
He deserves more than we
can give. What He endured
in Gethsemanie may be
imagined when we think of
the prayer He offered there to
the Father. The greatest
prayer ever uttered. Those
words, “Father, if it be pos
sible, let this cup pass, but let
Thy will, not mine, be done.’’
It was not the Father’s will to
let the cup pass. Jesus drank
the very dregs of that cup of
bitterness, for you, for me, and
yet we pass it all by lightly.
A READER.
Miss Minnie Morris, who is
attending Galloway College,
Searcy, is spending the holi
days with her parents, Dr.
and Mrs. J. W. Morris at De
View.
Mr. L. B. Colwell sold his
cafe last Friday to Ollie T.
Burgess which went as part
payment to the latter gentle
man for 40 acres of land in
Pumpkin Bend about 22 acres
of which is in cultivation.
PUBLISHER’S STATMENT
The following is a statement
jof ownership, etc of The Home
News, a newspaper published
'every Friday at McCrory,
Arkansas for October 1920:
i Editor, publisher, manager,
business manager and owner:
Walter W. Raney, McCrory,
Arkansas.
Mortgagees: None.
Signed: WALTER W.
RANEY, Editor.
Subcribed and sworn to be
fore me, a notary public, this
16th day of December, 1920.
G. W. BARBER,
Notary Public.
My commissioon expires
Nov. 27, 1921.
Mrs. Jack Trice of Cotton
Plant was the guest of her sis
ter, Mrs. J. W. Morris, at De
view, Friday, Saturday and
Sunday.
I Mr. Ruken Jelks who is
'spending his second year in
the University of Arizona at
Tuscon, arrived home Satur
day to spend the holidays
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. E. Jelks.
Miss Ora Lee Hunnicutt is
employed at the Missouri
Pacific-Rock Island Station at
Jelks, in the abserse of Mi’s.
J. W. Faulkner, who has gone
to spend Christmas with her
mother, in Missouri. After
January 1st. Miss Hunnicutt
will attend Draughan’s Busi
ness College, Little Rock.