THE HOME NEWS
EDITED IN THE INTEREST OF McCRORY AND WOODRUFF COUNTY
VOLUMN 4
McGRORY, ARKANSAS, OCTOBER 4, 1918
NUMBER 11
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SUNDAY, OCT. SIXTH AT
THE M. E. CHURCH
Day Has Been Set Aside As
Libery Sunday and. It Is
Your Patriotic Duty
to Be Present
Sunday, October the sixth
has been set aside by the Sec
retary of the Treasury, Wm. G.
McAdoo, as Liberty Sunday.
This is not simply a call to
the ministers to preach on some
line of patriotic support of the
government in these trying
times, but it is a call for the
people, every citizen, to meet
Sunday, Oct. 6th, that every
heart, hand and voice may be
enlisted to make the Fourth
Liberty Loan a success.
In obedience to this call, we
very earnestly request that all
the people in McCrory be pres
ent Sunday morning at 11:00
o'clock either at the Methodist
church or some other church
in town or where it will he
most convenient for you.
The service will be in the
interest of the above named
cause. Our boys in the trench
es of France are leading us to
victory and with the might of
America berhind them, the
doom of the Kaiser and all
that he represents is sealed.
Be present and help to make
the service what you feel such
a service should be, at a time
when such glorious victories
are being won.
J. R. NELSON, Pastor.
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Mr. J. H, Jones is now work
ing at Mrs. Shue’s restaurant.
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Died: Mrs. Tom Pearrow,
Monday, Sept. 30, 1918. Obit
uary will appear later.
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Mrs. Laura Berry, of Jones
boro, is the guest of her son,
Mr. J. J. Berry and family.
ROY BAKER DEAD
A telegram was received by
| Mr. W. E. Baker, of Jelks, !
| Thursday bearing the sad news
' of the death of his son, E. Roy,
wTho was a sharpshooter of the j
U. S. Marines.
The soldier boy’s death was
caused by pneumonia as a re
sult of an attack of Spanish
! Influenza. He died in the
Marine hospital at Quantico,
Va., Wednesday, Oct. 2, 1918,
: at 5 :30 p. m.
I This young man who has
! died in the service of his
! country was a volunteer, hav
i ing enlisted with his brother,
Thurman, at Memphis, Tenn.,
in April, 1917. They were
sent to Paris Island and later
assigned to the U. S. Ship
Michigan.
The subject of this sketch
was born at Cord,Ark., about
20 years ago, the son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. E. Baker, and was
well and tavorably known
having many frends who will
i be grieved to learn of his
death. His mother and broth
er were at his side when the
end came and the remains will
arrive Saturday or Sunday.
Burial will be in White Church
Cemetery near Fitzhugh.
The Home News joins the
friends of the bereaved family
in extending heartfelt sym
Mrs. T.—W. Wilder spent
| Thursday and Friday, shop
Registered Duroc hogs must
be sold at once. Leaving for
army school. H. D. Angus.
Adv.
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Mr. W. B. Angus has ac
cepted a position as salesman
at Carson’s Grocery and Meat
Market.
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WHY PAY RENT?
OWN A FARM
I offer for immediate sale
240 acres, 60 in cultivation,
very little white land, three
tenant houses and one fairly
good barn, a large portion of
fence is new hog wire, the rest
of fence only needs repair and
about all the old wire neded is
there.
This is Bayou DeView bot
tom land, located a little over
four miles southeast of McCro
ry and less than % of a mile
south of a loading switch on
railroad and just east of ’Pos
sum Creek School House—A
good all ’round farm.
I will give terms if desired.
$2,000.00 cash and balance in
four equal annual payments
bearing interest at seven per
cent. Reason for selling—Ip
army and can not give it my
attention. Price: $25.00 per
acre. Write
Capt. C. F. Burkhardt,
Fort Riley, Kans.
Quarters 15, M. O. T. C.
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Mrs. W. P. Musgrove is
home from Bell Buckle, Term.,
where she placed her son, Tom,
in school.
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Mesdames S. C. Bishop and
G. T. Hay went to Memphis
Wednesday for a ten days
visit to friends.
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Rhode Island Red hens and
registered Poland China pigs
! for sale at the Dilliard Farm.
See me for prices. W. G. Dil
liard. Adv.
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Mr. Chas. Cook. Jr., has re
turned home from Castle
Heights College because, he
says, of an epidemic in the
school.
DR. FRASER TO ARMY
Dr. Robert L. Fraser, pro
I prietor of the Red Cross Drug
j Store, and who volunteered in
j the medical corps sometime
! ago, received a telegram
Wednesday stating that his
! services had been accepted.
He was informed to report
to the commanding officer at
I Fort Riley, Kansas, Oct. 15,
| and will rank as a 1st. lieu
tenant. Dr. Fraser is the sec
ond of his profession to vol
unteer from Woodruff County.
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P. M. AT GRAYS IS DEAD
Died: Monday morning
about five o’clock, Sept. 30,
1918, Mr. J. W. Gowan, post
master at Grays. He moved
there about two years ago and
leaves a wife and five children
to mourn his loss.
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Died: At the home of his
mother in Newport, Jewell
Best, Oct. 4, of pneumonia.
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Privates Dave House of Mc
Crory and Enoch Heath of Au
gusta have been mentioned in
the news dispatches as having
been severely wounded on the
battle front in France.
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