(TWENTY CITIES AND COUNTIES
IN EIGHTH DISTRICT MAY
WIN DISTINCTON.
Conditions Announced by War Depart
ment and Emergency Ship
Building Corporation.
—
Ten cities and counttes in the Eighth
(Federal Reserve District may have
United States Transports named in
'their honor and the same number of
cities and towns may have Battle
'Tanks named for them.
The cities and corn ties who may
participate in the contest that will
accord them this honor, must first of
all qualify. This qualification is that
:if a set quota for the sale of Fourth
Liberty Bonds has been established,
that quota must be reached.
These contests have been author
ized by the War Department and the
Emergency Ship-Building Corporation,
and it is expected tlr t the parts of
States making up the Eighth District
will participate.
Conditions of Contest.
Contest No. 1 is open to all counties
in each State which has raised their
quota in dollars. The county that after
exceeding its quota rolls up the larg
est oversubscription will have the
honor of naming one of the Battle
Tanks. To the county in each State
after its money quota has been sub
scribed, that has the largest percent
age of subscribers according to popu
lation, may have the l.onor of naming
cue of the Transport Ships.
To the city in the district, with a
population of 50,000 end over, which
has raised its quota, if it has a fixed !
quota. The city with t' e largest per- i
centage above its quota, may name j
one of the Battle Tanks. The city,
under the same conditions, that has
the largest percentage of its popula
tion as bond purchasers, will have the
honor of naming one of the Trans
port Ships.
Contest No. 3 is open to all cities
having a population of 15,000 and un
der 50,000 that has raised its fixed
quota.. The city with the largest per
centage of sales above its money
quota, will be given the privilege of
naming one of the Battle Tanks, whale
the city having the largest proportion
of subscriber* according to population j
will have the privilege of naming a j
Transport Ship.
The Final Provisions.
The final contest is for cities be
tween 5,000 and. 15,000 population,
that exceed their fixec money quotas.
The largest percentage of sales above
the quota will give that city the priv
lege of naming a Battle Tank, while
the city with the largest number of
subscribers, population considered,
will have the privilege of naming the
Transport Ship.
Neither the ships nor the tanks
may be named after any indiviuuai,
corporation or organization. No city
or county may be awarded two of the
.prizes.
Illustrated bulletins showing the
progress of the contest will be issued
much after the plan followed in the
“Over the Top” Contest in the Third
Campaign. The counties that are in
the lead will be praised, and thoie in
the rear will be “roasted,” but always
■the remarks should be received in
the manner in which they are intend
ed, as mere pleasantries, and to stim
ulate rivalry between cities and
towns.
Keep Right On Sawing Wood - - By Chapin
1
FOR OUR CHILDREN’S SAKE
Future Generations Will Judge Us by
Our Performance Not by
Possessions.
The United States Department of
Labor, in a bulletin to “Our Children,”
declares that “to win this war we all
must do our best regardless of profit.”
“Production is the big thing,” the
bulletin continues. “This applies to
wage earners as well as employers.”
The advice has been accepted by
labor generally, and there is a disDo
sTtion lo apply TTln “tHe “purchase cff
the Fourth Liberty Loan bonds, the
sale of which began last Saturday.
From every section of the Eighth Fed
eral Reserve District word comes that
the workers are subscribing liberally
of this issue. This intense co-opera
tion is necessary because of the doub
ling of the quota within the district.
Food for reflection is contained in
the further advice that “after the wfcr,
only those who have helped win it
will amount to anything. Our chil
dren then will judge us—not by what
we’ve got, but by what we’ve done.”'
FURNiSHiNG BOOKS TO SOLDIERS
The American Library Association and the Army Y. M. C. A. co-operate '
in their plan to encourage good reading among soldiers. This is a corner of i
a Y. M. C. A. building in the Southern Department utilized as a library for
the soldiers. “Foxy Grandpa” behind the counter is popular with the men,
and each of the five hundred books in the little library are passed out on an
average of twice each month. “Foxy Grandpa” has another responsibility.
He presents a new khaki-covered new Testament to every soldier who asks
for it, and a surprisingly large number of the men request the little book.
In fact, most of the soldiers have made It a part of their equipment They
are furnished free by the Army Y. M.C.A.
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 k
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 jri
four equal annual payments
bearing interest at seven per
cent. Reason for selling—In
army and can not give it my
attention. Price: $25.00 per
acre. Write
Anyone interested may see
Mr. A. A. Anderson of McCro
ry, Ark., or write me.
C. F. BURKHARDT,
Effingham, 111.
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TO MOTHERS
Bring your baby to enter the
contest at our county fair.
Take advantage of the free
medical examination. If your
baby is not lOOper cent perfect
you can learn why he is not,
and remedy the cause.
Make this one of the biggest
days of the fair. Mrs. C. W.
Garrison, state chairman of
child welfare bureau, will give
a talk to the mothers, and
distribute excellent literature
on the care of children.
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Land for sale: 200 acres, lk
mile of Hunter, 35 acres open,
balance timber, good roads and
water and new railroad being
constructed by land. Call or
write Home News Editor, Mc
Crory, Ark. adv.
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If you want the Home News
you must pay your subscrip
tion as the government will
no longer allow newspapers to
be sent otherwise.
GENERAL DIRECTORY
Circuit Judge ....J. M. Jackson
Pros. Atty.P. R. Andrews
Chancery Judge E.D.Robertson
County Judge....A. L. Hutchins
County Clerk..Walter Jimerson
Circuit Clerk ....L. W. Winfree
Sheriff .Alex C. McGregor
Treasurer .Roy Mitchell
Supt. Schools.W. N, Wilkes
Assessor .Edgar Miller
State Senator .Sam N. Vann
Representative.Ross Mathis
Surveyor .Alex Beilis
McCrory Officials
Mayor.Grover G. McCrory
Marshal .John G. Pulley
Recorder .Walter B. Fakes
Treasurer .Geo. W. Barber
Aldermen: J. H. Crossett,
Fletcher Lewis, H. D. Swayze*
C. Hailey and E.T.Wherry.
Council meets first Monday
night of each month in W. E*
Fakes’ office.