Mayor s Proclamation
To All to Whom These Presents
Shall Come GREETING:
Whereas, Our great and be.
loved President, Woodrow Wil
son, and our distinguished and
efficient Governor, Charles H.
Brough, have each proclaimed
Tuesday, June 5, from 7 a. m. to
9 p.m., as Registration Day, and
which shall be a legal holiday,
Now, Therefore, I, Walter
W. Raney, Mayor of the Incor
porated Town of McCrory, Ark.,
acting in my official capacity,
and pursuant to the request of
our president and governor, do
hereby set aside and proclaim
Tuesday, June 5, as a holiday
for our town for the purpose of
securing the registration of all
eligible citizens which in the
words of our President, “Is in
no sense a conscription of the
unwilling; it is, rather, selection
from a nation which has volun
teered in mass/’
In Testimony Whereof, I
have hereunto set my hand on
this, the 30tb day of May, A. D.,
1917. Walter W. Raney,
Msvnr
Our School Elevated
At the closing exercises of our
high school last Friday night it
vvas shown that the McOory
High School's standing with the
University of Arkansas has in
creased 25 per cent during the
four years that Mr. T. W. Wood
bury has been in charge.
We regret to lose Mr. and
Mrs. Woodbury from our school
and city, and wish for them
much success and happiness in
their new home at Crawfords
ville, where Mr. Woodbury will
have charge of the school.
A list of those who received
certificates and diplomas, and
the books adopted for this coun
ty, will appear next week.
Ford cars will save you money
in the long run. Riggs Brothers,
McCrory, Ark. Adv 3-30tf
Captain Robert M. Hutchins
Robert M. Hutchins of Augus
ta has been appointed and com
missioned as Captain in command
! of Company A, Third Arkansas
, Infantry. His commission bears
: the signatures of Charles H.
Brough, Governor and Comman
der in Chief of Arkansas forces,
and Lloyd England, Adjutant
General. It is dated May 19, 1917.
Company A was raised wholly
in Woodruff county and will be
the first company mustered into
service as a part of the Third
Regiment of Arkansas Volun
teers. Itjs members and its com
mander are all our friends and
neighbors, goodjcitizens, all, who
will reflect honor on their home j
county and State, whatever may :
be the duties they shall be called
upon to perform.
Preparedness
Plant, plant, plant,
Grow, grow, grow,
We must have foodstuff
Or woe, woe, woe.
Dig, dig, dig,
Plough, plough, plough,
We must have enough to eat
A year from now.
Hoe, hoe, hoe,
Scrape, scrape, scrape,
If we don’t make it
We’ll be in a shape.
Shovel, shovel, shovel,
Scratch, scratch, scratch,
We’ve simply got to live
In a garden patch.
—N. E. Wherry
House for rent. See C. P.
Best. Adv.3-30tf
Mr. J. D. Heath of Route 2
killed a rattlesnake last Friday
which measured about six and
one-half feet 'in length and had
thirteen rattlers.
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New Garage!
^//All\¥Oi«SISOSO
For First-class Auto Re
pairing, Blacksmithing, Horse
shoeing and Woodwork, See
W. B. Fakes
Old livery stand just South of M. E. Church
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Lines We Carry in Stock
| John Deere Wagons,
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Sweet and Pure Flour,
McCall Patterns,
Winchester Ammunition,
| Congoleum Rugs.
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Planters Mercantile Co.
“The House on the Corner with Prices on the Square.”
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May 25, 19 IT
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1. Invocation
2. Piano Duet—“March Grotesque”. Sinding
Marietta Stark and Esther Arnof
3. Salutatory —4 ‘Thought’ ’
Vergil Perkins
4. Vocal Solo-“Rural Song”. Dell’Acqua
Della Jeffries
5. Class History and Prophecy
Roger Fakes
6. Vocal Solo—“Wake Up! Spring Flowers”.PhilliP9
Freida Williams
7. Valedictory—“Yesterday, Today, and Forever”
Marietta Stark
8. Presentation of grammar school certificates, punctuality
certificates, and home industry awards.
9. Address ... .State Superintendent J. L. B°n(^
Presentation of scholarship medal.
10. Piano Solo—“Fairy Fingers” .• • ■ ■
Esther Arnof
11. Presentation of diplomas
12. Benediction
T. W. Woodbury,
Principal
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