THE BEST
COUNTY
IN THE STATE
VOL. I
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1901
NO. 31.
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has subsided in the town. There is absolutely no danger. lllj
Don’t let the name of Small-pox cheat you out of the bar- |p
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gains we are offering. Come and make your selections
while our stock is complete.
We have entirely too many goods on hand considering
the times. To prevent carrying them over we will sell
them at a REDUCED PRICE, Profit or no Profit.
We are now receiving a large stock of CLOVER
BRAND SHOES, which will give us the Largest and
Most Complete line of Up-to date SHOES in the country |p
at prices second to none.
READ! READ!
Best Brands Calico, 5c. Brown Domestic, 4c. and up.
Heavy Cotton Checks, 44 and 5c. Outing Flannels, 5c. up.
Ladies’ and Misses’ flats, 25 cents to $3.50.
Ladies’ up-to-date jackets, $2.75 to $5.25
Misses’up-to-date jackets, $1.40 and up.
Slickers, $2.00 and up. Slicker Suits, $2.25.
We have a fresh stock of Wales Goodyear Armor-Shod
Snag-proof Rubber Boots in Knee and Thigh, every pair
guaranteed. Our line is complete in every department.
We give you a beautiful picture with every $1.00purchase.
Come and see us.
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51. ARNOF, Proprietor.
WHAT IS A BABY?
The-only precious possession
that never excites envy.
The morning caller, noonday
crawler, midnight brawler.
A native of all countries, who
speaks the language of none.
A little stranger^ with a free
pass to the heart’s best affection.
A thing we are expected to
kiss and look as if we enjoyed it.
A quaint little craft called In
nocence, laden with simplicity
and love.
The latest edition of humanity
of which every couple think they
possess the finest copy.
The bachelor’s horror, the
mother’s treasure, and the des
potic tyrant of the most republi
can household.
About 22 inches of coo and
wiggle, writhe and scream, filled
with suction and testing appara
tus for milk, and automatic alarm
to regulate supply.
That which makes home hap
pier, love stronger, patience
greater, hands busier, nights
longer, day shorter, purses
lighter, clothes shabbier, the
past forgotten, the future
brighter.
DON’T TALK HARD TIMES
I never knew a man to be suc
cessful who was always talking
about business being bad. Nev
er allow yourself to dwell on the
dark side of anything. You
should refuse to talk about de
pressed markets or hard times.
Learn to talk up, not down. Many
business men become chronic
grumblers and faultfinders.
Times are always hard with
them. Other men get into a pes
simistic rut, and never see bright
ness or success in anything. It
is impossible for such people to
prosper. Success is a delicate
plant, and requires encourage
ment and sunshine.
Regard yourself as superior to
the evils which surround you.
Learn to dominate your environ
ment, to rise above depressing
influences. Look for the bright
side of things, not the dark and
gloomy side.
The world likes sunny, hopeful,
douyant characters; it shuns lu
gubrious prophets, who see only
failure and disaster everywhere.
The hopeful, cheerful men and
women, who see success and
longevity in their callings, are the
ones who are sought after. It is
as natural to try to avoid disa
greeable, unpleasant people, as
it is to try to escape from the
clouds and shadows into the sun
light.
ADVICE TO YOUNG MEN.
Remember, my son, you have
to work. Whether you handle a
pick or a pen, a wheelbarrow or
a set of books, dig ditches or edit
a paper, ring an auction bell or
write funny things, you must
work. If you look around you
will see the men who are the
most able to live the rest of their
days without work are the men
who work the hardest. Don’t be
afraid of killing yourself with
overwork. It is beyond your
power to do that on the sunny
side of thirty. They die some
times, but it is because they quit
work at 6 p. m. and don’t get
home until 2 a. m. It’s the inter
val that kills, my son. The work
gives you an appetite for your
meals; it lends solidity to your
slumbers; it gives you a perfect
and grateful appreciation of a
holiday. There are young men
who do not work, but the world
is not proud of them. It does
not know their names; it simply
speaks of them as “old So-and
So’s boys.” Nobody likes them;
the great busy world doesn’t
know that they are there. So
iind out what you want to be and
do, take off your coat and make a
dust in the world. The busier
you are the less harm you will be
apt to get into, the sweeter will
be your holidays, and the better
satisfied will the world be with
you.—Bob Burdette.
LETTER OF INQUIRY.
Little Rock, Ark., Nov., 1,1901.
Woodruff County News,
McCrory, Arkansas.
Dear Editor: There has been
a man here from your place by
the name of A. J. Marsh. One
morning: as I came to my office,
I found him awaiting my arrival.
lie told me he was very se
riously effected and I could at
once see his ailment. He has
been under my charge for some
two weeks and while he has had
one of the hardest spells with
which mortal man was ever
aliicted, continually raving about
some little book or almanac, yet
he showed some signs of im
provement.
On last Friday morning, as I
made my usual rounds, I missed
him. The entire institution was
searched for him, but all in vain.
He made good his escape.
If he has returned home,
please notify us, as he left with
out paying his bill.
Yours truly,
Dr. Jones.
OUE REPLY.
McCroky, Ark., Nov., 2, 1901.
Du. Jones,
Little Rock, Arkansas.
Dear Sir: Your communication
of the 2nd, inst., received and in
reply will say: You must be the
easiest specialist on the market,
to undertake a cure without first
obtaining your fee. The party
of whom you ask has returned
home and is as well as ever.
We asked him about your doc
tor bill. He said you had guaran
teed a cure and as your medicine
and things did not cure him, no
bill was due. We will say for
your benefit in the future, al
ways collect your fees in advance
and never guarantee anything.
You state in your letter that
the patient was always going-on
about a ten-cent-book. Why did
you not purchase one for him?
As soon as he arrived home he
asked us about his precious little
book and as we happened to
have it. we gave it to him. He
has been all “O. K.” ever since.
Next time you have such a pa
tient, buy him a book and you will
have him on the road to health
and your name will become im
mortal.
Mr. Marsh hereby thanks you
for what little you did do for him
and bids you a sweet adieu.
Hoping this explains matters
to your satisfaction,
We remain,
The Editok.
THE KENTUCKY LETTER.
The streams in the section
where the writer visited are la
terally alive with tish. It is an
easy matter to go early in the
morning and catch a large string
of fish in a very short time. They
are brought into town by the wag
on loads twice a week. The spe
cies of fish are mostly Buffalo,
yellow and white perch, and as to
the sportiug man, he can find all
the pleasure that he is looking for
in Arkansas. All kinds of game
abound in the. wooded sections
in plenty.
McCrory, the town that the
writer and his mother visited is
an enterprising town located on
the Iron Mountain railroad 69
miles west pf Memphis. The
town is situated on a ridge run-,
ning north and south and in
Woodruff county. The farming
country adjoining the town is
fertile and productive. Rocks
are very scarce in that section.
The foundations of the houses
are made of large wood blocks.
One may think it strange, but it
is a fact, and in drilling a well
there is no rock to go through.
The wells are not really drilled,
but driven. A tube in sections
with a sharp perforated point on
the bottom is used in driving a
well. The bottom section is
started and driven down, and
another put on, and so on, until
about 20 feet has been gone, then
put on a pump and go to work.
The water comes every time. A
well can easily be driven before
br eakfast and have plenty of
water by breakfast-time.
The writer made inquiry of a
prominent physician of McCror.y
in regard to the tax on land in
Woodruff county and also as to
the value of good farming lands
and was told that the tax was
from $1.25 to $1.75 on the
one hundred dollars, and that
farming lands had an average
value of $30. to $50, per acre.
The people are courteous, kind
and polite and spare no pains in
making visitors to their town en
joy themselves and they are en
titled to the esteem of those
Avith whom they come in contact,
and from appearances, they
seem to be as nice and refined
class of people as is living any
where. Fred McLean,
Columbia, Ky.
Asked how many ways a twen
ty-five cent piece can be changed,
a gentleman who is much of a
mathematician, answered: “With
70 cents in my pocket I can
change a quarter in either of
eleveu ways, to-wit: “Twenty
five coppers, five nickles, two
dimes and one nickle, three nick
les and a dime, four nickles and
five coppers, two dimes and five
coppers, twenty coppers and one
nickle, two nickles one dime and
five coppers1 one nickle one dime
and ten coppers, one dime and
fifteen coppers. To do this I
must have 25 coppers, five nick
les and two dimes—70 cents—no
more and no less.”
To The Public.
Allow me to say a few words
in praise of Chamberlain’s Cough
Remedy. I had a very severe
cough and cold and feared I
would get pneumonia; but after
taking the second dose of this
medicine I felt better, three bot
tles of it cured my cold and the
pains in my chest disappeared
entirely. I am most respectful
ly yours for health, Ralph S.
Meyers, 64—Thirty-seventh St.,
Wheeling, W. Va. For Sale by
Dr. J. B. Neal of McCrory and
A. S. Thompson of DeView,
For Fine Wines, Liquors, Cigars
Tobacco, etc.,
-GO TO—
VACCARO& WILDER,
We handle the James E. Pepper, Richland liquors, and our
Jessie Moore and North Carolina Corn, both favorite $8.00 a gallon
can’t be beat.
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TO THE COTTON GROWERS:
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We are ginning and wrapping Cotton at the Round
Bale Gin for 30 cents per hundred. We also buy the
cotton giving from £ to i more than square cotton brings. Our
Gin is one of the largest in the County, capacity 85 to 100 Rolls
daily. Respectfully inviting you to try our Gin and insuring per
fect satisfaction, we are, Very truly,
The McCrory, Cotton Company