THE HOME NEWS
EDITED IN THE INTEREST OF McCRORY AND WOODRUFF COUNTY
VOLUME 3
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, MARCH 8, 1918
NUMBER 33
COUNTY CAMPAIGN TO
RAISE FEED AND FOOD
County Agent R. W. Beck An
nounces Speakers and
Dates for Territory Ad
jacent to McCrory
The government has asked
that the message of more food
and feed production be car
ried to the people again this
year with all the force possible
and that everybody be shown
the necessity of the same be
ing done.
In compliance with the re
quest of President Wilson Mr.
R. W. Beck, our government
demonstrator, called a meet
ing of our business men Wed
dates were arranged to carry
the message of more feed and
food production to the farm
ers of this territory:
Pumpkin Bend: Sunday,
March 17, 2:00 p. m., Mes
dames F. Lewis and G. L. Car
son and Messrs J. C. Gray
G. L. Carson and Walter W.
Raney.
Beards: Tuesday, March
19, 7:30 p. m., Mesdames W.
E. Jelks and W. P. Musgrove
and Messrs J. C. Gray, L. B.
Winfree, W. B. Kyle and C.
B. Cook.
Grays: Monday, March 18,
7:30 p. m., Mesdames T. C.
Bull and W. P. Musgrove and
Messrs G. G McCrory, L. B.
Winfree and C. B. Cook.
Barnes: Monday, March
18, 7:30 p. m., Mesdames W.
E. Jelks and L. W. Sturdivant
and Messrs W. E. Jelks, W. N.
“Bill” Wilkes, L. W. Sturdi
vant and Rev. J. R. Nelson.
Hillemann: Sunday, March
17, 2:00 p. m., Messrs G. G.
McCrory and L. W. Sturdi
vant.
Wiville: Tuesday, March
19, 7:30 p. m., Messrs L. W.
Sturdivant and G.G. McCrory.
Dates have also been ar
ranged and speakers from Au
gusta and Cotton Plant will
take the message of more food
and feed to the farmers in
those territories.
Mesrs H. D. Angus and Har
ry Musgrove motored to Greg
ory Monday where they pur
chased $200.00 worth of regis
tered hogs from Mr. R. E.
Berkshire. Mr. Angus has
prchased several hundred dol
lars worth of Durocs the past
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Fewell
nave bought the bungalow just
east of Hubert Howell’s resi
dence.—Lonoke Democrat.
Messrs. Howell and Fewell
are old McCrory citizens and
the News is very gla.l to bear
that they a^e both prospering
Md in the test of heaPh.
THE HOME NEWS IS NO
LONGER A “FOUR”
The Home News has traded
its four cylinder “page” for a
“super six.” How do you like
it? We hope to soon be run
ning an “eight” or “twelve”
and we wont care a snap how
much fuss it makes.
If you know of a news item,
someone married, a new babe
born, someone died or visiting,
a fire, or any other item of
news that would be of interest
to the people now living in
Woodruff County or who once
lived in these parts, send it in
or call Phone No. 40, McCrory,
at our expense. If you will
tell us, we’ll tell everybody.
AUGUSTA NEWS
Items of Interest To Our Read
ers as Published by the
Augusta Free Press
March 8th, 1918
T. D. Wilkes was a Mem
phis visitor the first of the
week.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. C. O.
Dye, Wednesday of last week,
a girl.
Miss Christiene Conner left
Monday for a visit with friends
at San Antonio, Texas.
Cris Holler of Gregory,
while in town Monday gave
The Free Press eritor a very
pleasant call.
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Haralson
and son, John Penn, returned
last Sunday morning from a
several weeks stay in Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. Postal McCur
dy returned last Sunday from
an extended visit with rela
tives and friends at Greer, Mo.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Jenkins at Dooling, Ga., Mon
day, a boy. Mrs. Jenkins will
be remembered as Miss Mary
Roddy.
Rev. M. D. Williams of
Wynne will preach at the Pres
byterian church Sunday morn
ing at 11 and evening at 7:30.
Everybody is invited to attend
the services.
Mrs. W. B. Conner, Mrs. Ed
B. Timmermeister and Miss
Ara Pat Conner returned yes
terday from Little Rock where
they had been attending a
state meeting of the Red
Cross Society.
The Womans Missionary
Society of the Methodist
church will hold an Easter Sale
on Friday, March 29, at Air
heart & Son’s Drug Store.
They will serve hot chocolate
and sandwiches.
Mrs. Hubert Case and very
attractive little daughter Mary
Louise, returned to their home
in Shreveport, La., last Satur
iay after an extended visit to
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.
E. Ferguson and many friends
here.
See our new spring hats and
let us save you money. Eliza
! beth Holland.
Advlt
COTTON PLANT MEN
JOIN THE SHRINERS
Four of Her Leading Citizens
Were Recently Initiated
at Little Rock Meeting
The regular Washington’s
birthday celebration of the
Shriners took place in Little
Rock Friday, Feb. 22. Follow
ing a parade on Main street
the following named Cotton
Plant citizens together with a
large number of other candi
dates from various other cities
of the state were initiated into
the Ancient and Accepted Or
der of the Nobles of the Mystic
Shrine at the A1 Amin Temple
at Twenty-first and Main
Streets:
Messrs E. A. Skillern, E. E.
Mashburn, J. S. Crockett and
Michael Mar Yosip.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Fakes
returned Monday from a visit
to friends and relatives at Hol
ly Grove.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Brooks
of Howell spent Sunday in this
city the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
T. A. Smith.
Mr. J. C. Gray, our popular
high school principal, spent
Saturday and Sunday with
home folks near Conway.
Mrs. C. T. Willis of Wynne
has been the pleasant guest
this week at the home of her
relative, Mr. E. T. Wherry.
Mr. O. K. Porter is now in
the employ of Riggs Brothers
having charge of the wood
working department of their
plant.
Corporal Thos. T. McFall,
of Company “C,” 154th Infan
try, and wife, arrived Wednes
day from Camp Beauregard,
La., for a brief visit to friends
and relatives here and at
Newark.
Mechanic Nubert Porter,
who has been in Clintonville,
Wis., the past six weks attend
ing an ordinance motor section
instruction school, stopped off
Monday while enroute to his
post at Camp Beauregard, La.,
for a weeks visit to his parents,
Rev. and Mrs. A. J. Porter.
Upon reaching Camp Beaure
gard, he will be connected
with the Ordinance Detach
ment of the 114th. Ammuni
tion Train.
Ex-Sheriff R. E. L. “Bob”
Spradlin of Augusta was in
our city Tuesday seeing our
voters relative to his candida
cy for sheriff and collector of
Woodruff county. While here
he authorized us to announce
to the voters of the county that
he is in the sheriff’s race for
re-election subject to the ac
tion of the Democratic pri
mary to be held Tuesday, May
the 28th. His announcement
will be found in the proper
colum.
FROM HAMP WILLIAMS
A letter from Hamp Wil
liams to County Food Admin
istrator, L. B. Winfree under
date of March 2 is as follows:
Little Rock, Ark.,
Mr. L. B. Winfree, Adm.,
McCrory, Ark.
Dear Sir:
Owing to the great shortage
of bread products among our
Allies and the scarcity of
wheat in this country, we are
compelled to ask the people
of Arkansas for a still greater
sacrifice and limit the consum
ers’ purchases of flour to 48
pounds in the country and 24
pounds in the towns.
The United States Food Ad
ministration will undertake to
purchase and ship to the Allies
two million bushels of corn per
day for the next three weeks
to keep them from starving.
It will be necessary for those
who have bought and stored
more than thirty days supply
of flour to return or dispose of
it that it may be properly dis
tributed.
All County Food Adminis
trators in Arkansas are re
quested to give publicity thru
their home papers to this order
and caution the people against
hoarding of flour and sugar
beyond their present needs.
HAMP WILLIAMS,
Federal Food Administrat
or for Arkansas.
MORRIS GROVE NEWS
Mr. J. H. Swanson is having
a large barn erected on his
farm.
Mr. Frank Swanson was the
pleasant guest of McCrory
friends (?) Sunday.
Mr. Luther Daniels of Hil
lemann visited friends in this
vicinity Sunday.
Mrs. Mellie Raymond is vis
iting friends and relatives in
Augusta this week.
Grandma Douglass is in Au
gusta this week visiting her
son, Mr. Drew Douglass.
Messrs Henry Burrows and
John Davis of Augusta spent
Sunday with friends here.
Little Miss Ruby Crossett is
visiting her uncle, Mr. Henry
Burrows, in Augusta this week.
Mrs.Susie Hammond return
ed to her home in Forrest City
after a two weeks visit to rela
tives here.
Mr. Fred Swanson and fam
ily of Bullville were guests of
his brother, Mr. J. H. Swan
son, Sunday.
Mr. C. M. Elam was among
those who attended court in
Cotton Plant this week from
this vicinity.
Misses Edna and Annie May
Allred of Denmark are visit
ing friends and relatives here
for afew days.
Mr. and Mrs. John Davis
returned Sunday from a few
days visit with friends and
relatives in Somerville, Tenn.