THE HOME NEWS
EDITED IN THE INTEREST OF McCRORY AND WOODRUFF COUNTY
VOLUME 2.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, FRIDAY, JULY, 13, 1917.
NUMBER 51
IMPORTANT -road
meeting held here
About twenty gentlemen rep
resenting a large proportion of
the area and valuation o£ the
lands situated within thepropos
ed new road district met at the I
jewel Theater'in McCrory last
Friday, July 6, to take the nec
essary action for the permanent
formation of the road district,
the first step-the survey and es-11
timate of cost and assessments j
by the Arkansas Highway Com
mission-having been completed 1
according to law.
The meeting was organized by
the election of Mr. Fletcher1
Lewis as temporary president
and Mr. Walter W. Raney as tem
porary secretary.
The second step in the forma
tion of the road district being its
approval by the County Judge,
the meeting authorized the cir
culation of petitions among the
land owners in the district, ask-'
ing for that approval. These
petitions are now being circulat
ed with satisfactory progress.
Three gentlemen to act as com-:
missioners and three to act as as-,
* sessors in the prosecution of the I
work of building the road were
selected by the meeting, whose
names will be presented to the
County Judge, recommending i
their appointment by him. The
gentlemen recommended for com
missioners are Messrs. T. A. Jef
fries, Fletcher Lewis and J. H.
Crossett. Those recommended
for assessors are Messrs. W. B.
Fakes, J. T. *\tkinson and J. W.
Mullens.
me proposed roaa district em
braces forty-eight sections of as
fine farming land as can be
found in the State. The road,
as located, will extend from
Fakes eastward to th£ Cross
county line, generally paralleling
the line of the Missouri Pacific
railway, a distance of 12.2 miles,
cross road through McCrory, two
miles north and two miles south,
to DeView, a road south from
Jelks, one mile in length, all to
gether making 17.2 miles of mod
ern roadway.
The proposed road^ district is
to include all land within two
miles on either side of the above
described lines. - Within that
area there is considerable town
Property at McCrory, Grays,
Morton and Jelks, the owners of
which have a voice in asking for
the authorization of the road
district.
When this road was first pro
posed a district two miles wide
Was planned. This has beenj
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Woodruff County Fair in McCrory
Next Fall is Now an Absolute Certainty
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The Woodruff County Fair Association has decided to
hold a fair at McCrory this fall and the officers of the associ
ation are now busily engaged in making preliminary arrange
ments for that event. They have secured the Riggs Bros,
big new garage in which to display the agricultural exhibits
and the canning, cookery, fancy work and other exhibits by
the ladies. The W. B. Fakes garage and livery barns have
been secured in which to house, feed and take care of the
live stock exhibits. Both are commodious and admirably
fitted for the purpose. In fact, there could be none better,
except fair buildings, which the Association hopes to have
erected for the next annual fair. The open lawrn between
the Fakes garage and the Methodist church will be utilized
for exhibition purposes.
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The Woodruff County Fair Association was organized in
the spring of the present year. Last fall a number of pro
gressive farmers of Woodruff county, feeling the necessity
of a fair association, and recognizing, the superior advanta
ges of McCrory as the most central and most easily acces
sible point in the county, decided to test the practicability
of the movement by arranging for a display of farm exhibits
in the Merchants and Farmers bank building in this city.
The result of the test was a complete success. The exhib
its of agricultural products, of live stock and of household
economy so far exceeded expectations that the promoters
were encouraged to form a permanent organization, which
was done by the election of Mr. W. E. Jelks as President and
Mr. L. W. Sturdivant as Secretary. Our county Demonstra
tion Agents are heartily co-operating with thefe gentlemen.
The big Community Agricultural Club recently organized in
the Beard’s Church neighborhood will give valuable aid, as
will also the other agricultural clubs now in process of or
ganization in other sections of the county. Assurance of
more than enough exhibits from this and adjacent counties
have already been received to insure the success of the 1917
fair and a number of applications for space have been received
from manufacturers and jobbers outside the State who de
sire to demonstrate before our people the usefulness of their
products of agricultural machinery, household utensils, etc.
The exact date for holding the fair cannot now be an
nounced. Secretary Sturdivant is "in correspondence with
fair associations in other counties with purpose of selecting
sl date that will not conflict with them. As soon as he
gets a line on their dates the date for our fair will be an
nounced. The main thing, however, is now an established
fac^_^e Woodruff County Fair WILL BE HELD at Mc
Crory this fall —and everybody may safely begin the prepa
ration of their exhibits, with asssurance that they will be
properly cared for and displayed.
One imporiant and attractive item has been decided
upon by the management. An auction sale of pure-blood and
high-bred hogs and cattle will be held in the afternoon of
the last day of the fair, at which time all exhibitors who de
sire to do so may sell their exhibits at auction.
We will not insult the intelligence of our readers by put
ting up an argument showing the importance of this great
movement, but will ask the co-operation of all in making the
fair show the best of Woodruff county’s great resources.
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changed, making the district
four miles wide, greatly re'duc-;
ing the rate of taxation. This j
has had the effect of winning;
many friends for the road, and I
it is asserted that ninety per
cent of the property owners in
the district have signed or will
sign petitions asking for the es
tablishment of the district.
This road will form a part o:
the Bankhead Highway, and th<
assurance of its completion wil
add a most potent inducement t<
bring that great thoroughfar*
through our county.
BAPTIST REVIVAL
TO BEGIN AUGUST 5.
Rev. A. J. Porter of the Mc
Crory Baptist church returned
this week from Kensett, where
he had been to arrange for a
series of revival meetings to be
held in the Baptist church here.
He succeeded in securing the
services of Rev. R. P. Baine of
the Kensett church to conduct
the revival in McCrory. The
metings will commence on Sun
day, August 5, and be continued
daily for a week or ten days, or
as long thereafter as the condi
tions then seem to warrant.
• Rev. Mr. Baine founded the
Baptist church in McCrory in
1908 and served as its pastor for
two years. During his pasto
rate here he came to be known
and loved by our people. He
will be most heartily welcomed
here, not alone by the Baptist
membership, but by the mem
bers of all churches and those
not belonging to any chruch.
Our Baptists are indeed fortu
nate in having secured his ser
vices, and it will be the sincere
prayer of all that his work may
result in much good and many
additions to the church.
The Big Tent Meeting
The tent meeting at Beard’s
Church is growing. Rev. R. F.
Shinn is doing some good preach
ing. There will be three services
next Sunday. Beard’s Church,
DeView and Morris’ Grove
churches will all meet at the
tent at 10 o’clock for Sunday
school. We want to make it the
greatest day for Sunday school
that Woodruff county has ever
known. YOU come and help US
to do this, and we will meet you
with a smile.
J. W. Moore, Pastor.
Good Farming
Mr. J. B. Proctor, who con
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| ducts a farm just north of Mc
j Crory, kindly sent cotton blooms
| on Monday. When we asked the
• pretty little messenger who came
! with the blossoms if there were
! many of them in the field, she
j said, “Oh, yes; there are plenty
> of them, and every day more
come.” We knew of lots of cot
- ton in bloom at that date, but
none that had been planted as
- late as May 15-20—the date of
Mr. Proctor’s planting.
1 For Monuments and Tomb
> stones see or write W. N. Dune
* hew, McCrory, Ark. The war
has not advanced our prices.