THE HOME NEWS
Published every Friday at McCrory, Ark.
WALTER W. RANEY, Ed. and Pub.
Subscription $1.00 per Year in Advance.
Phone: 40
Published Every Friday
Entered as second-class mat
ter August 26, 1915, at the post
office at McCrory, Ark., under
the Act of March 3, 1879.
JULY 19, 1918
ABOUT LAWYERS
An opinion of Provost Mar
shal General Crowder will be
of interest not only to Local
Boards but to all Americans
and is should be given wide
publicity.
“The case referred by you
to this office has been carefully
studied. Advice as to the pro
redure to be taken where fees
have been charged by Board
Members, Justices of the Peace
Notaries Public and Attornevs
has been frequently requested
of this office.
“The Selective Service law
was enacted as an emergency
measure. It exacts from certain
citizens their entire time and
nossiblv their lives. In ad
ministering that law much was
expected of members of the
nrofessions narticularlv the
lawyers. The last paragraph
of section 30 of the Selective
Service Regulations voices that
expectation in the following
words:
“ ‘It should be the pride of
everv lawyer that no registrant
within his district is without
competent legal advice and as
sistance in preparing all pa
pers that such registrant is re
quired to submit in the process
of the selection of citizens of
this nation for duty in the
present emergency/
Section 46 of the Regulation
provides that:
“‘All lawyers **** should
regard it as their duty to iden
tify themselves with the Advis
orv Boards provided for in
Sections 44 and 45, and freely
and without compensation to
rive their services to the Na
tion. It is inconsistent with
this dutv for lawyers to seek
clients for the purpose of urg
ing and advocating individual
cases in any other way than as
disinterested and impartial as
sistants of the Selective Service
System/ ”
The practice of attornevs of
charging registrants fees in
connection with their military
obligations has met with the
severe censure of this office.
Such practice is deemed im
proper, unethical and unpa
triotic. It is a form of profi
teering beneath the dignity of
the legal profession, which
profession has almost unani
mously strongly condemned it.
The pleading by attorneys
of the deferment claims of reg
istrants is considered culpable
and inconsistent with the spirit
of the Selective Service Law in
that—
First: Such practice creates
the impression that the appli
cation of the said Law might
not for parallel cases be uni
form, that a classification ar
rived at by a Selection Board
is based not entirely on the
genuine, fundamental merits
of the case, but is influenced to
a degree by the mechanical
presentation thereof;
Second: Assuming that there
might be an advantage in hav
ing a deferment claim prepar
ed and presented by an attor
ney, inasmuch as all registrants
are not able to employ coun
sel, an unfair advantage would
be enjoyed by those registrants
who are in a position to do so.
The American Bar Associa
tion and many State Bar Asso
ciations have actively assist
ed' this office in discouraging
by attorneys, the practice of
capitalizing the Selective Ser
vice Act. If he is a member,
permanent or associate, of a
Legal Advisory Board, his ac
tion in connection with the
case is a violation of Section
6 of the Selective Service Act
and he should be prosecuted
therefor. If, however, he was
in no wise officially connected
with the administration of the
Selective Service Act, it . is
doubtful whether his action
will support indictment. In the
latter event it is suggested that
the whole matter be referred
to the State Bar Association
with a clear statement to that
organization of the attitude of
the Selective Service Officials
toward the practice in ques
tion.
For your information permit
me to cite the action of the
Missouri State Bar Associa
tion in suspending a member
for fifteen months for exacting
fees in administering oaths re
quired for registrants in exe
cuting their Questionnaires,
The stand of this office to
ward the practice in question
has, as hereinbefore stated,
been generously supported by
the American Bar Association
and by the several State Bar
Associations, and I am confi
dent that the Arkansas State
Bar Association has equally
high ideals.—E. H. Crowder,
Provost Marshal General.
Lloyd England,
The Adjutant General.
-Buy W. S. S.
FLIES NEVER BOTHER
In the summer flies worry
an animal. Get a bottle of
Farris’ Healing Remedy, costs
but 50 cents, makes a pint
worth $2.00. Apply it to the
wound. Flies will not bother
it. Get it today. You may
need it tomorrow. We sell it.
Red Cross Drug store, adv.
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A REAL THRIFT MESSAGE: g
CHARMING NEW WEL- &
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WORTH BLOUSES STILL
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PRICED AT $2.00
The announcement of the arrival of a new allot
ment of these ever desirable Welworth Blouses is al
ways welcome news to a great many thrift-mmde
W°mfor these far-famed and deservedly - popular
Blouses permit of real, genuine, downright, substan
tldl Just*think of the vast economies of making up
these Welworth Blouses in such tremendous quantities
to fill the needs of two thousand good stores.
And think of the style possibilities or a start of
skilled designers—real Fashion Artists—in constant
touch with the latest style development.
Authentic Style and Superior Quality
is the possession of every Blouse Hear
ing the Welworth label. The Styles
are exclusive with us, and cannot be
bought in any other store in this city
at any price. . „ , t
limited quantity in this new allottment and no'
more of the same styles will
be obtainable
Just a
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WIVILLE NEWS
Mesdames Pallard and Mail
in of Cotton Plant spent Sun
day here the guests of Mrs.
Maggie Kelley.
Mr. W. J. Loveless of Cot
ton Plant was a business vis
itor to our city Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Gross of
Jelks visited friends here Mon
day.
Mr. Fed James of McCrory
motored to our little city again
Sunday.
Mr. Carroll Hill was a plea
san visitor at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. E. D. Marshes again
Sunday.
Mr. S. V. Clark returned
home Monday morning after a
few wreeks in Heber Springs.
Mr. Otis Luker made an
other visit to the home of Mr.
and Mrs. S. V. Clark Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ramage
of Cotton Plant, spent a few
hours here Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Keith of
Howell motored to our city on
last Monday night.
I have spent two weeks in
the Fisk Repair Shop and am
capable of turning out first
class vulcanizing. Roger Fakes
adv.
Miss Pauline McFall came in
Thursday night after spending
a month in Memphis where she
was the guest of relatives and
friends.
Strayed, from my place at
Gordneck, one cow, red with
white face, marked crop split
and underbit in the right and
crop in the left ear. Notify C.
E. Manning, McCrory, and re
ceive a reward of Ten dollars,
adv.
-Buy W. S. S.
From a Justice of the Peace
W. H. Hill, J. P., Detroit,
Texas, writes: “I used Foley
Kidney Pills and say unhesi
tatingly that of all I have used
they are the best, and have
done the work where the rest
failed.” Backache, rheumatic
pains, sore muscles, stiff joints,
and to frequent bladder action
are symptoms of kidney trou
ble. Red Cross Drug Store, adv
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EARLE L. KITTRELL
Graduate Veterinarian
(Deputy State Veterinarian)
Augusta, Arkansas
Office Phone 16 :: Home Phone 40
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