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EDITED IN THE INTEREST OF McCRORY and woodruff county
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, AUGUST 1, 1919.
NUMBER 2
JURY LIST
Followin iVthTiist of grand
„H netit jurors and alternates
I thf August term of circuit
°/urt for the Northern District
'{ Woodruff County.
grand jurors
R. H. Winfield
Ed Blackmon
W. P. Musgrove
W. B. Conner
Paul Martin
Roy Wood
J. H. Dale
M. F. Massey
A. E. Ridgeway
R. E. Holder ^
T. C. Bull
T. A. Jeffries -
J. P. Wade
R. E. Berkshire
W. H. McMurtry
Dick Allen
alternates
John Wiggins
W. M. Sale
Jas. W. Mullens
L. V. Burkette
W. H. Gray
Jessie Tyrone
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PETIT JURORS
J. Y. Ball
J. M. Brooks
H. D. Angus
T. C. Griffin ' W7,
S. K. Davis
Tom Miller
T. E. Dye ~7
Ock Jeffries
Leslie Sturdivant
T. N. Taylor
H. E. Garten H j
R. S. Dunn
J. C. Fitzhugh
Tobe Pritchett
Osro Taylor
I. N. Vanlandingham
Andy Comer
ALTERNATES
J. C. Best
A. E. Burrows
Harry Hall
M. H. Garland
C. C. Johnsey
W. N. Dunehew
H. P. Riggs, Jr.
John Foster
Postal McCurdy
W. B. Barber
C. E. Lee
Cra^. Buchanan
H. J. Cariker
J. B. Kittrell
Mr. T. N. Taylor will leave
ex? week for a visit to Heber
Pnngs.
Tom Sommers of Gregory,
as the guest of friends here
unday.
0?r' ?: L. Fraser was a busi
z visior in Little Rock the
rst of this week.
Margaret Williamson,
y Home Demonstration
if i®Tt Thursday for How
!' WlVllle, and r.nt+nn Plant
here she will
and Cotton Plant,
hold canning
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DESTROYED BY FIRE
Last Sunday evening, July
27, a barn belonging to the Mc
Crory estate was destroyed by
fire. Along with the barn
about 75 bushels of corn and
four tons of hay were also des
troyed. The value of the feed
stuff which be onged to W. T.
Ramsey, of this city, is about
three hundred dollars. There
was no insurance. The origin
of the fire is unknown.
Mrs., E. E. Jeffries is spend
ing a few weeks in Heber
Springs.
„Mrs. Jess Daniel and two
sons are spending a month at
Heber Springs.
Miss Bess Powell spent Wed
nesday in Brinkley the guest of
relatives and friends.
Car S. and P. flour direct
f*om the mill at Planters Mer
cantile Company. 8-l-2t.
Mr. T. A. Smith who is tak
ing his vacation this week,
spent Monday in Memphis.
Messrs Pete Merrill and
Chas. Thompson of Wiville,
were McCrory visitors Sunday.
Mrs. Ora Houser spent Tues
day in jCabot where she went to
attend the wedding of her sis
ter.
Miss Lela Reneau of Howell
was the pleasant week-end
guest of the Misses Smith of
this city.
Mrs. J. H. Crossett returned
Saturday from Conway where
she spent two weeks the guest
of relatives and friends.
Married: Friday, July 25,
1919, at Cotton Plant, Miss
Ella Manasco to Mr. Elmo Mel
fon, both of near DeView.
i Mrs. Geo. Barber and son,
Buster and nephew, Willis Dil
liard are visiting friends in Vi
loxi, Miss for a few wreeks.
Mrs. Bulah Piper of Corpus
Christi, Texas, is visiting her
brother, Postmaster W. B. Kyle
and her sister, Mrs. E. T. Wher
ry.
Miss Elizabeth Holland left
iWednesday for Little Rock
where she wil1 undergo an op
eration at St. Vincent Infirm
ary.
Mrs. J. F. Morgan and little
grandson, T. J. Fakes, Jr., left
last night for Dallas, Texas,
where they will spend several
weeks the guest of relatives and
friends.
There will be no preaching
at the Methodist church Sun
>day morning or night as Rev.
land Mrs. J. R. Nelson have
gone to visit their relatives in
Kentuckv on their vacation,
the fvjn pi* fhci” Ford.
DeVIEW NEWS
We are informed by Chester
Wright that Bob is in Camp
Pike and is expecting to come
home now at any time. Bob
has been gone nearly two years
and we will all be glad to bask
in his smile once more. For
full details of Bob’s home com
ing see Chester Wright.
The bunch went fishing ohce
again Tuesday, down on Cheat
um Lake. We were glad to
have with us several of the
“high steppers” of McCrory. i
DeView’s noon hour has
been overshadowed by the ab
sence of Oscar, at that hour, j
the past few days. Oscar, how-j
ever is not dead but is cutting
logs down on the bayou. Sad ]
but true.
We had a visitor from Aug
usta Tuesday night in the per
son of Mr. Winfield Adkins,
but we are not sure whether
or not he will locate in our
town, he seems to like the place
very well.
The Messrs Ned McMurtry
and Fred Manasco left Monday
night amid tears and best wish
es to parts unknown, some
where in^ Oklahoma.
Our young baseball team is
budding right out since the
rain.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmo Melton
visited our town Wednesday.
They say the town "has made a
few changes since the ddy they
were married.
H. M. Raney, who is connec
ted with Brys of Memphis, is
spending this week in McCrory
the guest of relatives and
friends.
Miss Elise Smith, who is
teaching school at Morton,
spent the week-end in McCro
ry, the guest of homefolk and
friends.
Miss Annie Ruth Thompson
left Tuesday for her home in
Memphis after spending a few
days here the guest of Miss
Hazel Musgrove.
Mr. and Mrs. T. T. McFall
left the first of the week for
Newark where they will be the
guests of the latter’s parents
for a few weeks.
Miss Blanche Powell spent a
part of this week in Little Rock
where she was the guest of her
brother, L. O. Powell, and oth
er relatives and friends.
Mrs. Nina Postal and two
children, who have been the
guests of Dr. and rMs. J. W.
Morris of DeView for the past
two weeks, returned to their
home in Memphis Wednesday.
Messrs Jack Angelo and
Maynard Cariker, who volun
teered with Co. A, and went to
France, returned home Tues
day. Their many friends are
glad to welcome them home
A SERIOUS ACCIDENT
A very serious accident oc
cured Tuesday afternoon in
front of the home of Mr. Boyd
Angus, two miles south of town
when a Dodge car driven by
Miss Annie Ruth Thompson of
Memphis, struck a buggy driv
en by Mrs. Boyd Angus. Mrs.
Angus had stopped in front of
her home and was talking to"
her mother when the car came
around a curve in the road.
The accident happened just
after the rain and the road
was very slippery and the deep
ruts prevented the car from
giving part of the road.
When the car struck the bug
gy which it overturned, Mrs.
Angus was thrown out and the
horse became frightened and
started running:. The buggy
was overturned on Mrs. Angus
who sustained several painful
injuries. The horse was stop
ped by a negro on the Angus
farm and the buggy was badly
damaged. Mrs. Angus is still
in bed on account of her injur
ies but she is reported much
better today. Mrs. Angus was
teaching the summer term, of
school at Fakes Chappel but on
account of her injuries she will
not be able to take charge of
her work for a few weeks dur
ing which time M&JEi. D.* An
guskie teachi ^ ^ “1
NOTICE
Posts of the American Le
gion are now being organized
in Arkansas You should join
the post in your town. If one
has not yet been organized,
START ONE NOW.
The American Legion is the
civilian organization of the
men who served in the army,
navy and marine corps. Any
one who was in the military
service between April 6, 1917
and Nov. 11, 1918, and who
was honorably dicharged from
the service is eligible for mem
bership. There is no distinc
tion on account of former rank
and no military titles are al
lowed, there are no colonels,
captains, sergeants or privates
every man is plain “Mr/’ and
it is not political, the National
Constitution adopted at the
St. Louis Convention forbids
any politics to be used. It is
not a military but a civilian * .
organization.
a minimum ui liiteen men
can organize a local post. On
the application of fifteen men
approved by the State Commit
tee a charter will be issued by
the National Executive Com
mittee. This application must
be sent to State Committee
1108 Boyle, bldg., Little Rock.
For application blanks or
other information apply to R.
M. Hntchins, chairman for
Woodruff County, Augusta.
For screen doors see Plan
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