THE
HOME NEWS
EDITED IN THE INTEREST OF McCRORY AND WOODRUFF COUNTY
VOLUMN 4
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, OCTOBER 11, 1918
NUMBER 12
ELMO MELTON WRITES
FROM BATTLE FRONT
“Somewhere 'In France,”
Sept. 5, 1918
Mr. W. W. Raney, Editor,
McCrory, Arkansas,
Dear Sir:—
Have just finished reading
some of the letters by the boys
at home in The Home News
and they were like personal
letters over here, but they will
write and think differently
when they get this far.
We don’t know what we
will do tomorrow, or whether
we will be alive or not, for
Fritz has no respect for us or
any one else here. At nights,
bombs drop from aeroplanes
too close to be comfortable,
and all the protection we have
is the roof of our billet. But
it is interesting to hear Fritz’s
planes come over for he some
times gets what he doesn’t de
sire by any means.
One of the most interesting
sights is a battle in mid air.
We see plenty of them and at
night we watch them make
their attacks—this we do irom
a distance, tho.’
Asto the boys over there,
will say that our biggest bat
tles are fought when we are
“rookies/’ We talk* about
what we would do if we could
get to France. Ha, ha! You
become sober when you get
out in mid ocean, you doh’t
need to get to France.
I have seen quite a lot of
this country since we landed,
and home is one of the best
places I have found yet, how
ever we don’t have much time
to get lonesome or think of
home over here.
I am using my gas mask for
a table. Have used it for a
pillow and it comes in handy
for lots of things besides what
it is actually intended. Our
motto for it is, “We need thee
every hour.” You don’t ca/tch
any of us without them any
time eithor.
Well, I have written all that
will be permitted so far. Hop
ing you will find space in your
valuable paper for this, I am,
Your Friend,
ELMO MELTON,
Co. F, 1st Gas Regiment,
Chemical War Service, A. P.
O. 706, A. E. F., France.
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Lost: One child’s new
button shoe. Finder please
leave same at Thompson
Hailey Co. It. pd.
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DIED: Lee W. Huddleston,
age about 25. years, Thursday,
Oct. 10, 1918, at 10:00 p.m.,
at the home of his father-in
law, Mr. J. W. Jackson of
Orays. Mr .Huddleston’s life
came to an end as the result of
an attack of influenza follow
ed with pneumonia. He leaves
a wife and one child, James,
age two years. The remains
were laid to rest in the Fakes
cemetery this, Friday, after
noon.
THE WOODRUFF CO.
FAIR IS POSTPONED
Because of the state wide
quarantine orderd to prevent
the spread of Spanish influen
za, the Woodruff County Fair
was called off Tuesday for
three or four weeks.
The State Board of Health
issued an order Monday clos
ing a 11 schools, churches,
i theatres fairs or other public
gatherings and the same is be
ing enforced all over the state.
The Fair at Monticello which
was to have opened this week
was also closed.
Mr. H. D. Angus, secretary
of our fair association, called
Dr. C. W. Garrison, state
health officer, over the tele
! phone Tuesday who informed
I him that the fair would have
to be postponed.
It is being planned now to
have the fair the last week in
October at the same time the
; Chautauqua will be in this
city if health conditions permit.
| Announcements will be made
later in all of the county pa
pers asto the exact dates the
fair will be held. Save your
best products and bring them
to the big county exposition.
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OBITUARY
Mrs. Tom Pearrow passed
' away at her home near De
I View, Monday evening at 7 :30
'o’clock, Sept. 30, 1918. She
i was 46 years and nine months
of age and was married to Mr.
Tom Pearrow June 26, 1902.
She leaves a husband and
eight children besides a host
! of friends to mourn her loss
' Her children are: Miss Jimmie,
[Willis, Corp. E. W. Neeley of
1 Co. E., Wirley Neeley and Jeff,
Heber, Pearl, Opal and Louie
Pearrow, also a stepmother,
I Mrs. Jennie Ross and two bro
jthers, Messrs Bunk and Kirk
! Ross mourn her death.
Services were conducted by
Rpv Crenshaw, nastor of De
View church. The remains
were laid to rest in the Beards
Cemetery south of DeView, the
funeral beingi attended by a
large concourse of loving rela
tives and friends. She was
loved by all who knew her and
will be missed from her large
circle of friends.
Written by one
friends^
of her
MARY BELLE CROSSETT.
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Misess Ruby Hargis and
Fannie Hamilton returned
home Tuesday from Little
Rock because Draughon’s Col
lege, of which they are stu^
dents, has closed until the state
quarantine is lifted.
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Mr. W. V. dusticee has re
turned home from a
tive tour of North and North
east Arkansas. He states
[that crops around Mammoth
I Springs are good, but the fruit
'! industry is a failure.
ALL GINS IN COUNTY
CLOSED TEN DAYS
County Food Administrator
T. E. Bonner of Augusta issued
an order yesterday, Thursday,
closing all cotton gins in the
county for a period of ten days
beginning with today, Friday.
Asto why this action has been
taken and why our administra
tor could not give the farmers
and the public some advance
notice through the three news
papers in the county that have
more than two thousand sub
scribers, we can’t state. All of
the three papers would have
been glad to have given this
matter free publicity for the
benefit of the many farmers
who are ^readers of these pub
lications if the food adminis
trator would only ask it.
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For Sale: A few registered
Duroc males, ready for service,
dark cherry red, fine individ
ual lines of breeding. Call or
write H. D. Angus. McCrory,
Ark. Adv. 3-8 tf.
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DIED: Sunday, Oct. 6, 1918
about three o’clock p.m., Boyd,
age one year, child of R. C.
and Ola Hall of near McCrory.
The remains were laid to rest
Monday in the Fakes cemetery
took away the plain, one-ear,
riding bridle at the corner of
the Fakes Mercantile building
Sunday morning, Sept. 22, will
please return same to me. W.
H. CHAPPELL, R. 2. McCrory.
>Kirth of town.
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The persbn“whcTuntied and
Adv. ltp.
HARRY LEE MUSGROVE
VICTIM OF PNEUMONIA
! ,
The sad news of the death
of Harry Lee Musgrove was
received here yesterday, morn
i ing which cast a gloom over the
! faces of his many friends.
The young fellow who was
liked and respected byeveryone
died Wednesday night at 8:00
o’clock at Fayetteville where
he recently went to enter the
University. His untimely and
suddepn death was caused by
an attack of pneumonia and
his mother did not reach him
before he became unconscious.
His father, Mr. W. P. Musgrove
of Grays who was in Helena
at the time of his son’s illness
serving on the Federal grand
jury and who rushed to Fay
etteville did not reach his boy
until after the end had come.
The remains were received
here today, Friday, and laid
to rest in the Fakes cemetery.
A large number of sorrowing
friends from out of town at
tended the funeral. The News
joins the many friends of the
bereaved family in extending
heartfelt sympathy over the
loss of their noble and worthy
son who had just bloomed into
mannooa.
Mr. J. C. Jordan, Professor
of English of the University,
accompanied the remains and
the services were conducted by
Rev. Brown, pastor of the Bap
tist church at Augusta, assist
ed by Rev. J. R. Nelson, pastor
of the Methodist church of this
city. The funeral procession
was one of the largest ever
seen here and the floral offer
ings completely covered the
I grave.
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^MRS. N. LEM AY DEAD
Died: Saturday, Oct. 5,
1918, at nine o’clock p. m., at
the home of her uncle, Mr.
John F. Shue in Pumpkin
Bend, Mrs. Nathaniel LeMay,
age 18 years, of pneumonia.
She leaves a husband and a
six months old baby. The re
mains were laid to rest Sunday
! in the Pumpkin Bend ceme
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Private Tom Barron and his
soldier friend, Corporal Donald
Hornblower of Boston, Mass.,
who are stationed at Camp
Funston, Kans., are spending
a few days here guests at the
home of the former’s mother,
Mrs. Maud Barron.
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The remains of Roy Baker,
who was in the U. S. Marine
service and died at Quantico,
Va., were received at his home
at Jelks Sunday morning and
laid to rest in the Fakes ceme
tery Monday morning, a large
concourse of sorrowing friends
and relatives attending. The
remains were accompanied
I home by his mother and a
brother, Thurman, who is in
the Marine service.