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THE HOM F'
EDITED IN THE INTEREST OF McCRORY »k
COLUMN
McCRORY, ARKANSAS,
FRIDAY, Jl
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PROMINENT farmer
FR COMMITS
SUICIDE
\ J. Stapp, a Justice of the
Peace and Tubercular Vic
tim, Shoots Safi Through
H^art Thursday Morn.
Esq. Alford Julian Stapp, age
L years, five months and seven
(lays, who since February has
been confined to his bed a victim
of tuberculosis, ended his suf
fering yesterday morning about
six o’clock, Thursday, June 24,
1920, by placing a pistol to his
breast and pulling the trigger.
The bullet tore its way through
his body, passing through his
heart and down through the
mattress and bed upon which he
was lying. It is said he had
been in a state of semi-con
sJousness the last few days.
Justice of the Peace R. A
Jones was called and acting as
coronor held an inquest over the
body The jury returned a ver
dict that the man came to his
death from a pistol wound in
flicted by his own hand. It is
reported that his mother was
the only person in the room at the
tin^e and she testified that her
son ended his life while her
back was turned to him. He
had asked for the pistol, stating
that he wanted to clean it and
knowing that it was not loaded
and entertaining no idea of his
intentions, the gun was handed
to him. Knowing that there
were four cartridges in his coat
pocket he asked for his coat and
told his son, Floyd, aged 12, to
get him a stick with which to
clean the pistol. The boy had
just left his bsdside when the
report was heard.
The deceased was born in
Springfield, Mo., January 17,
1876, the son of W. B. and A. E.
Stapp. He was married to Miss
Mollie Wilson, of Covington,
Tenn., in that city on J3ept. *1,
1901. He leaves a mother, Mrs,
A. E. Stapp of Springfield, Mo.,
a wife and six children, Effie
May 16, Floyd 13, Hazel 10,
Wilson eight, Pauline four and
Otto two years of age: five
brothers, Marshal of Charles
ton, Miss., Chester, of Cardova,
Ala., Marion, of Ozark, Mo.,
John, of Baskin, La., and
Fletcher of Springfield, Mo.,
and a host of friends to mourn
bis loss.
Mr. Stapp for several years
^as a justice of the peace of De
yiew Township and made an ef
ficient and able officer. He was
\ a member of the M. E, Church
I OeView and the Odd Fellows
THREE OF McCRORY’S BEST LITTLE LADIES
Reading from left to right: Little Misses Mona Gray
Riggs, Mary Hamilton Riggs and Myrtle Rose Best. The
two former girls are the children of Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Riggs,
Jr., and the latter is the daughter of Mr. C. P. Best. Myrtle
Rose who was in the second grade in the last term of school
here won two of the three prizes offered. She was the happy
recipient of the W. VV. Raney award of $5.00 which was
offered to the pupil in the grammar school receiving the high
est average in deportment, attendance and non-tardiness, and
also the Swatika Club medal, which was offered for the high
est general average in the entire school. She was not tardy a
bingle time and never missea a day.
Little Miss Mary Hamilton who is one of the most en
thusiastic fans of the movies at the Jewel Theatre, has great
hopes and ambition of some day being a star of the screen,
and who can tell but that she may some time be a greater
favorite than Mary Pickford-Fairbanks? Little Miss Mona
Gray whose greatest pleasure seems to be in attending school
and church services ?sn slip a dime or a quarter from her
“Uncle Charlie” as easily as John D. Rockefeller can raise
the price of gasmine. The Riggs children are on a visit with
their mother to friends and relatives in Boonville, Ark., and
Tulsa, Okla., and Myrlie Rose is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Rose
Little in Judsonia.
Lodge at MeCrory. He was held
in high esteem by everyone and
to know him was to like him.
His life was clean and Woodruff
County has lost a valuable citi
zen in the death of this house
holder. By hard work he had
bought and paid for his farm of
60 acres near Beards where
the last years of his life were
spent. In November 1918 he
went to Pheonix, Arizona, where
his health improved and in June
1919 returned to his home
where his health gradually
ebbed away.
The funeral services were con
ducted at the M. E. Church al
DeView by Rev. Blevins, pas
tor.
The remains were laid to resl
this, Friday, afternoon in the
Fakes Cemetery north of Me
Crory, a large concourse of sor
ro wing friends attending.
peaches for sale
I have about 100 bushels o:
sweet pickle peaches for sal<
at once at $2.50 a bushel.
JAS. STOKER,
Jelks, Ark
Adv.ltc.
Mr. L. L. Armstrong was
! home from Pine Bluff Satur
day and Sunday.
Superintendent C. T. Willis
has gone to Fayetteville to
spend a few weeks in the
University.
Sheriff R. H. “Bob” Smith
of Cotton Plant, was looking
after the duties of his office
here this week.
Mrs. K. H. Carson returned
Saturday from a visit to her
grandmother, Mrs. T. J. Payne
a\ Neshoba, Tenn.
Dr. J. R. Piercey has sold his
drug store to Dr. J. W. Morris
of DeView and will give pos
session about August 1st.
Mrs. D. T. Gildart and two
children, David, Jr., and Wil
lie May , of Memphis, are
guests of Mrs. J. E. Lewis.
!
Misses Rose and Grace Bur
kette and Minnie Morris left
Wednesday for a visit to their
aunt, Mrs. Sallie Noack in
Austin, Texas.
For flowers for any occa
sion see Walter W. Raney,
Undertaker and Licensed Em
- balmer. He is the authorized
s agent for all leading florists in
Little Rock and Memphis, and
can save you telephone ex
. penses in ordering.
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✓ >u*
a gooa ram a,
is smiling. xs
Mrs. Vance
spending the %
with friends, ’ f* \
TVTica A Ion a i
Miss Alene
planning to spend a in ,,
vacation in Texas.
Mrs. W. H. Gray retur
home Monday from a fev^p
orSS
visit to friends at Cabot
Miss Freida Willia.
McCrory was the pi—
guest of Miss Helen . i
Sunday.
Mr. Vance Thompson •
the firm of Thompson & ScS*
was a business visitor at Gre^1
ory Thursday. v*
Mr. Tom Clifton made*.
trip to Ebony Thursday,
turning Friday. He returi“"
via of horseback. r
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Ke. ;
•jelks wrere guests of Mr. i
Mrs. A. G. Kerr Saturday *
Sunday.
Misses Vera Reaves
Freddie Watson and Mr. M*
nard Prince of Jelks vish
here Sunday. ti
Mr. Joe Padgett, our p*
ular and efficient mail
rier, is again making his:
ular trips via automobile. (
Mesdames Pete and,
Simmons and Mr. an
Gus Collier were gues
and Mrs. Taylor Satur
Sunday.
Mr. Ben Taylor mm
the weekly chills as L
seen at Dr. West’s.offiiifr
Sunday. Wgri r
nothing serf ^
Mr. an ’ %
spent Sum ifc
relatives , V
They repo-ut
the crops 1 tht
the hail st'
Mr. Ellis'
Memphis Sv
speeding ^
Mr. and'
of Searcy, :
cousins, D?
Morris at
and Sun
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