the home news
Published every Friday at McCrorv, Ark.
WALTER W. RANEY, Ed. and Pub.
Subscription $1.00 per Year in Advance.
Phone: 40
Entered as second-class mat
ter August 26, 1915, at the post
office at McCrory, Ark., under
the Act of March 3, 1879.
Friday, December 7, 1917.
McCrory Home Guards
Believing the time is now here
for the organization of the Home
Guards I call upon every one
who has signed the paper or
gave their names in, some time
ago, also any and ail white men
from the ages of 18 and up,
come out to this meeting, if you
will join, that much the better,
it you will not, come any way,
probably you can be of help in
getting started; this being a
movement that will have for its
object the benefit of the entire
community and no man should
absent himself from this meet'
ing if he has any chance at all to
be there. Friday night, 8:00
o’clock, at the Woodman hall.
C. B. Cook.
Ginning Reporl
There were 14,351 bales of
cotton, counting round as half
bales, ginned in Woodruff Coun
ty, from the crop of 1917 prior
to Nov. 14th. 1917 as compared
with 22,501 bales one year ago.
E. W. Chaney,
Enumerator.
Earley’s Shoe Shop
Earley is prepared to furnish
you those rubber shoe heels.
Black and tan for gentlemen, 50
cents per pair. Black, only, for
ladies, 50 cents per pair.
Adv. 10-26tf. G. T. Earley.
Mrs. J. M. Perkins and baby,
Martha Marie, who were guests
of Mrs. Annie Anderson the past
week returned Sunday to her
home in Vanndale.
Ready now at old prices
Fresh lots of Foley's Honey
and Tar Compound are selling at
before-the-war prices. This puts
this wellknown cough medicine,
ready for use, in homes at less
than it costs to buy and mix the
ingredients yourself, and all the
bother and muss is avoided.
There is no better remedy for
coughs, colds, croups and lagripe.
Sold by Red Cross Drug Store.
Buy War Stamps
County Chairman H. C. Argo,
of Cotton Plant called a meet
ing of bankers, newspapermen,
and other business men last Fri
day for the purpose of carrying
out to a successful termination
the campaign to sell Woodruff
County’s portion of the war
stamps. Representatives from
McCrory, Augusta. Hunter,
Gregory and Cotton Plant were
present and all promised their
support. Mr. Argo attended a
state meeting in Little Rock
recently and gave those present
a valuable outline of the work to
be done.
The campaign for the sale of
the stamps was to have been
launcned last Monday but same
will begin next Monday because
of belated consignments of
stamps and certificates which did
not arrive until this week.
McCrory’s stamps were re
ceived at the postoffice this week
and Mr. C. E. Riggs had the
honor of being the first purchas
er. Every bank and postoffice
in v>iic v.uuiju.y win iicivt: Uic
stamps on sale and they probab
ly will also be placed with busi
ness houses for distribution.
When you purchase your first
stamp you will be given a cer
tificate which has space for 20
stamps to be attached. The
stamps will begin selling in Jan
uary at $4.12 and ending in
December at $4.23. Each stamp
will bring you in return $5.00
each which is equal to four per
cent compound interest com
pounded quarterly, and are pay
able at any money order post
office in the United States.
For the person who is not able
to buy stamps of the above de
nominations, the government
has provided a “Thrift Stamp”
which sells for 25c. These
stamps may be exchanged for
the war stamps. Every relig
ious organization, society or
association, every school child,
in fact old and young, rich and
poor, white or black, every one
of the 22,000 people in Wood
ruff County are expected to buy
these stamps, beginning Mon
day and it will make you a saver
instead of ^a spender.
Miss Gladys Holder, accom
panied by Mrs. E. W. Chaney
went to Memphis Monday to un
dergo an operation for appendi
citis.
Rev. R. P. Bain of Lonoke has
been chosen for pastor of the
McCrory Baptist Church and
will preach here Sunday at 11.00
a. m. and 7.00 p. m. He was
here Monday enroute to the State
Associotion which met in Jones
boro this week. Everybody in
vited to hear him next Sunday,
Dec. 9.
Morris Grove News
Born: To Mr. and Mrs. Charlev
Smith, Sept 30th, 1917, a girl.
Mrs. Maud Barnes, of McCrory,
visited friends and relatives here
Sunday.
Mrs. Mollie Chappell moved to
McCrory Tuesday, and will send
her boys to school.
Mr. Walter Yarbrough, of
Judsonia, visited friends here
Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Willie Spradlin of Mc
Crory, visited her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. A. J. Spradlin, Sunday.
Miss Margarete Hargis of Mc
Crory, was the guest of Miss
Donnie Spradlin Saturday and
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Ellis of
Pine Tree, visited their mother,
Mrs. M. F. Love, Saturday and
Sunday.
Mr. Geo. E. Wright returned
home Sunday, from Camp Pike,
Ark., where he has been working
on the U. S. Cantonments.
Warning.Order
In the Woodruff Chancery Court
for the Northern District, Jan
uary Term, 1918.
Will Campbell, Plaintiff,
vs
Julia Campbell, Defendant.
The defendant Julia Camp
bell is warned to appear in this
court within thirty days and
answer the Complaint of the
Plaintiff Will Campbell.
Witness my hand and seal as
Clerk this 4th. day of Dec., 1917.
A. L. Hutchins Atty. for Pltf.
12-7-4t L. W. Winfree, Clerk.
Roy Campbell of Cotton Plant
was here Monday on business.
Rev. A. J. Porter attended the
State Baptist Association in
Jonesboro this week.
Miss Ora Lee Hunnicutt and
Mr. Roy Baker of Jelks were in
Little Rock Monday night and
witnessed the great play, Ben
Hur.
Messrs. Roy and Thurman
Baker of Jelks who have been
home on a furlough left Wednes
day to take up their duties as
marines on the U. S. Ship
Michigan.
Mr. H. E. Wood, manager oi
Mayo & Robinson’s wholesale
grocery at Jelks, spent Iasi
week in Kansas City, Coffeyvilk
and St. Louis in the interest o1
his firm.
Mr. Walter Jeffries of Augus
ta who has been visiting his
brother, Wade, a student of the
University at Columbia, Mo.,
stopped off here on his returr
home for a visit to his father,
Mr. T. A. Jeffries.
Old Soldier gives Recommendation.
Gustav Wangelin. Commander
ofG. A. R.Post, Pickneyville, 111.
writes: “I highly recommend
Foley Kidney Pills, which I pre
I fer to all others I have used.”
! Foley Kidney Pills give quick
| relief from backache, rheumatic
i pains, stiff, swollen joints, lan
guidness, kidney trouble and
sleep disturbing bladder ailments.
Sold by Red Cross Drug Store.
Mrs. W. G. Dilliard who is in
St. Vincents Infirmary, Little
Rock, has been informed by her
physician that an operation will
not be necessary to restore her
health.
Cut this out - - It is worth money
Don’t miss this. Cutout this slip
enclose with 5 cents to Foley &
Co., 2835 Sheffield Ave., Chicago,
111., writing your name and
address clearly. You will recieve
in return a trial package contain
ing Foley’s Honey and Tar Com
pound for coughs, colds; and
croup: Foley Kidney Pills and
Foley Carthartic Tablets. Sold
by Red Cross Drug Store.
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W. A. HENDERSON
LAWYER
McCrory, . . . Ark.
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