EDITED IN THE INTEREST OF McCRORY and woodruff county
v McCRORY, ARKANSAS, FRIDAY, JAN.16, 1920
NUMBER 26
afficers kill negro
oFF and capture still.
As a result of a still beiiig
J£ted near and “eider”
op-fh a “kick” being sold at
L 0 Mitchell’s saw mill
ree miles east of Augusta,
Puben Roddy, negro, is dead,
nd W 0. Mitchell is under
bond for his appearance m
“ourt and warrants are out
for three others who are im
plicated in the sale of the
^Deputy Sheriff J. W. Har
bour, Constable Sam Ander
son and his . deputy, Albert
Vaughn, all of Augusta went
to Mitchell’s mill late Satur
day evening to investigate a
drunken row that had been
reported. When they arrived
at the mill after dark, most of
the negroes had left, only two
remaining.
As the officers approached
a store operated by Mitchell
one of them flashed his elec
tric light while crossing a
ditch. • Roddy and the other
negro, Powderly Fitzpatrick,
were sitting on the porch of
the store and when he saw
the light Roddy remarked,
"Who in the hell flashed
light?” and began to empty
his 38 Colt’s Special revolver
at the officer. Fitzpatrick
fled into the darkness with
his winchester and was later
found drunk and unconscious
a s^ort distance down the
road. The officer threw his
light on Roddy and told him
who he was and. to stop
shootinor but the negro did
not heed his command, where
upon all ^roe officers began
firing and it is supposed thr
each contributed to the death
of rionrro pS six bullets
took eff°ct. The negro was
shot twice in his breast, three
times in his side and once in
h's left leg and was dead
v’hen they reached him.
Coroner R. Q. Patterson, M.
w, of Augusta held an inquest
over the body and the officers
were exonerated.
Still Is Found.
A still was found one mile
],0|’th of the scene by a party
fd bV Sheriff R. H. Smith,
'IF:; of Cotton Plant and
, ltchell was later placed un
er arrest. Affidavits are al
earty in the sheriff’s hands
eff^ct that the cider
in/ ^^chell is intoxicat
, r“e preliminary trial
Har u tomorrow, Satur
%, before Esq. F. L. Dar
FF,at Augusta.
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dav ri3\ brewery spent to
y’ friday, in the Bluff City
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MRS. JAS. HOLLEMANN.
Died: Alice, age about
38 years, wife of Mr. Jas. E.
Hollemann, died Saturday,
Jan. 10, 1920, at 8:20 o’clock
p. m., at their home on Chas.
Shue’s farm in Pumukin Bend.
Deceased was married to
Mr. Holleman in April 1919,
at Water Valley, Miss. She
■ leaves a husband, a father,,
who is a Methodist minister
of Water Valley, Miss., a
brother and one sister also of
hat city. The remains were
aid to rest Sunday in the
Pumpkin Bend cemetery.
Mr. Roy Cain has moved
back to McCrory from Jelks.
Mr. Walter “Red” Jeffries
left today, Friday, for Mem
phis. From there he will go
Ft. Worth, Texas.
Mr. C. P. Best, proprietor
of the Red Cross Drug Store,
has installed a large modern
marble soda fountain in his
place of business.
We are sorry to note that
City Marshal Gid Capshaw is
confined'to his bed with pneu
monia. Mr. Jess Brewster is
i acting in hisr stead during his
illness.
Mrs. W. W. Eckhardt, and
baby, Mary Elizabeth, left
Sunday for their home in
Winsboro, La. They were
accompanied by the former’s
lister, Miss Blanche Powell.
We are glad to welcome
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Chaney
as citizens of our town. They
moved here Tuesday from Tip
and are residing in the Fraser
building.
! 80 POUND MAN IS PROUD
FATHER OF 8 POUND BOY
Born: This, Friday morn
ing, Jan. 16, 1920, to Mr. and
Mrs. Jay Raymond, an eight
pound boy. The father’s
weight is just ten times that
of his newly-born son whom
we understand has already
been christened “Jay Q.”
WARRING-GREEN.
Married: Mr. Gus Warring
27, of McCrory and Miss Lottie
Green 20, of Hickory Ridge,
Sunday afternoon, about five
o’clock, Jan. 4, 1920, at Fish
er, Ark., Esq. John Ewen,
officiating.
The bride is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. John Green
of Hickory Ridge and a pop
ular young lady of that place.
The groom is one of the barb
ers at the Sanitry Barber Shop
here and is well and favorably
known. The News joins in,ex
tending congratulations.
Mr. Jacob Arnof was a
j Memphis visitor Thursday.
Mr. L. B. Colwell was a
Little Rock visitor this week.
Messrs W. W. Howard and
M. K. Wherry spent Sunday
in Wynne.
Mr. W. W. Ball of near Til
ton visited his son, Mr. H. L.
Ball Thursday.
Mr. K. H. Carson spent this
week in Memphis and Jones
boro on business.
Mrs. Ed Fowler of Morton,
is the guest of her mother,
Mrs. G. F. Wood, this week.
MUSIC TEACHER ELECTED.
At the meeting of the school
board Monday night Miss Let
tie Fryar, of Rochele, Ga., was
elected to teach music for the
rest of the term in the McCro
ry High school.
Miss Fryar comes well
recommended, having quali
fied herself for the teaching of
"music and harmony in Wes
leyan College, Macon, Ga., in
the University of Tennessee,
and in the New York School of
Music and Arts, New York
City. She holds a certificate
to teach and supervise music
in any public school, as well
as first grade teacher’s certifi
cates from the states of Tenn
essee and Georgia. She has
had several years’ experience
in teaching, having taught last
in the city schools of Chatta
nooga, Tenn.
In addition to her duties as
teacher of piano in the local
high school, Miss Fryar will
instruct all the grades in pub
lic school music, now being
introduced for the first time in
the schools here.
Dr. J. H. West and Mr. W.
A. Jones, two leading citizens
of Grays, were in McCrory on
business Wednesday.
Miss Ethel Dixon will return
home next week from Bed
ford, Ind., where she has spent
the past few weeks visiting
friends and relatives.
Mrs. Eleanor Burrow and
two sons. Masters Charles and
John Irvine, went to Memphis
this week where she placed
them in Chriatian Brothers
College.
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