THE HOME NEWS
EDITED IN THE INTEREST OF McCRORY AND WOODRUFF COUNTY
VOLUME 3.
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McCRORY, ARKANSAS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1917
NUMBER 12
Will Be In McCrory
For a Few Days
DR. W.D. HINSON,
Optometrist
I wish to announce that I will
be in McCrory until Tuesday, j
October, 16, and if you are in
need of anything in the optical
line I will be glad to have you
call on me.
I have an extensive stock of
lenses and mountings and repair
material and can fit you with the
exact glasses that your eyes may
need.
We also solicit your patronage
for anything that you may want
in Watches, Clocks and Jewelry,
or Watch Repairing. Our new
stock of South Bend Watches
and Holiday Jewelry will arrive
soon. W. D. HINSON,
Jeweler and Optometrist
Adv. McCrory, Ark.
$35,000.00 Fire in McCrory
FIRE which was discovered in
Rollin Phillips^ pool room this,
Saturday, morning, Oct. 13, des
troyed the pool room, F. Lewis’
two stores and Carson’s meat
market and grocery, total loss
about $35,000.00, no insurance on
stocks or buildings. J. E. Comer
owned buildings occupied by
Phillips and Carson. . Mrs. Lula
Shue’s grocery stock and fixtures
were greatly damaged by being
moved into the streets. The fire
was discovered by Bert McCar
r°H about two o’clock while
watching some cotton on the
railroad platform. All four of
the buildings were wooden struc
tures and will be replaced with
modern brick. It was only by
heroic work that the adjoining
brick buildings were saved.
Prosperity vs Poverty
BY J. B. WEBSTER
Are you feeling prosperous, or
are you lamentingly poor? Are
you glad, or are you sorry? Are
you a joy or are you a gloom?
Are you rejoicing over and
profiting by the unprecedented
wealth which now abounds in
Arkansas, or are you sitting
around, talking hard times and
high prices and complaining be
cause the government is going to
tax your earnings?
Some of you, I know, are pros
perous and are enjoying the big
gest business you ever had.
Other some, I fear, are not get
| ting the business you think
| should come to you. If you are
| letting such a feeling get the
: best of you, are looking sad and
gloomy and talking hard times,
and are just wishing for some
body to bring in some business,
11 have a greater fear that you
j will see still sadder days. No
body likes to deal with a down
and-out, a dead one. So cheer
up, and get busy.
If your business is not good,
there is a reason for it. Look
for that reason, and begin at
home. Analyze yourself and
your business methods. The
chances are you will find the
trouble inside your own place of
business.
Suppose you are going to have
to pay some war taxes? Isn’t it
your war? Isn’t it being waged
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