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p blished every Friday at McCrory, Ark.
WALTER W. RANEY, Ed. and Pub.
Subscription $1.00 per Year ir Advance.
Phone: 40
Entered as second-class mat
J August 26. 1915, at the post
ffi/e at McCrory. Ark., under
fe Act ^ March 3, 1879.
FRIDAY, FEB. 28, 1919
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SMOKEY ROAD NEWS
There was a big crowd at
the dinner at D. M. Arm
strong’s Sunday, everyone en
joyed a good time.
Sunday was a dull day with
most of the young folk. They
were scattered almost every
where.
Miss Blanche Pulley was the
guest of the Misses Loftles
Sunday.
We think that Mr. John
Meridith is dead, he failed to
be in the crowd Sunday.
We are glad to say that the
measles in this section are im
proving.
Elmer Holt looked as if he
ke blues Sunday.
We are going to bring
kings to life in this section
’*J®n gets so that we can go.
Kobert Key and wife were
%eSun<? ^a^er and fam
W e think Pumpkin Bend is
am- 7 e, bave not heard from
Tin? i .em> surely they are
read • an^ng crops al
wJiferer^viil be singing at Mi
ter Holt’s Saturdav nil
evAYMr .s Saturday night
lfy,on(r ^ invited to attend
to Jooks as if we are goinj
SmnVVe lome bad weather o]
^mokey Road.
with ill ?e?"s is very scarce
inv r* S f?day, but if the sew
thp doesn’t stitch u]
Jim sandwich so tight tha
riUentn11^ can>t get a bite
11 all the news next time
LIFE OF WASHINGTON
By Margaret Patterson
The following article was
written by Margaret Pattter
son of Jelks and received first
prize at the jelks school.
Once upon a time there was
a great American named
George Washington who was
born in Westmoreland County
Virginia, February 22, 1732.
He lived near the Patomac
river in a low one story house.
When he was eleven years
old his father died and his ed
ucation fell to the care of his
mother and was the best moth
er a boy ever had and he was
devoted to her as long as he
lived.
Washington went to school
as other boys did, and was the
leader among his companions
in running, leaping, wrestling
He would form the boys into
a military company and drill
them as if they were real sol
diers, then he would divide
them into two armies and have
a sham battle, for every boy
at that time expected sooner
or later to be a soldier and to
fight real battles.
He was a true and faithful
boy. Once his mother had a
beautiful but wild colt and
Washington undertook to ride
him one day. He and a few
other boys went to the pasture
caught the colt, put the bridle
on him and leaped upon his
back, the colt plunged so that
he broke a blood vessel and
fell dead and Washington
went straight to his mother
and told her the truth about
the accident. She was sorry
but proud that her son did not
try to conceal anything from
her.
Once when he was six years
old his father bought him a
little hatchet, he was playing
out in the orchard with his
hatchet he heard some men
cutting wood near him. He
thought he would cut some
wood too so he walked over
to the finest cherry tree in the
orchard and went to work. At- j
ter cutting it down, he walked
slowly to the house. When
his father came home he said,
“Who cut down the cherry
tree?” George said, “I did,
father, the men were cutting
wood over in the woods and I
wanted to try my little hatchet
I didn’t think it was any harm
in cutting down a tree.” His
father picked him up in his
arms and said,“I would raher
you cut down ten trees than
tell a story.
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years of age he was appoint
ed adjutant general over one
of the districts of Virginia.
During the French and Indian
War he had charge of a fort
and it was capturd and dur
ing the same war two horses
were shot from under him
and he mounted the third and
his clothes were pierced with
bullets. He did all he could
to save the day. When the
French left Fort Duquesne and
the English flag was planted
he went back to Virginia and
was chosen member of the
house of Burgesses.
Two weeks after the battle
of Bunker Hill Washington
arrived near Boston and took
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command of the troops. The
ceremony took place under an
elm tree in Cambridge, Mass.,
1775, a spot that will ever be
dear to the American hearts.
His headquarters were at the
house which afterwards be
came the home of the poet,
Longfellow.
His army had only fifteen
thousand men, not much of an
army and almost had no guns,
poorly trained and knew a lit
tle about the duties of a sol
dier and he had to drill them
nine months.
In 1776 he crossed the Dele
ware river, it was cold and
there was floating ice in the
river and captured a thousand
Hessians. Washington wrote
Robert Morris, his friend, to
send him fifty thousand dol
lars in cash to keep the army
together.
Washington now resigned
his commission as commander
in chief of the army and bid
farewell to his officers and
men and made a few days vis
it to his aged mother and re
tired to his home at Mount
Vernon on the Patomac river.
New York was then the cap
ital of the country and there
on April 20th 1789, he took
the oath of office standing on
a balcony in front of the Fed
eral Hall, where congress met
while a crowd of happy people
shouted, bells rang and can
nons boomed.
The government of the Unit
ed States began. Washington
served two terms and died
when he was sixty eight years
old. His grave is at Mount
Vernon.
STARTS MUCH SICKNESS
A clogging mass of undiges
ted food that remains ferment
ing in the stomach or intestines
sends the poison it developes
through the entire human body
“Keep the bowels open” is the
one rule of health recognized
by all schools of medicine.
Foley Cathartic Tablets clean
the bowels, sweeten the stom
ach and benefit the liver. For
indigestion, biliousness, bad
breath, bloating, gas or consti
pation no remedy is more high
ly recommended. No griping
or nausea. Red Cross Drug
Store. adv.
Mrs. T. E. Dye is visiting
friends in Augusta this week.
EARLE L. KITTRELL
Graduate Veterinarian
(Deputy State Veterinarian)
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Augusta, Arkansas
Office Phone 16 :: Home Phone 40
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