THE
HOME
NEWS
EDITED IN THE INTEREST OF McCRORY AND WOODRUFF COUNTY
VOLUME 1.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1916
I
NUMBER 24
METHODISTS TO BUILD
Fakes Mercantile Co. Heads
List of Donors with $1,000.
W. E. Jelks and Dr. G.
B. Fakes Contribute
$1,000.00 Each
Rev. S. M. Yancey has begun
soliciting funds from the mem
bers of the Methodist Church
to build a new and modern edi
fice with class rooms and other
conveniences which are badly
needed and we are glad to note
he is meeting with much success.
The Fakes Merc. Co. have do
nated liberally having subscribed
$1,000.00. Also W. E. Jelks and
Dj*. G. B. Fakes have promised
$1,000.00 each with J. H. Cros
sett and W. H. Jimerson placing
their names on the list for $500.00
each. Others have subscribed
and the list of donors will be
published each week in The
Home News. Following is a
message to the members of the
church and the people of this
community:
Marianna, Ark.,
January 4, 1916.
Rev. Sam M. Yancey,
McCrory, Ark.
Dear Brother:—
I am thinking of the great and
growing needs of Methodism in
the bounds of the Helena district
and am giving myself unstinting
ly to the work.
I see many needs but I see of
no need that would add more to
the general, all round demands
of the church than a general re
vival on church' building. We
are crippled at every turn in so
many places for want of adequate
quarters for our people. Shall
we have less moral, spiritual and
Church pride than we have in
the material demands of com
merce? Shall we take less inter
est in housing God’s people than
we do in housing our families and
our merchandise?
<Jur people are waking up to
the demands of our Church life
as never before. At West Hele
na they will build at once, at
Forrest City they are planning
for larger and more comfortable
quarters for the worship of Al
mighty God. At Hughes I left
a good start on a subscription for
a church building. At one other
place they are planning for a hew
church, and others are on the
line for more adequate quarters.
We are expecting McCrory to
lead off and set the pace on a
cash independent basis as the
good people there have done in
the past. Your people worked
in the lead last year and I am
depending on them for leadership
in an advance in building revival.
Shall I be disappointed?
I feel that you must have a
new building at McCrory. Your
Sunday School is crippled and
your best work cannot be done
until you have more ample
quarters for work.' Men are
wandering about tne streets at
Sunday School time who would
be inside the church walls were
only room for them. This is a
man’s age and a man’s opportu
ity to save men.
May I urge that you bestir
yourself to the end that your
people are aroused to see the loss
of opportunity and the lowering
pie. For that reason I have
written them a letter urging
them to action which you may
read to them or publish as you
see fit.
Assuring you of my unstinted
interest in you and your work, I
am your brother, W. F. Evans.
To Methodists of McCrory
In studying the conditions of
the Methodist Church in the
bounds of the Helena district I
find a church building revival
greatly in need. Our work is
| being crippled for want of ade
quate quarters for the work of
1900
1916
The Fakes Mercantile Co.
extend the Season’s Greetings
and desire to express their gratitude for
and high appreciation of the loyalty
so signally manifested by their
Customers and Friends
through many years
and especially during the past year.
- They hope the cord elations now existing
may continue and grow stronger
with the increasing years
and wish for you and yours
in home and business life
a New Year of Happiness and true Prosperity
accompanied by that greatest of all blessings
Good Health.
McCrory, Ark., Jan. 1, 1916.
of the standards of our great
Methodism so as to sacrifice for
a new and enlarged building to
house the people who would wait
upon the preaching of the word
and the more active social feat
ures of the Church? I feel that
this must be done. I had this
very thing in mind when you
were appointed to the work. To
fail in this enterprise would be to
weaken yourself in the eyes of
those who have faith in your do
ing this work, and yet I fully
realize your inability to meet
these demands without the un
stinted co-operation of your peo
the church.
The Sunday School is badly
hampered in so many places, and
yet it is our greatest source of
revenue. From it comes our
great men both in Church and
state. I am glad to say the Sun
day School is attracting the man
hood of the world as in no for
mer age of Church activities.
More than 100,000 men united
with the adult movement of the
Sunday School last year. What
has been done in other commun
ities and other Methodist chur
ches can be done at the Metho
dist Church in McCrory if proper
quarters can be had.
I am glad to say that other
communities are planning greater
things for 1916 and I have great
faith in the people of McCrory.
In 19l5 your church led the en
tire district in promptness in all
material lines.
The year 1916 draws upon us
with much more favorable con
ditions. May I ask that again
you take the lead in financial
matters and lead off by erecting
a new church? I know of no
place in the district where a new
church building would add more
to the general needs of a com
munity than at your place. We
have sent you a man whose heart
is in his work, but his work is
hampered for want of room to do
business for his Lord and your
Christ. I have carefully studied
plans and have in mind a plan
suggested by our Church Exten
sion board that can be built and
equipped ior $iu,uuu. to jmz,uuu.
that would give your people ac
commodations for years to come.
We are building at West Helena
and will build at Forrest City and
at Hughes, but I want the peo
ple of McCrory to set the pace
and do the work on the same
basis as you have’ been carrying
on your Church matters.
Assuring you that I stand
ready to assist you in any way
possible, may I depend upon you
to have your plans well under
headway when I come to your
first quarterly conference? In
so doing you can serve a double
purpose, first in helping your
selves and in the second place by
inspiring others in the work.
Very truly and cordially yours,
W. F. Evans, P. E.
Helena District.
Teachers’ Meeting Feb. 5
For various reasons the Wood
ruff County Teachers’ Association
meeting has been postponed from
January 8 to Saturday, February
5 when it will be held at McCrory.
Miss Lela Reneau returned
Saturday to her home at Howell
after spending the holidays with
the family of her brother, G. W.
Reneau.
H. S. Taylor left Saturday to
join his wife and child at Sweet
water, Texas, their future home
and to which place they have
moved for the benefit of Mrs.
Taylor’s health.
G. M. Godby and three daugh
ters, Misses Pearl, Bertha and
Blenna, returned Sunday to their
home at Wynne after a visit to
the family of his brother, J. W.
Godby at DeView.