THE HOME NEWS
EDITED IN THE INTEREST OF McCRORY AND WOODRUFF COUNTY
I VOLUME 3.
From Our Soldiers
Headquarters
Company “A” 154th. Infantry
39th. Division, Camp Beau
regard, Louisiana.
In Memory
There is a shadow of sadness
in this Organization from the
loss of one of our Comrades,
Late Private Otho Stokes. He
was a former member of the
Original Co. “A” of Woodruff
Lo." Ark., but at the time of 'his
death was of the Machine-Gun
Company of this regiment.
His death, due toSbronchial
pneumonia, occurred about 4:30
the afternoon of December 9,
1917 at Base Hospital, Camp
Beauregard, La.
Late Private Stokes was from
our home town and we always
knew him as Otho. His death is
the source of much grief among
the members of this Organiza
tion. He commanded the re
spect and admiration of both
his Officers and Comrades.
He was always a soldier that
could be depended upon to ful
fil his duties and when called
upon was never found lacking.
■Words fail when we try to ex
press the deep sympathy to his
family and we hope that com
fort may be their’s from the fact
that although away from home
at the time of his death he was
on a mission that the word honor
expresses mildly. True patriot
ism was shown by him when he
offered his life and services for
the defense of our honor as a
Nation, one that entered the
struggle for the protection of
freedom and the overthrow of
autocracv.
May his family know that as a
soldier he always came up to the
standard and the members of
this organization extend their
heartfelt sympathy.
His Comrades.
If you have cattle or hogs for
sale, call or write W. J. Mitchell,
McCrory, Ark. Adv. 15-14-tf.
Mr. U. S. Bratton, Jr., of Lit
tle Rock is a guest at the home
°f Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Hamilton.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Eubanks,
Hickory Ridge arrived Satur
day to spend the holidays with
her sisters, Messdames G. T.
barley and Charles Linhardt.
Strayed: I have taken up one
black heifer calf about six
Months old. Owner please call
and get same at once. S. M.
Elliott, McCrory, Ark. Adv. 2t.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1917
Will Be In McCrory
During the Holidays
Patrons and Students
of McCrory School
We take this means of extend
ing to the patrons and students
of McCrory school our heartiest
thanks for the co-operation and
courtesy shown us during the
fifteen weeks just ended. Es
pecially do we wish to thank the
students of McCrory High School
for the genuine manly and
womanly elements which have
generally characterized you. We
must say that these have been
very pleasant days with you and
we hope that many more such
days may be ours. At no time
has any student shown a spirit
of disrespect, but on the contrary
every request has been cheerfully
_J. 1__ TT7 . 1_i jV
DR. W. D. HINSON
Optometrist
I will be in McCrory during
the holidays until Dec. 30, and
I wish to especially solicit your
patronage for anything in the
jewelry line for Christmas.
We wish to assure you that
we have an extensive stock of
suitable gift goods in Watches,
Jewelry, Silverware, Cut Glass, 1
etc., and will take pleasure in
helping vou in your gift selection, j
To anyone needing glasses I
would suggest that this would be,
a good time to have your eyes
tested and fitted. Remember
we also do watch repairing.
We hope to be of service to you.
Adv. W. D. HINSON.
See our line of Watch Brace
lets. Dowdell & Hinson, Jewel
ers.
nicel uy yvu. vv c iiujjc umi uic
conditions of war will not inter
fere with our plans for the year,
but in case we may be called to
the service of Uncle Sam, we
hope that your high ideals may
only be made more praiseworthy
by whatever change fate may
chance to make.
We hope each of you may
have a pleasent vacation, and
we*wish you all the happy ex
periences which the occasion is
wont to bring you. Let us re
turn to school on Dec. 31 with
renewed energy and a greater
with a greater determination to
accomplish things which may
reasonably be expected of us.
J. C. Gray,
Principal.
Home Guards Organized
The organization of the Mc
Crory Home Guard was complet
ed at a meeting held here Wed
nesday afternoon which was at
tended by a large number of in
terested citizens.
The following officers were
elected: C. B. Cook, Captain; T.
J. Fakes, 1st. Lieutenant and
Lon Capshaw 2nd. Lieutenant.
The following advisory board
was elected: J. F. Morgan, T. A.
Jeffries, Dr. B. Brewster, Dr. J.
W. Morris and W. M. Keating.
With the election of the above
gentleman to have charge of the
work of our home guard there
can be no question but that its
work will be executed properly
and efficiently.
Nothing would he a more ap
propriate Christmas gift to your
parents or grandparents than a
correctly fitted pair of glasses.
I will be in McCrory during
Christmas and if you will notify
me I will gladly call at residence
and make test for glasses. W.
D. Hinson, Optometrist.
Bargain: Fine $700.00 Stuy-j
vesant piano player and $100.00 j
worth of music will be sacrificed
for #300 00. C. L. Voris. Adv.
Messrs Rukin Jelks, Roger
Fakes and Lynn Jimerson who
have been in Hendrix College,
Conway, are home for the holi
days.
Private Claude LeMay of Co. A,
154th. Inf., 39th. Div., returned
last week to Camp Beauregard,
La., after a week’s visit here
the guest of his brother, Mr. T.
LeMay.
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. |
NUMBER 22
Let Us Help You
Over the Top
Let each American help some
one enjoy this Christmas, for
America will need a cheerful
Christmas this year more than
ever before as it will not be long
before you will be reading in the
papers of our boys being num
bered with the slain over in the
foreign countries.
It will be hard to keep back
the tears when you read of the
loss of your friends over there,
somebody’s son, somebody’s
brother and perhaps somebody’s
father will be among the list.
In order to aid you at this
time, we have placed our entire
stock of Ladies’ Skirts, Coats
and Suits ac a twenty per cent
reduction in nrice.
Below are some of the bargains
we have to offer at this time:
Forty three Ladies’ Skirts are
placed in this bargain list as fol
lows: Light weight, blue and
gray mixed, Wool Skirts, trim
med with buttons, formerly sold
as high as $7.50, reduced to $5.90.
Ladies’ medium weight, wine,
green and black plaids Skirts,
trimmed with hercules braid and
formerly sold as high as $4.50,
reduced to $3.20.
Ladies’ medium weight, black
and white plaids, trimmed with
pockets and belts which former
ly sold at $6.00, reduced to $4.90.
In our Ladies’ Ready-to wear
Department you will find ten
ladies suits. Five of these suits
are blue serge, fur trimmed, and
were formerly $16.50 values, now
reduced to $12.90. Some of
these suits are blue garbadine,
military style and formerly sold
at $15.00 but we are now closing
them out for $12.90. We have
three $8.00 Suits which will be
sacrificed at $4.00.
We have reduced prices on 20
of our Ladies’ Coats six of which
are plaids, trimmed with plush
buttons and belts. All of these
were bargains at $12.00, but we
have also reduced them to $10.60.
We have about one dozen La
dies' Sport Coats which will be
sacrificed at $2.25.
In Children's Coats, we have
about 40 that will be disposed of
during the next ten days. These
are real merchandise and to ap
preciate their values you will be
compelled to visit our big store
during the next ten days.
We hope every person reading
this announcement will take ad
vantage of these bargains. Per
haps your children or your wife
or children do not need anything
in this line, but can't you think
of someone not so fortunate? If
so, then make it your duty to
give that person some of these
bargains.
We would be very ungrateful
if we failed here to express our
appreciation to our friends for
their liberal patronage during
this year and we 3hall be glad to
supply your wants throughout
the coming year. Adv
PLANTERS MERC. CO,