THE HOME NEWS
EDITED IN THE INTEREST OF McCRORY and woodruff county
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, MARCH 14, 1919
NUMBER 34
from
JELK.S BRAZEALE
Romorantin France
March 13, 1919.
W I^have opportunity
reveal to you the course of
‘vents «n which I have partici
pated since my departure from
he U S After close con An
ient in which all information
as withheld from us for two
,,v3 in the early hours of the
Sing of July 15 we were
ordered to depart for the port
,< embarkation which later
nroved to be pier 58 New York
City How well I remember
as I lay thinking in the early
hours of the morning of home
and what the future held m
store for me. At last, just be
fore 2 a. m. the order was giv
en, “fall in” oh, how quiet the
boys were, here and there a
smothered laugh, but mostly
solemn whispering. last we
were off to face the adventure
bidding Camp Upton farewell.
I will never forget the sight as
long brown columns swung off
into the aanmess. vv e were
not martialed away by the
flare of music, but quietly fad
ed into the night. Any at
tempt at conversation was
sternly reprimanded by the of
ficers. This was my first reali
zation that I was off to war.
We marched down to where
the troop trains were side
tracked awaiting us. We
quickly and quietly boarded
them and were whirled away,
everything like clockwork.
I realized then what a great
task Uncle Sam must have to
transport his great army across
the sea and at the same time
outwitting the Hun subs. We
arrived in Long Island City
just as the sun was breaking,
where ferries were in readi
ness for our transportation to
pier 58. As we slid down the
East river in the early hours of
the morning, under the gigan
tic bridges with the sky line of
the great city on both sides,
rcany hearts were heavy but
ad laughed and joked among
themselves as we warped up
to the huge docks of pier 58
where great liners with their
camouflaged sides were wait
?.*» ^0 receive us. We hastily
sembarked on the great pier
a were soon marching up
of the royal
li steamer of the Cunnard
Va*j e ^ere soon assigned to
tn n U? departments and ready
IomT^n6!0 our mess.
Wl I Remember the pun
odor aPPftlzing odor of that
mnph°* tbat, department which
yarcf About'ef nhat °f * St°Ck
towed mit • ; p* m* we were
Hud^on°Utu lnto the mighty
[in Njhere other ships fell
fl^Slndf lu’ ours the
not ioL° h ^e convoy* lt was
last lnnV Vef(?re we took our
erty w at the statue of Lib
&tM kJT616 £uided on by
Rccorrmo • i criliser and were
obser\^?iVle(V *?y s>;!0ut Planes
on baloons and sub
pursuers. The scouts and ob
servers departed at dusk; leav
ing us to our fate. After two
days voyage we dropped an
chor at Halifax where we en
joyed the beautiful scenery of
the old French town and its
surrounding country. Here
we had a fair view of the ruins
caused by the explosion of' the
ammunition ship. VVe stayed
in port for two days in view of
the fact that a ship had just
been torpedoed out of port.
At this time, our safety be
ing assured we weighed an
chor and steamed out upon the
high seas, wrhere we were join
ed by other transports, this
making our convoy the largest
up to that time that has sailed
from America with troops for
the A. E. F., the number total
ing twenty-three. We sailed
on and on, in a zig zag course
wending our way for to the
north, coming in contact with
icebergs, day after day passed
until at last we were met by; a
number of sub chasers, about
400 miles off the coast of Ire
land.
Everything went well until
3:15 in the afternoon of the 15
day of our voyage when sud
denly all were startled by a
terrific thud caused by the ex
plosion of a depth bomb which
was thrown by a shin on our
port side. But a few seconds
elapsed until the entire deck
rafts and rigging swarmed
with eager hearted, red blood
ed Sammies awaiting a glimpse
of the first Hun sub, whose
periscope soon sprang to our
view from a breaking wave.
Its course was directed to our
ship but was soon turned by
the firing of several bombs
from our port side. After
crossing directly in from of
our ship, the exact range was
gotten by an English sailor our
gunner on the starboard side,
who fired the fatal shot, strik
ing the periscope. There was
a mighty explosion and huge
flash of flames, casting the Hun
into his watery grave. The
wild cheers of the enthusiastic
boys rang out from the depth
of their hearts. Two other
subs were gotten by the Chas
ers a mile or so distant from
the main fleet, all this taking
place in the same zone in
which the Lucitania met her
fate.
Steaming; up the Merz river
July 31. we arose to view the
most w elcome sight of the en
tire journey, which was land
and later the beautiful city of
Liverpool. Long will that scene
be vivid in our minds.
About 3 p. m. we warped up
to the docks and disembarked,
receiving the glad hand of wel
come extended by the English,
people. There we took a mid
land train for Southampton,
England. Our journey was
through the most picturesque
part of southern England, and
it justly deserves the name of
‘The garden spot of the world’
(Continued on page two)
BANK STATEMENT
Following- is the report of
the condition of the Bank of
McCrory, McCrory, Woodruff
County, Arkansas, at the close
Qf business March 4, 1919.
Resources
Loans and discountsl31463.18
!Loans on real estate 52,332.25
!Loans on cotton . 8,775.00
Overdrafts secured
and unsecured . 3,219.27
XL S. Bonds . 8,450.00
City & Co. scrip. 1,400.30
Furn & Fix.1,600.00
Banking house .3,000.00
Other real estate .3,300.00
Cash items . 304.04
Due from res bks ....177,069.10
Total ....390,913.14
Liabilities
Cap stock paid up 25,000.00
Surplus fund cert 10,000.00
Undiv’d profits .... 7,913.48
Ind dep inclding pub
funds . 331,714.63
Time certificates
-of dep ......15,019.91
Cash’s cks .1,177.09
Total .347,911.63
Net dep.347,911.63
Other liabilities ..88.03
Total .390,913.14
.State of Arkansas:
of Woodruff:
We, H. W. Jernigan, presi
dent, and Homer Robinson,
Cashier, of the above named
bank, do solemnly swear that
the above statement is true to
the best of our knowledge and
belief.
H. W. Jernigan, pres.
Homer Robinson, cashier
Attest: E. T. Wherry, T. C.
Bull, "Clayton Hailey.
Subscribed and sworn to be
fore me this, 11th day of
March, 1919.
VERNON E. HUFF,
Notary Public.
My^commission expires on
March- 1, 1923.
Spring Cleaning Time Is Here
If a house needs spring
cleaning how about the human
body after a winter of indoor
life ancf heavy food? Mrs.
Jennie Miner, R. F. D. 1, Box
58, Davidson, Ind., writes: “I
can truthfully say that Foley
Cathartic Tablets are he best
I ever used. They are so mild
in acion. I felt like I had been
renovated and made over
again.” Don’t suffer from in
digestion, biliousness, bloating,
bad breath, gas or constipa
tion, when relife can be so eas
ily had. Red Cross Drug Co.,
McCrory, Ark. adv.
T. W. Greer was in Memphis
Thursday on business, x
T. M. Jeffries attended court
in Helena a few days this
week.
H. Arnof spent a few days
this week in Hot Springs tak
ing the baths.
SOLDIERS RALLY
A goodly number of vete
rans of the recent war met in
an interesting meeting at the
Wherry Hall last Tuesday
night at 7 o'clock. Some worth
while problems were discussed
and it was in harmony with the
lessons they had been taught
while in the service, “to come
back home and start move
ments to better the home com
munity ,hereby being worthy
citizens and up-builders of the
nation.*’
Ninety per cent of the boys
present expressed a desire for
a permanent home in Wood
ruff county and want an op
portunity to carry out this
desire by putting to use such
land as yet that is untilable.
Problems of good roads,
drainage and better* farms in
Woodruff county are the
Woodruff county are some of
the things that these soldiers
will promote and are agitating.
They realize that Woodruff
county should be a homeseek
er’s “Paradise” and is the
farming county of the state.
All it needs is proper drain
age and good roads, and all
the land that is now under the
water and causing a loss in
produce not to mention the un
healthfullness of our people,
can be put to a real good use
Every citizen should wake up
to the advantage of thus bet
tering our county and assist the
soldiers to carry out the lec
tures given them while in the
service to build up their home
community.
There were ZZ white and Is
colored vets who signed a state
ment that they were anxious to
start a movement whereby
they might own a farm in this
county, making the purchase
of this overflowed land and
then putting forth their best
efforts to make these farms
productive to the betterment
of Woodruff county.
There was a sentiment un
animously expressed for a club
room for the soldiers similar to
a Y. M. C. A. with modem
comforts for their welfare and
and pleasure while in McCrory
A committee of Messrs. Roy
W. Witt, Vernon Huff and R.
L. Fraser was appointed to in
vestigate the probability of es
tablishing such a place for the
boys.
There was also a unanimous
vote to have a community
gathering in the future to wel
come the boys who have re
turned from overseas and
from the service.
There will be another meet
ing of the boys next Wednes
day night, March 19, at seven
'o’clock in Wherry's Hall. All
citizens are cordially invited to
be present and any encouraging
words you will say will be ap
preciated by the soldiers.
Miss Blanche Powell was a
guest of Wynne relatives and
friends the first of the week.