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EDITED IN THE INTEREST OF McCRORY AND WOODRUFF COUNTY
VOLUME 3.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21,1917
NUMBER 9
OUR SOLDIER BOYS
HEALTHY AND HAPPY
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Interesting Letter Is Received from Captain R.
M. Hutchins of Company A, Now Sta
tioned at Fort Roots, Little Rock
Little Rock, Ark., Sep. 20,1917
Mr. Walter W. Raney,
McCrory, Ark.,
Dear Friend Raney:—
Just a word to you as Editor
with reference to Company A in
compliance with your very
thoughtful request for same.
All men are of course in full
uniform and have more than the j
expected good appearance that;
accompanies uniform dress.
Health, briefly stated is excel
lent. There are none of the men
who have contracted illness of
any kind here. All the sickness
we have is recuperation from
sickness before we got to the l
Fort. All of the men who were!
sick at home and are of course
gradually improving here are in i
much better shape than they j
were at home. There are only
about four of such. The rest of
the boys are physically fit, and
in my opinion in better health
than any of them ever enjoyed
in their life.
We may be here at Ft. Roots a
week and we may be here longer:
no way of knowing that. We
now enjoy the distinction of pas
sing by reviewing officers twice
in this short time in better mili-:
tary style than any other organ
ization up tu date here, that of
course may be a transitory hon
or. However, I want to tell you
that Company A in my warped j
opinion has more good timber
for better soldiers (good timber
implies, clean living and honest
endeaver) than any Company!
in the State of Arkansas, and
you may expect to hear of some j
such reports coming from our!
work.
Our quarters are the ones for
merly occupied by the 3rd. j
Company of the Officers Train
ing Camp and are ideal. Sani
tary and living conditions excel
lent. The men are falling right
mto line in maintaining exactly
that state of affairs in our camp.
The first day the boys bought j
a Victrola. (By the way if some i
of our mutual friends have any1
W oodruff
Victrola records they are tired of j
hearing, we will be most grate
ful)
In conclusion let me say that
vulgarity, uncleanliness of per
son or character, gambling and i
general immorality meets with
very poor support in this Regi- j
ment and I am proud to say that 1
Woodruff County bays are com-!
ing clean with good soldier con- j
duct as best evidenced by the
fact that not a single offense j
greater than being late to a for- i
mation or some similar offense!
and precious few of those.
In other words Company A is
making good.
Bob Hutchins.
Electric Street Lights
—
The first electric street lights
for our town were installed this
week.
Street Committeeman C. E.
Riggs has placed an electric |
street light at the corner of Ed-!
munds Avenue and Third Street. ;
The current which is supplied ;
from the plant of Riggs Brothers
Garage was turned on at 10:15
Tuesday night, Sept. 18, 1917.
The big light casts its rays for
more than a block in every di
rection and we are sure the pub
lic will greatly appreciate this
modern improvement.
The expense and cost of oper
ation will be paid by the town
and other street lights will be in
stalled in the near future.
Bale Nets Grower $159.90.
Mr. Olion Crafford, one of
Woodruff County’s progressive
farmers brought in and sold the
first bale of cotton for this sea
son, Tuesday afternoon.
The bale weighed 630 pounds
was bougt by A. C. Carter & Co.,
at 21 cents. Mr. Crafford re
ceived $132.30 for the cotton and
$29.60 for the seed, totaling
$159.90. He received $55.00 per
ton for the seed.—Cotton Plant
Democrat.
Co. Fair, M
Rumor Persists Home
Foods To Be Seized.
Washington, Sept. 18.—The
untraceable rumor that the gov- j
ernment intends to take canned
and dried foods from homes per
sists and has spread to such an
extent that the department of
agriculture today placed an ex
plicit and official denial in the
hands of every county agent and
representative with instructions
to give it widest publicity.
The government never has
contemplated commandeering
foods from the homes in any
sense and the persistency of the
rumor leads officials to believe its;
basis probably may be fouud in|
propaganda to hinder food con
servation and thereby continue!
high prices.—Arkansas Demo
crat.
Wheat Bedding
Demonstration.
Wheat bedding demonstrations I
have now been held in not less
than twenty communities of the j
state. At the beginning the
Arkansas Retail Hardware Deal
ers Association planned to have
about twenty-five, in as many
counties, and scattered over as
much of the state as possible.
Arrangements were made with
the machinery manufactures to
assist, with machines as well as
with experts, and the agricul
tural forces also agreed to attend
and lecture on the different steps
in wheat bedding. Then the re
tail hardware dealers in other
sections of the state began to de
mand the same thing for their
people, and instead of only
twenty-five demonstrations, near
one hundred will be made.
Practically every county in
Arkansas will have its demon
stration, and some counties two.
The demonstration in Wood
ruff county will be held at Cot
ton Plant Friday Sept. 29 and it
will no doubt be a gala day for
the farmers, as it has been in
other sections.
Dental Notice
Dr. Alex Westbrook, out of
Little Rock, arrived in McCrory
Sept. 20, and remain eight days.
If your teeth need attention don’t
fail to see him while here. Adv.
[cCrory, 0<
McCrory’s First Bale
Nets Owner $154.25
The first bale of cotton for
1917 was brought to McCrory
last Saturday by Mr. Stonewall
Jackson Rogers of near Tip.
The bale in the seed weighed
1,700 pounds and turned out 499
pounds of lint at the Planters
Gin Company who bought the
seed for $29.50, paying at the
rate of $50.00 a ton for same.
The bale was purchased by
Thompson Hailey Company for
25 cents a pound or $124.75,
making a total for the bale and
seed of $154.25.
1916 GIN REPORT
Following is the number of
bales of cotton ginned by the
various gins in this section up to
and including Sept 20, 1916,
which shows that this year’s
crop is several weeks late:
Fakes Merc. Co., McCrory.. .427
Gray & Co., Grays,.306
A. S. Thompson, DeView,.. .305
Jernigan M.&G.Co.Bullville. .214
McCrory GinCo., McCrory... 199
Planters Gin Co. McCrory_199
Gardner & Co., Jelks. 109
Total,.1,759
Cotton was selling for 15 5-8c
a pound and seed for $44.00 a
ton in McCrory, Sept. 20, 1916.
We are glad to note that Mrs.
W. G. Dilliard is convalescing
from a severe attack of pneu
monia.
See Dr. Westbrook, dentist of
Little Rock about your teeth..
He arrived here Sept. 20, for
eight days. Adv.
Mrs. T. T. McFall spent Sun
day in Little Rock with her hus
band who is a member of Co.
“E” 3rd. Arkansas volunteers.
Mr. R. T. Cooper who enlisted
in Company “A” here and then
went to St. Louis where he join
ed the regular army returned
this week from a fort in Wis
consin where he was given a
trade in the army as horseshoer
and later discharged for false
enlistment.. Mr. Cooper states
that he will again enter the
army as he is ready to serve
Uncle Sam in whatever capacity
he is needed most. He left
Thursday for LittleRock and may
probably become a member of
Company “A.”
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