For Stationeryyou can’t beat
Dr. Neal’s.
R. T. Martin of Howell was in
our little city Wednesday.
Sheriff Kittrell of Augusta was
in McCrory on business Wednes
day.
Walter Angus and the editor
paid a visit to Wiville Sunday
last.
A. J. Marsh made a business
trip to Wiville the first of the
week.
When you come to McCrory,
call up and subscribe for the
News.
Major J. B. Dent of Riverside
was in our city Wednesday on
business.
W. M. Mathews made a visit to
Howell and intermediate points
last Sunday.
Mrs. Mollie Perkins and chil
dren returned from Grays the
first of the week.
Horse and mule for sale, cheap
for cash or will sell for a good
note. Apply to W. B. Dougherty.
—“Jessie Moore Whiskey” is
pure and wholesome. For fami
ly or medicinal use it has no
equal. Sold by Vaccaro & Co.
The many friends of Mr. T. R.
Hardy will be glad to learn that
his hand is now slowly improv
ing and we hope to soon see him
thoroughly restored.
^H. C. Rightor the popular in
siK-ance man of Helena, returned
to McCrory Tuesday. He will
remain here for a few days look
ing after his insurance business.
Our friend E. Edwards has,
been doubled up this week with j
a carbuncle situated in the small |
of his back. It has given Mr.
Edwards no little amount of
trouble.
Miss Delia Rutherford the j
popuiar school teacher now of
Wiyille, spent the latter part of
last week among her McCrory
friends returning to Wiville Sun- j
day evening.
Miss “Pin” Burkett one of
DeView’s charming young ladies ,
visited among her friends here |
this week. This morning in!
company with Miss Josie Angus
the News received a very pleas
ant visit from her.
Died: At his liomeatDeView,
Tuesday, September 10, 1001,
H. F. Steele. Mr. Steele has
been in failing health for some
time past and his demise was
not unexpected. Funeral ser
vices took place at the Odd Fel
lows’ cemeterj^ at DeView
Wednesday, Rev. S. L. Cochran
officiating.
We received a private letter
from our friend J. A. Jimerson,
who is now at work at Ruston,
La., enclosing the wherewithal
for the News. Mr. Jimerson is
doing well down there. In
speaking of Ruston he says it is
a nice place, lots of good people.
The population is about 4,000,
having increased over 1,000 ini
the last ten months. It is now
on a boom, labor being plentiful,
the least wages paid being $1.50
per day.
When you dine j Good Heat,
you want j Well Served. ’
We have just opened a new Meat Market and have only 1
the best meats the market affords. Games and fish in
i
season. We have fish every Tuesday and Thursday, ]
Will pay highest market price for fat cattle and hides. 1
See us before selling. Your patronage solicited.
GARRETT & GREER.
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Our New
Fall Stock ■
We will begin this week to receive our
NEW FALL STOCK, and will be prepaired
to show a beautiful line of DRY GOODS,
NOTIONS, and Etc., in the New Fall
Styles and color. : : :
Our stock of SHOES is now complete
and we can give you good value in this
line. : : : : :
Our stock is
Complete in Every ggg
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Department,
and our prices will be found consistent
with the times. : : ;
Crops are short and we will divide
profits with our customers by giving
them the very lowest possible price. :
Come to See Us.
Hailey & Atkinson
Read our adds it will pay you.
Leo Jones has been quite ill
the past week.
Barber Smith made a business
trip to Wiville the first of the
week.
Quite a number of our citizens
went hunting the first of the
week. Mr. Phillips returned
with quite a number of squirrels.
Rev. S. L. Cochran, assisted j
by H. T. Raney and J. H. Bar-'
rentine, have been holding a pro-1
tracted meeting at Fakes’ Chap-1
pel this week. '
Att.y. E. C. Kramer and John ;
T. O’Fallon our popular painter,
made a business trip to Weldon
Tuesday. Mr. O’Fallon secured!
a contract for quite a little paint
ing while gone.
J. C. Allen son of our towns
man N. B. Allen, of Wynne,
came over Sunday last and is
visiting his parents and other
wise mixing up wdth the good
people of our town. From here
he will go to Searcy where he
will pay a visit to relatives.
Our friend G. M. Godby of De
View called up to see us last Sat-1
urday and informed us that a 91
pound girl baby arrived at their
home on Saturday, August 24,
1901. Mother and babe are do
ing fine while Mr. Godby has 1
slight hopes of his , recovering.
To say he is proud of his new- '
born girl wrould be about the '
proper thing.
Mr. Rufus Fitzhugh of Whites
Church was in town Wednesday
Miss Fannie Jones paid a visi
to Augusta the latter part of las
week.
Dr. R. I. Patterson of Wiyille
made a profesional (?) trip to oui
town last Sunday.
Mr. John Shearer accompa
nied Miss Hope Beard as far a?
Grays on her homeward journey
last Tuesday.
A. J. Black of DeView, oui
efficient county surveyor, was ir
town this morning. His name is
now on our subscription list.
Mrs. Mary Neal mother of Dr.
J. B. Neal left last Saturday for
near Benton, Miss., where she is
visiting the families of Dr. H. Y.
Swazze and H. D. Swazze.
Mr. Roddy of the firm oi
Quiett and Roddy, lumber men
if Fakes was in McCrory
Wednesday and favored us in a
substantial way while here.
Barber Smith has rented the
Patterson store room formerly
occupied by Angus & Co., where
ie will run an up-to-nate short
lrder restaurant and oyster par
or. Look for his add in our
lext issue.
Our friend Walter Angus is
low almost wholly recovered
irom his recent wreck with the
land car and is again holding
lown his position as agent at
Vtartin Junction. What he will
•un up against next is yet to be
seen.
Mrs. M. E. Taylor, represent
ng the Taylor home for old, non
iupporting women, situated one
nile east of Forrest City was in
VTcCrory Wednesday soliciting
noney to be used to annex two
nore rooms to the building al
ready used. When these rooms
,re added Mrs. Taylor sa.ys there
vill be ample roam for the ac
:ommodation of all theladiesnow
lesiring the use of same.
A little child of Mr. and Mrs.
E. E. Holder has been on the
sick list the past week.
Eld. S. D. Johns of DeView,
returned from Earle today
where he has recently organized
a church.
Mrs. Noah Taylor who resides
about three miles north of Mc
Crory is reported as being quite
ill this week.
Ed Gatlin informs us that he
has now got the new pump re
cently driven at the McFall hotel
working all O. K.
C. R. Atkinson and Miss
Mattie Montgomery went to De
View last Wednesday to attend
the funeral services of Mr. H. F.
Steele.
Miss Mary Angus left today
for Memphis, where she has ac
cepted a position in a depart
ment store. Her many friends
regret to see her leave but hope
for her success.
We learn that McCrory now
has a cemetery, having purchas
ed the M. H. Patterson place
north-east of town for that pur
pose. This is certainly gratify
ing news to our people.
The Misses Hope and Allie
Beard, two winsome and charm
ing young ladies of Howell spent
! last week and a part of this week
visiting relatives and friends in
our little city, returning home
last Tuesday. While here in
company with Mrs. Dr. Wortham
they paid the News office a very
pleasant and appreciative call.
Last week we mentioned the
purchase of the first bale of cot
! ton this season by E. T. Wherry
for Hi cents per pound. We now
, learn that the McCrory Cotton
Company purchased a bale about
the same time, paying 10 cents
1 per lb. This cotton was raised
- by Mose Walton on the Dr. G. B.
Fakes farm and weighed 662
pounds, being the best price
paid as far as we can learn.
Our popular tombstone agent
W. H. Jimerson, placed a monu
ment at the grave of Mrs. Dr.
Neal the first of the week, which
is one of the finest in the coun
try. Being made out of the finest
material it is a credit to the Dr.
and also to the good and reliable
firm of Morris Bros., whom Mr.
Jimerson represents. Anyone
needing work of this kind will do
well to figure with Mr. Jimerson.
Miss Fannie Jones, daughter
of Mrs. E. A. Jones, will leave
tomorrow for Ohio, where she
has accepted a position as a
teacher of music. Miss Fannie
is well qualified in this line, be
ing a musician of rare ability and
will no doubt prove of much
value to the college where she
will teach. Miss Fannie is not
only an accomplished young lady
but a social favorite and will be
greatly missed by her many
friends while gone.
Misses Vira and Annie Pen
rose, Mrs. Ethel Penrose, Mes
srs. Tom, Al., Will and Oris
Penrose, of Meridith, spent last
Sunday in McCrory, the guest,
| of our friend the genial Dr. J. B.
i Neal. A few close friends of the
I doctor were invited and a dinner
fit for the gods was given in hon
or of the visitors. Dr. Neal
never does anything by halves i
and to know that he was steering
the boat is a sure sign that it
made a safe landing. We had
J one of the guests tell us that
j above all things most enjoyed by
| him was the barbecued mutton, !
! which he says was just a little 1
1 bit better than he had ever eaten. {
i So much mutton did he eat that
i when he got to the pies, cakes
and deserts he just couldn’t go
I it.
Among the new adds in this
issue are those of J. D. Johnson’s
gin and the Garrett & Greer
butcher-shop. These gentlemen
desire your patronage, are good
business men and deserve sup
port.
The pump in front of Hailey &
Atkinson has given these gentle
men quite a little trouble of late.
Several times has it been put
down but it proved a failure! We,
are now informed that it is alt
right and the public can once’
more be served there with good/
pure water of which we have an!
excellent quality in this neigh*
borhood.
Mrs. Slayton of Searcy, daugh
ter of our friend N. B. Allen has
been visiting her parents the
past week. Accompanying her
was Miss Belva Stewart of
Searcy, and Mrs. N. B. Allen
who has been visiting in Searcy.
Mr. Allen is a changed man
again, and in a confidential chat
we had with him he told us, that
since he has good bread again he
has fallen off at least 10 pounds.
We promised not to say anything
about this, however.
A vnnnrr mon fVia noma r\-f
Baily of Augusta recently ac:
companied one of our most pop
ular young ladies home from
Augusta. Upon his return he
became frightened at something
no doubt the young lady had told
him. So much did it prey upon
his mind that it is said he paid
our friend John Atkinson $1.00
and expenses to keep the spirits
off of him on his return trip.
Verily the course of some lovers
is laden with thorns.
On Wednesday a large con
course of witnesses and specta
tors arrived on the noon train to
testify, see and hear the trial be
tween Williams and Miller both
colored, as to the ownership of a
bay-rone tilly. This case was
originally brought before a
justice in Augusta township and
a change of venue taken by the
defendant to James Angelo’s
court. The court was opened by
Deputy Sheriff, Will Melton and
the following jurors were sworn
to try the case—Will Grimes,
Tom Greer, Bruce Keating, Bob
McDaniel, George Hammons and
Henry Cariker. All the witness
es, about twenty-two in number,
were sworn and the testimony
proceeded. After having heard
the evidence and the speeches of
Mr. Andrews on the plaintiff and
Woods on the part of the defen
dant, the jury could not agree
and upon the agreement of the
parties a majority verdict was
taken which was as follows, live
of the jurors gave the filly to the
defendant and one for the plain
tiff.
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1 AM PREPAIRED
to do your ginning and wiapping
at 50 cents per hundred. Good
service, and prompt attention
are given to my customers.
I am also prepaired to do
your grinding. I ask you to
come and investigate my work
for yourself. I have one of the
best and cleanest gins in the
county. It gives excellent sat
isfaction,
I solicit a share of your pat
ronage, and think it will pay
you to see me when wanting
anything in this line.
Yours for business,
J D JOHNSON,
McCrory, Auk.
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