THE HOME NEWS
EDITED IN THE INTEREST OF McCRORY AND WOODRUFF COUNTY
VOLUME 2.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, FRIDAY, JUNE, 8, 1917'
NUMBER 45
Company A Will Be
Mustered in Next Tuesday
The following official orders
have been received by members
of the Woodruff Military Com
pany:
Little Rock, June 7, 1917.
Captain R. M. Hutchins, Com
pany A, Third Infantry, A.
N. G., Augusta, Ark.:
Have ALL men ready for Fed
eral inspection on Tuesday, June
12, 1917, at Augusta. Your
company is to be Company A,
and the first company to be in
spected in the Third Regiment.
Lloyd England,
Adjutant General.
To Every Member of the Wood
ruff Military Company:
We will be inspected on June
12, 1917, at Augusta (next Tues
day). We will assemble in front
of the Laura Conner High School
at 5 o’clock in the afternoon—at
5 o’clock, sharp. Be there on
time. No excuses can be accept
ed for this inspection. We are
the first company to be recog
nized and inspected by the United
States officers and every man
will be expected to do his duty
and be there on time. If you
have a recruit, bring him to Au
gusta before Tuesday, so he can
be examined in time to fall in
line for inspection. Volunteers
can still join our company. Get
a new man.
Remember the time and place
and be there.
R. M. Hutchins,
Captain Co. A, Third Infantry,
A. N. G.
Bob Winters Missing
Mr. J. R. (Bob) Winters of
this city has not been seen or
heard from by his friends in Mc
Crory since last Friday morning,
and his family and relatives are
anxious to learn of his where
abouts.
He called at Perry Holland’s
tailor shop Friday morning and
secured bis blue serge suit that
had been cleaned and pressed.
Since that time nothing definite
has been heard from him. It is
rumored that he was seen to
board a local freight going east
and was later seen at Fair Oaks.
He has a wife and one child and
jt is known that no family trou
ble could have caused his disap
pearance, as he and his good
wife have always been happy in
their home life. It is thought
that financial reverses caused
him to leave and hopes are en
tertained for his return.
Mr. Winters is about five and
°^'half feet tall, weighs about
t40 pounds, and was 33 years old
°nthe 23d day of last December,
which refutes the argument of
some persons that he left to avoid
registering.
Mr. Winters has been engaged
tor several months in operating a
ser^lc.e caf for himself. He is
Weh liked, is considered honest,
fn<j* has many friends who regret
to learn of his departure.
Complete Official Returns of
Registration in Woodruff County
Registration Day, Tuesday, June 5, was a general holiday in
McCrory—not a boisterous, fun-making holiday, but a cessation
of business and a demonstration of loyalty to our country. Reports
from all parts of the county show the same spirit of patriotism,
with no disturbance or shirking of duty anywhere.
The following table gives the complete registration of Woodruff
county, as compiled by County Clerk Jimerson:
PRECINCTS
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Barnes .
Bullville.
Cotton Plant..
DeView.
Freeman.
Garden.
Hillemann ....
Howell.
Hunter.
Jelks.
MpCrory .
Morton .......
Penrose .
Point.
Pumpkin Bend
Revels.
Riverside.
Tip ..
White River ..
Wiville.
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106
37
21
79
25
0
16
31
7
42
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42
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2
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12
2
10 I
21
38
11
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169
53
25
107
77
42
28
49
32
70
31
76
8
10
23
23
13
12
15
62
14
186
23
5 i
128
3
0
27
16
7
13
4
14
0
0
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0
4
32
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197
33
51
32
20
47
19
16
25
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97
0
34
37
0
76
24
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0
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421
91
30
304
110
93
60
69
79
89
47
101
11
11
120
35
47
49
36
138
38
Totals.. 523 939 594 1004
1943
Willis—Kyle
1
A beautiful marriage ceremony
and the first to be solemnized
in the splendid new Methodist
church in McCrory on Wednes
day, June 6, 1917, when Mr.
Charles T. Willis of Munford,
Tennessee, and Miss Linnie Kyle
of this city were made man and
wife.
The altar had been tastefully
and beautifully decorated with i
ferns, palms, evergreens and
blooming flowers. The church
auditorium was comfortably filled
with relatives and friends of the
bride and groom. As a prelude,
Miss Della Jeffries, to piano ac
companiment by Miss Ida Tarp
ley, sweetly sang the appropriate
“At Dawniner” (Chadman). Im
mediately at the close of the song
Miss Tarlpley began playing
Mendelssohn’s Wedding March.
During the artistic rendering of
the wedding march, the ushers,
Messrs. Elmo Marsh and Wade
Jeffries, came slowly down the
center aisle, followed by the
bride and groom. At the chan
cel rail the ushers parted to right
and left, turned and stood facing
center. The bride and groom
proceeded directly to the altar,
where they were met by Rev. J.
R. Nelson, pastor of the First
Methodist church afWynne, who
pronounced the solemn ceremony
that joined them for life.
Immediately after the cere
mony the happy couple went by
automobile to Jelks, where they
boarded the special train for
Hot Springs. They were accom
panied to Jelks by a large num
ber of their friends, filling about
twenty motor cars.
Seldom has a wedding occurred
in McCrory that elicited more
universal and more hearty con
gratulation, for they are both
general favorites. The bride is
a sister of Mrs. E. T. Wherry
and Postmaster W. B. Kyle.
Mr. Willis has been a tutor in
our high school for two years
past. His high qualification and
his gentlemanly manner of life
has won the respect or our peo
ple. In turn, he has won one
of our fairest and most lovable
maidens. May they always be as
happy as now.
Mrs. W. H. Jimerson and her
three children have gone to He
ber Springs, where they will re
main during the hot months.
Mrs. Jimerson has not enjoyed
good health recently, and her
many friends here hope that she
and the children may derive
much benefit from a summer's
sojourn among the raonutains.
Mr. W. A. Henderson, an at
torney, from Benton, Ark., has
located in this city and has open
ed an office in the building just
east of the Armory. See his
professional card elsewhere in
this paper.
Girls and Boys Clubs
Meet in McCrory June 12
Girls and boys belonging to the
Canning, Poultry,'Corn and Pig
Clubs will meet at the Methodist
church in McCrory at 10 o’clock
Tuesday morning, June 12.
Miss Archer and Mr. Jerne
gan, State agents, from Little
Rock, will be with us and will
give interesting and instructive
talks on subjects pertaining to
the work of the clubs.
In the afternoon Miss Archer
will give a demonstration in can
ning.
Dinner will be served on Mrs.
Musgrove’s lawn.
Co. Demonstration Agents.
Of Interest to Cattle Raisers
A meeting of the Aberdeen
Angus Breeders Association will
be held in Wynne next Monday,
May 11. Among the successful
cattle breeders of the nation who
will take active part in the pro
ceedings are Charles Gray of Chi
cago, Secretary of the Aberdeen
Angus Breeders Association; Dr.
Tate Butler, editor of Progressive
Fanner, and L. R. Kershaw of
Muskogee, Oklahoma.
| At 2 o’clock p. m. ten Angus
| bulls and thirty Angus females
will be sold at auction.
Notice to Gardeners
Bulletins on growing summer
and winter gardens can be had
| by writing to me at McCrory,
Ark., or by calling at the County
| Demonstration office, in back
room of the Bank of McCrory.
G. G. Strickland,
County Demonstration Agent.
Our Next Pastor—Perhaps
Rev. J. R. Nelson of Wynne
came to McCrory Wednesday to
officiate at the Willis-Kyle nup
tials. All his time not required
for the performance of that pleas
ant duty was occupied in shaking
hands with his old friends, he
having served as pastor here in
former years. Our people all
have a tender spot in their hearts
for Brother Nelson. If the Bish
ops of the Methodist church can
be persuaded to see things as
McCrory people do, when the
time comes for our present be
loved pastor, in accordance with
the inexorable rules of his church,
to move on, Rev. J. R. Nelson
will be the next pastor of the
McCrory Methodist church.
On Detached Service
Mr. Oscar Mr Winfree, one of
McCrory’s young soldiers of the
National Guard, spent twenty
four hours in this city, the first of
the week on business of a mili
tary nature.
Mr. Winfree was recently given
charge of the Regimental Re
cruiting office under Lieutenant
Oscar D. Old, of the M^phine
Gun Company of the First Ar
kansas Infantry.