THE BEST
COUNTY
IN THE STATE
VOL. I.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1901.
NO. 29.
COLD WEATHER
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\\ ill soon be here and you can not allord to neglect your
Footwear when health and comfort are at stake.
When you Buy SliOES of us you
When You Wear
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Star - Five - Star
YOU MAKE
NO MISTAKE
as to QUALITY and PRICE.
We will Guarantee Satisfac
tion. We have other things be
sides Shoes to sell. We will sell
DRY GOODS, NOTIONS,
CLOTHING and HATS as cheap
as anyone.
Buy your WINTER UNDER
you wlii find the fit, finish and
V wearing qualities* unequalod
i.l for the price.
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WEAR from us.
In our GROCERY DEPART
MENT you will find everything
as low in price as is possible to
sell. Remember we handle
nearly everything in the Mer
cantile line and our price on ever
ything is made in view of the
fact that crops are short.
Atkinson.
EDUCATIONAL.
Prof. J. J. Dcyno, our worthy
superintendent of public institu
tion lias taken upon himself to
give Arkansas an exhibit in the •
educational line at the St. Louis
Fair in 1903. He is sending out
literature asking county exami
ners, teachers and school direc
tors to begin work now on this
undertaking.
He says among other things:
“It is the earnest desire of the
friends of education to see the
work of our public schools ade
quately represented at the St.
Louis Exposition in 1903, and the
co-operation of your school board
in this laudable undertaking is
much needed. The committee
on education hopes to secure
from the leading schools of the
state exhibits covering the fol
lowing:
1. Pictures of the school
buildings.
2. Interior view of the same.
3. Pictures of class groups'
(all pictures to be of uniform
size, unmounted.)
4. Map-drawing,
paper of
uniform size for all grades.
5. Specimens of free-hand
and other kinds of drawing.
6. Specimens of penmanship,
in copying selections.
7. Natural history work, as
teacher may suggest.
8. Handiwork of manual train
ing classes.
9. Written work on all sub
jects, paper of uniform size, 8£
by 11.
The teachers should be re
quested to have the exhibit in
mind, and from time to time
preserve such work of the pupils
as may seem specially meritori
ous. It will be necessary that
material in the shape of paper
with proper heading, and other
supplies be at the service of the
teacher, and also that the ex
pense of taking pictures be met.
These expenses must be borne
by the district or by private sub
scription. Someone will be call
ed upon to devote a portion of
his time in securing such inter
I est as will make the project a
success. You are the head of
the school interest of your dis
trict, and the people have confi
dence in your judgment. Will
you not endeavor to do all in
your power to see that the edu
cational interests of the district
shall be well represented in the
great exposition of world pro
gress?”
Every one should remember
how Arkansas stood at the
world’s fair at Chicago and en
deavor to excel the place of hon
or there attained. Let every one
work to this end.
IN MEMORIAM.
Again has the curfew tolled and
again has one of God’s noblemen
been called from earth to paradise.
Mr. C. R. Atkinson, who on last
Saturday surrendered all that
earth is, lirst saw the light of day
at Moorsyille, Limestone Co. Ala.
Sept, 10th 1851. His parents
moved to Arkansas while he was
still a mere babe. He has lived in
Woodruff Co. ever since, with the
exception of a short time spent at
Batesviile. On Sept. 10th 1885,
under Rev. Skinner’s preaching
held at the town of DeView,
he joined the Methodist Church
South and has been one of the
most devoted soldiers of the cross
ever since. His light has always
been on the hill and day or night
in sorrow or distress, one al
ways knew where to find Mr
Atkinson. He has fought a good
fight and now reigns with his God
in glory forevermore. Words are
inadequate to express a tithe of
our sorrow and respect for such
a man as Mr. Atkinson. Men
are scarce articles and when one
sees a man, he sees one of the
most potent powers of God’s cre
ation. Pope says.“ An honest
man is the noblest work of God”
We should all emulate bis ex
ample and when our time shall
come to cross the chilly waters
of death and face the realities of
the world on high, the world can
point to us and say“ He has been
with his Savoir and shall have his
reward.” God will say “ Well
done thou good and faithful ser
vant, thou hast been faithful over
a few things I will make thee rul
er over many, enter thou into the
joys of thy Lord.
The News with legions of oth
er friends offers its sympathy to
the relatives in this the saddest of
all earthly bereavements.
AN OPOSSUM HUNT.
A merry party drove out last
Monday night on a “’possum
hunt. ” The party was composed
of the following: Misses Norma
Landers, Anna Belle Riggs, Oma
Scales, and Sallie Biggs. Messrs.
Galen Patterson, Murray Pettit,
Samuel Kyle, Hamilton Riggs
and Will Wilder.
These hunters were chaperon
ed by George Moore, Bud Baker.
Alfred Parker, George Brown
and eleven dogs.
The moon was sending her
most tender bdains earthward to
gladden all who might be out on
a “’possum” hunt. The woods
were full of the animals sought,
but for some reason not fully ex
plained to our satisfaction, the
hunters and hounds could not co
operate in the capture of Mr.
’possum. The hunters gave the
“hunted” warning and the
hounds of the hunters soon be
came tired and withdrew from
the chase.
Realizing that the dogs were \
conspicuous by their absence, !
the party came back unsuccess- ;
ful as far as “’possum” was con- j
cerned but most of them had a'
most enjoyable time.
PARTICULARS OP A TRIP TO
ARKANSAS BY A KENTUCKIAN.
It was the pleasure of the
writer to spend three weeks vis
iting in the state of Arkansas,
not long since and coming to the
conclusion that possibly a few
remarks on the present existing
conditions in that state that came
under my observation while
there, would be of some interest
to people not acquainted with
that section of country, I take
the liberty of writing this.
It is a well known fact that for
many years a certain per cent of
people living in the north central
states have been prejudiced to
some extent against Arkansas as
a place for locating on account of
the fact that the climate is said
to be such as to produce chills
and malaria until one gets
thoroughly climated. This may
be true in certain portions of the
the state, for instance along the
rivers and bayous where the
land is not properly drained but
the western part of the state is
elevated and dry and as a gener
al rule the health in that section
is good.
The writer enjoyed the courte
sy of being driven around
through the country in the vicin
ity of McCrory the town in
wrhich he visited. In driving
through the country some as fine
farming land as can be found in
the southwest can be seen,- the
surface is generally level and the J
land is fertile and easily cultivat
ed, I was informed.
It may be said that cotton is
the chief product, notwithstand
ing there is a great deal of corn
raised in the state in seasonable
years, but the acerage of corn is
small compared with that of cot
ton. The farmers give nearly
their whole attention to the rais
ing of cotton. On account of a
drough in Arkansas this year, I
was told that the cotton crop
would not yield over 50 per cent
and the corn crop is almost a to
tal failure. The protracted
drough which began in April
was not practically broken until
a few weeks ago, when a copi
ous rain fell, but it came to late
to be of any benefit to the crops.
All of the slashes and swampy
places were dried up which had
not occured before in many
years. The ground vras as dry
and hard as could be, and there
were cracks in the ground in
some places that were caused by
the hot sun, that a man could
easily step in. The gardens are
! all parched and dried up months
ago, but these conditions do not
exist in Arkansas every year,
take the state when they have
had a good season and the crops
are bonntiful and you will find
that there is good times and
plenty of money in circulation
and it is spent liberally by all
classes, when of course there is
poor crops and renters barely
make enough to pay their rents
(continued.)
Old People Have Their Troubles.
Mr. Francis Little of Benton
Harbor, Mich., is over eighty
! years of age. Since 1865 he has
been troubled more or less with
indigestion and constipation and
has tried almost everything in
use for those ailments. Last Au
gust he began using Chamber
lain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets
and was soon feeling much bet
ter. In a recent letter he says,
“I have used three boxes of the
Tablets and now think I am
well.” These Tablets improve
the appetite and invigorate the
stomach, liver and bowels. For
sale by Dr. J. B. Neal of McCro
I ry and A. S. Thompson of De
View.
is the place to get;
First class Meals:
Served Promptly
at all hours and at reasonable rates. I constantly have on hand j
nil kind of sandwiches, oysters in any style, pies, cakes, lunches, j
in fact everything usually kept by a first-class Restaurant.
I have a fresh stock of Groceries. Bread at all times. Oysters
served, 25c; straight, 15c. I always have Shrimps in stock.
Anything in my Line.
Everything will be kept neat and clean and in First-class Style.
ROBERT S. SHIRROD, Proprietor.
The ideal Restaurant
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We sell all kinds of
FURNITURE, STOVES,
FLOOR OIL CLOTH, MATTING,
TRUNKS, CUTLERY,
EASELS, DOORS,
TINWARE,
WINDOWSHADES,
CHAIR BOTTOMS,
WINDOWS,
COTS, MATTRESSES, SPINGS,
We have the best sewing machines on the
see me and I will try to interest you.
SHELF HARDWARE,
CURTAIN POLES,
WOVEN WIRE,
WINDOW GLASS,
STWING MACHINES,
market. Call and
E.L.HAMILTON.
For Sale Cheap!
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1 will sell my flour as follows: t-ZZt
Best Patent.$3.85
Second Best.§3.65
I have a fresh stock of Meat,
Lard and Sugar and will not be
undersold by anybody.
I am the Sole Agent
for Stout’s Patent Snag-proof
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