THE HOME NEWS
Published every Friday at McCrory, Ark.
WALTER W. RANEY, Ed. and Pub.
Subscription $1.00 per Year in Advance.
Phone: 40
Entered as second-class mat
ter August 26, 1915, at the post
office at McCrory, Ark., under
the Act of March 3, 1879.
MAY 3, 1918
SUGAR FOR CANNING
County Food Administrator,
L. B. Winfree has received
from the office of Hamp Wil
liams, State Food Administrat
or, sample copies of the certi
ficate that must be signed by
all who purchase sugar for
canning purposes.
The seriousness of the sugar
question, where waste is con
cerned and conservation is in
volved, is plainly noted in that
portion of the certificate which
contains a promise on the part
of the signer to return any sur
plus of sugar that may be left
after canning.
There *is another serious side
to this sugar conservation
movement, too, an that is the
emphatic instructions given to
county food administrators to
immediately arrest on the
charge of hoarding any one, in
order to lay in a big supply of
sugar, makes a false statement
that the sugar purchased is for
canning purposes.
Those v ho buy sugar for
canning must use it for can
ning or return the sugar.
The certificate to be signed
clearly sta'es that the declara
tions made are on the honor ol
the purchase \
“If you find anyone buying
sugar for canning who does
not use it for that purpose and
who makes a false statement
in order to get in a big supply
of sugar, such person should
immediatelv be arrested on the
charge of hoarding,” declared
Mr. Williams to his county ad
ministrators and the county
food administrators intend to
enforce that ruling to the let
ter.
Sugar not for canning is still
limited to five pounds city
trade, and ten pounds for the
country customers.
That rule must also be ob
served.
Local merchants should give
the matter of sugar certificates
for canning their immediate
attention, as they will not be
permitted to sell sugar unless
they have a supply of these
c srtificates for the customer to
si rn. These certificates m^y
be had by applying at this of
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3-8-10t Little Rock, Ark.
SINGING CONVENTION
As to the County Singing
Convention to be held at Mor
is Grove the first Sunday in
May with dinner on the ground
it has been resolved by the
committees of these three
churches, DeView, Beards, and
Morris Grove, as follows:
That we have a wheatless
dinner and anyone using any
portion o*f wheat flour in said '
linner will be considered vio
ating the rules of the dinner.
vVe ask the hearty cooperation 1
•>f all who will come and help
nake this a patriotic and edu
ational success. Everyone is
nvited to come and bring your
baskets well filled.
ITCH!
Hunt’s Salve, formerly called
Hunt’s, Cure is especially com
pounded for the treatment of
Itch, Eczema, Ring worm, and
Tetter, and is sold by the drug- I
gist on the strict guarantee that
the purchase price, 75c, will be !
promptly refunded to any dissat- j
isfled customer. Try Hunt’s Salve !
at our risk. For sale locally by
McCrory Drug Co.
STAMP SALE
The ladies of McCrory will
have a special sale of War
md Thrift Stamps in this city
Saturday. Attractive booths
have been arranged in several
5tores and at the Bank of Mc
Crory. We want to put Mc
Crory “over the top” in War
3tamp Sales as well as Liberty !
Bonds.
Helps to Keep Fit
When the digestion is out of
order, it throws the whole
physical being out of gear. B. j
B. Hayward, Unadilla, Ga.,
writes: “Foley Cathartic Tab-,
lets give me quicker relief than
anything I have ever tried,”
They relieve biliousness, bad
breath, bloating, gas, indiges
tion and constipation. No
griping or nausea. Red Cross
Drug Store, McCrory, Ark.
*—■—
The Ascending Cost Of
Giving Telephone Service
While the cost of most of the necessities of life
!
I has been going up for the past three years, the price of
telephone service has stood still.
j
1 But the cost of furnishing telephone service has
j increased steadily since the war began.
j
i The price of a few specific items, constituting
1 about 75 per cent of the telephone plant, increased in
j the fall of 1917 over 1915 as follows:
I
Cross arms .
Locust pins .
Poles .
Cross-arm braces ...
Lead covered cable
Steel Strand .
Iron wire .
Copper wire .
Switchboard cable .
Switchboards .
43 per cent
107 per cent
24 per cent
.220 per cent
. 80 per cent
.104 per cent
,103 per cent
.145 per cent
. 88 per cent
. 50 per cent
f
The cost of maintenance and operation also has
increased beyond all expectations. Increases have
been made in the salaries of our employees that were
not justified by our earnings but were considered nec
essary in order that we might deal fairly with our em
ployees and properly serve the public.
Telephone rates, up to now, have remained the
same. Your telephone service, in proportion to its
utility, is the very cheapest thing you buy.
We believe our subscribers will appreciate our
efforts to meet conditions that exist in McCrory, and
will recognize the necessity that now confronts us of
getting aditional revenue.
SOUTHWESTERN
BELL TELEPHONE CO.