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Wherever Ford cars have pieneered, Ford ser
vice has kept pace. It is the factor which
strengthens the personal relation between Ford
owners and the Dompany. To get the best pos
sible service from your Ford car, bring it here
when it needs attention and get the benefit of
Ford supervision throughout. We use the gen
uine Ford parts and give you the benefit of the
regular standard Ford prices.
Runabout $345, Touring Car $360, Coupelet. $505,
Town Car $595, Sedan $645—all f. o. b. Detroit.
Place your order now.
RIGGS BROTHERS,
McCrory, Arkansas
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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
)lhce at McCrory, Ark., under
the Act of March 3, 1879.
Friday, February, 1,1918.
THE UNITED STATES FOOD
ADMINISTRATION SAYS:
There is no royal road to food
conservation. We can only ac
complish this by the voluntary
action of our whole people, each
element In proportion to Its means,
ft is a matter of equality of bur
den; a matter of minute saving
and substitution at every point in
the 20 000,000 kitchens, on the 20,
000 000 dinner tables, and in the
2 000 000 manufacturing, whole
sale and retail establishments of
the country.
Constant Sufferer Finds Relief
“I have been a constant suffer
er from kidney trouble and was
down sick in bed,” writes C. F.
Reynolds, 412 Herrick St., Elmi
ra* N. Y. “I commenced taking
Foley Kidney Pills. In a few
days I was up out of bed.” Rec
ommended for rheumatic pains,
backache, billiousness, sore mus
cles, stiff joints, ‘‘tired out”
leeling. Red Cross Drug Co.
DELICIOUS CORN MUFFINS.
Here’s an old fashioned recipe for
corn muffins that has recently been
revived and used with unusual success
In several of the larger New York ho
tels : To make three and a half dozen
muffins take one quart milk, six ounces
butter substitute, twelve ounces of
light syrup or honey, four eggs, pinch
of salt, two ounces baking powder,
one and a half pounds cornmeal and
one and a half pounds rye flour. The
butter and syrup should be thoroughly
mixed; then add the eggs gradually.
Pour in the milk and add the rye flour
mixed with cornmeal and halving pow
der.
WINTER FLOWERS.
Rooms may be made very bright
and pleasing in winter with tasteful
ly arranged vases of everlasting flow
ers. They may be used alone or in
association with dried grasses. On
the European continent greater use
is made of them than in this coun
try. The French grow them com
mercially in quantity for making
wreaths and bouquets. Among the
hardy perennial everlastings are sea
lavender, or statice, pearly everlast
ing, chalk plant, sea holly and globe
thistle. Sea lavender is one of the
most important. Some kinds are
perennial, others are annual, while
others may be treated as biennials.
The perennial sorts are suitable for
the front of the herbaceous or mixed
border and the rockery.
CARRY WIRELESS ON HORSES
Equipment Being Used on Western
Front Has a Range of Upward of i
Two Hundred Miles.
There are several forms of wire
less equipment used on the western
front, and under favorable condi
tions a range of 150 to 200 miles is
possible with one of them. The j
most easily handled wireless “sta- :
tion,” however, writes a war corre- j
spondent, is the cavalry type, which j
weighs about 640 pounds, and is car- j
ried in equal proportions by four
horses. Its range is not very great;
it works over a distance of from 25
to 30 miles.
The engine and dynamo are
mounted on opposite sides of a rigid |
saddle on the first horse, together |
with four gallons of petrol and a
quart of lubricating oil, tools, spare j
parts and a telescoping driving shaft, j
The second horse carries the trans- ,|
former—which changes the current
to a lighter or lower voltage—in a
wooden case, and in another wooden
case the receiver, while the jthird j
horse carries the masts, wlyich in
some cases are in sections andf in oth
ers are made on a telescopic prin
ciple. The fourth 'horse carries hal
yards, stays ylnd the aerial wires,
which are/wound round drums and
packed /way in a fiber case.
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AIRSHIP OF 100 YEARS AGO
Country Clergyman in Lower Saxony,
Inventor of Craft Operated by
Large Pair of Bellows.
In an issue of a well-known pro
vincial paper in England, 100 }ears
ago, appeared a news item which has
peculiar appositeness to the present
day and hour. “A country clergy
man in lower Saxony,” the item ran,
“has invented an airship.
“The machine is built of light
wood, and it is made to float in the
air chiefly by means of the const: nt
,action of a large pair of bellows, of
peculiar construction. The wings
on both sides are directed by thin
cords. The height to which the
farmer’s boy, whom the inventor has
instructed in the management of it,
has hitherto ascended with it is in
considerable, because his attention
has been more directed to give a pro
gressive than an ascending motion
to his machine.”
One cannot help wishing that
there was a further record, a full
story, in fact, of the adventures of
the farmer’s boy and the Saxon
clergyman of a hundred years ago
and his airship; but then, perhaps
there never was anything more to
record.—Christian Science Monitor.
SILENT SALESMAN.
A gentleman went into a barber's
shop to have his hair cut. Having
sat down in a chair, he glanced at
the looking-glass in front, and saw
reflected therein the attendant, who,
to his surprise, was wearing rubber
gloves. This fact caused the gentle
man tc become curious, so he said to
the barber
“Why do you wear rubber gloves
when cutting hair, my man P”
“For the purpose,” replied the at
tendant, “of keeping our celebrated
hair-restorer from causing hair to
grow on my hands.” He sold a bot
tle.
Cuts Nice Melon
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■ The Mullens Grocery Co.,
wholesale, of Jelks, held their
first annual stockholders meet
ing Jan. 24. A ten per cent
dividend was declared and 25
per cent added to the surplus
from the past year’s earnings
which is proof positive of the
fact that its manager, Mr. J. W.
Mullens, has not been asleep on
his job which also includes that
of salesman for his firm. We
doubt if there is a concern of its
kind in this section of the state
that can show a better record
for its first year in business.
The following officers and di
rectors were elected: J. H.
Snappy of Fitzhugh, president:
Fletcher Lewis of McCrory,
vice president; J. W. Mullens of
Jelks, secretary-treasurer and
manager, H. W. Jernigan of
McCrory, Dan Keith of Howell,
H. S. Taylor of Jelks and W. T.
Sweat of Weldon.
We are glad to note that Mr.
W. B. Fakes is home and able to
be out again after having under
gone a successful operation in a
Memphis hospital.
The government has appointed
County Cle^k Walter Jimerson
licensor for the purpose of issuing
license to those who desire to use
explosives. This applies to ven
dors and purchasers or anyone
who desire to handle same.
Our government! has asked
the farmers to produce twice as
much poultry this year. In
order to do this, start right.
Buy a Buckeye Incubator, the
best on earth. See the one in
Thompson — Halley’s window.
Mr. Clair C. Carson, of Chi
cago, who is with the Burrows
Adding Machine Co., and who
had been to New Orleans on a
business trip, stopped off a few
days for a visit to his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Carson. He
left Tuesday for Chicago.
Miss Ethel James formerly
operator at the Brinkley ’Phone
office died on Wednesday night
at her home in McCrory. Miss
James was one of the finest,
most obliging young women who
ever served the Brinkley public
and will be sadly missed by her
many friends here.—Brinkley
Argus.
Cut This Out—It Is Worth Money
Don’t miss this. Cutout this slip
enclose with 5 cents to Foley &
Co., 2835 Sheffield Ave., Chicago,
111., writing your name and
address clearly. You will recieve
in return a trial package contain
ing Foley’s Honey and Tar Com
pound tor coughs, colds; and
croup: Foley Kidney Pills and
Foley Carthartic Tablets. Sold
by Red Cross Drug Store.