THE HOME NEWS
EDITED IN THE INTEREST OF McCRORY AND WOODRUFF COUNTY
VOLUME 2.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, FRIDAY, MAY, 4, 1917
NUMBER 40
Arkansas Must Give 7,700 Men
For Army Under Draft Statute.
Little Rock Will Be Called Upon For
203 Men Under Basis For Calling
Out First 500,000 Soldiers
Arkansas, in addition to her
National Guard troops and her
contributions to the regular
army, navy and marine corps,
will be called upon to furnish as
j her quota of the first 500,000 men
called out under the selective
draft measure, approximately
7,700 men.
The state will have a total of
more than 11,000 men in the
fighting units of the nation after
the call for the first 500,000 men
is issued by President Wilson
Using the population as a whole
of the nation and of the state as
a basis, Arkansas must give 7,756
men to the first draft Of these,
Little Rock must furnish 203.
Present members or recruits ob
tained before the call is' made
of the national guard, regular
army, navy and marine corps,
army officers say, will not be in
cluded as part of the 500,000.
MUST FURNISH PROPORTIONS
The total population probably
will not be the basis used in cal
culating the quotas from each
state, altho as a basis of probable
apportionment, officers say, it is
swlonnoto TTn/lnv* fUo nmnno orl
system the cities and counties
must furnish their proportionate
number of men. How they will
be selected has not been deter
mined.
Immediately upon issuance of
a proclamation by President Wil
son for registration • of men
of eligible age, county
boards of control will begin their
work. The county boards will
be composed of the sheriff, coun
ty or circuit clerk and county
* health officers. In cities of 30,000
or more population, seperate
boards consisting of the mayor,
city clerk and city health officer,
will have charge. The officials,
under the selective draft bill
which without doubt will be
come a law within the next ten
days, must serve.
Township registration boards
will be selected by the county
boards.
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W est-Ellington
Miss Joyce Ellington, McCra
ry’s popular telephone operator
and one of our most charming
young ladies, and Mr. M. H.
West, a young planter of New
port, were quietly married at
the courthouse in Augusta Mon
day evening about seven o’clock,
April 30, 1917.
The ceremony was witnessed
by Mr. E. C. Marsh of this city,
County Clerk Walter Jimerson
and other officials. The Rev. C.
G. Partridge, pastor of the Pres
byterian church of Augusta said
the words which bound in holy
wedlock two happy young people
who have since been receiving
congratulations from their many
friends amoung whom The Home
News desires to be numbered.
We are glad to state that the
newlyweds will make their home
in McCrory and we gladly wel
come the groom to our city.
New Brick Garage
Riggs Brothers, local distribu
tors for the Ford car, have al
ready placed orders for material
for a large brick building which
they will erect on the lots now
occupied by their frame build
ings.
They intend to raze at once
the two frame structures on the
south side of their lots where the
new brick will go up. The new
garage will be 50 x 100 feet and j
will have a concrete floor and
plate glass front.
The new Delco light system
which they have recently pur-}
chased will light the new build
ing which will be a great im-!
provement for our town and
which is needed to take care of
the large business this firm en
joys.
Mr. Hix Lewis returned home
today from Jonesboro where he
has been attending the State
Agricultural School which has
just closed.
LANGTON POSTMASTER
AND MERCHANT IS DEAD
Mr. I. P. Phillips, One of Jackson County’s Best
and Most Highly Respected Citizens
Succumbed This, Friday, Morning
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The sad news of the death of
Mr. Isaiah P. Pb.illips of Lang
ton was received here this,
Friday, morning. The end
came about 5:00 o’clock a. m.
today, May 4, 1917, all of his im
mediate relatives being at his
bedside when the last breath
left and his sou! took its flight
to heaven.
Mr. Phillips was one of the
pioneers of this country, coming
here about 18 years ago from
Alabama, his native state, and
was a strong spoke in the wheel
of progress in his neighborhood..
He was always on the side of
right and did much to raise the
moral standard of his commu
nity.
Through honest toil the deceas
ed managed to acquire for him
self and family a good tract of
land which he*cleared and culti
vated. He secured a postoffice
for his section which was named
Langton after Mr. H. A. Lang
LUli W 11V7 WIJL1W
& Beedeville Southern railroad,
which was built from this city to
his farm, but which has since
been discontinued. Mr. Phillips
also operated a store at Langton
which enjoys a good patronage.
He was married to Miss Fan
nie Williams, who survives him,
in Alabama about 45 years ago.
To this union was born Emmett,
Larence, Rollen, Mrs. John Marr
and Gilbert, all of whom survive
him. In 1904 he joined the
Woodmen of the World and was
a member of Gum Wood Camp
No. 108.
The remains will be laid to
rest in the Gourd Neck Ceme
tery tomorrow, Saturday, at ten
o’clock. The Home News joins
the many friends of the bereaved
in extending heartfelt sympa
thies.
FISH THAT IS UNFASHIONABLE
But Denizen of the Sea Is Worthy of
Much Respect, If Only Con
sumer Could See It.
It seems as if there are fashions in
fish just as there are in wearing ap
parel. A fish that brings in German
markets nearly four times as much
per pound as our fresh mackerel, and
considerably more than haddock, is
thrown away by our fishermen be
cause no one wants to eat it. And it
is mighty good fish, too, says the
Popular Science Monthly. Those
who eat it praise it for its delicate
flavor. Even the English like it. Ev
ery year they consume 3,000 tons
of it. Yet we will have none of it
This fish is known as the goose
fish, anglerfish, devilfish and monk
fish. True, its appearance is against
it, but still the epicures in England
and Germany demand it because it
is delicious. Analyses made by the
bureau of fisheries on samples show
that goosefish contains considerably
more protein than flounder, slightly
more than a cod, a little less than
sirloin steak. The goosefish has an
average length or three teet and is
bread and flat, somewhat resembling
the flounder in general outline. The
only way to get it, says a Philadel
phia woman, is for the housewives to
club together and demand it. At the
present time fishermen do not take
the trouble to bring it home, but dis
card it from their nets.
Some Sow!
A three years old Duroc Jersey
sow, belonging to Mr. C. 0.
Simmons of this city, is now
busy looking after her litter of
15 pigs and weeping over the
death of another which died last
week.
This is her fifth litter and the
smallest was an even dozen
making more than 60 pigs for a
sow only three years old. We
doubt if $100.00 would buy the
sow alone.
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