THE HOME NEWS
EDITED IN THE INTEREST OF McCRORY AND WOODRUFF COUNTY
VOLUMN 4
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, OCTOBER 18, 1918.
NUMBER 13
BANKHEAD HIGHWAY
PATHFINDERS HERE
The official pathfinders of
the Bankhead Highway
reached McCrory on schedule
time Tuesday afternoon,
time Tuesdady afternoon.
The party was entertained
at the Hotel Chisca in Mem
phis Monday evening by the
Cross County and McCrory
Clubs of the Bankhead High
way and also entertained by
these Clubs at the Cross
County Club House on St.
Francis Bay near Wynne,
Tuesday at noon. Mr. J. H.
Crossett represented McCro
ry in Memphis and Mr. and
Mrs. F. Lewis and Rev. A. J
Porter represented our Club
at the luncheon served the
pathfinders on St. Francis
Bay.
Other McCrory people who
met the pathfinders at Wynne
wprp: Messrs W. B. Fakes.
of the Fakes Motor Co. &
Garage, Cashier G. W. Bar
ber of the Bank of McCrory,
J. W. Mullens of Jelks,
manager o f the Mullens
Wholesale Grocery of Jelks,
City Marshal J. G. Pulley,
Rev. J. R. Nelson, pastor of
the M. E. Church, M. K.
Whery of the firm of Wherry
& Sons, and W. W. Raney,
editor of The Home News.
Because of there being
two contesting routes be
tween Wynne and Cotton
Plant the official pathfinding
party divided upon leaving
Wynne and the party inspect
ing the route via Hamlin,
Fair Oaks, Morton, McCrory,
Jelks, Grays, Colona, Wiville,
Howell and Becton consisted
of Mr. W. E. Hinkle of Tal
ladega, Ala., Chairman of
the pathfinder commission;
Dr. R. S. Bullington, of Mem
phis, and Mr. Maurice O. El
dridge, a government engi
neer, who was designated by
the government as represent
tive of the federal road de
partment.
The party was accom
panied from Wynne to Mc
Crory by Mr. W. B. Fakes and
the writer who found our
route in good condition and
the trip was made in quick
time without any trouble
whatever. The only black
mark that we < noticed
marked up against our road
is the half mile stretch of
sand just east of town and
this will be remedied as soon
as our rock road is con
structed. The district has al
ready been formed and as
soon as the bonds are sold
the contract will be let.
The party was met at Me
mory by County Judge elect
J- W. Simmons and other
business men of Cotton Plant
who hurried them on to their
city.
Dr. T. B. Bradford of Cot
Plant, a director of the
Highway and Messrs H. O.
_enrose and J. W. Burns of
Hunter took the other mem
bers of the party, Mr. John
Acie Roundtree, secretary of
the Bankhead Highway
Association; Mr. J. W. Guin,
an engineer of Birmingham,
and Mr. A. G. Batchelder of
Washington, chairman of the
American Automobile Associ
ation, over the route from
Wynne to Cotton Plant via
Pine Tree and Hunter.
The enthusiasm for the
Bankhead Highway in Mc
Crory and the other nine
towns along the McCrory
route is very high and our
! people are confident that
this route will be adopted
easily as it has every advant
age over the Hunter route.
The pathfinders were im
pressed with our route which
is an air line route from
Wynne. Twentythree of
the 25 miles of road runs east
and west on a section line
without a curve. They also
noted the work being done
as they passed Road Overseer
A. D. Cain of Morton and his
crew who were grading the
road in Dent township. Fol
lowing is a part of the write
up which appeared in the
Arkansas Democrat (Little
Rock) of Oct. 17:
The commission reported
some splendid roads in the
course of construction along
the route over which they
traveled. The work will
necessarily be delayed, how
ever, for the present, on ac
count of the government re
strictions on building during
the war. While no public
meetings were held on ac
count of the influenza epi
demic, they report the enthu
siasm for the road in this sec
tion as very great, and many
open air meetings with road
boosters were held, in which
matters of importance in road
building were discussed.
Leave for Hot Springs
In Little Rock Thursday
morning the members of the
commission were guests of
the Board of Commerce at
the Ho|el Marion. At 10
o’clock they were taken in
' automobiles for a trip over
I the road to Camp Pike.
They left at 1:30 for Hot
Snrimrs where thev snent the
afternoon and nighU. At 7
o’clock Friday morning the
party will proceed to Mur
freesboro, and from there on
to Ardmore and Lawton,
Okla., to inspect a 200-mile
stretch, known as the Indian
Trail. Returning to Hot
Springs Sunday night they
will begin the inspection of
the 1,000-mile stretch to El
Paso, Texas, arriving there
October 28. They expect to
leave El Paso October 30, on
the return trip by way of
Colorado, Texas, Mineral
Wells, Fort Worth, Dallas,
Pittsburg and arrive at Tex
arkana, November, 7. At
j (Continued on page four.)
McCRORY OVER THE
TOP IN FOURTH LOAN
Again McCrory has said to
the boys “over there” that we
are with you by sbscribing
more than our quota of the
Fourth Liberty Loan.
The goal was reached early
this week when our subscrip
tions reached $32,300. which
is $5,300. more than our
quota.
The first volunteer was Mr.
W. B. Dougherty who sub
scribed $200.00. The second
to subscribe was Mr. John
Koors, a progressive German
farmer who lives north of town
and who took $100.00 of the
bonds.
Mr. W. E. Jelks was the
largest individual purchaser
having subscribed $5000.00
and Mr. J. E. Comer was next
with $3000.00 The Fakes
Mercantile Co. took $5000.00
of the loan.
There were 98 people who
subscribed to the loan here
and nine of that number bough'
$19,000.00 of the total amount
subscribed.
Woodruff county has gone
over the top in the Fourth Lib
erty Loan. The quota is $228,
000. and $231,000. has been
suuscriueu.
The Third Liberty Loan
quota for McCrory was $32,
750. which was over sub
scribed, 285 persons subscrib
ing $54,050. Following is a
list of those whose names will
appear on the Honor Roll of
the Fourth Liberty Loan:
W. E. Jelks, .$5,000.
Fakes Mercantile Co. 5,000.
J. E. Comer, .3,000.
H. Arnof, . 2,000.
Florence&Lavena Jelks, 1,000.
J H Crossett, . 1,000.
W. H. Jimerson,. 1,000.
John Shearer, . 1,000.
J. C. McCrory, .1,000.
Fletcher Lewis.1,000.
G. B. Fakes, . 500.
T. C. Bull, . 500.
Clayton Hailey, . 500.
J. R. Piercy, . 500.
W. H. Gray. 500.
R. E. Holder, . 500.
W. V. Angelo, . 500.
E. T. Wherry & Sons, 500.
T. A. Jeffries, . 400.
H. D. Swayze, .. 250.
j. r. Morgan, .
Reserve Loan Life Ins. Co. 250.
A. J. Marsh, . 250.
W. B. Dougherty, . 200.
J. M. Arnof, . 200.
Esther Arnof, . 200.
W. B. Fakes,. 200.
J. W. Morris, . 200.
H. E Wood, . 200.
Perrv Holland, . 200.
J. W. Wilder. 150.
John Koors, . 100.
T. N. Taylor, . 100.
T. W. Greer, . 100.
J. L. Bronte, . 100.
Ellis Arnof, . 100.
Ruth Arnof, . 100.
Israel Nudy Arnof, .... 100.
G. G. MeCrory, . 100.
Dr. B. Brewster, . 100.
D. M. Huff,. 100
J. R. Taylor, . 100
H. G. Crotzer,. 100.
J. G. Wilson, . 100.
J. W. Mullens, . 100.
Miss Stella Gum, . 100.
J. W. Davis, . 100.
W. O. Barrentine, . 100.
Mrs. H. B. Angus. 100.
Mrs. R. A. Cartwright,.. 100.
Mrs. J. P. Hailey, . 100.
H. B. Gray, . 100.
A. A. Taylor, . 100.
Mrs. A. J. Marsh, . 50.
W. L. Lindsey, . 50.
Gerald Morris, . 50.
W. B. Barbee, . 50.
A. J. Spradlin, . 50.
J. H. Clayton,. 50.
C. E. Linhart, . 50.
J. F. Morgan, . 50.
A. A. Ward, . 50.
M. A. Sparks, . 50.
Octavus Brandon, (col) 50.
Miss Annie Turner, . 50.
J. L. Betts, . 50.
J. F. Barber, . 50.
A. B. Barber, . 50.
Fay Ulrich, . 50.
Oscar E. Atkinson, . 50.
L. V. Burkett,. 50.
Mrs. L. V. Burkett,. 50.
J. M. Candlish, . 50.
C. T. England, . 50.
Ed C. L. Harris, . 50.
J. H. Haywood, (col.) 50.
W. D. Hinson, . 50.
Katie Mann. 50.
Young Madden, Sr., (col.) 50.
Osro Taylor, . 50.
H. A. Walker, . 50.
J. S. Benson, . 50.
Etta Taylor, . 50.
Jarrett Thornton, (col.) 50.
C. M. Elam, . 50.
J. R. Chappell, . 50.
Chas. Anderson, . 50.
O. K. Porter, . 50.
J. H. Proctor, . 50.
W. W. Raney, . 50.
R. L. Brandon, (col.) 50.
Oscar Starks, (col.) .... 50.
E. B. Wood, . 50.
A. E. Ridgeway, . 50.
E. T. Ramsey, . 50.
Miss Dayna Coddry, .... 50.
Total .$32,300.
-BUY BONDS
Buys Red Cross Drug Store
Mr. C. P. Best has pur
chased the stock of goods of
the Red Cross Drug Store
and will move same into the
building just vacated by the
McCrory Drug Co., across
the street from the Waverly
Hotel. Mr. Jack Dixon will
be associateds with him in the
drug and soda fountain busi
ness.
-BUY BONDS
Mr. Paul Taylor who has
been doing secret service
work for the government in
Washington and other eastern
cities, arrived home Monday
to enter Hendrix College at
Conway.
-BUY BONDS
Died: Helen Lee, age
four years, eldest child of
Tom and Leila Chaney of
Jelks, Thursday, Oct. 17,
1918. The remains were
laid to rest in the Odd Fel
lows cemetery today, Friday.