THE home news
published every Friday at McCrory, Ark.
WALTER W. RANEY, Ed. and Pub.
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^Entered as second-class mat
ter August 26, 1915, at the post
office at McCrory, Ark., under
the Act of March 3, 1879.
Friiay, September 28, 1917.
POSTAGE STAMP TIPS SCALES
Grand Balance in Bank of England
Weighs Thistledown or 400-Pound
Gold Bar With Equal Ease.
In the bullion room of the Bank
of England stands the grand bal
\ ance. It is a machine, says a con
tributor to Pearson’s Weekly, that
was constructed primarily for testing
light gold coins.
Standing approximately seven
feet high and weighing nearly two
tons, this wonderful piece of mechan
ism can weigh a piece of thistledown
or a 400-pound gold bar with equal
accuracy.
Before being used it always has to
be carefully dusted; for otherwise
the dust that has settled upon it even
in the course of a few minutes, al
though invisible to the naked eye,
would cause it to register inaccurate
ly. So responsive is the machinery
that a postage stamp placed on one
of .two weighing portions moves the
index six inches.
After the new English currency
notes vrere issued the grand balance
was kept busy virtually day and
night weighing the gold coinage that
was called in and replaced by notes.
It has now been found that the total
loss of gold owing to the abrasion of
the coins as they passed from hand
to hand, in the course of circulation,
amounts to nearly $5,000,000.
1 hat, however, is not quite so
alarming as it sounds, for the loss is
spread over a period of 25 years—
from March, 1892, that is to say, up
to the present time. Twenty-five
years is reckoned to be the legal
‘‘life’’ of a sovereign at full face
weight.
HIS FATE.
“Young Green is talking of going
mto Wall street. What do you sup
pose will happen to him?”
“It’s a toss up if he escapes from '
the bulls and a tight squeeze if he
gets away from the bears.”
MOSTLY STYLE.
“How is her housekeeping?”
“More lugs than cookeryr Canned
soup, canned beans and candelabra.”
“-Louisville Courier-Journal..
SHE NEVER DOES.
Wife—In a battle of tongues a
woman can hold her own.
Husband—M-yes; perhaps she '
can> but she neve£ does.
Obituary
Mrs. Maud Crossett was born
May 16, 1890, and on Sept. 10, |
1917, her spirit went to the
home of the soul.
The deceased, who before her
marriage was Miss Maud Doug
lass, was married to Mr. Hansel j
Crossett, December, 27, 1911, to
which union were born two chil
dren.
Mrs. Crossett professed faith
in Christ when a young girl and
joined the Methodist Church,
South, of which she remained a
member until God called her
home. She loved her church,
her home and her neighbors,
and fulfilled the law of “Loving
thy neighbor as thyself.” Her
home was always open to those
in need as well as those in bet
ter circumstances.
She is survived by her mother,
Mrs. Frances Douglass of De-'
View, her husband and two chil-1
dren, Ruby and Durwood, two j
brothers, Messrs Lee Douglass, I
of Parkin and Drew Douglass, of |
Augusta, and four sisters, Mes
dames Annie Spradlin, Clint'
Lee, Millie Raymond and Myrtle j
Burrows, all of DeView,
Now, that her chair here is va
cant.
A vacancy in heaven is filled; j
Assured that by God she was
taken,
We humbly submit to his will.
The funeral services were con
ducted by the writer and the re
mains were laid to rest with ten
der hands and loving hearts in
the Fakes Cemetery. Don’t
think of “Miss Maud” as being
dead, but think of her as being
with the angels in heaven.
J. W. Moore, Pastor.
Mr. Dayton Miller came over
from Little Rock Saturday to at
tend the funeral of his father,
Mr. J. E. Miller.
Mrs. Jas. Wilkins returned
Tuesday to her home in Austin,
Texas, after a visit to friends
and relatives here. She was ac
companied by Mrs. E. B. Smith,
of Arkadelphia, who has also
been the guest of McCrory
friends.
Mr. R. J. McDaniel has ac
cepted a position as weigher at
the Planters Gin Co. where he
will be glad to see his many
friends bring their cotton. He
had the misfortune of breaking
his leg in a hay press a few
weeks ago but is now, we are
glad to note; able to be out
again.
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