THE
HOME
NEWS
EDITED IN THE INTEREST OF McCRORY and woodruff county
V0L5JMN 4
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, JULY 11, 1919
NUMBER 51
MRS
JANIE SHUPP FAKES
Mrs. Janie Shupp Fakes was
horn in Cole Camp, Mo., Nov.
«h 1891. died in Almorgorda
feh; Mexico, July 2nd 1919.
Her father died when she was
young later her mother
S married to Mr J. F. Mor
ln who became to Janie a
fn+her indeed and she was to
him a loving and devoted
daughter. From early child
hood she was the joy and sun
shine of the home, she would
gladly sacrifice her most high
ly prized treasures to make
other children happy, and
throughout her entire life the
thought of selfishness was for
eign to her nature. The beau
tv of her character was expres
sed in kind words an d deeds ;
and a smilp which were the |
consuming passion of her life,,
would never stoop to the i
low plains of doing evil for j
evil, but rather overcome evil j
with good. At the age of nine ■
shp was converted and joined;
thp Methodist church of which !
she remained a member until
God called her to her last re
ward.
Her entire life was inspired
with high ideals and to this j
end she devoted the best ef-;
forts of her life for that qual- j
ification by which she might |
obtain thp exalted ideals upon j
which she set her heart. Hav- j
ing finished the work of- the j
high school in MeCrory, she j
entered Synodical College at j
Fulton, Mo., wherp she spent
two years, aftrwards spending
one year in Jackson Female
Institute, in Jackson, Tenn.
When she was but eleven'
years old her parents moved to
and settled in MeCrory where
she grew to womanhood and
spent the remainder of her I
life. She drew about her a j
largp circle of friends who!
mourn her death but will re
member through the years
with gladness that they have
known and had the friendship
of such a character as she pos
ses?/e(k
one was married to T. J* !
Fakes December 29, 1916, of
this union one* child was borrt, j
J., Jr. For her son she was
seeking to provide that early
training and to instill into his
young life such principles as
jyould lead on to a noble man
hood.
Janie loved life and no mat
ter what the circumstances or
surroundings might be she
met it with a smile and a word
c°urage that was likp a $un
eam breaking through the
(aJIless' °t the clouds.
l the long months of
r fiction there was not a
ord ot complaint, but ,pa
- nee and kindness which
„ J su°h a very part of her
imf F°ssessed her soul even
unto the e nd.
vy. r° child could have had
fk_e tender and devoted care
^naashe received at the hands
C loving v
BANK STATEMENT
Following is the report of
the condition of the Bank of
McCrory, McCrory, Woodruff
County, Ark., at the close of
business June 30, 1919.
RESOURCES
Loans & discts ....$159,761.13
Loans on real est.. 54,866.15
Overdfts, sec &uns 1,389.05
U. S. Bonds . 22,250.00
Warr’ts & Scrip.... 176.76
Furn & fix . • 1,600.00
Bank house . 3,000.00
Other real est . 3,300.00
Cash Items . 35.63
Due from banks .... 131,932.50
$378,311.22
TOTAL
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock .$25,000.00
Surplus fund . 10,000.00
Und. profits net. 6,485.55
Ind. dep. ..314,553.97
Time cert .. 21,795.63
Cashier cks. 476.07
Total .336,825.67
Net deposits .$336,825.67
TOTAL .378,311.22
State of Arkansas
County of Woodruff,
We, H. W. Jernigan, presi
dent, and Homer Robinon,
cashier of the abovp named
bank, do solemnly swear that
the above statement is true to
the best of our knowledge and
belief.
H. W. Jernigan, pres.
Homer Robinson, cashier.
Attest: E. T. Wherry, J. F.
Morgan, Clayton Hailey, T. C.
Bull.
Subscribed and sworn to be
fore me this 8th day of July,
1919
G. W. BARBER, N. P.
My commission expires Nov.
27, 1921.
T. M. SPEARS
Cotton Plant, July 9—T. M.
Spears, aged 70, a resident of
this place for 35 years, died at
bis home here Monday. He
was a native of Mississippi,
and a Civil War veteran.
Wantied—Twelve loads of
pole wood on or before Aug.
1st. See Geo. H. Proulx, Mc
Crory, Ark., 6-20-2t
the months has not counted
her own life unto herself but
esteemed it the greatest pleas
ure of her life to give all in
loving administration to her
suffering child.
But in spite of all that lov
ing hands could do, or human
skill provide, the frail body
fell to sleep, and her soul pas
sed out to be with God.
Trulv may it be said of her I
“How beautiful to live, how
beautiful to die and then to be
' ith God.”
T. R. NELSON.
INFORMATION WANTED
Mr. W. W. Raney,
Editor Home News,
McCrory, Ark.,
Dear Sir:—
I want to ask that you pub
lish some information about
the Bayou DeView Drainage
District.
When are they going to
start digging this ditch? It
seems that they have had time
enough to get started,.what is
the trouble? Can you give me
any information through the
columns of your paper?
How much taxes has been
collected and how much has
been spent and figuring from
the amount collected and the
amount spent, how much do
you figure this ditch will cost
the District, especially when
they have not even dug one
yard of dirt from the ditch.
I wish you would inquire of
your commissioners, just what
the cause of the d€lay in get
ting this work under way, you
realizp that every day delay is
costing the district money and
if this ditch is not started very
soon the money for which the
bonds sold will have been
spent and still the land will
not have been benefitted as
the water will still spread out
over the larger part of this
land in the winter as it has in
the ears gone before this dis
trict was organized.
If this ditch was dug you
would see a great improve
ment in the roads, in the
health, the removal of many
mosquitoes the lessening of
malaria, the aiding of cultiva
tion of many acres of land
which is now worthless, which j
should provide homes for the.
many people.
I shall be very glad to read i
an account of your findings inj
the next issue of your paper, j
I beg to remain very truly,;
A TAXPAYER.
As the commissioners are,
(or should" be) better prepar
ed to furnish the abovp inf or- i
mation, we kindly refer this j
matter to them and as we are |
also a tax payer we will be
glad to give them unlimited
space in the Home News con-,
cerning this or anything else j
of the proposed drainage dis
trict. , i
THE EDITOR.
ARRIVES SAFELY
Mr. W. W. Raney,
Dear Sir:
Please put in your paper
that Lynn P. Jimerson arrived
in Newport News, Va., July 2
from France. This made us
all feel good you know. Mrs.
Jimerson is improving nicely.
I do hope you are better by
now.
Your Friend,
W. H. JIMERSON
A DOUBLE CELEBRATION
Thp Fourth of July was
doubly celebrated in cMCrory
at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
W. B. Kyle, when at one
o’clock their daughter, Miss
Louise, was united in the holy
bonds of matrimony to Mr.
Alex Meyers of Memphis.
The bride, born and reared
in this city, is well known to
everyone and numbers her
friends by her acquaintances.
She possesses those traits of
character which go in
the making up of a true and
vivacious young lady and to
know her is to respect and ad
mire her.
Mr. Meyers is a product of
Memphis, Term., and having
held a position as barber at
thp Sanitary Shop for the past
year, has become intimately
acquainted with the people
here and he possesses those
marks of a gentleman which
add much to his character and
which have won for him the
high respect and esteem of a
host of friends of this city.
The happy couple left on
the fast train for Memphis and
other points to spend their
honeymoon. They will reside
here. The many friends of
both parties join The Home
News in extending hearty con
gratulations and wishing for
them bon voyage on the mat
rimonial sea.
Good luck, Alex.
AGAINST ROAD
A case wherein the plain
tiffs are J. W. Hill, C. T. Doss,
R. R. James, H. F. Doyle, F.
W. Parker, H. C. Argo, J. M.
McGowen, P. P, Hill, John
Burton, and J. R. Trice and the
defendants are D. H. Echols,
A. C. McGregor, Dan Keith,
W. J. Robinson, J. W. Mullens
H. O. Penrose and W. P. Daw
son, commissioners and J. A.
Burt, contratcor of Road Im
provement District No. 12, will
bp heard before Judge A. L.
Hutchins in chancery court at
Cotton Plant Wednesday, July
23.
The plaintiffs are seeking to
stop the building of the road
from Cotton Plant to Jelks and
Hunter as is now proposed.
Thp contract, has been let
for a 16 foot macadamized
road and the contractor is pro
gressing rapidly with the work
The road has already been
graded from Cotton Plant to
Becton and ten cars of rock
have been shipped for the
road.
CARD OF THANKS
For the many acts of kindness
rendered during the loss of our
dear daughter and wife, we
extend heartfelt thanks. We
also wish to thank those who
contributed the many beautiful
floral offerings.
J. F. MORGAN and Wife
T. J. FAKES.