THE
HOME
NEWS
EDITED IN THE INTERESTWDF McCRORY and woodruff county
VOLUMN 4
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, MAY 29, 1919
NUMBER 45
POUND DEAD IN BED
A man who was identified
„BK Lewis of Fig, N. C.
was found dead at the hotel
Lt across the street from the
IL depot Wednesday morning
Mr Lewis was a travelling
man for the Southwestern
Company of N&shville, Tenn.,
and had been m McCrory a
bout a week when he ended
his life. No motive was found
which would tend to give any
.reason for his actions other
than a message that was writ
ten by him supposedly just a
few minutes before he took
the poison.
Mr. Lewis bought a bottle
of Crystal strychnine from the
Red Cross Drug Store of this
city and when the viaN was
found, about a teaspoon full
had been taken.
At the corners inquest lvir.
Vernon Huff, who occupied
the room adjoining the de
ceased testified that he heard
the man about 10 o’clock
when it was supposed that he
took the poison. Mr. Sullivan
of the Home News, who oc
cupied the room just below
Mr. Lewis, testified that he
heard a most peculiar noise
in the room overhead when
he went to bed at about 12
o’clock, but stated that he
thought it one of the roomers
who was just restless and he
did nor make Ian" iiWfiriry' uiitli
the following day.
Then at dinner the next day
Messrs. Huff and Sullivan
were discussing the noise they
heard the night before and de
cided through curousity, to go
to the room and examine it and
when they entered they found
the body of the deceased on
the bed.
Dr. R. L. Fraser was called
immediately and when the
Justice of the Peace, who act
ed in the capacity of coroner,
had arrived, they made a
search of the room and found
several letters and his last
statement. Following we prin1
the statement as was written
May 27, 1919.
If any accident occurs to m<
it is because my troubles ar(
greater than I am.
I hope to reach Heaven anc
I certainly believe I will, bj
the grace of God.
Yours very truly,
B. R. LEWIS.
his is my last day on
earth.
He had contemplated death
or some time it is thought,
jnim the fact that he had writ
er] the names and addresses
_wb°m he wished to be
titled in two different places.
: n?.was found in the dresser
fnn 1a room arid the other was
T«+in P°cbet °f bis coat.
th.e.rabsence of the under
sht/f t* Raney> bis as
chfl,nt’ Sullivan, took
Mr ^a °/ body and wired
talr’m.*-^ Stevens, an under
bod J 01 Forrest City and the
^ " as embalmed at the
Raney Undertaking Parlors.
The body is being held until
relatives can arrive from Vir
ginia where the remains will
be sent for burial.
Mr. Lewis came to McCrory
about two weeks ago with his
brother and the two young
men naa been selling books for
the Southwestern Company of
Nashville, Tenn. Everyone who
came in contact with him stat
ed that from all appearances
he came from a very fine fam
ily and that he possessed an
excellent character. He had a
registration card and Navy
clothes, but no discharge was
found. The deceased was 20
years of age.
CAN YOU ANSWER THEM?
Who is admiral in chief of
the Swiss navy? What is
meant by the word Bolsheviki,
Who founded the American
Red Cross? What is T. N. T.?
When did the United States
enter the war against Ger
many? What is an Anzac?
Who was the chief o the Ger
man general staff at the be
ginning of the war? At the
close? What cTo the letters M.
P. stand for in military par
lance?
How many of the hundred
questions like that can you an
swer? Not off-hand, but you
can give..ten days and all re
fsearcS" he^6ssary to finding
j the answers. To be able to
I grade 100 per cent on such a
questionaire is in itself a lib
eral education. It is one of
the most interesting educa
tional contests ever inaugurat
ed in the country and Draugh
on’s Business College is offeing
thousands of dollars worth of
scholarships and prizes for the
best set of answers received
from High School boys and
girls of the state. All the
questons pertain to current
events and if one is able to an
swer fifty of them correctly,
he is a well miormea ciuzen.
To the best set of answers sub
mitted by the high school stu
dents of Arkanas, full scholar
ships will be awarded in the
: business or! stenographic de
partments of the school, and a
credt of 25 cents will be allow
ed those who do not receive
scholaships, for each question
answered correctly, to apply
to a scholarship. They may
get their information from
anv source.
It is a rare opportunity for
youhg men and women who
desire to train themselves for
a business, clerical or profes
sional career.
Martin A. Morrison, presi
dent of the United States Civ
il Service Commission, has no
tified president R. H. Bewley
of Draughon’s College that
even under present conditions
the demand of the government
offices at Washington for
stenographers and typists ex
ceeds the supply. Examina
tions are held throughout the
R. E« L. SPRADLIN
Sheriff R. E. L. Spradlin
died a his home in Augusta
Saturday afternoon, May 17,
fr,om complications following
an attack of Spanish Influenzt.
Mr. Spradlin was known to
his friends as “Bob” and has
lived in Woodruff county prac
tically all his life. He was a
member of the Baptist church
and lived an upright Christian
life.
An obituary will be printed
next week.
GOOD ROADS
The State Highway Commis
sion is the latest of the Stsate
Departments to begin the pub
lication of an official bulletin
of its activities, for distribu
tion among those who are in
terested in the construction of
good roads.
The first issue appears this
week, and has been entitled,
very appropriately, “Arkansas
Out of the Mud.” It is a four
column,*four page publication,
containing the allotments of
State and Federal aid for the
counties, and a complete list
of the road districts created
by the last Legislature, with
the names of the commission
ers. It will Jbe found a most
valuable publication and will
b^-in great demand.
The pnrpose of*the bulletin
which will be published month
ly, is set forth in the following
introductory: .
“The State and Federal gov
ernments, acting in co-opera
tion with the thoroughly arous
ed publi sentiment, are bring
ing about wonderful develop
ments in highway constuction
in Arkansas. Compared with
conditions that prevailed ten
or even five years ago, or that
prevail now, the development
of the next ew years will be lit
tle short of miraculous. Road
building iis not on a boom, but
the era of construction upon
which we have entered is the
inevitable result of the needs
of the times and an awakened
civic conscience. To provide a
medium for the dissemination
of information about good
road work, the highway com
mission has undertaken this
publication of this bulletin
which is to appear monthly or
oftener as may be necessary.
Its mission i educative as well
as informative, and it is to be
circulated among two classes
of citizens, those who are in
terested in good lioads, and
those who are not, but should
be.”
country on every Tuesday, and
hundreds more pf the young
men and women of Arkansas,
just coming from high school
should qualify themselves for
the work which leads to larger
and more lucrative positions
as they are better qualified for
them.
J. G. HARALSON
J. G. Haralson died at Min
eral Wells, Texas, Wednesday
afternoon at 2:30 after an ill
ness of several months. Mrs
Haralson was at his bedide.
Jont Haralon left or Mineral
Wells the same day. The body
was brought to Augusta and
the funeral was held Sunday.
Mr. Haralson was a pioneer
of Woodruff county and start
ed as a share cropper. By his
untiring efforts and good busi
ness management he helped to
make the county what it is and
acquired a competency for him
self.
Jtie was united in marriage
to Miss Alice McKinney about
1883 who with three children
John, Penn, Robert and Mrs.
Arline Williams survive him.
While he was not a politici
an, he served the county fath
fully as assessor and sheriff
for ewo terms e&ch. These
for two terms each. These
the deceased was an aspirant.
At the time of his death he
was deacon in the Presbyterian
ian church of which he had
long been a member; a mem
ber of he Masonic and W. O.
W. Fraternities, a member of
the firm of Haralson Bros. He
was at one time manager of
the firm FitzhUgh, Haralson
& Snapp.
He enjoyed the esteem and^
confidence the -whole coun-**t
ty and his departure from this
life will be a personal loss to
many.
Mr. Haralson was well
known in McCrory and he
numbered his friends by his ac
quaintences, all of whom join
The Home News in expressing
their heartfelt sympathy to th
bereaved relatives.
WAS IT YOU
Someone remarked that the
the war had cost about fifteen
or thirty billion dollars, he did
no remember which, and it did
not matter much anyway, no
one could grasp the full mean
ing of such a stupendous sum
of nv>ney.
Neither is it possible to
grasp the import of the state
ment vouched for by the U. S.
Department of Commerce, that
the total value of the products
of the farms, forrests and the
mines of the United States for
1918 was $25,830,239,413129 '
That we should not despise the
small things of life is proven
by the fact that the * census
sharps must have counted that
extra half dozen eggs you sold
to get that extra 29 cents in
their computation.
Anyway it proves that the
United States is strictly in the
billion class.
Messrs. Forrest Greer, May
nard and Noble Wherry were
mingling with the fair sex in
Newport Sunday.