GENERAL DIRECTORY.
DeVlew Township Officials.
Constable. John Hatcher
Juslces of Peace. W. W. Best and J. T. Angelo
City Officials.
Mayor. H. T. Raney
Recorder, W. B. Kyle
Marshall, W. N. Simmons
Aldermen: C. W. McCrory, A, D. Stafford,
E. T. Wherry, 0. Halley and H. J. ariker
Court Sessions.
Circuit Court meets third Monday In Februa
ry and August.
Woodruff Chancery Court,—Third Monday
In May and December.
County Court.—First Monday In January,
April. July and Ootober.
Probate Court meets fourth Monday in Jan
uary, April. July and October.
County Officials.
County and Probate Judge.
Sheriff.
Circuit Clerk,
County Clerk.
Assessor,
Treasurer.
Surveyor,
T. E. Stanley
J. B. Kittrell
Ed. S. CarlLee
L. B. Winfree
Cras. Buchanan
Eugene Billlngslea
A. J. Black
Church Announcements.
M. E. Church. South. S. L. Cochran, pastor.
Services every first and third Sunday. Sun
day School every Sunday at 9:30 a. m.. Dr. G.
B. Fakes, Superintendent. Prayer-meeting
every Wednesday i lfflit at 7:30 p. m.
Christian Church, of DeView. Services 1st
and 3rd Suudays at 11 a. m.. Eld Long preach
ing on the first Sunday and Eld Wood on the
3rd. On 2nd and 4th Sundays of each month
communion services are held at 2 p. m.
Dave Burkett is dealing out
spirits at Vaccaro & Wilders.
Quite a number of our citizens
went fishing down King lake
Tuesday.
Miss Annie Sue Wilder paid a
little visit to Wynne the first of
the week.
Lee Black and Walter Thomp
son of DeView were in our town
Friday last.
Joseph Crossett spent Sunday
in the neighborhood of Riverside
visiting friends.
W. T. Raney our popular bar
ber can now be found dispensing
drinks at the Cook & Uariker sa
loon.
Miss Helen Roddy of Fakes
was visiting friends and relatives
in our city the latter part of last
week.
Albert L. Stoker of Brinkley,
is visiting among his friends and
relatives in our vicinity this
week.
Kcv. Cochran’s grand children
of Brinkley, were McCrory’s
pretty visitors the latter part of
last week.
Mrs. Logan and baby of Mer
rouge, Lousiana, is visiting the
family of Mrs. Martha Crossett
of our city.
When in need of drugs, patent
medicines and the best razors
and knives in town call at Dr.
Neal’s Drug Store.
R. C. Roy of near Eight Mile,
Jackson county, accompanied by
Fletcher Beatly, paid our office a
visit last Saturday.
Ijast Thursday night a musi
cal was given at the home of Jeff
Spradlin on Possum creek and
quite a crowd of young folks en
joyed themselves.
Miss Bobbie Brazzil returned
to her home at Searcy last Sat
urday having concluded a visit of
near a month with Mrs. W. H.
Jimmerson and other friends.
Miss Delia Rutherford left
Friday evening for her home at
Morefield, Ark. She was ac
companied by Miss Lizzie Cros
sett as far as Martin Junction.
H. H. Hudson, the royal scroll
man returned to McCrory the
latter part of last week from
Searcy. The first of the week
he made a business trip to Tupe
lo.
Hon. Harry Woods the repre
sentative of the people of Wood
ruff county was in attendance at
the baseball game last Friday.
He paid a visit to the News while
here, and being an ex printer or
newspaper man, offered us all the
sympathy that his generous man
hood is possessed of.
W. P. Best, father of Esq. W.
W. Best, Mrs. H. B. Angus and
Mrs. J. D. Johnson, is visiting
among his relatives and friends
here. He came up from Judson
ia Sunday.
C. U. Babbs, the mechanical
head of the Vidette was in our
city Friday last attending the
McCrory-Augusta base-ball
game. He made a visit to the
News sanctum sanctorum while
here.
Quite a number of our citizens
attended the children’s day exer
cises at Tupelo last Sunday.
Among others we note Will
Raney, Mr.Jaegers and Robert
Sturdivant. They report a
pleasant time. '
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Rooks made
a visit up into the Snap neighbor
hood last week. Mr. Rooks has
the contract to build a dwelling
house for Mr. Gardener at that
place, which he will begin to
build in the near future.
An Arkansas schoolmaster re
cently received the following
note: “Dear Sir:—Please excuse
my son Jack from attending
school today, as he has to be at
the funeral of his two aunts. I
will see that it does not occur
again.”—Ex.
V. W. Stephenson, of Revelle
neighborhood was in our city the
last of last week and paid the
News a pleasant little visit. He
has our thanks for a silver dol
lar which he gave us in exchange
for the News for the ensuing
twelve months.
P. M. Lemmons one of our
most efficient carpenters recent
ly built a show-case patterned
after those used in cities. The
case is in use by Hailey and At
kinson and speaks well for the
ability of Mr. Lemmons. It is a
first-class job. Go see it.
Lonnie Best and Charlie James
organized a Sunday School at
Roetzell’s mill east of McCrory
last Sunday afternoon. Quite a
number of the good people at
tended. Sunday School will
now be held there regularly ev
ery Sunday afternoon at 4 p. m.
Miss Bertha Jennings return
de to her home at Weldon last
Sunday after spending a few
weeks visiting among us. Miss
Jennings is a charming young
lady and has many warm friends
here. She was accompanied as
far as Riverside by Mr John At
kinson.
A Missouri weekly in a recent
issue had this paragraph: “We
expected to have a death and
marriage to publish this week,
but a violent storm prevented
the wedding and the doctor be
ing sick himself, the patient re
covered, and we were according
ly cheated out of both. ”
Mr. Bryan says he is not now
a candidate for the Democratic
presidential nomination in 1904;
that if he was a candidate he
would not be running a news
paper. Neither are we a candi
date for that position. We have
no time to run for office while we
run a paper.—Johnson County
Herald.
M. J. Johnson one of our most
prominent farmers was up to see
! us the first of the week. He
brought up some very fine cotton
stalks measuring somewhere in
the neighborhood of 8 inches in
height. Some contained 8 leaves.
He informs us that he has a 30
acre patch of cotton and can well
feel proud of it.
A meeting of the Confederate
Veterans, Sons of Veterans and
Daughters of the Confederacy
was held in McCrory last Friday.
Commander John Shearer, of
McCrory; Tillman Campbell,
president of the Sons of Veter
ans, and Mrs. Vinson, president
of the Daughters of the Confed
eracy, of Augusta; were px-esent
at the meeting. It was decided
to have a joint picnic on the
Taylor bay, two miles north of
Augusta, in about one week
after the Reunion which takes
place at Memphis next Tuesday,
Wednesday and Tnursday.
Will Wilder and Louin Cole
made a trip down the country
last Sunday. Stopping at Wild
er’s to attend the children’s ex
ercises. Prom there they went
on to Howell where Will says he
left Louin “joshing” with the
girls while he went on down to
Brinkley on a similar errand.
In last week’s issue under the
heading of our Heading Industry
we made a few mistakes. In the
place of saying five mills are in
operation by the company we
should have said four, the one at
Crawfordsville, Ind., having
ceased. The 9000 acre batch of
Timber referred toas being locat
ed near Pine Bluff should have
read near Lake City.
Last Friday night quite a large
crowd enjoyed themselves at the
dance given in Wherry’s hall.
The Augusta people brought
their band over with them and of
course the hop was on the regu
lar program of that day’s amuse
ments. Space does not permit
mention of all who attended the
dance from a distance and all we
can say is that it was a success.
The Augusta crowd left that
night on the 10:83 train for their
homes.
Some one has this to say for
our friend Wilson Comer. Every
one knows that he is a great
ladies man and some one recent
ly asked him why he did not
marry. He informed them that
he didn’t have enough money to
buy the wedding ring, and that
he had been saving up Arbuckie
signatures very industrously for
sometime past and as soon as the
proper amount have been saved
up he will suprise some one. We
wish him success.
Here’s the latest. M. E. John
sey one of our supporters who
lives down on Possum Creek was
in our city last Friday and while
here got off the following which
shows that Woodruff county is
all right when it comes to rats.
He claims that he has a right
good sized pump on his pie e and
the other day he pooceeded to do
the pumping act in order to
water a pet hog or calf but for a
while the pump would not work
at all. All at once it gave a sud
den splurge and out came a rat.
and then another and another.
Mr. Johnsey said if he had con
tinued pumping he would still be
getting rats out of it. He claims
his pump is a regular rat incu
tor. Next, says the barber.
As stated last week, the ladies
of our church gave a strawberry
and ice cream supper Tuesday
night last. As the weather was
somewhat wintery and also rainy
it was decided to have it at the
Waverly Hotel, where quite a
crowd assembled to partake of
the excellent dishes. The ladies
deserve praise for the way they
had everything arranged.
Beautiful boquets adorned each
table, and, the delicacies being
served by Arkansas’ prettiest
| ladies, one could not but help en
joy the affair. It was a complete
success. About $15.00 was real
lized for their trouble. Among
1 other things enjoyed was some
1 excellent instrumental anq vocal
music, most noteable being the
singing of Miss Cora Jeffries,
j which elicits great praise. She
is certainly a musicial prodigy.
Considering her condition, for
she is blind, and considering the
training she has had, she is a
musicial genius. Her voice is
mellow, sweet, and strong; her
articulation very plain, and one
has to hear her to feel the depth
of a song. Many of our citizens
have visited the home of Miss
Jeffries to hear her sing and all
praise her wonderful ability.
Whenever she is present at any
gathering the music for the occa
sion is always expected to come
from her and she modestly but
kindly appeases their desire in
this direction. Wonderful is her
voice. What a future would
have been in store for her if in
early youth she had received the
proper training.
Major Dent, of Riverside; Sen
ator Ferguson and Editor Brooks,
of Augusta, were in our city
Tuesday and paid the News office
a pleasant visit while here.
Dr. and Mrs. W. T. McCain ar
rived home last Monday evening
after a week’s honeymoon trip
down in Mississippi. Their
many friends welcome them
home.
Last Friday the McCrory
school closed by an appropriate
picnic in which several of the
older folks took quite a little
interest and helped to make of it
a success. The picnic took place
in the grove south of Jeffries’
crossing, a very beautiful place
for such an affair. Ice-cream
and plenty of everything good to
eat was there in abundance.
That it was a pronounced suc
cess is superfluos to mention.
Prof. Kramer and his efficient
assistant, Miss Delia Rutherford,
have earned the praise of all
lovers of education by their un
tireing zeal and energy in the
cause of education while at the
head of the McCrory :school.
They are two deserving teachers
and have the esteem and confi
dence of the entire community.
Our little brother E. C. will de
vote his time in the future to the
practice of law, being now locat
ed in the office south of Doctor
McCain, where he invites all in
need of a counsellor to give him
a call. Miss Rutherford left
Friday evening for her home at
Moorefield where she expects to
spend sometime visiting the old
folks. She is deservedly a most
popular young lady; her graces
of person and character with her
amiable disposition have won for
her many warm friends whose
best wishes accompany her
wherever she may be.
“Who stole the ham¥” is the
latest story out. Mr. Williams
says if the ham had not been
such a good one he would not
have cared. It was like this.
Mr. Williams is fond, among
other things, of a nice slice of
ham, and he says he had a nice
ham laying in its accustomed
place when a carnivorous reptile
of the canine persuasion appear
ed at the “ham’s resting place, ”
and, being also very fond of it
appropriated it for himself and
like the old song “he stole the
ham away.” Of course this
brought on trouble, for, as much
as Mr. Williams likes dogs he
likes ham a little better. He im
mediately began to pursue the
prowler and after chasing the
poor, hungry tramp dog through
several gardens, yards; over
bridges’ through swamps, etc.,
he finally saw the dog was a tar
tar and immediately disisted in
his futile attempts to capture
him and restore to himself the
“much-loved ham.” In telling
it to his friends Mr. Williams
says. “By George, if I had only
had my gun that old dog would
have been cut up into hams him
self or mince-meat. A forty acre
field would have had to been
plowed up to bury his ‘scatter
ing remarks’ in, if I had only got
one shot at him.” And we be
lieve it.
“SPRING’
is the time to have ®
your Painting done. Why
not let some one do the
r work who is a practical
PAINTER
S I write signs, hang paper, ®
gj do all kinds of Interior deco
g decorating, in fact anything
usually done by a painter,
j: prices consistent with good
work. Give me a trial.
JOHN O’FALLON
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I am still in the Undertaking business, and it
trill pay you to see me when iranting anything
imny line.
I handle all sizesof Glass, Picture Frames, and
all kinds of Undertaker floods. Satisfaction,
guaranteed in everything.
H. T. RANEY, McCrory, Ark
DOUGHERTY & RIGGS,
Manufacturers of
Buggies, Wagons, and Farming Implements.
A1J kind of repairing, horse-shoeing and job-work
doneon short notice. Weikeep all kinds of amuni
tion, duplicate parts for all kinds of machines.
We are agents for the Buckeye Mowers.
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COOK & CAR1KER,
—DEALERS IN
Fine Wines, Liquors, Cigars, Tobacco.
We handle Peabody, and John Hopkins Rye Whiskies
McCrory, : : : : Arkansas.
G. B. FAKES, Pres. J. H. CROSSETT, Vlce-Pres. FLETCHER LEWIS, Sec. and Tres.
FAKE’S MERCANTILE COMPANY
INCORPORATED
DEALERS IN
General Merchandise.
Agents for Deering Mowers
and Avery Cultivators.
McCrory, *» = Arkansas.
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with goods. We need room.
We are going to sell our entire
stock at reduced price to make
room for our fall stock.
All must go at reduced prices.
Come and be convinced.
LOUIS SHULTZ.
The Leader
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Here we are again.
A full and com plete line of Fancy Groceries,
candies, fruits, chewing gum, etc.
If you are not a customer, ice want you for
one. Wc know we can please you by giving you
best quality of goods, lowest prices, prompt and
courteous treatm ent.
,1 full line of cold drinks. II 'ill serve Ice
Cream every Saturday, also lee Cream Soda
Char!ey Cook’s oJocery.
$1.85 TO MEMPHIS.
On May 27th, 28th, to 30th, the
St. L. I. M. & S. Ey. will sell
round trip tickets from McCrory,
Ark., to Memphis, Tenn., and re
turn for $1.85 for the round trip,
good to return until June 4th.
E. Edwards, Agt.
SUMMER SCHOOL
The Parrish College. Paragould, Ark. opens
June loth 1901. This school offers thorou/h
practical courses in Bookkeeping, Shorth »
Typewriting. Penmanship, Telegraphy, Mathe
matics and English. Students from seven
states during the past six months. Special
rate for summer school. Twelve week’s hoar..
and tuition, 450. YOU cannot afford to miss this
opportunity. Address at once,
H.ii.P>mtrau. i'aiatiould, Ark