the home news
Published every Friday at McCrory, Ark.
WALTER W. RANEY, Ed. and Pub.
Subscription $1.00 per Year in Advance.
Phone: 40
Entered as second-class mat
or August 26, 1915, at .the post
tnce at McCrory, Ark., under
he Act of March 3, 1879.
FRIDAY, OCT. 4, 1918
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The Home News’ Service Flag
TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS
You can very easily tell by
the figures opposite your
name on this paper when
your subscription expires or
has already expired. The
first figure or figures represent
the month and the last figure
or figuress represent the year
to which your subscriptiion is
paid. All subscriptions ex
pire on the first day of some
month. For example, we
give you the following: John
Doe is a good subscriber and
always keeps his subscription
paid in advance and we find
his paper marked in this man
ner: “John Doe, 10-19.”
He has renewed his subscrip
tion and from the above fig
ures it is paid up in advance
to the 1st day of October, 1919.
The “10” represents the tenth
the 19 represents the year
1919. His subscription like
all others on our list expires
on the first of the month, there
tore John is in good standing
with us untilOctober 1, 1919.
John Jones is also another
good subscriber to this paper
but John has neglected to re
new his ' subscription and we
tind him marked up on our
large list in this manner:
“John Jones, 9-17.” This
shows that his subscription ex
pired on the first day of the
9th Month which was Septem
ber, 1917. As soon as he reads
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this article, we know he will
either come and bring or send
us the necessary amount to
place him in good standing
on our books, and if your sub
scription is in arreas like
John’s, we are sure you will
also see us at once.
The government has ordered
the weekly newspapers to cut
down their consumption of
paper fifteen to twenty per
cent beginning on September
15, in order to conserve paper
for war purposes. The Home
News will comply with the
above instructions and we are
going to ask our readers to see
that their subscriptions are
paid up and in advance if they
wish The Home News to con
tinue to visit them hereafter.
! Every name on our list was
paid in advance before we sent
the paper and we know you
wanted The Home News, else
you would not have paid us
for it in advance before having
it sent to you. There are'
several whose subscriptions
are in arreas but we have not
I bothered you with any state-/
ments or “duns”and have con
tinued to send the News to you
each week fully believing
I that Vfiil wnntpH anrl will ncnr
! for the same and now that the
government has ordered us to I
, stop all in arreass, we hope !
; you will attend to this matter
I at once. Should you not want I
I your paper any longer and owe :
j us some back subscription, be
the man that you should be and 1
send us the amount you owe
and tell us you don’t care for
the paper any more.
Remember, if you wish the
| News to continue to visit you,
; don’t send just the exact
i amount you owe, but send that
i amount ^together with enough
*to pay up your subscription for j
some six months or a year
in advance. The price is
$1.00 a year, 60 cents for six
months and 40 cents for three
months.
Look at the expiration date i
opposite your name on this
paper and if you are in arreas
and want the paper, come and
! attend to the matter at once or
isend us the amount by mail,
| or we will be compelled to
1 discontinue your paper. This
is the order received by us
from the government and we j
! of course must and will com
! ply with it.
| These instructions come
i from the government and must
be complied with. The Home
News in the future as in the
past, will stand ready to do i
all m its power to carry uuu
the war policy and help in
every phase of the work that
it can in giving publication to
: its various works and needs.
If you desire to keep up with
the calls of the new draft law
you will want The Home
News, as it is our intention to
assist the Board by publishing
the registrants and their calls j
when issued by the board.
We trust that you will con
tinue to be a reader of The
Home News in the future as in
the past, and will look after
the matter at once and not al
low your name to be dropped
from the list.
This is our last notice to you
please attend to it at once.
FROM RUE P. WISE
Base Hospital 27, A. E. F.,
August 29, 1918.
Mrs. W.J.Vanlandingham,
McCrory, Arkansas.
Dear Mother:—
I am in an American hospit
al, having been wounded in my
leg. I am geting on very well,
improving every day. I have
good treatment, as good as if I
were at home, and good Amer
ican food.
I hope to be able to be up
and about in three or four
weeks and then come back
home. All the doctors and
nurses here are Americans too.
Don’t be uneasy about me
because everything is all right.
I am not so seriously wounded.
It just takes time to get
straightened up. I am not do
ing the writing, but a Y. M. C.
A. Secretary, I feel so nervous
to write at oresent.
Be sure and answer as soon
as you get this because I am
mighty anxious to hear from
you, and I haven’t had a letter
from you since I left the states.
They are now preparing to
dress my wound so can’t write
any more. Give my love to
all the folks. Your Son,
PVT. RUE P. WISE,
Co. E, 38th. Infantry,
American Ex. Forces.
-BUY BONDS
NOTICE
To all who expect to enter
livestock in the County Fair,
do not forget to notify the Sec
retary on or before Saturday,
October 5. This was printed
in the catalogue but for fear
that you might overlook it I
have again reminded you of
same.
H. D. ANGUS, Secretary.
RED CROSS NOTES
During the past week the
Red Cross has shipped the
last piece of work on hand.
The shipment from the sewing
room contained 15 boys’ suits
15 pairs Freeh Foot Slippers
and 20 Comfort Kits, also a
large box of knitted garments
was shipped. This finishes
our quota for the three months,
ending Sept. 30th. We now
have a call for a large quanti
ty of bed linen and towels for
the hospitals.
j The people responded very
generously to the call for
i clothes for the destitute
French and Belgians. We
shipped to the committee for
| Belgian relief, a 540 pound
box of clothing, about 475
pieces, many of them new, and
1 many of them almost as good
as new. When we got through
! packing this box, we were
cross red workers and Red
Cross workers too.
i -BUY BONDS
CHURCH CONFERENCE
Sunday evening, October,
6, 1918, at 8:00 p. m., every
s member of the church is re
| quested to be present and a
hearty welcome to all others.
■ Interests of vital importance,
1 be sure to be present.
J. R. NELSON, Pastor.
-BUY BONDS
TO BOND BUYERS
Persons who subscribed for
bonds of the Third Liberty
Loan on the partial payment
plan and who have not com
pleted their payments are re
quested to call and do so at
once and receive their bonds.
BANK OF McCRORY.
THE UNIVERSAL CAR
Take good care of your Ford. The
war is reducing the out put of motor
cars, therefore see that your present
Ford is kept in smooth running condi
tion that you may get the full satisfac
tory service it is built to give. Bring
it to us that our experienced workmen
may keep it in first class order. They
know how to do it. We use only gen
uine Ford materials and make Ford
factory prices. Let us take care of
your Ford and it will serve you fine
every day in the year.
RIGGS BROTHERS, McCrory, Arkansas