THE HOME NEWS
EDITED IN THE INTEREST OF McCRORY AND WOODRUFF COUNTY
VOLUME 6
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1921
NUMBER 43
McCRORY high loses
TO PARKIN 3 TO 1
The McCrory High School
Ball Team lost their first game
this season this afternoon in
a fast clean game with Parkin
High, the .visitors winning
three to one. Following is the
line-up and score by innings:
McCrory Pos. Parkin
G. Morris .lb.Boyd
H. Wilson .ss—DeLashmint
S. Thompson —.3b.Fields
T. Hamilton ....p.HarryKelly
N,Taylor .rf.Windham
F Lewis .2b....HenryKelly
G.Wood .—cf.Mallard
V.Jeffries .If.Lambert
E.Wood .c.Williams
Score by Innings
McCrory ....0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0—1
Parkin .2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0—3
Strikeouts: Hamilton 12;
Kelly, 18. Base on balls: Ham
ilton 1; Kelly 1. Two-base
hits: Morris, 1. Double plays:
Hamilton to Lewis to Morris.
Umpires: Greer and Fakes.
Mrs. Rosa Mitchell who is
in a hospital in Little Rock is
reported as being dangerously
ill.
Mr. W. J. Mitchell was sum
monsed to the bedside of his
mother in Little Rock Thurs
day.
Misses Ollie Bryant and
Myrtle Best spent Sunday in
Judsonia the guests of friends
and relatives.
Mrs. J. W. Mullens and two
sons, Audry and Roy, have
gone to Hot Springs to spend
a few wefeks for their health.
Mr. Chas. Elbrick who has
been visiting home folks in
South Carolina returned to
McCrory Sunday for a visit to
friends.
Misses Pauline and Ottie
Huff returned today, Friday,
from Cullman, Ala., where
they have been teaching in
the high school which has just
closed. They were re-elected
for the next term.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Bryant
and two children, C. E. Jr. and
Jimmie Best, will arrive to
morrow, Saturday from Boori
ville for a visit to friends and
relatives.
Miss Florence Dawson of
El Dorado arrived' Tuesday
and is the guest of Miss Ber
nice Matthews. Miss Daw
son was a teacher in our
school last year.
Mrs. T. L. Summers of Mc
Clelland, is spending this
week with her mother, Mrs.
H. A. Daniel. She spent
the first of the week with
Judge and Mrs. J. F. Sum
mers at Augusta, and was ac
companied home Thursday
bv her little brother, Master
Edward Summers.
WOODRUFF COUNTY
Ex-Service Men
AND CITIZENS
You are Invited and Requested to Hear
FRANK L. WHITMAN
Field Representative, National Head
quarters American Legion, at
McCrory, Sat. Night,
MAY 14th.
A MASS MEETING
Will be held and everyone is cordially
invited. No admission.
THE SPIRIT OF SEVENTY-SIX
OR
THE COMING WOMAN
Presented by the S. I. A. of McCrory, Tuesday Evening,
May 10, 1921, School Auditorium
PERSONS IN THE PLAY
Tom Carberry .Just from China
ROY MITCHEM
Mr. Wigfall .A Hen Pecked Husband
DANE ANGUS
Mrs. Wigfall .His Wife, The Judge
MRS. H. W. JERNIGAN
Victorine Wigfall
LOIS VAUGHT
Their Daughter
Wolverine Griffin The Judge’s Sister Who Proposes to Carberry
REBECCA WITHERINGTON
Mrs. Badger .A Widow, The Assessor
MISS CAZORT
Baby Wigfall .'.
VANCE MAYNARD THOMPSON, Jr.
SYNOPSIS
ACT I. A waiting room in a railway station. Tom
Carberry arrives from China after an absence of ten years.
ACT II. Drawing room in Mr. Wigfall’s house in
Boston. Mr. Wigfall darning socks. Mrs. Wigfall urges her
daughter to propose to Tom Carberry.
ACT III. Drawing room in Mr. Wigfall’s house.
Wolverine Griffin proposes to Tom Carberry. Mrs. Badger
insists that he marry her and she will exempt him from the
Bachelor’s Tax. The duel. Carberry takes a wife.
KEATING ACCUSED
BY PROHI AGENTS
Declare Booze Was Stolen in
New Orleans While He
Was There
New Orleans, La., May 12.—
All liquor missing from the
storeroom of the local prohi
bition department was stolen
during the regime of Maj. R.
B. Keating, Theodore Jaques
declared today. Major Keat
ing was in charge of the local
office approximately two
months. During his absence,
Jaques, present assistant su
pervising prohibition officer,
said. He declared that the
key to the storeroom was easily
obtainable by the agents while
! Major Keating was in charge
! and that the liquor disappear
ed during that time.—Arkan
sas Gazette.
Major Keating recently re
| signed as assistant supervising
j prohibition agent of the south
! western district and it is said,
that he will be associated with
, the State Highway Depart
ment of Arkensas in an offi
cial capacity.
Mr. Wess Mitchell of Little
Rock was a McCrory visitor
! the first of the week.
GENERAL DIRECTORY
Courts—Northern District
CIRCUIT COURT—Third Monday in
j February and August,
j CHAJiCERY COURT—Second Mon
day in January, May and member.
COUNTY COURT—First Monday in
January, April, July and October.
PROBATE COURT-Fourth Monday
in January, April, July and October.
Courts—Southern District
CIRCUIT COURT—First Monday in
March and September.
CHANCERY COURT—Third Monday
in January, May and -•ember.
COUNTY COURT—Second Monday in
January, April, July and October.
PROBATE COURT—First Monday
following that of the Northern Dis
District and Co. Officials
i Circuit Judge.J. M. Jackson
Pros.Atty.John E. Miller
, ChanceryJudge AyL. Hutchins
j State Senator, .Ed Roddy
Representative -E. W. Chaney
! Sheriff and Col., W. N. Wilkes
’ County Judge ....E, M. Carl-Lee
County Clerk .Roy Mitchell
| Circuit Clerk, ....Geo.Haralson
Treasurer .E. E. Blaylock
| Surveyor, .Alex Beilis
! Assessor.Chas. Jackson
Sup’t Schools ....J, T. Caughley
McCrory City Officials
i Mayor .Dr. C. P. Harris
Marshal, ..O. Settlemoir
Recorder .V. E. Huff
Treasurer, ....Geo. W. Barber
Aldermen: R. A. Drewery,
Geo.Raymond, H.P. Riggs,Jr.,
W. P. Musgrove and T. E. Dye.
School Directors
McCRORY SPECIAL — J.
P. Taylor, Pres.; G. G. Mc
Crory, Sec.; L. J. Dilliard, W.
O. Scales, D. M. Huff and
Walter W. Raney.
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