THE HOME NEWS
EDITED IN THE INTEREST OF McCRORY AND WOODRUFF COUNTY
VOLUMN 4
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, AUGUST 9. 1918.
NUMBER 3
FROM WALTER B. HUFF
Writes From the Firing Line In
France and Tells of Being
Visited by German Plane
Somewhere in France,
July 2, 1918.
Dear Home Folks:
Just after mailing your letter
written at the school, I receiv
ed yours of May 15 with the
Home News. You cannot im
magine how glad I was to have
a note, the third to reach me
since my arrival. Arrived here
this morning after being up for
two nights traveling. Not that
I was traveling all that time,
but on the train occupying a
compartment with five others
where we could get about as
much rest as in a caboose of a
cattle train. However, upon
arrival got a good room in an
almost abandoned hotel where
before the war tourists were
accustomed to crowd. In fact
we are now in a tourist center,
but no tourists. Had a good
nights rest. Go out to my com
pany tonight. Have heard from
them, they are getting along
fine. There are a great many
things that I would like to send
back in the way of souvenirs,
etc. Have the most beautiful
hand made laces in the world
I have just been down watch
ing an old lady make it. Very
few of the natives are left here
it being so near the front, the
town has been taken and re
taken several times already.
The first thing we saw on get
ting off the train was the sta
tion and buildings there about
spotted with bullet holes, every
window in the station has been
broken out. Had not been here
an hour before a Boche aero
plane came over to see what
he could learn, but when a few
machine guns and a big gun
or two turned loose in his path
he beat a hasty retreat and
never showed up any more.
I told you the other day of
the two aviators fall and burn
up. I went to the funeral that
afternoon. Never saw such a
crowd at a funeral. In addi
tion to the U. S. and French
soldiers a more than equal
number of French women and
children from the town went.
A very impressive ceremony
was held at the cemetery,
where for more than a thous
and years the French have
been burying. While the cof
fins were being lowered other
aviators circled above and
dropped flowers. Then after
the ceremony the graves were
covered with flowers by the
French women.
Would have appreciated
nothing more than the kodak
pictures. Am enclosing an
ideatification card I carry with
me at all times.
Mention if you receive the
money I wired in your next two
or three letters, some never
reach me. Your letters are
not censored however.
Au Revoir
WALTER B. HUFF
LIEUT. WALTER B. HUFF
COUNTY’S INDEBTED
NESS IS DECREASING
We call the attention of our
readers this week to the finan
cial statement of Woodruff
county which we publish in this
issue. As will be noted the out
standing indebtedness under
our present administration has
been cut more than half. The
indebtedness July 1, 1917 was
$11,011.52 and on July 1, 1918
it was only $5,220.16. The
statement is a lasting record
complimentary to the work of
the present officials in charge
of our county affairs.
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STORK BUSY AGAIN
The stork has been working
over time in this section of late,
twins having been born at the
following homes recently:
Monday, July 29, 1918, to
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Harris, of
Jelks, twin girls.
To Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Crot
zer of Grays, a boy and girl.
To Mr. and Mrs. Ed Cobb, of
near McCrory, twin boys.
To Soloman Jones and wife,
col., twin girls.
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Alleged Slacker Held
L. L. Wiggins of near Mor
ton, Woodruff County, was
brought before Commissioner
Allen Thursday afternoon by
Deputy United States Marshal
Philip Eurns on a charge of
failing to register. It was tes
tified that he was under age,
but there was not enough proof
to justify releasing Wiggins.
He was unable to furnish the
$250.00 bond and was sent to
the county jail — Arkansas
Democrat, Little Rock, July 26.
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Mr. C. E. Riggs was a Mem
phis visitor Sunday.
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Miss Florence Kyle return
ed today, Friday, after having
been the charming guest oi
Miss Florence Gartrelle ir
Memphis this week.
MRS. B. Y. WATSON
As a result of having under
went an operation, Mrs. Lena
Watson, age 34 years, wife of
Mr. Ben Y. Watson of Jelks,
died at the St. Joseph’s Hos
pital in Memphis, Monday, j
August 5, 1918, at 2:57 o’clock
a. m.
The remains were shipped to
McCrory, where the funeral
services were held Tuesday
afternoon at the home of her
brother, Mr. Henry Holland,
after which the remains were
laid to rest in the Fakes Ceme
tery, a large concourse of rela
tives and friends attending.
The deceased was a good
Christian lady and leaves a
husband, six children, a moth
er, Mrs. S. E. Holland of Mc
Crory, four sisters, Mesdames
J. W. Neeley and R. W. War
ner of McCrory, and Marvin
Miller of Washington, D. C.,
and Miss Elizabeth Holland of
McCrory, and three brothers,
Messrs Henry Holland of Mc
| Crory, O. J. Holland of Stutt
gart and John Holland of Hoi
I ly Grove to mourn her loss.
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Dr. J. W. Morris and son,
Jerald, spent the week-end in
Searcy the guests of relatives.
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Miss Hattie Moore arrived
! Wednesday from Hartselle,
Ala., to visit her sister, Mrs. R.
C. Thompson.
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S. E. Fountain and family
and Mrs. Annie Anderson and
daughter, motored to Cherry
Valley Sunday.
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Mrs. Mollie Powell left last
Friday for Winsboro, La.,
where she is spending a few
weeks the guest of her daugh
ter, Mrs. Williard Eckhardt.
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| According to the causalty
list published in the daily pa
pers, we learn of the death of
Jessie J. Gorman of Fitzhugh,
who has been killed in action
upon the battlefields in France.
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News was received here this,
Friday morning of the death of
! Mrs. A. C. Duncan, daughter
of Mr. S. C. Covngton of Tip.
She died in a hospital August
9, 1918, in Shreveport, La.
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Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Dough
erty and Mr. and Mrs. R. A.
Drewery left in their cars Sun
j day for a few weeks visit to
friends and relatives in New
burn, Covington, and other
Tennessee towns.
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Walter W. Raney has pur
chased the two tracts of land
lying just south of the railroad
in McCrory from the Missouri
Pacific Railway Co., and will
f open up same into business and
. residence lots which will be a
i great boost for our town.
DRAINAGE MEETING
As per their last promise, the
commissioners, Messrs R.J.Kib
ler, J.F.Shue and F.W.Beede,
of the Bayou DeView Drainage
District, met in McCrory yes
terday, Thursday, for the pur
pose of allowing the tax payers
who are interested an opportu
nity of seeing and having read
the contract and bond for the
construction of the ditch.
No publicity of the meeting
had been given, however, and
only a few attended the meet
ing which was held at the Bank
of McCrorv.
When Dr. R. L. Fraser who
acted as speaker for the tax
payers asked that the bond and
contract be left at the Bank of
McCrory for the purpose of al
lowing Attorney Campbell who
represents the tax payers an
opportunity to look them over,
his request was denied. The
Attorney for the District, Mr.
Geo. A. Burr, stated that it was
his opinion that the tax payers
desired to institute legal pro
ceedings and for that reason
he was against leaving the
documents at the bank. He
also stated that the commis
sioners and himself would very
gladly welcome any offer or
suggestion to get the ditch
completed. He stated that Cole
man Brothers, the contractors,
had assured him that they
would be moving dirt in dig
ging the ditch within ninety
! days, Mr. Beede offered to pay
1 half the cost of a trip to Cot
1 ton Plant for the purpose of al
lowing Mr. Campbell to look
over the documents.
The bond and contract was
presented and read in full and
The Home News has been
| promised a copy of same to be
| published in full in this paper
| next week. We believe that
the meeting was beneficial for
the district and we know that
the publication of these docu
ments will set aside a great
j amount of argument pro and
con relative to the work.
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Mr. H. D. Swayze has been
appointed deputy food admin
istrator for this section of the
county.
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Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Dilliard
and children left in their Over
land yesterday, Thursday, for
Hot Springs to spend a few
weeks.
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Mr. L. F. Maynard who has
been holding the position of
bookkeeper for the Mullens
Wholesale Grocery at Jelks,
has resigned his place with this
firm and moved to Parkin,
where he has accepted a posi
tion as cashier of the Parkin
Home Bank. Mr. Maynard is
an honest and reliable gentle
man of much experience and
will prove an efficient em
ployee of the latter institution
where we wish him every suc
cess possible.