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EDITED IN THE INTEREST OF McCRORY and woodruff county
I yOLUMN 4
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, JANUARY 17, 1919.
NUMBER 26
DR. H. P- HARGIS
a ftpr a continued illness of
seVAefal months, Dr H. P. Har
£. a prominent physician of
fS’ city, died at his home at
•i o’clock Wednesday morning.
The funeral services were
conducted by Rev. F. A. Lark
of North Little Rock, assisted
l Rev. F. H. Champion of De
View The remains were laid
to rest in the Fakes Cemetery
Wednesday aftrnoon, attend
ed bv a large concorse of rela
tives and friends. The obitu
ary will appear later.
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notice to woodmen
Having been elected clerk
of Gum Woods Camp, No. 108
of McCrory, I have accepted
same and as the compensation
is small for the work required
I shall expect and demand that
all members who pay monthly
hand or send me ther dues be
fore the first of each month.
It is your duty and not mine :o
look "after this matter and I
shall expect all to act accord
ingly.
Fraternally,
D. M. HUFF. Clerk.
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McCRORY HOME GUARDS
Little, Rock, Ark.,
MeCrory Home Guards:
There has been mailed to
the Bank of MeCrory, checks
payable to those who subscrib
ed to the guards either rifle
pledges or gifts and you should
call at the bank and get yours.
The list as furnished me has
been completed except the
following who are willing to
see if there are any clerical
errors before drawing their
own funds:
C. B. Cook, $10; T. J. Fakes,
$10; W. M. Keating, $10; Dr.
Brewster, $10; T. A. Jeffries,
$10; C. P. Best, $5; so that
we may draw our money the
same as you we request each
member who was on the list
to call at the Bank of McCrory
and get your check.
In the event you contribut
ed and no check has been is
sued to you please write me
personally as the list has been
carefully rechecked and all
names found thereon has been
issued a check for the amount.
C. B. COOK,
Little Hock, Ark.
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Was Weak and Run Down
. I thought my kidneys
miffht be the cause of my
run-down condition and weak
ness writes W. H. Frear, 63
Myrtle Ave., Albany, N. Y.,
so I took Foley Kidney Pills
nnd they did the work. I
cheerfully recommend them.
°u can use my name wher
®?er you wish.” They stop
rheumatic pains. Red Cross
■°ruS Store. \dv
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Howell’s Bitter Tonic at Red
Uoss D™g Store. Advll-15tf
FROM T. H. CARAWAY
Washington, D. C.
January 8, 1919.
Mr. Walter W. Raney.
McCrory, Ark.,
Dear Editor:
1 have for free distribution
the following rare field seeds.
In order that these may reach
those parties most interested, I
wish you would give this space
for publication:
/ 60 four pound packages al
falfa seed, 60 two pound pack
ages cowpea seed, 50 two
pound packages sorghum, 70
two pound packages soybean
seed, 150 one pound packages
Sudan grass seed. 60 two
pound packages velvet bean
seed, 900 quart sacks of cot
ton seed.
I also have for the ladies
about 1,000 packages of flower
seed. These will be given to
those who first apply as long
as the supply lasts.
I wish I could supply each
one all that he may desire but
| since this is the entire supply
I feel that I should send to one
person only one package. They
will be sent to those who first
apply as long as the supply
lasts.
With best wishes, I re
main,
Sincerely yours,
T. H. CARAWAY.
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Mrs. J. F. Morgan and
I daughter, Mrs. T. J. Fakes,
! were Little Rock visitors this
week.
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There is a picture show at
The New Jewel Theatre every
night except Wednesday. The
building is electrically lighted
and well heated and the very
latest pictures are shown,
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! Milliard Crotzer left Mon
day for Norfolk, Va., where
he goes to join his company,
after spending a 20 days fur
lough _in this city the guest of
his father and other relatives
and friends. Milliard expects
to receive an honorable dis
charge from the service in the
near future.
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YOUR HOME PAPER
Does more than any other
single institution to promote
the social and business life of
the community and merits your
support. Advertise in it and
Subscribe for It
and keep posted as to wrhat
is going on in the country, state
and county ; also keep in touch
with what your neighbors are
doing in the home town.
Our subscription prices are:
$1.00 per year, 606 for six
months and 40c for three
months. .
If you have a soldier friend
let us send The Home News to
! him as there is nothing that he
would appreciate more.
THE HOME NEWS.
FROM OSCAR WINFREE
Saizerais, France,
December 19, 1918.
Dear auntie:—
Your letter dated November
3, 1918, is the latest I have had
I am sure you have written sev
eral since the war came to so
an abrupt close. Glad, I know
uoy are, so are we. But I’ll
bet there was not so much
niose and excitement over here
as there was at McCrory, and
the many other places in the
United States.
Not a line from Elma, has
he made no mention of my let
ter to him? The letter has not
been returned so I feel sure
same was received. You should
not call his letters notes, for if
he writes only three lines he
should be given credit for a
long letter. Such a boy, pos
sibly he has no news worth
writing about. His not writ
ing shows that he is acting
natural, if you recall when he
was away at school he would
only write when he was broke.
Had one real big letter day
this week, five in all, yours,
Mrs. Swayze’s, Mrs. Wood,
Miss Annie and one from
Memphis. Possibly you have
no idea what a picnic I had.
This was the best day I have
had in France. You can’t im
tnagine how much a letter does
for a ^eHow. If he happens
to be feeling bad, thor; ho for
gets all else, and the smile is
ci.rugh to tell all that a letter
from HOME has arrived.
I send the Stars and Stripes
to you every week, do you ever
receive it? Also many pic
tures and cards that your let
ter dated November 3, should
have mentioned if they have
been received. If any articles
of any kind that I send, you
receive, please always men
tion. I feel that many do not
get to you. As to letters, there
has not been a week since I
sailed that I have not written
often as many as four and five
each week.
This is one of France s real
cold days, it has been snowing
sleeting and raining. The
rain has been popular for sev
eral days. I know uncle is
having a great time nodding
these cold December days.
Gee! I envy him. nothing
would suit me better than to
pull my chair alongside his
and really sleep. The boys in
the billets say I snore awful.
You may tell him I caught this
from him. And to please not
run the car so much. He will
be all tired of riding before I
get back.
I have slept in so many dif
ferent places, trains, boxcars,
barns, henhouses, fields, old
school buildings, etc., that now
I can sleep any old place.
Barns are my favorites, and
the one place I usually land
when dark arrives. I now have
a scheme for fixing up a billet
in the barn at home. Why
not? Elma and myself will
neve** become accustomed to
a real bed, and the fixtures
that go with the same.
When on a furlough during
the training period in the
States, you will recall that I
complained of not being able
to sleep, as the bed was so soft
if the conditions were such at
that time, well think what it
will be by the time I sail for
Arkansas. No use to keep on
writing such, you con easily
tell what I have in mind this
evening.
With all the rain and bad
weather, I feel great all the
time. If the weather would
only change to the sunny kind
I would feel good sure enough.
Please tell Mrs. Wood that
I enjoyed her letter ever so
much and that I wrote to Mr.
Wood and her before they did
me. No doubt they have re
ceived my letter by this time.
A letter from Annie Sue and
Ruth Powell arrived yester
day. This certainly has been
one lucky week for me. Look
ing forward to a package from
Miss Adams, as she states
same left the last of October.
uon t worry aoout tne a.
P. O. No’s. I always send the
change of address to the old
numbers and they are prompt
about forwarding our mail.
Mrs. Swayze mentioned that
you were very lucky to have
good help. Sure glad for I
know you should not be both
ered with the kitchen. Only
get more help-on your staff,
that is, if you have only the
one cook, it will take, I should
say, roughly speaking, three
fast cooks to keep the supply
of food on hand, and on the
table, this during the period
of our first month at hom(T.
During the second month you
may reduce the cooking staff
to two, that is, if they are real
fast, and can turn out hot bis
* cuits at a very fast rate. The
j third month, well, I can’t say,
| if I feel at any time as I do
; at the present writing you may
dismiss them all, and send a
report to read as follows.:
missing in action, last seen at
the table in dining room.”
' Don’t read this part to uncle
he will get sick, and will say:
I “I know from the way you
i boys eat, that you have not had
a square meal in months.”
In my last letter, I did not
think it would be Saizarais,
when I next wrote, but here I
am and the prospects are still
| good for a change. The army
I of occupation is likely to be
I any place from Paris to Ber
lin. Really no news.
Oceans of love to all,
OSCAR.
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Eversharp pencils and Wahl
Tempoint fountain pens at
Carson’s. adv. l-174t
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Don’t forget the matinee at
The New Jewel every Satur
jday afternoon from 1 to 5
o’clock. Continuous show.
Come and stay until you have
seen it all.