NEWS
THE INTEREST OF McCRORY AND WOODRUFF COUNTY
VOLUMN 4
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, FRIDAY, FEB. 14, 1919.
NUMBER 30
HELP
Mothers, we need your heln
tu] we want you children to
help carry on this work which
' „not be carried or. without
them The children muse have
somewhere to pro. Would you
just as soon they would be at
church for one hour in the
afternoon doing:
as to spend all
playing around
just where they
fhpv are doing.
Christian work
the afternoon
not knowing
are or what
This auxiliary shall be call
ed the Children’s Society of
McCrory Church, auxiliary to
North Conference Society of
t h e Woman’s Missionary
Council of the Methodist Epis
copal Church, South.
The object of the auxiliary
shall be to hasten the comm?
of the kingdom of God thro’
the world by giving the child
ren of the Church missionary
education, training them for
Christian service, and by cul
tivating in them habits of liber
al and systematic giving and
or daily Bible study and
prayer.
The Childrens Auxiliary
shall consist of Baby and
Junior Divisions, under the
direction of the Second Vice
President of the Woman’s Mis
sionary Auxiliary whose work
shall be correlated with that
of the Conference Second Vice
President. All membership,
mite box and other undirected
funds shall be sent through the
Conference Treasurer, to be
prorated by the Council on the
basis of forty per cent to home
and sixty per cent to foreign
work.
Any child six years ot age
or under may become a mem
ber of the Baby Division upon
the payment of an enrollment
lee of twenty five cents. Each
member of the baby division
shall be furnished with a mite
box for voluntary offerings.
The mite boxes shall be open
ed and their contents sent by
the treasurer of the Junior Di
vision quarterly to the Confer
ence Treasurer. Where there
is no Junior Division through
which to report, the second
vice president of the Adult
Auxiliary shall send the mon
ey of the baby division to the
conference treasurer.
Any one may become a life
member of th baby division of
the Children’s Auxiliary by
the payment of five dollars.
Provided the money be paid
that specific purpose. It
sha!l not be included in the
Picdge nor in any special as
sumed by individuals or that
urns been assigned to the babv
division of the Children’s Aux
lhary.
Names of children may be
Jyaced on the memorial roll by
gift of ten dollars.
_ special meetings for the
i^^rs of the baby division
‘V . e arranged by the sec
An M*ce President of the adult
auxiliary, at which time in
pinational programs shall be
I presented.
i Members of the baby divi
sion, at the age of six years,
shall be promoted to the jun
ior division and shall be given
certificates of promotion.
The second vice president
of the Adult Auxiliary shall
have charge of the baby divi
sion.
Any child between the ages
of six and fourteen may be
jcome a member of the Junior
Division of the Children’s Aux
; liiary by giving regularly,
; prayer, service, and a stated
monthly offerng to missions.
Each member of the Junior
Division shall be furnished a
mite box for voluntary offer
ings. Mite boxes shall be
opened quarterly, and the con
tents, with all other offerings
shall be sent to the Confer
ence Treasurer.
The officers of the Junior
! Division shall be a president,
;two vice presidents, a corres-i
' ponding secretary, a treasurer j
and superintendents of study!
and publicity and of social af
j fairs. These officers, with the |
I second vice president of the
Adult Auxiliary, shall hold a |
i meeting of the committee of j
the Children’s Auxiliary.
The Junior Division shall
;meet at least twice a month to
itvpnpnct, necessary business
and to follow the line of study i
arranged by the Woman’s Mis-,
sionary Council, for which j
programs shall be arranged. |
At the close of each quarter |
the second vice president of
the Adult Auxiliary shall hold j
a meeting of the Executive
Committee of the Junior Divi
sion to see that the work of
the quarter is correctly and
i
promptly repuruju me pi up-,
er officers. The first regular
monthly meeting of the year;
shall be devoted to making of j
plans and financial pledges for .
the new year’s work.
The president shall ^preside j
at the meeting of the auxiliary <
and in every way advance its
interests. In the absence of
the president one of the vice
presidnts shall preside.
The first vice president shall
assist in the work of the baby
division. The second vice
president shall be agent for
the Young Christian Worker.
The corresponding secreta
ry shall conduct the correspon
dence of the auxiliary and
promote Christian stewardship
and shall report quarterly to
the district secretary. The
corresponding secretary shall
send the names and addresses
of all newly elected officers to
the district secretary.
The recording secretary
shall keep a record of the reg
ular and called meetings of
the auxiliary and shall see
that each meeting is properly
announced.
The treasurer shall collect
all funds of the auxiliary and
j keep a ledger account of the
same, and shall remit to the
conference treasurer quarter
continued on page three)
THE INCOME TAX
That there will be no gen
eral extension of time beyond
March 15th for the filing of
returns and for the payment of
income and excesss profits tax
due on that date, Is the deci
sion of Daniel C. Roper, com
missioner of Internal Revenue.
The announcement was made
by collector Jack Walker im
mediately following the ap
proval by the Senate and the
House of the report of the con
ferees on the new Revenue
Bill.
it is necessary to get the
initial tax payments in by the
15th of March,” says commis
sioner Roper. “No other course
is possible. Some months ago
the Treasury issued certificat
es of indebtedness to an
amount approximating $800,
000,000, maturing March 15.
The first payment of the In
come and Excess Profits taxes
for 1918 was planned for that
date, to meet this huge obliga
tion.
“The American people have
proven that there is no emer
gency too great to be met and
solved by co-operation. This
present situation is another
emergency which can be over
come by co-operative effort.
The bureau extends its every
force toward this end, and I
am relying upon the people to
meet the situation wholeheart
edly.
“The Internal Revenue Bu
reau must carry out the pro
gramme prescribed in the new
[aw, which requires all returns
for 1918 to be filled out on or
before March 15th, 1919. and
requires the first quarterly
payment or the entire pay
ment to be made on or before
that date.
Hi very laxuayer wnu eau
possibly do so is urged to make
fall payment of his income tax
on or before March 15. The
quarterly payment method is
intended for taxpayers whose
financing of the tax at one
time would tend to upset local
financial conditions.
“The approval of the re
nort of the conferees by the
S?nate and House of Repre
sentatives bringi the new rev
enue bill to the point where it
may be assured to be law. The
Internal Revenue Bureau has
been making preparations to
collect the taxes which it pro
vides, and ts now putting all
of its efforts into aiding the
taxpayers to fulfill the obliga
tions imposed.
“The Bureau has arranged
to send an advisory force of
several thousand of deputies
and agents to assist taxpayers.
These officers will be stationed
at convenient points where
they may be consulted with
out charge. Taxpayers should
take the initiative and get in
touch with these revenue men
for any needed advice and as
sistance in preparing returns.
“The forms for the tax re
turns are being printed and all
SCHOOL REPORT
Following is the report of
the High School of McCrory,
for the months of January and
February of this year:
Number of days taught, 20;
number of pupils enrolled to
date, 277; number of pupils
enrolled this month 20; num
ber of pupils counted as mem
bers this month 239; number
of cases of tardiness 39; num
ber punished, none; number
either tardy or absent 56;
number of teachers absent or
tardy, none; average daily at
tendence, 195; per cent of at
tendence, 81; visits by direct
ors, one.
Month ending February 7:
Number days taught, 20; num
ber of pupils enrolled to date,
298; number pupils enrolled
this month, 268; cases of tar
diness, 61; neither absent or
tardy, 85; average daily atten
dence, 232; per cent of atten
dence 87; cases of tardiness
of teachers reported, none;
actual cases of tardiness of
teachers 5, visits by directors,
three.
ROY R. WITT, Supt.
-Buy W.S.S.
PUMPKIN BEND NEWS
A crowd of young people
went to Mr. Chandler’s Mon
day and went kodaking in the
snow. They did not enjoy it
as they would if Ola Quinn
could have been along.
We don’t know hat to think
Jim Stracner was not at his
usual place Sunday, we sup
pose he went to see someone
at Morton.
Bud Blackstone got his arm
broke Saturday when a pair of
young mules ran away with
him.
We are going to have a
string band in Pumpkin Bend
as soon as we can order our in
struments. Every body come
and hear us play.
Emmett Taylor was a visitor
in Pumpkin Bend last week,
he went down to Mr. Chan
dler’s and played the guitar
everybody enjoyed it very
much.
Elma and Bertha Holt in
tended to visit in Pumpkin
Bend Sunday but they were
disappointed as the weather
was to bad for them to come.
A crowd of young folk went
down to Mr. Tuck’s last Sat
urday night to hear the victro
la, they had a lovely time wad
ing the mud.
-Buy WS.S.
One registered, big type
big bone long bodied Politic
Poland China boar pig for
sale. You will win if the last
word is from Walnut Land
Stock Farm, W. M. Comer &
Son, Props. adv. l-104t
forms will be in the hands of
collectors between February
15, and March 1.”