ENTHUSIASTIC GOOD
ROADS MEETING
(Continued from front page)
proposed district.
W. E. Jelks, who is very much
interested in seeing the road
built, spoke in favor of having a
preliminary survey made and he
was followed by M. H. Patterson
of Jelks who said that the pres
ent assessor’s books be checked
and learn the valuation of the
property. In speaking of the
road district, he said the last leg
islature raised the limit of assess
ment from 25 to 30 per cent un
der the Arnold Road Law.
Mr. Patterson spoke of the
failure recently of the Augusta
Tupelo road and said further
that it had been found that one
mile of rock road located three
miles from a railway station cost
as much as three miles of road
located at a station. He favor-!
ed only one mile oi territory
north and south of the road con
stituting the district as against a
mile and a half It was his opin
ion that incorporated towns could
not be included in road improve
ment districts, but that he would
make bond to build a rock road
through his town of Jelks.
Mr. Patterson stated as a mat
ter of information to those pre
sent that he had talked with
Mr, Dean of the Iron Mountain
Rv. Co. and that he thought the
railroads would not object but
would favor the proposition inas
much as they would haul the
rock which is equal to more than
three times the cost of the same.
He said he purchased a few cars
for the road at Jelks and it cost
him $10.00 a car with $36.00
freight to be added. He estimat
ed it would take 30 cars to the
mile and with nothing paid for
distributing the rock the average
cost would be about $1,500. per
mile. He said the railroad was
assessed at $2,400. per mile and !
suggested that the section line1
which almost parallels the rail
road be made the dividing or cen
ter line of the district.
Alderman C. E. Riggs was
the only member of the town
council present and he suggested
that if neccessary for the town
to be included in the district that
the town surrender its charter.
This was met with hearty ap-;
plause and caused a ripple of j
laughter to spread over the audi-!
ence, whereupon Mr, Patterson j
suggested that the people of
Jelks might postpone their peti-1
tion for incorporation in order to I
get into the district. j
J. F. Morgan, an ever-ready j
booster for any good improve- j
ment and who owns land located
in the heart of the proposed dis- j
trict, made a motion which was
seconded by Mr. Lewis, and pre
vailed, that the Chairman ap
point a committee of three to as
certain from the assessor’s books
the valuation of all the property
lying within the district. Said
committee to also confer with
the county judge and ask that a
survey be made. Mr. Jeffries
appointed J. H. Crossett, J. F.
Morgan end M. H. Patterson.
It was decided by those present
that the committee find the value
of the property, the name of
owner and number of acres,
within one mile of the section
line which the road will parallel
and also the property, name of
owner and acres within a mile
and a half of same.
A motion offered by J. L.
Bronte and seconded by W. E.
Jelks prevailed that the County
Judge be asked to have a survey
of the proposed road made at
once. The meeting adjourned to
meet again next Monday, June,
19, at one o’clock.
Ihe meeting proved a most
enthusiastic one and everyone
seemed willing to enter into an
improvement district plan to se
cure the road so much coveted
and so badly needed. It is grat
ifying to note that our people
have seemingly grasped the bet
ter roads idea and that steps are
now being made to make the
same a realization. The follow
ing were among those who at
tended:
T. A. Jeffries, W. E. Jelks, W.
G. Hilliard, J. H. Crossett, C. W.
McCrory, J. W. Lee, W. 0.
Scales, A. Comer, J. L. Bronte,
G. D. Harris, G. L. Carson, H.
P. Riggs, C. Carter of Riverside,
W. B. Fakes, M. H. Patterson
of Jelks, E. E. Jeffries, T. C.
Bull, H. D. Angus, N. E. Wher
ry, J. E. Atkinson, J. T. Atkin
son, F. Lewis, T. N. Taylor, Pete
Barber, C. E. Lee, H. A. Wal
ker, H. M. Wafford, Jas. Pen
dergist, Wm. Shankle, Granville
Yarbrough and W. W. Raney.
Hansford Rhodes was in Jud
sonia and Newport last week.
Miss Joe Verhoff, milliner, of
Rector, arrived Saturday and is
the guest of Mrs. Geo.-Rardin.
Dr. R. T. Gephart of Cotton
Plant was a McCrory visitor
Tuesday.
Judd Johnson will leave Sun
day for Drumwright, Okla., to
seek employment in the oil fields.
Norman Stark and Lynn Jimer
son are home from Conway
where they spent a year in Hen
drix College.
The first car of sheep ever
shipped from McCrory was load
ed by the McCrory Feed & Pro
duce Co., Saturday and sent to
the St. Louis markets. The ship
ment consisted mostly of bucks
and the above company will re
ceive a car of ewes in a short
time.
Four Score Years.
Died: Sunday morning about
five o’clock, June, 11 1916, at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. Pete
Stephens, of Jelks, Mr. J. A.
Mullens, aged 80 years. The
deceased was one of our oldest
and highly respected citizens,
and was a member of the Metho
dist Church. He served as a
soldier in the Confederate army
and leaves one daughter, Mrs.
Stephens, of Jelks; three sons,
R. A. Mullens of Mayhew, Miss.,
G. M. Mullens of Fordtron, Tex.,
and J. W. Mullens of Jelks. The
remains were laid to rest in the
Fakes Cemetery Monday.
Card of Thanks.
We wish to express our sincere
thanks to the good people of Me-1
Crory who have been so kind
and attentive to us during the
recent extended illness in our
home.
Mr. andMRS. J.R. Winters.
A. Henard of Beards was a
Wynne visitor Monday and Tues
day.
Miss Hilda Albritton left Fri-^
day for a visit to her aunt, Mrs.
Ben Albritton in Memphis.
More About Silos.
Arkansas farmers who want to
get ahead must grow cattle and
no farmer with ten cows can af
ford to get along without a silo.
A home made silo 12x24 can be
put up, foundation and all, for
less than $40. Put the corn or
sorghum into the silo and have
palatable and succulent feed and
save it all instead of leaving
the stalks in the field. Then
when corn is in the silo get into
the field with plow or disc har
row and sow crimson clover or
red clover or bur clover or rye
or wheat for a ^winter cover
crop. Write Director Extension
Service, University of Arkansas
and U. S. Department of Agri
culture, Little Rock or Fayette
ville, for bulletin on the home
made silo.
Mesdames Tom and
Robertson of Bullville left Satur
day for a two weeks, visit to
friends and relatives at Murray,
Ky.
L. W. Sturdivant was in Mem
phis this week when Goold &
Co. whom he represents purchas
ed 3,000 bales of cotton from Mr.
Block of Wynne. The sale amount
ed to $180,000.00 or $60.00 a bale.
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