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EDITED IN THE INTEREST OF McCRQRY and woodruff county
VOLUMN 4
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, MARCH 7, 1919
NUMBER 33
A bigger school
Should McCrory have more
school room? We do not be
nJve for one moment that there
fa man, woman or child in
he town who would answer
n the negative. Personally,
we have talked to a number of
the people of the town, and
without a single exception they
all say* “We want more school
h„iiding, and will do all we can
to make this the best school
in the county.” Very well we
all agree that there should be
more school room. The next
question that arises is: Can we
build, are we financially able
to put up a nuw building? We
answer, Emphatically YES.
How? How do you get money
to build roads, pave streets?
How did you get money to
erect the present building?
You issue bonds don’t you?
Good, the house that we now
have is paid for, the district
is out of debt, and we have
maintained a school all the
time we were paying for the
house. We did all of this at a
lower rate of tax and at a
smaller assessment valuation
than we now have. Why can
not we get an additional build
ing on the same plan?
McCrory is supported whol
ly by her fanning district,
there are no factories, mills or
puDiic wonts oi any Kina to
close down or move away, arid
thus cripple the town. Our
entire revenue comes from the
farms adjacent to the town.!
Each year these farms become \ ]
more valuable, each year the j
crops from these farms are I
larger and are sold for more
money, each year more land is 1
put into cultivation and new ;
farms are opened up and con- 1
sequently, each year the busi-^
ness of McCrory is larger than j
the preceeding year. Likewise ^
our school revenue must in- I
crease from year to year. It is j i
practically impossible for it to j 1
decrease or to remain the same ;
tor two years; but is must be- \ ]
come more and more each sue-;
ceeaing year.
The above reasoning, also,
applies to our school enroll
ment, the number of children
in our school continues to in
ti ease each year and of course
e get more money from the
rnu tap^a tax- Last year’s en
u men^ Was 275, this year we
® oAA*ea^y reached more
inan d°°, an increase of near
D P®1' cent. Next year
and u? be’ Pr°hably, 350,
X\ltbln years, at the
eni nnt rate we will have an
nur>i*i m.ent °T more than 500
School m McCrory Public
ai\ .^e Soing to do
can di .children? True, we
but d'scontlnoe the 11th grade
will blen.at that» the ^001
bad •)« crowded next year as
of increaqpSj Vfuthe Percenta£e
will hP ?Se ls,^he same, and we
year or °i”CecL^0 huild the next
er gradp0^186 discontinue anoth
g ade. We can not afford
to do that, we can not afford1
to discontinue the 11th grade.
We must go forward, not back
ward.
To you who would be effec
ted by the addition of the 12th
grade, and you who would be
effected directly should the
11th grade be discontinued;
Would you not rather that
your boy or girl stay at home
in school for one or two years*
more before you send them1
away to finish their education,
wouldn’t you prefer that they
stay at home and get this
schooling, even if it cost you1
as much to send them here as!
t did to send them away? But;
let us see about the expense of
sending hem away to school.
Yon must know that it will cost
from $500 to $1,000 per year
^o send a boy or girl away to
school. If you have the 12th
?rade here next year at least
30 pupils will get schooling
lere that can not be had should
;he 11th grade be discontinued
:hen thirty times five hundred
s $15,000 that should be kept
n McCrory would be sent
iway should all of these boys
md girls go away to school.
But, you say, they will not all;
?o. True, but they should and
will attend school here if you
?urnish it for them. Let’s take
for our slogan: “A New High
School and 12 Grades.”
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S. I. A. PROGRAM
Following is the program!
vhich will be rendered at the
High School building by the
School Improvement Associa
tion on March 21, 1919:
Piano solo, music pupil.
Relationship of parent to S. j:
!. A., Mrs. Wilson Comer and ,
Mr. H. Arnof.
Relationship of Teacher to ,
S. I. A., Mrs. C. Hailey.
Relationship of School Di
rectors to S. I. A., Mr. Porter
3est
Open discussion, “Present
^eeds of the School” leader,
Miss Ottie Huff.
Maynard Wherry Sundayed
n Wynne.
Miss Ruth Anderson left
Sunday for her home in Mari
ma, after spending a few days
n McCrory, the guest of
:riends.
Miss Blanche Powell arriv
ed home Monday from Wynne,
vhere she has been employed
n the Block Mercantile Co.,
‘or the past several months.
Her many friends are glad to
velcome her home.
First Lieut. R. L. Fraser of
"amp Shelby. Miss., arrived
lome the first of the week car
rying with him an honorable
tiseharge from the army. We
ire indeed glad to welcome Dr.
Fraser home for not only his
presence but his services as a
physician have been greatly
missed.
TO DISCHARGED SOLDIERS
There will be a meeting of
all the boys who served in
khaki in the present war at the
office of First Lieut. R .L. Fra
ser of this city, next Tuesday
March 11, 1919 at 7 o’clock p.
hi. All the boys who have re
ceived an honorable discharge
from the service are cordially
invited to be present. This
meeting is for the boys to get
together and form a club so
that they might entertain and
be enterained. Then, too, the
government has allowed a
bonus of $60. and every boy
who has a discharge is entitled
to this. If you have not al
ready applied for this money
you should be present and put
in your application for it will
not be sent to you unless you
apply for it.
SMOKEY ROAD NEWS
There was a large crowd at
G. W. Holt’s Saturday night.
All enjoyed a very good time.
A few of the Pumpkin Bend
boys were visitors in this sec
tion Saturday night, among
them was Burnest, Hester, Jim
and Lilliard. We were indeed
glad to see them.
Burnest Taylor seemed very
blue Saturday, .“tfteres a rea
Pumpkin Bend seemed to
3tudy for a whole week to say
something about us, but Smoky
Road held her own.
We are sorry that the girls
ef Pumpkin Bend were unable
to be with us Sunday for the
boys knew that they would!
ruin their reputation among
good looking folk.
We feel sorry for Hester
Chandler, he talked to a mar
ried woman for one whole
evening but he said he could
not tell the difference.
Mr. Burgess has sold his
Ford and is trying to make him
self believe that a wagon is
much better, but frankly, we
fon’t agree with you, Mr. Bur-j
gess.
Ollie Burgess and family!
were the guests of G. W. Holt
ind family Saturday night.
Ollie is the proud owner of a
first class suit of second hand
dothes.
Mr. Delton Davis has his po
:atoes planted and has start
ed his garden.
Mr. John Armstrong has
been sitting up with his mules
but he finally got a fence put
Lip.
'Mr. Walter Holt has about
40 acres of land disced.
The measles are still raging
in this neck o’ the woods.
Rev. Stonewall Anderson
of Nashville, Tenn., preached
a very interesting sermon to
the people of McCrory at the
Methodist church Sunday even
ing. His subject was the Mis
sionary Movement.
ANNOUNCEMENT
The Arkmo Lumber Com
pany of Little Rock has pur
chased the lumber yard own
ed by Mr. H. D. Swayze and
will continue business in the
same old stand. The Arkmo
Lumber Company is the larg
est concern of the kind in the
state and has branch houses in
nearly every town. Mr. H. E.
Feuss of Little Rock, will be
the manager of the McCrory
house and will do his very best
to give that service which the
people of McCrory have been
accustomed. We are sorry to
lose Mr. Swayze in the busi
ness world of McCrory but we
are glad to welcome these
gentlemen to our city. We
predict for them the same lib
eral patronage that Mr. Sway
ze enjoyed while in business
here.
BANKHEAD HIGHWAY
Mr., J. A. Rountree, secre
tary of the United States Good
Roads Association and Bank
head National Highway Asso
ciation has been in Mineral
Wells this week arranging de
tails and the programme for
these two conventions that
convene in that city April 14
to 19. In connection with
these two conventions will be
held the United States Good
Roads Exhibit, consisting of
road and street models from
the United States Road De
partment, also from the Texas
State University and Texas
State Highway Department.
There will be on exhibition ce
ment, brick, asphalt and ariv
ous types of roads ,road ma
chinery, trucks and automo
biles. This promises to be a
most interesting feature of the
convention.
secretary Rountree is very
much pleased with Mineral
Wells as a convention city and
predicts that a large crowd
will be in attendance. He will
establish temporary headuar
ters there after 'March 10th
and actively promote both con
ventions and good roads exhib
it, of which he is the executive
officer of the three.
United States Senator, J. H.
aBnkhead is president of the
United Sates Good Roads As
sociation and will preside over
the convention. Gov. W. P.
Hobby will deliver the address
of welcome to the members,
delegates and visitors in be
half of the state. Gov. Chas.
H. Brough of Arkansas, First
Vice President of the United
States Good Roads Association
will deliver the responsive ad
dress.
Delegates appointed by the
various governors will attend
from over forty states. Many
delegates from Chambers of
Commerce, Automobile and
Good Roads Associations will
;be in attendance.