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WOODRUFF CO. NEWS.
POEUPHKD XHCR9DAT OF EACH WEEK AT
McCKOBY. ARKANSAS.
WALTER W RANEY, Editor.
Entered at the Post-Office at McCrory
Arkansas, as Second-Class mail.matt.er.
June nth, 1902.
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The News.
REPORT OF COMillSSIONERS OF
ACCOUNTS-SOUTHERN DIS
TRICT WOODRUFF CO.
To Honorable H. N. Hutton.
Judge of the Woodruff Circuit
Court for the Northern Dis
trict.
We, the undersigned commis
sioners of accounts for Woodruff
County believe to submit the fol
lowing report:
We find from the accounts kept
by the county clerk with the var
ious officers of the county, that said
officers have paid into the county
treasury all monies due the county
and state with the following ex
ceptions ;
L. D. Frizzell due on fine acc’t $50
T. J. Luney due on account $25
M. H. Patterson due on acc’t $80
M.H. Patterson peddlers license$50
We also find that the county
treasurer has made the proper re
ports and the amount as charged
by the clerk is on deposit to his cre
dit as treasurer at the various
banks throughout the county.
We find no record of any report
files by the collector showing de
linquent tax payers for the past
four years. Also that there has
been nothing ex-edited to the school
for the rent of farm iu District 29
for the past 2 years. We were
unable to check most of the ac
counts filed against the county for
the reason that they were not item
ized but allowed iu lump sums, es
pecially is this true of the accounts
of the sheriff and clerks.
We find from the reports of the
sheriff and constables some in
stances where they report persons
from whom fines are due the coun
ty as “hired out” without any re
ports as to the terms under which
they are working and no report
was found as to the amount of
money the county had ever receiv
ed from any of these fines. Thisl
appears to us to be a very unsatis
factory way of transacting the
business of tha county, and would
suggest that the County Judge
look more carefully into the pris
oners hired out and have some
method of keeping the accounts of
monies received from this source.
Wo\ild also suggest along this line
that the Co. judge require the officer
to exhaust all means of collecting
the fines and if impossible to do so
refer the matter to him (Judge)be
fore making any disposition of the
prisioner.
Respectfully submitted.
Having published the report of
the Grand Jury for the Southern
District ©f Woodruff County, it
has been suggested, that the same
might reflect on the manner in
which the Commissioners of Ac
counts had discharged their duties,
we publish in this issue the report
of the Commissioners made to the
August Term 1906.
We do this in fairness to them
and all parties concerned, it. is ap-!
parent from this report that the
affairs of the county are not in just
the shape that they should be.
And errors have been made by
some one, these errors should be
inquired into and corrected at
once so that each individual in
terested will have a chance to place
himself right before the public.
All of these reports are public rec
ords and should be given out to
the people that they may be in
fonned as to how the affairs of the
county stand. This is but simple
justice to both the people and their
officials. We have heard a great
deal said about the report of the last
Grand Jury for the Northern Dis
trict, but we have not yet been able
to get a copy of same for publica
tion. If mistakes have been made
in justice to all parties concerned
these should be corrected. We do
not know anything as to the con
dition except as revealed in the re
ports, and hence have nothing to
say further than that these mat
ters demands the attention of those
concerned, which includes the peo
ple as well as the officers. We
sincerely trust that such action
will be taken by each, as the cir
cumstances demand. We will take
pleasure in giving place in our
columns for any explanation that
parties may desire to make.—Ark
ansas.
The old saying that an “idle
brain” is the devil’s work shop
and idle hands his tools.” Oh,
how true this saying is. It is to
this shop that the tattler goes for
material wherewith to blight some
happy home or attempt to ruin the
character and reputation of their
fellowman, by falsifying his good
name, and forever destroying his
bright prospects for the future.
You cannot realize how low down
and contemptable a village tattler
is, until you have seen some of
the results of their tattlers tales.
DEVIEW.
By Our Regular Correspondent.
W. E. Ferguson, the cotton-seed
man, was in DeView Tuesday.
Mr. R. L. Wright, of Logan coun
ty, is visiting relatives and friends,
this week.
Miss Gladys Hightower, of Jones
boro, is visiting relatives near De
View, this week.
Cotton pickers have raised the
price of picking from 50 cents to
60 and 75 cts. per hundred.
Messrs. Jno. Burkett, Galen Me
Murtry, Chas. Leggitt and R. B.
Chappell took in the Fair at Hot
Springs last week. They report a
big time.
The corn and cotton crops are
damaged very much.
Mr. Archie Carter, of Magazine,
is here on business this week.
Dr. G. B. Fakes and J. W. Wil
der, of McCrory, were visitors to
our town last week.
Mrs. Annie Hightower, and 2
children, of Jonesboro, is visiting
her aunt, Mrs. F. M. Rhodes.
Jno. Tyer can now be found at
the throttle of A. S. Thompson’s
cotton gin. Jno. is the “whole
cheese.’'
Miss Katie Haggard who has
been visiting her cousin, Mrs. M
H. Albritton for some time, left
Wednesday for her home near
Wynne.
There is talk of establishing. a
poultry farm near DeView.
We think this would be a good in
vestment, yet “varments” are very
bad after chickens, See?
Following was left out of last week's Issue.
After a weeks’ illness, Mr. Ben
Simmons can be found at his post
at A. S. Thompson’s gin.
Jno Burkett, J. B. McMurtry
and Charlie Leggett are taking in
the Fair at Hot Springs, this week.
R. L. and Hall Freeman, who
have been in the timber business
at Riverside, returned home Fri
day.
Messrs C. M. Crossett and H.
Wilson, our road over-seer, made a
business trip to Augusta, Monday,
returning Tuesday.
If a fellow wants to know who a
correspondent of a newspaper is,
he need not go to the editor. It
takes the court to rule that out of
an editor that is on to his job.
Mr. W- W. Best, after a two
weeks’ stay with relatives at Jud
sonia, came home last week, ac
companied by his daughter, Mrs.
Lonnie Best. She returned home
Saturday.
Marion Miller died at the home
of his brother, H. T. Miller, Mon
day, Oct., 1st, of slow fever. He
was one of Woodruff county’s best
young men. He came here from
Iuka, Miss., about 15 years ago
but left here and made his home in
Texas until the last 3 years of his
life. He leaves a dear mother, 2
sisters one brother, and a host of
friends to mourn his death.
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Yours for Business,
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NOTICE
After July, 20th, I will work for
cash only, as cost of material and
labor are continually advancing
and prices are too low to do a cred
it business.
I find that many times accounts
that I considered good are by reas
on in changes of fortune of some
customers, owing me are rendered
unvaluable. I have found that 1
am banking on good health and
good business ability, honesty and
good luck of a great many people
who’s account I carry on my book
and yon will agree with me that in
so doing I am taking big chance
in my business.
I find that many times it cost
me more time and expense to col
lect acc’ts as to do the work. So I
adopted the plan of doing a cash
business, which will be an advant
age to my customers as well as my
self. I ask the continuance of
your patronage as well as to share
the benefit of doing business on a
cash basis. Thanking you for
your past favors, I am,
Yours Truly,
Tom Burkett.
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