WOODRUFF CO. NEWS.
pJTBJ.WBlfD THURSDAY Or EACH WEEK VT
MCCIIOT!Y, ARKANSAS.
«. W. KRAHER, Editor.
gmered ig, t)io Posi-Oflicje at JilcCrory.
Arkansas, ns Soooci-CJnss mail .matter,
subscription rates.
0ne Year, in advance,
Sowetitue since the News re
ceived a communication from
Homo unknown party at Itiver
Hide, stating at the bottom if it
was printed they would send
more. It is customary for a
newspaper, when so requested,
to omit the names of the writers,
however, we always like to know
who the writer is, and we would
kindly ask all who send in items
to sign their names to the arti
cle and if you desire the name
omitted just say so. The follow
ing poem was sent to the News
in the same mysterious way,
signed ‘'Guess Who.” It is a
Splendid poem when you consid
the age of the poet, that is if we
have guessed rightly.
TO WOODRUFF COUNTY NEWS.
I've just stepped in to tell you
Ho* my soul n joy abounds,
Since MeUrory’s got a paper
Just the same as other towns,
jSho’ is nice when folks get married,
To be printed by the “News;"
Telling how the bride was blushing
In her white kid (.loves and shoes.
How the bridgroom, proud and happy,
Took his bride aboard the train;
Telling too their destination.
And when they’il return a train.
Married folks sit ’round and grumble,
Just because they didn't choose
■To put o!T their wedding longer.
And get puffed up by the "News,"
And ourstores-their advertisements;
Oh! they're got up mighty fine:
Toiling what they keep to sell us.
And them letters, how they shine.
How we know who goes a visiting,
If our neighbor's well or sick;
When before we didn't know it
Half so good or half so quick.
Other papers used to come here.
Kinder proud like; seemed to show
That we were dependent on them
All the news on earth to know.
Now they come in looking humble,
Like they got a ease of blues;
For there aint a one a coming
Compared to "Woodruff County News.”
Oh: we’ve got a dandy paper,
Finest paper in the state.
For ail knowledge in the county
Lt with pleasure does relate,
Come on friends, let's be a helping
Keep our paper on the boom.
Show the editor we’re grateful,
For you know he's a "new broom."
Now I think I’ve done my part friends.
Helping of the "News” to shine.
And if this piece is pot published.
I'll not come another line,
Jday 27, 1801. "Guess Who,"
anti-nepotism.
An act to prohibit directors of public schools
from employing relatives as teachers in the
public schools.
Be it enacted by the general assembly of
the state of Arkansas;
Sec. 1. That school directors are hereby
prohibited from employing any person as
teachers in the public schools, Tfelated to eith
er of them by consanguinity or affinity within
the fourth degree; unless two-thirds of the
patrons of a public school should petition
•them to do so.
Sec. 2. That any director or directors of
the public schoois violating section 1 of this
act shall, upon conviction, be lined in any sun
not less than JiO nor more than 450. and in
addition thereto shall be suspended from office,
Sec. 3. That all laws in conflict with this
act ar^hereby repealed and this act to take
effect ninety days after passage.
Approved May $1. 1901.
TENANTS MUST PAY,
The following net was passed
by the last legislature and ap
proved by the governor.
An act to protect owners of
dwelling houses and other build
ings situated in villages,
towns and cities.
He it enacted by the gsaeiul assembly of the
State of Arkansas;
Section 1. That any person who shall rent
pny dwelling house, or other building, situated
>n the state of Arkansas, and who shall fall, or
refuse to pay the rent therefor, when due ac
cording to contract, shall at once forfeit all
right to longer occupy said dwelling house or
•other building. And If after ten days' notice
In writing ahull have been given by the land
lord, his agent or attorney. to said tenant to
vacate said dwelling house or other building,
said tenant shall willfully refuse to vacate
ftnd surrender the possesion of said premises
to said landlord, his agent or attorney, said
tenant shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon convietlon thereof before any justice of
the peace, or other court pf competent juris
diction In the county where said premises are
situated, arnll be Sned in any sum not less than
dlit dollar, ht*r more than twepty-Jlve dollars j
for each oflouse. And each <l«y s<o<l tenftnt
shall willfully and unnecessarily hold said
dwellinu'house or other buildioif after the ex.
piration of the notice jto vacate, shall consti
tute a separate offense,
Sec. 3. That ail laws and parts of laws in
conflict herewith are hereby repealed, and
that Mils act take effect and be in foroe from
and after its passage.
It is claimed that about 10,000
Arkansans visited the Memphis
reunion at an average expense
of $20 for each person.
If Jeff Davis keeps on making
as good a governor for two years
as lie has made for five months
he will be too good a governor to
spoil in a scramble for the Unit
ed States senate. Besides
there’s another day a-coming
and Gov. Davis is young and
need not be in a hurry.—Ex.
Do the city papers say any
thing in regard to your locality?
Do they contain notes of your
schools, lodges and the hundreds
of local items your home paper
publishes? Not an item. Do
I they publish a word calculated
I to draw trade to your town, or
I enterprise? And yet there are
| men who take contracted views
in this matter, and think if they
don’t get as many square inches
of reading in the home paper
they are not getting the worth
of their money. It reminds us
of the man who took the largest
pair of boots in the box because
the price was the same as the
pair that fitted him.—Galesburg
(Kails.) Enterprise,
In a recent issue of the News
we made mention of the fact that
the citizens of McCrory and vi
cinity .should pujr more attention
to the cleaning up of the lots in
the city of the dead. We were
asked by several of the citizens
who read the article what ceme
tery we referred to and of course
we could but mention the Odd
Fellows’cemetery. These same
parties advised us that the Odd
Fellows’ cemetery wras almost
entirely rill ed, although an extra
acre of land was recently added
to the tract of laud embraced by
the cemetery. Such a condition
of things should cause the citi
zens to get together and either
purchase enough land for a cem
etery and sell the lots to pay for
same, or let some citizen who
has land suitably located to do
so. McCrory is large enough to
have and own a good cemetery
and if the citizens will only get
together and work towards this
end we will soon have it assured.
The city council is said to have
had this matter under advise
ment at a recent meeting but
just what kind of a conclusion it
arrived at we are unable to say.
One thing is evident, we need a
cemetery, and, like the populist
party “we’re bound to have it.”
The citizens of Augusta met a
few days ago and organized the
Woodruff County Fair Associa
tion, with a capital stock of
$2,590. Articles of incorporation
are being prepared and wall be
forwarded to the secretary of
state shortly. It is being pro
moted by men who never do
things by halves, and is, there
fore, an assured success. Land
has been purchased from Mr.
W. C. Berry, adjoining town, and
work commenced towards get
ting it in shape. Fencing and
other improvements will be
pushed as rapidly as possible,
and in a short time we will have
an up-to-date fairground. Shares
are going at $25 and there are a
few remaining to be sold and all
who are interested in such an
enterprise are at liberty to help
promote it by taking stock. Fol
lowing are the directors: Fred
Shoup, B. A. Fletcher, W, C.
Berry, A, H, Campbell, E. E,
Blackmon, E. H, Conner, F,. H.
Kittrell. The following officers !
were elected: F. H. Kittrell, |
president; B. A. Fletcher, vice- j
president; E. E. Blackmon, sec
retary and general manager; E.
H. Conner, treasurer,—Augusta
Free Press,
Important change* were made by the last
legislature in the law pertaining to killing (leer,
prairie chickens and quail. The new law fol
lows:
An set to be entit'ed an "Aot to atnznd
section 3431 of Sandels * Hill s digest.”
He it enacted by the general assembly of the
state of Arkansas:
Section 1. That section 3431 of Sandels &
Hill's digest be amended so as to read as fol
lows:
It shall be unlawful to catch, kill or injure,
or pursue with intent to eutch, kill or injure,
or to pursue or chase with dogs without such
intent any wild buck, deer, doe or fawn in this
state between the ilrst day of March and the
first day of September in any year: provided,
the citizens .of tills state shall have the right to
any wild or ondomesticated animal upon his
premises destroying or in the act of destroying
the crops of any season of the year, and it shall
also be unlawful to catch, kill or injure, or
pursue with intent to catch, kill or Injure any
wild turkey between the Urst day of May and
the tlrst day of September in any year, and it
shall also be unlawful to catch, kill or injure,
or pursue with intent to catch kill or injure,
any pinnated grouse, commonly called prairie
chicken, between the first day of September
and the last day of October of each year,
or any quail, sometimes called Virginia part
ridge, between the first day of March and the
first day of October in any year.
Approved May 33, 1901.
McCRORY VS. AUGUSTA,
Our base-bull magnates went
over to Augusta and crossed bats
with the Augusta boys last Fri
day. What our boys did to Au
gusta was a plenty. They show
ed them that they were “nit,”
N. G. when it comes to playing
ball. Five innings were played
the game resulting 24 to 6 in
favor of McCrory. If the nine
innings had been played the
game would no doubt have stood
111 to 7, but they saw their fin
ish and "wilted” when it came.
Following is the score by innings:
SCORE BY INNINGS.
Club ] 3 3 4 5 6 total
McCrory 0 2 17 0 2 3 34
Augusta 13(10 C
The scores and outs of each
player was as follows:
Ivl’CivORY,
Names
Chaney,
Patteison s
Herman
Walker
Lewis
Y arbrough
Smith
Carter
Crosse tt
Noores outs
3 2
3 2
2 2
3 2
4 ' 1
4 1
2 1
1 3
Total
10
AUGUSTA,
Carl-Lce 3 0
Shoup 1 1
Northnp and Gray 0 3
Airliai t 0 1
Stanley 1 1
Haggard and Smith 0 2
lie veil 0 3
Elliott J 1
Itobinsou <) 3
Total 6 15
Among those to attend the
game from McCrory we note the
following: Misses Lizzie Angus,
Bernie Angus, Oma Johnson,
Oma Scales, Georgia Cole, Eebie
Buster, Zula Gray, and Nellie
Gray, Messrs. Jno. Lewis, Gale
Patterson, Elmo Carter, Will
Wilder, E. M. Kidd, Joseph Cros -
sett, Jno. Herman, and Louin
Cole,
In the evening the Augusta
people gave a dance in honor of
the visitors. An excellent dance
is reported by those who attend
ed.
Next Tuesday is the day set
for the return game at Cotton
Plant.
A case of small-pox is reported
in the south end of town,
Born to the wife of Mr. and
Mrs, Jet Weems a fine pair of
twins, Mother and babes re
ported as getting along nicely,
Grays,
By Our Regular Correspondent.
Mrs. M. A. Burrows of Knox
ville, Tenn., is visiting her son
P. H. Y. Burrows at this place.
Messrs. Shelton, Angelo and
Dr. Waldrop went* fishing Mon
day evening and returned with a
very pretty string of fish.
Clyde Shelton who has been
visiting friends and relatives in
Tenn., for several days, returned
home Tuesday,
Mr. Kittrell, our sheriff, pass
ed through town Sunday even
ing. Since then one of our
friends have been looking a little
serious.
A dog that was bitten by a
mad dog about four weeks ago,
run mad and was killed here
yesterday after some stock had
been bitten.
COUNCIL MEETING.
, At the regular council meeting i
held last Monday night the fol-'
lowing bills were allowed;
E.T. Wherry, Mdse. $ .50
Mrs. S. A. Pettit, meals, 1.50
Dr. Worthan, judge of elec. 1.00
L. H. Shultz “ “ “ 1.00
E, L, Hamilton, “ “ 1.00
Murray Pettit, Clerk “ “ 1.00
W. B. Daugherty “ “ “ 1.00
McCrory & Atkinson, drayage .75
News Pub. Co., printing, 1.50
A resolution empowering the
street committee to build hitch
racks was carried.
THE UNION PICNIC.
Wednesday the Confederate
Veterans, Sons of Veterans and
Daughters of the Confederacy
enjoyed themselves in a union
picnic on Taylor’s Bay, two
miles north of Augusta. Not as
large a crowd was in attendance
as was expected, but those pres
ent enjoyed themselves hugely.
The repast was a complete suc
cess-fish and barbecued meats
of all kinds were there in abun
dance. Cakes, cakes, and every
thing one could wish for. Prepa
rations had been made to serve
quite a larger crowd than was
present and the hospitable peo
ple of Augusta were somewhat
disappointed. However, the way
everyone enjoyed himself made
up for the lack in numbers.
Augusta never does anything
by halves when it comes to enter
taining and she held her own on
Wednesday. Among those to at
tend the picnic from MeCrory
we note the Misses Lula McCrory
and Elizabeth Urossett an£?rhne
Messrs. John Shearer, Judd
McCrory and Gus Kramer.
One of the principal features
of the days pleasure which by
the way, was not on the regular
program, was the marriage cere
mony at the M. E. Church in Au
gusta at 10 a. m. sharp which
united forever for weal or woe
the hearts and hands of Isaac J.
Stacy and Anna Bonner, two
popular and highly respected
people of Augusta. These tw>.
are reported to have been lovers
for some H or 10 years, and
while talks of their supposed
marriage was ripe many timer
during these years, when the an
nouncement was made a few
days since, it came as a surprise
to all.
Tire News joins with the man;,
friends of Mr. and Mrs. Stacy in
wishing them a pleasant voyage
over the turbulent waters of life.
After the ceremony the couple
departed for Buffalo to attend
the Pan-American Exposition.
Fishing is now quite popular
among the sports. The “devil’
went fishing yesterday.
NOTICE.
To Whom It May Concern:
We have recently learned that
parties who are no friends of
ours, have been industriously
circulating a report for no other
reason than to injure our business.
It is, that the McCrory Cotton
Co. (or Round Bale Gin) intends
the coming season, to force all
those who patronize their gin, to
sell them their cotton in the
seed. We wish to say most em
phatically that this is false, and
that we do not intend to make
any change in our system of gin
ning.
As the ginning season is sever
al months off, we are sorry that
“opposition” has had to com
mence so early trying to preju
dice the minds of those, who un
like themselves can not read and
learn the benefits of a system
that has proven, and will contin
ue to be a source of getting high
er prices for their cotton and
seed.
We wish to thank our friends
and patrons for their substan
tial support they have given us!
in the past two seasons, and as
sure them they will get the same
fair treatment in the future as
they have gotten in the past.
Respectfully,
McCrory Cotton Co.
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Patronage solicited. DeView, Ark.
For Fine Wines, Liquors, Cigars,
Tobacco, etc,.,
-GO TO
VACARRO& WILDER,
We handle the James E. Pepper, Richland liquors, and ou:
Jessie Moore and North Carolina Corn, both favorite $3.00 a gallo:
can’t be beat.
flcCrory, .... Arkansas
Professional Cards.
DR. L. A..IELKS,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
McCRORY, - - - ARK.
Office next door west of E. L. Hamilton's
furniture store. I will be found at icy office
day or night,
DR. W. T. TlcCAiN,
PHYSICSAN AND SURGEON.
McCRORY, ■ - - ARK.
Office corner Maine staeet and Edmamls Av
enue Will answer all calls day and night.
E.C, KRAMER,
ATTORNEY -AT-1. A W.
McCs'ory, A rkansas
Will practice in ail the courts of the First
Judicial District. Will write risks in town or
in the country uguiast loss by lire, lightning or
cyclones, l represent the best Fire-Insurance
companies in the United States.
Waverly Hotel.
MRS. L. M’FALL, prop.
McCrory, - Arkansas.
Centrally located. Convenient to depot.
Porter meets all trains. Your patronage
solicited.
K, L. Johnson.
CONTRACTOR & BUILDER.
Plans and specifications given for.ail kinds
of building. All work guaranteed to give sat
isfaction, at reasonable prices, I do every
thing usually done by a first-class carpenter
such as building houses, mill-righting and
moving houses.
CARL-LEE & SUMMERS,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LA W
Augusta, . . . Arkans.
Will practice in ail courts of the State.
W. T. RANEY,
TONSORIAL ARTIST.
Does a general barberiug business,
work guaranteed strictly lirst-ulass ia e\
particular. Transient custom solicited. (
tomary prices. Un Edmonds Avenue o;
site H. Aruof,
McCROR Y, All KAN.V
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5 It will be money to all who need
5. Tombstones, Marble and Monti
P incuts to see my designs and prices
u: before you buy.
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jj Agent for
£ w B BRADBHRRY, Holly Springs. Mi
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W. H. JlMEHSON,
M’CRORY, -- - ARKANS
about Tombstones or Monuments. Ito re
sents Morris Bros., Memphis. Tenn.. one t '
largest manufactory of the kind in the si
and will make close prices.
SUMMER SCHOOL
The Parrish College. Paragonld, Ark. op
June loth 1901. This school offers thoroug
practical courses in Bookkeeping. Shortha
Typewriting. Penmanship, Telegraphy. Mat.
matics and English. Students .from sot
states during the past six months. Spec,
rate for summer school. Twelve week’s iron
and tuition, #5o. Y'OU cannot afford to miss tV
opportunity. Address at once,
ti.B.PARUbUl. Paragouid. Ark