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WOODRUFF CO. NEWS.
PUBLISHED THURSDAY OF EACH WEEK AT
McCROBY. ARKANSAS.
WALTER W RANEY, Editor.
Entered at the Post-Offloe at MeCrory
Arkansas, as Second-Class mallimatter.
June Uth, 190*.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
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Announcements.
Prosecuting Attorney -.
We are authorized to announce J. M. Vine
yard, of Helena, as a candidate tor the office
of Prosecuting Attorney for this, the First
Judicial Distriet. subject to the action of the
Democratic primaries.
COMNTY AND PROBATE COURT CLERK
We are authorized to announce F. B. Win
free, of Tip. as a candidate for the office of
county and probate court clerk of this county
subject to the action of the democratic party.
OUR NEW SUBSCRIBERS.
Below is a list of those who
paid us in advance for the News
since our last issue.
J. A. Smith, Howell, Arkansas.
Do not lie in bed in the morn
ings. The early bird catches the
worm, and if you are up a suf
ficiently long time before him you
may read your neighbor’s papers
before he comes down to take them
from the step. Your gains will
depend largely upon the number of
papers your meighbor takes, but
one cent a day nets you $3.65 a
year, except in leap year, when
you will make a cent more. In
following out this plan remember
it is not compatible with the ob
ligations of good neighborhood to
cut out items which you think will
interest your wife.
TAX ASSESSMENT.
We note in our exchanges tJaat
the Equalization Boards have been
raising property assessments.
Here in Bradley county the equal
ization board raised the assessed
valuation on all lands assessed un
der $2 to $4. These cheap lands
are “pine flats” from which timber
has been cut, or wild lauds have
no merchantable timber on them.
Other properties have been raised
in many instances to something
like the assessed valuation of
neighboring property. We have
heard considerable “kicking” from
parties whose assessments have
been raised, but on the whole there
is as little as any previous year.
In Dallas county the board raised
timbered lauds from $3 to $6. In
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Dunehew & Co.
some counties the timbered lands
are assessed at $8 and $10 per acre.
It seems to be the policy of the
assessors and equalization boards
to get a 60 per cent assessed valua
tion of property instead of a fair
market valuation.
If some means were adopted by
which the market valuation of the
property could be assessed the rate
of taxation would be lowered and
all would pay alike on their prop
erty. In New Zealand all prop
erty can be sold at its assessed
valuation. There, the government
reserves the right to take the prop
erty at its assessed valuation and
sell it to any one who will pay for
it more thau its assessed valuation
and the state takes tbe profits.
Such a law in Arkansas would in
sure all property being assessed at
its full market value; for when a
man assessed his property he
would put a price on it that he
would be willing to take for it, for
he would know that it could be
taken from him by the state pay
ing him its assessed valuation. If
all property were assessed at a full
market value then the rate of tax
ation would be reduced at least one
half and the small property owner
would not pay as much as he does
now while the larger holdings
would pay more; for it is a fact
that small property owners come
nearer assessing their property at
its full market value than do the
larger owners.—Warren (Brad
ley County) Democrat News.
Such a law as New Zealand’s
certainly would insure all proper
ty being assessed at its full market
value. We asked one of our large
land owners not long since, what
he thought of the above assess
ment law, and the only excuse
given was, “Oh ! That would not
do at all. For some one might
own something that they would
not care to sell at any price.” We
suppose he, himself, was the
“someone” spoken of and a sec
tion of land was the “something”
that “was not for sale at any
price.” We endorse the New
Zealand law, heartily, and hope to,
some day, see it upon the statutes
of Arkansas, but where can you
find a senator or represeuative who
will support or introduce this law?
And the tax dodgers, all that will
be left for them to do with their
“something” that is not for sale
at any price, will be to assess it at
such a high rate that you will be
more than glad to dispose of it at
such a fancy price. We would be
pleased to hear from some of our
readers or exchanges concerning
this question of making each tax
payer pay alike.
OF GREAT INTEREST TO
OUR MERCHANTS
MUCH riONEY BEINO SENT TO THE
CITY MAIL-ORDER HOUSES.BIQ
INCREASE IN THE McCRORY
POSTOFFICE RECEIPTS.
That the McCrory post-office
will become an office of the third
class after the filing of the next
annual report next July, is re
garded by Postmaster J. B. Neal
as almost a certainty. The
receipts at the local office have so
largely increased recently that the
Doctor is almost positive that the
amount, $1,000., required to raise
the postoffice to one of the third
class will be reached by the end of
the fiscal year.
The stamp sales for the year
ending Sept., 30, were $441.91, as
compared with $290.46 for the
same time last year. The sales
for the year 1905 wera $272.41 as
compared with $250.40 for the
year 1904. The gain in stamps
for the past 12 months shows an
increase of 52 per cent or $151.45,
and if the same ratio of increase is
maintained for the next two
quarters the year’s revenue will
reach the thousand mark.
“As soon as the department is
satisfied that the office is firmly
established on this basis,” says
Dr. Neal, “I think it will be an
easy matter to have the office made
third class.”
“Much money is being sent
away to the mail order houses,”
said Postmaster Neal. This is a
thing that should never be done
by any of our people, but, the
home merchant is much to blame
for the money that is sent away
from home. We have nine large
dry goods and grocery establish
ments in our little city, only five
of which advertise, namely Mc
Crory Mercantile Companyr Wood
& Son, J. O. Raymond, Comer
& Comer and Dunehew & Co.
and some of them on a very small
scale. The others, E. T. Wherry,
H. Aritof, Thompson-flailey Com
pany, Fakes Mercantile Company
and John Shearer, have not as
much as advertised even a month’s
time, and some have spent not one
cent for advertising. We quote
some actual facts concerning the
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amount of money that is being
sent dailey to the mail order hous
es, by post-office money orders on
ly.
JULY
Sears Roebuck & Co., $14.07
Montgomery Ward & Co., $9.84
John M. Smyth Co., 4.95
Nugents 6.03
Grand Leader 10.30
Other Houses 17.25
Total $62.44
AUGUST
Sears Roebuck & Co., $12.59
Montgomery Ward & Co., 9.04
John M. Smyth Co., 3.55
Nugents 1.00
Other Houses 59.76
Total $85.94
SEPTEMBER
Sears Roebuck & Co., $22.17
Montgomery Ward & Co., 7.57
John M. Smyth Co., 22.37
Nugents 26.33
Other Houses 38. 62
Total $127.06
OCTOBER 1st. to 16th.
Sears Roebuck & Co., $70.61
Montgomery Ward & Co., 7.46
John M. Smyth Co., 9.57
Barrs 8.75
Nugents 3.80
Grand Leader .85
Other Houses 108.98
Total $210.02
Grand total $485.46
The above amount, ($485.46) as
can be seen by the above figures
which are true, is for money
which has absolutely gone from
the home merchants, for goods
that are kept in stock by the above
McCrory firms. This list that has
been complied by us does not in
clude orders for booze, medicines,
and many other articles too numer
ous to mention, but actual articles
handled by home merchants. Now
Mr. McCrory Merchant, would you
like to have a share of this trade!
If you do, why its up to you to ad
vertise. It certainly does pay.
For those who believe otherwise,
we refer them to the progressive
firm of Wood & Son, who contri
bute the greater portion of their
success to advertising. While
having an interview with the above
gentleman, last Tuesday Mr. H.
E. Wood said, “I do not regret
one penny that has been spent in
advertising our business in your
paper. I consider two per cent of
a firm’s sales a conservative
amount to expend for advertising
and think money spent in news
paper advertising, the best that
can be had.” We know of a
business house in McCrory with a
stock of $15,000 that never adver
tises at all, and we’ll take Wood &
Son’s of $1,500 and we feel sure
that we are stating a fact when the
latter’s sales last month, amounted
to more than the house that does
not advertise. Now Mr. Non-Ad
vertiser, as to the business of
Wood & Son being a great suc
cess, no one can doubt. They
have built up a business that is
far ahead of anything of its kind
in McCrory, and what do they
contribute as being the greatest
help in building up this large
business! You have read their
statement. It is advertising, ad
vertising in a way that is judicious
ly and cautiously, changing their
advertisement each week and some
times putting in an extra adver
tisement. When these people be
gan business they first ordered a
three inch, double colum, adver
tisement in the News. So well
did this investment in printer’s
ink pay them, that not long since
the News received orders to just
double their space. We will say
to the merchant who is afraid of
the price, that we are not so very
high. By looking elsewhere in
this paper you can see their large
ad for which they pay the small
price of $3.00 per month, or $36.
00 a year. Someone will say that
is money thrown away, but we
quickly come to the front and say
that this is false.
Have you not read notices upon
notices in this paper fighting your
hardest competitor, the mail order
house. Certainly you have and
not one cent was the editor paid
for these free knocks, in your
favor, against your enemy. Cer
tainly you could run a small ad
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vertisement in your home paper,
if for no other reason tnan to show
your appreciation ro the editor for
his efforts made in your behalf.
We have lying upon our desk,
for our use, a large book of over
200 articles against the city mail
order house, which was sent us by
a large wholesale house in St.
Louis that sells to merchants only,
to be published in the News, some
of which have been inserted, but
we hate like “gemeny-fits” to help
the home merchant who is too
stingy to place even a small adver
tisement in our paper. We would
like to ask: Would you, Mr.
Merchant, if you were in our
placet
Whether, or not, we ever pub
lish another article against the city
mail order house, we shall never
give them a boost. And now, to
our home enterprises who do not
advertise, we would say, the editor
is simply tired of using his space
in your favor when there’s noth
ing coming his way. If you want
your share of the trade, advertise.
For something “rich,” read the
small advertisement below.
You Read the
Other Fellow’s Ad
You are reading this one.
That should convince you
that advertising in these
columns is a profitable
proposition; that it will
bring business to your
store. The fact that the
‘ other fellow advertises is |
; probably the reason he is i
getting more business than
is falling to you. Would ;
I it not be well to give the
i other fellow a chance
To Read Your Ad.
In These Columns.
F. B. WINFREE.
In this issue will be found the
announcement of Frank B. Win
free, of Tip, as a candidate for
County and Probate Court Clerk,
of Woodruff County.
Mr. Winfree is well known to
the people of our county, having
served 8 years as magistrate of
his (Cache) township, of which he
has been a resident for more than
20 years. During his residence
m the above district he has nft(>n
engaged, chiefly, in farming anH
teaching school, but for the r>2
few years, has been holding thfl
office of post-master. Mr. Win
free is a staunch democrat, of dem
ocratic parents, a good honest man
who does his duty as he sees it
If the voters honor him with
this office there is no doubt but
that he will conscientiously
the duties of the office to the best
of his ability. The News be
speaks for his candidacy the care,
ful consideration of the voters on
election day.
GRAYS,
By Our Regular Correspondent
Otho Crips is at Dr. Brewers.
Mrs. H. H. Holder, who has
been quite ill, is improving.
John Cook, of Zent, spent Sat
urday and Sunday in Grays.
Mrs. Brewer, and children, re
turned Sunday, from Humbolt
Tenn. '
Mrs. Miller, of Augusta, spent
the week with relatives and friends
at Grays.
J. R. Padgett was called to
Tenn., Friday. He came home
Monday.
School opened norch of here
Monday, Miss Effle Walker, of
Walker, Ark., in charge.
Mrs. Bennie Johnson, of Mem
phis, came Tuesday to attend her
sister, Mrs. Anderson who is quite
sick.
NOTICE OF FILING PETITION
FOR CONFIRMATION OF TITLE,
In Woodruff Chancery Court, Northern DU
trict.
Notice in hereby srfvon that W. W. Rodyera
has died his petition in this court, to have his
title confirmed in the following lands to-wlt:
The South Half of the South West Quarter of
Section 33, Township 8, North, Ramie 3 Weit,
all of which said lands are situated in Wood
ruff County. Arkansas,
Any and all persons bavin* an interest is
said laDds. or any part thereof are hereby call
ed upon to appear and show cause, if any
they can, at the December term 1907 of the
Chancery Court of Woodruff County why
petitioner’s title to said lands should not be
confirmed, Will Moon has, Clerk.
This 7th day of October 1907,
GENERAL DIRECTORY
County Officials.
Senator « M. H. Patterson.
Represenatlve E. M. Cari-Lee.
County and Probate Judge J. F. Sommers
Circuit Clerk
County Clerk
Sheriff
Treasurer
Coroner
Surveyor
Assessor
Examiner
Will Moorman.
T. E. Simpson.
W. R. Cain.
C. B. Mills.
Steve Davis.
E. L. Blllengsle*.
W. B. Fakes.
A. L. Hutchins
Court Sessions.
Circuit Court. Northern District,-Meet
Third Monday In February and August. Son
them District—First Monday In March and
September. H. N. Hutton. Judge; Will
Moorman, Clerk.
Chancery Court. Northern District,—Meet*
First Monday In May and December. South
ern District—Second Monday In February and
September. Ed. D. Robertson. Chancellor.
Will Moorman Clerk.
County Court.— Meets First Monday In Jen°*
ary. April, July and October. J. F. Sommer*.
Judge; T. E. Simpson. Clerk.
Probate Court.—Meets Fourth Monday M
January, April July and October. J. F. Som
mers, Judge: T. E. Simpson, Clerk.
Public Examination*.
Teachers' Public Examinatlons-Thlrd Thun
day and Friday in March, June, September
and December.
{ Mayor
1 Recorder
Marshal
Treasurer
Alderman
City Official*.
Dave Burkett
H. W. Jernlgaa.
j. P. Taylor.
r. B. Keating.
J. W. Wilder. J. C. MoCrory, 8.
M. Comer, Fletcher Lewis and B. B. Keating.
Street Committee: J. W. Wilder and
MoCrory. .»
Finance Committee: Fletcher Lewi*
B. Keating. „ p
Board of Health: Fletoher Lewis, Dr. •
Hargis. Dr. B. Howell. R. B. Keating and aar
or Burkett. _ , ..u and
Ordinance Committee; Fletoher be
R. B. Keating.
For First-Class Job Printing
Call at the News office.
H. T. RANEV,
The City Undertaker
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COFFINS, CASKETS, R0BE5
And Burial Supplies. Hearse in connection.