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EDI l ED IN THE INTEREST OF McCRORY AND WOODRUFF COUNTY
VOLUME 1.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15,1915
NUMBER 12
WILL ASK QUORUM COURT
FOR DEMONSTRATION WORK
Mrs. W. P. Musgrove Asks Ladies Over the County to
Assist in Circulating Petitions to be Presented
Asking for Small Appropriation.
As a result of the canning
demonstration held at the open
ing of the McCrory High School,
Mrs. W. P. Musgrove of this
city has prepared a number of
petitions and is sending them to
different parts of the county to
De circuiaieu.
The petitions ask that the
Quorum Court make an appro
priation at their meeting to be
held Oct. 27 of about $600.00
which, with the government ap
propriation of $300.00, will be
expended for the purpose of
teaching the ladies and girls of
this county the proper methds to
pursue in gardening, sewing,
cooking, canning, dairying, etc.
Petitions are being mailed to
the following ladies:
Mrs. Frank Angelo, Cotton
Plant.
Mrs. Cora Cook, Wiville.
Mrs. Una Matkins, Gregory.
Mrs. Minnie Woodruff, Howell.
Mrs. G. T. Sawyer, Tip.
Mrs. W. E. Jelks, R. 1, Mc
Crory.
Mrs. L. Angelo, Grays.
Miss Mary Wynn Miller, R. 2,
Grays.
Mrs. R. K. Fitzhugh, Augusta.
Miss Bessie Powell, McCrory.
Miss Bessie Jones, Riverside.
Miss Oriel Patterson, Jelks.
Mrs. Harry Snapp, Fitzhugh.
Miss Bertha Holmes, DeView.
Miss Fern Holder, Hilleman.
Mrs. August Materna, Morton.
It is requested that the above
ladies circulate the petitions and
secure as many electors as possi
ble and after they have secured
all possible, mail the petitions to
County Judge A. L. Hutchins,
Augusta, Ark., not later than
Monday, Oct. 25, so that they
can be presented to the Quorum
Court. Following is a copy of
the petitions which Mrs. Mus
grove has mailed out:
A PETITION
To the Members of the Quorum
Court:
Gentlemen:—
We, the undersigned residents
and taxpayers of Woodruff Coun
ty, realizing the great need of
our women and girls for more
thorough instruction in domestic
science, and knowing the ex
pense and futility of the limited
knowledge we older ones have
acquired in the school of “ex
; perience” hereby petition your
| honorable body to make an ap
propriation sufficent with the
government aid, under the Smith
Lever bill, to employ a county
demonstation agent to organize
classes over the entire county in
| which our women and girls may
receive free and adequate train
ing in gardening, sewing, cook
ing, canning, dairying, etc., un
der a competent teacher.
We feel that the Smith-Lever
bill gives us an opportunity
which if neglected would reflect
upon the appreciative, progres
sive, intelligent spirit of our
people.
To grant this aid will not in
crease the taxes and will, as has
already been shown in numbers
of other counties in Arkansas,
be money well spent. All the
papers in the county are asked
to give as much publicity to this
matter as possible and to co-op
erate in the work.
Miss Pauline McFall will re
turn tomorrow, Saturday, from
a several weeks, stay in Cali
fornia where she visited the ex
i position. She also visited in Old
| Mexico while away.
W. E. Chitty and faimly of
! Heber Springs arrived Sunday,
j He vvill return home after a
\ week’s visit while the family
will remain for two or three
weeks the guest of friends and
relatives.
R. L. Law, traveling freight
agent for the Iron Mountain Ry.
Co. was here yesterday, Thurs
day. He reported everything in
first class shape at McCrory which
could not be otherwise with
Agent R. C. Thompson in charge.
The regular monthly meeting
of the Board of Directors ol the
McCrory Special School District
was held Monday afternoon. W.
H. Jimerson tendered his resig
nation as a director and Dr. H.
P. Hargis was elected a member.
Mrs. Annie Anderson and
little daughter, Little Miss Willie
arrived Monday from a visit to
friends and relatives at Benton.
She has accepted a position as
bookkeeper in the Bank of Mc
Crory, succeeding Oc Jeffries,
who has resigned.
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McCrory City List
R 0 Jeffries
Elma Wilder
H T Raney
Geo T McCoppin
D B Arnof
Esq L B Winfree
C W McCrory
J H Crossett
J B McLemore
Dr W T McCain
T A Jeffries
B F Banks
John Shearer
J A Cullum
Dr E B Smith
W H Jimerson
J F Morgan
W B Kyle
Mrs L McFall
T C Bull
Dr J R Piercey L J Dilliard
H C Shearer Dr L A Jelks
Prof T W Wodbury M J Johnson
Dr B Brewster Pearl Lee
Miss Lissie Powell S E Fountain
Mrs TM Cole R H Clayton
G L Carson R M James j
Prof C T Willis Mrs S A Pettit
Earle Winfree
R. F. D. No. 1, McCrory
W E Jelks W R Hess
R. F. D. No. 2, McCrory
J L Bronte W A White
LAP Beard D M Huff
A J Spradlin J W God by
J W Collier J A Melton
I M McCuan C M Elam
B M Anderson
Cleve Goodwin, Heber Springs;
Ross Mathis, Cotton Plant; H. T.
Pulley, Seymore, Texas; Jos. M.
Arnof, % University, Ann Arbor,
Mich.;H. M. Raney, % Bry’s,
Memphis, Tenn.; Steve Davis,
Augusta; Dr. J. H. West, Grays;
G. M. Ellis, Morton; Myric Stark,
DeView; Dr. J. W. Morris, De
View; J. P. Raymond, Heber
Springs; Z. T. Llewellyn, Tilton;
Walter Jimerson, Augusta; F. W.
Beede, Beedeville; Miss Ruth
Buchanan, Augusta; Mrs. H. S.
Taylor, Sweetwater, Texas; J. H.
Beard, R. 2, Holly Grove; Mrs.
Jim Wilkins, 500 Blanco St.,
Austin, Texas; 0. M. Winfree,
3905 Wyoming St., St. Louis,
Mo.; W. N. Dunehew, Jelks;
Mrs. Beulah Piper, Corpus Chris
ti, Texas; W. B. Huff, Beedeville;
R. H. McDonald, Weldon; E. C.
Kramer, 53 High St., Santa Cruz,
Cal.; Mrs. I. E. Thomas, Lone
Oak, Texas; Miss Edna White,
Mayersville, Miss.; Brit Hughey,
R. 4, Memphis, Tenn.; Mrs. Alice
Carroll, Cedar Hill, Texas; W.
0. Lassetter, % University, Fay
etteville; Lynn Jimerson, care of
Hendrix, Conway; Mrs. D. E.
Chappell, Howe, Okla.; Miss
Pauline Huff, care of Henderson
Brown, Arkadelphia; V. E. Huff,
Grays and J. W. Mullens, Jelks.
GINNING REPORT
Following is the number of
bales ginned by various gins in
this section from Thursday of
last week to Wednesday of this
week, inclusive:
A. S. Thompson, DeView,... 144
Gray & Co., Grays,.132
Fakes Mercantile Co.,.130
Jernigan Merc. & Gin Co.99
Planters Gin Co.,.77
McCrory Gin Co.,.64
TOTAL THIS SEASON
A. S. Thompson, DeView, ..445
Fakes Mercantile Co.425
Grays & Co., Grays,.422
Jernigan Merc. & Gin Co.300
Planters Gin Co.194
McCrory Gin Co .149
Cotton was selling for 1214
cents a pound and seed for $36.00
a ton at McCrory yesterday. The
price advanced today, Friday, to
$40.00 a ton.
Miss Ruth Powell of Augusta
was here the guest of home folks
last Sunday.
Ernest Fountain of Cherry
Valley returned home from Ben
ton Monday where he spent
Sunday with friends and relatives