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EDITED IN THE INTEREST OF McCRORY AND WOODRUFF COUNTY
VOLUME 1.
McCKUKY, ARKANSAS, FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1916
NUMBER 43
ARKANSAS PRESS ASSO
CIATION.
Editors From All Parts of The
State Visit Important Towns
Along The Cotton Belt Ry.
Upon adjournment at Texark
ana Wednesday of last week, the
editors, their wives, sons and
daughters, numbering about 200,
boarded a special train furnished
by the Cotton Belt Ry. Co. for
their annual excursion.
Before leaving Texarkana the
excursionists visited the large
hospital belonging to the Cotton
Belt Ry. and maintained by that
Company for its employees.
Cleanliness was strikingly notice
able throughout the entire build
ings and grounds. One of
the most modern X-Ray machines
composed only a small part of the
complete equipment.
The town of Lewisville, stamps,
Waldo and McNeil were visited
before the party arrived at Mag
nolia where we received one of
the most hearty welcomes and
cordial greetings of the entire
trip. Here we were hurried in
automobiles to the State Agricul
tural School where the girls of
that institution had prepared a
first-class, home-grown and home
cooked meal, and we have never
had the pleasure of partaking of
one that excelled this in number
of edibles or culinary skill. Mag
nolia is one of the best towns in
south-west Arkansas and is al
ready a fastgrowing little city
of some 5,000 inhabitants.
from Magnolia the train dou
bled back to McNeil and then to
Stephens and Camden. _ At the
latter city we spent the first night
of the trip. We were met at the
station by Camden’s Cornet Band
and escorted to the leading hotel
where we were assigned rooms.
It was thepleasnre of the News
editor and wife to enjoy the warm
hospitality of the home of Mr.
and Mrs, R. E. Fullenwider.
Their two sweet little children,
Miss Mildred and Master Jas.
Webber, seemed to vie with their
mother in making us enjoy our
stay in their city and home.
of
The second big social function
the trip was tendered the
press people at Camden the same
being a dance and reception in
the Elks Club. A fish-fry was
given on the banks of the Oua
chita River.
Thursday morning the party
eft for Bearden where a brief
stop was made. At Thornton
e editors visited the large lum
er mill of the Stout Lumber
°mpany. A tempting chicken
M. H. S. Receives Gift.
The McCrory High School
' wishes to acknowledge publicly
the receipt of a very beautiful
picture from one of her many
stanch friends, Mrs. James Wil
kins, of Austin, Texas. This
picture was sent from Texas to
Dr. and Mrs. G. B. Fakes, and
1 thru them is presented to our
school; it will be hung in the
| school auditorium, along with the
I pictures of the Presidents pre
sented us by the generous ladies
of the Swastika Club, so that
all may perceive to what extent
our school is dear to the hearts
of her friends.
dinner was served in the Airdome
by courtesy of this large concern.
The visitors were given finely
finished pieces of white pine
printed in gilt as souvenirs. The
combined daily capacity of the
Stout Lumber Co. of Thornton
and the Cotton Belt Lumber Co.
of Bearden is 3000,000 feet. The
former plant employs abont 500
men and its president, W. C.
Ribenack, in speaking of the re
lation between large holdings of
lumber companies and agricul
tural development said:
“There is a common impres
sion, that the large holdings of
lumber companies in this state is
responsible for its slow develop
ment. You can’t develop the
state agriculturally until the tim
ber is cut. When the mills move
out, labor will find employment
in agricultural development.
“Our company will offer cut
over land to settlers on time pay
ments as fast as the timber is
cut and I think other companies
will do the same.”
Mr. Kibenack told ot the com
pany’s work in improving condi
tions of employes by broadening
the school system to include a
full high school course and full
term work and by the establish
ment of a night school and indus
trial and domestic science school
for employes.
B. E. Halpin, general superin
tendent, welcomed the visitors.
T. E. Wood, C. E. Johnson and
J. M. Holt responded for the as
sociation and Division Superin
tendent E. Richards of the Cot
ton Belt spoke by request.
At Rison, the former home
town of Mrs. Sallie Stanfield
Riley, former editor of the Cleve
land County Herald, the Asso
ciation received the most cordial
| reception in its history. More
than 150 school children wearing
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Woodruff County Institute
At Augusta, June, 5-10
Both Districts United.
The Woodruff County Institute
will be held at Augusta, June,
5-10, both districts uniting to
make this the best Institute our
county has ever had. All teach
ers of the entire county are ex
pected to attend, and your exam
iners beg to remind you tnat, ac
cording to law, all county licenses
automatically become null and
void in case of non-attendance
on the part of the teacher, and
that state licenses, if not en
dorsed for Institute attendance
for five consecutive years, auto
matically lose their validity.
The Official Institute Manual is,
this year, published in the May
number of the Arkansas Teacher,
copies of which can be purchased
only from examiners, price 15c.
Further plans for the Institute
will be announced later. Our
teachers are urged to make pre
parations.
Respectfully,
T. W. Woodbury, Co. Ex.
Honor Certificates Awarded.
It was my intention to present
to all pupils who were neither
absent nor tardy for the last seven
months, or for the full time of
school, certificates of Award at
our graduating exercises Friday
evening, May 5, but did not re
ceive the names from their
teachers in time to do so. These
children deserved, special con
sideration and mention for their
faithful attendance on school this
year. If there is anything that
is a bone to any scnooi, it is tar
dies and absences; one of the
most co-operative parents is the
one who gets the children to
school on time and keeps them in
school all the time.
The following pupils were
neither absent nor tardy for the
last seven months of school, or
for the full time:
Grace Porter, Florence Kyle,
Nora King, Grace Clayton, J. W.
Comer, Elizabeth McLemore,
Lizzie Bronte.
Respectfully,
T. W. Woodbtry,
Principal.
Mrs. Frank Angelo of Cotton
Plant arrived Sunday for a visit
to her mother, Mrs. Cora John
son.
W. V. Angelo, prosperous mer
chant of Grays, has purchased a
five-passenger Ford from Riggs
Brothers.
Convicts Have Arrived.
Sheriff Bob Spradlin delivered
to Road Overseer J. F. Bronte
yesterday afternoon eight negro
convicts from the state peniten
tiary to be worked on the public
roads by order of County Judge
A. L. Hutchins.
They were immediately placed
in the new steei cage at Mr.
Bronte’s home which arrived
Monday. All of the convicts
were sent up from this county
and their names, the crimes for
which they were found guilty,
number of years sentenced and
the expiration of their sentences
are as follows:
Henry Stewart, second degree
murder, five years, Feb. 25, 1920.
Columbus Rodgers, burglary
and grand larceny, four years,
May, 22, 1919.
William Moore, grand larceny,
two years. May, 31, 1917.
R. C. Dixon, second degree
murder, five years, Feb. 24, 1917.
Chas. Canada, grand larceny,
two years, Feb. 11, 1917.
Mack Huddleston, grand larce
ny, one year, Jan. 24, 1917.
Earl Kenedy, grand larceny,
one year, Jan. 22, 1917.
Porter Mack, assault to kill,
two years, Dec. 4, 1916.
H. M. Allbritton Dead.
Henry Malcom Albritton, age
39 years, seven months and 23
days, died Monday, May, 15, 1916
at his home in this city after an
illness of nine days with inter
mittent • fever. .
The deceased was married
Nov. 20, 1900, to Miss Rebecca
Haggard of DeView, and leaves
a wife and four children and a
brother, Ben Albritton of Mem
phis to mourn his loss.
“Mack” as he was familiarly
Known possessed a large circle oi
friends and was a member of the
Methodist Church and the Wood
men of the World. He carried
$1,000.00 insurance in the above
order and his grave will be mark
ed by the W. O. W- with a
monument to cost $100.00,
The remains were laid to rest
in the Fakes Cemetery north of
town Tuesday, his brother ar
riving on the early train in time
to attend the services.
Wanted: To purchase a good
second-hand piano box. J. M.
Kellogg. Adv.
Ready for shipment now. Yel
low yam potato slips at 15c per
hundred. Write W. Lawson
i Smith, Brookhaven, Miss. Adv.