THE HOME NEWS
EDITED IN THE INTEREST OF McCRORY AND WOODRUFF COUNTY
VOLUME 1.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1916
NUMBER 52
A “CONDENSED” REPORT
State Law Is Not Complied With by
Our Town Officers. The Peo
ple Should be Informed.
We publish this week a state
ment of the financial condition of
the Town of McCrory which
shows that there was a balance
j of $18.08 in the treasury on
I June, 30, 1916.
It is very plain that the report
I has been condensed to a great
degree notwithstanding the laws
I of the state require that a DE
TAILED statement be given the
people. There are probably
more reasons than one why this ;
report has been condensed as it
has. We publish herewith the j
law requiring incorporated towns j
j to have a financial statement:
published in January and July of
tavii j «
THE LAW
“Sec. 10. Act No. 3. The!
Council of every municipal cor- j
poration in this State shall cause j
to be published One uine, m the
months of January and July, in
one paper published in the muni
cipality, a full financial report j
of the affairs of the municipality, j
giving a detailed statement of
all funds received and from what
source; of all money expended,
to whom paid, and for what pur
pose, during the preceeding six
months: such statements shall j
also show the amount of funds
on hand and the amount of all
indebtedness. If there is no
paper published in the municipal
ity, the publication shall be made
in a paper published nearest to
such municipality.”
"Sec. 13. Every person who
shall fail to comply with the
provisions of this act shall be
fined in any sum not exceeding
one thousand dollars.”
The above law says that a
£ ULL financial report, giving a
DETAILED statement of all |
funds received and from what
source; of all money expended,
to whom paid, and for what pur
I P°se, shall be published. By
referring to Webster’s dictionary
the following definition
°t the word, “detail”
WEBSTER
Detail: To cut to pieces, tell
]n detail. A minute portion;
I 1 A narrative which relates
Jfimute points or dwells on par
iculars.” A minute account
^ts nothing as to person, time,
p ace* adjuncts, etc.”
We claim that the law has not
been complied with as the state
ment does not go into detail, and
we submit the same to the peo
ple for their consideration.
We don’t want to be under
stood as charging anyone with
anything wrong but we have
offered to publish a DETAILED
statement for the same price
which the law allows us for pub
lishing the '‘condensed” state
ment, and we will do so in our
next issue if it is furnished us.
The people of an incorporated
town pay the taxes for the pur
pose of maintaining it. They
elect officers and pay them for
the purpose of looking after the
town. The people are connected
with the town in the same man
ner that stockholders are con
nected with an incorporated con
iu.;; of any kind. < v
The stockholders are entitled
and in all well regulated compa
nies are furnished a complete
statement in detail of their com
pany each year, or twice a year
and we claim that the people are
entitled to the same courtesy or
service as regards their town.
Some fellow who doesn’t want
the people informed will be
ready to say that the books of
the town are open to inspection.
Certainly this is true, but did
you ever hear of any citizen go
ing around checking up the ac
counts of any officer? Of course
not, no one cares to make
enemies in any such manner.
wnaxis every wu,y o uuomcoo j
nodody’s business, but we do!
think it is our business as a
newspaper representing the peo
ple to demand that a DETAIL
ED statement be given them in
stead of a CONDENSED state
ment as is the case with the one
published this week.
From the published “condens
ed” statement the people can
not know just who has paid
street tax, dog tax, etc., and i
ivho has not. A DETAILED
STATEMENT would show all
;his. The lawfurthur Requires
;hat a statement of all outstand
ing indebtedness be given and
:his has not been done. The on
ly indebedness shown is the
£250.00 yet to be paid on the
tractor engine and grader. The
statement should also show the
amount the town owed Mayor
Barber, Recorder Best and others.
Work Begins on New Church
i
Mr. A. A. Anderson who pur
chased the old frame church
building for $100. finished razing
the same Tuesday and work on
the new $15,000.00 brick struc
ture began Wednesday.
Contractor T. F. Campbell of
1 v’ ‘■'"R-'ck p . &.
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is overseeing vhe foundation
work. Material is being placed
on the ground and the excava
tion work began Tuesday.
The Building Committee com
posed of Dr. G. B. Fakes, H. D.
Swayze, W. E. Jelks, F. Lewis,
G. G. McCrory, W. H. Jimerson
and D. M. Huff has acted wisely
in selecting a building large
enough for our town for several
years to come. The present lots,
75x140 feet, would have provid
ed no extra room whatever and
me ionowmg people purcnaseu
another lot 25x140 yesterday,
Thursday, from C. W. MeCrory
at a cost of $300.00 and donated
it to the church: Dr. G. B. Fakes
$100.00, W. E. Jelks $100.00, H.
T. Raney $25.00, F. Lewis $25.00,
Rev. S. M. Yancey $25.00, H. D.
Sayze $10.00, G. G. MeCrory
'$10.00 and T. N. Taylor $5.*30.
The building will be of brick,
veener, 75x96 feet with an audi
torium 37x56 feet. There will
be nine class rooms, a balcony
that will seat 150 people, a room
for the choir and a pastor’s study.
A basement with furnace to heat
the building is provided.
The brick will be of a light
ivory color with a chinchilla fin
ish set in moss green mortar.
The inside will be plastered and
rolling partitions for the class
rooms are provided.
Ripple cathedral glass will be
usea in ail winuuws <inu me
building will be wired for elec
tric lights and fans. The large,
sweet-toned bell which Mrs.
Edmunds gave to the old church
building will be used in the new
edifice.
The contract price does not in
clude seats nor lighting system.
Anyone desiring to contribute a
memorial window will see Dr.
Fakes at once and those who
have not paid the amount sub
scribed will please do so imme
diately by handing same to H.
D. Swayze.
The new six-room bungalow
for Mayor and Mrs. G. W. Bar
ber will soon be completed. R.
L. Johnson is the contractor and
the building is modern in every
respect and will be quite an ad
dition to our city.
Arkansas Takes Strides
In Civic Improvements.
Arkansas is taking greater
strides in civic improvements
than ever before, along the lines
of installing waterworks, which
usually entail sewer systems and
improved fire departments.
r*Xde
partment of the Arkansas Ac
tuarial Bureau bear out this
statement In the past year the
Bureau has been called on to in
spect and criticise plans and
specifications for waterworks in
Benton, Rector, Harrison, Heber
Springs and Ashdown, which
towns are installing, or have
completed waterworks, while
plans are under way for similar
lmnmuomontc! of Uo
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hontas, Malvern, Springdale,
Eudora, Nashville, Star City,
Beebe, Piggott, Corning, Hat
field, Junction City, Walnut
Ridge, Portland and Wilmot.
Improvments of the present
plants are contemplated at Ben
tonville, Dardanelle. Stuttgart,
Arkansas City, Conway, Morrill
ton and Marianna.
“These improvements will save
the peepsi -thousands of dalles,
annually in insurance premiums
and cut down the fire loss, to say
nothing of the saving that will
be effected in life and health
through the sanitary benefits/’
said Manager J. S. Speed of the
Arkansas Actuarial Bureau. The
indications are that Arkansas
will see even greater progress
along these lines within the next
few months.
New Gin At Jelks.
Joe D. Rooks and several other
workmen began the erection
Tuesday of a cotton gin at
Jelks.
The equipment will consist of
three 70-saw gins and everything
is new and of the latest make.
The Gardner Mercantile Com
pany are the promoters and
they intend to have the machin
ery in operation for this crop.
All of the machinery and mater
ial is now on the ground.
The Fakes Mercantile Com
pany is making a special offer to
supply the farmers with seed
oats at the low price of 50c per
bushel. Get your’s now. Adv.
For Sale: Good, second-hand
lumber including dimensions,
ceiling, flooring, sheeting and
siding. Also have a lot of brick.
Prices reasonable. A. A. Ander
son. Adv.