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Published every Friday at McCrory, Ark.
WALTER W. RANEY, Ed. and Pub.
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ter August 26, 1915, at the post'
office at McCrory, Ark., under
the Act of March 3, 1879.
Friday, August 24, 1917.
Notice
In the Woodruff County
Court for the Northern Dis
trict, August 7, 1917.
Notice is hereby given that
there has been filed in this "court
a petition signed by J. H. Cros
sed, Fletcher Lewis, J. F. Mor
gan, and others, purporting to be
a majority in land value, acreage,
or numbers of the land owners
within the proposed road district
embracing the following terri
tory:
Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16,-47, and
18 in township 7 north, range 2
west; and sections 31, 32, 33, 34,
35, 36, in township 8 north, range
2 west; and sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15,
16, 17, 18, in township 7 north,
range 1 west, and sections 31, 32,
33, 34, 35, 36, in township 8
north, range 1 west; all in the
northern District of Woodruff
County and praying the improve
ment of certain public roads, one
being a road from a point on the
east boundary line of the south
east quarter of Section 1, Town
ship 7 north, range 3 west, near
Fakes, Arkansas, and running in
an easterly direction near the
section line, being twelve miles,
to a point on the eastern boun
dary line of Woodruff County at
the south-east corner of section
1, township 7 north, range 1
west; and also the following road:
Beginning at the north-west
corner of section 34, township 8
north, range 2 west, and running
south four miles to a point in the
southern boundary line of section
lo, township 7 .north, range 2
west, near the south-east corner
of the south-west quarter of the
said section; and also a road:
Beginning at the intersection
°i Pine and Main Streets in the
town of Patterson, the post office
name of which is Jelks, Arkan
sas; thence in a southern direction
to a point one mile from the point
°t beginning.
And the preliminary survey
and estimates have been made
by the State Highway Depart
ment, as required by law, and
bled in this court before this pe
tition was circulated, and there
was also filed by these petitioners
a good bond, conditioned as re
quired by law.
Now, therefore, all persons,
firms or corporations, owning
land or other real property with
in the proposed district, are here
by notified to appear before the
County Court for the Northern
District of Woodruff County, on
Friday, the 31st day of August,
1917, at the hearing, at two p.
m., to show cause for or against
the establishment of the said
Road Improvement District.
Wituess mv hand this 7th day
of August, 1917. 8-10 3t Adv
A. L. Hutchins,
County Judge for the Northern
District of Woodruff County.
I certifiy that the foregoing is
a true and correct copy of notice
ordered published by the county
Court for the Northern District
of Woodruff County in the matter
therein described.
Witness my hand and seal of
this court, this 7th day of Aug
ust, 1917.
(Seal) Walter Jimerson,
County Clerk of the Northern
District of Woodruff County.
Preventive Medicine
At a Very Low Cost
The following letters are probf
that it is cheaper to prevent sick
ness than to cure it:
To whom it may concern: This
is to certify that I have had my
closet fixed and approved by the
county director of the State
Board of Health at a cost of twelve
cents. J. E. Miller.
^ AugUvSt 4, 1917.
To whom it may concern: This
certifies that my closet has been
made sanitary and fly-proof un
der the supervision of Woodruff
County Health workers, and the
cost to me was not over twenty
five cents. Very truly,
A. A. Mitchell.
Rev. J. W. Moore of the De
View work is taking a much
needed rest after his six weeks
continual labor in his revivals and
has gone to visit his father in
Tennessee for several weeks.
Rev. F. A. Lark of this city will
look after his work as far as pos
sible while he is away.
Mr. George H. Proulx has
leased from Thompson-Hailey Co.
the brick building formerly used
for the postoffice and will open a
first-class delicatessen about
Sept. 1st. His business has out
grown the present location and
the new place will afford much
more room which will be readily
utilized. The lease is for a period
of years and Mr. Proulx will be
gin at once to have the building
cleaned and arranged to suit the
demands of the new business.
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RIGGS BROTHERS,
McCrory,
Arkansas
McCrory High School Will
Open Monday, Sept. 10th.
In compliance with the recent
law passed by the Legislature,
all children .will be required to
present to the principal of the
school a certificate of vaccination
against small pox before they
can enter this school.
By order of the Board of Di
rectors of the McCrory Special
School District.
Fletcher Lewis, Pres.
Grover McCrory, Sec. j
Died: Mr. Carlyle Monroe, Sat
urday, August 18, 1917, at his
home in Beaumont, Texas. De- j
ceased was a brother of Mrs. W.
M. Comer of this city.
Miss Jennie Folsom of Jones- j
boro and Mrs. C. R. Simmons of
Brinkley, who have been visiting
friends and relatives here, left
Monday for a visit to friends in
Beebe.
Mr. L. B^ Colwell has rented
the brick building north of the
Fakes Mercantile Co. and which
has just been vacated by the
Bank of McCrory. He will open
a first-class restaurant in same
and will equip it with all modern
counters, tables and other fix
tures. This will give McCrory
one of the best businesses of its :
kind between Memphis and Lit
tle Rock. He will continue his
old place of business now being;
operated across the street making
it exclusive for the negro trade. ,
Warning Order
In the Woodruff Chancery Court
for the Northern District, Sep
tember Term, 1917.
Robert M. Flatt, Plaintiff,
vs.
Flora Flatt, Defendant.
The defendant, - Flora Flatt,
is warned to appear in this court
within thirty days and answer
the complaint of the plaintiff,
Robert M. Flatt.
L. W. Winfree, Clerk.
Filed August 10, 1917. 8-10-4t
Warning Order
In the Woodruff Chancery Court
for the Northern District, Sep
tember term, 1917.
Cecil M. Stillwell, Plaintiff,
vs
Ducie Stillwell, Defendant.
The defendant, Ducie Stillwell,
is warned to appear in this court
within thirty days and answer
the complaint of the plaintiff,
Cecil M. Stillwell.
L. W. Winfree, Clerk.
Filed August 18, 1917. 8-24-4t
Methodist Church.
We are counting on a fine day
at our church next Sunday. All
services as usual. Do not miss
one service unless obligated else
where. Welcome to you at every
service. F. A. Lark, Pastor.