teachers elected
At a meeting of the Board of
Directors of the McCrory Spec
ial School District held Mon
day, April 22, the following
young ladies were elected to
fill vacancy in the McCrory
High School for the year 1918
19:
Miss Virginia Peden, who
has taught several years in the
Batesville High School, was
elected for the seventh and
eighth grades.
Miss Ethel Scott, who has
been teaching the past three
years in the Arkadelphia High
School, was elected for the
fifth and sixth grades.
These young ladies come
very highly recommended and
coming from the best high
schools of the state, the Board
of Directors are to be com
mended in securing the ser
vices of these teachers.
SPEAKING AT JELKS
Because of an oversight on
the part of the candidates in
making out the speaking pro
gram in overlooking Jelks they
have set Monday night, April 6
for the speaking at that place.
Born: Thursday, April 18,
1918, to Mr. and Mrs. C. H.
Haggard of DeView, a boy.
Why Not Be Good To Yourself
If you awaken weary and
unfreshed in the morning, or
tire early in the day, are bili
ous and “blue” with coated
tongue and bad breath—if you
are suffering from indigestion
or constipation—you will find
Foley Cathartic Tablets quick
to relieve and comfortable in
action. They are wholesome
and heaiui giving. Red Cross
Drug Store, McCrory, Ark.
Candidate Speaking Dates
The chairman at each place
will have the speakings
begin promptly at 10 o’clock,
а. m. and where speaking will
be held at night the same will
begin promptly at 7:00 p. m.
The dates begin on May 7, and
end May 27, as follows:
Jelks (night) Monday, May
б.
Barnes, Tuesday, May 7.
Pumpkin Bend, Wednesday,
May 8.
Hilleman, Thursday, May 9.
Hunter, Friday, May 10.
DeView, Monday, May 13.
Chappell Grove, Tuesday,
May 14.
Tip, (night) Tuesday, May
14.
Wiville, Wednesday, May
15.
Howell, Thursday, May 16.
Freeman, Friday, May 17.
Cotton Plant, (night) Fri
day, May 17.
McClelland, Saturday, May
18.
White River, Monday, May
20.
Riverside, Tuesday, May
21
Revel, Wednesday, May 22.
Gregory, Thursday, May 23.
Augusta, Friday, May 24.
McCrory, Monday, May 27.
DEVIEW NEWS
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Mr. Romie Thompson is the
proud father of a twelve pound
boy.
Featherstone James paid De
View a little visit Sunday after
noon.
Mrs. R. L. Fraser of McCro
ry, spent Tuesday afternoon in
DeView.
Miss Lucy Clark came “a
calling” to DeView Sunday
afternoon.
Mr. Ned McMurtry has dis
covered that a Briscoe auto
mobile will out run a Ford.
Mrs. Clutts gave a party to
tne young folk Tuesday night,
everyone had a large time.
Miss Edith Weld left Mon
day to visit with Mrs. Ollie
Gibson and family a few days.
Mr. Charles Angelo of the
Navy, arrived Monday for a
few days stay with homefolk.
J. W. Morris’ mother and sis
ter returned Monday to Searcy
after spending a few days
here.
Our preacher has just m
! vented a new “sawless” sawing
machine, and is at work on an
“airless” airplane.
We all had biscuits once
!more, Sunday. Will Shankles
| was'so used to corn bread
that the biscuits he ate made
him sick.
j A. J. Stapp and Henry Chap
pie have hpen “dabbling” in
real estate; anyway they have
bought forty acres of improved
land from Mr. Johnson.
Miss Marietta Stark and
Miss Ottie Huff visited tV.
blacksmith shop Monday and
while there gave orders for
porch swirls for this summer.
Mr. A. S. Thompson and
family also Mr. Ed Webb and
family had, not only flour
bread, but turkey, as well, for
dinner Sunday. They spent the
day in McCrory.
You have heard ot a person
getting a bone in his foot, but
George Wright got one “in
the neck,, when he went home
with Tolbert McElroy Sunday
to eat fish.
Ed Cook, our weather man,
says there is another cyclone
forming somewhere which will
strick DeViewr sometime soon.
He would like to rent or buy a
good storm house.
You can just tell everybody
that we are going to have
preaching next Sunday and if
jyou see anyone who does not
believe it, let him come and see
for himself. Morning, 11 a.
m., evening, 7:30, p. m.
There was quite a bit of ex
citement in town Tuesday
morning Rev. Crenshaw gave
his sawing machine a tryout.
He offered all rights for twen
ty-five thousand dollars. Af
ter the demonstration, he again
offered to sell out. Mr. G. E.
Weld bid fifteen cents.
Mr. Chester Wright, Who liv
es down at Beards, but who
hangs around DeView so much
that we cannot remember that
he is not one of us, was unani
mously elected janitor for the
Beards church Sunday night,
and because he is a gasoline
lamp expert, he was voted the
handsome salary of three dol
lars a month.
The Ascending Cost Of
Giving Telephone Service
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While the cost of most of the necessities of life
has been going up for the past three years, the price of
telephone service has stood still.
But the cost of furnishing telephone service has
increased steadily since the war began.
S The price of a few specific items, constituting
j about 75 per cent of the telephone plant, increased in
I the fall of 1917 over 1915 as follows:
i
Cross arms .
Locust pins .
Poles .
Cross-arm braces ...
Lead covered cable
Steel Strand .
Iron wire ...
Copper wire .
Switchboard cable .
Switchboards ..
. 43 per cent
.107 per cent
. 24 per cent
..220 per cent
.. 80 per cent
..104 per cent
.103 per cent
..145 per cent
.. 88 per cent
.. 50 per eent
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• it
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The cost of maintenance and operation also has
1 increased beyond all expectations. Increases have
I been made in the salaries of our employees that were
j not justified by our earnings but were considered nec
essary in order that we might deal fairly with our em
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i ployees and properly serve the public.
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Telephone rates, up to now, have remained the
same. Your telephone service, in proportion to its
utility, is the very cheapest thing you buy.
We believe our subscribers will appreciate our
efforts to meet conditions that exist in McCrory, and
will recognize the necessity that now confronts us of
getting aditional revenue.
SOUTHWESTERN
BELL TELEPHONE CO.