NEWS
EDITED IN THE INTEREST OF McCRORY and woodruff county
McCRORY,
ARKANSAS, FRIDAY, FEB. 13, 1920.
NUMBER 30
,Tru COMMISSIONERS
dITCH RE-LET CONTRACT.
At a meeting of the Com
■ dinners J- F* Shue, F. W.
missioneib, Kibler of
^eedu DeView Drainage Dis
S® No.-One of Woodruff,
lackson and Cross Counties,
Sat their headquarters in
the Bank of McCrory Tuesday
Mds were again received for
digging the ditch.
A former, contract was let
,nd the bond issue ot ?150,
000.00 sold a few years ago.
The new contractors are Co*e
;an Brothers of Hickory
Rid ere who were the former
contractors. Their price on
the old contract was six ana
thirteen one hundredths cents
a cubic yard.
There are 2,000,000 cubic
yards estimated to be moved
ar.d the new bid by Coleman
Brothers which wasv accepted
was as follows:
The Bid.
Eight cents a cubic yard
and $30.00 an acre for clear
ing right-of-way with the
understanding that the ditch
is not to be enlarged more
than ten feet and that if the
ditch should be enlarged that
the District shall pay eleven
cents per cubic yard for all
yardage above the present
specifications.
COLEMAN BROTHERS
By G. C. COLEMAN
J. W. COLEMAN
A. B. COLEMAN
Under their former con
tract they were to receive
816.00 an acre for clearing
right-of-way. They submit
ted a certified check for $2,
000. and are to make a
surety bond for $50,000.
Another bid was submitted
by Mr. Ben Goodwin of Hunt
er, representing the Southern
Drainage & Lumber Co.,
which was eleven cents a
yard.
Previous to the letting of
the new contract commission
er Kibler stated that Coleman
Brothers and stated up until
a tew weeks ago that they
lvere going to carry out their
former contract, but since
1 «d told him they could not
;ic the work at the old con
tact price, but if a new con
tact could be made for eight
fpts & yard, they would dig
he ditch. Mr. Kibler also
p ed that their attorney, Mr.
°f Paragould, as well as
twr attorneys had advised
-iat Coleman Brothers could
;ot be held responsible under
tne old contract.
Love Banks of Hickory
*7^ Was present and sug
t, sted that a larger ditch than
one Proposed be dug, but
•‘^s met. with opposition from
'* ^IcCrorv and others, as
e l as Mr. Beede and Mr.
f "\and we are glad to in
m the tax payers that these
0 commissioners are op
Hobo Now Scorns the Breadline
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8urvey Made by Interchurch World Movement Shows That Even the Cheap
Lodging House Is Going Cut of Business.
i lie um ureau ime is gone irom
its accustomed place in the cities. In
the slums throughout the country
huddled queues of men no longer wait
to be fed. Their passing is a symbol
of the passing of the hobo.
Everywhere, for lack of guests, the
cheap lodging houses are being aban
doned. Only a few old, decrepit men
remain in the Salvation Army Indus
trial Homes. In Kansas City the once
crowded dormitories of the “Helping
Hand” building are closed. In Lincoln.
Neb., in 191.'. there were 1,756 non
resident single men who applied for
aid. while in 1918 there were only 136
The hobo, the wandering workers
who went to the lodging house and the
bread line between his seasonal jobs
.has been lifted from his old plane hy
uie war. a study of the conditions of ;
migrant labor is now being conducted i
by the Interchurch World Movement j
that it may lay the facts before the |
Protestant churches of America, j
whose closer co-operation is its larger !
purpose. This study shows that the i
hobo has found a cioser succession of j
jobs, a higher return for his labor. Re ;
has become almost a “steady” worker.
He no longer needs his old refuge.
Beyond the reach of these agencies,
he offers the Protestant churches an
opportunity to provide new means of
influencing his life and maintaining
his standards of living, and the Inter
church World Movement survey is de
termining how this may best be
a chi : : i
CIRCUIT COURT IS
POSTPONED ONE WEEK.
By order of Judge J. M.
Jackson of Helena, Circuit
Court has been postponed one
week and will not convene un
til Monday, Feb. 23, 1920.
All persons who have been
summoned are hereby notified
to appear just one week later
than the time that you were
to have been present.
R. H. SMITH, Jr.
Adv. 2-13-lt. Sheriff.
Mr. T. W. Greer left Tues
day for a visit to his brother,
Mr. W. T. Greer at Anson,
Texas, whom he has not seen
since he moved from here 30
years ago.
With regret we note that
Justice of the Peace, J. W.
Neely, who is also a valuable
member of our school board
will soon move his good family
to Siloam Springs, where he
has bought a home. We wish
them the best of health and
much prosperity.
posed to a larger ditch as it
would require more bonds or
a heavier tax to be made.
The attorney promised to
send The Hotne News a copy
of the new contract and bond
which we will publish for th^
| many tax payers who are oui!
1-subscribers.
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S. I. A. PROGRAM.
The following program will
be given at the School Im
provement Association meet-1,
ing to be held at the High
School auditorium, Friday,
Feb. 27:
Piano Solo, Miss Margaret
Hargis, y
Talk. Why should mothers
be as interested in the school
as in the home? Mrs. Mc
Cain.
Vocal solo. Miss Hazel
Musgrove.
Discussion. Whafl our
school needs. Supt. C. T.
Willis.
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Mr. Love Banks, of Smith
dale, spent Tuesday here the
guest of Mr. T. A. Jeffries.
‘ Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Smith
of Little Rock attended the
funeral of Little Marvin Mat
lock Sunday. Mr. Smith is a
| linotype operator on the Little
Rock Daily News and his wife
was formerly Miss Birdie
j Wright of near DeView.
Died: Marvin Matlock,
age five years, child of L. B.
I Matlock, at the home of his
grand-parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. D. Matlock, Friday, Feb.6,
1920, at 8:30 o’clock, p. m.
| The remains were laid to rest
Sunday in* the Beards ceme
tery.
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BOY KILLED INSTANTLY
, WITH SHOT GUN.
Norman Spradlin, Age Five
Years Is Dead as Result of
Playing With Loaded
Shot Gun.
Norman, age five years,
oldest child of Mr. and Mrs.
Herbert Spradlin of near
Chappell Grove, was killed
instantly Thursday afternoon
about three o’clock when a
shot gun, with which he and
another x boy were playing,
was accidentally discharged.
The load of shot passed
through his body at the top of
the breast bone.
The unfortunate child had
gone over to Mr. J. T. Pear
row’s home about LOO yards
away to play with Pearl and
- Pearrow. Mr. Pear
row had three guns in his
home and the only one loaded
-was the one with which it is
thought his little seven year
old son killed his playmate.
The gun was a No. 12 single
barrel shot gun.
Mrs. Spradlin who was at
home, and who had called
to her boy to come home,
heard the report of the gun
and ran to Mr. Pearrow’s
home. Mr. Jess Dougherty
was also one of' the first to
reach the scene. The three
children were there alone as
Mr. Pearrow was at the home
of Mr. J. W. Killingsworth.
The remains were laid to
rest in Fakes Cemetery today,
^Friday, and the bereaved
parents have the heartfelt
sympathy of the entire com
munity.
SCREEN VILLIAN IS
NOTED FOR COURAGE
Joe Ryan, who is again play
ing the villian role in Vita
graph’s new serial thriller,
“Smashing Barriers,” now be
ing shown at the Jewel Thea
tre every Monday is ^ot, with
all his screen deviltry, a cow
ard. In fact, he has more than
the usual allotment of “sand”
necessary for a screen bad
man. In the next episode he
takes a great chance with life
and limb when he rides madly
alongside of a speeding train
and jumps aboard one of the
flat cars from the back of his
trusty steed.
Mr. Joe Bennett was in
Little Rock on business Thurs
day.
Wanted: To buy your hogs.
W. J. MITCHELL. Adv. 1
| 23-tf.
See the Special Five Reel
Feature Show at the Jewel
! Theatre tomorrow, Saturday,
flight. Wm. Fox presents
Albert Ray and Eleanor Fair
in “Married In Haste.” If
I you enjoy a good show and
I w^nt a hearty laugh you will
! not be disappointed if you
I see this production. Admis
| sion 25c.