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McCRORY, ARKANSAS, FRIDAY, JAN. 9, 1920
NUMBER 25
C0MRMEQt-IREDRTOAREPORT
, nlial Statements On Work
A” Done During Year Are
Due Today.
Under the act of the legis
lature passed during the last
la ';. cession commissioners of
1 road districts, drainage
! d improvement districts are
required to file an annual re
re\ in the county in which
the^district is located on the
Zt Monday in January of
1 year. Under this act
ommissioers all .over the
state will be required to file
ibis report today. _ . .
The bill was introduced Dy
E 0 Bagley of Pulaski
county. All members of a
hoard who fail to make this
report will be subject to a
fine of not less than $500 for
each offense.
The comissioners are re
rn> d to make a detailed
statement of everything done
during the year, including the
amount of money collected,
the amount expended, the
date and number and amount
of each vouncher, to whom
such voucher was issued aha
for what purpose, character
of improvement, amount I of
improvement, and other /de
tails necessary for a full land
complete understanding \ of
everything accomplished ' by
commissioners. \
The report is filed with ttie
clerk of the county in whidfi
the district is located, and it
he district is located in more
han one county it must be
filed with the clerk in all
counties where the district is
ocated. The clerk is requir
ed to keep the report on
land for inspection by any
taxpayer.—Gazette,. Monday
Jan. 5.
dies from burns.
Mr.andMrs.Harrison Powell
of Pumpkin Bend, who moved
here last year from Alabama
had the misfortune of losing
their only child, age five years,
today, Friday, as a result of
the little girl’s clothing being
burned from her body a week
5g0* The child’s dress eaughl
a stove and was com
Pletely burned off its body be
l0re the parents, who were
\0ut m the lot, could get to her
^he remains will be laid tc
pSt tomorrow, Saturday, it
Urflpkin Bend Cemetery,
-
NEW JEWEL THEATRE
Class Motion
Pictures.
Spend Wednesday Nights
at ( hurch and the rest
°f them with us.
W- w. R^NEY, Prop.
McCRORY BOY TO
BE COMMISSIONED.
Roy W. Ellington of McCrory
Soon to Become A Flier.
Last Saturday 16 men left
Eberts Field for March Field,
Riverside, Cal., where all of
them will complete their train
ing for commissioned aviators
of the United States army.
The men are: Sergeants
First Class Thomas E. Flaher
ty, Jacob Proue, James H.
King, Robert W. Curry and
Ralph W. Watt; Sergeant Viv
ian Long and Chauffeurs Les
lie Theobald, William M. Car
son and James L. McNutt, and
Privates Will Arnold, Orval
H. Dolph, Fred L. Waddle,
Roy W. Ellington and Wyatt
E. Key. It has been officially
announced that all of these
'men have been from 10 to 125
hours in the air, while several
are said to have completed
their cadet courses and are
ready for the reserve commis
sions.—Arkansas Democrat,
Januarv 6.
^ BAKER-CASTLEBERRY
i -
Married: Mr. Thurman;
Baker, of Jelks, Ark., to Miss
Dove Castleberry, of Pang
burn, Ark., Sunday, Jan. 4,
1920, at the home of the bride,
j They will reside at Jelks,
where the groom is employed
| in the store of J. F. Gardner
& Co. The Home News joins
their many friends in wishing
NJiem happiness and prosper
Mr. F.Lewfs lBft' yesterday,
Thursday, for a ten day’s stay
iin the City of Vapor.
I
Read This Guarantee
Get one can of JACK FROST Baking Powder. Try it.
Then, if you do not like it better than the powder you
have been using, return the unused portion to your grocer
and he will refund the.full purchase price. Doesn’t such
a liberal offer convince you that JACK FROST is worth
a trial?
Full Pound Can, 25c
At Your Grocer
F. B. CHAMBERLAIN CO., ST. LOUIS
PURE AND SURE
49,441 AUTOS IN STATE.
lags Issued to Pulaski County
Owners in 1919 Total 7,428.
During 1919 the State High
way Department issued 49,441
automobile licenses, accord
ing to the reportof J. E. Little
' ii» charge of the automobile
j division of the department.
The greatest number was
issued to automobile owners
in Pulaski, being 7,428. The
smallest number, which was
12, was issued to owners of
machines in Newton county.
The counties and the number
of licenses issued to each fol
low
Arkansas, 1,063; Ashley,
466; Baxter, 52; Benton, 344;
Boone, 1,505; Bradley, 386;
Calhoun, 272; Carroll, 289;
Chicot, 552; Clark, 678; Clay,
527 ;Cleburne, 139; Cleveland,
242; Columbia,, 681; Conway,
553; Craighead, 1,015; Craw
ford, 759 ; Crittenden, 541;
Cross, 390; Dallas, 398; De
sha, 398; Drew, 521; Faulk
ner, 828; Franklin, 566; Ful
ton, 106; Garland, 962; Grant
210; Greene, 673; Hempstead
805 ; Hot Springs, 365; How
ard, 488; Independence, 521
Izard, 30; Jackson, 805; Jeff
erson, 2,111; Johnson, 635
Lafayette, 368; Lawrence
465; Lee, 592; Lincoln, 264
Little River, 388; Logan, 823
Lonoke, 1,204; Madison, 82
Marion, 56; Miller, 852; Miss
issippi, 1,094; Monroe, 459
Montgomery, 135; Nevada
498; Newton, 12; Ouachita
626; Perry, 159; Phillips
1,289 Pike, 199; Poinsett
433; Polk, 305; Pope, 774
Prairie, 501, Pulaski, 7,428
Randolph, 218; Saline, 423
DEWEY MASSEY DEAD.
Died: Saturday, Jan. 3,
1920, at the home of his
mother in this city, Dewey
Massey, age 21 years. A
mother, three sisters, Ada and
Collins Massey and Mrs. Dale
Sims, of near Cotton Plant,
and three brothers, Elbert and
! Owen Massey of McCrory and
Allen Massey of Fairbanks,
Ark., are left to mourn his
loss.
The deceased was one of
i our many sons from Woodruff
County who volunteered his
services in the world war. He
| joined Company “A” when it
| was organized in Woodruff
County and went with them
to Alexandria, La., where he
was honorably discharged be
cause of his physical weak
ness.
The remains were carried to
! Fakes Cemetery Sundav after
noon in Undertaker Raney’s
j new auto hearse where th°y
were laid to rest, a number of
sorrowing friends and rela
tives attending.
taking the census of Barnes
and Pumpkin Bend Township.
Mr. Elma Wilder has DeView
Township and Miss Florence
Kyle the Town of McCrory.
They receive four cents for
each name, 30 cents for each
farm.
Scott, 279; Searcy, 49; Sebas
itain, 3,029; Sevier, 784;
! Sharp, 73; St. Francis, ^"8;
Stone, 44; Union, 508; TTan
Buren, 158; Washington, 1,
185; White, 897; Woodruff,
578; Yell, 588; total, 49,441.
—Gazette.