LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Mr. C. C. Simmons made i
business trip to Augusta Thurs
day in his Ford.
Ford cars will save you mone>
in the long run. Riggs Brothers,
McCrory, Ark. Adv.3-30ti
Mr. and Mrs. Mark West oi
Newport have been guests oi
McCrory relatives and friends
the past week.
Miss Essna Knight returned
home last Friday after a pleas
ant visit with her friends and
relatives in Wynne.
Mrs. J. S. Haggard left last
Saturday for an exended visit
with her relatives and friends in
Wynne and Cross county.
For Monuments and Tomb
stones see or write W. N. Dune
hew; McCrory, Ark. The wai
has not advanced our prices.
Mrs. J. F. Morgan and Mrs. T.
J. Fakes and son, Master T. J,,
Jr., left Monday for Branson,
Missouri, to spend the summer.
FOR SALE—A porch swing,
strongly built, chains, bolts, etc.,
complete. W. D. Hinson.
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Wood and
children returned Saturday from
a visit made in their Ford tc
friends and relatives in Tennes
see.
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. McAlister
of Milan, Tenn., were guests ol
the latter’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. B. McLemore, the pasl
week.
Ka-Lom-Ite Laundry Marvel.
The clothes washing wonder that
does the work. Call at Cullum’s
Barber Shop and get sample, free,
adv. 6-29tf J. P. Taylor.
Dr. and Mrs. B. Brewster anc
son returned Sunday from a trip
made in their car to Fordyct
and other towns in the southerr
part of the State.
Miss Ora Brewer, who spenl
this week in McCrory, the guesl
of Miss Fannie Hamilton, re
turned today to her home lr
Augusta.
Messrs. C. Crotzer and W. B,
Dougherty are now numberec
among the Ford owners, thej
each having purchased a new cai
this week from Riggs Brothers
local dealers.
Mesdames J. ri. Orossett anc
H. W. Burrow are entertaining
at the former's home this after
noon in honor of Mrs. R. B
Keating, who arrived recently
from Washington, D. C.
Mr. Pete James is no longei
with the store of Mr. F. Lewi:
and will be succeeded by Mr
Paul Taylor, who recently re
turned from Chillicothe, Mo.
where 'he attended a business
college.
The Bankead Highway
The contract for the construc
L tion of the Wynne to Crittenden
County Highway was let last
week to the firm of Shinn & Am
mermann of Kansas. The bid is
for $75,812.35 and the road is to
be completed by December 1.
This road is to form a link in
■ the great Bankhead National
Highway, which this city has
made strenuous efforts to locate
on this route, and its completion
will mean a step in advance for
the county.
The Wynne to Crittenden
County Highway is to be a fine
gravel road, suitable for travel
of any sort, and is the best type
of road that the Commissioners
could contract for.—Wynne
rrogress.
Beginning at the eastern ter
minus of the above named road,
a modern highway is now being
constructed eastward through
Crittenden county to the Harri
han bridge at Memphis, which
will be open for free traffic with
in the next six weeks.
The road from Fakes to the
Cross county line, for which we
are now asking a charter, will
form another link in the great
National highway, and we can
not afford to fail in securing for
our county the benefits that will
follow its completion.
Woodruff bounty Cabbage
Mr. L. A. P. Beard, a farmer
in the Beard’s Church neighbor
hood, brought in this week a
specimen of the cabbages now
growing in his garden. It weighs
11 pounds and measures 37 inch
es in circumference. Mr. Beard
says he gave his garden no extra
cultivation this year, and no fer
tilization, other than the spread
1 ing of a little barnyard manure
before breaking the ground. He
attributes his success in raising
big cabbage more to the fine qual
ity of Woodruff county soil than
to any other agency. And yet
. there are some who do not ap
preciate the necessity for hold
ing fairs, where our record-break
ing product may be shown.
Flour Mill in McCrory
Mr. W. B. Dougherty has re
placed his old grist mill with a
new and up-to-date mill and is
[ now prepared to turn out a bet
, ter gade of meal for his many
’ customers. The new mill has a
fan and screen attached, which
r takes out all trash, cobs, silks,
husks, bugs or any other impu
rities that might be mixed with
the corn when brought to the
5 mill.
Mr. Dougherty has also in
stalled machinery for making a
fine grade of flour. He says he
5 will have regular days for grind
ing wheat.
A Fine McCrory Garden
There are many splendid gar
dens in and around McCrory this
year, but none that we have seen
will size up with that of Mrs.
Geo. H. Proulx. Mrs. Prolx al
ways has a good garden, the pro
ducts from which add consider
ably to the family bank roll, but
this season she has surpassed all
former efforts. She has a large
variety of vegetables, all pro
ducing well, especially the to
matoes. She has 1,000 tomato
plants, now bearing the finest
crop we have ever seen. One of
her tomatoes weighed one and a
quarter pounds and we saw a
great number equally as large.
Next Tuesday Mrs. Proulx will
begin canning, and none of the
products of her garden will be
allowed to go to waste. She ex
pects to put up over a thousand
cans of tomatoes alone, beside
making many gallons of superior
tomato catsup.
Must Be Vaccinated
Some doubt having been felt
as to whether or not the order of
the State Board of Health direct
ing that all school children must
show proof of having been vac
cinated before entering the com
ing session of school, Attorney
General Arbuckle has issued the
following decision in that matter:
“Vaccination certificates will
be required of all children en
tering the schools on and after
September 1, 1917.”
Removal of Our Postoffice
Postmaster W. B Kyle in
forms us that he has received
orders from the Government to
move the postoffice from its
present location into the McCain
building, formerly occupied by
the McCrory Piano and Realty
Company. The new location will
afford much more room in which
to take care of the great increase
of business that has come to the
local office in the past few years.
Mr. Walter “Red” Jeffries re
turned today (Friday) from Chi
cago, where he has spent the
past few months.
Registered Duroc Jersey pigs
for boys and girls clubs for sale
for cash or on terms.
H. D. Angus, McCrory, Ark.
Dr. and Mrs. J. R. Piercey
left Tuesday in their Ford for a
visit to Mrs. Piercey’s parents
in Prescott. They expect to re
turn home next week.
Mr. J. W. Wilder returned to
: day from Memphis, where he ac
| companied his wife to St. Jo
seph’s hospital last Monday. He
says Mrs. Wilder underwent an
! operation and he hopes to bring
1 her home in a short time.
COMPULSORY SCHOOL
ATTENDANCE LAW
Following is a synopsis of the
new compulsory school attend
ance law for Arkansas, which
will become operative September
1, 1917: oet
1. Every child between 7 atul
15 years old, both inclusive, must
attend some public, private or
parochial school at least three
fourths of the session or sessions
in the district in which the child
resides.
2. All children must enter the
school not later than two weeks
after the opening of the school
term.
•3. The following classes of
children between the ages of 7
and 15, both inclusive, may be
excused attending school for the
tollowing reasons:
(a) Children mentally or phys
ically incapacitated to perform
school duties, (b) Children who
have completed the common
school course of study, including
the seventh grade, as outlined by
the State Superintendent of Pub
lic Instruction. (c) Children
whose services are needed to sup
port widowed mothers.
4. It is the duty of the attend
ance officer to investigate all
cases of non-attendance and to
notify the parents or gurdians (
when the children fail to comply
with the provisions of this act.
5. The penalty for non-attend
ance falls on parent or guardian:
maximum fine of $10 and costs
for each offense.
6. It shall be the duty of the
prosecuting attorneys of the
State of Arkansas or their depu
ties to prosecute all violators of
this act, as in case of any other
misdemeanor.
7. It shall be the duty of all
grand juries to investigate all
cases of non-attendance at school
and return indictments in accord
ance with the evidence and facts.
8. It shall be the duty of all
school boards to provide ample
means of publicity, by posting
notices or by public announce
ments, as to the date on which
any session of school shall begin.
Such notice must be given at
least 10 days before the begin
ning of the school session.
Mr. E. A. Bryant returned to
day to his home at Heber Spring
after an extended visit with 18
sister, Mrs. Stattie Browning,
of Fakes Chapel.
Mr. Richard Sims, late of
Tulsa, Oklahoma, but now o
Bald Knob, is spending seve
days here with friends an r
tives. He left here thirteen
years ago, and the on y
building here at that
the one now occupied by
Cross drug store. He says
our town is certainly growl