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EDITED IN THE INTEREST OF McCRORY and woodruff county
VOLUMN 5
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, FEBRUARY, 6, 1920.
NUMBER 2S
DRIVER CAN
DIDATE FOR CONGRESS.
in this issue will be found
the announcement of Honor
1,i» W J- Driver, candidate
Z congress from the First
oneressional District, sub
ject to the Democratic pn
marv election.
Judge Driver is forty-seven
vears old and was born and
jeared in Missisippi County
and a democrat. He is a son
of Colonel John B. Driver,j
former president of the St. j
Francis Levee Board, and a
grandson of the late Captain
Charles Bowen, who died not
many years ago at the ad
vanced age of 94. Captain
Bowen was one of the old
pioneers, having landed in
Mississippi County when Ark
ansas was a territory and he
was a mere boy, and spent
practically all of his long life
among us&kMis name became
a househAaMrord in Missis
sippi CoumB and to know
him was ter love him.
His grandson, Judge W. J.
Driver, the subject of this
l|ietch, spent most of his boy
on the farm. He is fa
miliar Tnth labor in the "field,
where he worked as a youth.
He was educated in the com
mon schools of Mississippi
County, and when he became
a man he entered the law
office of Judge George W.
Thomason, where he studied
law and soon was admitted to
the bar. He was immediately
successful and within a few
brief years built up a most
lucrative practice, and was
justly recognized by the bar
of the state as one of its lead
ing lights!1'* u He never laid
down ^iMent and never
shirked his duty, even though
that duty led down the path
01 unpopularity.
In 1911 when a vacancy oc
cured in the office of Circuit
;'ud?*, he was unanimously
indorsed for the position by
tne bar of the district. He
accepted 1;he appointment,
?nd in doing so gave up the
law practice which paid him
(many. times the salary of a
Circuit Judge. For seven
°ng years he sacrificed his
own personal interests to
yehis people of this Judic
District as their Circuit
ndge. On the bench, Judge
t.nyer M made a reputation
live long in the an
fjof the state, for being fair
ness and able. He was
areiy ever reversed by the
p Prer\e Court, and lawyers
wfloywhfre will agree that it
suit u 5 easure to try a law
so ,*ore him. Criminals’
ivhp* *fned to fear him, for
Cou f j^ey came into his
to ti. .^aw was meted out
Wftn)?em in a manner that
anri ?k*m,ake the criminal stop
I, thl"k betore he committ
court 1°, m^keying with his
01 tampering with juries.
A BIRTHDAY PARTY
On Saturday afternoon,
little Miss Eunice Caudle en
tertained her classmates with
a birthday party. Let us
first say . that Eunice’s birth
day was Wednesday January,
28, but on account of being in
school, she didn’t have her
party until the following
Saturday.. Lots of interest
ing games were played, after
which delightful and dainty
refreshments we're served.
Quite a good time was had by
the little folk and they each
went away wishing Eunice
many happy returns of the
day.
Criminals either left the
country or quit their mean
ness. In fact, the last years
that he was on the bench,
when Crimianl Court would
convene, the jails were prac
tically empty. Mention was
made of the fact in these col
umns more than once that his
strict enforcement of the
prohibition laws was respon
sible for saving many lives and
to the tax payers thousands
of dollars. No criminal can
ever boast that he had a pull
wdth Judge Driver’s court.
If he committed a crime, he
got the hot end of it when
he came before Judge Driver,
no matter who he was or how’
much influence or money he
had.
Judge* Driver is deservedly
popular wil,. all classes, al
wavs courtly and polite.
If elected to Congress, he
v’ill make himself felt in the
councils of the nation. The
St. Francis Levee District will
have a friend there who will
always be on the job. Away
back in 1897 and 1899 wrhen
Judge Driver was a mere boy
in the legislature, he was re
sponsible for legislation af
fecting favorably the St.
Francis Levee District, w^hich
has developed into an empire
of wealth.
The women are now allowed
to vote and we call their at
tention to the fact that Judge
Driver has alwavs been their
champion. He favored wom
an suffrage long before it be
came popular to do so. When
he was on the bench he pro
tected the rights of the women
to the utmost, and woe be
unto the scoundrel who came
into Judge Driver’s court
guilty of laying the hands of
violence upon a good woman.
As he was an able and fear
less judge, he will be an able,
fearless and patriotic mem
ber of Congress.
Assurances of support from
many of the best citizens in
the district indicate a land
slide for Mississippi County’s
favorite son And sterling dem
ocrat, Honorable W. J. Driver.
—The Osceola Times, Osce
ola, Ark.
PNEUMONIA FATAL
TO LOCAL BANKER./
Death Claims J. R. Vinson,
President of Southern
Trust Company.
J. Rw Vinson, president of
the Southern Trust Company,
well known in financial and
business circles throughout
the state, died at his resi
dence, 1868 Arch Street, at
6:50 o’clock last night, after
an illness of about two weeks.
He became ill on a business
trip to Chicago and later con
tracted pneumonia.
Mr. Vinson was born in
Northhampton county, North
Carolina, April 15, 1869, and
the following year his parents
moved to Woodruff county,
Arkansas, where Mr. Vinson
grew to manhood. His earli
est activities were in mercan
tile establishments in Augus
ta. After several years as
a book-keeper for the Thomp
son & Gregory Company and
the W. P. Campbell & Bros.
Company, he organized and
became manager of the Au
gusta Mercantile Company in
1897. He remained with that
company until 1907 when, at
the solicitation of the late
W. M. Kavanaugh, he became
secretary and treasurer of the
Southern Trust Company of
this city. He was later elec
ted vice president and treas
urer and in 1915, upon the
death of Judge Kavanaugh,
he succeeded to the presiden
cy of the institution.
Active In Business Affairs.
Mr. Vinson was the largest
stockholder of the Southern
Trust Company and was also
interested in the Bank of Au
gusta & Trust Company and
the Augusta Mercantile Com
pany. He was president of
the Pulaski Building and Loan
Association, treasurer of the
Travelers Building a.nd Loan
Association, a director of the
Robinson-Roders Company,
me., ana oi tne mttie kock
Railway and Electric Com
pany. He was affiliated with
many other business and fi
nancial organizations. He
was a tireless worker during
the recent war, serving on the
State Council of Defense, the
board of the War Camp Com
munity Service and as state
I committeeman of the Ameri
! can Red Cross, in which- ca
| pacity he' had charge of the
I various campaigns in raising
| Red Cross war fund^.
Mr. Vinson married Miss
Louise Stanley, daughter of
the late M*aj. T. E. Stanley
of Augusta, October 27, 1897.
He is survived by his wife,
two sisters, Mrs. Blanche Ma
son and Miss Ruth Vinson;
four nephews, Walter Mason,
Baldy Vinson, James Russell
Vinson of Little Rock and Ex
um Vinson of Augusta; and
three neices, Miss Thresa
HENRY GUNN, COL.
Died: Henry Gunn, col.,
age 72 years, died Thursday,
Jan. 29, 1920. “Uncle Hen
ry” as he was familiarly
known was one of our oldest
and best negro citizens and
vvas well liked by both races.
He was a member of the
St. John Baptist Church of
McCrory, Pull Tight Lodge
No. 148, Knights of Pythias
and the Love and Friendship
Lodge No. 4010 of the Mosaic
Templars of America.
he furei’al -se vices weve
held at his church by the
Pastor, A. T. T- lor and t e
remains were laid to rest by
fellow members of his lodges
in the Fakes Chapel (co )
cemetery Saturday, Jan. 31,
1920. A son, Oscar, of Little
Rock, a daughter, Nannie
Magness of McCrory, and a
number of friends mourn his
loss___Adv.
Born: To Mr. and Mrs.
Osro Taylor, Saturday, Jan.
31, 1920, a bouncing boy.
^__31rs: O. O. fiye, of Augusta,
was the guest of her sister,
Mrs. Frank Powell, this week.
For Rent; Furnished
! rooms. See Miss Annie Tur
ner, at the Fakes Merc. Co.
Adv. 2-6-tf.
Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Jemi
gan spent Sunday, Monday
and Tuesday in Little Rock.
Mr. W. N. Dunehew, pro
prietor of the Penny Store
visited in Denmark, Sunday
and Monday.
\
| Mr. L. J. Dilliard was in
Augusta Wednesday.
.
Walter W. Raney spent the
first of the week in Little Rock
Conway and Russellville on
| business.
i Dr. R. L. Fraser, J. C. Mc
i Crory, W. O. Scales, W. T.
Ramsey ^and W. M. Keating
were Little Rock visitors this
week.
Vinson of Little Rock, Miss
Frances Vinson of Augusta
and M)rs. John M. King of
Pittsburgh, Pa.
State Pays Tribute.
i
Upon being informed of the
death of Mr. Vinson, Gov.
Chas. H. Brough and Secre
tary of State Tom J. Terral
issued orders that the flags
on the state capitol be flown
at half staff during the
funeral services in recog
nition of Mr. Vinson’s serv
ices as a member of the State
Council of Defense.
Funeral services will be
held at the residence at 4:30
o’clock this afternoon* in
charge of the Rev. John Van
Lear. Burial will be in Mount
Holly cemetery.—Arkansas
Gazette, Little Rock, Thurs
day, Feb. 5, 1920.