THE
HOME
NEWS
EDITED IN THE INTEREST OF McCRORY AND WOODRUFF COUNTY
VOLUME 1.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1916
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NUMBER 26
CONNER REMOVED
FROM AGGIE BOARD
Governor Hays Gives as Rea
son Absence From Meet
ings and the State.
Governor Hays yesterday re
moved from the Board of Trustees
of the First District Agricultural
School at Jonesboro J. L. Conner
of Woodruff county. The procla
mation removing Mr. Conner
said that “because of ill health
or some other reason he has ab
sented himself from all board
meetings since his appointment, ”
and that “he has been out of the
state most of the time.” Mr.
Conner was appointed in April,
1914, to succeed I. C. Leggett,
whose term expired.
•Governor Hays yesterday said
he will confer with the Executive
Committee of the Arkansas Far
mers’ Union before appointing a
successor to Mr. Conner.
E. w. (Jhaney, scnooi teacner
and farmer living near McCrory,
probably will be appointed to
succeed Mr. Conner. Mr. Con
ner has been in Denver, Colo.,
for his health for nearly a year
and it is improbable he will re
turn to Arkansas, according to
information received from Au
gusta, his home. Mr. Chaney
has been endorsed for the ap
pointment, it is said, by the
Woodruff County Farmers’
Union. He formerly was an or
ganizer and lecturer for the
union. - Arkansas Gazette, Jan.
18, 1916.
Gov. Hays was not informed
correctly as to Mr. Conner not
attending the meetings of the
board. Mr. Conner was regular
in his attendance at all board
meetings up to the time he left
here for Denver. Since that
time, of course, he could not at
tend. It is gratifying to Mr.
Conner’s many friends here to
note that later, after Gov. Hays
had appointed his successor, he,
the governor, is quoted as say
ing: Mr. Conner was removed
and a successor appointed be
cause Mr. Conner had removed
from the state. —Free Press.
PROULX’
Lunch Room
Quick Service and Your
Money’s Worth
Service for both White
and Colored.
School District Intact
Judge A. L. Hutchins of the
Woodruff County Court rendered
a decision last Saturday in the
matter of dividing the McCrory
Special School District which no
doubt will stop the fight that has
been made by Hon. M. H. Patter
son and others to form a new
school district at Jelks by taking
away about one-third of the terri
tory belonging to the McCrory
Special School District.
The petition of Mr. Patterson
and others was denied for the
reason that it failed to contain a
majority of the qualified electors
of the entire district. Had the
petition been signed by a major
ity it would have been granted,
but we congratulate the people
of the district upon their good
judgment in this matter, and
join them in rejoicing over the
fact that the district will remain
intact.
ihu home in ews nas main
tained all the time that to make
two districts of the McCrory
Special School District would not
be to the best interests of the
school children of the entire dis
trict and it is with pleasure that
we learn of the victory that has
been achieved.
Judge Hutchins has handled
this school fight strictly according
to law and had the claims of
those who desired to divide the
district conformed to the stat
utes, he no doubt would have
granted their petition. He has
heard both sides of the question,
fairly and impartially and has
given the matter his personal at
tention that he might render an
impartial and intelligent decision.
ine people OX uie mcorury
Special School District have very
decidedly expressed themselves
chat they do not wish to have the
district divided and with the or
der from the court of the above
gentleman and judge they now
feel that the- matter has been
satisfactorily settled.
Instead of having the district
divided and only an eighth or
ninth grade school maintained
here (which would surely have
been the result had the district
been divided) it is now planned
and has been suggested that the
eleventh grade be added to the
school and The Home News is
ready to do everything possible
to accomplish this victory.
Several have expressed them
selves to us as willing to contrib
ute toward securing another
teacher that the eleventh grade
may be added and we take pleas
ure in publishing the names and
amounts of those who have
BIG FORCE IS AT
McClelland levee
Helena Company Sends Men in
Effort to Prevent a Break.
Helena, Jan. 17. —The Chicago
Mill and Lumber Co., with head
quarters here, has sent a large
fore of men to McClelland to aid
in the effort to prevent a break
in the White river levees there.
The company sent 60 men yes
terday and more were sent today.
It is reported that the waters
of the swollen White are rapidly
approaching the top of the levee
and still rising. It is estimated
that a million acres will be over
flowed should the levee break.
This would cause a heavy loss to
the farmers of that section.
The Chicago Mill and Lumber
Company has large farming and
timber interests near McClel
land.—Arkansas Gazette.
authorized us to state that they
would help. Following are the
names of the few whom we have
interviewed concerning the same
and the amounts they will donate:
H. Arnof. $100.00
Jacob M. Arnof. 100.00
W. E. Jelks. 100.00
David B. Arnof. 50.00
L. W. Sturdivant. 25.00
It is also being planned that an
annex to cost about #5,000.00 be
built which will be used as an
auditorium and a music room.
The present auditorium will be
used for class rooms and with the
new addition, the children of this
district will have as good a school
as any in the state.
A Correction
Last week we were misin
formed and stated that Mrs. R.
T. Harville of Augusta was dead,
but we have since learned that
it was not she but Mrs. Dale,
mother of J. H. Dale. We re
gret our mistake which, as stated
before, was caused by our having
been misinformed.
J. A. Cullum Dead
McRae, Jan. 20. — J. A. Cullum,
aged 63, died yesterday with
pneumonia at his home east of
this place. He is survived by
three sons and four daughters:
Andrew, Alvin, Elghert, Nora,
Mary and Ruth and Mrs. Fannie
McLyons of this place.—Arkan
sas Gazette.
Master Tom Jeffries went to
Memphis last Saturday to wit
ness “The Birth of a Nation. ”
Hays Pardons Bootlegger
Through the influence of E.
W. Chaney and others Tom Bar
ron of near Tip was pardon
ed Tuesday by Gov. Geo. W.
Hays for selling blind tiger
whiskey.
Barron was convicted in Mayor
Geo. W. Barber’s court in this
city Dec. 15, 1915 upon the
sworn statement of J. F. Holle
man, a reputable citizen, that he
bought two pints of whiskey
from Tom Barron of the brand
of “Cream of Memphis” and
near the McCrory Gin 'Co. in
this city, paying for the same
the sum of $1.50. J. B. Bridge
man also swore that he had
bought whiskey from the de
fendant. Following is a copy of
the pardon:
EXECUTIVE CHAMBER
STATE OF ARKANSAS
Geo. W. Hays, Governor
PROCLAMATION
To All to Whom These Pres
ents Shall Come—Greet
ing:
Whereas: Tom Barron, of
the County of Woodruff, State of
Arkansas, was, on the 15th day
of December, 1915, in Mayor’s
Court of McCrory, Arkansas,
Woodruff County, duly convicted
of the offense of the illegal sale
of whiskey and sentenced to pay
a fine of $50.00, and
Whereas: There is on file in
my office a petition signed by a
large number of the citizens of
McCrory asking that the said
Tom Barron be relieved of and
from the payment of the fine of
$50.00.
Now, Therefore, I, Geo. W.
Hays, Governor of the State of
Arkansas, by virtue of the au
thority vested in me by the con
stitution and laws of said State,
do hereby relieve the said Tom
Barron of and from the payment
of said fine of $50.00 assessed
against him in said Court, pro
vided all costs are paid and that
he not again violate the laws of
the State of Arkansas.
IN TESTIMONY W HEREOF, 1
have hereunto set my hand and
caused to be affixed the Great
Seal of the State of Arkansas,
on this the 18th day of January,
A. D., 1916.
(Seal) Geo. W. Hays,
Governor.
Earle W. Hodges,
Secretary of State.
Sheriff and Collector R. E. L.
Spradlin of Augusta and his
deputy for the Southern District,
Spencer Crawford of Cotton
Plant, are here this week collect
ing taxes.