The courier-index., 1919-03-14
EXTENSIVE BUILDING
 PROGRAM UNDER WAY
MANY NEW STORE STRUCTURES GOING UP AND OTHERS PRO- JECTED-FARMER ARE MAX ING IMPROVEMENTS

Nineteennineteen promises to be the most active year in the matter of construction work Marianna has experienced in more than decade. The two big fires last summer that wiped out many business buildings are responsible for the enlarged pro gram now we'll under way here. The lumber supply companies and the brick manufacturing company report a tremendous volume of business dur ing the past few months Since the close of the war and the lifting of the ban on construction work the farmers have been heavy purchasers of lumber and builders supplies for new houses and barns on their plan tations, The winter has been an exceedingly mild one and full ad vantage has been taken of the pretty weather between crop seasons to carry out building plans on tn farms
 In the city the usual spring activity is supplemented by more pretentious building operations in the business district. During. the past few months M. H. Ford completed his elegant residence, said to be the finest in Eastern Arkansas outside of Helena E. Mann is erecting modern bun galow on the lot immediately north of Henry Payne's place. w. A. pyron is constructing a brick veneer bungalow on his lot on Walnut street
 Max D. Miller is completing the work of remodeling his large resi- dence on East Main street. Got Newborn is having his residence on East Main street remodeied. Dr. C.. W. Taylor is having Improvements made on the residence occupied by John Robertson and A. B. Stewart
 NJ. H. Ford is completing new brick store on West Main street, On a lot which he recently purchas- ed from w J. Shorten. MT, Shorten will award a contract next week for the construction of two brick store buildings on the lots between MT Ford's new store and the plant of the Marianna Motor Company.
 The Wagner building on South Pop lar street, opposite Harrington's drug store. destroyed by fire last summer, has been rebuilt and is now occupied by Potts & McCulloch's hardware store.
 R. M. Boon is rebuilding his brick store on South Poplar, destroyed by fire last summer. MT. Boon who has made his home at Bentonville the past few years, will return to Marianna and with his son, Marshal Boon. will again go in the mercantile business here.
 s. II. Grove, who owned the two story building on South Poplar street occupied by the Peoples Savings Bank and Houston Potts hardware store, will rebuild on more modern plans at once.
 w. s. McClintock is planning to re- build the McClintock block this sum- mer. This will be the largest brick building in Marianna.
 The Jarratt estate will soon award a contract for the rebuilding of the brick store occupied by Harris,&s X Burke.
 Karicofe & Company will soon be- gin work on an extension or their building to cover the lot immediately north of their present building.
 The Johnston -Cox-Mann Wholesale Grocery Company will make extensive additions to their building on the right of way of the MissouriPacific railroad.
 The Standard Oil Company is mak- ing repairs on the building at us plant on Souh Poplar street.
 H.B. Derrick is planning to remod- el the large brick building on west Main street, connecting with the store building occupied by the Cash Supply Company, formerly H. B. Derrick x Company.
 Contractor J. w. Fielder is engag- ed on a big job at the county jail He is constructing a concrete addition to the jail and overhauling the oio building.
 A new Presbyterian church building and parsonage are being erected at Brickeys.
 Lee Barnett and w. D. Newborn ale
 
 erecting a new store building near Aubrey. Messrs. Barnett and New bern will put in a stock of general merchandise and will operate the business under the management or MT. Barnett.
 w. B. Mann has been erectihs many buildings on his Red Oak plan tation and has enlarged the building occupied by the Mann & Beck, deal CTS in general merchandise Many improvements have been made on Skidmore plantation, owned E by Burk and John Mann. Yancey & Daggett have erected several new buildings on their lands near Mill Seat Lake and on the Grant place
 T. c. Conner of Cody has purchas- M pd thn porI McNullay land on COW