There's a WWII draft registration card on ancestry for James Calhoun Hurt, b 1879 in Mississippi, person always knowing his address: Mary W Hurt, same adr. Other than that, there are LOTS of records for James C Hurt.
There's also a West VA death index entry for Addy Smith Hurt, widow, d age 72 on 6 Oct 1952 in West VA; born in Addington VA, dau of John Smith and Evaline Hall.