GENERAL DIRECTORY
McCrory Officials
Mayor.Grover C. McCrory
Marshal .J. G. Pulley
Recorder.H. C. Shearer
Treasurer.L. J. Dilliard
Health Officer Dr. H.P.Hargis
Aldermen: Dr. L.A. Jelks,
H. Arnof, Dr. W. T. McCain,
L. J. Dilliard and R.C. Thomp
son. Council meets at mayor’s
office first Monday night of
each month. All citizens are
invited and will be welcome.
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a woman who has suffered
should be heeded by all afflct
ed with back ache, rheumatic
pains, or any symptoms of kid
ney and bladder trouble: “I
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from Foley Kidney Pills that I
sleep much better. Mrs. Chas.
Gray, 270 Sixth St., Detroit,
Mich,’—Red Cross Drug Store,
McCrory, Ar. k
DR. R. L. FRASER,
IS READY TO ANSWER
CALLS, DAY OR NIGHT.
Phone Number 2,
McCrory. . *. . *. Arkansas
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McCRORY POULTRY HOUSE
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Turkeys, Eggs and
Hides
PROPOSED LEGISLATIVE AMEND
MENT.
Propose* Constitutional Amendment
No. Iff.
Providing: credit cf State may ba
loaned and indebtedness incurred to an
amount not exceeding: two per cent of
the assessed valuation of property in
State for the purpose of providing
funds to be loaned upon the security
of farm lands within the State or mak
ing farm loans; providing Governor,
Secretary of State and State Land Com
missioner shall constitute State Land
Board having authority to sell bonds
in name of State, place money in State
Treasury and loan money to bona flde
purchasers of farm lands in Arkansas,
and prescribing manner in which such
loana shall be made and repaid; dele
gating to the Legislature the authority
to provide for carrying out, administer
ing and safeguarding the provisions of
this amendment; providing all provis
ions of the Constitution of Arkansas
in conflict with this amendment ar«
repealed.
FOR AMENDMENT NO. IB.
AGAINST AMENDMENT NO. 15.
Be It RefftlTcd by the House of Rep
resentatives and the Senate of the'
State of Arkansas, the Majority of
Both Houses Agreeing Thereto*
That the following is hereby pro
posed as an amendment to the Consti
tution of the State of Arkansas, and
the same being submitted to the elec
tors of the State for approval or re
jection at the next general election
for Senators and Representatives, if a
majority of the electors voting at such
election adopt such amendment, the
same shall become a part of the Con
F-itution of the State of Arkansas, to
wit:
Section 1. Notwithstanding the lim
itation contained in Section 1 of Arti
cle 16 of the Constitution, the credit
of the State may be loaned and in
debtedness incurred to an amount not
exceeding two per cent of the assess
ed valuation of all the property in the
State for the purpose of providing
funds to be loaned upon the security
of farm lands within the State, subject
to the limitations herein contained.
Sec. 2. The Governor, Secretary of
State and State Land Commissioner
shall constitute the State Land Board,
which board is hereby authorised and
directed to Issue and sell or pledge
bonds in the name of the State, to he
known as “Arkansas Farm Credit
Bonds,” in an amount not to exceed
two per cent of the assessed valuation
of all the property in the State, aisd
to place the proceeds in the State
Treasury in a fund to he known as the
“Arkansas Rural Credits Loan Fund.”
Sec. 3. Said bonds shall be Issued
In denominations of $25.00. $100.00,
$500.00 and $1,000.00, and shall be Is
sued in series of $10,000.00 or multi
ples thereof, drawn to mature in not
more than thirty-six years; nor shall
said bonds be sold until applications
from bona fide purchasers of land ag
gregating $10,000.00 have been filed
with and approved by the State Land
Board. Said bonds shall bear interest
at the rate of four per cent per an
num. and shall be exempt from tax
ation by the State of Arkansas, or any
of its subdivisions.
Sec. 4. Said State Land Board is au
thorized and directed to loan the mon
eys in said Arkansas Rural Credits
Tx>an Fund to bona fide purchasers of
farm lands in Arkansas, upon notes se
cured by mortgages or deeds of trust
constituting first liens on such farm
lands In amounts which shall not ex
ceed seventy-five per cent of the ap
praised value of such lands. The cred
it of the State shall not be loaned to
any person to purchase more than 80
acres nf land, nor land valued at more
than $F0 00 per acre. Nor shall a loan
of Ipps than *200.00 nor more than $$,
nan 00 be made to any purchaser of
land
Sec. 5. Such loans shall not be made
exeept to owners who "operate" and
"oeoupv” lands mortgaged, and shall
be made for the following purposes:
(n) The pavment for lands purchased:
(b> the purchase of live stock and oth
er equipment, and the making of 1m
:i,nvoments which, in the judgment of
a.ald hoard, will increase the produc
tivity of such lands or add to their
va1,-e as a farm home in a degree to
iuatifr «urh expenditure; and (c) for
tK« satisfaction of •neumbiknon upo*
such lands, which, in th« judgment of
said board, were incurred or assumed
by said applioant for the aforesaid
purposes.
Sec. <. Every applicant for a farm
loan shall state clearly in his applica
tion the purposes for which such loan
is desired, and upon its approval by
the board this statement shall be deem
ed a part of the note or contract under
which the loan is granted. But no
failure to apply such funds to the
purposes stated In such application or
enumerated herein shall Invalidate a
loan when once made, nor shall any
thing herein contained be deem'd to
prevent any farm owner from selling
or leasing lands subject to such in
cumbrance; but If he shall violate hi?
said contract by applying the money*
borrowed to purposes other than tho»
stated In his application or enumerated
herein, or if he shall lea«* such h 'ds
or sell them to any person not fulfill
ing the conditions and purp'>.«tr pro
vided for herein, said bo« '•d !• pu?v''r
lz»d and directed to require the
msnt of fiaL4_lD»Ji upon six months’ r.a_
tfceT and~ salfl nofS"¥r oonTraef shaTi
contain a clause providing therefor.
Sec. 7. Such loans shall be repaid
with interest accruing’ In annual in
stallments on the amortisation plan,
such installments being fixed at such
sums as will cover the interest rate
and will liquidate the debt In a period
to be agreed on between said board
and the applicant, said period to be
not less than five nor more than thirty
six years; but any debtor may liqui
date any part or all of his Indebtedness
in amounts of $10.00 or multiples there
of upon any amortisation payment
date.
Sec. 8. The rate of Interest en loans
shall be five per cent per annum; pro
vided, that no Farm Credit Bonds shall
be sold for less than par; and pro
vided further that the hoard shall re
quire each applicant to pay an initial
charge of 1 per cent of the loan grant
ed, the minimum eharge to be $10.06
to cover the cost ef appraisal and ex
amination of title.
Sec. 0. All surplus funds accruing
from the operation of the system of
rural credits herein provided for, after
paying interest accruing on the afore
said bonds, and all operating and other
expenses arising from the administra
tion of said system of rural credits,
shall be placed in the State Treasury
and become a part of a fund to be
known as the "Arkansas Rural Credit
Reserve Fund." Said Arkansas Rural
Credits Reserve Fund shall be loened
on farm lands In the manner herein
provided for the Arkansas Rural
Credit Loan Fund, and the interest ac
cruing from loans made from said Ar
kansas Rural Credits Reserve Fund
shall be added to it and become a pa’-t
of it. The said Arkansas Rural Credits
Reserve Fund shall be Irreducible, ex
cept that it may be drawn upon to re
imburse the State for loss Incurred in
the administration of said system of
rural credits.
Sec. 10. The Legislative Assembly
shall provide In such detail as it shall
deem advisable for the carrying out
and administering of the provisions of
this amendment, and shall provide ad
equate safeguards against ths use of
suoh loans as an aid to the purchas
ing and holding of lands for the pur
poses of speculation. Such safeguards
shall include elear definitions of the
terms "operate” and "ocoupy” used
herein. In the absence of such legis
. lation, and subjeet to the same after
its enactment, the State Land Board
shall proceed to administer said sys
tem of rural credits under rules and
regulations provided by itself, but sub
ject to the provisions herein contained.
Sec. 11. The provisions of the Con*
stitution of Arkansas in conflict witfc
this amendment are herebv repealed, lB
so far only as they conflict herewith.
The provisions of this amendment
shall be self-executing, and shall take
effect and be In operation 60 days af
i ter their approval and adoption by the
people of Arkansas.
| Approved by the Governor, and filed
in the office of the Secretary of State,
.March 17. 1917.
i Each elector may vote for or against
the above amendment,
i Witness my official signature this,
the 24th day of April. 1918.
[Seal] TOM J. TERRAL,
Secretary of State.
NOTICE
A meeting of the farmers,
business men, directors and
officers of the Woodruff Coun
ty Fair Association will be
held at McCrory at 2 p. m.,
(sharp) on Wednesday, May
29, for the purpose of electing
officers, appointing commit
tees and other necessary work
preparatory to the setting of
the Second Annual Woodruff
County Fair to be held this fall.
COME and help.
W. E. JELKS, Pres.
L. W. STURDIVANT, Sec.
Helps to Keep Fit
When the digestion is out of
order, it throws the whole
physical being out of gear. B.
B. Hayward, Unadilla, Ga.,
writes: ‘‘Foley Cathartic Tab
lets give me quicker relief than
anything I have ever tried,”
They relieve biliousness, bad
breath, bloating, gas, indiges
tion and constipation. No
griping or nausea. Red Cross
Drug Store, McCrory, Ark.
I'nvuVjl^U LL(;iSLAk'lVlii AMEND.
Proposed Const! tut tonal Ameadaent
No. 14. 1
Amending Sections 2 and 8 of Arti
cle , of the Constitution of the Stats
of Arkansas; providing that the Sn
preme Court of the State shafl
composed of seven Judges, one Chief
Llce *nd Tsl* Associate Justices; pr^
viding the Judges may sit in two di
visions, and otherwise providing the
manner in which the court shall sit
and shall render Its decisions 81
Providing for the selection and elec
tion of the two additional Judges.
FOR AMENDMENT NO. 14.
AGAINST AMENDMENT NO. 14.
Propose* Con* tl rational An«»dn«ut
Mo. 14. 1
»• It He.*Wed by the Senate mni
Houm of ReprM<nt«tlTei of tk«
***** •* Arkansas, tl* Majority of
Both Hoa.e* Ayraetag Thereto i
That the following Is hereby pro
posed as &a amendment to the Con
stitution of the State of Arkansas, and
the same being: submitted to the elec
tors of the State for app-oval or ie
r^l,c,n ♦ * th® election
for Senators and Representatives, if a
majority of the electors voting: at such
election adopt such amendment the
same shall become a part of the Con
stitution of the State of Arkansas, to
wit:
-T.^at ^.S®ctlon* 1 aBd * of Article 7
of the Constitution of the State of Ar
kansas be amended to read as follows
The Supremo Court shall be compos
ed of seven Judges, one of whom shall
be styled Chief Justice and elected as
such. In the consideration and decis
ion of cases, all Judges may sit or ths
Court may be divided Into two divis
ions, and the decision of each of said
divisions shall be tho decision of the
Court. The Chief Justice shall assign
three of the Associate Justices to eaoh
division, and he may change such as
signments from time to time, and the
Associate Justices may Interchange
with each other by agreement among
themselves. The concurrence of three
Judges shall be necessary to a decis
ion in either division. When the
Court is sitting In banc, the Ch.ef Jus
tice shall preside, and the concurrence
of four shall be necessary to a decis
ion. The Chief Justloe shall allot the
cases to the divisions, and he may or
der any case to be decided or recon
' dered by the court In banc. The
Chief Justice may sit in either division,
and shall preside when se sitting. The
Judges of each division shall elect a
presiding Judge for that division, who
shall preside when the Chief Justice is
not sitting In that division. If the
Chief Justice is absent from the Court,
the senior Judge present shall perform
his duties.
The Governor shall appoint ths two
additional Judges provided for herein,
one of whom shall hold office until his
successor is elected at the general elec
tion for State officers In 1912, and
qualifies, and one of whom shall hold
office until his successor is elected at
the general election for State officers
in 1924, and qualifies.
Approved by ths Governor, and filed
In the office of the Secretary of State,
January 17, 1917.
Each elector may vote for er against
the above amendment.
Witness my official signature B»is.
the 24th day of April, 1918.
[Seal] TOM J. TBRRAL,
Secretary of State.
CHAPPELL GROVE NEWS
Henry Parrow of Bald Knob
was the guest of his father last
Saturday and Sunday.
Several of our people at
tended the Red Cross speaking
at DeView Monday night.
We are sorry to state that
R. L. Wright is on the sick list
at this writing.
We held our regular school
election Saturday and Henry
Cariker was elected by one
vote over Babe Cordel. Some
close race.
Mr. Joe Chappell and Misses
Onnie and Vercie Miller, Nora
King and Onnie York motored
to Cotton Plant Sunday after
noon.
Private John Mauldin as
sisted in raising the large flag
at Tip Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Morris
of DeView were here Tuesday
in the interest of the Deci
Cross. . ,,
J. H. Swanson was in Jyic
Crory Wednesday attending
the Woodruff County Central
Committee.