GENERAL DIRECTORY
County Officials
Circuit Judge ....J. M. Jackson
Pros. Atty.J. N. Rachels
Chancery Judge E.D.Robertson
County Judge....A. L. Hutchins
County Clerk.<Walter Jimerson
Circuit Clerk ....L. W. Winfree
Sheriff .Alex C. McGregor
Treasurer .Roy Mitchell
Supt. Schools .W. N„ Wilkes
Assessor .Edgar Miller
State Senator .Sam N. Vann
Representative.Ross Mathis
Surveyor .Alex Beilis
McCrory Officials
Mayor .Grover G. McCrory
Marshal .John G. Pulley
Recorder .Walter B. Fakes
Treasurer .Geo. W. Barber
Aldermen: J. H. Crossett,
Fletcher Lewis, H. D. Swayze,
C. Hailey and E.T.Wherry.
Council meets first Monday
night of each month in W. B.
Fakes’ office.
DR. R. L. FRASER,
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CALLS, DAY OR NIGHT.
Phone Number 2,
McCrory. . *. .'. Arkansas
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proposed legislatives amend
ment.
Proposed C«n»tIfn<lonal Amendmeat
No. 15.
Providing' credit of State may ba
loan'd and indebtedness incurred to an>
tmount not exceeding two per cent of
lie assessed valuation of property in
"talc for the purpose of providing
fund'i to be loaned upon the security
. farm lands within the State or mak
nr farm loans; providing Governor,
Secretary of Slate and State Land Com
• isrioner snail constitute State Land
Gourd having authority to sell bonds
In name of State, place money in State
Treasury and loan money to bona nd«
purchasers of farm lands in Arkansas,
nnd prescribing manner in which such
loan 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repealed.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 AM KIN 1 JIVi iti IN j i\v».
AGAINST AMENDMENT NO. 15.
Be It Resolved by the House of Rep
resentatives and the Senate of the
State of Arkansas, the Majority of
Roth Houses Agreeing Thereto*
That the following- is hereby pro
posed as an amendment to the Consti
tution of the State of Arkansas, and
(he 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 or' the electors voting at such
,’hotion cdopt such amendment, the
•a’ue shall become a part of the Con
-itution of the -State of Arkansas, to
3. otion 1. Notwithstanding the 11m*
tailor, contained in Section 1 of Arti
Je in of the Constitution, the credit
if the State may be loaned and in
debtedness incurred to an amount not
xceeding two per cent of the assess
'd valuation of all the property In the
R,a*e for the purpose of providing
funds to h<> loaned upon the security
->f 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 hoard is hereby authorized and
directed to issue and sell or pledge
bonds in the name of the State, to ne
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, arvd
to place the proceeds in the State
Treasury in a fund to be known as the
"Arkansas Rural Credits Loan Fund.”
Sec. 3. S'id bonds shall be issued
in denominations of $25.0(1. $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 !and 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 ner cent per a.n
num. and shall be exempt from tax
ation by the State of Arkansas, or any
of Its subdivisions.
S*m. 4. Said State Land Board is au
thorized and directed to loan the mon
eys in said Arkansas Rural Credits
Loan 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 Ptn.te shall not he loaned to
any person to purchase more than 80
acres of land, nor land valued at more
fhan $50 00 per acre. Nor shall a loan
of loRp than $°00.00 nor more than $St
Aor' 00 be made to any purchaser of
land
Pee. 5. Pueb loans shall not be made
except to owners who "operate” and
“occupy” lands mortgaged and shall
be made for the following purposes:
(ai TVip payment for lands purchased
(hi the purchase of live stock and o*h
ur eoulpment, and the making of 1m
irnvpg-'nts whiah. In the ludgmert of
■laid hne-d. will increase the nrodue
i vtty of such lands or add +0 thc»
•ral- o as a farm ho**-<e in a degree to
Justify such expenditure; and (cl for
satisfaction of encumbrances upon
>uch lands, which, in the judgment of
-aid board, were Incurred or assumed
by said applicant for the aforesaid
purposes.
Sec. 6. Every applicant for a farm
loan shall state clearly in his app'ica
tion the pui poses 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 nr
failure to apply such funds to tin
purposes stated In such application or
enumerated herein shall invalidate s
loan when once made, nor shall any
thing herein contained be deemed to
prevent, any farm owner from selling,
or leasing lands subject to such in
cumbranee; but if he shall vio’ate hi
said contract by applying th* moor
borrowed to purposes other^than thrr
stated in his application or enumerate
herein, or if he shall leas# such lam’
or sell them to any person not fulfill
lng the conditions end purposes pto
vlded for herein, said board is author
lzed and directed to require the rermv
taent af jai&Jpap upon six rnonths' a.
tlceT and* said* note or contract shall
eontaln 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 qf his Indebtedness
in amounts of $50.00 or multiples there
of upon any amortization payment
date.
Unn fi rV\% a rnta f n t AJit ATI foflDfl
Bee. «. raie wi inl wu iuou«
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 board shall re
quire each applicant to pay an initial
charge of 1 per cent of the loan grant
ed, the minimum charge to be ITO-CIO
to cover the cost of appraisal and ex
amination of title.
Bee. 9. 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 o’her
expenses arising from the administra
tion of said system of rural credits,
shall be plac-ed In the State Treasure
and become a part of a fund to
known as the "Arkansas Rural Gvr d! ‘
Reserve Fund.” Said Arkansas Purr
Credits Reserve Fund shall be loaned
on farm lands In the manner herein
nrovided for the Arkansas Rural
Credit Loan Fund, and the lntera«f 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. Th^ 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 the m:e of
such loans as an aid to the purchas
ing and holding o-f lands for the pur
poses of speoulation. Such safeguards
shall Include clear definitions of the
terms “operate’’ and "occupy” used
herein. In the absence of such legis
lation, and subject to the sarrte 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 with
this amendment are hereby repealed, in
so far only as they conflict herewith.
The provisions of this amendment
shall be self-executing, and shall take
effect and h^ in operation 60 days af
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. 1017.
Fach elector may vote for or against
the above amendment.
W^ness mv official signature this,
the 04th day of April. 1916.
[Seal] TbM T. TFRRAL,
Secretary of State.
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Proposed Consl i:u..!-al Amendment
Ko. 14.
Amending- Sections 2 and 3 of Arti
c!e ", o! the Constitution of the State
of Arkansas; providing that the Su
preme Court of tiie State shall be
composed of seven Judges, one Chief
Justice and six Associate Justices; pro
viding the Judges may sit in two di
visions, and otherwise providing the
manner in v.'hieh the court shall sit
and shall render its decisions.
Providing for the selection and elec
tion of the two additional Judges.
FOR AMENDMENT NO. 14.
AGAINST AMENDMENT NO. 14.
Proposed Constitutional Amendment
No. 14.
Be It Resolved by the Senate and
House of Representatives of th«
State of Arkansas, the Majority of
Both Houses Agreeing Theretoi
That the following- is hereby pro
posed as an amendment to the Con
stitution of the State of Arkansas, and
the same being submitted to the elec
tors of the State for apr oval or ie
jection at the next general election
•for Senators and Representatives, if a
majority of the electors voting' at such
eleclion adopt such amendment th#
same shall become a part of the Con
stitution of the State of Arkansas, to
wit:
That Sections 2 and S of Article 7
of the Constitution of the State of Ar
kansas be amended to read as follows:
Trie Supreme 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 the
Court may be divided into two divis
ions, and the decision of each of said
divisions shall be the decision of the
Court. The Chief Justice shall assign
three of the Associate Justices to each
division, and he may change such as
slgnments 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 Chief Jus
tice shall preside, and the concurrence
of four'she ll be necessary to a decis
ion. The Chief Justice shall allot th®
cases to the divisions, and he may or
der anv case to be decided or recon
'dered by the court in banc. Th#
Ghief Justice may sit in either division,
and shall preside when so 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 th#
Chief Justice is absent from the Cowt,
the senior Judge present shall perform
his duties.
The Governor shall appoint the 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 1922, and
i qualifies, end one of whom shall hold
office until his successor is elected at
the general election for State officer*
in 1 924. and qualifies.
Approved by the Governor, and filed
in the office of the Secretary of State,
January 17, 1917.
Each elector may/vot« for or against
the above amendment.
Witness my official signature ttiis,
the 24th day of April, 1918.
| [Seal] TOM J. TERRAL,
Secretary of Stats.
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WARNING ORDER
In Woodruff Chancery Court
i for the Northern District:
L. S. Ferguson, Plaintiff,
vs
Marie Elizabeth Ferguson, De
fendant.
The defendant, Marte Eliza
beth Ferguson, is hereby warn
ed to appear in this court with
in 30 days and answer the Com
plaint of the plaintiff.
Dated this, August 8, 1918.
LUDIE WINFREE, Clerk.
A. L. Hutchins, Atty.
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WARNING ORDER
In Woodruff Chancery Court
for the Northern District:
Cora Martin, Plaintiff’, „
vs
Dunk Martin, Defendant,
The defendant, Dunk Mar
tin, is hereby warned to appear
in this court within 30 davs and
answer the complaint of the
plaintiff. *
Dated this, August 8, 1918.
LUDIE WINFREE, Clerk.
A. L. Hutchins, Atty.