PROPOSED.LEGISLATIVE AMEND
MENT
Proposed Constitutional Amendment
Number 14
Amending Sections 2 and 3 of Arti
cle 7 of the Constitution of the State
of Arkansas; providing that the Su
preme Court of the State shall be
composed of Seven judges one Chief
Justice and Six Associate Justices;
providing that Judges may sit in two
divisions, and otherwise providing the
manner in which 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
Number 14
Be It Resolved by the Senate and
House of the Representatives of the
State of Arkansas, the Majority of
Both Houses Agreeing Thereta:
1 hat 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
electors of the State for approvai or
rejection 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
Constitution of the State of Arkansas
to-wit:
That Sections 2 and 3 of Article
7 of the Constitution of the State of
Arkansas be amended to read as
follows:
The Supreme Court shall be com
posed of seven Judges, one of whom
shall be styled Chief Justice and elect
ed as such. In the consideration and
decision of cases, all Judges lay sit
or the Court may be divided into two
divisions, 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 assignments from time to time,
and the Associate Justices may inter
change with each other by agreement
among themselves. The concurrence
of three judges shall be necessary to
a decision in either division. When
the Court is sitting in banc, the Chief
Justice shall preside, and the concur
rence of four shall be necessary to a
decision. The Chief Justice shall al
lot the cases to the divisions, and he
may order any' case to be decided or
reconsidered by the court in banc.
The Chief 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 the Chief Justice is ab
sent from the Court, the senior Judge
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 election for State officers in
1922, 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 the governor and filed
rn the office of the Secretary' of
State, January* 17, 1917.
Each elector may vote for or again
st the above amendment.
Witness my official signature this,
the 24th day of April, 1918.
[Seal] TOM ,J. TERRAL,
Secretary of State.
PROPOSED LEGISLATIVE.AMEND
MENT
Proposed Constitutional Amendment
Number 15
Providing credit of state may be
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 uppn the security
farm lands within the state, or mak
ing farm loans, providing Governor
Secretary of State and State Land
Commissioner shall constitute State
Land Board having authority to sell
bonds in name of State, place money
in State Treasury and loan money to
bona fide purchasers of farm lands in
Arkansas and prescribing manner in
which such loans shall be made and
repaid; delegating to the Legislature
the authority to provide for the car
rying out, administering ana safe
guarding the provisions of this am
endment; providing all provisions of
the Constitution of Arkansas in con
flict with this amendment be repealed.
FOR AMENDMENT NO. 15
AGAINST AMENDMENT NO. 15
Be It Resolved 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 Con
stitution of the State of Arkansas,
and the same being submitted to the
electors of the State for approval or
rejection 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
Constitution of the State of Arkan
sas, to-wit:
Section 1. Notwithstanding the
limitation contained in Section 1 of
Article 16 of the Constitution, the
credit of the State may be loaned and
indebtedness incurred to an amount
not exceeding two per cent of the
assessed valuation of all the property
in the State for the purpose of pro
viding funds to be loanal upon the
securil* of farm lands within the
State, subject to the limitations here
in contained.
Section 2. The Governor, Secretary
of State and State Land Commission
er shall constitute the State Land
Board, which board is hereby author
ized and directed to issue and sell
or pledge bonds in the name of the
State to be known as the “Arkansas
Farm Credit Bonds” in an amount not
to exceed two per cent of the assess
ed valuation of all the property in the
State, and to place the proceeds in the
State Treasury in a fund to be known
as the “Arkansas Rural Credits Loan
Fund.’’
Sec. 3. Said bonds shall bo issued
in denominations of $25.00, $100.00,
$500.00 and $1,000.00 and shall be is
sued in series of $i0,000.00 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 inter
est at the rate of four per cent per
annum, and shail be exempt from tax
ation by the State of Arkansas, or
any of its subdivisions. *
Sec. 4. Said State Land Board is
authorized and directed to loan the
moneys in said Arkansas Rural Cred
its Loan Fund to bona fide purchasers
of farm lands in Arkansas, upon notes
secured by mortgages or deeds of
trust constituting first liens on such
farm lands in amounts which shall not
exceed seventy five per cent of the
appraised value of such lands. The
credit of the State shall not be loan
ed to any person to purchase more
than 80 acres of land, nor land valued
at more than $50.00 per acre. Nor
shall a loan of less than $200.00 nor
more than $3,000.00 be made to anv
purchaser of land.
Sec. 5. Such loans shall not be
made except to owners who “operate”
and “occupy” lands mortgaged and
shall be made for the following pur
poses: (a) The payment for lands
purchased; (b) the purchase of live
stock and other equipment, and the
making of improvements which in the
judgment of the board will increase
the production of such lands or add
to their value as a farm home in a
degree to justify such expenditure;
and (c) for the satisfaction of en
cumberances upon such lands, which
in the judgment of said 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 applica
tion the purposes for which such loan
is desired and upon its approval by
the board this statement shall be
deemed 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 said application or
enumerated herein shall invalidate a
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
cumbrance; but if he shall violate
his said contract by applying the
moneys borrowed to purposes other
those stated in his appleation or enu
merated herein, or if he shall lease
such lands or sell them to any jier
son not fullfilling the conditions and
purposes provided herein, said board
is authorized and directed to require
the repayment of Said loan upon six
month’s notice, and said note or con
tract shall contain a clause providing
therefor.
Sec. 7. Such loans shall be repaid
with interest accruing in annual in
stallments on the amortization 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 upon between said board
and the applicant, said period to be
not less than five nor more than thn
ty-six years; but any debtor may
liquidate any part or all of his indebt
edness in amounts of $50.00 or multi
ples thereof upon any amortization
payment date.
o. i ne rate 01 interest on
loans shall be five per cent per an
num; provided that no Farm Credit
Bonds shall be sold for less than par;
and provided further that the board
shall require each applicant to pay
an initial charge of 1 per cent of the
loan granted, the minimum charge to
be $10.00 to cover the cost of apprais
al and examination of title.
Sec. 9. All surplus funds accruing
from the operation of the system of
rural credits herein provided for, af
ter paying interest accruing on the
aforesaid bonds, and all operating and
other expenses arising from the ad
ministration of said system of rural
credits shall be placet! in the State
Treasury and become a part of the
fund to be known as the "Arkansas
Rural Credit Reserve Fund.” Said
Arkansas Rural Credits Reserve Fund
shall be loaned on farm lands in the
manner herein provided for the Ark
ansas Rural Credit Loan Fund, and
the interest accruing from the loans
made from the said Arkansas Rural
Credits Reserve Fund shall be added
to it and become a part of it. The
said Arkansas Rural Credits Reserve
Fund shall he irreducible, except that
it may be drawn upon to reimburse
the State for loss in the administra
tion of said systemof 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
adequate safeguards against the use
of such loans as an aid to the pur
chasing and holding of lands for the
purposes of speculation. Such safe
guards shall include clear definitions
of the terms "operate” and “occupy”
used herein. In the absence of such
legislation and subject to the same af
ter its enactment the State Land
Board shall proceed to administer said
system of rural credits under rules
and regulations provided by itself,
but subject to the provisions h(!fcein
contained.
Sec. 11. The provisions of the
Constitution of Arkansas in conflict
with this amendment are hereby re
pealed, in so far only as they conflict
herewith. The provisions of this
amendment shall be self executing,
and shall take effect and be in op
eration 60 days after their approval
and adoption by the people of Ark
ansas.
Approved by the Governor, and fil
ed in the office of the Secretary of
State, March 17, 1917.
Each elector may vote for or again
st the above amendment.
Witness my official signature this,
the 24th day of April, 1918.
[Seal] TOM. J. TERRAL,
Secretary of State.
Why We Fight
No. 1
Because Germany for Years Has
Been Making Secret, Treacher
ous War on Us
By CLARENCE L. SPEED
Secretary of the War Committee of the
Union League Club of Chicago.
One of the deep, underlying reasons
—not just a diplomatic pretext—why
we are at war with Germany is that
for a generation Germany has been
making war on us. Germany has
made this war not openly, bravely or
humanely, but secretly, treacherously
and persistently. She has sought to
create race discord, to corrupt and de
file politicians and officeholders, and
to create separate German communi
ties within our borders. She has poi
soned the minds of children In our
schools in an endeavor to make Ger
mans of them instead of have them
grow up into loyal American citizens.
She has invaded the sacrelness of the
pulpit itself in an endeavor to corrupt
our people through the very leaders
of morality to whom they are accus
tomed to look for guidance.
These may he startling assertions,
but they are all true, as you shall see
from the documents of the Germans
themselves. We all knew that it was
a German fleet which stripped for ac
tion when Dewey sailed into Manila
bay. We all knew it was the Germans
who sought to bring about a European
alliance against us when we were en
gaged in the war with Spain. Few of
us relalzed, however, that all these
years Germany has been busy within
our own borders, through editors,
teachers and preachers, seeking to
break down our national unity, so that
when the time came it would be easy
to defeat the United States in open
warfare, to set at naught our cherish
ed Monroe doctrine, and to seize, in
the Western hemisphere, anything
that the land grabbing rulers of the
German empire might desire.
The climax of Germany’s under
handed war on the United States came
in 1013, more than a year before the
outbreak of hostilities in Europe. This
was the enactment of what is known
as the Delbruck law, which provides
thnt if an emigrant from Germany
who is about to be naturalized makes
application to a German consul, he
may retain his Gerijinn citizenship
even after he has become a citizen oi
his adopted country.
In plain words, this law, and the ap
plication of it, moan just this:
A German goes into court in this
country and solemnly foreswears al
legiance to the kaiser and pledges
his word—the temptation was to say
“of honor”—that he will become a loy
al citizen of the United States. Then
he slips around to the German consul
and says:
“You know I didn’t mean thnt, al
all. Those Americans are easy marks,
and they fell for that stuff right off.
But you just put me down on your list
as a good, loyal German, and if the
time ever comes when I can prove it,
you can count on me.”
So the German consul puts his name
down in the little card index of which
the Germans are so fond, and this
man,—this creature who swears al
leglence to the country which gives
him an opportunity to make a real liv
ing and to become somebody in this
world, and at the same time swears
secretly to be true to Germany—is
turned loose to work his will, while
Americans go carelessly about their
business and refuse to see the danger
in the arrancement.
Long before the passage of the Del
bruck law, there was formed the Ve*
reln fur das Deutschtum 1m Ausland—
the Union for Germanism in Foreign
Lands. This organization, ofTleially
fostered In Germany, Issued a quarter
ly magazine, which, in its very first Is
sue, outlined its aims as follows:
“The purpose of this union is the
preservation and promotion of the
Germanism of over 30,000,000 people
of German blood dwelling outside the
German empire.” All it aims to do,
you see, is to keep Germans who come
to this country from becoming Ameri
cans.
Away back In 1890 the Alldentscher
Verband, or the Pan-German league,
Was formed. It now consists of 268
chapters of which two now are—or at
least were Immediately before the war
—In the United States, one1 In New
York and one in San Francisco. To
quote from the Alldeutsche Blatter, its
official publication, “the Pan-German
league is founded for promoting Ger
man National interests, both in Ger
many and In foreign lands.”
A few thinking Americans knew
all the time what was coming—what
must come. But America, as a whole,
went along in that carelessness and
Indifference with which it treats all
things unpleasant, and allowed this
German war on our most sacred insti
tutions to continue unchecked.
So Germany stands today, with one
foot on prostrate Belgium and the oth
er on the neck of poor deluded Rus
sia; with a bayonet planted in the
heart of Serbia, and the point of its
sword nt the throat of ltoumania,
while it looks out over tin' vassal
States of Bulgaria and Turkey to In
dia and th^jfOrlent. And ns it stands
thus. It crlR to its foes on the west
ern front: ,
“’vamernd! Why go on with all this
killing? Lets have a peace by nego
tiation?” and, under its breath, adds,
“I've got all I want for the present."
Can we talk of any peace until
such a Germany is absolutely defeat
ed? Shall we negotiate a peace and
allow all these German preparations
for world domination to go on until
the time is ripe for Germany to com
iote its conquests?
Buy a thrft stamp today.
IT IS SAID MUCH OF THE LOSS
DUE TO DISEASES MAY BE
PREVENTED.
By John A. Elliott, Plant Pathologist
Arkansas Agricultural Experiment
Station.
It has been proved by repeated ex
periments that many of the diseases
of the sweet potato can be controlled
or very much reduced by proper seed
selection and treatment, and crop ro
tation. Clean seed planted in clean
soil will produce a clean crop. Badly
diseased seed cannot be made safe by
any treatment, and such seed should
be discarded.
Treatment For Sweet Potatoes.
First: Choose seed that is as clean
as possible.
Second: Treat the seed. Treat
ment: (Use care as this is very pois
onous). Corrosive sublimate 1 ounce,
water 8 gallons. Let the potatoes
soak for 20 to 30 minutes—not longer.
Formalin mnv be substituted for cor
rosive-sublimate, in which case use 1
pint of 40 per cent Formalin in 30
gajlons of water. Soak for two hours
not longer. (Corrosive-sublimate is
better).
Third: Bed in clean, disease-fren
sand which has not been used before
and Is not from a field where pota
toes have been grown. If a crop has
been badly diseased, change the loca
tion of the bed to clean soil.
Fourth: Plant in a field free from
disease. If a field ha° produced a
diseased crop, do not use it for grow
ing potatoes for at least two seasons.
If this plan Is followed carefully a
clean crop of potatoes should be
raised.
Clean potatoes, carefully handled
and stored in clean, properly ventilai/
ed and heated houses, will keep with
very little loss.
Nematode or Eel Worm: This purn
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Catarrh Cannot Be Cured
with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they
cannot reach the seat of the disease.
Catarrh is a local disease, greatly in
fluenced by constitutional conditions, and
In order to cure it you must take an
internal remedy. Hall's Catarrh Medi
cine Is taken internally and acts thru
the blood on the mucous surfaces of the
system. Hall’s Catarrh Medicine was
prescribed by one of the best physicians
in this country for years. It is com
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cine is what produces such wonderful
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Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
slto cause's sw .bur ana craexu..
the roots. Treatment does no good
Do not plant ruck tools, and do not
plant root or or >.• r.ti-ste-d soils.
Disea-es C> ac! V/ Infected Seed
C'.vcct Potato.
Black Ttot: This disease cause*
regular hh’ck spots on the root.;. It
b tided, the- ; pron* become inforte 1
and spread l!,e disease to the field. In
fecteef plants produce diseased roots
which. If st<, d, cause serious loss in
storage. lnf< cted roots are not fit l'or
food. Never bed such seed.
"Murar.t Itot”: This disease causes
sucknn spots on the surface of the po
tato and 1 ia> entir. ly destroy It. The
inside of the root is brown or black.
It is spread in th ■ am - manner as
black r.)t and cause lu avy losses In
storage. The dbu • e does not injure
the ta ;lo of the part of the root not
do.-troyed. Never bed roots with this
disease, as treatment will do no good.
Soil Stain: This disease affects on
ly the skin, and infected roots may
be bedded after being treated. If nor
treated, the disease spreads anrl
causes much loss due to shrinkage in
storage.
Yellows or Yv'ilt: This disea: o
i causes browning or blackening of the
inside of th root , and stems, ami
wilf-'ng of the viru s, A cut end shows
a dark ring on the inside. Treatment
docs no good. Never plant such seed.
"Pit" or Pox: This disease causes
pits and scabs on the surface of the
! atr. ;o. Badly pitted roots should not
be treated, as the infection may be
too deep to b.* reached.
WATCH FOR THE SWEET POTATO
WEEVIL.
Buy and eat Arkansas sweet pota
! toes only. Plant nothing but Arkan
sas grown slips. This is the advice
given to the people of the state by
George G. Becker, Entomogolist, Uni
versity of Arkansas, because the
sweet potato weevil, a destructive in
sect which is spread by being carried
in shipments of sweet potatoes and
sweet potato slips, has long boon
known to occur in Texas and Louis
iana and is now dangerously close
to the Arkansas line and may prove
a dangerous menace to Arkansas
sweet potato growers.
Nature of Its Damdge.
The sweet potato weevil and its
larvae bore into vines and roots of
the sweet potato and the larvae or
grubs work their way down the stem
of the vine of the sweet potato whci 1
they cause their greatest damage.
Here (hey tunnel out in all directions,
leaving their burrows filled behind
them with a powdery looking excre
ment. Sweet potatoes may become so
badly inf sted that they are rejected
even by ho-; . and weevils may be
come numerous ■ nough in a field so
w.-- in :.Kik 'h • crop u io'nl failure.
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