GENERAL DIRECTORY
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,
IS READY TO ANSWER
CALLS, DAY OR NIGHT.
Phone Number 2,
McCrory. Arkansas
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Corn, Oats, Chops, Hulls
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PROPOSED LEGISLATIVE AHXID
MBNT.
Prof«Md Constitutional Amend*e»<
N«. IS.
Providing eredit <rf Btato may bo
loaned and Indebtedness Incurred to an
amount not exceeding two per cent or
the assessed valuation of property m
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 ^3tate and State Land Com
missioner shall constitute State Land
Roard having authority to sell bonds
In name of State, place money In State
Treasury and loan money to bona nae
purchasers of farm lands in Arkansas,
and prescribing manner In which such
loans 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 aro
repealed.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 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
■ - itution of the State cf Arkansas, to
wit:
Section l. iNoiwiinsiciiiuing mu
itati>n 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 form lands within the State, subject
to the limitations herein contained.
S‘ C. 2. The Governor, Secretary of
State and State Land Commissioner
shaM constitute the State Land Board,
which board is hereby authorized and
directed to issue and sell or pledge
bonds in the name of the State, to D®
known as “Arkansas Farm Credit
Bonds.” in an amount not to exceed
two per cent of the assessed valuation
of al1 the property In the State, aryj
to nlace the proceeds in the State
Treasury in a fund to be known as the
“Arkansas "Rural Credits Loan Fund.”
Sec. 3. Said bonds shall he 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 he 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
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
nraised value of such lands. The cred
it of the State shall not be loaned to
any person to purcnase more than HO
acres of innd. nor land valued at more
than $50.Oft ner acre. Nor shall a loan
of less than $?00.00 nor more than |St
h^o 00 be made to any 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 purposes:
(a> The payment for lands purchased:
(b) the purchase of live stock and oth
er equipment, and the making of Im
provements which. In the Judgment of
said boarfl, will Increase the produc
tivity of such lands or add to their
▼ah’* as a farm home 1n a degree to
justify such expenditure; and (c) for
»*t Is faction of •nevmbtunosa upon
such lands, which, In the Judgment of
said board, were Incurred or assumed
by said applicant 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 he deemed to
prevent any farm owner from selling
or leasing lands subject to such in
cumbrance; but If he sffifcH violate hi«
said contract by applying the money.
borrowed to purposes ether than tho**
stated In his application er enumerated
herein, or If he shall lease such lands
or sell them to any person not fulfill
th% conditions and purposes pro
Tided for herein, said heard Is author
ised and dlreoted to require the repev
oumt fiTjaiUoan upon six months'’ no
tlc©7 and- *afd not© or confraof *haTl
contain a clause providing therefor.
Sec. 7. Such loan# shall be repaid
with Inter eat accruing In annual In
stallments on the amortisation plan,
such Installment* being fixed at *ueh
sums as will cover tbe 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
eix years; but any debtor may liqui
date any part or all of his indebtedness
In amounts of $50.00 or multiple* there
of upon any amortization payment
date.
Sec. 8. The rate of Interest on loan*
shall be five per cent'per annum; pro
vided, that no Farm Credit Bonds shall
be sold for les* 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 $10.00
to cover the cost of appraisal and ex
amination of title.
Sec. 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 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 v>e
known as the "Arkansas Rural Cr<-df<
Reserve Fund.” Said Arkansas Tim--’
Credits Reserve Fund shall be loer<m
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 unon to re
imburse the State for loss ineprrod In
the administration of said* system of
rural creciim.
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 the use of
such loans as an aid to the purchas
ing: and holding ot lands for the pur
poses of speculation. 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 same after
its enactment, the State Land Board
shall proceed to administer said sys
tem of rural credits under rules ano
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 be 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, 1917.
Bach elector may vote for or against
the above amendment.
Witness mv official signature this,
the *>'4th day of April. 1918.
tSeal] TOAf .T. TERR A.L,
Secretary of State
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Proponed Const l:n iio'-.al Amendment
Amending Sections 2 and S of Arti
cle 7 of the Constitution of the St-t
of Arkansas; providing that the Si,
preme Court of the State shall h»
composed of seven Judges, one Chief
Justice and six Associate Justices- n-o
viding the Judges may sit in two di
visions, and otherwise providing th»
manner in which the court shall sif
and rfhall render its decisions.
Providing for the selection and «iec
tton of the two additional Judges.
FOR AMENDMENT NO. 14.
AGAINST AMENDMENT NO. 14.
Propone* Constitutional Amendment
No. 14.
Bo It Resolvet by the Senate and
House of Representatives of tb«
State of Arkansas, the Majority „f
Roth Mouses 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 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 thg
same shall become a part of the Con
stitution of the State of Arkansas to
wit: —
That Sections 2 and S of Article T
of the Constitution of the State of Ar
kansas be amended to read as follows:
The Supreme Court shall be compos
ed of seven Judges, on* of whom shall
be styled Chief Justice and elected as
such. In the consideration and decis
ion of cages all Tiwfrui matr •<+ a.
Court may be divided Into two dtvis
Ions, and the decision of each of sail
divisions shall be the decision of th*
Court. The Chief Justice shall assign
three of the Associate Justices to each
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 thres
Judges shall be necessary to a decis
ion In either division. When ths
Court Is sitting In banc, the Ch,ef Jus
tice shall preside, and the concurrent
of four shall be necessary to a decis
ion. The Chief Justice shall allot the
cases to the divisions, and he may or
der any case to be decided or recon
'dored by the court in banc. Ths
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 ie
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 the two
additional Judges provided for herein,
one of whom shall hold office until his
succe-sso* is elected at the general elec
tion 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
In the office of the Secretary of State,
January 17, 1917.
Each elector may vote for or against
the above amendment.
Witness my official signature thia.
the 24th day of April, 1918.
[Seal] TOM J. TERRAL,
Secretary of State
adv.
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CHAPPELL GROVE NEWS
Lavis Chappell of McCrory
was the guest of relatives and
friends here Sunday and Mon
day.
Romie Chrossett was in Au
gusta on business Saturday.
Claude Wade of Pumpkin
Bend, was the guest of rela
tives and friends here Satur
day and Sunday.
A. J. Spradlin, John Kill
ingsworth and Miss Donnie
Spradlin returned Saturday
from a few days visit at Greg
ory.
Miss Willie Spradlin left
Tuesday for Memphis to enter
Draughons Business College.
Mrs. Ola Elam is visiting
her son,Dee, in Memphis this
week.
Lee Swanson returned Mon
day from Austin, Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Greer
of McCrory, were the guests of
their sister,, Mrs. J. R. Crossett
Sunday.
Mrs. Mag Farley of DeView
was the guest of friends here
Sunday. *