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 Arkaasas; 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
He it Resolved by the Senate and
House of the Representatives of the
State of Arkansas, the Majority of
Both Houses Agreeing Thereta:
Thut 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 Senator* 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 eithei
division, and shall preside when »o
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
in 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 clay of April, 1918.
[Seal] TOM J. TERRAL,
Secretary of State.
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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 rie assessed valuation of property
in State for the purpose of providing
funds to be loaned upon 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 and 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 tho 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 loaned upon the
f security 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 natne 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
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i State, and to place the proceeds in the
J State Treasury in a fund to be 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 bomjs be sold until applications
from bona fide purchasers of land ag
i gregating $10,000.00 have been filed
| with and approved by the State Land
| Board. Said bonds shall bear inter
j est at the rate of four per cent per
i annum, and shall 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 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 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 applcation or enu
merated herein, or if he shall lease
such lands or sell them to any per
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.
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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.
Sec. 8. The rate of 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. 0. 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 placed 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 be 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 herein
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.
NEWSPAPERS HARD
HIT BY THE WAR
Twenty-Seven Have Suspended
in Arkansas During Past
Ninety Days
The newspapers have been
hard hit by the war. During
the last ninety days twenty-sev
en Arkansas newspapers have
been suspended for the period
of the war, and according tc.
orders trom Washington no
new paper can be established
until after the war.
Not only have paper and ink
more than doubled in price and
labor become so scarce in many
instances none can be fcnnd,
but the government has found it
necessary as a conservative
measure to issue strict regula
tions for the management of
newspapers. But the newspap
ers are not complaining, net
even at the increased rates un
dei the zoning system of the
postal department. Everybody
is bearing burdens during the
war, and doing so willingly, so
that the newspaper man’s 1 t
is not worse than that of many
others.
To be sure, the newspapers
are recognized by all depart
ments of the government as an
indispensible agency f o r
spreading the gospel of civilian
war .activity. Without the in
fluence of the newspapers the
morale of the public would be
reduced to chaos. It is the
newspapers that have made
possible the successes of the
Liberty Loans, the Red Cross
campaigns, the selective draft,
the Food and Fuel Administra
tions and the many other
things upon which the success
of the allied cause depends.
The newspapers of Arkan
sas yield to none in their loyal
ty and devotion to the flag,
and obedience to all regula
tions that may be prescribed,
but had they been making the
regulations would have sug
gested a few changes that
would make compliance less
onerous. The day of the dol
lar weekly is fast passing.
Many of th»m have increased
their rates to $1.50 and some of
them have gone up to $2 a
year. It is not alone the coun
try weekly that has its troubles
but the big city daily comes in
for its share. Increased cost
of everything is making the
business harder, and the labor
conditions are becoming a very
serious problem. Reporters
and editors, printers and press
men, have gone or are going to
war, and more women are
being employed in the various
branches of the art preserva
tive than ever before.
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ACCIDENTALLY KILLED
Two boys by the name of
Melrose, sons of John Melrose
of Stone county, were out hunt
ing last week, when the gun
carried by the older of the two
boys was accidentally discharg
ed, the shot killing the young
er c ne instantly.
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Piles Cured In 6 to 14 Days
Druggists refund money if PAZO OINTMENT f»U*
tocure Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles.
Instantly relieves Itching Piles, and you can get
restful sleep after the first application. Price 60c,
Catarrh Cannot L3e Cured
with HOC AL. APPLICATIONS, as they j
cannot reach the scat of the tliaeaa*.
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fluenced by constitutional conditions, and
in order to cure it you must take an j
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the blood on the mucous surfaces of the
system. Hallos Catarrh Medicine was
prescribed by one of the best physicians
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combined with some of the best blood [
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the ingredients In Hall's Catarrh Medi
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results in catarrhal conditions Send for
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Hall's Family Pills for constipation. 1
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Center Grove, Sept. 10.—
Miss Marie Brown returned
home Saturday after spending
the week at Jonesboro.
Mrs. Mattie Bishop is spend
ing the week at Elgin visiting
her daughter, Mrs. Ed Arms.
Mr. and Mrs. John Yates
and children spent Saturday
night and Sunday at iCord vis
iting relatives.
Miss Julia Bray is spending
the week at Batesville attend
ing the teachers institute.
Born.—To Mr. and Mrs. G.
C. Walden the 7th, a fine boy.
Floyd Jernigan of Charlotte
spent a few hours in our com
munity Sunday afternoon.
Miss Phoeba Bowl by nas re
turned to her home at Tucker
man after having spent the
week here visiting Miss Geneva
Harrelson.
Mrs. Will Hatler and child
ren, Laura and Odell, are
spending the week in Jackson
county visiting relatives.
Alva Harrelson of Newark
spent Friday night here visit
ing his uncle, J. E. Harrelson.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bulling
ton and children spent Sunday
at Walnut Grove visiting the
lady’s sister, Mr. and Mrs. Al
bert Long.
Miss Pauline Saylors return
ed to her home at Newark Sun
day after having spent the
week here visiting her aunt,
Mrs. J. E. Harrelson.
MOVIES ARE ESSENTIAL
Washington, Sept. 10.—The
motion picture industry in all
its branches has been recogniz
ed as an essential industry by
the War Industries Board.
Chairman Baruch has announc
ed that this action has been
taken in line with Provost Mar
shal General Crowder’s ruling
under the work or fight regu
lations that the industry af
forded useful occupation.
Recognition of its value in
affording an educational medi
um for the great masses of the
people, as well as a wholesome
cheap means of recreation,
governed the board in placing
! the industry upon the prefer
red list of priorority. The er
ection of new picture theatres,
however, will not be permitted
during the period of the war.
FOR 31 DAYS OF WAR
Government war expenses in
August broke all previous mon
thly records by more than 10o
million dollars. The total for
the month was 1,417 million
dollars.
STOMACH TROUBLE
Mr. Marion Holcomb, of Nancy, Kv., says: “For quite
a long while 1 suffered with stomach trouble. I would
have pains and a heavy feeling after my meals, a most
disagreeable taste in my mouth. If 1 ate anything with
butter,oil or grease, I would spit it up. I began to have
regular sick headache. 1 had used pills and tablets, but
after a course of these, I would be constipated. It just
seemed to tear my stomach all up. I found they were
no good at all for my trouble. I heard
THEDFORD’S
BLACK-DRAUGHT
recommended very highly, so began to use it. It cured
me. I keep it in the house all the time. It is the best
liver medicine made. I do not have sick headache or
stomach trouble any more.” Black-Draught acts on
the jaded liver and helps it to do its important work of
throwing out waste materials and poisons from the sys
tem. Tiiis medicine should be in every household for
use in time of need. Get a package today. If you feel
sluggish, take a dose tonight. You will feel fresh to
morrow. Price 25c a package. All druggists.
ONE CENT A DOSE
(J 73)
Closing Out!
QN account of other business I find
it to my best interest to wind up my
mercantile business for the present
just as soon as I can conveniently do so
I have a well selected stock of general merchandise that
is being sold for less money than it can be bought today
from the manufacturer.
I have Hardware from Nails to Mowing Machines.
Clothing for Men and Boys—including a lull stock of
Overalls, Overcoats and Pants.
Dry Goods and Underwear lor EVERYBODY.
Groceries, Tobacco and AU1 O GOODS.
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BUY YOUR GOODS FROM ME AND SAVE MONEY TO BUY WAR STAMPS
From this day on I will positively not sell one penny
on credit to anybody. This rule will not be broken un
der any circumstances. Anyone owing me will please
I call and settle as soon as they possibly can, as all ac
♦ counts and notes due me must be paid in full. No car
| rying over goes.
I will be right here ready to gin and buy your cotton and cot
ton seed this season. I bought more cotton last year than any cotton
buyer in this end of the county. There is a reason-the price I paid did it
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