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EDUCATION
Art. XIV provides for free tuition for all
pesons over six years of age and that the Gen
eral Assembly may authorize kindergartens.
Three administrative and taxing units are pro
vided, State, County and district. There shall
be a state board of Education of seven electors,
to be appointed by the Governor, to serve with
out compensation, and a Commissioner of Edu
cation in lieu of the present Superintendent of
Public Instruction. Each county shall have a
County Board of Education of five members to
he elected and serve without compensation, and
a County Superintendent. Each district shall
have at least six months school annually; the
district tax shall not exceed 12 mills; county
high schools may be authorized; a tax not ex
ceeding one-quarter mill may be levied for pub
lic libraries; all State lands shall be _ held . in
trust for the permanent school fund.
There are no radical changes from the old
Constitution. The article is designed only to
make more effective those principles which
have been developed by years of educational
advancement and constructive policy. Arkan
sas today ranks forty-third educationally among
the states of the Union, but with the improve
ments proposed it should in a short time take its
place among the first. The article is probably
the best on the subject in American state Con
stitutions. It will give to the people the power
to greatly increase the efficiency of their
school. It will enable the rural sections to de
velop high schools as well as to improve their
elementary schools. One of our most serious
problems is the tendency to move from the
country to the town or city for educational ad
vantages. This process robs rural communities
of some of their best citizens. One of the most
important of the new provisions is that which
makes it possible to provide high school advan
tages for country boys and and girls. County
supervision is established in every county, and a
system of County Boards of Education, elected
by the people and responsible only to' the peo
ple, will assimilate and make effective the best
thought and experience of succesvsful educators.
ON A CASH BASIS
Art. XVI, Sec. 1, provides that “all indebt
edness for ordinary expenses which may be cre
ated by the State or any County, city, or town
after the adoption of this Constitution in any
year in excess of its revenue for such year, and
credit balance available! shall be void- unless
such indebtedness be authorized or ratified by
affirmative vote of a majority fo the electors’'
concerned. Art. XV, Sec. 11, provides that af
ter July 1, 1920, taxes shall be paid only in
United States Currency, and that warrants
thereafter issued by State, county, city or town
shall be paid in the order of their issuance, and
no warrant shall be paid unless there are funds
in the treasury to pay those entitled to priority.
These are new provisions. Their applica
tion, with the provision for bond issues and the
payment of existing indebtedness, will enable
the State, counties and cities to keep on a cash
basis.
CORPORATION COMMISSION
Art. XVII creates the Arkansas Corpora
tion Commission, of three memberst to be ap
pointed by the Governor, for term of six years,
one of whom shall possess the qualifications of
a Supreme Court Judge. They shall have com
plete jurisdiction in the supervision and regu"
lation of all public utilities. The Arkansas
Railroad Commission and the Arkansas Tax
Commissions are abolished, and their duties ab
sorbed by the Corporation Commission.
This is a progressive measure. It is the en
evitable outgrowth of regulative principles es
tablished by the Tax and Railroad Commissions,
which are merged into one, as their duties fre
quently overlap. Many other states have cre
ated Corporation Commissions similar to this,
and the Arkansas Convention took from the
Constitution of other states the best features to
be incorporated into a model law. It centraliz
es power, locates responsibility and fixes the
jurisdiction in all matters pertaining to the reg
ulation of public utilities which minister to the
requirements of all citizens alike. Its provis
ions are drawn from the best experience of
other states, where the system has been found
to give satisfaction, and to be fair, just and
equitable.
BOND ISSUES
Art. XVI, Sec. 1, provides that “bonds may
be issued as may be provided by law to pay
present existing indebtedness and for perman
ent public improvements within and for the
State, county, city or town which has a popu
lation of more than 1,000 inhabitants,” upon the
affirmative vote of not less than 60 per cent of
the qualified electors voting at a special elec
tion; the bonded debt shall not exceed 5 per
'cent of the total taxable property of the taxing
iunit; no bonds shall be issued for longer than
thirty years and interest thereon shall not ex
ceed 6 per cent; when bonds are issued a spec
ial additional tax shall be levied sufficient to
meet annual payments of principal and interest.
There is no principle more firmly estab
lished in modern business and finance than that
of the issuance of bonds for general public im
provements and to refund on long and easy
jterms existing indebtedness of cities, counties
and other units, just as corporations or individ
uals refund their liabilities under more favor
able condition and terms. Progress and devel
opment demand more resources than can be
made available under existing conditions. No
burden is fastened on any taxpayer by the
adoption of this provision. Any bond issue
must be authorized by at least a majority of
60 per cent of the qualified electors voting it a
special election. The people are supreme and
whatever they decide is final. It is their busi
ness. The Constitution only supplies the means
of carrying out their will. They are made truly
responsible stockholders in their county or mu
nicipal business affairs. The people, at last,
shall say whether a community is to be pr gres
sive and up-to-date, or lag behind the proces
TAXATION
Art. XV provides that “all property sub
ject to taxation shall be taxed according to its
value that value to be ascertained in such man
ner as the GeneralAssembly shall direct,making
the same equal and uniform throughout the
state. No one species of property from which
a tax may be collected, shall be taxed higher
than another species of property of equal val
ue.” It is provided that license, franchise, priv
ilege, excise, income, inheritance, legacy, suc
cession, production and other specific taxes may
be levied and certain classes of propery such
as schools, churches, public hopitals, etc. are
exempted. Segregation of property to be taxed
for State purposes is permitted. No annual tax
levy shall exceed one per cent of the assessed
valuation. County and municipal levies shall
not exceed one-half of one per cent, but an ad
ditional one-half of one per cent may be levied
to pay existing indebtedness. Counties may
form special road districts, and vote a special
tax not to exceed five mills. By election a mu
nicipality may levy an additional five mills for
municipal purposes.
No other aritcle of the Constitution rep
resents the result of so much thought, hard
work and deliberation as this. It is the com
posite wisdom of three weeks of discussion, in
which the whole subject of taxation in all its
phases and from all possible angles was thor
oughly analyzed. The principle of equality
and unifority has been retained from the old
Constitution. The people’s rights are thorough
ly safeguarded, and yet the law is made suffi
ciently flexible to insure a sufficiency of reve
nue. 1 he tax dodger is uncovered, and much
property that has escaped its part of the tax
burden will be forced to do its share. No ad
ditional tax is levied upon the people, who re
main the sole authority for the levying of addi
tional taxes. It is essentially a democratic
measure.
It is provided that an Actuarial Bureau to
fix insurance rates may be created, to be under
the Control of the Insurance Commissioner.
It’s All In The State of Mind
If you think you’re beaten you are,
If you think you dare not you don’t,
If you’d like to win but think you can’t.
I’ts almost a cinch you won’t.
If you think you’ll lose, you’ve lost,
For out in the world we find
Success begins with a fellow’s will,
It’s all in the State of Mind.
Full many a race is lost
Ere ever a step is run,
And many a coward fails
Ere even his work’s begun.
Think big and your deeds will grow,
Think small and you’ll fall behind.
'Ihink that you can and you will,
It’s all in the State of Mind.
If you think you’re outclassed, you are,
You’ve got to think high to rise,
\ ou’ve got to be sure of yourself before
You ever can-win a prize
Life’s battles don’t alwyas go
To the stronger or faster man
But sooner or late the man who wins,
Is the fellow who THINKS HE CAN.
NEW APPOINTMENTS
IN WAR FUND DRIVE
Speakers Will Address People
at a Number of Places in
County Next Sunday
The time having been ex
! tended for raising the county’s
quota of the United War Work
’ Fund, renewed efforts will be
made to complete the suota
next Sunday when the follow
ing speakers will' address the
people at the places named be
low.
A team composed of Cbas.
F. Cole, C. M. Edwards and
Joe Gray will speak at Elmo at
10:30 a. m.; at Jackson’s Cha
pel at 2:30 P. M. and at Oil
Trough at 7 P. M.
Hon. L. F. Reeded, Judge J.
H. Jimerson, and G. M. Fields
will speak at Gum Chapel at
10:30 A~. M ; Maple Springs at
2:30 P. M. and Rosie at 7 P.
M.
John Pasley and Noah Har
ris at Smith’s Chapel at 11 A.
M.; Liberty Hill, 2:30 P. M.
and McCorkle School House, 7
P. M.
Hon. Dene II. Coleman, W.
R. Westbrook and R. F. Adams
at Corner Stone, 10:30 A. M.;
Hollow Rock 2:30 P. M. and
Pleasant Plains 7 P. M.
Jas. K. York, S. D. Lindsey
and W. O. Edmcndson at Pur-1
gess 10:30 A. M.; Hutchinson,
2:30 P. M and Floral 7 P. M.
Ernest Neil and J. R. Bul
lington at Egner School House,
10:30 A. M. and Me Hue 7 P.
M.
Sam. M. Casey and W. T.
Jernigan at the Powell School
House, 2:30 p. m. and LSalado
7 P. M.
R. A. Dowdy and jC. P. Vau
ghan at Paroquet at 2:30 P. M.
The people of the var'ous
communities are urged to at
tend these meetings and assist
in every way possible in the
success of the campaign.
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lighting plant, air tank, gaso
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NOTICE
All those knowing themselv
es indebted to me will please
call and settle at once. I need
the money.
W. L. PORTER.
HEALTH TALK
SPANISH INFLUENZA OR GRIP
BY DR. LEE II. SMITH.
An old enemy is with ns again, and
whether we fight a German or a germ,
we must put up a good fight, and not be
afraid. The influenza runs a very brief
course when the patient is careful, and
if we keep the system in good condition
and throw off the poisons which tend to
accumulate within our bodies, we can
escape the disease. Remember these
three C’s—a clean mouth, a clean skin,
and clean bowels. To carry off poisons
from the system and keep the bowels
loose, daily doses of a pleasant laxative
should be taken. Such a one is made
of May-apple, leaves of aloe, root of
jalap, and called Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant
Pellets. Hot lemonade should be used
freely if attacked by a cold, and the
patient should be put to bed after a hot
mustard foot-bath.
To prevent the attack of bronchitis or
pneumonia and to control the pain,
Anuric tablets should be obtained at the
drug store, and one given every two
hours, with lemonade. The Anuric tab
lets were first discovered by Dr. Pierce
and, as they flush the bladder and
cleanse the kidneys, they carry away
much of the poisons and the uric acid.
It is important that broths, milk, but
termilk, ice-cream and simple diet
be given regularly to strengthen the sys
tem and increase the vital resistance.
The fever is diminished bv the use of the
Anuric tablets, but in addition, the fore
head, artn-i and hands may be bathed
with water ttepid) in which a table
spoonful of salaratus has been dissolved
in a quart. After an attack of grip or
pneumonia to build up and strengthen
the system, obtain at the drug store a
good iron tonic, called " Iroutic” Tab
lets, or tiiat well known herbal tonic
Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery’
(GENUINE CASTORlA always
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Infants and Children—Experience against Experiment.
What is CASTORIA
Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric,
Drops aud Soothing Syrups. It is pleasant. It contains
neither Opium, Morphine nor other narcotic substance. Its
ege is its guarantee. For more than thirty years it has
been in constant use for the relief of Constipation, Flatulency,
Wind Colic and Diarrhoea; allaying Feverishness aminjj
therefrom, and by regulating the Stomach aud Bowels, aids
the assimilation of Food; giving healthy aad natural sleep.
The Children’s Panacea—The Mother’s Friend.
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