McCrory Officials
Mayor.Grover C. McCrory
Marshal .J. G. Pulley
Soldier’s Cough is Cured
Private Harold Hamel, 66th
Regiment, Ft. Adams, R. I.,
writes: “I was troubled with a
bad cough for three months. I
tried Foley’s Honey and Tar
and felt greatly relieved. I
recommend Foley’s Honey and
Tar and will keep it on hand.”
Giver relief from hay fever,
asthma and bronchial cough.
Red Cross Drug Store, adv.
DR. R. L. FRASER,
IS READY TO ANSWER
CALLS, DAY OR NIGHT.
Phone Number 2,
McCrory. Arkansas
L. B. WINFREE, J. P.
CONVEYANCES
G. W. BARBER
NOTARY PUBLIC
j AND INSURANCE
Feed, Lumber, Coal
Shingles, Doors, Rubber
Roofing, Paints, Brick and
Lime.
Corn, Oats, Chops, Hulls
and Meal.
H. D. SWAYZE
W. D. HINSON
JEWELER
Watchmaker & Optometrist
at McCRORY every
SATURDAY .
Constipation and Billiousness
Geo. Jenner, 416, Labor St.,
San Antonio, Tex. writes :“Fol
ey Cathartic Tablets have prov
en the best laxative I have tak
en and I recommend them to
sufferers from constipation or
billiousness. They should be
in every traveling man’s grip.”
Relieves sick headache, bloat
ing or other conditions caused
by bad digestion. Red Cross
Drug Store. adv.
PROPOSED LEGISLATIVE AMEND
MENT.
Proposed Constitutional Amendment
No. IS.
Providing1 credit of State may be
loaned and indebtedness incurred to an
imount not exceeding two per cent of
‘he assessed valuation of property in
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,
Se.cretary of State and State Land Com
missioner sha.ll constitute State Lend
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
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 ara
repealed.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 i^proval or re
jection at the next general election
for Senators and Representatives, if a
majority of the electors voting at such
-lection adopt such amendment, the
ame shall become a part of the Con
- itution of the State of Arkansas, to
v it:
Section 1. Notwithstanding the lim
tatlon contained in Section 1 of Arti
de 16 of the Constitution, the credit
>f the State may be loaned and in
debtedness incurred to aji amount not
'xceeding two per cent of the assess
ed valuation of all the property in the
dtate for the purpose of providing
funds to be loaned upon the security
of fnrm lands within the State, subject
to the limitations herein contained.
Sec. 2. The Governor, Secretary of
state and State Land Commissioner
*hall 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 be
known as "Arkansas Farm Credit
Ronds,” in an amount not to exceed
two per cent of the assessed valuation
of alt the property in the State, an,d
to p!ace the proceeds in the State
Trea'urv 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 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 be 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
nralsed value of such lands. The cred
it of the State shall not be loaned to
any person to purchase more than 80
ceres of land, nor land valued at more
‘ban $50 00 per acre. Nor shall a loan
of less than $200.00 nor more than $$,
ooo 00 be made to any purchaser of
land.
Sec. 5. Such loans shall not be made
except to owners who "operate” and
“occupy” lends mortgaged, and shall
be made for the following purposes:
fa) The payment for lands purchased:
fb) the purchase of live stock and oth
*r eoulpment, and the making of 1m
movements which, in the judgment of
?n1d bos”d. will Increase Mie produo
Mvlty of such lands or add to their
iral”'4 as a farm home In a degree to
lustifv such expenditure; and (c) for
tho satisfaction of tacumbuncei upon
such lands, which, In the judgment of
said board, were incurred or assumed
by said applicant for tho aforesaid
purposes.
Sec. ft. 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 tht
purposes stated in such 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 subjeet to such In
cumbrance; but if he shaJl violate hb
said contract by applying the money
borrowed to purposoo other than the*
stated in his application or enumeratec
herein, or if he shall leas* sueh land.1
or sell them to any person not fulfill
ing the conditions and purposes pro
vided for herein, said board Is author
ised and directed to require the repay
mant of .said-loan upon six months’ nc
tlceT an<T safd~ note or conTracT shall
contain a clausa providing therefor.
See. 7. Such loan* shall be repaid
with Interest accruing In annual In
stallments on the amortisation plan,
such installments being fixed at such
sums as will oover 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 Are nor more than thirty
six years; but any debtor may liqui
date any part or all of his Indebtedness
in amounts of $50.00 or multiples there
of upon any amortization paymoat
date.
oec. «. tm rate or inwresi on 10am
shall be five per cent por annurn; 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 $1*0.Of
to cover the cost of appraisal and ex
amination of title,
•ec. 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 Treasure
and become a part of a fund to to
known as the "Arkansas Rural Credi'
Reserve Fund.” Said Arkansas Ruto
Credits Reserve Fund shall be loaner
on farm lands fn the manner here!*
provided for the Arkansas Rum'
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 psr1
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 tr
the administration of said system of
rural credits.
Sec. 10. The Legislative Assemble
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 laans as an aid to the purchas
ing and holding of 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 lcgis:
lation, and subject to the same sftei
Its enactment, the State Lend Board
shall proceed to administer said sys
tem of rural credits under rules am
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 hereto' 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 fiO 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.
Faeh elector may vote for or against
the above amendment.
Witness mv official signature this,
the 2dt>i day of April. 191S.
[Seal] TOM .T. TFRRAL,
Secretary of Stain
RED CROSS NOTES
We have received notice
from head quarters of the
Southwestern Division that
each chapter will receive an
allottment of the kind and the
quantity of supplies needed.
Goods will be sent from the
supply house cut and ready to
make.
McCrory’s quota for the
present follows:
Refugee garments, 15 boys’
suits and 15 women’s aprons.
Hospital garments, 15 pajama
suits, 20 Comfort kits and 15
Trench foot slippers.
Knitted garments, 160 pair
socks and 50 sweaters.
Our work room from now
on will operate on orders from
headquarters, that is, we will
make the things allotted to us.
We must bear in mind the
fact that the Red Cross is a
part of the army fighting for
Liberty and we rrfust do our
part. Don’t forget that pa
triotism requires every one of
us to do, regardless of wheth
er we might prefer to do some
other type of work'or ot.
If you cannot sew, then knit;
and if you * cannot knit, then
sew. Try to give at least two
hours to Red Cross work every
week. This is asking very lit
tle compared to what a few
i » Jtu A UEIV1).
Proponed Cons(Lu(!o»nl
N o. 14.
Amendment
Amending Sections 2 and 3 of Arti
cle . ot me 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; pro
viding the Judges may sit in two di
visions, 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
No. 14.
Be It Resolved by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the
State of Arkansas, the Majority of
Both Houses Agreeing Thereto:
That the following la hereby pro
posed as an amendment to the Con
.itltution of the State of Arkansas, and
ihe same being- submitted to the elec
ors of the State for approval or re
jection at the next general election
tor Senators and Representatives, if a
majority of the electors voting at such
election adopt such amendment th#
-same shall become a part of the Con
stitution of the State of Arkansas, to
wit:
That Sections 2 and 8 of Article 7
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, 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
’ourt. The Chief Justice shall assign
fhree 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 three
Judges shall be necessary to a decis
ion In either division. When the
Court Is sitting in banc, the Ch.ef Jus
tice shall preside, and the concurrence
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
idered 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 absent from the Court,
the senior Judge present shall perform
his duties.
The Governor shall appoint the two
additional Judges provided for hereiei,
one of whom shall hold office until his
<uccessof 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 llled
In the office of tha Secretary of State,
January 17, 1917.
Each elector may vota for or against
the above amendment.
Witness my official aignature tills,
the 24tli day of April, 1918.
[Seal] TOM J. TERRAL.,
Secretary of Stata.
adv.
faithful women are doing in
the workroom.
■y -
Ruken Jelks was a visitor in
Memphis Sunday.
Miss Ethel Reneau of this
city, took charge of her school
at Morton Monday.
Miss Grace Clayton of this
city, opened school Monday
morning at Pumpkin Bend.
Mrs. C. C. Murry of DeView
arrived Tuesday and will be
the guest of her daughter, Mrs.
Walter Reneau two weeks.
Dr. H. P. Hargis and family
Rev. and Mrs. J. R. Nelson
spent Tuesdy on Horse Shoe
Lake fishing and hunting.
Mrs. F. M. Henderson and
daughter, Frankie, are spend
ing this week with Mr. nd Mrs.
L. O. Henderson at Pangburn.
Mrs. J. A. Cullum left Mon
day for Little oRck, where she
will undergo an operation for
appendicitis at St. Lukes hos
pital.