PROPOSED.LEGISLATIVE AMEND
MENT
Proposed Constitutional Amendment
Nnmber 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:
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 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:
1 lie oupi Clue VUUl U cilicx.ll will
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
m 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 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
He It Resolved by the House of ltep
resentatives and the Senate of the
State of Arkansas, the Majority of
Hoth 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
,S viding funds to be loaned upon the
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
Hoard, 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 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
Hoard. Said bonds shall bear inter
j cst at the rate of four per cent per
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
j authorized and directed to loan the
i moneys in said Arkansas Rural Cred
its Loun 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
purcnasea; tne purcnase or nve
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
i 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.
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.
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.
oec. a. au surplus iunus 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
I 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.
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- CORD NEWS ITEMS ®
Cord, May 28.—Rev. Whit
field filled his regular appoint
ment at the Presbyterian
church Saturday night and
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ball of
Charlotte spent Sunday in our
town visiting Mr. and Mrs. T.
N. Blair and family and they
were accompanied home by
Miss Grace Blair who will
spend some time visiting rel
atives
Mr. and Mrs. Ora Hobbs and
little son of Newport, spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J.
E. Hobbs and family.
Several of our young people
attended a party at Mr. and
Mrs. Dannie Williamson’s on
Tuesday night of last week and
all report a nice time
We have been hearing some
excellent talks on the subject
of the Red Cross. Judge Dene
H. Coleman spoke at the Bap
tist church onWednesday night
of last week and Rev. Noe of
Sulphur Rock and Rev. Will
ford gave addresses at the
Methodist church Monday
nigh.t
Chas. Mitchell of near Tuck
erman visited his wife’s moth
er, Mrs. Luttrell, a few days
last week.
Some of our young people at
tended the party at Mr. and
Mrs Frank Balls at Charlotte
Thursday night.
Oscar Richardson passed
through here Saturday en route
home from Conway where he
has been attending the State
Normal for the past nine mon
ths.
Several of our people were
in Batesville Saturday spending
the last hours with the boys
before they left for the train
ing camps.
An ice cream supper was
given at the Baptist church Fri
day night in honor of the boys
who were soon to leave to ans
wer our country’s call. The
proceeds which were $17.60
v. ere given to the Red Cross.
Leslie Baker of Charlotte
and Miss Sallie Best of Dota
spent Wednesday afternoon
visiting the Misses Osborne.
Roy Blair was a caller in
town Sunday P. M
W. N. Osborne has purchas
WARNING ORDER
In Independence Chancery Court,
June Term. 1918
Jesse Jones, Plaintifff
vs.
Mrs. Etta Page, Mrs. Will Jones, and
the Unknown heirs of Wm. Jones, de
ceased and Mrs. George Morris, and
James Jones, Defendants.
The above-named defendants are
hereby warned to appear in this
court within 30 days and answer to
the complaint of the plaintiff herein
filed.
Given under my hand as clerk of
the Chancery Court on this the 27th
day of April, 1918.
B. F. ADAMS, Clerk.
I. J. Matheny attorney for non-res
ident defendants.
WHY THAT LAME BACK?
That morning lameness—those
sharp pains when bending or lifting,
make work a burden and rest impos
sible. Don’t be handicppaed by a
bad back—look to your kidneys. You
will make no mistake by following
this Newport resident’s example.
J. A. Baird, city fireman, 214 Main
St., Newport, Ark., says: “Sometimes
my back was in such bad shape that I
could hardly straighten after stoop
ing. I had dizzy spells and headaches
and suffered from rheumatic pains
in my limbs. Doan’s Kidney Pills re
lieved me wonderfully.During the past
few years, I haven’t noticed any
backache or other symptoms of kid
ney trouble.”
Price 60c at all dealers. Don’t sim.
ply ask for a kidney remedy—gee
Doan’s Kidney Pills—the same thai
Mr. Baird had. Foster Milbum Co.,
Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y. 9
—Adv.
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The Quinine That Dees Net Affect the He*
Because of its tonic and laxative eBect, LAXA
TIVE BROMO QUININE js better than ordinary
Quinine and does not cauae nervousness nor
ringing in head. Remember the full name and
look for the aignature of B. W. GROVH. 30c.
td a new Maxwell car.
The body of Finis Morris for
merly of this place but who
had been traveling in Texas for
his health arrived here Sunday
and was buried at the Hope
well ecmetery by the I. O. O.
F. lodge Sunday afternoon.
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MANY IN GLASS I
23,403 Arkansas Men Remain
ing in Class 1 For Service
There are 23,403 men re
maining in Arkansas finally
placed in Class 1,physically ex
amined and accepted for ser
vice, according to a report
from the adjutant general’s of
fice at Little Rock There are
being inducted, or called for in
duction, 3,679 men. The quota
basis for the state is 27,374,
and 80 per cent of the quota
basis is 21,899. The state has
credits of 8,512 and the cur
rent net quota is 13,387.
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And Steve, he went and fan
ned again.
It is reported that Austria
has signed a twenty-five year
treaty with Germany. Time is
the only commodity that Aus
tria has plenty of, and she is
naturally generous with it.
The fashion in ornaments
varies. Just now a Third Lib
erty Loan button, a War Sav
ings badge and a Red Cross
emblem make a most desir
able combination, and one that
is much worn.
Our American boys at the
front wake up in the night if
the cannonading stops. What
shall we do when they come
home to ensure them sound
sleep? Naturally they cannot
all live next to boiler factories.
The army mule is to be pre
vented from braying- This can
be accomplished by severing
some muscles in its tail, as the
raising of the tail is an indis
pensible accompaniment to the
bray. This has no reference to
S. Mud. He can bray without
raising his tail.
Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days
Your druggist will refund money if PAZO I
OINTMENT falls to cure any case of Itching.
Blind, Bleeding orProtruding Piles in 6to 14days.
1 The first application gives Ease and Kest. 50c.
o PAROQUET ITEMS
Paroquet, May 29.—We are
having tine weather now and
the farmers are making good
useof it. The rivers are fall
ing slowly.
Harris Thompson of Moore
l’ield spent Saturday night and
Sunday here visiting relatives.
Mrs. T. W. Stubblefield and
Mrs. Mol lie Altom spent Sun
day at Magness visiting rela
tives.
Miss Cola Johnson of Logan
township spent Saturday night
and Sunday here visiting
friends.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P Williams
made a business trip to Bates
ville Saturday.
Mrs. Laura Lovejoy spent
Saturday night here with
home folks.
John Barber made a business
trip to Newark Monday.
t
Winslow icvans ot tsatesville
spent Thursday here looking (
after his farm- {
Mrs. Bea Chamberlain of \
Newark spent Saturday night 1
and Sunday here visiting rela
tives. j
Mr. and Mrs. Tom McDoniel |
of Wycough .township spent
Sunday here visiting the lady’s i
sister, Mrs. G. W. Yaney
Quite a crowd from here
spent Tuesday at Newark vot
ing.
Robert Franks died here
Saturday' morning after only a
weeks illness of pneumonia.
Rob was loved by all who
knew him. He leaves a wife 1
and two sisters and a host of
friends to mourn his death. !
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M. W. A. ELECTION
The Modern Woodmen elect
ed the following officers for
the ensuing year at their meet
ing last Friday night.
F. C. Hoyt past consul; A. J.
McSpadden, consul; H. W.
Vaughan, advisor; John M.
Barber, banker; II. V- Williams
clerk; Geo. F. Adams, escort;
W. R. Bray, watchman; Clara
Rutledge, sentry; O. F. Craig
H- A. Gire and W. I,. Hall
trustees.
Drives Out Malaria, Builds Up System
The Old Standard teneral strengthening tonic,
GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC.drivesout
Malaria.enriches the blood, and builda up the sys
tem. A true tonic. For adults and children. bOc
WHICH DO YOU ESI?
following is a Good Guide For
Wheatless Days
Many inquiries have been re
ceived at the office of the State
rood Administrator as to just
vhat bread products contained
vheat.
For those who intend to go
>n a “wheatless” diet until the
lext, harvest in response to the
equest made by. Herbert C.
loover, food administrator for
he United States, the following
3 an excellent guide, so don't
at these: .
WHITE WHEAT BREAD,
nade from flour made from
ho starchy white center of the
cheat kernel.
WHOLE WHEAT BREAD,
nade from flour from the
tarcy white center of the
vheat and some of the outer
mown layers, bran, of the
vheat kernel.
GRAHAM BREAD AND
IRA HAM CRACKERS, made
rom iiour containing an me
cheat kernel, including the
iran.
MACARIONI, SPAGHETTI,
DOODLES, made from wheat
lour.
W 11 EAT BREAKFAST
rOODS, sold under various
lames, not advertised as wheat
iroducts, made from the whole
>r part of the wheat kernel
VICTORY BREADS , con
ains seventy five per cent
vheat.
The following are wheatless:
Tatmeal, Potatoes, Rice, Hom
ny, Barley and 100 per cent
lubstitute breads.
One hundred per cent
treads are corn pone, muffins,
biscuit, and all kinds of bread
made from corn, oats, barley,
and all other wheat substitutes
These are usually made with
baking powder or soda and
sour milk instead of yeast and
are sometimes known as quick
breads.
EAT NO WHEAT.
A. K. GOODNIGHT,
County Food Administrator.
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Biliousness
lust try one 50-cent bottle of LAX-FOS
WITH PEPSIN. A Liquid Digestive
Laxative pleasant to take. Made and
•ccommended to the public by Paris Medi
cine Co., manufacturers of Laxative Promo
Quinine and Grove’s Tasteless chill Torfic.
Case 23x2$
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