McCrory Officials
Mayor.Grover C. McCrory
Marshal ..J. G. Pulley
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CALLS, DAY OR NIGHT.
Phone Number 2,
McCrory. .\ Arkansas
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PROPOSED LETTlSLATlVa AMEND
MENT.
Proponed Constitutional Amendment
No. IS.
Providing credit of State may bo
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
of farm lands within the State or mak
ing farm loans; providing Governor,
Secretary of State and State Land Com
missioner 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
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 are
repealed.
FOR AMENDMENT NO. 15.
AGAINST AMENDMENT NO. 15,
Be It Reeolved 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
-Mtution of the State of Arkansas, to
wit:
Section 1. Notwithstanding the lim
tation contained in Section 1 of Arti
cle 1C of the Constitution, the credit
Df the State may be loaned and in
iebtcdness 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
fui-.ds to be loaped upon the security
of farm 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 De
known as "Arkansas Farm Credit
Bonds,” in an amount not to exceed
two per cent of the assessed valuation
of all the property in the State, atvj
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 scries 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
praised value of such lands. The cred
it of the State shall not he loaned 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 $8,
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 purposes:
(a) The pavment for lands purchased
(bl the purchase of live stock and oth
er equipment, and the making of 1m
■,'rnvements wHch. In the jvdgment of
said board, will Increase the produc
tivity of such lands or add to their
vab-'' as a farm home in a degree to
lustifv such expenditure: and (c) for
M.tl»faction of •DflumbkkncM upon
*UCi* ^an<^®> which, in the judgment of
said board, were incurred or assumed
by said applicant for the aforesaid
purposes.
Sec. 8. 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 bv
the board this statement shall be deem'
cd 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 be deemed to
prevent any farm owner from selling
or leasing lands subject to such in
cumbrance: but if he shall violate hi'
said contract by applying the money,
borrowed to purposes other than the**
stated in his application or enumerated
herein, or If he shall lease sueh lands
or sell them to any person not fulfill
ing the conditions and purpose* pro
vided for herein, said board Is author
ized and directed to require the repay
dihat af jaid^IoaA upeu six months’ no=
tfe«, an<T safiT note or contract- shall
contain a clausa providing1 tbarafor.
See. 7. Such loan* shall he 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 on between said board
and the applicant, said period to be
not less than five nor more than thirty
six years; but any debtor may liqui
date any part or all of his indebtednesa
in amounts of $50.00 or multiples there
of upon any amortization payment
date.
See. I. The rate of interest on loans
shall be five per cent per annum; pro
vided. that no Farm Credit Bonda 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 $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 Treasur’
and become a part of a fund to Vk
known as the'“Arkansas Rural Cr*»d!'
Reserve Fund.” Said Arkansas Burr'
Credits Reserve Fund shall be loaned
on farm lands In the manner hereir
provided for the Arkansas R\jra1
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 pp~t
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 i«
the administration of said system of
rural credits.
xy. jlii« iie«ismuve Asaeinm;
shall provide in such detail as it shall
deem advisable for the carrying out
and administering c^f 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 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 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 anc
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 BO 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.
Each elector may vote for or against
the above amendment.
Witness my official signature this,
the 24th day of April. 1918
[Seal] TOM J. TERRAL,
Secretary of State.
MORRIS GROVE NEWS
Mrs. Will Renolds and child
ren were the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Marvin Chappell Satur
day and Sunday.
A. J. Spradlin and daughter
Miss Willie, were the guests of
friends in Pulltight Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Swanson
and Mr. Jeff Bronte and fam
ily visited relatives near New
port Sunday.
Mrs. Delia Crossett left Fri
day for Camp Beaugegard to
be with her husband until he
leaves for France.
Mrs. Ethel Gilbert of Joplin
Mo., is the guest of her sister,
Mrs. Ola Elam this week.
Bro. Crenshaw of DeView,
was visiting friends here Mon
day.
Mrs. E. E. Smith and family
visited her daughter, Mrs Lee
Collier of Tip Saturday and
Sunday.
Mrs. Mollie Chappell of Mc
Crory viited relatives here Sun
day.
Mr. Loui Chappell of Mc
Crory, was the guest of his
sister, Mrs. Sam Smith, Sun
day.
I*ro posed Const7XI^nal Amendment
Amending Sections 2 and 3 of Art,
°le i ,01 lrje institution of the
of Arkansas; providing that the q1<?
preme Court of the State -han k“
composed of seven Judges on? Lb'i
Justice and six Associate Justices- n™
v ding the Judges may sit i„ 1„P '
visions, and otherwise providing- th
manner in which the court shSl *u
an* “bfi,1 r*nder its decisions.'
PiOviding; for the selection and elec
tion of the two additional Judges 1
FOR AMENDMENT NO. 14.
AGAINST AMENDMENT NO. 14.
Proposed Constitutional Amendment
No. 14. ^
Bo It Resolved by tho Senate *Bd
House of Representatives of tk»
Bo7h H01 Ar**™**’ Majority of
T^?TvTe*e Tfc®«,e*o» t
n 1 the following Is hereby pro
posed as an amendment to the Con
stituhon of the State of Arkansas, a£d
the same being submitted to the elec
°" «f **• State for apr oyal or £
jeefion at the neat 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
stitution of the State of Arkansas, to
That Sections 2 and S 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 Oi 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
'i>«n?\and the vision of each of said
divisions shall be thje decision of the
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
vuh 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
sidered 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,
thg. senior Judge present shall perform
his duties.
The Governor shall appoint the two
additional Judges provided for herem,
one of whom shall hold office until his
successor 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 this,
the 24th day of April, 1918.
[Seal] TOM J. TB2RRAL.
Seoretary of Stats.
NEW FOOD REGULATIONS
The following is an inter
pretation of the sugar tele
grams sent to Williams by
Hoover:
A city family of six persons
may consume a maximum of
eighteen pounds per month.
But the family must not buy
from the store a purchase
greater than two pounds at one
time.
A Country family of six per
sons may consume a maximum
of eighteen pounds per month.
But the family must not buy
from the store a purchase
greater than five pounds at
one time.
The amount of single pur
chase at one time is constant
and does not depend upon the
size of the family.
The amount of consumption
per month does depend upon
the size of the family and is
at a maximum of three pounds
per month per person.