DR. R. L. FRASER,
IS READY TO ANSWER
CALLS, DAY OR NIGHT.
Phone Number 2,
McCrory. Arkansas
G. W. BARBER
NOTARY PUBLIC
j AND INSURANCE
THOSE PETITIONS
Two Kansas Men Obtain 20
Signatures to Shorten the
Road to Tipperary
It is an old saying that you
can take a petition and get
signers for most anything, says
the Plainville (Kansas) Times.
Two Abilene men recently
made a wager to this effect:
One started out and secured
20 signatures to a petition to
the governor to shorten the
marl +n Tinnerarv. None had
stopped to read the petition,
being content with the bearer’s
explanation that he was trying
to get the governor to do some
thing in the interest of good
roads.
You can imagine that there
was some^urprise when Gov
ernor Capper and Secretary
Sessions received the queer
petition. It was not for several
weeks that they found out its
origination.—Arkansas Ga
zette, Sept. 24.
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IN MEMORY
Death entered the home of
Corporal Robert and Kittie
Matlock, Friday, Sept., 13, and
robbed it of it’s brightest jewel
in the person of little J. T.,
their beloved infant son.
Today the journey is ended,
I have worked out the man
dates of fate,
Naked, alone, undefended,
I knock at the Uttermost
Gate.
Lo, the gate swings wide at my
knocking;
Across endless reaches I see
Lost friends, with laughter,
come flocking
To give a glad welcome to
me.
Farewell the maze has been
threaded,
This is the ending of strife;
Say not that death should be
dreaded
’Tis but the beginning of life.
A FRIEND.
Feed, Lumber, Coal
Shingles, Doors, Rubber
Roofing, Paints, Brick and
Lime.
Corn, Oats, Chops, Hulls
and Meal.
H. D. SWAYZE
PROPOSED LEGiSLATiV® AMEXD
ME»T.
proposed Constitutional A man durst
No. 15.
Providing credit of State may bo
loaned and indebtedness incurred to an
n mount not exceeding two per cent of
the assessed valuation of property in
State for the purpose of providing
fund** 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 Oom
missioner shall constitute State L#ana
Board having authority to sell bonds
in name of State, place money in State
Treasury and loan money to bona nae
purchasers of farm lands in Arkansas,
and prescribing manner In which »uoh
loan3 shall be made and repaid; dele
gating to the Legislature the authority
to provide for carrying out administer
ing and safeguarding the provisions or
this amendment; providing all provis
ions of the Constitution ®f Arkansas
in conflict with this amendment ara
repealed.
FOR AMENDMENT NO. 18.
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 approval or re
jection at the next general election
for Senators and Representatives,*4f 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
Section t. Notwithstanding: th« lim
itation contained in Section 1 of Arti
cle 16 of the Constitution, the credit
of the State may be loaned and in
debtedness incurred to an amount not
exceeding' two per cent of the assess
r>d valuation of all the property in the
State for the purpose of providing1
funds to be loaned 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
shall constitute the State Land Board,
which board is hereby authorized and
directed to issue and seJJ or pledge
bonds In the name of the State, to t>«
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, aiyj
to plae** the proceeds in the State
Treasury in a fund to be known as the
"Arkansas Rural Credits Loan Fund."
Soc. 3. Said bonds shall he 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 year*: nor shall
said bonds be sold until applications
from bona Aide 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
j cfod seventy-five per cent of the ap
! praised value of such lands. The cred
! it of the State shall not be loaned to
any person to purchase more than SO
acres of land, nor land valued at more
thsn $50.00 per acre. Nor shall a loan
of less than $200.00 nor more than M,
000 00 be made to any purchaser trt
n ^
Sec. 5. Such loans shall not be made
except to owners who “operate** and
“occupy” lends mortgaged, and shall
be mde for the following? purposes:
(&) The payment for lands purchased;
(M the purchase of live stock and oth
er equipment, and the making of 1m
pr^vements which in the judgment of
scl* hoard, will increase the produc
tivity of such lands or add to their
va1'-“ as a farm home in a degree to
justify such expenditure; and (c) for
the satlsf&ctlo* of tncumbiaiMcs upon
such lands, which, la the judgment of
said board, were Incurred or assumed
by aeld applicant for the aforesaid
purposes.
Sec. 6. JOvery applicant for a farm
loan shall state clearly in his applica
tion the purposes for which such Joan
is desired, and uppn Its approval by
the board this statement shall be deem
ed a part of the note or contract under
which the loan la 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
1 prevent any farm owner from sell!nr
| or leasing lands rubjeot to such in
eumbrance; but if he shall violate hi?
| said contract by applying the monrv«
I borrowed to purposes other than tho*-*
| stated in his application or enumerated
herein, or if he shall lease such land*
or sell them to au%y person not fulftll
! ing the condition* and purpeser pre
1 vlded ter herein, *etd beard is author
ised and directed te require the repay
ment tr jei 1 loan tinea six months’ no
tfcftT £nf mW note or eonFracf shall
contain a clause providing therefor.
See. 7. Bach loans shall be rep*.M
with Interest accruing *» annual In
stallments on the amortisation plan,
such Installment* being Axed at such
sums as will cover the interest rate
and will liquidate the debt tn a period {
to be agreed on between said board
and the applicant, said period to be |
not lees than Are nor more than thirty
six years; but any debtor may liqui
date any part or all of hie indebtedneoa
in amounts of $50.09 or multiples there
of upon any amortization payment
date.
Sec. t. The rate of Interest en loans
shall be Ave per cent per annum; pro
vided. that no Farm Credit Bonds shall
be sold for lesa 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 appraloal and ex
amination of title.
Sec. d. All surplus funds accruing
from tho operation of the system of
rural credits herein provided for, after
paying Interest accruing on the afore
said bonds_and all operating end other
expenses arising from the administra
tion of said system of rural credits,
shall be placed In the State Treasury
and become a part of & fund to be
known as the “Arkansas Rural Credl +
Reserve Fund.” Said Arkansas Rural
Credits Reserve Fund shall be Joaned
on farm lands in the manner herein
provided for the Arkansas Rural
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 * part
of It, The seld Arkansas Rural Credits
Reserve Fund shall be irreducible, ex
cept that It may be drawn upon to re
imburse the State for loss Incurred In
the administration of said system of
rumi ur fui co.
Sec. 1®. 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 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
terras “operate'’ and “occupy” used
herein. In the absenco of such legis
lation, and subject to the same after
Its enactment, the State Lend Board
shall proceed to administer said sys
tem of rural credits under rules and
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 80 days af
ter their approval and adoption by the
people of Arkansas.
Approved by the Governor, and llled
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 thin
the 24th day of April. 191*
{Seal] TOM J. TERRAL,
Secretary of State.
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DR. LONG ON BOARD
In an official communication
received from Lloyd England,
Adjutant General, we are in
formed that the following dent
ists are on the list of volunteer
dental surgeons of the local
exemption boards and consti
tute the directors for their re
spective counties as follows:
Woodruff county: Dr. D.
C. Long, of Augusta.
Cross county: Dr. C. M.
Crain, of Wynne.
Jackson county: Dr. C. H.
White county: Dr. T. J.
Carroll, of Newport.
Ford, of Searcy.
Monroe county: Dr. J. M.
West, of Clarendon.
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CUT THIS OUT
It Is Worth Money
Don’t miss this, cut out this
slip, enclose with 5c to Foley
& Co., 2835 Sheffield Ave.,
Chicago, 111., writing your
name and address clearly. You
will receive in return a trial
package containing Foley’s
Honey and Tar Compound,
for coughs, colds and croup,
Foley Kidney pills and Foley
Cathartic Tablets. Adv.
W. D. HINSON
JEWELER
Watchmaker & Optometrist
at McCRORY every
SATURDAY
UP AND ABOUT AGAIN
“I was sick in bed with kid
ney trouble,” writes C. F. Rey
nolds, Elmira, N. Y. “I com
menced taking Foley Kidney
Fills and in a few days was
out of bed. Keeping up the
treatment, I was able to go to
work. Sine then I have had no
more backaches.” Foley Kid
ney Pills stop sleep-disturbing
bladder ailments. Red Cross
Drug Co. McCrory Ark. adv.
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PHUi‘oe>k..O L^GlSLA'i'ivJi! amend
ment.
Proto»«Nl Co ns til si Ji«» ml Aswudmeit
No. 14.
Amending Sections 2 and S of Artl*
ile 7 of the Constitution of the Stat«
of Arkuusas; providing- that the Su
preme Court of the State shall b«
composed of seven Judges, one Chief
Justice and six Associate Justices; pro
viding the Judges may sit in two di
visions, and otherwise providing th«
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.
Pr*PM«4 Constitutional IsMsdmenl
No. 14.
Bo It Resolved by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the
State of Arkansas, the Majority ef
Both 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 elec
tors of the State for approval or re
jection at the next general election
for Senators and Representatives, if s
majority of the electors voting at such
election adopt such amendment ths
same shall become a part of the Con
stitution of the State ©f Arkansas, to
wlt:
That Sections 2 and t of Article t
of the Constitution of the State of Ar
.uiirnaoc 10 read as iouown
The Supreme Court shall be compos
ed of seven Judges, one of whom shell
be styled Chief Justice and elected a»
such. In the consideration and decis
ion of eases, all Judges may sit ©r the
Court may be divided into two divis
ions, and the decision of each of said
divisions shall be the declarion of the
Court. The Chiqf Justice shall assign
three of the Associate Justices to easb
division, and he may change such as
signments from time to time, and the
Associate Justices may interchange
with eech other by agreement amonf
themselves. The concurrence of three
Judges shall be necessary to a decis
ion In either division. When the
Court Is sitting la banc, the Chief Jus
tice shall preside, and the concurrence
of four shall oe 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
ridered by the eourt in banc. The
Chief Justice may sit In either division
and shall preside when so sitting. The
Judges of each division shall eleot s
presiding Judge for that division, whs
shall preside whan the Chief Justice ii
not sitting in that dtvlslam. If the
Chief Justice Is absent from the Court,
the senior Judge present shall perform
his .duties.
The Governor shall appoint ths tws
additional Judges provided for heroin,
one of whom shall hold of floe until hi*
successor is elected at the general elec
tion for State officers ta 1911, a*?
qualifies, and one of whom shall hole
office until his successor Is elected nt
the general election for State offl«*r#
in 1624. and qualifies.
Approved by the Governor, and Ale*
in the office of the Secretary of Stai*.
January 17, 1117.
Each elector may vote far er again**
the above amendment, _ .
Witness my official signature mia
the 24 th day etf April, 1618.
[Seal] TOM J. TKRRAIa
Secretary ef
adv