GENERAL DIRECTORY
Circuit Judge ....J. M. Jacksor
Pros. Atty.J. N. Rachels
Chancery Judge E.D.Robertsor
County Judge....A. L. Hutchins
County Clerk..Walter Jimerson
Circuit Clerk ....L. W. Winfree
Sheriff .Alex C. McGregor
Treasurer .Roy Mitchell
Supt. Schools .W. N. Wilkes
Assessor .Edgar Miller
State Senator .Sam N. Vann
Representative.Ross Mathis
Surveyor .Alex Beilis
McCrory Officials
Mayor .Grover G. McCrory
Marshal .John G. Pulley
Recorder .Walter B. Fakes
Treasurer .Geo. W. Barber
Aldermen: J. H. Crossett,
Fletcher Lewis,' H. D. Swayze,
C. Hailey and E.T.Wherry.
Council meets first Monday
night of each month in W. B.
Fakes’ office.
DR. R. L. FRASER,
IS READY TO ANSWER
CALLS, DAY OR NIGHT.
Phone Number 2,
McCrory. .’. .'. Arkansas
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PROPOSED LEGISLATIVE AMEND
MENT.
Proposed Constitutional Amendment
No. IS.
Providing credit of State may be
1 loaned and indebtedness incurred to an
unount not exceeding two per cent of
he assessed valuation of property in
1 State for the purpose of providing
i'unds to be loaned upon the security
r*f farm lands within the State or mak
>ng farm loans; providing Governor,
Secretary of State and State Land Com
missioner shall constitute State Land
Boa id having authority to sell bonds
in name of State, place money In SUite
Treasury and loan money to bona tide
purchasers of farm lands in Arkansas,
and prescribing manner in which such
loans 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 convict with this amendment are
repealed.
FOR AMENDMENT NO. 15.
AGAINST AMENDMENT NO. 15.
Re It Resolved by the House of Rep
resentatives and the Senate of the
State of Arkansas, the Majority of
Both Houses Agreeing Theretoi
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, th*
same shall become a part of the Con
stitution of the State of Arkansas, to
wit:
Section 1. Notwithstanding the limi
tation contained in Section 1 of Arti
>le 16 or tne uonsuiuuon, me creuii
)f the State may be loaned and in
debtedness incurred to an amount not
'Xceedin'T two per cent of the assess
ed 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 limi'ations herein contained.
See. 2. The Governor, Secretary of
estate and State Land Commissioner
-ha’! constitute the State Land Board,
which hoard is hereby authorized and
directed to issue and sell or pledge
bonds in the name of the State, to he
known as “Arkansas Farm Credit
Bonds,” in an amount not. to exceed
two per cent of the assessed valuation
of nil the property in the State, atyj
to p’ace the proceeds in the State
Treasury in a fund to be known as the
“Arkansas TMiral Credits Loan Fund.”
Sec. 3. Said bonds shall he issued
in d*nom1n« +1nns 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 hona 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 seventv-flve per cent of the ap
nraised value of such lands. The cred
it of the State shall not he loaned to
any person to purchase more than 80
| acres land nor land valued at more
than $50 00 per acre. Nor shall a loan
j of than *°00.n0 nor more than $8,
aao no be made to any purchaser of
i land
Sec. 5 Such loans shall not be made
except to owners who "opiate” and
| “oecupv” lands mortgaged, and shall
he made for the following purposes:
I fal 'rho oavment for lands purchased:
j fhl the purchase of live stoak apd oth
| '.'Mvi'nipii*! wMch. In the Indemnit of
! sal* ho»~d. will 1noreg*e t*» produc
| tivitv of such lands or add to the*>
vr1’"> as a farm hono In a.degree to
lustifv such expenditure: and (c) for
ch* satisfaction of tnoumbuncas upon
®U,Ci1 *an<*8> which, in the judgment of
' aid board, were incurred or assumed
oy said applicant for the aforesaid
purposes.
Sec. «. Every applicant for a farm
loan shall state clearly in his applica
tion the purposes for which sucji 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 tin
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 monev:
I borrowed to purposes other than thos*
! ®‘a*^d in his application or enumerated
herein, or If he shall lease such land;
or sell them to any person not fulfill
ing the conditions and purposes pro
vided for herein, said board is author
i Ized and directed to require the renay
I meat ar.2aidJLoaa upon six months’ no
tlceT and^safiT not® or eonTracT shall
contain a clause providing therefor.
Sec. 7. Such loans shall be repaid
with Interest accruing In annual In
stallments on the amortisation plan,
such installments being’ fixed at sxi'-h
sums as will cover the Interest rate
and will liquidate the debt in a period
to be agreed on betwoon said board
and th® 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 indebtedness
In amounts of $50.00 or multiples thara
of upon any amortisation paymsst
date.
Sec. 8. The rate of Interest en loans
shall be five per cent per annum; 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 $1-0.00
to cover the cost of appraisal and ex
amination of title.
Sec. 9. All surplus funde 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 Treasury
and become a part, of a fund to he
known as the “Arkansas Rural Credit
Reserve Fund.” Said Arkansas Rura1
Credits Reserve Fund shall be loaned
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 b» added to it and become a pa-t
of it. The said Arkansas Rural Credits
Reserve Fund shall be Irreducible, ex
cept that It may be drawn uoon to re
imburse the State for loss incurred in
the administration of said system of
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 amonHmftnt and shot! nrnvldc ad
equate safeguards against the use of
Such loans as an aid to the purchas
ing- and holding of lands for the nur
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 I^and 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 GO 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 mav vote for or against
the above amen^^ont.
W’tness my official signature this,
the 24th day of AprC 19i«
[Seal] T«M T. TERR AL,,
Secretary of St&ta.
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Proposed Const rational Amendment
Nvi. 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; pro
viding the Judges may sit in two di
visions, and otherwise providing th«
manner in which the court shall sit
and *hall render its decisions.
Providing for the selection and eleo.
tion of the two additional Judges.
FOR AMENDMENT NO. 14.
AGAINST AMENDMENT NO. 14.
Proposed Constitutional Amendment
No. 14.
Bo It Resolved by the Senate and
House of Representatives of ths
State of Arkansas, the Majority of
Both Houses Agreeing Theretoi
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
tor Senators and Representatives, if a
majority of the electors voting at such
election adopt such amendment ths
same shall become a part of the Con
stitution of ths 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 Justloe and elected as
such. In the consideration and decis
ion of cases, all Judges may sit or ths
Court may be divided into two divis
ions, and the decision of each of said
divisions shall be the decision of ths
Court. The Chief Justice shall
m
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
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
eases 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
the senior Judge present shall perform
his duties.
The Governor shall appoint the two
additional Judges provided for hereto,
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 Stats,
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. TERRAL,
Secretary of State.
adv.
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WARNING ORDER
In Woodruff Chancery Court
for the Northern District:
L. S. Ferguson, Plaintiff,
Marie Elizabeth Ferguson, De
fendant.
The defendant, Marie Eliza
beth Ferguson, is hereby warn
ed to appear in this court with
in 30 days and answer the com
plaint of the plaintiff.
Dated this, August 8, 1918.
LUDIE WINFREE, Clerk.
A. L. Hutchins, Atty.
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WARNING ORDER
In Woodruff Chancery Court
for the Northern District:
Cora Martin, Plaintiff,
vs
Dunk Martin, Defendant,
The defendant, Dunk Mar
tin, is hereby warned to appear
in this court within 30 days and
answer the complaint of the
plaintiff.
Dated this, August 8, 1918.
LUDIE WINFREE, Clerk.
A. L. Hutchins, Atty.