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The Initiative and Referendum power*
of the people are hereby further reserv
ed to the legal voters of each municipal
ity and county as to all local, special
and municipal legislation of overv char
acter In and for their respective munici
palities and counties
Counties, cities and towns may pro
vide for the exercise of the Initiative
and Referendum as to their 1 >ca! legis
lation. Petitions shall be tiled with the
county or city clerk. Not more than
ten (10) per cent of the legal voters «>
any county, city, or town may be re
Quired to order the referendum. nor
more than fifteen (16) per < i t of the
legal voters of any such county, city or
town, shall be required t<» propose any
measure by initiative petition.
In counties or municipalities the uurn
ber of signatures required on a petition
shall be computed upon the vote east for
the office of county judge or mayor at
ths^ last preceding election.
Every extension, enlargement, pur
chase, grant, or conveyance of a fran
chise. or of any rights, property, case
ment, lease, or occupation of or in any
road, street, alley or park, or an> part
thereof in any real property, or interest
in any real property owned by a in-idci
Pai corporation, whether the same he by
statute, ordinance, resolution, or older
wise, shall be subject to referendum and
shall not be subject t*> emery-n -y l<
lation. The tin • for tiling n referendum
petition against iuur ripal or local
measures shall not be lived at less man
thirty days after the p:..-sage there »f by
municipal or local !e k-lative bodies.
Tlie word '‘measure as used I ein,
means any law, bill, resolution, ordi
nance. charter, or coi stituthuial amend
ment, or any othei legislative me . ure.
In the case of laws chiefly of local n
tercst. as the creation «>f iievv or a 1 ii
tional Judges, or other officers or olUc»
referendum by petition shall he sub
mitted for approval or rejection to the
people of the district interested.
Ail elections on general, local. iVn 1
special measures refVrrc I io the ; -
of the State or of ar\ locality s all he
held at tin- regulai g leral election ex
Cept when the Governor, County Judge
or Mayor slfall order a n ■ ial election.
State, counties, or muni-polities may
provide for special •lections on local
legislation.
No limitation shall be placed upon
the number of const f tut !< • al amend
ments or other measures \» h may *•••
proposed and submitted to t people by
either Initiative or Referendum peti
tions us provided in *»ii- s* < tion, nor
shall this section be construed to con- I
flirt in any particular will. Article 19
Section 22. of the (Constitution provid- i
in# for the submission of constitutional
amendments by the Legislative Assem
bly and their adoption by the people.
This section shall not !>*• eonstrued to
deprive any member of the Legislative i
Assembly of the right to introduce any
measure, but no measure shall be sflb- j
mltted to the people by the Legislative i
Assembly except a proposed constltu- j
tlonal amendment, or amendment as pro- |
vided for in Article 19. Section 22 of the
Constitution.
Any measure submitted to the people
by petition as herein provided shall Ta-ie j
effect and became a law when approved
by s majority of the votes cast there- j
on and riot otherwise, and shall not be i
required to receive a majority of the J
votes last for candidates in such * le<- j
tion Such measure shall he operative
on ami after the thirtieth day after the
election at which it is approved.
The veto power of the Governor or ?ne
Mayor shall not extend to measures in
itiated by or referred to the people.
If conflicting measures referred to the
people shall be approved by a majority
of the votes severally east for and
against the same, the one receiving tin
higher number of affirmative votes shall
;hereby become a law.
No measure approved by a vote «>f the
people shall be amended or repealed by
the General Assembly or any City j
Council except by a vea or nay vote upon j
roll call of three-fourtl >. of all the mem
bers elected; nor shall any such mean- j
are be set aside, in whole »»r in part, as
unconstitutional except by a unanimous
decision of all the members of the Su
preme Court of the State
Legal voters only shall be counted
upon petitions Petitions may be olr*-u
\ated and presented in parts, but each
part of any petition shall have attached j
thereto the affidavit < f the person Hr j
rulating the same, that all the signa
tures thereon were made in the pres- j
ence of the affiant and that to the beet
of the affiant's knowledge and belief
each signature is getuine. and that the
person signing is a Ivgal voter, and rm I
other affidavit or veri < at ion shall be re
quired to establish the genuineness of
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each signatures.
The sufficiency of all Statewide peti
tions shall he decided In the first In
stance by the Secretary of the State, j
and of municipal and local petitions by
the City or County Clerk, subject to re
view hv the Supreme Court of the State
which shall have exclusive and original
Jurisdiction over all such cases.
If the sufficiency of any petition Is
challenged the question shall be tried at
once wthout reference to term, time or
vacation, asd adjudicated without d.
lay. but the fullure of the courts to
decide prior to the election, as to the
sufficiency of such petition, shall not
prevent the question from being placed
upon the ballot at the election named
In such petition, nor militate against
the validity of the measure If 11 shall
have been approved by a vote of the peo
ple. if the Secretary of State. County
Clerk or Cftv Clerk, shall decide any pe
tlon to he Insufficient he shall without
delay, notify the sponsors of the peti
tion and permit at least thirty days
from the date of such notification for
correction or amendment. In the event
of legal proceedings to prevent giving
legal effect to any petition upon any
grounds the burden of proof shall he
upon the person or persons atta' l.lng
the validity of the petition.
No law- shall he passed requiring a
distribution of signatures upon petl
tlons in each of the counties or other
political divisions of the State, nor to
prohibit any person or persons from giv
ing or receiving compensation for ctr
dilating petitions, nor to prohibit the
clrculaton of petitions, nor in any way
to Interfere with the freedom of the peo
pie In securing petitions, but laws may
he enacted prohibiting and penalizing
any fraudulent practice, such «s per
jury, forgery, or any other misdemeanor
In the securing or filing of petitions.
All iium.sures submitted to a vote or
the people by petitions under the pro
visions of this section shall be publish
ed as is now or may hereafter be pro
vided by law , .
The style of all bills. Initiated by the
people and submitted under the provis
ions of this section, shall be. "Be it
enacted by the people of the Stale of
Arkansas" < municipality or county, as
the case may be). In submitting meas
ures to the people, the Secretary of
State and all other officials shall be
guided by the general laws until ad
ditional legislation shall be provided
therefor.
The result of the vote upon any
State measure shall be declared by the
State Board of Election Commission#1! s
(or the substitute therefor), and the re
sult of a vote for any city or town meas
ure shall be declared by the City Cen
tral Committee or Town Council (or
any substitute therefor).
This amendment shall be self-exe
cuting. but the Legislative Assembly
may enact laws to facilitate its oper
ation. and no legislation shall be en
acted to restrict, hamper or Impair the
exercise of the rights herein reserved
..to the people.
All the provisions of this amendment
a* all be treated as mandatory
That tMs amendment to the Consti
tution of the State be, and the same
shall be In substitution of the Initia
tive and Referendum Amendment, ap
proved February lit, 1909, as the same
appears In the A'is of Arkansas for
1909, on pages 1239 and 1240 of the
Volume containing the same; and that
the said amendment (and the act of
the General Assembly to carry out the
game, approved Jure SO. 1911, so far as
the same is In < - filet herewith), ha
and the same are hereby repealed.
P The above proposed Amendment was
filed in the office of the fieeretnrv of
State on January 23. 1915
Rach elector may vote For oi
Against the above proposed Amendment
Witness my official signature tills
•6th day of July. 1 9 1 ti
i EARLE \V HODGES,
(tiaM.li Secretary of State
LOSES LIFE TRYING
TO RESCUE HIS WIFE
Cross County Farmer Drowns
In St. Francis River in Futile
Effort to Save Wife
Wynne, July 31.—Bert Lew
ellyn, 30 years ora, lost his life
Saturday while trying to res
| cue his wife from drowning in
St. Francis river seven miles
l from here. Mr. and Mrs. Lew
jellyn, with the Misses Mat
thews and Hare, were in bath
ing. Mr. Lewellyn swam across!
the river and called to his wife
to follow him. She started, but
in midstream apparently be
came exhausted and called to
him for help. He swam to her,
and with her upon his back,
started to the bank, when he,
too, became exhausted and
both sank.
Mrs.Lewellyn’s body was re
covered two hours after the
tragedy, but Mr. Lewellvn's
body was not found until late
Sunday evening.
The couple was well known.
I hey lived with Mr. Lewellvn’s
parents on a large plantation.
I he family is one of the best
known in Cross county.
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V CORD NEWS ITEMS
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Cord, Aug. 1.—A fine show
er fell here Mfonday night.
Misses Maggie and Tina Wil
son of Tupelo are visiting
friends and relatives at this
place. •
Mr. ami Mrs. H. V. Williams
of Newark were here Sunday.
They were accompanied home
by his sisters who have been
visiting relatives and friends
here for some time.
R. A. Dowdy of Batesville
motored to this place two days
last week.
Mrs. Sorrels and son, Roy,
of fuckerman visited relatives
at this place and Charlotte last
week.
J. C. Creer made a business
trip to Moorefield Thursday.
Several from here attended
the baptizing at Curia Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Neil Northcuti
visited friends on the river Sat-;
urday night and Sunday.
rl he Cord baseball team de
feated the Elgin baseball team
at this place Saturday. The
game was witnessed by several
from Elgin, Charlotte and this
place.
N. A Winston made a busi
ness trip to Moorefield Satur
day.
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STATE WILL SOON
BE ON CASH BASIS
Little Rock, Aug. 1.—For
the first time in a number of
years the state’s general reve
nue fund contained sufficient
funds to meet salary warrants
amounting to $21,000. It was
announced today that after all
i the tax collectors make annual
settlements with the state dur
ing the next two weekst he gen
eral revenue fund will have a
surplus of $200,000. Outstand
ing warrants last night aggre
gated $267,000.
MRS. HUGHES DIES AT .
I . . HER HOME AT MAG NESS
Mrs. Sum Hughes died very
suddenly and unexpectedly at
her home at Magness last
Thursday night.
Mrs. Hughes was a member
of the Christian church and
was a most estimable Christian
lady. She was 77 years old and
is survived by one son and four
daughters.
The remains were buried
Friday at Macedonia, Rev. ,J.
H. McDoniel conducting fun
eral services.
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STORM DAMAGE
AT BOONEVILLE
Booneville, Aug. 1.—Five
buildings were struck by
lightning, one building was un
roofed, a house blown off its
foundation and glass fronts of
several stores demolished dur
ing a heavy wind, rain and
electrical storm here yesterday.
No one was reported injured.
FIND NATURAL GAS
NEAR BATESVILLE
Great Interest in Discovery of
Gas Found on Island in Riv
er Near Batesville
Batesville, Aug. 1.—Natural
gas has been found on a gov
ernment island in White river
a mile west of Batesville. Many
persons have staked claims
and preparations are being
made to develop the field.
Analysis of the gas, which was
discovered last week by George
Hastings, shows it contains 80
per cent natural methane gas,
with traces of sulphur,nitrogen
and carbon dioxide, according
to W. F. Manglesdorf, a chem
ist of Little Rock.
The discovery has caused the
greatest excitement in this city
and vicinity. Gas was discover
ed on the island 15 years ago,
but it was believed to be use
less “marsh” gas.Mr. Hastings,
who has worked in the gas
fields in Oklahoma, experi
mented when he found the
flow, and the gas burned
readily.
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PAROQUET ITEMS
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Paroquet, Au^. 2.—J. P.
Morgan of Newark spent Sat
urday here.
!). C. Selvidge shipped a car
of wheat Monday.
Revs. Storey and Harris are
holding- a revival here this
week.
Dr. A. A. Evans of Newark
made a trip here Sunday morn
ing in his car.
J. P. Williams made a busi
ness trip to Newark Monday.
Mrs. Winnie Love.joy spent
Monday morning at Newark.
Mrs. .J. O. Phillips spent Sat
urday and Sunday in Wvcough
township visiting relatives.
Chas. Prather of Batesville
spent Monday and Tuesday
here on business. Mr. Prather
is fixing to build a nice resi
dence here.
Miss Lucy Stubblefield spent
Tuesday morning at Newark.
D. W. Johnson made a busi
ness trip to Newport Monday.
J. H. Bramer made a busi
ness trip to Newark Tuesday.
We had a good rain here
Monday night.
A. N.Trent of Batesville was
here Monday inspecting bolts.
('has. Todd made a trip to
Newport Tueslay.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. McCoy of
Logan and Mrs.Jessie Drennen
of Newark spent Sunday here
with Mr. and Mrs. Sterling
Johnson.
Mrs. Thomas Magness and
children of Newark are spend
ing the week here with her
brother, 1). (’. Selvidge and
family.
Ben Sherman made a busi
ness trip to Newark Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Edd Way man
ot Newark spent Sunday after
noon here.
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RENEWED TESTIMONY
No one in Newark who suf
lers backache, headaches, or
distressing urinary ills can af
ford to ignore this grateful
man’s twice-told story. It is
confirmed testimony that no
Newark resident can doubt.
.1. F. Pilkington, E. Market
St., Searcy, Ark., says: “I was
having trouble with my back
and kidneys. There was a great
deal of soreness through the
small of my back and other
kidney ailments that were more
or less troublesome. One box
of Doan’s Kidney Pills was
enough to relieve me.” (State
ment given April 11, 1911)
On March 14 1914, Mr. Pil
kington said. ‘‘I still take a few
doses of Doan’s Kidney Pills
off and on and I always get
good results.”
Price 50c at all dealers.Don’t
simply ask for a kidneyremedy
get Doan’s Kidney Pills—the
same that Mr. Pilkington has
I twice publicly recommended.
' Foster Milburn Co., Props.,
| Buffalo, N. Y. 3
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The Independence County
Sunday School Convention will
be held at Moorefield on Aug
ust 24 and 25. A large attend
i ance is expected.
THREE KILLED WHEN
TRAIN STRIKES AUTO
Attempt to Cross Track in
Front of Train Results in Fa
tal Collision at Colt
Forrest City, Aug. 1.—Story
Wood and his son, Claude, 22
years old, were instantly killed
and Dr. Joseph Casbeer so
badly hurt that he died soon
afterward when an auto in
which they were riding was
struck by an hon Mountain
passenger train a mile north of
Colt, this county, at 12:30
o’clock this afternoon. All
three reside at Colt.
The engineer and passengers
say the auto seemed to be rac
ing to beat the train over the
crossing. Dr. Casbeer was driv
ing. The machine was squarely
across the track when hit and
it was demolished. The three
men were hurled some, dis
tance. The bodies of Mr. Wood
and his son were badly mang
led.
I)r. Casbeer was alive when
picked up and he and the oth
er victims were brought to For
rest City on the train. Dr. Cas
beer was taken to the home of
Sheriff J. F. McDougal, where
he died within a half hour.
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CHARLOTTE ||
6 it it it it it it it it it it
Charlotte, Aug. 1.—Alvin
Haddock of Sharp was here
on business Saturday.
Miss Effie Blair visited
homefolks Saturday and Sun
day.
Several from«here attended
the singing convention at Cen
ter Grove Sunday.
Rev. Thrasher is conducting
a revival meeting at Walnut
Grove this week.
Rev. Porter of Bethesda was
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. G.
J. Lindsey Saturday.
Rev. Fizer Noe of Sulphur
Rock and Prof. T. 1). Lindsey
of Magness were visitors here
Saturday.
Several of the younger set
attended the meeting at Pleas
ant Hill last week.
Rev. Neill Storey of Paro
quet spent Friday night and
Saturday here with friends.
Mrs. Mary Blair and child
ren of Cord visited Mr. and
Mrs. F. L. Jernigan Sunday.
Rev. Barber is conducting a
series of meetings at the Chris
tain church this week.
Mrs. Etta Sorrells and child
ren of Tuckerman visited rel
atives here a few days this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Byrum
and daughter, Miss Ethel, vis
ited Mrs. T. C. Knox at Sul
phur Rock last Friday.
Miss Mabel Dyke returned
to her home at Jacksonport
last week after a pleasant vis
it with Rev. and Mrs. ,1. M.
Thrasher.
Little Miss Gladys Blair of
Cord spent the latter part of
last week here with relatives.
Raymond Yates of Paris,
Tenn., arrived Saturday to visit
relatives and friends a few
weeks.
1 he Black River ball team
played the school team here
Saturday afternoon. The score
was 20 to 18 in favor of Black
River.
Miss Vrela Jernigan returned
last week from an extended
trip to New York, Niagara
Falls and Washington, I). C.
ADVERTISED LETTERS
The following letters re
main uncalled for in the New
ark postoffice, August 1, 1916.
Miss Myrtle iCollum 2
George Holkey
Miss Myrtle Jernigan
P. F. M ox ley
Rev. Jno. Malone
L. B. Mettler
Miss Eva Neadeam
Wm. Poblechek
I. G. Shuford
If not called for in 30 days
will he sent to dead letter of
fice at Washington, I). C. In
calling for the above letters
please say “advertised.”
J. T. THARP, P. M.
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SHIRLEY MAN DIES
OF HEAT PROSTRATION
Shirley, Aug. 1.—Glover
Towery, son of Holliet Towery,
a farmer near here was pros
trated by the heat yesterday
and died within 30 minutes.
COUNTY SUNDAY
SCHOOL CONVENTION
The Independence County
Sunday School Convention will
hold its annual meeting at
Moorefield August 25 and 26.
A big crowd of delegates is
expected, and a two days’ pro
gram will be given.
C. D. Metcalf, is president of
the organization; A. L. Dun-1
lap, vice-president; J. A. Page,
secretary, and J. C. Fitzhugh,
treasurer, form the executive
committee, together with Sid
ney Pickens, O. T. Jernigan, R.
A. Dowdy, VV. R. Shelpman, j
Mrs. J. H. Kennerly and Mrs.:
J. W. Parse.
Frank L. James, State sec
retary of the Sunday School
Association, will attend.
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LEFT HER PIPE
“Oh, say, who was here to
see you last night?”
“Only Myrtle, father.”
“Well, tell Myrtle that she
left her pipe on the piano.”
LEE COUNTY HAS
BEST CROP IN YEARS
Marianna, Aug. l.—The
crops in ibis county are the
best known for the last 20
years. The diversified methods
of farming the different crops
have been the cause, and far
mers say these methods are
here to stay, and Lee County
will be one of the Arkansas
counties to “feed herself .’’The
continual work of the county
farm agent and the farm bu
reau of the Marianna Commer
cial Club is largely responsible
for the present status of things.
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CARAWAY WOULD
BAR NEGRO SOLDIERS
Congressman T. H. Caraway
of the First Arkansas district
has introduced a bill in Con
gress providing that hereafter
there shall not be enlisted or
re-enlisted in the military ser
vice of the United States, eith
er in the army or navy any
person of the negro race.
RAILROAD
WAGES
Shall they be determined by
Industrial Warfare or
Federal Inquiry?
To the American Public:
Do you believe in arbitration or indus
trial warfare?
The train employes on all the railroads
are voting whether they will give their leaders
authority to tie up the commerce of the
country to enforce their demands for a 100
million dollar wage increase.
L he railroads are in the public service—
your service, l his army of employes is in
the public service—your service.
You pay for rail transportation 3 billion
dollars a year, and 44 cents out of every
dollar from you goes to the employes.
On all the Western railroads in 1915, seventy-live per cent of the
train employes earned these wages (lowest, highest and average
of all) as shown by the pay rolls—
Engineers .
Conductors
Firemen
Brakemen.
Passenger
$1747
4094
1543
3789
0 >3
3078
854
1719
$2195
1878
1317
967
Freight
$1537
3076
1454
2933
751
2059
874
1961
A verts ge
$2071
1935
1181
1135
Yai d
Range Average
^445 $1378
1151
2045
418
1552
862
1821
1355
973
1107
The average yearly wage payments to all West* rn train em
ployes (including those who worked only part of the year) aa
shown by the 1915 payrolls were —
Pa.tenger Freight Yard
Engineers.$2038 $1737 $1218
Conductors ..... 1772 1624 1292
Firemen 1218 973 832
Brakemen. 921 1000 1026
A 100 million dollai wage increase for
men in freight and yard service (less than
one-fifth of all employes) is equal to a 5 per
cent advance in all freight rates.
1 he managers of the railroads, as trustees
for the public, have no right to place this
burden on the cost of transportation to you
without a clear mandate from a public tri
bunal speaking for you.
1 he railroads have proposed the settle
ment of this controversy either under the
existing national arbitration law, or by refer
ence to the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion. 1 his offer has been refused by the
employes’ representatives.
Shall a nation-wide strike or an
investigation under the Gov
ernment determine this issue?
National Conference Committee of the Railways
ELISHA LEE, Chairman.
P. R- ALBRIGHT, Can’t Munager,
Atlantic Coast Lin* Railroad.
L. W. BAL1>R IN, Manager,
Caalral of Georgia Railway.
C* L. BARUO, Con*/ Manager,
N«* York, Now Havao A Hartford Railroad,
ft. H. COAPMAN. PJeo-Proaident,
Sootkora Railway.
I. B. COTl Ml. Can’t Manager,
Wakaak Railway.
r. K. CROWLEY, deal. Viee-Prastdem*
Raw York Laotral Railroad.
C. H. EMERSON, Cen t Manager,
Groat Nortkara Railway.
C. ■. EWING. Can t Manager, n
Pkiladclpkia A Reading Railway*
& W. GRlll, Amu la President,
Ckoaoyaaka A Okie Railway*
A. S. GRKIC, Aft. to JYecotoora,
Si. l.ou»a A s»fcrtnci#f« Rallr*«A
C. W. KUL'WS, GeitWManager,
Atrhieon. Topfkr® Santa Fe RtUva^
R. W. McMASI KK. Can'/ Hanooor,
Vk«rlii| and Lake Eric Rftilr««A
M J). MAHKK, >&>#-Preaidant,
Norfolk and 1 ilrri Hallway.
JAMES KL'9&ELl . Gon'l Manogmr.
Denver A Rio Grand* Railroad.
A. M. SCHOYEH Jtoafalenf >'WPron*
PenneyIvanla Linne Weat.
W. L. SEDDO.N. Ploo-Prmtidont,
Seaboard Air Lina Railway.
A J. STOWE, V too-Pr—idoni,
Erie Railroad.
G. 9. WAID. Vlco-Pr—. A Con*1 Bimmmg—,
Sanaa! Control Line*.