THE
HOME
NEWS
EDITED IN THE INTEREST OF McCRORY AND WOODRUFF COUNTY
VOLUMN 4
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, DECEMBER, 6, 1918.
NUMBER 20.
\/oTE FOR THE
V° NEW CONSTITUTION
Vote to take up the lost
motion in our government
machinery, to ease friction m
L functioning, to make it
more efficient and productive
of better public service.
Vote to let the cities and
the counties free themselves
of the incubus of debt and to
save the great sums of money
they are now losing and have
for long years been losing
through depreciation of their
warrants. Give them your
hand that they may get out
of the financial Slough of
Despond and plant their feet
on the hard firm ground of
expenses within revenues and
warrants at par.
arrams au .
Vote to leave the legisla
te free, by relieving it of
the great mass oi minor local
matters that now clog every
session, to devote itself to im
portant general legislation.
Vote for permanent and
effective prohibition.
Vote for a better pardon
system.
Vote to reduce the number
of campaigns for public offi
ces and for terms that will
contribute to efficiency in the
public service by leaving in
cumbents undisturbed for
four years.
Vote for quicker and surer
justice by authorizing ver
dicts by five-sixths of a jury
in civil and misdemeanor
cases and by adding two jus
tices to the Supreme Court.
Vote to allow cities and
counties to issue bonds for
permanent public improve
ments where 60 per cent or
more of the voters approve of
a city or county issuing bonds.
Vote to give the people of
the cities the power of refer
endum over all franchises.
Vote to make the building
of good roads more practic
able, feasible and economical
for counties and communities.
vote for a broader, strong
er, better public school sys
tem, a system that will give
every child the minimum an
nual schooling that he should
nave for his own good and
the general good.
Vote for the budget sys
tem and its businesslike meth
ods.
Vote to franchise Arkan
sas women, not only as re
ward for their services and
sacrifices in war, but for the
the state. Oklahoma
adopted a suffrage amend
ment on November 5, and
President Wilson, in urging
woman suffrage in his last
actress to Congress, said:
lhese great days of com
oieted achievement would be
AJ~./,miarre<t were we to
mit th»t act of justice.”
onZ°t* t° make the Arkansas
^onstitufion answer to the de
on”ds of.times, to make
constitution responsive to
new needs that have
McCRORY LOSES VALUABLE CITIZEN.
McCrory and Woodruff County have not suffered a
greater loss in recent years than that occasioned by the
death Tuesday, Nov. 12, 1918, of Dr. G. B. Fakes whose like
ness appears above. His absence from business activities and
social life will be keenly felt.
Dr. Fakes reached his standing in business circles by
honest and conscientious labor throughout his long and useful
life. Success broadened his vision and his personality, both of
which kept step with his strides in business activities.
Our new brick Methodist Church which was com
pleted just before the close of this Christian life stands to
day as a monument to his memory for there was none more
eager and more enthusiastic than Dr. Fakes to see a credit
able house built and dedicated here for the cause of God.
He gave liberally of his means to this worthy cause and the
strong mercantile firm which bears his name and of which
he was their honored president followed him in his desires
and they, too, were among the most liberal contributors. It
is true Dr. Fakes was fortunately able to be of great finan
cial assistance to the church, but are there not those among
us who were equally able to help and did not?
in tne jttea L^ross, me war wuijv c<uup(ugu, ui <*u.y
other worthy charitable cause, Dr. Fakes was a leader and
without hesitation gave unstintingly at every call. Although
the church has suffered the greatest loss of any of our insti
tutions, GallowayCollege, Hendrix College, our school and
our citizenship as a whole will miss him and the strong
influence of such a noble, liberal life. When our people
think of the subject of this sketch, it will be their pleasure
to think of a good life well spent.
arisen with increased popula
tion and general advance
ment.
Vote to improve this oppor
tunity, to get a new constitu
tion, the only opportunity, it
may be, that Arkansas will
have for a generation or more.
Vote to make Arkansas
the first state in the Union to
equip itself, its counties and
cities, to serve their people
better in the day of peace
that has now dawned. The
people of Illinois voted on
November 5th. 525,204 to
155,651, to call a Constitu
tional Convention.
Vote to arm the state, its
counties and cities to meet
whatever duties and obliga
tions may come with peace—
and remember that President
Wilson has said that the
world war will bring changes
that will be “fundamental
and tremendous.” Election
Saturday, December, 14.
ASKS FEDERAL AID
FOR HIGHWAYS.
Birmingham, Ala. Dec. 3,1918.
United States Senator John
H. Bankhead, President, of
United States Good Roads
Association, also Chairman
of the Committee on Post
Offices and Post Roads, intro
duced in the Senate Monday,
Dec. 2, a comprehensive bill
carrying a $100,000,000. ap
propriation for the building
of national highways and
good roads throughout the
nation. This bill carries with
it authhority for the designa
tion of certain highways
throughout the country. The
bill has the endorsement of
the Administration and Gov
ernment officials. It is be
lieved that it will be speedily
enacted into law before next
March, when an extra session
of Congress will be called by
President Wilson.
me united states uroou
Roads Association heartily en
dorses Senator Bankhead’s
bill, andSecretary Roundtree
has sent telegrams and reso
lutions to various Senators
and Congressman stating that
this Association, which has
a membership in over thirty
five states in the union,
strongly urges the passage of
the same.
It is expected that the
Southern Commercial Cong
ress, which will convene at
Baltamore, Dec. 8-15, will
endorse the bill, and that the
Highway Industries Associa
tion, meeting Dec. 11-12, in
Chicago, will do likewise.
The American Automobile
Association endorses the
measure .Telegrams from
Senator Bankhead to Secre
tary Roundtree are enthusi
astic, and he feels certain
that the same will be passed
at this session of Congress.
The advocates and friends
of the Bankhead National
Highway are quite enthusias
tic over the bill, and they feel
confident that this great high
way, which is named for Sen
ator Bankhead, will come in
for its share of the appro
priation.
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