McCrory Officials
Mayor.Grover C. McCrory
Marshal .J. G. Pulley
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PROPOSED LEGISLATIVE AMEND
MENT.
’Proposed Constitutional Amendment
No. Iff.
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 lor 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
lor n3 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
rnpealed.
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Proposed Co«»lki.i«a;:,I Amendment
N 11.
Amending Sections 2 and 3 of Arti
cle i oi t:ie Constitution of the Si~te
ot Arkansas; providing ihat the Su
pi erne Court oi tin- State shall be
composed of seven Judges, cn<? Chief
Justice and six Associate Justices- pro
viding the Judges may sit in two di
visions, and otherwise providing the
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.
DR. R. L. FRASER,
IS READY TO ANSWER
CALLS, DAY OR NIGHT.
Phone Number 2,
McCrory. . \ Arkansas
L. B. WINFREE, J. P.
WBrnmeaBSMBBoesaamm
CONVEYANCES
G. W. BARBER
NOTARY PUBLIC
j AND INSURANCE
Feed, Lumber, Coal
Shingles, Doors, Rubber
Roofing, Paints, Brick and
Lime.
Corn, Oats, Chops, Hulls
and Meal.
H. D. SWAYZE
W. D. HINSON
JEWELER
Watchmaker & Optometrist
at McCRORY every
SATURDAY
Rheumatism and Kidney Ills
Troubed with rheumatism
kidney or bladder affections?
You need Foley Kidney Pills.
Mrs. Frank P. Wood, R. F. D.
No. 2 Morrill, Maine, writes:
“I found relief as soon as I be
gan taking Foley Kidney
Pills. My husband also re
ceived much benefit from
them. He was lame, could not
stoop over; now feels no
pain.”
FOR AMENDMENT NO. 15.
AGAINST AMENDMENT NO. 15.
He 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, if a
majority of the electors voting at such
election adopt such amendment, the
same shall become a part of the Con
s« itution of the State of Arkansas, to
wit:
Section 1. Notwithstanding the 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
ed valuation of all the property in the
Strfe for the purpose of providing
funds to be loaned upon the security
of farm lands within the State, subject
to the limt'ntions herein contained.
Sec. 2. The Governor, Secretary of
•abate and State Land Commissioner
shall constimte the State Land Board,
which board is hereby authorized and
direofed to issue and sell or pledge
bonds in the name of the State, to oe
kno"'ti as “Arkansas Farm Credit
Bonds.” in an amount not to exceed
two per cent of the assessed valuation
of p11 the property in the State, arvj
to n’aee the proceeds in the State
Ttooctv in a fund to be known as the
“.Arkansas Rural Credits Loan Fund”
See. 1 Said bonds s^all be issued
in denominations of $26.00. $100.00,
$600 00 and $1,000.00, and shall be is
su'd 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
R >nrd. Said bonds shall bear interest
at the rate of four per cent per an
num. and shall be exempt from tax
ation by tb° State of Arkansas, or any
of Its subdivisions.
S' c. 1 Said State band Board is au
thorised and directed to loan the mon
eys in sai'i Arkansas Rural Credits
Loan Fund to bona fide purchasers of
fnrm iir-’ • in Arkansas, upon notes se
curod hv mortgages or deeds of trust
c<"<n''titutin'v first 'liens on such fa’■ ti
bands in amounts which shall not ex
ceed seventv-five n"r rent of the ap
prised vahie of such lands. The cred
it of the State pUrM not he loaned to
any person to pureha.se more than SO
acres of land nor land valued at more
firm $60 an ner "ere. Nor sha1' a loan
o* ir.<c than ?°,'0.00 nor more than $3,
nnn no he made to any purchaser of
land
See 5. Such loans shall not be made
ereent to owners who "operate” and
"occupv” lands mortgaged, and ehaTl
be made for the following purposes:
fa! The navment for lands pumiced;
fbl the nurehase of live stoek |ind oth
er equipment, and the making of 1m
W^teh. In the 111 d '▼men f Of
ppld bonr-d will increase produc
tivity of such lands or add to thel^
trft1- ' as n farm v ~ - ip „ degree t«>
lustier such expenditure; and (c) for
th« satisfaction of encumbrances upon
such lands, which, in the judgment of
said board, were Incurred or assumed
by said applicant for the aforesaid
purposes.
Sec. 6. Every applicant for a farm
loan shall state clearly in his applica
tion the purposes for which such loar
is desired, and upon its approval by
the board this statement shall be deem
ed a part of the note or contract undei
which the loan is granted. But tv
failure to apply such fund** to th
purposes stated In such application ot
enumerated herein shall invalidate b
loan when once made, nor shall any
thing herein contained be deemed te
prevent any farm owner from selline
or leasing lands subject to such in
cumbrance: but if he shall violate b!
said contract by applying the mono,
borrowed to purposes other than thow
stated In his application or enumerate '
herein, or if he shall lease such land.*
or sell them to anv person not fulfill
ing the conditions and purposes pro
vided for herein, said board Is author
ized and directed to* require the r<mav
ment af _£aiiJr,a,ri upon six. months’
tTc?s arid"" saf?T note or corfTrSeT sh7\Tl
contain a clause providing therefor.
Sec. 7. Such loan* shall be rope Id
with Interest accruing’ In annual In
stallments on the amortisation plan,
such Installments being fixed at such
sums as will cover the Interest rate
and will llouldate 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 Indebtedness
In amounts of $60.00 or multiples there
of upon any amortization payment
date.
Sec. 8. The rate of Interest on loans
shall be five per cent per annum; pro
vided, that no Farm Credit Bo-nds shall
be sold for less than par; and pro
vided further that the board shs!' re
quire each applicant to pay an initial
charge of 1 per cent of the loan grant
ed, the minimum charge to he $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 admlni'-t--,
tlon of said system of rural credits,
shall be placed In the State
and become a part of a fund to Ur
known as the "Arkansas Rural
Reserve Fund.” Said Arkansas RuV ‘
Credits Reserve Fund shall be turned
on farm lands tn the manner heroic
nrovided for the Arkansas Rura1
Credit Roan Fund, and the Interest ac
cruing from loans made from scR1 Ar
kansas Rural Credits Reserve Fund
shall he added to it and become a par*
of it. The said Arkansas Rim' f’-edlts
Reserve Fund shall he Irreducible, ex
cept that it may be drawn unon to re
imburse the State for loss incurred 1”
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 amendment, and shall provide ad
equate safeguards against the use of
such loans as an aid to the purchas
ing and holding o-f 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 Lan'l Board
shall proceed to administer said sys
tem of rural credits under rules anc
regulations provided by Itself, but sub
ject to the srovlslons 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 ^holl take
effect and he in operation 6° da vs af
ter their approval and adoption hv the
people of Arkansas.
Anprovcd by the Governor, and filed
In the office of the Secretary of State.
March 17. 1917.
Fach elector may vote for or against
the above amerd~*eTit.
W'tness mv offiei"! signature this,
the Vth day of Apv!1. 1918
[Seal] tot J. TFRR VL,
Secretary of State
Help win the war, buy War
Savings Stamps.
Lee George of Beebe, is vis
iting his uncle, Dr. J. R. Piercy
of this city for a few days.
G. W. Barber nd family re
turned home from their vaca
tion spent at and near Con
way.
H. T. Miller and family of
Tip spent Sunday in this city
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. R.
O. Jeffries.
Mrs. Horace Chaney of Au
gusta, is spending the week in
this city the guest of her moth
er, Mrs. Dora Bradley and
other relatives and friends.
H. E. Wood of the Mayo &
Robinson Grocer Co. of JVks,
was a business visitor in Mem
phis and St. Louis the first of
the week.
Mr. T. J. Fakes left this
week for Warsaw, Mo., where
he goes to be with his wife for
a few days before she goes to
Colorado to spend the summer.
Mrs. C. T. England of Mari
ana, came in Sunday night to
join her husband who has ac
cepted a nice position as me
chanic for the W. B. Fakes
Motor Company.
Proposed Constitutional Amendment
No. 14.
Be It Resolved by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the
Stute of Arkansas, the Majority of
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 app 'oval or i e
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
stitution of the State of Arkansas to
wit:
That Sections 2 and 3 of Article 7
of the Constitution of the State of Ar
kansas be amended to read as follows*
Tho Supreme Court shall be compos
ed of 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
ion \ and the decision of each of said
divisions shall be the decision of the
Court. The Chief Justice shall assign
thro* of the Associate Justices to each
erd he may change such as
signments from time to time, and the
Associate Justices may interchange
vith 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 necessarv to a decis
ion. ^h* Chief Justice shall allot the
cases to the divisions, a”d he may or
der any case to be deci led or recon
!dered bv 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
p-eslding 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 g-ior Judge present shall perform
his duties.
The Governor shall appoint the two
additional Judges provided for herein,
one of v horn shall hold office until his
siTcesso* 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 1r2<. and qualifies.
Approved by the Governor, and filed
In the office of the Secretary of State,
J o vm-y 17, 1917.
Each elector may vote for or against
the above amendment.
Witness my official signature ttiis,
the 24th day of April, 1918.
[Seal] TOM J. TERRAL,
Secretary of State.
JUNIOR LEAGUE PROGRAM
Following is the program of
the Junior League which will
be rendered June 30, 1918, at
the Methodist church.
Subject—The Sabbath.
Leader—Frankie Henderson
Song—Let Me Be Thy Mes
sanger.
Song—Bringing in the Shea
ves.
Scripture Lesson—Mark I,
21-34—Mary Raymond.
Prayer.
Sunday Workers in America
—Mable Dunehew.
The Sabbath in Jesus’ Life—
Helen Roddy.
Some Ways of Worship in
Japan—Dorriss Kyle.
Mitsu Wal—Dora Harris.
Song—Nearer My Go To
Thee.
Dr. C. P. Harris who volun
teered last September with the
Tennessee University boys, and
was made first Lieutenant of
the surgical reserve corps, has
accepted a position at Muscle
Shoals, Ala., for the summer.