GENERAL DIRECTORY
McCrory Officials
Mayor.Walter W. Raney
Marshal.C. C. Simmons
Recorder.H. C. Shearer
Treasurer.L. J. Dilliard
Health Officer Dr. H.P.Hargis
Aldermen: Dr. L.A. Jelks,
H. Arnof, Dr. W. T. McCain,
L. J. Dilliard and R.C. Thomp
son. Council meets at mayor’s
office first Monday night of
each month. All citizens are
invited and will be welcome.
Mr. John Brooks, a prom
ising young man ofUnion was
his father, Mr. W. J. Brooks.
The former gentleman left
Saturday to join Uncle Sam’s
forces.
Mr. Jack Angelo arrived
Monday from Camp Beaure
gard, La., on a week’s fur
lough which will be spent
with his parents Mr. and Mrs.
J. T. Angelo.
DR. R. L. FRASER,
IS READY TO ANSWER
CALLS, DAY OR NIGHT.
Phone Number 2,
McCrory. .*. .*. Arkansas
f L. B. WINFREE, J. P.
CONVEYANCES
G. W. BARBER
NOTARY PUBLIC
AND INSURANCE
Feed, Lumber, Coal
Shingles, Doors, Rubber
Roofing, Paints, Brick and
Lime.
Corn, Oats, Chops, Hulls
and Meal.
H. D. SWAYZE
OUTSTANDING ACCOUNTS
DeView Road District
Because of some statements
that have been made which
might be misleading, I here
with give the correct figures
concerning the outstanding in
debedness of DeView Road
District for the purpose that all
may be correctly informed:
Balance on tractor.... $634.00
Other indebtedness .... 493.55
Total . $1,127.55
Taxes due, about .... $2,600.00
Indebtedness . $1,112.55
By Balance ....$1,472.45
L. BRONTE, Overseer.
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PROPOSED LEGISLATIVE AMEND
MENT.
Proposed Constitutional Amendment
No. 19.
Providing credit of State may be
loaned and indebtedness Incurred to an
amount not exceeding’ two per cent of
the assessed valuation of property in
State for 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
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 conflict with this amendment ar#
repealed.
FOR AMENDMENT NO. IS.
AGAINST AMENDMENT NO. 15.
Be It Resolved by the Honse 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, 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
State for the purpose of providing
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 hoard is hereby authorized and
directed to issue and sell or pledge
bonds in the name of the State, to be
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, ar>4
to place the proceeds in the State
Treasury in a fund to be known as the
“Arkansas Rural Credits Loan Fund.”
Sec. 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 years; nor shall
said bonds he 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 he 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
Tioan 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
ceed 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 80
acres of land, nor land valued at more
than $50 00 per acre. Nor shall a loan
of less than $200.00 nor more than $3,
00 00 be made to any purchaser of
land
Sec. 5. Such loans shall not be made
except to owners who "operate” and
"occupv” lands mortgaged, and shall
be made for the following purposes:
(a> The pavment for lands purchased;
(hi the purchase of live stock and oth
er equipment, and the making of im
^-^vomenfa which, in the judgment of
said board, will increase the produc
tivitv of such lands or add to their
val”■-> as a farm home in a desrree to
lustifv such expenditure; and (c) for
the satisfaction of encumbi fences 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 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 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
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 moneys
borrowed to purposes other than those
stated in his application or enumerated
herein, or if he shall lease such lends
or sell them to any person not fulfill
ing the conditions and purposes pro
vided for herein, said board is author
ised and directed to require the repay
ment of gaifLloaji upon six months’
ticaT an<T said" note or contracT shall
contain a olause providing therefor.
Sec. 7. Such loans shall be repaid
with interest accruing in annual in
stallments on the amortization plan,
such installments being fixed at such
sums as will cover the interest rate
and will liquidate 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 $10.00 or multiples there
of upon any amortization payment
date.
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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 $10.00
to cover the cost of appraisal and ex
amination of title.
See. &. 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 administra
tion of said system of rural credits,
shall be placed in the State Treasury
and become a part of a fund to be
known as the "Arkansas Rural Credit
Reserve Fund.” Said Arkansas Rural
Credits Reserve Fund shall be loaned
on farm lands tn 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 a part
of it. The said 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
rural credits.
Sec. 10. The Legislative Assembly
shall provide in such detail as it shall
deem advisable for the oarrying 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
terms "operate” and "occupy” used
herein. In the absence of such legis
lation, and subject to the same after
its enactment, the State Land 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 BO 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 may vote for or against
the above amendment.
Witness mv official signature this,
the 24th day of April. 1918.
[Seal] TOM J. TERRAL,
Secretary of State,
SLAYER WHO CAUSED
WAR IS DEAD
London, May 1. — Gavrio
Prinzip, the assassin of Arch
duke, Francis Ferdinand, heir
apparent to the Austro-Hun
garian throne, and his wife, at
Sarajevo, Bosnia, died yester
day in a fortness near Prague
of tuberculosis, telegraphs the
correspondent at The Hague
of the Exchange Telegraph
company.
With sincere regrets we have
just learned of the death of
Mr. E. B. Kramer, father of our
esteemed friend and former
school teacher, Mr. E. C.
Kramer, at whose home in
Santa Cruz, California, the de
ceased resided when the end
came. Mr. Kramer was a for
mer citizen of Russellville and
visited in this city several
times while his two sons, Ernest
C., and Gus W. Kramer re
sided here, the former teach
ing and the latter publishing
the News. We join their
many friends here in extend
ing our heart-felt sumpathy in
thsi, one of their greatest loss
es.
Help send Old Glory across
the pond,
Do your part, Buy a Liberty
Bond.
ljLj»J!ISi!'rTAVK A>lENO
Proposed Constitutional Amendment
N o. 14.
Amending: Sections 2 and 8 of Arti
cle 7 of the Constitution of the Stat;
of Arkansas; providing that the
preme Court of the State eSf,
composed of seven Judges one
Juattee and tit Aaaoclat.Tuat°caa
vldtng the Judaea may ait 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 6°
FOR AMENDMENT NO. 14.
AGAINST AMENDMENT NO. 14.
Proposed Constitutional Amendment
No. 14.
Be It Resolved by the Senate and
Mouse of Representatives of th.
***** wM0t Ark*n*«» **»• Majority of
Both Houses Agreeing Theretot
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 re
jection at the next general election
for Senators and Representatives, if a
majority of the elec-tors 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 2 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 oonsider&tlon and decis
ion of cases, all Judges may sit or the
Court may be divided Into two divis
ions, and the decision of each of said
divisions shall be the decision of the
Court. The Chief Justice shall assign
three of the Associate Justtoes to each
division, and he may change such as
signments from time to time, and the
Associate Justioes 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 Chief Jus
tice shall preside, and the concurrence
of four shall be 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
sidered by the court in banc. The
Chief Justice may sit In either division,
and shall preside when so sitting. The
Judges of eaoh 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 herein,
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 State,
January 17, 1917.
Each elector may vote for or against
the above amendment.
Witness my official signature tills,
the 24th day of April, 1918.
[Seal] TOM J. TERRAL,
Secretary of State.
Market Poultry Slowly
On April 25, the order from
the National Food Administra
tion prohibiting the sale of
laying hens terminated and as
a result in a great many local
ities individual farmers have
planned to rush their poultry
on the market in order to se
cure ready cash. H. B.Lans
den, Poultry Specialist with
the Extension Division, says:
“Better market poultry slow
ly and keep prices up. glut
ted market w*il mean a certain
financial loss to the people of
our state. The best way will
be to save back the hens and
market slowly. This will en
able us to keep up the egg pro
duction and maintain the pres
ent good prices for live poul
try.
We are sorry to note Mr. E.
T. Wherry is confined to his
home with a rheumatic attack.
As we go to press we learn
that Esq. L. W. Winfree is dan
gerously ill as a result of a
stroke of paralysis.