DR. R. L. FRASER,
IS READY TO ANSWER
CALLS, DAY OR NIGHT.
Phone Number 2,
McCrory. Arkansas
G. W. BARBER
NOTARY PUBLIC
AND INSURANCE
NEW COUNTY SUP’T.
Before W. N. “Bill Wilkes,”
our Democratic nominee for
county superintendent o f
schools, could get elected in
the general election next
month and take his official
seat, a new fellow has already
arrived to take his place and
our schools will probably be
under a new management.
The new arrival is a fine, big,
healthy fellow and made his
appearance at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Wilkes Wednes
day at 6:00 o’clock a. m., Oct.
9, 1918 which was Mrs. Wilkes’
birthday. He tipped the
scales to the tune of twelve and
one half pounds and although
he can’t talk as much as his
—1 ^ It A Vi n r* 1 n 4“ nn W\ A nr A A T'l
uauuj j nc ixcio mat vw*.
fellowship personality and
wants to shake hands with all
with whom he comes in con
tact. Should Uncle Sam need
to call his men to the colors
again some 18 years hence,
this youngster will register as
follows: Billie Brantlin Wilkes.
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They relieve lame back, rheu
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SCHOOL CLOSED
The McCrory High School
closed indefinitely this week
by order of the State Board of
Health.
The order was issued to all
schools in the state and has
been done to prevent the
spread of Spanish influenza
which is raging everywhere.
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Registered Duroc hogs must
be sold at once. Leaving for
army school. H. D. Angus.
Adv.
Feed, Lumber, Coal
Shingles, Doors, Rubber
Roofing, Paints, Brick and
Lime.
Corn, Oats, Chops, Hulls
and Meal.
H. D. SWAYZE
PROPOSED LEGISLATIVE AMEND
MENT.
Proposed Constitutional Amend»s<
No. 15.
Providing: credit of State may bo
loaned and indebtedness incurred to an
amount not exceeding: two per eent of
the assessed valuation of property in
State for the purpose of providing
funds to be lottned 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
loan'? shall bs made and repaid; dele
prating 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
repealed.
FOR AMMDM15NT NO. II.
AGAINST AMENDMENT NO. 1*.
Be It Resolved by the House of Rep
resentatives and the Senate of the
State of Arkansas, the Majority of
Both Houses Agreeing Thereto t
That the following Is hereby pro
posed as an amendment to the Const!
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
stitution 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 or providing
funds to be loaned upon the security
I of farm lands within the State, subject
to the limitations herein contained.
Pec. 2. The Governor, Secretary of
State and State Land Commissioner
shall constitute the State Land Board,
which hoard Is hereby authorised 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, aryl
to place the proceeds 1n the State
Treasury In a fund to be known as the
“Arkansas Rural Credits Tx>an Fund.”
Sec. 3. Said bonds shall he issued
In ^nominations of $23.00. $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 bona fide purchasers of
farm land* 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 30
than $50.no per acre. Nor shall a loan
of loss than J200.00 nor more than $1,
000 00 be made to any purchaser of
I land.
Sec. 5. finch loans shall not be made
i except to owners who "operate" and
I "occupy" lands mortgaged, and shall
j he m^de for the followinr purposes:
; (al O'he payment for lands purchased:
(hi the purchase of live stock and oth
er equipment, and the making of Im
provements which. In the judgment of
«!'* boorfl. will Increase the produc
tivity of such lands or add to their
wl’ » aa a farm home In a degree to
lustlfr such expenditure: and (c) for
tfea satisfaction of eneumbi ancea upon
sueh lands, which. In the Judgment of
said board, were Incurred or aeoumed
by said applicant for the aforesaid
purposes.
Sue. 8. 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 Iosji 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 t© such In
cumbrance; but If he shall violate his
said contract by applying the moneys
borrowed to purposes other than those
stated In his application er enumerated
herein, or if he shall lease such lands
or sell them to any person not fulflll
j ing the condltlens and purpose* pro
; vlded for herein, said board la author
j feed and directed to require the repay
meat ef* .a* id-loan upon six months' no
tlceT *hd~SAfd nbfF *r oonfracT »hall
contain a claus* providing therefor.
See. 7. Such loan* shall bo repaid
with Interest accruing In annual in
stallments on the amortization plan,
such lnstaffrnentfl being fixed at such
sums as wlfl cover the interest rate
and will liquidate the debt In a period
to be agreed on between said board
and the applicant, said period te be
not less than fixe nor more than thirtr
slx year*: 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.
See. t. The rate ef 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 eaoh applicant to pay an initial
charge of 1 per oent of the loan grant
ed, the minimum charge te be $10.00
to oover the cost ef appraisal and ex
amination of title.
Sec. I. All surplus funds aocrulng
from the operation ef the system of
rural credits herein provided for, after
paying Interest accruing on the afore
said bonds, and ail operating and other
expenses arising from the administra
tion of said system of rural credits,
shall be pl&oed In the State Treasury
and become a part ef a fund to be
known as the “Arkansas Rural Credit
Reserve Fund." Said Arkansas Rural
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 be added to It and become a part
of tt. 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
ruritl credits.
Sec. 10. The Legislative Assembly
shall provide in such detail as It shall
deem advisable for the carrying out
and administering of the provision* of
this amendment, and shall provide ad
uaio B«UC|UAIUB a.f »1U9V lUV UBTJ Ul
such loans as an aid to Mio purchas
ing and holding of lands for th« pur
poses of speculation. Such safeguards
shall Include elear 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 L<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 60 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.
■Bach elector may vote for or against
the above amendment.
Witness my official signature this,
the 24th day of April. 1916.
[Seal] TOM .T. TERRAL,
Secretary of Stat*.
TO THE WASTE BASKET
We have received a news item
stating that a certain person
had recently suffered the loss
of a limb and we would like
to have published the item in
full, but can not do so for the
reason that the person who
mailed us the article failed to
sign his name and we don’t
Irn A1I7 lirVi of ov» IVi a vn av»4- in
true or false. We do not pub
lish reports or articles sent us
unless they are signed. The
name of the person who sends
in the article or news will not
be published unless requested,
but we must know who sent
the report or article to us.
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U. S. GINNER’S REPORT
There were 4,861 bales of
cotton counting round as half
bales, ginned in Woodruff
County, from the crop of 1918
prior to September 25, 1918, as
compared with 245 bales one
year ago.
E. W. CHANEY,
Enumerator.
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Dr. R. L. Fraser was a busi
ness visitor in Little Rock this
week where he purchased his
uniform for military service.
He has volunteered in the med
ical corps andwill leave Satur
day for Fort Riley, Kansas.
W. D. HINSON
JEWELER
Watchmaker & Optometrist
at McCRORY every
SATURDAY
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Wtorosiiii L.iiHAISSL.ATlVJfi AMEND*
A'.
Proponed Constitutional Amendment
Bio. 14.
Amending Sections 2 and 3 of Arti
cle 7 of the Constitution of the Slat*
of Arkansas; providing- that the Su
preme Court of the State shall b*
composed of seven Judges, one Chiei
Justice and six Associate Justices; pro
viding the Judges may sit in two di
visions, and otherwise providing tin
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.
Pr«PM«4 Oeutitstiessl AjneaAmcut
No. 14.
It Resolved by the Senate and
House of Repreeentatlvee of the
S,tate of Arkansas, the Majority el
Both Houses Agreeing Thereto i
That the follewlng is hereby pro
posed a« 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
for Senators and Representatives, if a
majority of the elector^ 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 S and t of Article f
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 a«
such. In the consideration and decis
ion of cases, all Judges may sit er 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 Justfoes to each
division, and he may change such as
•^K i’.mcniD i rum uuie 10 vim«, unu
Associate Justloes may Interchange
with each other by agreement anion#
themselves. The concurrence of three
Judges shall be nocensary to a decis
ion In either division. When th*
Court Is sitting in bane, the Ch»ef Jus
tice shall preside, and the concurrence
of four shall be necessary to a decis
ion. The Chief Justtoe shall allot the
cases to the divisions, and he may or
der any case to -be deckled or recon
rldered by the court in banc. Tie
Chief Justice may sit in either division,
and shall preside when ee sitting. The
Judges of saeh division shall sleet ft
presiding Judgs for that division, whft
shall preside when the Chief Justice i*
not sitting ha that division. If thft
Chief Justice is absent from the Court,
the senior Judge present shall perform
his duties.
The Governor shall appoint ths two
additional Judges provided for herein,
one of Vvhom snail hold offtoe until hlft
sucoessot is sleeted at the general elec
tion for State officers in 1982, aI)J
qualifies, and on# of whom shall ho»«
office until his successor is slseted ft*
the general election for State offI«•^•
in 1024. and qualifies. .
Approved by ths Governor, and HI**
in the office of ths Secretary of Stats.
January 17, 1217. #
Each elector may vote for or again**
the above amendment. .
Witness my official signature *•**»
the 24th day of April, Hit.
[Seal] TOM J. TBBRAU
Secretary oS Stain
adv.