McCrory Officials
Mayor.Grover C. McCrory
Marshal ...J. G. Pulley
Soldier’s Cough is Cured
Private Harold Hamel, 66th
Regiment, Ft. Adams, R. I.,
writes: “I was troubled with a
bad cough for three months. I
tried Foley’s Honey and Tar
and felt greatly relieved. I
recommend Foley’s Honey and
Tar and will keep it on hand.”
Giver relief from hay fever,
asthma and bronchial cough.
Red Cross Drug Store, adv.
DR. R. L. FRASER,
IS READY TO ANSWER
CALLS, DAY OR NIGHT.
Phone Number 2,
McCrory. Arkansas
W. D. HINSON
JEWELER
Watchmaker & Optometrist
at McCRORY every
SATURDAY
Constipation and Billiousness
Geo. Jenner, 416, Labor St.,
San Antonio, Tex. writes ^‘Fol
ey Cathartic Tablets have prov
en the best laxative I have tak
en and I recommend them to
sufferers from constipation oi
billiousness. They should be
in every traveling man’s grip.’
Relieves sick headache, bloat
ing or other conditions causec
by bad digestion. Red Cross
Drug Store. adv.
PROPOSED Ll(TiSLATiVa AMEND
MENT.
ProptaeH Constitutional Amendment
No. Iff.
Providing credit at State may bo
loaned and indebtedness incurred to an
amount not exceeding two per cent or
the assessed valuation of property n
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 Go^e™°r’
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 nae
purchasers of farm lands In Arkansas,
and prescribing manner in which sucn
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 mrm
repealed.
FOR AMENDMENT NO. 15.
AGAINST AMENDMENT NO. 15.
Be It Resolved by the House of Rep
resentatives and the Senate of the
State of Arkansas, the Majority of
Doth Mouses Agreeing Thereto:
That the following- is hereby pro
post d 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
■ • itution of the State of Arkansas, to
S^otion 1. Notwithstanding the lim
Ita* ion contained in Section 1 of Arti
Me if! 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 limibations 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 D«
known as "Arkansas Farm Credit
Bond'-.” in an amount not to exceed
two per cent of the assessed valuation
of all the property in the State, arvj
to place the proceeds in the State
Treasury in a fund to he known as the
“Arkansas Rural Credits Loan Fund.”
Sec. 3. Paid 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 be sold until applications
from bona fide purchasers of land ag
gregating $10,000.00 have been flle;d
with and approved by the State Land
Board. Paid 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 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 SO
acres of land, nor land valued at more
than $50.00 per acre. Nor shall a loan
if leas than $200.00 nor more than $8,
000 00 be made to any purchaser of
land.
ssec. ft. r?ucn loans snail not oe made
except to owners who "operate” anfl
"occupy” lands mortgaged, and shall
be mnde for the following purposes:
(al The payment for lands purchased:
(h) the purchase of live stock and oth
*r equipment, and the making of Im
provements which. In the judgment of
said board, will increase the produc
Ivlty of such lands or add to their
7al,w' as a farm home In a degree to
lust Ifv such expenditure; and (c) for
tfce satisfaction of encumbtances upon
'ueh lands, which, In the judgment of
said board, were Incurred or assumed
oy 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 lean
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
'allure to apply such funds to the
purposes stated in such application or
'numerated 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 monf
borrowed to purposes other than thru
stated in his application or enumerates
. herein, or if he shall lease such Tend*
or sell them to any person not fulflll
L ing the condition* and purpose* pro
J vided for herein, said board is author
'zed and directed to require the renav
m£ut ai u»en six, months’ no
tTee", and" sa1<T~notF or contracf eh all
contain a clause providing1 therefor.
Sec. 7. Such loan* ahatl be repaid
with Interest accruing1 In annual In
stallments on the amortisation plan,
such Installments being fixed at such
sumi as will cover the Interest rote
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 $50.00 or multiples there
of upon any amortization payment
date.
Bee. *. Tna rate or interest on ioani
shall be five per cent per annum: pro
vided, that no Farm Credit Bonds shall
be told 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 $1"0.00
to cover the east 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 adminiMm
tion of said system of rural credits,
shall be placed in the State Treasure
and become a part of a fund to ^
known as the "Arkansas Rural CredC
Reserve Fund.” Said Arkansas Tlrr’
Credits Reserve Fund shall be loaned
on farm lands In the manner herein
provided for the 'Arkansas Rural
Credit Roan 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 pa’-t
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 th6 carrying out
and administering of the provisions of
this amendment, mid 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. Tn 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 ru'es 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 bo 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. 1017.
Each elector may vote for or against
the shove amendment.
■Witness my official signature this,
the 24th day of April. 101S
[Seal] Tom J. TERRAL,
Secretary of Stata
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IT'S IN THE AIR
Windblown pollen, carrying
the germs that cause hay fever
U abroad in the land. One rem
edy is known to give relief and
comfort from choking, gasping
asthma, and tormenting hay
fever. Foley’s Honey and Tai
spreads a healing coating or
inflamed membranes, stops the
Coughs and colds. Red Cross
Drug Store, McCrory, Ark. ad\
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STAKE TOMATOES
Tomatoes do better wher
staked. Drive stakes near the
plants and tie so as to give the
plants full support all the waj
up. Keep the grass and weeds
down to conserve the moisture
and give the sun a chance. Big
ger, cleaner and better fruit
will be the result.
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A. A. Ward and son, Regen
of near town were business vis
itors in McCrory the first of the
week and while here favorec
this office with a very pleasanl
visit. Mr. Ward says that he
has the champion cotton pick
er of the state, in the person oi
Regen, that the lad, only ter
years of age, yet picks 30C
pounds of cotton per day.
... -- AMEND.
Proposed Cons:;.i..io.al Amendment
No. It.
Amending: Sections 2 and 3 of Arti
clc i Ui.-ti;e Co.i.siitiUioii of the State
of Arkansas; proviuing that the Su
preme Court of the Stale shall be
composed of .seven Judges, one 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.
Proposed Constitutional Amendment
No. 14.
Be It Resolved by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the
State of Arkansas, the Majority of
Roth Houses Agreeing Thereto:
That the following- is hereby pro
posed aa an amendment to the Con
stitution of the State of Arkansas, and
the same being submitted to the elec
tors of the State for apr oval 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:
That Sections 2 and 3 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 Justice and elected as
such. Tn the consideration 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 We the decision of the
Court. The Chief Justice shall assign
fhree of the Associate Justices to each
division, and he may change such as
signments from time to time, and the
Associate Justices may interchange
with each other by agreement among
themselves. The concurrence of three
fudges 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 ChW Justice shall allot the
case;* to the divisions, and he may or
der any case to be decided or recon
idored by 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
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 herem,
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 1921. 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 this,
the 24th day of April. 1918.
[Seal] TOM J. TERRAL.
Secretary of State.
aclv.
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A. A. Anderson and J. S.
' Hitt were business visitors in
McCrory Monday and while in
! town were pleasant visitors at
i the Home News office. Mr.
' Hitt informs us that he with
his brother, sister and nephew
had motored from Tyler, Tex.,
to McCrory two days and a
half. The distance is about
i 400 miles. Mr. Hitt says that
- the crops in his part of the
1 country are fairly good but
' that the crops of Woodruff
! county are the best he saw on
s his whole trip. Mr. Hitt is a
• prosperous farmer in Texas
and we are always glad to
meet any stranger and always
extend the glad hand to every
one. We hope that Mr. Hitt 0
’ will be favorably impressed
; with this part of the country
i and will decide to make his
) home here in the near future.
: We apprciate the very pleas
! ant call by the gentlemen and
extend an invitation to visit us
i at any time for our latch string
always hangs on the outside.