GENERAL DIRECTORY
Circuit Judge ....J. M. Jackson
I tos. Atty.J. N. Rachels
Chancery Judge E.D.Robertson
County Judge....A. L. Hutchins
County Clerk..Walter Jimerson
Circuit Clerk ....L. W. Winfree
Sheriff .Alex C. McGregor
Treasurer .Roy Mitchell
Supt. Schools.W. N,. Wilkes
Assessor .Edgar Miller
State Senator.Sam N. Vann
Representative.Ross Mathis
Surveyor .Alex Beilis
McCrory Officials
Mayor.Grover G. McCrory
Marshal .John G. Pulley
Recorder .Walter B. Fakes
Treasurer .Geo. W. Barber
Aldermen: J. H. Crossett,
Fletcher Lewis, H. D. Swayze,
C. Hailey and E.T.Wherry.
Council meets first Monday
night of each month in W. B.
Fakes’ office.
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CALLS, DAY OR NIGHT.
Phone Number 2,
McCrory. . *. . *. Arkansas
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PROPOSED LEGISLATIVE AMEND
MENT.
Proposed Constitutional Amendment
No. IS.
Providing credit at State may bo
’oaned and indebtedness incurred to an
imount not exceeding two per cent of
he assessed valuation of property in
Jtate for the purpose of providing
funds to bo loaned upon th© security
of farm lands witnln the State or mak
ng farm loans; providing Governor,
‘.ecretary of State and State Land Gotti”
nissioner shall constitute State Land
Hoard having authority to sell bonds
In name of State, place money in State
freasury and loan money to bona nde
purchasers of farm lands in Arkansas,
and prescribing; manner In wbich such
loan? 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
repealed.
FOR AMENDMENT NO. 15.
AGAINST AMENDMENT NO. 15.
Be It Resolved I>y the House of Rep
resentatives and tho 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
-lection adopt such amendment, ths
ante shall become a part of the Con
-ilution of the State of Arkansas, to
•v i t:
Section 1. Notwithstanding the lim
tation contained in Section 1 of Arti
■le 16 of the Constitution, the credit
>f the State may be loaned and in
i u* ♦ r\ art a mAiint nnt
xeeeding two per cent of the assess
1 valuation of all the property in the
Mate for the purpose of providing'
unds to he loaned upon the security
>f farm lands Avithin the State, subject
o the limitations herein contained.
S>c. 2. The Governor, Secretary of
Mate snd State Land Commissioner
hall constitute the State Land Board,
vhmh hoard is hereby authorized and
directed to issue and sell or pledge
Aonds in the name of the State, to oe
cnown as “Arkansas Farm Credit
Ronds." in an amount not to exceed
*wo per cent of the assessed valuation
of all the property in the State, arvd
*o p’nce the proceeds in the State
Treasury in a fund to be knoAA’n as the
"Arkansas Rural Credits Loan Fund.”
Sec. 2. Said bonds shall be Issued
:r> d. nomine Rons of $25.00. $100.00,
<500 00 and $1,000.00, and shall be ts
’U'd in series of $10,000.00 or multi
ples thereof. draAvn to mature in not
more than thirty-six years; nor shall
mid bonds he sold until applications
from bona fide purchasers of land a?
'•rcrating $10,000.00 have been filed
with and approved by the State Land
Hoard. 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 Ruro.1 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 se\’untv-five per cent of the ap
nm.' ir yi icmus*. i nr rrea*
it of th,*> State shn 11 not be loaned to
any p^-son to purchase more than. Rf1
eres of l^nd. nor land valued at more
•''Hi ?'n per a ore. Nor shall a loan
'r lo«s than R*?^o.00 nor more than $S,
inn oo he made to any purchaser of
bud.
P»o. f>. Such loans shall not be made
ore.-pf to owners who “operate” and
"ocounv” lands mortgaged. and shall
Ke o-ido for the following purposes:
(a"> ’T’be Davment for lands purchased:
tbt the purchase of live pt-oct-c and oth
“r <'p\ilnment. end the mnWng of 1m
»-nv»montc wt> t oh, In the 1nd~mertt of
'oM hno’d will Increase f*>e produc
tivity of simh lands or add to their
val”/' as a farm home In a decree to
Htstifv such expenditure: and (c) for
th« satisfaction of •ncumbtta.noes upon
such lands, which, in the judgment of
said board, were incurred or assumed
by said applicant for the aforesaid
purposes.
kcc. 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 tin
purposes stated In such application or
enumerated bjerein shall invalidate 8
loan v hen once made, nor shall any
thing heroin contained be deemed tc
prevent any farm owner from sellinr
or leasing lands subject to such in
cumbrance: but if he shall violate h
said contract by applying the mono
borrowed to purposes other ,van H o
stated in his application or enumerate
herein, or If he shall lea'-e such b-r/i
or sell them to any person not fulfill
ins' the conditions and purposes pro
vlded for herein, said board Is author
1*ed and ^hoofed to require the rona'
m£Ot of gaid_lcaja upon months’ n .
tlceT an<T mlRT note or eonfraef shall
contain a clausa providing therefor.
See. 7. Such lean* shall bo repaid
with Interest accruing1 in annual In
stallments on the amortisation 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 $80.00 or multiples there
of upon any amortization payment
date.
Bee. S. The rate of interest en loans
shall be five per cent per annum; pro
vided, that no Farm Credit Bonds shall
be sold for loss 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 cost ef 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 administra
tion of said system of rural credits,
shall be placed in the State Treasury
and become & part of a fond to b»
known as the "Arkansas Rural rvcd? +
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 port
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 carrying out
an'd administering of the provisions of
this amendment, and shall provide ad
equate safeguards against the use of
euch 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 I^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 wltk
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 6ft 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. 1ftl7.
"Each elector mav vote for or against
the shove Pmen''1>r'ent.
Witness my officio! signature this,
the 2Mh day of Ap^ib Iftl*
[Seal] Tom t. TERRAL,
Secretary of Stata.
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*■ * JkU a .ULiM D«
Propped Const? uioual Amendment
\w. it.
Amending- Sections 2 and 3 of Arti
cle 7 of the Constitution of the State
of Arkansas; providing that the Su
preme Court of -the State 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.
Propmed Constitutional Amendment
No. 14.
** Resolved by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the
State of Arkansas, the Majority «f
Both Houses Agreeing Thereto t
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 apr 'oval or re
jection at the next general election
tor 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
wlt:
That Sections 2 and S of Article T
of the Constitution of the State of Ar
ka’usas be amended to read as follows:
The Supreme Court shall be compos
ed of seven Judges, one of whom shall
he styled Chief Justice and elected as
such. Tn the consideration and decis
ion of cases, all Judges may sit or ths
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 Justices to each
division, and he may change such as
signments from time to time, and the
Associate Justices wiav int»rr>Vin
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
Mered 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 ie
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 hte
successor is elected at the general elec
tion for State officers in 1922, and
qualifies, and one of whom shall hold
office \intil his successor is elected at
the general election for State officer*
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 this,
I the 24th day of April, 191S.
[Seal] TOM J. TBRRAL,
Secretary of State
adv.
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WARNING ORDER
In Woodruff Chancery Court
! for the Northern District:
L. S. Ferguson, Plaintiff,
vs
Marie Elizabeth Ferguson, De
fendant.
The defendant, Marie Eliza
beth Ferguson, is hereby warn
ed to appear in this court with
in 30 days and answer the com
plaint of the plaintiff.
Dated this, August 8, 1918.
LUDIE WINFREE, Clerk.
A. L. Hutchins, Atty.
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WARNING ORDER
In Woodruff Chancery Court
for the Northern District:
Cora Martin, Plaintiff,
vs
Dunk Martin, Defendant,
The defendant, Dunk Mar
tin, is hereby warned to appear
in this court within 30 days and
answer the complaint of the
plaintiff.
Dated this, August 8, 1918.
LUDIE WINFREE, Clerk.
A. L. Hutchins, Atty.