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Logan county, which has been lag
ging a little in her Liberty Loan sub
scriptions, is now doing much better,
according to reports received from
there last night.
The Spanish “flu” has now made
its appearance in every institution in
the state, but ithe situation is being
well managed, therefore few deaths
of inmates have occurred.
TUCKERMAN DEPARTMENT
Mrs_G. A. Choate returned home
from Batesville early in the week,
where she had gone several days pre
viously to be at the bedside of her son,
Richard, who is suffering from a se
vere attack of influenza. The latter
was improving nicely when the moth
er left. Since her arrival home Mrs.
Choate has been stricken with the
same malady and has been real sick,
but is reported to be improving at
present.
Charles P. Cook and family are
making their arrangements t6 move
to Florida. The former recently ac
cepted a position with a former em
ployer at Lakeland in that state and
expects to assume his duties the first
of next month.
“Boyce Coe is able to be out after a
siege of influenza which kept him
confined to his bed during the past
week or more.
The past week has been fine weath
er for harvesting crops. Corn gath
ering and hay hauling has been in
(lugged in by most farmers in tins lo
cality during that time. Cotton pick
ing has progressed very rapidly. In j
some localities the Spanish influenza j
has been rampant and all farm work j
has been retarded somewhat as a re- j
suit. However with a few more i
weeks of such favorable weather the j
bulk of the crops in this section will
be harvested.
The opening of the local public j
schools has been postponed to an in-1
definite date. Monday the 7th had
been set as the time for it but on ac
count of the great scarcity of labor
the board was not able to get the fur
niture installed and another postpone
ment was the result. Since then the
Spanish influenza has been raging
in this section and made it necessary
to wait until that epidemic subsides.
Most of the building is now ready
for occupancy and but little work
will remain undone when school will
be permitted to open.
J. C. Cook and Son have recently
disposed of their stock of drugs and
are arranging to sell out their entire
business. The health of the senior
member of this firm has been very
poor during the past few months and
they have arranged to move to Lake
land, Florida. P. M. Cook, the junior
member of the firm has accepted a
position at the latter mentioned place
and will assume his duties there just
as soon as he can make disposition of
his present business and make the
change. These are among Tucker
man’s best families and they have nu
merous friends here who wish them
well in their far off homes when they
have left here.
James Strider has been confined to
his bed during the past few days
suffering from a very severe attack
of influenza.
The Spanish influenza which has
been so widespread throughout the
nation during the past few weeks, has
found many victims to prey upon in
this neighborhood. Probably half of
the homes in Tuckerman and other
parts of Bird township has been vis
ited by the malady . It continues un
abated and before it shall have entire
ly subsided many more homes will
probably be caught within its grip.
The disease has generally been in
mild form in this neighborhood if
reckoned from the point of fatalities.
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PETITION.
PROPOSED CONSTITUTION At
AMENDMENT NO. 13.
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Amending Section 1 of Article 1C of
the Constitution of the State of Ar» |
kansas, 1*74, and providing that incor- j
porated towns of ono thousand or more ;
population, as shown by the next pre- j
ceding Federal census, or by census tak- j
en for that purpose by the municipal j
authorities of said town, and cities of the i
first and sefrond .class may issue, by and
with the consent of a majority of the
qualified electors of said municipality
voting on the question at an election
held for that purpose, bonds or other
interest-bearing evidences of indebted
ness, and providing the means and
manner of payment of said bonds.
FOR AMENDMENT NO. 13.
AGAINST AMENDMENT NO. 13.
He It Enacted by t..e People of the j
State of Arkansas:
That Section 1 of Article 16 of the |
Constitution of the State of Arkansas j
be amended to read as follows:
Article 16, Section 1. Neither the ,
State nor any city, county, town or I
other municipality in tills State shall i
ever lend its credit for any purpose j
whatever; nor shall any county, city, i
town or municipality ever issue any ;
Interest-bearing evidences of indebted- i
ness, except such bonds as may he au- |
thorized by law to provide for and se
cure the payment of the Indebtedness
existing at the time of the adoption \
of the Constitution of 1874, and the
State shall never Issue any interest
bearing treasury warrants or serrp.
Provided, that incorporated towns r>r
1,000 or more population, as shown by
the next preceding federal census, or
by census taken for that purpose Try
the municipal authorities of said towns I
and cities of tire first and second class, ]
may issue, by and with the consent of a !
majority of the qualified electors or j
said municipality voting on the ques- .
tion at -an election held for the pur- :
pose, bonds or other interest-bearrng !
evidences of indebtednss in sums and j
for the purposes approved by such ma
jority at such election, as follows, to- i
wii:
For the funding-or refunding or any ;
existing indebtedness incurred prior to ;
n- p adoption of tills amendment; fori
the acquisition of rights of way for ;
and construction of public highways, ;
streets, alleys or boulevards within the ;
corporate limits of such municipality;
for the purchase, development and lin- :
provement of parks, located either ,
u.-nhin nr wiinout the corporate limits i
of stick, municipality; for the construe- |
11on of sewers; for the purchase or
sites for, or for toe purenase of con- ,
struct).>n of, city or town halls, audi
toriums, prisons, libraries, hospitals,,
viaducts, bridges, or buildings for hous
ing fire fighting apparatus; and for the t
purpose of aequi ing, purchasing, ex- ;
tending, improving, < nkerging. building
or construct!:- 3 of water works, or :
light and heat plants. As additional j
security in providing water works or ]
light and heat plants far cities and
towns, a mortgage or other lien may
be given by such munieij ilitias on
such water works or light and heat
plants and the income thereof, and the
frnn-hise and other property connect- |
ed therwith.
TCo t>on<"lF or otb^r interest-hoflrinfif
evidences of indebtedness issued under
the authority of this amendment shall
bear a greater rate of lnterst than six,
per ent per annua.,' payable either an- '
nually or semi-annually, and bonds Is
sued by cities of the first class shall not
he sold on a basis of more tl on five per
cent; that is to say, the cost to the
municipality for’ interest and discount
on each issue of bonds shall nrot exceed
5 per cent, per annum, and bonds is
sued bv cities of the second class and
incorporated towns shall not be sold
on a basis of more than six per rent,
and no bonds issued under the author-.,
ity of this amendment shall ever be
sold, except at public sale after twenty
days' advertisement in some newspaper
having a bona fide circulation in the
mi ticipality issuing said bonds.
In order to provide for the payment
of the bonds and other interest-bearing
evidences of indebtedness issued under
the provisions of this amendmnt, and
Interest thereon, a special tax, not to
exceed five mills on the dollar, in ad
dition to the tv to now permitted, may
be levied by municipalities on the tax
o.bl0 property therein; and any mnnic
Ip- jjty issuing any bonds or other In
terest-bearing evidences of indebted
,-oss shall, before or at the time of
doing so. levy a direct tax payable an
nually not exceeding the amount lim
ited as above, sufficient to pay the in
t„r.st on such bonds or other interest
bearing evidences of indebtedness as
the same matures, and also sufficient
to pay and discharge the principal of
al! such bonds or other interest-bear
ing evidences of indebtedness at thetr
respective maturities; provided, that
i,,’> above limitation of the rare of tax
ation ci.nt] pc anplv to bonds issueo
by any municipality for the purpose or j
acquiring, purchasing, extending, im
proving, enlarging, building or con
structing water works and li -ht and
heat plants, but the levy of the spe
cial tax of five mills authorized by this ;
amendment having been exhausted or j
the balance util evi 1 being Inaufficten*
to pay interest on and retire the pro
poserl bonds, snM mu ilclpality. for the
purpose of paying the principal and :
Interest of such water works and light ;
and brat plant bonds, may. so far as
required, levy and collect a special tax, (
In addition to the rate allowed by this
amendment, of not to exceed five mills j
on tlm dollar; provided also, that, as a
further and additional limitation upon j
both the issuance of bonds or other j
interest-bearing evidences of Indebted-j
n«ss and the f "v of a . pecicl lax to
pav interest thereon and retire th" I
s-'ne at ‘heir respective maturities, no i
municipality shall have the power to i
mtfikr an if.®uo of bonds or other in
tcrest-bearlng evi b nces or indebted
ness, if saiil propov i issue itself, or
together with all previous issues of
bonds and other interest-bearing evi
deuces of indebtedness then outstand- |
ing by such municipality, shall aggre- ]
pate as to a city of the first class
more in amount than five per cent j
< 5 <;-c), and a® to incorporated towns]
and cities of the second class more in
amount than seven per cent (7%) of j
the assessed valuation of all taxable ■
property in the municipality proposing
to issue the same, according to the last j
general assessment next preceding said j
proposed Issue of bonds or other inter- |
est-bearing evidences of ind1 Moclness.
Raid bonds and other interest-bearing
evidences of indebtedness shall be se- |
rial, maturing annually after three
years from date of Issue, and shall be j
paid off as they mature, and no bonds i
for the acquisition of rights of way for |
.j it. A n f nilhllfl llltrll- i
ways, streets, alleys or boulevards is
sued under the authority of this amend
ment shall bo issued for a longer pe
riod than fifteen years, and no other
bonds shall be issued for a longer pe
riod than thirty-five years.
No municipality shall ever grant
financial aid toward the construction of
railroads or other private enterprises
operated by any person, firm or corpo
ration, and no money raised under the
provisions of this amendment by tax
ation or by sale of bon’ds for a specific
purpose shall ever be used for any
other or different purpose.
Kor each separate issue of bonds, as
proposed by any municipality, under
the terms of this amendment, there
shall be chosen three citizens as tax
payers’ commissioners. These commis
sioners shall not be otherwise connect
ed with the administration of the af
fairs of said municipality, and shall be
chosen by the City Council or other
governing body at the time of the pas
sage of the ordinance calling an elec
tion for the purpose of voting upon
said particular issue of bonds. The
aivertisement of such election shall
state the names of the proposed com
missioners for the information of the
public.
The taxpayers’ commissioners’ duties
•hall be to act in conjunction with the
!
Ifayor or any Board or Committee, not |
or hereafter provided by law, the same ;
a a If provision had originally boon 1
made for such Commi;--donersgand »nld
tax-payers’ commissioners, together
with said Mayor or Board or Commit- '
tee, shall jointly exercise supervision j
over the sale of any bonds which may 1
be voted by the people at such election, !
and shall jointly see to It that funds I
thus provided are properly and eco- j
nomically expended for the purpose
specified In the issue of bonds as voted ;
by the people, and to tnat end shall |
jointly, make all contracts for the ex- i
penditure of the proceeds of the sal«
of each issue of bonds.
Said election shall be held at such
time as the city or town council may j
designate by ordinance, which ordi- j
nance shall specifically state the pur- j
pose for which the bonds or other In- j
terest-bearlng evidences of Indebtedness i
ase to be Issued, and if for more than
one purpose, provision shall be made
In said ordinance for balloting on each
separate purpose; which ordinance
shall also state the sum total of the
Issue, the dates of maturity thereof,
and shall fix the date of the election
so Oiat it shall not occur earlier than ‘
sixty (fiO) days after the passage of
said ordinance. Said election shall be
held and conducted, and the vote there
on canvassed, and the result thereof
declared, under the law and In the man
ner now or hereafter provided for mu
nicipal elections, so far as the same
may be applicable, except as herein oth
erwise provided. Notice of said elec
tion shall be given by the Mayor by
advertisements weekly for at least four
times, In some newspaper published in
said municipality, and having a bona :
fide circulation therein; the last pub- j
llcation to be not less than ten (10)
days prior to the date of said election.
Qualified electors of said municipal- !
Ity only shall have a right to vote at
said elections. The result of said elec
tion shall be proclaimed and published
by the Mayor, and the result as pro
claimed shall be conclusive unless at
tacked in the courts within thirty (30)
days after the date of such proclama
tion.
This amendment shall not repeal or
affect any law relating to the organ
ization of lmpro\ ement districts.
This amendment shall bo in force j
upon Its adoption, and shall not require j
legislative action to ljut it into force
and effect.
All the provisions of this amendment j
shall be treated as mandatory, and all
provisions of the Constitution or
amendments thereto in conflict hero- ,
with are hereby repealed.
Each elector may vote for or against
the above amendment.
"Witness my official signature this
Slth day of July, 1913.
[SealJ TOM J. TEfRAL,
Secretary of State. j
BENGEL.
Fine weather still prevails, with just
enough bite in the atmosphere these
mornings to make it most delightful.
The friend's of John Rutledge will
regret to learn of the serious illness
of himself, wife and little daughter,
also of the death of his little son at
Fisher, where they are at present,
with relatives. The little fellow had
not been well for some time and was
too weak to withstand the ravages of
influenza, from whch disease the en- j
tire family is suffering. We sympa
thize with them deeply.
W. T. Keen has been quite ill this
week but is reported much better at •
this writing.
Mrs. J. H. Houston’s entire family
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Come and see samples.
Jacohsieiii Bros.
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have been suffering from an attack
of influenza, but all are better.
T. A. Ray made a business trip to
Newport last week.
W. M. Campbell was on the sick list
Sunday.
Ira and Charles Best are down
from Newport looking after the bus
iness interests of their deceased bro
ther, Jewel Best, with a view to wind
ing his affairs up while here.
Little Eva Marie, infant daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Mathis, 'died
Wednesday, October 0. She was one
of twins born recently and had
never seemed as strong as the
boy, and continued to grow weaker
in spite of all that medical skill and
loving hearts could suggest. She
died when only ten days old, like a
flower that blossoms and is gone be
fore we can grasp it to ourselves.
Mrs. S. M. Bains and son, Sam,
came down Thursday to spend a few
days on the farm, returning home
Sunday.
Virgil Higginbotham was taken to
Newport Sunday quite ill. It is sup
posed he is suffering from influenza.
Mrs. Higginbotham accompanied him.
F. M, Jones and son, Gordon, of
Denmark, motored down to spend the
week-end with his brother, A. J
Jones and family of this place.
S. 0. Allen left Sunday afternoon
for Cache to spend a few days with
relatives and friends.
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The more you help the men at tha
lront the quicker the end will come,
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NOTICE.
^ We have bought, the interest ^
of A. It. Jones in the New
^ Central hotel and will con- ^
tinue to operate the place,
promising the public the
same up-to-date service
which we have established
during the past several <4*
0 months. WTe will appreciate ^
.lie public patronage.
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0 money refunded.
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J. S. SNETHERS.
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