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Notice is hereby given that, as
marshal of the city of Newport, I
have taken up the following livestock,
to,-wit:
One large bay horse mule, about 10
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years old, right hind ankle enlarged.
The owner of said stock is hereby
notified to come forward and prove
ownership to the undersigned, and
that in default thereof, I will on
SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1918,
offer for sale at public auction to the
highest bidder for cash, in front of
the city hall in the city of Newport,
Arkansas, between the hours of 10
o’clock a, m. and 3 o’clock in the af
ternoon of said date.
G. C. MARTIN,
52dl0t. City Marshal.
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| annexed of the Estate of M. M.
Stuckey, deceased will on
THURSDAY, THE 18TH DAY OF
JULY, 1918
between the hours of 9 a. m. and 3 p.
m. at the East Third Street entrance
of the Court House of Jackson County,
in the City of Newport, Arkansas,
offer for sale at public auction to the
highest bidder on a credit of three
months.
Ten shares of the Capital Stock of
the First National Bank of Newport,
Arkansas, of the par value of one
hundred dollars each.
The purchaser will be required to
give note with approved security,
bearing interest from date at the rate
of eight per centum per annum until
naid.
Given this the 25th day of June,
1918
GEO. R. HAYS,
Executor Estate M. M. Stuckey, de
ceased. 54d20t
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PROPOSED LEGISLATIVE AMEND
MENT.
Proposed Constitutional AmndnMl
N o. 14.
Amending Sections 2 and 3 of Artl
el* 7 of the Constitution of the Stat« !
•f Arkansas; providing that the Su- j
prenie Court of the State shall b«
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 whloh 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.
Preposed Constitutional Amendment
No. 14.
Be It Resolved by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the
State of Arkansas, the Majority of
Both Honsea Agreeing Thereto i
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 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 th*
same shall become a part of the Con
stitution of the State of Arkansas, to
wlt:
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. In 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 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 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 neeessgry to a decis- i
Ion. The Chief Justice shall allot the
eases to the divisions, and he may or
der any case to be decided or recon
sidered bv 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 herein,
one of whom shall hold office until his
successor is elected at the general elec
tion ior oiaie ouh-cih m a,.*-,
qualifies, end 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, IAIN.
Each elector may vote for or against
the above amendment.
Witness my official signature this,
the 24t.h day of April, 1918.
[Seal] TOM .T. TERRAL,
Secretary of State.
PROPOSED LEGISLATIVE AMEND
M ENT.
Proposed Constitutional Amendment
No. 15.
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 malt
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
:o provide for carrying out, administer
ing and safeguarding the provisions of
'his amendment; providing all provis
ions of the Constitution of Arkansas
in conflict with this amendment are
repealed.
FOR AMENDMENT NO. 1».
AGAINST AMENDMENT NO. 18.
Be It Resolved by the Home of Rep
resentatives and the Senate of the ;
State of Arkansas, the Majority of I
noth Houses Agreeing Thereto:
That the following is hereby pro
posed as an amendment to the Constt
i.ution of the State of Arkansas, and
he same being submitted to the elec
ors of the State lor approval or re
iection at the next general election
or Senators and Representatives, if a
najoritv of the electors voting at such
election adopt such amendment the
<ame shall become a part of the Con
stitution of the State of Arkansas, to
wlt: .
Section 1. Notwithstanding the llm
.tation contained in Section 1 of Artl
■!e 16 of the Constitution, the credit
)t the State may be loaned and in
lebtedness incurred to an amount not
■xceeding two per cent of the assess
'd valuation of all the property in the
Rate for the purpose of providing
hinds to be loaned upon the security
>f farm lands within tne State, subject j
o the limitations herein contained.
See 2 The. Governor. Secretary of ;
-;tate and State Land Commissioner
d.all constitute the State Land Board,
-hieh board is hereby authorized and
lirected 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 Slate, and
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 be issued
'n denominations of $25.00. $100.06,
$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 application*
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 gubdivisions.
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, tipon 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 lot ned to
any person to purchase more than 80
acres of land, nor land valued at more
than $50.00 per sere. Nor shall a loan
of less than $200.00 nor more than $3.
ono 00 be made to any purchaser of
land.
Sec. 5. Such loans shall not be made
except to owners who "operate” and
“occupy” lands mortgaged, and shall
be made for the following purposes:
tai The payment for lands purchased:
'hi the purchase of live stock and oth
er equlnm-nt. and the making of im
provements which, in the Judgment of
said board, will Increase the produc
tivity of such lands or add to their
value as a farm home In a degree to
iustify such expenditure; and (c) for
Tuckerman Department i
Mrs. Belle Grant, of Newport, was ;
here several days during the past
week visiting among friends and at-,
tending the Methodist District Con
ference which wras in session here.
Henry Penix left last Sunday for
Camp Jackson, which is located near
Columbia, S. C., after having spent
all the time with friends and rela
tives that his furlough would admit. J
Misses Sallie Croate, Clara and |
Sylla Harvey returned home the lat
ter part of last week from Camp
Beauregard, where they spent sever
al days, visiting Mrs. Richard Payne
and seeing the sights^in general at
that cantonment and surrounding
country.
E. D. Gardner, wife and daughter,
Miss Ruby Neil, were among the out
of-town visitors who were present at
the District Conference here during
the later part of last week.
John Mitchell returned to Great
Lakes, Illinois, last week, where he
will resume his duties as a member
of Uncle Sam’s Navy. He was here
on a furlough and spent his vacation,
very pleasantly with his father and
other relatives.
Chas. Coe, Jr., and family left
Tuesday morning for Hot Springs,
where they went for the benefit of
Mrs. Coe’s health.
I am now locateed at Tuckerman
and will answer emergency calls for
all this territory.—Dr. G. F. May
nard, Tuckerman, Ark. lOwtf.
Mrs. S. C. Vick accompanied by
her children and grandmother, left
the latter part of last week for Brad
ford and Barren township, where
they will visit relatives during the
coming fortnight.
Rev. J. W. Best and family, who
were residents of Tuckerman during
the past three years and who recently
moved from here, were through here
in their car last Saturday and Sun- ;
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cue satisfaction of encumbrances upon I
sucn lanus, wnicn, in me juusmcm ui ,
said board, were incurred or assumed ;
by said applicant for the aforesaid j
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 he 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 his
said contract by applying tbe moneys
borrowed to purposes other than those
hated in his application or enumerated j
herein, or if he shall lease such land-*
or sell them to any person not fulfill
ing the conditions and purposes pro
vided for herein, said board is author
ized and directed to require the repay
ment of said loan upon six months' no
tice, and said note or contract shall
contain a clause providing therefor.
Sec. 7. Such loans shall be repaid
with interest accruing in annual In
stallments on the amortization plan
mch installments being fixed at suet,
-urns as will cover the interest rat
tnrt will liquidate the debt in a period
to he agreed on between said board
*.nd the applicant, said period to he
lot less than live nor more than thirty
ix years; but any debtor may liqui
late any part or all of his indebtedness
m amounts of $50.00 or multiples there
of upon any amortization payment
date.
Sec. 8. The rate of interest on loans
hall he five per cent per annum; pro
vided, that no Farm Credit Bonds shall
le 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
'd, the minimum charge to be $10.00
to cover the cost of appraisal and ex
amination of title.
Sec. 9. All surplus funds accruing
from the opera'ion 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,
hall be placed in the Stale Treasury
and become a part of a fund to he
known as the "Arkansas Rural Credit
Reserve Fund.” Said Arkansas Rural
''redits Reserve Fund shall he loaned
>n farm lands in the manner herein
'’ledit.Loan Fund, and the interest ao
• ruing from loans made from sa.fd Ar
cansa.s Rural Credits Reserve Fund
•hall be e lded to it and become a pan
if i; l%-_ said Arkansas Rural Credits
Reserve Fund shall be irreducible, en
•ept that it mav he drawn upon to r“
mburse the State for loss incurred in
be administration of said system of
ural credits.
Sec. 10. The Legislative Assembly
hall provide in such detail as it shall
!eem advisable for the carrying oul
nd administer’ng of the provisions of
his amendment, and shall provide ad
ouate safeguards against the use of
ueh loans as an aid to the purclias
ig ar.d holding of lands for the pur
poses of speculation. Such safeguards
nail include clear definitions of tb>
arms "operate” and "occupy” used
erein. In the. absence of such lcgis
utton, and subject to (he same after
ts enactment, the State Land Hoard
hall proceed to administer said sys
em of rural credits under rules and
“'.filiations provided by Itself, but suh
■t to the provisions herein contained.
Sec. 11. The provisions of the Con
titution of Arkansas in conflict with
his amendment are hereby repealed, in
o far only as they .conflict herewith,
■"he provisions of this amendment
hall be self-executing, and shall take
ffect and be in operation fin days af
>er their approval and adoption by the
icople of Arkansas.
Approved by the Governor, and filed
n the office of the Secretary of State.
fnrch 1". 1917.
Each elector may vote for or against
he above amendment.
Witness my official signature this,
he 2fth day of April. 1918.
(Sul] TOM J. TERRAL,
Secretary of State.
-BUY W. S. S.
There will be an ce cream supper
aJ surrounded Hill Wednesday night,
July 10, for the benefit of the Red
Cross. Everyone especially invited
to attend.
-BUY W. S. S.
Subscribe for the Independent.
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day, going to and returning irom
Swifton, where they visited relatives.
Miss Sallie Lou Fogg, of Chicago,
arrived here several days ago and
will be here some time visiting among
her many relatives in this locality. ^
Mrs. A. J. Conditt came up from
Weldon las week and is visiting at
the home of her son, Phamous.
M. D. Coe and family, whose home
is several miles west of here, attend
ed the district conference and visited
relatives here a portion of the time
during the past week.
Most of the schools in the disrticts
surrounding this place will begin
their regular summer terms next
Monday. »
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LOST.
Black Jersey color cow, stubby,
faulty horns, marked crop and split
in each ear; two years old past.
Estrayed in February, 1918.
T. J. DAVIS,
12wlt. Tuckerman, Ark.
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I REAL ESTATE
BARGAINS
We are offering for
sale the following splen
did properties:
240 Acres south of Diaz,
175 acres in cultivation;
six good houses and
barns; all under good
t*riro fnnnn- n up nf flip
best located farms in
Jackson county—known
as the Slayden farm.
1 120 Acres, five miles
soutfy of Tuckerman, I
near Campbell school, 1
;j 80 acres in cultivation,
I all under good wire fence,
two good houses and
barns.^ $G0 per acre—
I good terms.
I 80 Acres three miles 1
i west of Tuckerman, on I
I the proposed rock road; |
45 acres in cultivation. 1
-Worth $4,000—good I
terms. j
800 Acres woodland I
near Tupelo---$15 per I
acre. §
JACKSON COUNTY I
REALTY CO. 1
TUCKERMAN, ARK. |
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