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I Am Public Opinion! |
| ALL MEN FEAR ME!
I DECLARE THAT UNCLE SAM SHALL NOT
GO TO HIS KNEES TO BEG YOU TO BUY HIS
BONDS. THAT IS NO POSITION FOR A
FIGHTING MAN. BUT IF YOU HAVE THE
— . MONEY TO BUY, AND DO NOT BUY, I WILL
MAKE THIS NO MAN’S LAND FOR YOU!
I WILL JUDGE YOU NOT BY AN ALLEGI
j ANCE EXPRESSED IN MERE WORDS.
I WILL JUDGE YOU NOT BY YOUR MAD
MAD CH.EERS AS OUR BOYS MARCH AWAY
TO WHATEVER FATE MAY HAVE IN STORE
FOR THEM.
I WILL JUDGE YOU NOT BY THE WARMTH
OF THE TEARS YOU SHED OVER THE LISTS
OF THE DEAD AND INJURED THAT COME
TO US FROM TIME TO TIME.
I WILL JUDGE YOU NOT BY YOUR UNCOV
j ERED HEAD AND SOLEMN MIEN AS OUR
MAIMED IN BATTLE RETURN TO OUR
SHORES FOR LOVING CARE.
BUT, WISE AS I AM JUST, I WILL JUDGE YOU
BY THE MATERIAL AID YOU GIVE TO THE
FIGHTING MEN WHO ARE FACING DEATH
THAT YOU MAY LIVE AND MOV E AND HAVE
YOUR BEING IN A WORLD MADE SAFE.
I WARN YOU—DON’T TALK PATRIOTISM
OVER HERE UNLESS YOUR MONEY IS TALK
ING VICTORY OVER THERE.
/ am Public Opinion!
As I Judge, all men stand
or fait!
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—From the Saturday Evening Post.
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NOTICE OF BRIDGE TAX.
The tax books for the collection of
the Special Bridge Tax on real prop
erty in Bridge Improvement District
No. 1 of the City of Newport, Arkan
sas, for the fourth annual assessment
of said district, have been placed in
_j^y hands. All owners of real prop
erty lying in said district are required
to pay their tax to me by the 1st
day of December, 1918. If such as
eessment be not paid by said date,
action will be taken for the collection
of said tax for the legal penalties
and cost. .
Given under my hand on this the
l 29th day of October, 1918.
i 1 LOU MINOR,
L 158d30t. Collector.
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NOTICE.
"levee DISTRICT NO. 2: Jack
son County, Ark. The tax books for
the payment of the taxes for 1918, are
now in the hands of the collector, and
all persons, railroads and corpora
tions owning property within the I
limits of said district are notified that
the taxes may be paid from this date
until Dec. 31, 1918, after which date a
penalty of 25 per cent will he taxed
thereon. j
That said collector will attend at
Jacksonport, Ark., on December 10th
and 11th, 1918, for the payment of
taxes.
C. R. Hite, Collector, j
Newport, Ark., Nov. 5, 1918.
117 Hazel Street. 164dlm 30w8t '
Every Citizen Owes Moral and
LegaJ Obligation to His
, Government.
SAME ill COMMUNITY LIFE
People Have Duty to Their Home
Town Which Is No Less Bind
ing Because It Is Not
Fixed by Law.
(Copyright, 191", Western Newspaper Union.)
Loyalty Is llie foundation upon
which the whole structure of civiliza
tion rests. Loyalty to one’s country,
loyalty to one’s state, loyalty to one’s
city, loyalty to one’s business asso
ciates, loyalty to one’s friends! Loy
alty is essential to the ordinary prog
ress of the world. Without it the world
must be chaos.
Til ore would he no stable govern
ment in the world were it not for the
loyalty of the people to their gov
ernment. There would be no success
ful business enterprise on the face of
the globe were it not for the loyalty
Ol me men tllJW wiuru >> UU Lull
nected with it. No church could ex-,
ist for a month were it not for the
loyalty of its members. The sacred
ness of the home would be a myth
were it not for the loyalty of the
members of the family group.
The loyalty of a people to its gov
ernment is based partly upon senti
ment and partly upon the recognition
of an obligation that a people owes
to its government. A people that has
the benefit of good government owes a
duty to that government. Those who
do not recognize this duty and per
form it voluntarily are compelled by
law to do so. The man or woman who
is protected by the government in the
pursuit of life and happiness, must con
tribute in money and service toward
the suppo# of the government. The
man or woman who, under the protec
tion of his government which pre
serves law and order, is able to ac
cumulate property, must pay taxes on
that property to help maintain the gov
ernment which has protected him or
hex’. In time of,war the government
has the right to call upon its citizens
to take up arms in its defense.
Loyalty Moral Obligation.
In governmental affairs these things
are regulated by law, and the man
who receives the benefit of orderly
government is required to fulfill the ob
ligation which (hat entails, but in the
ordinary affairs of life, loyalty is a
moral rather than a legal obligation.
There are laws which prevent a man
from stealing from his employer or
his business associates, but there is
no law that requires him to be loyal
to them. The success of a business
institution, however, depends more
upon the loyalty of its employees than
upon the laws which prevent them
from stealing its money. Likewise the
stability of a government depends
more upon the loyalty of its people
than upon the laws which compel them
to fulfill their obligation to the gov
ernment.
It is equally true that the prosperity
and growth of every Individual com
munity is dependent upon the loyalty
of the people who live in it. Every
citizen owes an obligation to his com
munity, and the obligation is a moral
as well as a legal one. The good citi
zen pays his taxes cheerfully and
willingly. Hfc serves upon the Juries
which administer the laws of the com
munity. He fulfills every legal obli
gation that is imposed upon him by
his government, but there is a -moral
obligation which is of still greater im
porta nee to the community. This
moral obligation consists in doing
everything that is in his power tc
promote the prosperity and happiness
of his community. The man who is
enabled to make ids living in any com
munity is under a moral obligation tc
spend his money in sucli a way as tc
help ids community.
Prosperity Worth Protecting.
Anything worth having is worth pro
tecting, and if the prosperity of s
community is worth anything to the
people living in it_it is worth protect
ing. If the chance for a man to earr
a good living, to live well, to give his
children a good education, is wort!
anything, it is worth protecting.
There is just one way to protecl
the prosperity of a community, and
that is to keep the community from
»elng drained of its cush—working
capital. The only way to do that is
for the people of the community to
keep their money at home. Every
time the citizen of a community sends
money away from home to a mail or
der house instead of spending it in
his home stores he is disloyal to Ids
community. It is disloyalty to the mer
chants only indirectly. It is disloyalty
to the community of which the mer
chants are only a small but a very
Important part.
This Is the moral obligation that
every citizen owes to his community.
Just ns the payment of taxes and the
loyal support of his government ure
ids legal obligations. Disloyalty of
a large body of the citizens spells dis
aster to any government and disloy
alty of any large part of the people
to their community is followed inev
itably by the downfall of the commu
nity. Self-interest, if nothing else,
should convince every citizen of the
advisability of fulfilling his moral ob
ligation to his community.
EDUCATION.
Art. XIV provides for free tuition for all persons over six years of age,
and that the General Assembly may authorise kindergartens. Three adminis
trative and taxingunits are provided, State, county and district. There shall i
be a State Board of Education of seven electors, to be appointed by the Gov
ernor, to serve without compensation, and a Commissioner of Education in !
lieu ©£ the present Superintendent of Public Instruction. Each county shall !
have a County Board of Education of five members to be elected and servo 1
without compensation, and a County Superintendent. Each district shall have
at least six months school annually; the district tax si'.all not exceed 12
mills; county high schools may be authorized; a tax not exceeding one- ,
quarter mill may be levied, for public libraries; all State lands Shall be held
In trust for the permanent school fund.
There"are no radical changes from the old Constitution. The
article is designed only to make more effective those principles
which have been developed by years of educational advancement
and constructive policy. Arkansas today ranks forty-third educa
tionally among the states of the Union, but with the improvements
proposed it should within a short time take its place among the
first. The article is probably the best on the subject in American
state Constitutions. It will give to the people the power to greatly
increase the efficiency of their schools. It will enable the rural
sections to develop high schools as well as to improve their elemen
tary schools. One of our most serious problems is the tendency
to move from the country to the town or city for educational ad
vantages. This process robs rural communities of some of their
best citizens. One of the most important of the new provisions is
.that which makes it possible to provide high school advantages
for country boys and girls. County supervision is established in
every county, and a system of County Boards of Education, elected
by the people and responsible only to the people, will assimilate
and make effective the best thought and experience of successful
educators.
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ON A CAS I BASIS.
Art. XVI, Sec. 1, provides that ‘‘all indebtedness? for ordinary expenses
vWhich may be created by the Slate or any county, city or town after the
adoption of this Constitution in any year in excess of its revenue for sucti
year, and'credit balance available, shall he void unless such ’"indebtedness he
authorized .or ratified by affirmative vol e of a majority of the electors” con
cerned. Art. XV, Sec. 11, provides that after July 1, 1920, taxes shall be paid
only in United States currency, and that warrants thereafter issued by State,
county, city or town shall be paid in the order of their issuance, and no war
rant shall be paid unless there are funds in the treasury to pay those en
titled to priority.
These are now provisions. Their application, with the pro- j
vision for bond issues and the payment of existing indebtedness, j
will enable the State, counties and cities to keep on a cash basis.!
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CORPORATION COMMISSION.
At. XVII creates the Arkansas Corporation Commission, of three mem- j
bers, to be appointed by the Governor, for terms of six years, one of whom
shall possess the qualifications of a Supreme Court Judge. They shall have
complete jurisdiction in the supervision and regulation of all public utilities.
The Arkansas Railroad Commission and the Arkansas Tax Commission are
abolished, and their duties absorbed by the Corporation Commission.
This is a progressive measure. It is the inevitable outgrowth
of regulative principles established by the Tax and Railroad Com
missions, wihch are merged into one, as their duties frequently
overlap. Many other states have created Corporation Commissions
similar to this, and the Arkansas Convention took from the Con
stitutions of other- states the best features to be incorporated
into a model law. It centralizes power, locates responsibility and
fixes the jurisdiction in all matters pertaining to the regulation |
of public utilities which minister to the requirements of all citizens
alike. Its provisions are drawn from the best experience of other
states, where the system fras been found to give satisfaction, and
to be fair, just and equitable.
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BOND ISSUES.
Art. XVI, Sec. 1, provides that “bonds may be issued as may be provided
by law to pay present existing indebtedness and for permanent public im
provements within and for the State, county, city or town which has a pop
ulation of more than 1,000 inhabitants,” upon the affirmative vote of not less
than 60 per cent of the qualified electors voting at a special election; the
bonded debt shall not exceed 5 per cent of the total taxable property of the
taxing unit; no bonds shall be issued for longer than thirty years, and interest
thereon shall not exceed 6 per cent; when bonds are issued a special addi
tional tax shall be levied sufficient to meet annual payments of principal and
interest.
There is no principle more firmly .established in modern busi
! ness and finance than that of the issuance of bonds fop general
i public improvements and to refund on long and easy terms existing
j indebtedness of cities, counties and other units, just as corpora
1 tions or individuals refund their liabilities under more favorable
| conditions and terms. Ib-ogress and development demand more
resources than can be made available under existing conditions.
No burden is fastened upon any tax-payer by the adoption of this
provision. Any bond issue must be authorized by a majority of
at least 60 per cent of the qualified electors voting at a special
election. The people are supreme, and-whatever they decide is
final. It is their business. The Constitution only supplies the
means of carrying out their will. They are made truly respon
sible stockholders in their county or municipal business affairs.
| The people, at last, shall say whether a community is to be pro
! gressive and up-to-date, or lag behind the procession.
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TAXATION.
Art. XV provides that “all ptoperty 3ubjeet to taxation shall be ta-xed
according to Its value, that value to lie ascertained in such manner as the
General Assembly shall direct, making the same equal and uniform through
out the State. No one species of property from which a tax may be collected,
shall be taxed higher than another species of property of equal value." It is
provided that license, franchise, privilege, excise, income, inheritance, legacy,
succession, production and other specific taxes may be levied, end certain
classes of property, such as schools, churches, public hospitals, etc., are ex
empted. Segregation of property to be taxed for State purposes is permitted.
No annual tax levy shall exceed one per cent of tlie assessed valuation.
County and municipal levies shall not exceed one-half of one per'cent, but an
additional one-half of one per cent may be levied to pay existing indebted
ness. Counties may form special road districts, and vote a special tax not to
exceed five mills. By election a municipality may levy an additioinal five
mills for municipal purposes.
No other article of the Constitution represents the result of
so much thought, hard work and deliberation as this. It is the
composite wisdom of three weeks of discussion, in which the whole
subject of taxation in all its phases and from all possible angles
was thoroughly analyzed. The principle of equality and uniform
ity has been retained from the old Constitution. The people’s
rights are thoroughly safeguarded, and yet the law is made suf
ficiently flexible to insure a sufficiency of revenue. The tax
dodger is uncovered, and much property that has escaped its part
cf the tax burden will be forced to do its share. No additional tax
is levied upon the people, who remain the sole aq£Jiority for the
levying of additional taxes. It is essentially a democratic
measure.
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It is provided that an Actuarial Bureau to fix insurance rates
may be created, to be under the control of the Insurance Com*
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TIME CARD.
Change in tUne Missouri Pacific
trains, effective 12:01 a .m., Sunday,
November 171h, 1918.
North Bound
No. 2 Fast Pass, (no stop)Ar. 3:55am
No. 34 Local passenger, Ar. 10:35am.
No. 4 Fast passenger, Ar. 11:53 am.
No. 92 Lo a! freight, Lv. 11:00 am.
No. 30 Local passenger, Ar. 8:25 pm.
No. 6 Fast Passenger, Cr. 9:30 pm.
No. 18 Fast Pass. (Hot Sgs.
Spl.) Ar. 10:05 pm.
South Bound.
No. 1 Fast Pas. (no stop)Ar. 1:52 am.
No. 17 Fast I as. (Hot Spgs.
Spl.) Ar. 4:55 am.
No. 5 Fast passenger, Ar. 5:55 am.
No. 7 Mail train (no passen
gers) Ar. 9:10 am.
No. 93 Local freight, Lv. 8:00 am.
No. 3 Fast passenger, Ar. 5:43 pm.
No. 33 Local Pas. Ar. 7:20 pm.
Leaves 7:45 pm.
White River Division.
No 210 Passenger, Lv. 6:10 am.
No. 254 Mixed Pas- and freight
Leaves 12:10 pm.
No 251 Mixed Pas. and freight
Arrives 11 ;00 am.
No. 205 Passenger, Ar. 7:30 pm.
COMMITTEE ISSUES
FAIR PRICE LIST.
At a receqt meeting of the *“Fair
Price Committee,” appointed by the „
County Food Administrator, the i-.
lowinjr were agreed upon as being
fair prices:
Wheat flour, 24-lb sacks-?L58
Wheat flour, 48-lb. sacks-$3.11
Flour less 21-lb. lot-6V£c
25-lb sack country meal-$1.28
25-lb. sack cream meal-$1.43
10-lb. sack cream meal --60c
Rolled oats, 22-oz. pks. --->— -15c
Rolled oats, 55-oz. pkg. -35c
Bread, 16-oz. loaves --10c
Corn starch, 1 - lb. pkg-10c
Rice, 1-lb _14c
Navy beans, 1-lb-17V&C
Lima beans, 14b. -20c
Pinto beans, 1-Tb. - 13c
Bulk lard, compound -30e
Bulk lard, pure-35c
1M:-lb. net wt. lard substitute—60c
2- lb. net wt. lard substitute-65c
3- lb. net wt. lard substitute-$1.00
4- lb. net wt. lard substitute-$1.20
5- lb. net wt. lard substitute-$1.60
6- lb. net wt. lard substitute-$2.00
8-lb. net wt. lard substitute-$2.54
10-lb. net wt. lard substitute-$3.13
No. 10, pure lard, 14b.-36c
No. 5-lb. pure lard, 1-lb-36c
Canned corn, per can -20c
No. 2 tomatoes -1®c
No. 3 tomatoes -♦ --- 1®C
Evaporated apples -r-i_21c
Evaporated peaches -22Vic
Corn syrup, blue Karo-80c
Corn syrup, 5-lb. blue Karo-40c
Potatoes, 3Vic per lb. over peck lots.
Less peck lots, per lb...--4c
These prices must be, rigidly 'ob
served and are in effect immediately
after publication.
These prices will be changed from
time to time as condition warrant.
FAIR PRICE COMMITTEE
for Jackson County.
PROTECT Till CHILDREN.
Children are as likely to get the
grip and influenza as grown-ups.
Foley’s Honey and Tar gives quick
relief from all kinds of coughs, colds,
croup and whooping cough; covers ’
raw. inflamed surfaces with a healing
soothing coating; clears air pas
sages, checks strangling, choking,
coughing. Contains no opiates.
Walker’s Pharmacy. (Adv.) .
DON'T INVITE A COLD OR THE
GRIP.
If you feel “stuffed up,” bloated,
bilious, languid or have sick headache,
sour stomache, coated tongue, bad
breath or other condition caused by
slowed up digestion, a Foley Cathar
tic Tablet will give prompt relief. It
is a gentle, wholesome, thoroughly
cleansing physic that leaves no bad
after-effects.—Walker’s Pharmacy.
CUT THIS OUT—IT IS WORTH
MONEY.
Don’t Miss This. Cut this slip,
enclose with 5c to Foley & Co., 2835
Sheffield Ave., Chicago, 111., writing
your name and address clearly. You
will receive in return a trial pack
age containing Foley’s Honey and
Tar Compound, for coughs, colds and
croup, Foley Kidney Pil's and Foley
Cathartic Tablets.—Walker’s Phar
macy (Adv.)
FULL OF COLD; HAD THE GRIP.
Many will he pleased to read how
Lewis Newman, 506 Northrand St.,
Charleston, W. Va., was restored te
health. He writes; “I was down
sick and nothing would do me apy
good. I was full of cold. Had the
grip until I got two 50c bottles of
Foley’s Honey and Tar. It is the best
remedy for grip nnd colds I ever
,.sed." —Walker’s Pharmacy. (Adv.)
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