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■ PROPOSED NEW CONSTITUTION
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Sy nopsis and Comments on Improvements Made Over the
Constitution of 1874.
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* 0 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
Art. VI, Sec. 1, provides for the creation of the office or Lieutenant Gov
ernor, to be elected quadrennially as are other state officers, to possess qual
. . Ifications similar to those required for the Governor, to be ex-officio President
of the Senate, afid to serve as Governor when that official is disqualified foi
any reason. When acting as Governor he shall receive equal compensation.
The wisdom of this provision is evident to all. During recent
years the greatest confusion has frequently resulted because of
the unsatisfactory method of succession to the Governor’s office.
There have been numerous “accidental” Governors in whose .selec
tion the people had no choice. This will be prevented by the elec
tion of a Lieutenant Governor by the people, corresponding in
duties and position to the Vice President of the United States. It
is a simple exp^lient which obviates confusion and insures the
orderly administration of government by an officer elected by
the people as an alternate for the office. He is to be paid as a
member of the Senate when acting as President of the body, and
in case of a vacancy in the office of Governor its duties and emol
uments shall automatically devolve upon him until the disability
be removed. As President of the Senate, he shall have no vote
except in case of a tie.
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EQUALITY OF SUFFRAGE.
Art.. Ill, Sec. 1, provides that “the right to vote or hold office shall not be
* denied or abridged on account of sex,” and that “male and female citizens
Bball enjoy equally all civil, political and religious rights and privileges.”
The Allies are expending billions of treasure, hundreds of
thousands of lives, and drenching the world in blood to establish
firmly the very principle here briefly enunciated. It means-noth
ing more nor less than the extension of the doctrine of equality
~* 'of rights and privileges to one-half of our tax-paying, home-making
citizens who have been unenfranchised from the foundation of our
nation. It is one of the principles of enlightened government that
no people are truly free wrhen half are denied an exercise of the
rights of citizenship. The women of Arkansas, as of the whole
nation, demand this concession, not on account of sentimeht, or
political ambition, or as a passing fad, but because it is a right that
should never have been alienated, ah act of simple justice that
should never have been denied. It does not rob woman of her
>vomanhood, but recognizes her as an equal partner in the man
*--/agement of the government under which she must live and rear
coming generations of citizens. It is advocated by President Wil
son as a necessary w^ar measure.
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BOARD OF PARDONS.
Art. VI, See. 13, provides for a Board of Pardons, to consist of the Attorney
General, Secretary of state, and Auditor, to meet on the call of the Governor,
and to consider all petitions for pardons, reprieves, paroles, or commutations
In felony cases; the Governor may act upon the recommendation of the Board,
or after 60 days following reference if the Board makes no recommendation,
but he shall have no power to grant clemency in felony cases except after
conviction and reference to the Board.
The State has Jong demanded a Board of Pardons. It is a
reform of recognized importance. It places a salutary restraint
upon the exercise of the pardoning power, which all admit has at
times been grossly abused. It is a curb upon the political trading
of an unscrupulous chief executive, should such a one ever be
elected, and a protection to the honest, big-hearted Governor whose
sympathies sometimes outweigh his calmer judgment as an im
partial conservator of the law. The power of pardon, inherent in
the chief executive, is probably the most unwelcome of his duties,
since upon his individual decision often rest questions of life and
death and the upholding or setting aside of the judgments of the
courts. The Boa:*d will sit as a court of review to advise the Gov
ernor and relieve him of the responsibility of making an unaitjpd
decision. The Board selves without extra compensation.
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LOCAL LEGISLATION.
Art. V, Secs. 23-24-25,* prohibits local or special legislation except under
"certain well-defined restrictions. Twenty-one specific items of local legisla
tion are prohibited. It is further provided that “in ail cases where a general
law is or can be made applicable, no local or special law shall be enacted.”
No g neral law shall be suspended for the benefit of any individual or corpo
ration, nor shall any general law be changed by exemption into a special law.
Publication of notice- is required of all special acts permitted, and the courts
shall pronounce void all special, local or private acts which the journals do
riot affirmatively show were published as provided.
No other single reform has been so generally demanded as
this. The growing abuse of local legislation has caused more ad
verse criticism of the General Assembly than anything else, and
has wasted more time, and been the source of more “trading.”
During recent years thousands of pages of Acts have been of this
character, exceeding in volume the general Acts five or six times.
The framers of the Constitution of 1874 attempted to remedy the
evil, but the provision adopted by them has proven ineffectual.
£o glaring has this evil become in recent years that it has passed
into a joke that the “General Assembly spends most of its time in
legislating Johnson grass out of Greene county, and green grass
out of Johnson county.” It has been a recognized fact that fre
quently members are elected to the Legislature for the sole pur
pose of securing some local laws they were unable to secure through
other channels. Practically the whole volume of local legislation
cr.n be handled through other established agencies—as the county
courts, the Corporation Commission, the school authorities, or
boards and commissions charged with jurisdiction over such mat
ters. There is no more fertile field for the defeat of the people's
wishes than the local legislation calendar of the General Assembly.
There is seldom any opposition to bills of this character, as other
legislators know nothing of their merits or local conditions, and
blindly vote for the other fellow’s bill so that the other fellow will
'“-vote for his.
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ELECTIONS AND FRANCHISE.
Art. Ill follows in tlie main the text of the Constitution of 1S74. Its
changes include equal suffrage; quadrennial elections; the creation of a non
partisan State Board of Election Commissioners; and provision for non
resident voting by electors in military or naval service.
The time-honored principles of equality and freedom of elec
tions are restated and emphasized and completely safeguarded. In
addition to the positive and expressed changes, the new proposal
is notable for omissions that strengthen it. For instance, the new
Constitution provides hat “no election officer shall be eligible to
any civil office to be filled at the election at which he shall serve.”
The old Constitution exempted “such subordinate municipal or
local offices, below the grade of city or county officers, as shall
be. designated by general law.” This exemption is omittedf plac
ing an absolute restriction upon all grades of officers, thereby
Removing a possible source of corruption. Many have advocated
registration of voters, but this is prohibited under the present
.Constitution. In the new draft the provision is omitted, “Nor
lil any law be enacted whereby the right to vote at any election i
be made to depend upon any previous registration of the
b’s name.” The old Constitution provides that the franchise I
be exercised by every “male person wi b has declared his
of becoming a citizen” of the H. states. This lets
n the bars to aliens, but the new Cons bunion restricts the
frage to citizens of the United States by omitting the quoted
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. THE RED FLAG.
(By The Associated Press.)
New York, Dec. 2.—“When the
red flag is carried upon our streets
it is a protest against law and there
fore a menace to our free institu
tions," declared President John Hib
ben of Princeton University in an
adress today before the association
of Life Insurance Presidents.
Dr. Hibben was emphasizing the
obligations of liberty which, he said
the sons of America had established
anew.
“Through superficial thinking or
through emotional frenzy, there are
many people who think that where
there is restraint of any kind what
soever there can be no liberty,” con
fined Dr. Hibben. “It would be well
for us to recognize the truth that the
ua of l*w is an essential element
in the concept of liberty.
“Those who come to us from for
eign shores must learn the first les
son of American citizenship, namely
that all matters of personal conduct
there is an exact ratio which must
be preserved between outer restraint
and inner control, that as the outer
restraint is lessened the inner con
trol must be increased.
“We must remember at this time
that our liberty has been re-estab
lished for us at a greater price. It
has been bought by blood. The rights
we enjoy have been assured through
the vicarious sacrifice freely offered
by heroic souls who have fought and
died fo’* us. We must on our part
keep faith with t . uard
ing the liberty they have won for us
with their lives, maintaining it upon
the secure basis of the law of right
and of justice, and daily living to
realize the reign of peace and good
will towards men.”
300,000,000 MUST BE
FED BY AMERICA.
Washington, Dec. . 1.—America's
“food conservation week for world
relief” opened today with an appeal
from Food Administrator Hoover,
which was read in the church's c ”er
the country.
Mr. Hoover, who is now in E .irope
arranging for food supplies the
populations of that country, said
the people of the United' Sta: is i«w
have Opportunity for renewed serv
ice to mankind by helping ’ hr argil
conservation of food here ’;o *eed
300,000,000 hungry people in north
ern France, Belgium, central Russia,
southern Europe, Poland and Ar
menia.
The food administration also dis
cussed the pledge given last summer
to the interallied food council by the
American government to meet the
food program of the allies and said
the ending of the war does not re
lease the American people Irom that
pledge.
“The same populations must be
fed," the message said, “and until
another season has passed they can
not feed themselves.
“In addition to the supplying of
those to whom we are already pledg
ed, we now have the splendid oppor
tunity and obligation of meeting the
needs of those millions of people In
the hitherto occupied territories, who
are facing actual starvation.
“America by her participation in
the war has accomplished her objec
tives or self-defense and of v in diet
C A fTAirovrimonf in
which the people and the people only,
are sovereign. She has established by
the people throughout the enemy
countries and this is the real bul
wark of world peace. We have yet
to build up these foundations. No
government nor nation can stand if
its people arte starving. We must
do our part if the world be not con
sumed in ?- flame of anarchy.”
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Noti'-e is hereby given that the
undersigned as administrator of the
estate of John L. McElrath, de
ceased will on
"MONDAY tHE 9TH, DAY OP
DECEMBER. 1918
between the hours of 9 o’clock a. m.
and 3 o’clock p. m., offer for sale
at public auction to the highest bid
der on a credit of three months the
'allowing personal property belong
"ng to said estate, to-wit:
' A J r\r /-»o • o nrwfJvlTYlO
100 bushels of corn; 3 head of cattle;
iot ox farming ipxp:ements; one
half interest in the Grubhs Opera
; Company and one half interest in the
) Grubbs Realty Company and other
! personalty.
Sale will take place at the farm of
the deceased one mile and a quarter
northeast of Grubbs, and the pur
chaser will be required to give note
with approved security.
W. A. Odglen,
, Administrator of the Estate of John
L. McElrath, deceased. 31w4
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AFTER 22 YEARS’
SUFFERING HER
TROUBLES ENDED.
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Mrs. Owenby Ganed 12 Pounds On
Tanlac anid Her Health Has Been
Entirely Restored, She Declares...
“Ever since I was eleven years old
until after I started taking Tanlac,
j recently, I’ve suffered misery with
! my stomach,” said Mrs. Kate Owen
by, a well-known Chattanooga, Ten
nessee, woman, living at 121 Vine
street, recently.
“Yes, sir, for twenty-two long
years I never knew what it was to
be able to eat what I wanted without
terrile suffering afterward,” she
continued. “I suffered with pains be
tween my shoulders and my stomach
| just felt like there was a hot brick
in it. It would get all bloated up
from gas that formed, and I would
choke and smother so I could hardly
get my breath. I was so nervous that
often I couldn’t lay in bed, but would
get up and walk the flodr for hours
at the time. •
“I had heard so much about the won
derful relief Tanlac was bringing
suffering people that I decided to try
it, and it’s th honest truth, after tak
ing five bottles I haven’t a sigp of
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LIUUUlC* A CiiC till) umife x '**•**»* —
never have any pains or even feel un
comfortable. The nervousness is all
gone, and I sleep sound all night long,
and get up in the morning feeling fine
and full of energy. I’ve gained twelve
pounds in weight, and my improve
ment is the talk of the neighborhood.
All my friends compliment me on the.
way I look now.” Tanlac sold by all
Jackson County Druggists.
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Alfalfa hay for sale in wagon or
carload lots. Write or phone W. F.
Wilson, Elmo, Ark., or leave word
at the Farmers National Bank.
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MONEY. MONEY.
Money to loan on improved farms.
Don’t fail to see W. H. Clark for
terms. Office with Claude M. Erwin,
Watson building, Newport, Ark. 33w8
There is more Catarrh in this sec
tion of the country than all other dis
eases put together, and for years it
was supposed to be incurable. Doctors
prescribed local remedies, and by con
stantly failing to cure with local
treatment, pronounced it incurable,
'atarr 1 is a local disease, greatly in
fluenced by constitutional treatment.
Hall’s Catarrl^ Medicine, manufactur
ed by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo,
Ohio, is a constitutional remedy, is ta
ken internally and acts through the
Blood on the Mucous Sudfaces of the
System. One Hundred Dollars re
ward is offered for any case that
Hall’s Catarrh Medicine fails to cure.
Send for circulars and testimonials.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Hall’s Family Pills for constipa
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ELECTION PROCLAMATION.
I, J. M. Ivy, Sheriff of Jackson
county, Arkansas, do hereby pro
claim and make known that there will
Ibe a special election held in the sev
eral voting precincts of each town
ship in Jackson county, Arkansas, on
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1918,
£or the purpose of adopting or reject
ing the State Constitution proposed
by the Constitution^] Convention of
1918.
The said special election will be
held at the following places in each
township, to-wit:
Glass Township—at Swifton.
Bird Township—at Tuekerman.
Bird Township—at James’ Store.
Bird Township—at l^enyon.
Bird Township—at East Tucker
man.
Jefferson Township—at Jackson
nort.
Jefferson Township—at Hickory
Grove School House.
Bateman Township—at Surround
ed Hill. „
Bateman Township—at the School
House at Bridge.
Glaize Township—at Old Grand
! Glaize.
Glaize Township—at Glaize Sta
tion.
Barren Township—at .McDougal’s
School House.
Barren Township—at Denmark.
Breckenridge Township—at Au
vergne.
Breckenridge Tcwnship—at Wel
don.
Breckenridge Township —at Tupelo.
J Bryan Township—at Ing’eside.
Bryan Township—at Horseshoe
School House.
Cache Township—at McCall School
House.
Cache Township—at Martin’s Hall, j
J Cache Township—at Button’s
Store.
Cache Township—at Algos.
Mile. /
Cow Lake Township--at Eight |
Neck.
Cow Lake Township—at Gourd
I Nack.
CoW Lake Township—at Proctor ;
School House.
Richwoods Township—at Balch’s ;
Store.
Richwoods Township—at Ford!
School House.
Grubbs Township—at Grubbs.
Grubbs Township—at Stegall Sch. j
House.
Village Township- at Harper’s j
School House.
Village Township—at Greenhaw’s |
School House.
Union Township—at McLain’s j
Office.
Union Township—at Diaz.
Union Township—First Ward—at
City Hall.
Union Township—Second Ward1— j
at Court House.
Given under my hand, this, the 14th
day of November, 1918.
J. M. IVY,
Sheriff of Jackson County, Ark.
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COMMITTEE ISSUES
FAIR PRICE LIST.
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At a recent meeting of the “Fair
Price Committee,” appointed by the
County Food Administrator, the fol
lowing were agreed upon as being
fair prices:
Wheat flour, 21-lb sacks_31.58
Wheat flour, 48-lb. sacks-$3.11
Flour less 21-lb. lot_6V6c
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, 1-lb. _20c
Pinto beans, 1-lb. _13c
Bulk lard, compound _ 30c
Bulk lard, pure_•.—35c
lV6-lb. net wt. lard substitute_50c
2- lb. net wt. lard substitute-65c
3- lb. net wt. lard substituti_$1.00
4- Ib. net wt. lard substitute-$1.29
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, 1-lb-36c
No. 5-lb. pure lard, 1-lb-36c
Canned corn, per can -20c
No. 2 tomatoes _18c
No. 3 tomatoes _19c
Evaporated apples -21c
Evaporated peaches -22V6c
Com syrup, blue Karo -80c
forn syrup, 5-lb. blue Karo-40c
Potatoes, 3Vic per lb. over peck lots.
Less peck lots, per lb. _1-—4c
These prices must be rigidly ob
served ^nd 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 THE 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. inflated 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, j
sour stomache,* coated tongue, bad !
breath or other condition caused by j
slowed up digestion, a Foley Cathar-1
tic Tablet will give prompt relief. It
is a gentle, wholesome, thoroughly j
cleansing physic that leaves no bad
after-effects.—Walker’s Pharmacy.
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CUT THIS OUT—IT IS WORTH j
MONEY.
Don’t Miss This. Cut this slip,'
enclose with 5c to Foley & Co., 2835
Sheffield Ave., Chicago, 111., writing
,f SMOKE
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“The Most Wonderful Cigar in America”
„Twe'.\e' l o|« ?:r £i* es, 6 c^nts to 3 Tor 50 cents
AIk. Put up in Cari: tn as Boxes
SOLD EVERYWHERE
T ,or'rr'*,‘ Cio*~r /r<^* Little Rock, Ark. jj
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your name and address dearly. Vou
will receive in return a trial pack
age containing Foley’s Honey and
Tar Compound, for coughs, colds and
croup, Foley Kidney Pills and Foley
Cathartic Tablets.—Walker’s Phar
macy (Adv.)
FUI.L OF COLD; HAD THE GRIP.
Many will be pleased to read how
Lewis Newman, 50G Northrand St.,
Charleston, W. Va., was restored to
health. He writes: "I was down
sick and nothing would do me any
good. 1 was full of cold. Had the
grip until 1 got two 50c bottles of
Foley's Honey and Tar. It is the best
remedy for grip and colds I rver
used." —Walker’s Pharmacy. (Adv.)
THAT TERRIBLE BACHACH*.
Mrs. G. Hyde, Homestead, Mich.,
writes: "I had that terrible backache
and tired out feeling, scarcely able
to do my work, but find by using Fo
ley Kidney Pills that I soon feel like
a new person.” Foley Kidney Pills
help the kidneys throw out poisons
that cause backache, rheumatic paihs
and aching joints.—Walker’s Pharma
cy. (Adv.)
HOW A SALESMAN SUFFERED.
R. J. Porter, Sterling, Col, writ
“I suffered with a painful, weak
back. As a traveling salesman I had
to stoop frequently to pick up my
grips, and the pain when I straighten
ed up was awful. I was induced to
try Foley Kidney Pills. Relief was j
immediate. Say, they are gre*t”. / *|Bj
Prompt and tonic.—Walker’s Phar- ]
macy. (Adv,)
CATARRH CANNOT BE CURED
with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as |
they cannot reach the seat of the dis- .
ease. Catarrh is a local disease, J
greatly influenced by constitutional I
conditions, and in order to cure it you 1
must take an internal remedy. Hall’s . /; |
Catarrh Medicine is taken internally j
and acts through the blood on the
cous surfaces of the system. Hall’s^HH
Catarrh Medicine was prescribed by
one of the best physicians in this
country for years. It is composed of
some of the best tonics known, com- / |
bined with some of the best blood pur- .
ifiers. The perfect Combination of
the ingredients in Hall’s Catarrh Med- ' M
icine is what produces such wonder
ful results in catarrhal conditions. \v
Send for testimonials, free.
F. J. JCHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, ^
Ohio.
All Druggists, 75c. *
Ilall’s Family Pills for coiw^p-Fon.
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