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PROPOSED NEW CONSTITUTION
Synopsis and Comments on Improvements Made Over the
Constitution of 1874.
'j0/ AMENDMENTS.
Art. XX, Sec. 33, provides that not more than three amendments to the
Constitution may be submitted at any one time by the General Assembly;
all proposed amendments shall be published weekly for thirty days, the last
publication to be at least sixty days prior to the election; a majority of those
voting at an election is necessary for the adoption of an amendment.
While more latitude is given, it will continue to be a some
what difficult matter to amend the Constitution. No limit is
placed upon the number of amendments the people may submit
under the Initiative and Referendum, but the Generaf Assembly
is still restricted to three at any one election. Since amendments
can be submitted at only sixty-day sessions, there can be but
three offered every four years by the Legislature. However, the
people may submit any number every two years, since general
elections must continue to be held biennially on account of the elec
tion of members of Congress. Considerable saving is provided in
the cost of publishing proposed amendments, the time being re
duced from six months to thirty days. By providing that the
final publication shall be not less than sixty days prior to the
election at which the vote is t„o be taken, ample time is given for
the most thorough circulation of the proposed measure, and for
the voters to familiarize themselves with its provisions.
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QUADRENNIAL ELECTIONS.
Art. Ill, Sec. 12, provides that “the general elections shall be held quad
rennially, on Tuesday following the first Monday in November, from and
after the general election held in the year 1920.” Other provisions fix the
terms of the various State, district, county and township officers at four
years, except that Justices of the Supreme Court shall be elected for terms
of eight years. The terms of Chancellors are reduced to four years.
np— inis is a popular reform, especially when considered m con
nection with Sec. 1, Art. YI, which provides that no one of the
state officers “shall be eligible as his own successor, nor shall he,
duringhis term of office, become a candidate for any other office.”
This gives a public official a reasonably long tenure, the same in
effect as that which now prevails through the unwritten party
law of a second term for an officer whose services are satisfac
tory. In some years there have been as many as nine elections—
primary, general and special—and the people have been kept in
an unnecessary political turmoil. There was somebody constantly
“llinning for office.” An officer was scarcely more than inducted
into one office than he began pulling the wires and building his
fences to succeed himself or to be promoted to some other. It
was not the fault of the man, but of the system. This has had
a tendency to build up political machines and perpetuity in office
holding. This will be impossible under the new provision. A
state officer will serve four years and then he will step down and
out, and he cannot spend the time for which he is paid a salary
in campaigning for another office. The prohibition of succession
and becoming a candidate for any other office does not apply to
county officers. The chief advantages of the new system will be
that one-half the expense and worry of frequent elections will be
eliminrted, and political machines will be removed as a menace to
good government.
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MINORITY REPRESENTATION.
Art. Ill, Sec. 18, provides that one member of the State Board of Elec
tion Commissioners, and Art. XX, Sec. 25, provides that on all public Boards
and Commissions appointed, there shall be at least one member of the most
numerous minority political party.
This is an assertion of political justice in keeping with
the spirit of genuine democracy. It recognizes citizenship above
partisanship. It is just and fair to a large element that would oth
erwise be denied participation in the conduct of state affairs. The
„ doctrine that official salaries are political spoils, and that all ap
pointive officials and clerks are political spoilsmen, is vicious and
dangerous. Demonstrated fitness, efficiency and integrity are to
be the proper qualifications for service.
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THE JUDICIARY.
Art. VII, Sec. 2, provides that the Supreme Court shall consist of a Chief
^Justice and six Associate Justices, and that it may sit in two departments
j.nd en banc, and shall always be open for business. The two additional jus
tices shall be elected at the first general election after the ratification of
the Constitution. Their term shall be eight years. Other sections provide
for the complete system of Circuit, Chancery, County, Municipal and Juvenile
Courts.
The business of the Supreme Court has more than doubled m
fifteen years. About 600 cases is the court’s annual capacity under
high pressure, and the judges have found it impossible to prevent
t congestion, even by working day and night. The plan has been in
operation in California for twenty-fiVe years, and its adoption is
recommended by the Arkansas Bar Association. The article,
framed by some of the state’s ablest lawyers, places the judiciary
on the highest possible plane. The new judges will not be elected
until 1920. It has been said that a judge is supposed lo be a
judicial race-horse, having to keep up with the docket regardless
of the number of appeals. The nine judges of the Supreme Court
of the United States hand down an average of thirty opinions each,
annual’/, while the five Arkansas judges write an average of 125
i i each, annually. The final decisions of a court of last resort cannot
k 1 e corrected. Life, liberty, property and reputation are all in
their hands. Their opinions become fixed rules and precedents for
all time. It is impossible to overstate the great importance to the
j.eople of giving the Supreme Court judges all the time required
for the decision of cases, and the preparation of opinions in a man
ner that comports with the dignity and responsibility of a tribunal
from whose decisions there is no appeal.
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INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM.
Art .V, Sec. 1, provides for the Initiative and Referendum for the State
«.nd municipalities. Eight per cent of the legal voters may propose a statute
r nd 10 per cent a Constitutional amendment. The propose* measure shall
be published thirty days before filing with the Secretary of State, which shall
be four months before the election. Six per cent of electors may order an
election upon any general act, the petition to be filed within ninety days fol
lowing the adjournment of the Legislature. A majority of votes cast oft the
subject shall be sufficient to enact or repeal an act, but a majority of all
votes cast at the election shall be require^ to adopt an amendment. Two
thirds of each House may declare any act an emergency measure effective
ml once The provisions apply to municipalities as well as the State, but no
measure may be initiated in any municipality unless the law-making power
bas first refused to enact it. The Governor or Mayor can not veto initialed
*ots. The law Is self-executing, and no law may be passed restricting the
people's rights thereunder.
This is the Oregon system, with some improvements dictated
Iby experience. It makes a long step forward in popular control of
legislation. It is a great improvement over the old Constitution.
It removes present restrictions which limit the number of Con
stitutional amendments that may be submitted at one election to
„ ■ three, and allows the people to initiate any number. It is safe
Biend sane, and gives ample protection $nd safeguards to the rights
■jof the people. It embodies the best experience of the country on
Hftthe subject and will doubtless prove to be one of the most popular
■provisions of the proposed Constitution.
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■; prosecuting Attorneys, hereafter to be known as District
Attorneys, are to be placed on a salary in lieu of the present fee
L system. .1 _ . _
SOME OF THE EDUCA
TIONAL FEATURES OF
THE VICTORY CAMPAIGN
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(Elizabeth Gregg, Editor.)
The boys and girls of Jackson
county have written a bright war
chapter of loyalty, patriotism and
splendid service, into an educational I
history of the state by responding to
this wonderful opportunity of fur
nishing comfort and cheer to our boys
“over there.”
Here is a Victory Boy in an acros
tic:
Vigorous
Intelligent
Courageous
Thorough
Obedient
Reliant
Youthful
Busy
Optimistic
Yearning
Serviceful.
It is suggested that every Victory
Boy and every Victory Girl who signs
a Pledge card write a short letter to a
soldier boy from the local community.
Mr. Mariner has kindly offered one
corner of the Board of Commerce for
the Junior Board of Commerce, which
he hopes to become a permanent or
ganization. Key Boy, Freeman Irby,
and Key Girl, Mabel Dean, will have
charge of the Employment Bureau
unere irum iuui tu xivc-viux vy p. m.
every day or else appoint somebody
to take their place. At this time1
housewives and others in the city can
call through this Bureau for extra
services these boys and girls can do
to earn their pledges. Also this is
the hour for boys and girls to regis
ter for service.
During Victory week the Victory
Boys and the Victory Girls of the
| Sophomore, English Class of the
Newport High School made Victory
speeches. Public speaking—thinking
| on one’s feet—is a powerful educator
i and every boy and every girl should
be trained so that he or she can at a
I moment’s notice rise and express him
! self or herself intelligently. Glad
stone said, “Ninety-nine men in ev
I ery hundred never rise above medi
i ocrity beease this training is neg
i lected and considered of no impor
tance.”
Miss Elizabeth Irby displayed the
j pesters, of the seven organizations of
| the the United War Work Campaign
and after explaining the work of each
briefly to the pupils, they wrote a
j short essay on the poster that made
, the strongest appeal. All were cred
itable, and many showed a wide scope
and knowledge of war work.
The wide-awake school of Au
vergne with Miss Lottie Ballew as
teacher has organized a VICTORY
LITERARY SOCIETY. These are
Victory Boys and Victory Girls in
deed and in truth.
It is the business of the secular
schools and the schurch schools to
bring children into possession of their
heritage in art and to develop in the
American boy and girl an apprecia
tion of the best in art. Nothing is
so educational as a picture. Eighty
three per cent of what children learn
goes through the eye-gate. The W.
j C. T. U. had all this in view when it
agreed to present me stnuui m uic
county that makes the best reed'd
with a handsome framed picture of
President Wilson.
Three cheers for the one hundred
per cent schools in Jackson county!
Diaz, Auvergne and Weldon, meaning
that each pupil contributed the larg
est sum in proportion to its numbers
will receive the picture. The New
port High school enjoys the distinc
tion of contributing the largest
amount of money, not only in Jack
son county, but also in the entire dis
trict.
The Victory Girls are placing two
good magazines in some of the homes
of our city. This not only helps our
boys “over there” but also our homes
“over here.”
Watch the Victory Boys and the
Victory Girls earning the money to
meet our obligations and give us a
lift. SERVICE and SACRIFICE are
the watchwords during the next few
months.
It help us to help the other fellow.
We only grow as we give.
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GET MOLARS FIXED FREE
j Dental Operations for Soldiers and
Sailors Reach 65,000 a
Month. #
New York.—Free dental operations
for soldiers and sailors to the num
ber of 65,000 are being performed in
c month’s time by members of the
Preparedness League of American
Dentists in every state in the Union,
according to the report just made pub
lic at the league’s headquarters here.
I This record is for the month of Au
gust, which in normal times is a sea
son of less effort for the average per
son than any other mouth in the year.
This brings the total of operations ren
dered since it- Inception to 550,000.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
John H. Page and wife and Jesse
C. Hart and wife to H. Nunally, NE^i
NW!4, Section 7-13-1, NW»4 NE»4
7-13-1, S% SEVi 6-13-1, $4,000.
Hattie Leonard to R. L. Leonard et
al, sundry lands in Prairie, Woodruff
and Jackson counties.
P. Manor to A. A. Gadberry, SE!4
NE^i 12-11-2, $1100.
Joseph A. Beede and wife to J. W.
Hutson, Lot 2, First Addition to the
town of Beedeville, $1.00.
Mike Eyer and wife to Lincoln
Wood, frl. part of Sec. 4-10-3, 19.24
acres, $1500.
J. M. Ivy and wife to Mike and
James G. Denton, NE'/i 2-11-1, $4,500
E. G. Thompson, agt., to Anna Hurt
and Rosa Griffin, Lot 3 SW!4 and
Lot 4 NW!4 7-11-3, 99.42 acres, re- j
lease deed.
L. L. Johnson to A. M. Spicer NW
M SE% 12-1014, $1200.
P. S. Smith to Eva Earls NW14
SE^i and N% SW»4 SEVi 24-11-1,
60 acres, $2.00.
H. E. Earles and wife to H. N.
Lawson, NW14 SE14, N% SW^i,
SE^iSEyi 24-11-1, 60 acj-es, $900.
J. W. Nicholson and wife to W. J.
Page, NE^i NE% Section 22 and
NW»4 NWVi 23-14-2.
Wm. Price and wife to Jno. R.
Loftin, Sh., W% NWy* 27-12-3, $3,
r a a
E. G. Winchester and wife to J. W.
Bryant SEVi NW Vi (except, 2 acres
in NW co«mer) 22-10-5.
Marion L. Ham and wife to Jas. E.
Butts WV4 SEVi Section 10, and NW
Vi NEVi Section 15-10-2, 120 acres,
$3,250.
W. H. Sears and wife to Ivy Balch,
SWVi NEVi 12-10-1, $400.
L. J. Dunkin and wife to F. C. Lew
is, EVi SEVi and WVa and EV2 WV2
13-11-2, 400 acres, $5.00.
L. J. Dunkin and wife to J. J. .
Green SWVi NWV4 19-11-1. |
L. J. Dunkin and wife to A. A. Al-,
len WVz SEVi 17-11-1.
Neuralgia of the face, shoulder,
hands or feet requires a powerful
remedy that will penetrate the flesh.
Ballard’s Snow Liniment possesses
that power. Rubbed in where the
pain is felt is all that is necessary to
relieve suffering and restore nor
mal conditions. Price 25c, 50c and $1
per bottle. Sold by W. E. Bevens.
lGld4tm 29wtm.
ELECTION PROCLAMATION.
I, J. M. Ivy, Sheriff of Jackson
county, Arkansas, do hereby pro
claim and make knowrn that there will
be a special election held in the sev
eral voting precincts of each town
ship in Jackson county, Arkansas, on
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1918,
for the purpose of adopting or reject
ing the State Constitution proposed
by the Constitutional 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 Tuckerman.
Bird Township—at James’ Store.
Bird Township—at Kenyon.
Bird Township—at East Tucker
man.
Jefferson Township—at Jackson
port.
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 Township—at Wel
don.
Breckenridge Township —at Tupelo.
Bryan Township—at Ing'eside.
Bryan Township—at Horseshoe
School House.
Cache Township—at McCall School
House.
Cache Township—at Martin’s Hall.
Cache Township—at Burton’s
j Store.
Cache Township—at Algoa.
Mile.
Cow Lake Township—at Eight
Neck.
Cow Lake Township—at Gourd
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.
House.
Village Township—at Harper’s
School House.
Village Township—at Greenhaw’s
School House.
Union Township—at McLain’s
Office.
Union Township—at Diaz.
Union Township—First Ward—at
City Hall.
Union Township—Second Ward—
at Court House.
Given under my hand, this, the 14th
day of November, 1918.
J. M. IVY,
Sheriff' of Jackson County, Ark.
COMMITTEE ISSUES
FAIR PRICE LIST.
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_$1.58
Wheat flour, 48-lb. sacks_$3.11
Flour less 24-lb. lot_6%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-Ib._17%c
Lima beans, 1-lb. _20c
Pinto beans, 1-lb. _13c ,
Bulk lard, compound __30c
Bulk lard, pure-35c
1%-lb. net wt. lard substitute.__50c
2- lb. net wt. lard substitute-65c
3- lb. net wt. lard substituti_$1.00
4- lb. 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-$2.64
10-lb. net wt. lard substitute_$3.13
No. 10, pure lard, 1-lb-36c
No. 6-lb. pure lard, 1-lb-36c
Canned corn, per can -20c
No. 2 tomatoes -18c
No. 3 tomatoes _10c
Evaporated apples -21c
Evaporated peaches -22V&C
Corn syrup, blue Karo _80c
Corn syrup, 5-lb. b'ue 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.
TIME CARD.
Change in time Missouri Pacific
trains, effective 12:01 a .m., Sunday,
November 17th, 101S.
North Bound
No. 2 Fast Pass, (no stop)Ar. 3:55am
No. 34 Local passenger, Ar. 10:35am.
iNo. 4 Fast passenger, Ar. 11:59 am.
No. 92 Local freight, Lv. 11:00 am.
No. 30 Local passenger, Ar. 8:25 pin. i
No. 6 Fast Passenger, Ar. 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 Pas. (Hot Spgs.
Spl.) Ar. 4:55 am.
4INO. O r asi passenger, Ar. u 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. 0:10 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.
PROTECT THE CHILDREN.
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Children are as likely to get the
grip and influen/.a as grown-ups.
Foley’s Honey and Tar gives quick
relief from all kinds of coughs, colds,
I croup and whoopinjr 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,’1 bloated,
bilious, languid or have sick headache,
sour stomache, coated tongue, bad j
breath or other condition caused by
slowed up digestion, a Foley Cathar- j
t'c Tablet will give prompt relief. It
is a gentle, wholesome, thoroughly j
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 Pills and Foley
Cathartic Tablets.—Walker’s Phar
macy (Adv.)
FULL OF COLD; HAD THE GRIP.
Many will be pleased to read how
Lewis Newman, 506 Northrand St.,
Charleston, W. Va., was restored to
health. He writes: “I was down
sick and nothing would do me any
jood. I was full of cold. Had the
;rip until I got two 50c bottles of
Foley’s Honey and Tar. It is the best
remedy for grip and colds I ever
jsed.” —Walker’s Pharmacy. (Adv.)
THAT TERRIBLE BACHACHE.
Mrs. G. Hyde, Homestead, Mich.,
writes: "I had that terrible backache
jnd tired out feeling, scarcely able
;o do my work, but find by using Fo
ey Kidney Pills that I soon feel like
i new person.” Foley Kidney Pills
lelp the kidneys throw out poisons
hat cause backache, rheumatic pains
ind aching joints.—Walker’s Pharma
:y. (Adv.)
HOW A SALESMAN SUFFERED.
R. J. Porter, Sterling, Col., writes:
‘I suffered with a painful, weak
jack. As a traveling salesman I
;o stoop frequently to pick up my
?rips. and the pain when I straighten
ed up was awful. I was induced to
iry Foley Kidney Pills. Relief was
mmediate. Say, they are great.
Prompt and tonic.—Walker’s Phar
nacy. (Adv.)
ATARltHAl- DEAFNESS CAN
NOT BE CURED.
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>y local applications, as they cannot
•each the diseased portion of the ear.
rhere is only one way to cure ca
arrhal deafness, and that is by a
institutional remedy. Catarrhal
leafness is caused by an inflamed
:ondition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube 4^ ^
nflamed you have a rumbling sound'
jr imperfect hearing, and when it is
entirely closed. Deafness is the re
sult. Unless the inflammation can
je reduced and this tube restored to
its normal condition, hearing will be
lestroyed forever. Many cases ol \
leafness are caused by catarrh, which
is an inflamed condition of the mu
cous surfaces. Hall’s Catarrh Medi
cine acts through the blood* on the
mucous surfaces of the system.
We will giv#fcOne Hundred Dollars
for any case of Catarrhal Deafness — ...
that ^wMiot be cured by Hall’s Ca
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Druggists, 76c.
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