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'CHRISTMAS GIVING TO
BE DISCOURAGED FOR
THE DURATION OF WAR.
Special to Independent.
| Little Rock, July 30.—The Council
of National Defense, through the
Slate Council, has re-iterated its
policy of discouraging the giving
and sending of Christmas presents
during the war.
| The policy of the council has been
determined upon as a necessary
measure of economy. It was adopted
for the sake of saving the labor and
materials which usually go into the
manufacture of Christmas gifts, the
labor required to handle the Christ
mas rush in retail stores, and the
| transportation facilities of the na
tion—railroads, express companion
and mails. Labor, materials and
transportation facilities of the na
tion—all must be conserved this
year for war purposes. The labor
which ordinarily goes into the manu
facture or sale of Christmas arti
cles can be utilized in munitions
plants, shipyards, and other forms
of war work.
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NOMINATIONS SENT IN
FOR COMMUNITY COUNCILS
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, July 30.—Major A. N.
Dobyns reported to the State Council
of Defense yesterday that sixteen
counties have already sent in their
nominations for community councils
! in the various school districts, and
that many others have about com
pleted their nominations. i
Those that have already reported
are: Garland, Sevier, Scott, Jeffer
son, Benton, Sharp, Greene, Poinsett,
Lafayette, Newton, Prairie, Carroll,
Sebastian, Washington, Randolph
and Jackson.
POSTMASTER HELD
FOR EMBBEZZLEMENT.
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postmaster At Peach Oorchard, Clay
county, was brought here Saturday
night by Deputy U. S. Marshal J. F.
Burns, arrested on a charge of em
bezzlement, it being charged by the
U. S. postoffice department that" he
I is short in his accounts in the sum
of $2,700. The defendant was taken
before the commissioner, E. P Ma
tties yesterday for a hearing, but the
case was continued until Monday,
August 5th, when the same will be
taken up.
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PROPOSED LEGISLATIVE AMEND
MENT.
Proposed Constitutional Amendment
No. 14.
Amending Sections 2 and 3 of Arti
cle 7 of the Constitution of rtie Stat«
of Arkansas; providing that the Su
preme Court of the State shall bt
composed of seven Judges, one Chlel
Justice arid six Associate Justices; pro
viding the Judges may sit In two di
visions, and otherwise providing the
manner In whioh the court shall sit
and shall render Its decisions.
Providing for the selection and elec
tion of tlip two additional Judges.
FOR AMENDMENT NO. 14.
AGAINST AMENDMENT NO. 14.
Proposed Constitutional Amendment
No. 14.
Be It Resolved by the Senste and
House of Representatives of the
State of Arkansas, the Majority of
Both Houses Agreeing Thereto!
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 the
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 bane, the Chief Jus
tice shall preside, and the concurrence
of four shall be necessary to a decis
ion. The Chief Justice shall allot the
cases to the divisions, and he may or
der any case to be decided or recon
sidered by 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 ft
presiding Judge for that division, who
shall preside when the Chief Justice is
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Chief Justice Is absent from the Court,
the senior Juds'e present shall perforin
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 for State officers in 1922, and
qualifies, and one of whom shall hold
office until his successor is elected a*
the general election for State officers
in 1924, P.nd qualifies.
Approved by the Governor, and filed
in the office of the Secretary of State,
fannarv 17, 131 .
Each elector may vote for or against
‘.he above amendment. —
Witness my official signature this,
the 24th day of April, I91S.
[Seal] TOM ,T. TERRAh,
Secretary of State.
PROPOSED I.EfPAl.ATIVE AMEND
MENT.
Proposed CotisGtuf'onal Amendment
No. 13.
Providing credit of State may be
loaned and indebtedness incurred to an
amount not exceeding two per cent of
ibe 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 mak
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 cif 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
to provide for carrying out, administer
ing and safeguarding the provisions of
this amendment: providing all provis
ions of the Constitution of Arkansas
In conflict with this amendment are
repealed.
FOR AMENDMENT NO. IS.
AGAINST AMENDMENT NO. IS.
Be It Resolved by Ihe House of Rep
resentatives and the Senate of the
State of Arkansas, the Majority of
Doth Houses Agreeing Thereto*
That the following is hereby pro
posed as an amendment to the Consti
tution of the Stgte 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, the
same shall become a part of the Con
stitution of the State of Arkansas, to
wlt:
Section 1. Notwithstanding the lim
itation contained in Section 1 of Artt
I cle 10 of the Constitution, the credit
of the State may be loaned and in
debtedness Incurred to an amount not
exceeding two' per cent of the assess
ed valuation of all the property In the
State for the purpose of providing
funds to be loaned upon the security
! of farm lands within the State, subject
to the limitations herein contained.
Sec. 2. The Governor, Secretary of
Sta,te and State Land Commissioner
shall constitute the State Land Board,
which board is hereby authorized and
directed 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 propefty In the State, and
to place the proceeds In the State
Treasury in a fund to be known as the
"Arkansas Rural Credits Loan Fupd."
Sec. 3. Said bonds shall be Issued
in denominations of $25.00. $100.00,
$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 tide 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 It* subdivisions.
Sec. 4. Said State Land Board is au
thorized and directed to loan the mon
ey* in said Arkansas Rural Credit*
Loan .Fund t» bona fide purchasers of
Tarm land* In Arkansas, upon note* se
cured by mortgages or deed* of trust
constituting first liens on such farm
lands in amounts which shall not ex
ceed seventy-five per cent of the ap
oralsed value of such lands. The cred
it of the State shall not ba locnsd to
any person to purchase more than 80
icrea of land, nor land valued at more
han 850.00 per acre. Nor shall a loan
<f less than $200.00 nor more than fS,
'00.00 be made to any purchaser of
'and. »
Sec. 5. Such loans shall not be made
■xcept to owners who "operate" and
‘occupy” lands mortgaged, arid shall
ie made for the following purposes:
al The payment for lands purchased;
b) the purchase of live stock and oth
■r equipment, and the making of Im
provements which, in the Judgment of
■aid board, will Increase the produc
yrlty of such lands or add to their
■alue as a farm home In a degree to
usttfy such expenditure; and (c) for
tn« utiifaction or encumbr*nc«a upou
>uch lands, which, in the judgment of
raid board, were Incurred or assumed
by said applicant fur the aforesaid
purposes.
Sec. 6. Every applicant for a farm
.'oan shall state clearly In his applica
tion the purposes for whichasuch loan
is desired, and upon its approval by
the board this statement shall be 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 deem'ed 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 the moneys
borrowed to purposes other than those
stated In his application or enumerated
herein, or if he shall lease such lands
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
such Installments being fixed at such
sums as will cover the Interest rat
and will liquidate the debt in a period
to be agreed on between said board
and the applicant, said period to be
not less than five nor more than thirty
six years; but any debtor may liqui
date any part or all of his Indebtedness
in amounts of $60.00 or multiples there
of upon any amortization payment
date.
Sec. 8. The rate of Interest on loan*
shall be five per cent per annum; pro
vided, that no Farm Credit Bonds shall
be 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
ed, 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 operation of the system of
rural credits herein provided for, after
paying interest accruing on the afore
said bonds, and all ope-ating and other
expenses arising from the. administra
tion of said system of rural credits
shall be placed In the State Treasury
and become a part of a fund to he
known as the "Arkansas Rural Credit
Reserve Fund.” Said Arkansas Ru.-ftl
Credits Reserve Fund shall be loaned
on farm lands In the manner herein
provided for the Arkansas Rural
Credit Roan Fund, and the interest ac-.
eruing from loans made from said Ar-‘
kansas Rural Credits Reserve Fund
shall be e-ided to it and become a pan
if it Ts» said Arkansas Rural Credits
Reserve Fund shall be irreducible, ex
mburso (he State for loss Incurred In
he administration of said system o!
ural credits.
Sec. 10. The Legislative Assembl:
hall provide in such detail as it sha!'
!eem advisable for the carrying oir
ml administer’ng of the provisions o(
hts amendment, dnd shall provide ad
•ouate safeguards against the use of
uch loans ns an aid to the purchas
og and holding of lands for the pur
■ones of speculation. Such safeguards
ball include clear definitions of th<
ci ms “operate” and "occupy” used
eroin. In the absence of such legis
ation, and subject to the same after
ts enactment, the State Land Board
Ball proceed to administer said sys
cm of rural credits under rules aw
egulattons provided by itself, but sub
yet to the provisions herein contained
Sec. 11. The provisions of the Con
tilution of Arkansas in conflict with
his amendment are hereby repealed, in
o far only as they conflict herewith
The provisions of this amendment
ball be self-executing, and shall takr
■feet and be in operation GO days af
er (heir approval and adoption by the
people of Arkansas.
Approved by the Oovernor, and filed
m the office of ttie Secretary of Stale,
larch 17. 1917.
Kach elector may vote for or against
he above amendment.
Witness my official sifrnature this,
tie 2tth day of April. 1918.
!S«*n tom r. TRRRAL,
Secretary of State.
The government needs your money;
ou need the stamps.
STOCK NOTICE.
Notice" is hereby given that, as
marshal of the city of Newport, I
have taken up the following livestock,
to-wit:
One Jersey heifer, crop and split in
right, swallow fork and underbit in
left ear, one year old.
One black Jersey heifer, crop and
split in right, swallow fork and un
drbit in left ear, one year old.
One yellow and white heifer, crop
and split in right, swallow fork and
underbit in left ear, two years old.
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
THURSDAY, JULY 25, 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 tne nours oi iu
o’clock a. m. and 3 o’clock in the af
ternoon of said date. ^
G. C. MARTIN,
G9dl0t City Marshal.
NOTICE OF COMMISSIONER’S
SALE.
Notice is hereby given that the un-!
dersigned, as Commissioner in Chan
cery, under the direction contained in |
a certain decree rendered in the
Jackson Chancery Court at the May
Term, 191?, thereof, to-wit:—On the
12th day of June, 1918, in a certain
cause therein pending wherein C. W.
Newberry is plaintiff and Mrs. Daisy
Brewer, Mrs. Bertha Jackson, Mrs.
Etta Becker, Miss Ida Newberry,
Mrs. Hattie Smith and Jack New
berry are defendants, cause number
ed 3296, will on the 12th day of Au
gust, 1918, between the hours of 9
o’clock a. m., and 3 o’clock p. m., at
the East Third Street entrance to the
County Court House of Jackson
County, in the City of -Newport, Ark
ansas, offer for sale at public outcry,
to the highest bidder, on a credit of
three .(3) months, the following de
scribed real estate situate in the
County of Jackson and State of Ark
ansas, to-wit:
The South half of the Northeast
Quarter (SVfcNEVi) and the North
half of the Southeast quarter (N%
SEV4). of Section Twenty-three (23),
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Geo. M. Sink, Special Agent
Room 10 Ark. Bank & Trust Co. Bldg.
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in Township Twelve (12) North of
the Base Line, and in Range One
(1) West, containing One Hundred
Sixty (160) acres, more or less,
reserving, however, to the St. Louis,
Iron Mountain & Southern Railway
Company, its successors and assigns,
a strip of land One Hundred (100)
feet wide for a right-of-way or for
other railroad purposes. Reserving,
also, to the Bonnerville & Southwest
ern Railway Company a strip of land
One Hundred (100)' feet .wide to be
used by said Railway Company, its
successors and assigns, for a right
of-way atid for other railroad pur
poses.
The purchaser will be required to
give note or bond with approved se
curity, bearing interest at the rate
of six (6) per cent per annum from
the date of sale until paid, and a (
lien will be retained on said lands as j
additional security for the purchase i
money.
In Witness Whereof, I have here
unto set my hand as Commissioner in
Chancery and affix the seal of said
Court, this the 15th day of July, 191S.
(Seal) R. W. BANDY,
14w3 Commissioner in Chancery.
RESOLUTION ADOPTED TU
CLOSE ALL POOL HALLS
FOR PERIOD OF WAR
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, July 30.—The State
Council of Defense has adopted a
resolution requesting that cities and
towns shall grant no 'further li
censes for pool halls for the period
of the war, and further that as a war
measure all pool halls now being op
erated shall be closed within sixty
days.
WOOD FOR SALE.
Oak and Hickory, cut stove length,
double horse lpad, $1.75 at mill, $3.00
delivered. Apply Arkansas Hard
wood Co., or H. C. Sanders. Strictly
cash on delivery. 82dl2t w2t
Subscribe for the Independent.
NOTICE.
Sale of School Lands.
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned, as Collector of Jackson
County, Arkansas, will on
MONDAY, OCTOBER 7TH, 1918
between the hours of 12 o’clock M.
and 3 o’clock P. M. sell at public out
cry, at the Court House door of said
county, the school lands lying in Sec
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