PROPOSED NEW CONSTITUTION
Synopsis and Comments on Improvements Made Over the
Constitution of 1874.
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a; v LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
; Y* Sec- !. provides for the creation of the office or Lieutenant. Gov
<• t0 bP e!ected Quadrennially as are other state officers, to possess' qual
ncations similar to those required for the Governor, to be ex-officio President
or the Senate, and to serve as Governor when that official is disqualified for
any reason. When acting as Governor he shall receive equal compensation.
Tire 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 expedient 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 sh 11 not be
denied or abridged on account of sex,” and that “male and female citizens
shall 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
v°f 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 when 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 sentiment, or
political ambition, or as a passing fad, but because it is a right that
should never have been alienated, an act of simple justice that
should never have been denied. It does not rob woman of her
wopianhood, but recognizes, her as an equal partner in the man
j^ement of the government under which she must live and rear
4r '* coming generations of citizens. It is advocated by President Wil
son as a necessary war measure.
BOARD OF PARDONS.
Art. VI, Sec. 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 felcny cases except after i
conviction and reference to the Board.
The State has long 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. l,t 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 Board will sit as a court of review to advise the Gov
ernor and relieve him of the responsibility of making an unaided
decision. The Board serves 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 leglsla
~ lion are prohibited. It is further provided that “in all cases where a general
law is or can be made applicable, no local or special law shall be enacted.”
No general 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
not affirmatively show were published a* 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.
r The framers of the Constitution of 1874 attempted to remedy the
evil, but the provision adopted by them has proven ineffectual.
So 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
t other channels. Practically the whole volume of local legislation
can be handled through other established agencies—as the county
courts, the Corporation Commission, the school authorities, or
i 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
■^pte for his.
ELECTIONS AND FRANCHISE.
Art. Ill follows in the main the text of the Constitution of 1S74. Its
changes include equal suffrage; quadrennial elections; ihe 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 erfiphasized 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.” j
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 omitted, 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
^ hall any law be enacted whereby the right to vote at any election
r" Ah V be ma^e to depend upon any previous registration of the |
Als’s name.” The old Constitution provides that the franchise
f exercised by every “male person who has declared his
of becoming a citizen” of the United States. This lets
, ’j bars to aliens, but the new Constitution restricts the
'to citizens of the United States by omitting the quoted
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Additional Locals
Bryan Parrott arrived home last
Evening from Washington City, where
he went several weeks ago to enter
the department of Red Cross war
work, but after the armistice was de
clared he was released! from Service
and returned to his work here with
Circuit Clrk R. W. Bandy.
FOR SALE—Choice lot of house
hold goods. Apply to room adjoining
the Madaline theatre on Walnut
street formerly occupied by the Red !
Cross sewing rooms. dl wl
Dr. O. A. Jamison of Tuckerman
has wired his wife from Camp Mills,
N. J. that he has arrived from Eng
land, where he has been in the medi
cal corps of the aviaton service, be
ing one of the number who reached
this side Monday right. Dr. Jamison j
"5i*ie ov?r on the Mauretania, which
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docfasd at Hoboken.
Mrs. E. M. Pipkin and Mrs. Fred
R. Suits and little son left this after
noon on No. 3 for Arkadelphia, where
Mrs. Suits will make her home with
her parents. She will be greatly
missed by her many friends and her
church, to which she was so faith
ful and the (jeepest sympathy is lx- i
tended her in her great sorrow.
W. O. W. Pecan Camp No. 3 will
meet Thursday night for the purpose
of electing officers for the year
1919. O. I. Hubert, Jr., Consul Com
mander. 186d3t
Mrs. W. B. Grant will entertain
the members of the W. C. T. U. with
a nutting party at her home Friday
afternoon from 3 to 5 o’clock. Ev
ery member of the society is cordially
invited to be present.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert E. Snetser left
on No. 3 this afternoon for Fort
Smith, where they will stay for two
or three days.
NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned as administrator of the
estate of John L. McElrath, de
ceased will on
MONDAY THE 9TH, DAY OF
DECEMBER, 1918
between the hours of 9 o’clock a. m. j
and 3 o’clock p. m., offer for sale j
at public auction to the highest bid
der on a credit of three months the
following personal property belong
ing to said estate, to-wit:
10 head of cattle; approximately
100 bushels of corn; 3 head of cattle;
one lot of farming implements; one
half interest in the Grubbs 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
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.
Catarrh is a local disease, greatly in
fluenced by constitutional treatment.
Hall’s ‘Catarrh 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 te cure.
Send fdr circulars and testimonials.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Hall’s Family Pills for constipa
tion. (Advertisement.)
ELECTION PROCLAMATION.
1, J. M. Ivy, Sheriff of Jackson
county, Arkansas, do hereby pro
claim and make known 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 Coistitutional 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 Tcwnship—at Wel
don.
I Breckenridge Township —at Tupelo
Bryan Township—at Ing’eside.
Bryan Township—at Horseshoe
School Hou.se.
Cache Township—at McCall School
i House.
Cache Township—at Martin’s Hall.
Cache Township—at Burton’s
Store.
Cache Township—at Algoa.
Mile.
Cow Lake Township—at Eight
Keck.
Cow Lake Township—at Gourd
Nack.
Cow Lake Township—at Proctor
jSehool House.
Richwoods Township—at Ilalch’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 Wan!—
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.
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_614c
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, 10-oz. loaves _10c
Corn starch, 1-lb. pkg_10c
Rice, 1-lb _14c
Navy beans, 1-lb_1714c
Lima beans, 1-lb. _20c
Pinto beans, 1-lb. _13c
Bulk lard, compound __-30c
Bulk lard, pure_35c
114-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-$2.54
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 -ISc
No. 3 tomatoes _19c
Evaporated apples -21c
Evaporated peaches-2214c
Corn syrup, blue Karo -80c
Corn syrup, 5-lb. blue Karo-40c
Potatoes, 314c 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 JHE 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 whoopinjr cough; covers
raw. inflamed surfaces with a healing
soothing coating; clears air pas
sage?, 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.
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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
SMOKE
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“The Most Wonderful Cigar in America''
Twelve Popular Sizes, 6 c*>ms to 3 for 50 cents
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Thompson Ciaar Co. fnc.t Little Rock, Ark. |
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y~ur name and address clearly. You
will receive in return a trial pack
age containing Foley’s Honey and
Tar Compound, for coughs, colds ail'd
croup, Foley Kidney Pills and Foley
Cathartic Tablets.—Walker’^ • Phar
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FULL OF COLD; HAD THE GRIP.
Many will be pleased to read how
' Lewis Newman, 50G Northrand St.,
j Charleston, W. Va., was restored to
j health. He writes: “I was down ^
sick and nothin# would do me any
i good. I was full of cold. Had the
grip until I got two 50c bottles of
I Foley’s Honey and Tar. It is the best
; remedy for grip and colds I ever
used.” —Walker’s Pharmacy. (Adv.)
THAT TERRIBLE FACHACHE.
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 pains
and aching joints.—Walker’s Pharma
cy. (Adv.)
HOW A SALESMAN SUFFERED.
R. J. Porter, Sterling, Col., writ •
"I suffered with a painful, wea:c
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 indu8K§
try Foley Kidney Pills. Relief was , •
immediate. Say, they are great."
Prompt and tonic.—Walker’s Phar
macy. (Adv.)
CATARRH CANNOT HE CURED
with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as
they cannot reach the seat of the dis
ease. Catarrh is a local disease,
greatly influenced by constitutional
conditions, and, in order to cure it you
must take an internal remedy. Hall’s
Catarrh Medicine is taken internaltly^
and acts through the blood on the mu
cous surfaces of the system. Hall’s
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
icine is what produces such wonder
ful results in catarrhal conditions.
Send for testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo,
Ohio.
All Druggists, 75c.
Hall’s Family Pills for constlpaUon.
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School Girl Pickles
Tablets and Pencils at
P. S. White, Grocer
BEECH AND THIRD STREETS
Newport, Ark. Phone 167