, PRESIDENT OF THE
MORMON CHURCH IS
DEAD AT SALT LAKE.
(By The Associated Press.)
Salt Lake City, Nov. 19.—Joseph E
Smith, president of the Church of Je
sus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Mormon,” died at his home here to
day after a long illness.
attacks against
ALLIES ARE RESUM
ED BY BOLSHEVIK.
(By The Associated Press.)
Archangel, Nov. 13.— Bolshevik
forces have resumed their attacks
against Americans and British posi
tions at Tulgas, on the Vdia River.
They were repulsed with severe loss.
LETTER FROM OTTO COFFIN.
ollowing is a letter from Otto D.
Coffin, who is in France, to his aunt,
Mrs. Sarah Rorex, at S'wifton:
"l am well and getting along fine,
especially with my work. I am in the
casualty section of the statistical di
vision of the central record office. It
is entirely office work, and I am well
pleased. I am not here by choice, as
I came over as a casual and was with
my brother, Darnell, until we reachet
the classification camp, where tin
personnel board separated us. M]
having had clerical experience the]
decided I would be “of greater ser
vice to my country here than with i
gun.” However, I took the ful
course of intensive training and an
considered well trained, as I cam
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Sparkling knd vivacious—merry,
bright, alert—a good, clear skin and
a natural, rosy, healthy complexion
are assured only by pure blood. II
only every man and woman could be
induced to adopt the morning inside
bath, what a gratifying change would
take place. Instead of the thousands ol
sickly, anaemic-looking men, women
and girls, with pasty or muddy
complexions; instead of the multi
tudes of '‘nerve wrecks,” “rundowns,’
"brain fags” and pessimists w<
should see a virile, optimistic throng
of rosy-cheeked people everywhere.
An Inside bath is had by drinking
each morning, before breakfast, t
glass of real hot water with a tea
«. spoonful of limestone phosphate in i
to wash from the stomach, liver, kid
neys and ten yards of bowels the pre
•‘“‘^"'^Vtotis day’s indigestible waste, soui
fermentations and poisons, thui
cleansing, sweetening and fresuenini
the entire alimentary canal befon
i patting more food into the stomach.
Those subject to sick headache, bil
lousness, nasty breath, rheumatism
w colds; and particulary those who hart
V a pallid, sallow complexion and wh<
W are constipated Very often, are urge<
W to obtain a quarter pound of lin*pston<
f phosphate at the drug store whicl
r will cost but a trifle, but is sufficient
to demonstrate the quick and remark
able change in both health and appear
ance, awaiting those who practice in
temal sanitation. We must remem
her that inside cleanliness is more im
portant than outside, because the skin
does not absorb impurities to con
taminate the blood while the pores in
♦he thirtv feet of bowels do. /]
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over with the volunteers from Camp
Beauregard.
I came across in June on an Amer
ican transport, and it certainly was a
pleasure in spite of the danger from
submarines. The weather-was ideal
and the ocean as smooth as glass all
the way.
Since coming to France I have had
the pleasure of seeing some of the
beautiful cities and while in them I
saw some intereeting and historical
places. I shall never forget them, as
they were very educational.
At present I am in the city of Bour
ge-, which is a beautiful place and has
one of the famous cathedrals of
France. Its architecture is beyond
description.
I will close for this time. With love
to all,
Your nephew,
Private Otto D. Coffin,
Co. D. Hd. Bu. G. H. C.,
A. P. . 902, A. E. F.
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EDUCATION x
Art. XIV provides for free tuition for all persons over six years of age,
and that the General Assembly may authorize kindergartens. Three adminis
trative and taxing units are provided, State, county and district. There shall
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 ef the present Superintendent of Public Instruction. Each county shall
have a County Board of Education of five members to be elected and serve
without compensation, and a County Superintendent. Each district shall have
at least six months school annually; the district tax stall 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 CASH BASIS.
Art. XVI, Sec. 1, provides that “all indebtedness for ordinary expenses
which may be created by the State or any county, city or town after the
adoption of this Constitution in any year in excess of its revenue for such
year, and credit balance available, shall be void unless such indebtedness be
authorized or ratified by affirmative vote of a majority of the electors” con
cerned. Art. XV, Sec. 11, provides that after July 1, 1920, taxes shall be paid
oply 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 new provisions. Their application, with the pro
vision for bond issues and the payment of existing indebtedness,
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
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 Bhall 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 thi#, 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 has 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 ahd 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 modem busi
ness and finance than that of the issuance of bonds for general
public improvements and to refund on long and easy terms existing
indebtedness of cities, counties and other units, just as corpora
tions or individuals refund their liabilities under move favorable
conditions and terms. Progress 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 airairs.
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 property subject to taxation s-’ all be taxed
according to its value, that value to he ascertained in such manner as the
General Assembly shall direct, making the same equal and unifbrm through
out the State. No one species of property from which a tax m: > be collected,
Shall he taxed higher than another species-of ptyperty of equal value.’’ It. is
provided that, license, franchise, privilege, excise, income, inheritance, legacy,
succession, production and other specific taxes may be levied, and certain
classes of property, such as schools, churches, public hospital--'-, etc., are ex
empted. Segregation of property to be taxed for Slate purposes is permitted.
No annual tax' levy shall exceed one per cent of the tisre red valuation.
County and municipal levies shall not-exceed ouc-h; if of one per cent, but an
additional ono-'u-lf of one per cent may be levied to pay ex'. ting indebted
ness.' Counties may form i-pccial read districts, and voi ■ a special tax not to
exceed five mills. Gy election a municipality may levy an auditioinal five
mills for municipal purposes.
No. other reticle 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 ij> all its phases a: d i:e n r.l! go ’ - ble angles
was thoroughly analyzed. The principle of equality and uniform
ity has been retained from the old Constitution. The people’s
lights-are thoroughly safeguarded, and yet the law is made suf
ficiently flexible to insure a sufficiency of revenue. The tax
dodger is unco nred, and much property that has escaped its part
of the tax burdn will be forced to do its share. • No additional tax
is levied upon the people, who remain the sole authority for the
levying of additional taxes. It is essentially a democratic
measure.
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It is provided that an Actuarial Bureau t<xfix insurance rates
n ay be created, to be under the control of the Insurance Com
Siiocioner. • _
TIME CARD.
Change in time Missouri Pacific
trains, effective 12:01 a .m., Sunday,
November 17th, 1918.
North Bound
| No. 2 Fast Pass, (no stop)Ar. 3:55am
I No. 34 Local passenger, Ar. 10:35am.
No. 4 Fast passenger, Ar. 11:59 am.
No. 92 Local freight, Lv. 11:00 am.
No. 30 Local passenger, Ar. 8:25 pm.
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.
,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:l0 am.
jNo. 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.
CATARRHAL DEAFNESS CAN
NO* BE CURED.
by local applications, as they cannot
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There is only one way to cure ca
tarrhal deafness, and that, is by a
constitutional remedy. Catarrhal
deafness is caused by an inflamed
condition of the mucous lining of the
FiUstachian Tube. When this tube is
inflamed you have a rumbling sound
or imperfect hearing* and when it is
entirely closed, Deafness is the re
sult. Unless the inflammation car.
be reduced and this tube restored to
its normal condition, hearing will be
destroyed forever. Many cases ol
deafness 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 give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of Catarrhal Deafness
that cannot be cured by Hall’s Ca
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Druggists, 76c. «
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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
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—pt 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
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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
Store.
Cache Township—at Algoa.
Mile.
Cow Lake Township—at Eight
Neck.
Cow Lake Township—at Gourd
Nack.
Cow Lakrf 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 Soh.
House.
Village Township—at Harper’s
School House.
Village Tdwnship—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 JackBon County, Ark.
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