Judsonia weekly advance., 1917-05-02


 mer governor, to prevent an issue of $750,000 in notes by the state, was sus- tained by Chancellor J. E. Martineau in Chancery Court. The restraining order was sought on the ground that the issue was unconstitutional, but Chancellor Martineau held in verbal opinion that nothing in the constitu- tion prohibited it.
 MT. Hays declined to plead further and filed notice of appeal to the Su- preme Court of Arkansas.
 In his opinion Chancellor Martineau held that a state government is dT- ferent from the federal government because the federal government can enact only such legislation as specific ally is authorized by the constitution, while the state government can put in force any legislation not prohibited by the state constitution.
 The allegation that the legislation constitutional was based on Article Is, Section 1, of the constitution, which specifically provides that the state shall not loan it's credit and that no county nor municipal corporation shall issue bonds. Chancellor Marti- neau held that the note issue would not be a loan of the states credit.
 The state was represented by John D. Arbuckle, attorney general, assist ed by T. w Campbell. MT. Hays ap- peared in his own behalf.
 Validity of the issue Is upheld, MT. Arbuckle said, in a decision by the Ar kansas Supreme Court in the case of the Urquhart estate against the Peni- tentiary Commission. He said that the court held that the legislature had the power to authorize the issuance of in- terest-bearing certificates of indebted ness. The case involved notes issued by the Penitentiary Commission for the purchase of one of the state farms. Payment of interest on the notes was not authorized by the legislature and an agreement by the commission to pay interest caused an injunction suit to be filed. When the case went to the Supreme Court the court ruled
 
 MT. Arbuckle said, on the ground that the legislature had not authorized it, but held that the state could issue the notes.
 Suit on behalf of the state was filed in the circuit court at Bentonville to | recover 52G acres of land situated near Colville as school land. The property was purchased in 1866 by Nelson Cab bert from the state and in 1872 the state in suit filed in Pulaski county foreclosed on, the property on mort gage. The land is now divided into several fine farms.
 o. c. Burkette, a civil engineer of the State Highway Department of Little Rock, arrived at Jonesboro and began the preliminary survey of the onesboro-Nettleton road district. which was established by an act of the last session of the Legislature, William c. Brown, son of Samuel Brown, who lives near Mansfield, was found last week after he had wander ed eight days in the mountains, where he had lost his way. He was weak from lack of food, but is little the worse for the experience.
 William Lee, aged three, son of MT. and Mrs. J. B. Lee, and Modine Ham mock, six-year-old daughter of Mr and | Mrs. c. c. Hammock, of Emerson, were burned to death in a fire which destroyed barn at the Hammock | home.
 The Jonesboro Camp Fire Girls or l ganiZations, Minnetoska and Hachee- homa camps, have adopted resolu. tions pledging the members to refrain from eating meat two days each week as long as the scarcity of food lasts.
 The prospect for strawberry crop 1 in White county is excellent this year The yield will show decided increase over that of last year. It is estimated that more than 500 cars will be shipped, against 400 last year.
 Hardon Bros of Ash Flat sold to 9 Melbourne firm 52 bales of cotton al 20 cents. Phillips Bros. recently sold 25 bales. The late sales clean up the holdings of merchants in this vicinity.  The Sebastian County Albert Pike Highway Association was organized at Fort Smith with the election of c. 1 M L. Armour nreSidant and Raw GiIl