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ed to the majority of the delegates to demand.
 Thomas Jefferson maintained as
 early as 17S9 in letter written from
 Paris to James Madison that no SO
 ciety can make a perpetual constitu- tion: that the earth belongs always to the living generation. and that eV- cry constitution naturally explred with the generation that wrote 1t and that if it continued in force beyond that time it was an act of force ana not an act of right Tn 1910 MT. Jef- ferson in a letter to Samuel Kerche- val said:
 Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them like the ark of the coven- ant, too sacred to be touched. They ascribe to the men of the preceding age a wisdom more than human, and suppose what they did to be beyond amendment. I knew that age well; belonged to it and labored with IL It deserved we'll of it's country; it was very like the present; and 40 years of experience in government is worth a century of book reading; and this they would say themselves, were they to rise from the dead. am certainly not an advocate for ire ouent and untried changes in laws and constitutions. I think moderate hn with; because when once known we accommodate ourselves to them, and find practical means of correcting their i'll effects. But I know. also, that laws and institutions must go hand in hand in the progress of the human mind As that becomes more developed more enlightened. as new discoverings are made, new truths disclosed, and manners and opinions change with the change of circuni- stances, institutions must advance also, and keep pace with the times
 And in the same letter he says:
 ''It is now 40 years since the con- stitution of Virginia was formed. The same tables (mortality tables) )inforn us that within that period, two thirds of the adults then living are now dead. Have then the remaining third, even if they had the wish, the right to hold in obedience to their will, and to laws heretofore made by them the other two thirds who, with them selves compose the present mass of adults?''
 MT. Jefferson then concludes by saying: That majority, then, has right to depute representative to convention to make a constitution
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what they think will be best for them | selves"
 The constitution of Virginia was re- written in 1880 and. I believe then 1 Chief Justice Marshal of the Supreme Court of the United States was a member of the convention and helped rewrite the constitution of Virginia. Virginia rewrote it's constitution in 1850. The last constitution of Vir- ginia. the one now in force, was writ ten by a convention which began it's sessions in June. 1901, and concluded it's labors in June. 1902
 Most of the states of the Union have at various times rewritten their organic laws. The first constitution of the state of Arkansas was adopted in 1886. the year of the admission oi the state into the Union. The state wrote a new constitution in 1861, com monly known as the secession consti- tuition. Another constitution was written in 1864, known as the Murphy constitution The constitution was rewritten in 1868, some times spoken of as the carpet bag constitution. The present constitution was written in 1874 and witnessed the restoration of the government of the state into the hands of the people of the state.
 A careful examination and compari- son of the various constitutions of the state will show the controlling ideas of the times in which the con stitutions were written.
 Many of the best men in the state for many years have advocated the writing of a new constitution. Con- spicuous among them was the late Senator James P. Clark. The Dem ocratic convention at Pine Bluff in 1914, by resolution, unanimously de- clared itself in favor of writing a new constitution The legislature of 1917 put its declaration into concrete form and actually called consti- tutional convention to write new constitution and provided the ma chinery for that purpose.
 The people of the state elected del egates of their own choice to the convention with directions to rewrite the constitution of the state. The present state government, executive, legislative and judicial, is behind the movement for new constitution. The delegates selected by the people, per formed their duty according to the best of their ability and the result of their counsels and deliberations will be presented to the people for ap- proval or rejection on the 14th day of December.
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U. OF A. GIRLS LEARN TO WEAVE

Fayetteville, Ark, Dec. 12.-A course in weaving. designed to alo girls in the selection of manufactur- ed textiles, will be offered by the de partment of home economies, Univer. sity of Arkansas, during the second and third quarters of the present. col lege year. A loom has been added to the equipment of the department in order that the instruction may be practical. Each girl twill weave at least one article, either a rug or a piece of tapestry, or pillow
 The class will study the construc- tion of all the fabrics, such as silk, wool, linen and cotton. The course will also cover the study of the history of the textile. industry, in cluding the growth of textile flores, the spinning of thread and the weav. ing of cloth
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CAMP PIKE NEWS LETTER

While the process of disorganiza- ton at Camp Pike has commenced and the work is being carried on at the rate of discharge from 45O to 6oO men a day, yet it must be under stood that the men will not be com ing home at once. Many formalities are being undergone by the soldiers so that the government may be pro- tected against the possibility of dls- ability claims after the war. For this reason no man will be immediate iy discharged whose physical condl- tion is not as good as it was at his entrance into the service unless it can be shown that his disability is not of his own making. On this ac- count many men are. being transfer red to development battalions to be held until their records can be clear | ed. This may detain as many as | 5000 in the camp until January 15 to
 February 1. But efforts will be made | to get as many men home by Christ mas as can possibly be released. l This of course has no reference to the venerial stockade where the men will be held until completely cured
 before discharge. Men in the hos | pital will also be held.
 &&s*s#
 Official information that Major | General Omar Bundy. who had been assigned to the command of Camp | Pike, has been assigned instead to the command of Camp Lee at Rich mond. Va, was received at Camp
 Pike this week Brigadier General
 Edward Anderson, formerly camp
 probably be housed interts for time
 ta, Ga, formally assumed command
 at Camp Pike and began plans for
 carrying out his program.
 *#&*#+
 Arrangements are being made to receive the men of the 57th infantry from Camp Logan who are to arrive the last of this week. The men will
 he will make talks not only at Camp
 but it is expected that the buildings
 of the proposed officers training
 school will be completed and made
 ready for the occupancy of the men and officers of the 57th infantry. In this area will be three Y buildings. one of which will be for the officers as a club and service building.
 #ss&s*
 In preparation for the men so soon to be returned to civil life for the,r duties as citizens, the Y. NJ c. A. is carrying out morale program which was successfully started at Camp Travis. Dr, Ira Landrith, a stalwart Texas educator. lecturer and publi- cist who delivered series of lectur- es at Camp Travis on citizenship. will be. at Camp Pike Saturday and | Sunday making short and pithy talks
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JUDGE EVANS ON THE
 NEW CONSTITUTION
IT IS THE 1874 INSTRUMENT WITH CHANGES THAT ARE DE- HANDED BY MODERN ciRcUM. STANCES.
Arkansas Gazette)

As is we'll known, the constitution al convention of the state of Arkan' sas of the years 1917-18 was compos- ed of one hundred and fourteen dele gates. One hundred of these repre- sented the various counties of the state in the same way that the one hundred members of the lower house of the general assembly represent the same counties in the general law making body. Fourteen of the dele gates to the constitutional convention represented the seven congressional districts of the state, being two dele gates from each congressional district A very large majority of these dele gates devoted some 50 or 70 days or their time to the great neglect Of their private affairs in an earnest ef' fort to rewrite the constitution of the state in such way as that the con stitution offered by them would de- serve the approval of the intelligent, conservative, forward looking people of the state Whether the delegates were able to do that or not is question for public discussion. The delegates themselves since the ad journment of the convention have been so engrossed with their neglect ed private affairs that very few Of them have had the time to take part in discussions with reference to the results of their labOrs.
 We must all remember that consli- tutions are matters of compromise be, tween conflicting opinions as well as between conflicting interests. Prob ably no delegate in the convention got exactly what he wanted in the new constitution. It is also true that very few thinking people in the state are entirely satisfied with the provis ions of the constitution of 1874. That constitution, together with its amend ments. was before the convention constantly and the new constitution is only the constitution of 1874 with such additions, notifications and eliminations as the spirit and pro- gress and necessity of our time seem
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to the men, advising them how to live for their country, now that it is not necessary for them to give their hero of the Marne, accompanies Dr. Landrith' on his tours and clinches the argument of the noted prohibit tionist by telling how the men of France and Belgium poured out their blood for their nations.
 Dr. A. J. Cassion, Russellville dentist who has been serving as an educational secretary at hut 34. is assisting in putting over good pro- going back to their farms. In com pany with w. J. Henderson of Ar genta he has been arranging talks on better methods of farming, improv ed use of agricultural machinery, grading up of cattle and farm ami mals and telling the men of the bene- fits of utilizing the Improvements. This work will be carried on in all the Y buildings of the camp so that every man may be reached. In this same line the services of Gov Chas. Fl. Brough have been rendered and commander at Camp Wheeler, Angus Pike but throughout the southern camps.
 Appreciating the good work of Brian Frazier of Marianna, Ark, Y physical secretary at hut 36 and coach of the. 18th training battalion football team, which has never been defeated in a game this season, the services of Secretary Frazier have been drafted by Major Clyde O'Neal, commander of the 409th labor battal- ion. The Mariana boy will give daily physical instruction to these men, most of whom are deficient Tn muscular development. For several months MT. Frazier has been giving daily athletic instruction to 1,600 men in the 18th training battalion. in which work he has had 12 soldier assistants.
 E. L. HAYNES
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NO pIsPuTING TASTES

Miss Prior, a charity workei' "" ,ar visiting a certain woman Tn 'lA ,n country town. Four littie ciin"' - the family all wore glasses, ,,.. pri.
 What a pity" exclaimed MISS all or W the mother. "It seems that all Ill your children have trouble with then eyes" matter
 "There ain't nothing the m nlatS ,ss with their eyes. ma'am," said 'H' mother ,.o them
 Then why do you disiis~' ,,;sitor with those glasses?" asked 'no
 wonderingly. ,,or caller
 The woman stared at hei think coldly and angrily. why .T like they look lovely" she crieu' think glasses on little children
 they look dressy. ."-Tlt-Di'S'
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AIDS GOVERNMENT IN
 REVISING ARMY SCALE

Fayetteville, Ark, Dec. 12.-The final draft of the Otis Group lntell gence Scale-a grading system adopt ed by the War Department and used in every cantonment in the country has been revised by the bureau ot educational research of the UniyeT' sity of Arkansas. The Otis system is believed to be an absolute polnt scale of an individuals preceptlon' comprehension, general knowledge, initiative, resourcefulness, and rapia' ity of calculation.
 Papers are graded on a basis or 414 for a perfect examination Men with a grade of 300 or above are ra.. ed as superior officer material Only six men in hundred get lns grade. Typical privates' are gwen grades ranging from 100 to 24s'
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Deep seated coughs that resist or dinary remedies require both extern al and internal treatment. II yOu buy a dollar bottle of Ballards hO'e hound Syrup you get the two reni' dies you need for the price ol onV. There is Herrick's Red repps. Porous Plaster for the chest i'.' with each bottle. Sold by na'',aS 70, ton Bros.
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MONEY IN EGGS

Eggs are not bankaOis :. This money from their saie s,art How money is yours for the ellOr., ,avs the do you treat the hen os' that 's'T poul try Remedy will keep the pV .Se yield good condition and increase 'nu and re in hpOa esss. se We guarantee this hs,.sisd snS Y fund your money if not 1Marianna;
 Sold by M. D. Daggett, Mon Suit Moro Drug Co.,. Moro; anu ss' & Smith, Oak Forrest
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An airplane propeller bull, mat Y sa. leather on a nickie frame {, claimed been invented in Europe IS to be indestructible.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1918-04-13
NaSi vOjaci pomahaji ku
YitezStYf.

Americka armada byla neobycej-
ne zamestnana vevyrocnf den vstou-
pen1 do valky vsak neIze mic sdeliti o
teto cinnosti. Mezitlm udaly Sc We
ci, jez nelze tn uvesti, ktere vsak
velice pfispely kn zvysenf spojene-
cke silly.
Ma americke fronte u Toulu odra-
zili nasi n6mecky dtok.
Zmilitarisoyani eeskych
redaktOrH?
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JapOnSkO S Anglii We
VIadiyOStOku.

Padesat namoTnik1 bylo vysazeno
We Vladivostoku z anglickeho xii
znfku po vylodenf JaponcG. Japon-
sko sesflilo sv1j kontingent We mes
tx, -vyslavsi tam v sobotu ESQ muz1
krone dvou setnin, vylodenych V
patek. Ami Britove, ami Japonci
nenarazili ma odpor. Vylodenf tech
to oddil6 namitky bolsevicke Via
dy proti tomu zdaji Sc pGsobiti nes-
maze nasemu statnfmu Departmental.
Kdyz okupace Sibife J+ponskem by
la chystana, americka Vlada zaujala
proti tomu odmftave stanovisko, coz
vyvolalo projevy uspokojenf rus
KEN tisku, ale udalosti We Vladivos-
toku zmenily situaci. Ruska vlada
sovetu oznamiIa, ze poda protest
Spojenym Statdtn hrozf valkou
Japonsku.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1918-04-13
MiStni zprdYy.
Z krajanSkych krnhi.

- Corp. Ant. ]. Peroutka, z
Camp Jackson, S. c., syn znamych
krajan1 Bengies, Baltimore Coun-
ty, Md, zavital ma nekolika ienni
dovolenou do Baltimore. Mlady
pan Peroutka jest iednfm z nasich
dobrovolnikn, ktery ac zenat. .pf:ihla-
sill Sc do sluzby Strycka Sama minu-
leho cervna. Ocinkuje pri Signal
Corps Division. Manzelka pfivitala
jej Sc zdravou dceruskou. Fechto
sdn1 vratil Sc opet do tabora.
- Pan Frantisek Marie St aska.
els. 4l4 N. Madeira ulice raduji Sc
z narozenf zdraye dcerusky.
Pan Alois Hejduk venoval c.
N. Sdruzeni 81.
- Pfipominame krajanIm nasim.
by neopomeli navstiviti pfednasku
D. Janecka, pondelf vecer, dne 15'
dubna, 1915, Bohemii. Pfedna-
sku tuto poTada "Slovenska Liga''
a my define ma jevo, re snahy Slo'
vak1 jsou snahami nasimi. Re
enfk ma k nam ddlezite poslanf
- Sama vlada nase zada. mas. b!
Cesi Slovaci Baltimorsti uspofa
dali velkou schdzi, ma ktere fecnit
budou prominentni Americti fecni
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1918-04-13
Zayrazdena byla oloupena.
Va1ka.

Nemci bojuii novou ofensivu il
zne cd Ypres. V dtery a We stfedu
po tezkych bojich zatlacili Angelica
ny mimi bojujfci Portugalce.
Mssto Armentiers opusteno bylo
Anglicany do dalky 5 mil zapadn9
cd mesta az ku Steenwercku.
u Lestremu podarilo Sc Nemcnm
pfejiti feku Lave. z t6zce dobyte
posice vytlaceni byli vsak okamzi-
tym proti1tokem anglickym.
Reka Lys byla N9mci ma nekolika
mistech pTekrocena. Pc straslivych
boiich, nichz Memo museli 1toci-
ii ma sirych planich. pfi kterychz d
tocich tisice a tisice Nemc1 pablo
"a ob6t strasne palbe anglickych del.
Nemci celkem zatlaelli Anglicany
do hlubiny 6 mil ma delce 80 mil.
Nemci udavaii, ze dobyli Hollebe<e@
stekli vEsiny u Messines uhajivse-
! jes sproti vsem protiutokGm.
AngIicka zprava toto popira Do
moci Nemcn pablo drnhe offensive
teto pres 10000 Anglican6 a Por-
tugalca. Ma francouzske front6 me-
ri Montididier a Lassigny posice
francouzske podrobeny byly ostre
kanonade.
Suhmarfnky znicily uplynul6m
Etydnu s anglickych obchodnich lodi.
/ We Vladivostoku vyIodena byla
cast Japonc6, Anglicann a teze od-
dill naseho namofnictva ku ochran9.
Bolsevicka sEvlada protestuje proti
vylo ''6nf.
Rusove syym mirem Nemci od-
stoupili t9mto pres 78O. 600 kilome-
trn dzemf 56.OOO.OO obyvatel.
4 Nase voisko stojf dnes po boku
| Spojenecke armady, niz konecna
zvitezi mad hordami N9mc1.
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FOch list yitezStvim.

General Foch, vrchn1 velitel spo-
jeneck5ch armad, ukazuje ma velkou
mapu, kde vyznaceny jsou poslednf
operace, vyslovil Sc ku zastupc1m
tisku:
''Vse jde dobfe. Podfveite Sc ma
maly postup, jejz ucinil Boche
(francouzska pfezdivka pro Nemce)
abych jej naval pravym jme EN-,
behem 27., 28., 20. a 80. bfezna.
Jest zfejmo, ze velika vlna nemecke
armady Sc roztflstila ma pobfezi
narazivsi patrne ma nejakou pfeka-
zku. Nynl octli Sc proti hrazi a
isou 1plne zastaveni.
"Budoucnost ukaze plny dosah
naseho 1spechu. My Sc pokusime,
bychom to zlepsiIi d abychom nabyli
pfevahy mad Bochem. ia nemohu
Tfci, co Sc stane, ale vse jde dobfe. =
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1918-04-13

CeChOye SlOYaC DO prace pro zdar tet pcky SYObOdy
We vyrocn proheni vaky Spojenyc Sai Nemecku
poenala Spoench et kampan vene pdy SvOody
lid Spoieny ech prokazova vzd nejvets
mfe sv opravdovou oddano z ker emu eho dem staa
novou svlastl. sstg - :
askou jest schopen narod tax demokaty jake e
dedm kere nejeps ynov6 eho i umirai:
ideadm svobody ozechvu vdcnosti
dy pa proheni veho milo
presidena vypovedel nepaev neeckemu masmu
rakouk6u nasnictv pod kerm sena narod mas hanbe
staleti.
soya presidenta Woodrowa
pro zapada huboko jake SINE do vsech ekch
srdc zpnsoba obe pfnas mas lid viezstvi prava
a lidskost prnasi radosne mysll povznesenou.
pfistehovh narodG eto zem ac opet
ao aovensy lid Pokazme svym obetmi
z ko-sovenk5 pine vyva ova sveho presdena KITE
odhoda o valce bezpecnost vasni repubk ale
pro eps Prokazte svm cny e
ck5 lid vdecno zem obetavou lasku elmu
vekemu presidentu.
Zapdceno laskavosti Baltimore News. -
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ci. Ucel teto schGze je vzbuditi
zajem pro tTeti p6jcku svobody.
Povinnosti nasi je, by navsteva by
la obrovska, die toho souditi Sc
bude nase vlastenectvl vzhledem ku
Spoj. Statdm. Pffste sdelime po-
drobnosti a den sch6ze.
- Bratrskou zabavu odbJval spo-
lex sv. Vojt9cha minule pondeli v
Katolicke budove. ze to byla pra-
va bratrska zabava, lie poznamenat
neb cIenove s manzelkami Sc dosta-
viii plnem poctu, ovsem tez sy-
move a dcery, tax ze celia spolecnost
Sc bavila pTi hudbe p. <. Cesky mi.
azsdo pdl noci. Behem vecera po-
davany hostnm chutne zakusky a da-
mann zmrzlina ostatni obcerstveni
-Pristi 1terJ vecer, ,dne 16. dubna
t. r. kona Sc mesicni schGze mistni
odbocky G. N. Sdruzeni. Dnes, kdy
prace teto nejd1lezitejsi ceske orga'
nizace je vsude viditelna, nemel by
zadny uvedomely Czech byti mime
fady jeji. Kdo dosud nejsi clenem
pTiid do schGze a vstup fady tech
jiz pracovati chti "a svobodu zem
eeskoslovenskych.
Z patronatu Ceske Svobodnt
SkOly Aug. Herman!
v . nd9lf. dne Is. dubna. sehra
Lii ditky {, ske svob. skoly divadl'
.'Pohadka Popelce. = Jelikoz jes
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Tfi sta MaryIandSkych vice ma
Nemce.


TIL sta Ma, ylandskych cvicfcich Sc
tabofe Meade jsou jiz" ma druh&
strane 'po boku tech, kteri je tam
,svym casem byli pfedesli. 2 tabo-
ra Meade odejeli v 1noru ma Jih.
kdez zafadeni v divise tam slozene
r1znych Americkych tabor1 a pc
slani do Francie, kde dnes snad jiz
poE.ahaii udolati n6meck6 1toky.
Dodatecne muzstvo stale posflano
jest do tabora Meade.
"Obeste je."
Maj. gen. George Barnett. ko-
mandant namofniho sboru. nadchl
We stredu We zbrojnici pateho pluku
cetn6 tam shromazd6ne Obcanstvo.
"Nedam ziamanou gresli "a muze.
ktery neni Amerikanem cistym o.
pravdovym a po cely cas-. Bud
jest Amerika mem anebo zradcem.
Ob9ste kazdeho zradce, volam. "
Tisic dyacet muzi dOda Baltimore.
V neiblizsfm vojenskem odvodu
doda Baltimore 1882 muz1, jimiz
rozmnozen bude pocet rekrutn ta-
bore Meade kolem l. kvetna. Ze
sedme wardy pajde iich Sc, osne
Sd. Odejedou mezi 26. dubnem a
/. kv6tnem do Meade.
Stat Maryland doda ceIkem
mestem nasim z. 100 muzn.
zayrazdena byIa OIOnpena.
Dodatecnym vysetfovAnim 2iist9-
no hylo. be Dora Ebert. kterat "a
vrazd6na byla v patek u Odenton,
oloupena byla. Divka zavrazd9na
byla ma ceste domova do Odenton.
odkud vlakem jeti mela. 2 vrazdy
podezf4ly cernoch, zeleznicni hlidac'
Archie Isaacs, uvezn6n jest v Anna
polls.
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Amerlcke vOjsko zIomilo dtOk
Nemcil.

Nemci pokusili Sc 10. dubna pred
vychodem slunce severozapadne cd
Toulu dtok ma fady naseho vojska.
Dva nemecti zajatci Sc PRIMAL, ze
ku dtoku prichystano bylo 800 Mem
cd, 1tok pTedchazela prudka kano-
NADIA. Nasi d9lostTelci svoji mistr-
nou palbou rozprasili N9mce drive
nezli tito vtrhnouti mohli ku draten
ne ochranne siti. Ztraty nase ma
boiisti jsou stale test.
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