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tice, and said note 6r contract shall contain clause providing therefor.
 Sec. 2. Such loans shall be repaid with interest accruing in annual in- stAllments on the amortization plan. such tnstailments being fixed at such sums as will cover the interest rate to be agreed on between said board and the applicant, said period to be not less than i've nor more than thirty- six years; but any debtor may liqu1- date any part or all of his indebtedness in amounts of $SO.0o or multtples there of upon any amortization payment date.
 Sec. g. The rate of interest on loans 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- Qutre each applicant to pay an initial charge of l per cent of the loan grant ed, the minimum charge to be &10oe animation of title.
 Sec. o. All surplus funds accruing from the operation of the system of rural credits herein provided for, after said bonds, and all operating and other expenses arising from the administra- ton of said system of rural credits, shall be placed in the State Treasury known as the "Arkansas Rural Credit Reserve Fund" Said Arkansas Rural Credits Reserve Fund shall be loaned on farm lands in the manner herein provided for the Arkansas Rural Credit Loan Fund. and the interest &C., cruing from loans made from said Ar kansas Rural Credits Reserve Fund shall be added to it and become a part of 1t. The said Arkansas Rural Credits Reserve Fund shall be frreducihIe. ex- cept that it may be drawn upon to re- fmburse the State for loss incurred Tn the administration of said system of rural credits
 Sec TO- The Legislative Assembly shall provide in such detail as 1t shall deem advisable fer the carrying out and administering of the provisions of this amendment, and shall provide ad- cquate safeguards against the use of ing and holding Of lands for the pur- poses of speculation. Suoh safeguards shall include clear definitions of the terms operate" and occupy" used lation, and subject to the same after its enactment. the State Land Board shall proceed to administer said sys- tenn of rural credits under rules and regulations provided by itself, but sub Ject to the provisions herein contained.
 Sec. II. The provisions of the Con. stitution of Arkansas in conflict with this amendment are hereby repealed in so far only as they conflict herewith. The provisions of this amendment effect and be in operation so days af- ter their approval and adoption by the people of Arkansas.
 Approved by the Governor, and filed in the office of the Secretary of State, March IT, 1917.
 Each elector may vote for or against the above amendment.
 Witness my official signature this, the 24th day of April. 1918.
 fSeal1 TOM J. TERRAL,
 Secretary of State.
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FOR AMENDMENT NO. 11 AGAINST AMENDMENT NO. IA

Proposed Constituttenal AmenAm.n+
 Nc. 14.
 Be 1t Resolved by the Senate .nA House of Representatives of ths state of Arkansas, the Majority of both Houses Agreeing Thereto,
 That the following fs hereby n,o- posed as an amendment to the Con stitutlon of the State of Arkansas ana the same being submitted to the cleo tors or the State for apr or re- for Senators and Representatives, if n majority of the electors voting at sucb election adept such amendment fhs same shall become a part of the Con wit: 'o
 That Sections and of Article or the Constitution of the State of Ar kansas be amended to read as follows.
 The Supreme Court shall be compos- ca Of seven Judges, one of whom shall be styled Chief Justice and elected as such In the consideration and decia- ion of cases all Judges may sit or the Court may be divided into tive divis- ions, and the decision of each of said 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 decis- ion in either division. When the Court Is sitting in banc the Ch .ef yus- tice shall preside, and the concurrenos of four shall be necessary to a decis- fon The Chief Justice shall allet the cases to the divisions, and he may or der any case to be decided or recon fidered by the court in banc. Tho Chief Justice may sit in either division and shall preside when SC sitting. The Judges of each division shall elect presiding Judge for that division. who shall preside when the Chief Justice is not sitting In that division. If the Chief Justice is absent from the Court the senior Judge present shall perform his duties.
 The Governor shall appoint the two additional Judges provided for herein. one of whom shall hold office until his successc4 is elected at the general cleo tion for State officers in 1922. and qualities, and one of whom shall hold office until his successor is elected at the general election for State officers fin 1924. and qualities.
 Approved by the Governor, and nled in the office of the Secretary of State. January IT. 1917.
 Each elector may vote for or against the above amendment.
 Witness nay official signature this. the 24th day of April. 1918.
 tSeal] TOM J. THRHAA
 Secretary of State.
The Home news., 1918-05-24
She Got Good Results

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The Home news., 1918-05-24
Helps to Keep Fit

When the digestion is out of order, it throws the whole physical being out of gear. B. B. Hayward, Unadilla, Ga, writes: Foley Cathartic Tab lets give me quicker relief than anything I have ever tried," They relieve biliousness, bad breath, bloating, gas, indiges- tion and constipation. No gripping or nausea. Red Cross Drug Store, McCrory, Ark.
The Home news., 1918-05-24
PLSOl'OSAlD LEGISLATIVE AsnND
 h-.4N 4.
Proposed Constitutional Am~us.
 No. i4.

Amending Sections 2 and of Ar+i cle z of the Constitution of the stata oI Arkansas; providing that the sus preme Court of the State shall he composed of seven Judges. one Ch,os Justice and six Associate Justices. nro vidlng the Judges may sit in two dj visions, and otherwise providing tho manner in which the court shah sit and shall render it's decisions "A'
 Providing for the selection and o,no ton of the two additional Judges
The Home news., 1918-05-24
GENERAL DIRECTORY
 McCrory Officials

Mayor. Grover c. McCrory Marshal ............J. G. Pulley Recorder. HI. c. Shearer Treasurer. ..........L. J. billiard Health Officer Dr. H.P.Hargis
 Aldermen: Dr. LA. Jelks, H. Arnof, Dr. w. T. Mccain, L. J. billiard and R.C. Thomp- son. Council meets at mayors office first Monday night of each month. All citizens are invited and will be welcome.
The Home news., 1918-05-24
FOR AMENDMENT NO. 1E. AGAINST AMENDMENT NO. 15.

Be 1t Resolved by the House of Rep. resentatfves and the Senate of the State of ArkaEsas, the Majority oi Both Houses Agreeing Thereto,
New-York tribune., 1918-10-13
President Is
First Told of
I ext by Press
Wilson's Party, at Opera
House, Amazed at Breach
of Diplomatic Usages

Seated last night in grand tier box
at the Metropolitan Opera House,
President Wilson received from The
Associated Press the unofficial text Of
the most mcmentous diplomatic note in
the history Of tho world. Through
Secretary Iumulty he announced that
he would have no comment to make.
Publication Of the German reply 20
the Presidents inquiries as to it's
willingness to accept all the terms hc
previously had enunciated and to
cvacuato all occupied territory, came
as corlpltte surprise. The way In
which the wireless despatch Of such
tremendous purport Gent out from the
great German station at Nauen was
made public, shattered all diplomatic
precedents,
The text reached New York only r.
short time before President Wilson
and his parry left the Waldorf-Astoria
to attend the concert at the Metropoli-
tan for the bene6t of blinded Italian
soldiers.
President Had Not Been Advised
The natural assumption WAS that the
text previously had been communi-
Gated to the President. AS measure
of precaution, however, The Associated
Press sent over its special wire To the
Opera House an inquiry to Secretary
Tumulty as to whether Nh Wilson had
been informed of the German reply
Mr.. Tumulty showed plainly his
New-York tribune., 1918-10-13
Hoist Flag
OfSurrender.'
London Cries
British and French Will
Oppose Any Armistice
Without Guarantees

LONDON, Oct. IL By The Associated
Press). -Germany's reply to President
Wilson reached London too late for
anv authoritative comment. 1t was
bound 80 come. however, into an at
mosphera charged with suspicion, and
the opinion s held in all quarters that
the reply would be good gauge Of the
degree Of Germary's military distress.
An armistice IL the old familiar ruse
for Il distressed army.
Apparently the reply gives one state
mont OF news. 1t associates AUSTRIA
Hungary. but not Turkey, with the Ger
man government. The implication
seems to be that unless the German
Secretary for Foreign Affairs has writ
ten the message with unusual haste,
Turkey is no longer Germany's ally.
In all previous important diplomatic
documents Germany has scrupulously
mentioned all her allies.
The phrase "to agree upon practical
details OF the application of these
TERMS" is on its face a straight re-
ply to President Wilson, 1t was not
unexpected here, but is likely to be
regarded with suspicion. English pa
pers have said that conference based
on such a formula may be considered d
by the Germans to mean an extended
debate.
England Demands Surrender
Some of the most important German
German papers. in latest quotation
New-York tribune., 1918-10-13
SOIF'.
Berlin, October the twelfth Nineteen Hundred Eighteen
Germany Makes
Full Surrender,
McAdoo Declares
Asserts Acceptance of Presi.
dents Terms Has Only One
Definite Meaning

CHICAGO. Oct. 12.-Germany knows
when she accepts President Wilson'S
terms it means unconditional sur
render, declared William G.. McAdoo,
Secretary Of the Treasury, when he
was told tonight of the contents Of
Germany's reply to Mr. Wilson's note
Secretary McAdoo was here to make
a speech urging the full subscription
Of the fourth Liberty Loan. The AS
sociaied Press acquainted the Secre-
tary with the contents Of the German
rote and he told the audience what
Germany's reply was
Germany knows that when she ac-
oepts tho Presidents conditions-l am
not talking terms, but conditions, prln-
ciples-when she Is Off the soil Of every
invaded land it means unconditional
surrender
"The Kaiser might as we'll surren-
der now, He isn't dcluded now. He
did think at one time that America
wouldn't get into the war, but he knows
better now,
"I'll not discuss terms. Even If 1t
is true that the Kaiser has surren-
dered, that does not make it the less
important that this loan be subscribed
It has to be because we spent most Of
the money before We asked for H.
IF the Kaiser saysi I am willing to
evacuata and to accept your condi-
tions,' that is surrender, or l don't
know what is: The point / am making
is this' America has stood for peace
on the foundations of Justice and
democracy and elimination of the fes-
terng sores which have caused all the
wars in Europe, and we never will ac-
cept peace until we get it as America
wants il.
"1n short t.ma We Shall nave un-
conditional surrender if we have mol
get it row."
New-York tribune., 1918-10-13
Haig Smashes For
ward, Taking Hamel,
and Is Only Mile
From Douai
Valenciennes Is
Now in a Pocket
French and Americans
Drive Germans From
3 to 4 Miles in the
Champagne
October Is, 80 q. M.

October Is, I 80 q. NJ
The Germans fell back yesterday
before fresh smashes sof Foch.s
forces on four sectors of the great
Western front.
British troops, fighting onward tow
ard the stronghold of Douai, have
approached within one mile of the
city by the capture of Quinay. to
the northeast.
The irresistible drive of British and
American forces east and south
east of Cambria has resulted in
hurried efforts of the Germans to
evacuate Nalenciennes, which rap
idly is being pocketed, and to es-
tablish line of refuge running
from the famous manufacturing
city south Of the Disc.
East Of Lens the British wrested
Montigny, Uarnes and Annay
rom the enemy.
ire Chemin des Danes has ceased
e nc protection for the Laon
aston as result of the blows Of
me French and Italians. who
nave dislodged the dispirited
leutons ordered to hold it to the
death. More of the highway was
reclaimed yesterday, and Laon's
evacuation seems assured within
the next day or two.
O1 the Champagne front General
Gouraud's French and American
troops forced their way forward
three to four miles, rolling the
defending troops back with ap-
Darent ease. Nouziers has been
e-Ttared.
sne'A Pershing's report received
last night stated that the Ameri-
cans had taken 500 prisoners
since October 8. Other reports
showed that of this number the
wild Cat" Division, fighting with
'ne British, have taken 5000 pris-
oners and sixty guns since they
lolned Haig's men in that sector.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-13
Wilson Joins
Liberty Hosts
In Big Parade
President Trudges Along
With Workers and Fight
ers to Boost War Loan

A battalion OF the army of civiliza-
ton marched down Fifth Avenue yes
terday.
Liberty Day, Italia Day, Columbus
! Day-Octobcr IL became also the day
OF international fraternity. The seed
Of world regeneration, which Chris
topfer Columbus planted in American
soil 426 years ago yesterday burst
forth into full flower. The hundreds
of thousands of people crowding the
sidewalks Of Fifth Avenue caught the
dazzling vision and cheered the new
era.
The parade, intended primarily to
boom the Liberty Loan, WAS great
military spectacle. 1t was more than
that. In the marching columns, swing
ing behind the fighters Of the Allied
NATIONS, were the representatives of
the armies of toll, men and women of
the factories, the shipyards and the
farms, who have furnished the guns
the transports and the food to make
the way clear.
Wilson Joins Marchers
The final symbol of what all the
armed show meant was contributed by
President Wilson. He did not review
the pageant, nor ride at the front as
the leader. He marched from Seventy
second Street to Washington Square,
where he Observation-Disclosures in
conspicuously between two glittering
military units-a plain hiker in the
midst of 10000 other sovereign demo-
Gratis.
MIR. Wilson joined the procession at
noon, half-hour after the head of the
column had passed down the avenue.
He was accompanied by Brigader Gen
eral George r. Dyer, the grand mar
shall; Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson,
and his secretary, Joseph P. Tumulty.
General Dyer presented Nh Wilson
with an American flag on a cane, and
his shoulder during the long march.
The Executive party slipped into the
ranks in the van of the American Di-
vision. Before them were the New
York Police Band and contingent of
sunburned farmerettes; behind them
followed battery of army search
lights, trundled by clanking teams Of
Missouri mules.
Ovation Ii Continuous
So completely was Mr.. Wilson hemmed
in By adjoining sections Of the parade
that the waiting crowds we're not aware
OF his approach until he trudged right
past them. Recognition was belated,
but the throngs made up for the crig-
ina! oversight by cheering themselves
honrse when they finally picked cut
their man.
Tho President "hepped" along at the
doughboy stride. raising his
hrt ut almost avery stsp and smiling
from right to left as his name was
roared down the lines Of the fankinS
crowds.
At Ffty-krst Street 4 man darted
out from in front Of the Union Club |
but before he could prove his inten-
New-York tribune., 1918-10-13
Administration Warns Nation That Until Reply
Has Been Considered Carefully People
Must Not Take Immediate Peace AZ
by Any Means Certain
lext Leaks Out Before Official
Copy Is Received in Washington
Leaders of ALI Teuton Parties Said to Have
Agreed to the Answer, Which Meets
the Fourteen Demands Made by
President Wilson
By Carter Field

WASHINGTON Oct 1.-THE reply of the German GOV
ernment to President Wilson's inquiry intercepted as it was
being sent BY wireless from agrees President Wson
demand tor the evacuation of occupied territory gives
ance OF the desire of Germany Austria for peace on the
oasis OF the Presidents conditions and that Chancellor
Macmillan speaks for the German people
Germanys prompt response will lead is believed here
lohgh 10 one OF two Of action by the President
The President may address another norv or note
10 Germany perhaps in the form an utmatum going at
length and with ceaness the precise meaning of his
fourteen conditions and insisting that the German peopc
through permanent democratic form of government
than now exists these conditions in their
clearly eXpounded form, in unequvoca language
Or the President at notify Great Britain France
and Italy OF this German proposal for amstice and neace
dscsson with view to having agreement bv the Allies
ana the united States concerning the conditions and stpa
tons which should be eXaced from Germany before perno
let-up in the successful fighting against the Huns hv an
aImistice. - -
New-York tribune., 1918-10-13
Political Structure Collapsing

The German war machine is like
8 one-horse chaise. Ludendorff and
other great militarists who staked
Germany's fate on the campaign on
the Western front are about to
join War Minister Stein in retire
ment. Just as the enemy alliance
collapsed following the surrender
of Bulgaria, the German political
structures now falling apart.
The German State is military
organization. Germany's internal
situation is no better than her
armies, which are in All unbeliev-
able state of disintegration and de-
moralization. The ruling classes
of Germany must surrender to the
new forces, just as the armies of
Germany must surrender to the
Allies. The downfall Of the mill
tarists and junkers Is just as GER
tain as that Foch will overthrow the
German armies.
Hussarek and Wekerle, the Aus
trian and Hungarian Premiers, have
resigned. and both cabinets are
being reorganized as coalition gov
crnments along the lines followed
by Germany. Two socialists, Renner
and Seit2, will sit In the Austrian
Cabinet. Thus all the enemy
countries now have coalition gov
ernments. In which the moderates
are in the majority,
The Scandinavian exchanges re-
fleet the general belief that peace is
near, The most significant and
encouraging development is the op-
timisiie tons Of The German press.
With only very few exceptions the
German newspapers declare the be-
lief that peace is near If their ex-
pectations are unrealized, only a
miracle can reunita the Germans.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-13
W E AT H E r

Fair Sunday and Monday; cooler
Monday; fresh southwest winds.
Full Report ON Page Is
New-York tribune., 1918-10-13
Germans Retreat
From Verdu7, to Sea
10 Dodge Foch Trap
BY Arthur S. Draper
Special Cable to The Tribme)


eoPricht. 1915 Now York Tribune Inc)
NoNDON, Oct. l2--Thc Germans are
-, - "e midst of gigantic retreat from
- Nv yea to Verdun; virtually the wholo
''s IS IN fluid state; only in a few
ss''ofS are the Germans Offering re-
sistanco.
:, rom southwest of Lille 10 Cambria
IT, 's enemy is retrcating rapidly, with
=, V'"e' IN close pursuit, drawing near to
OVaai' Lille must be evacuated soon.
y De'"een Cambrai and Lie Cateau Won
oo. vs"'n is Offering stiff resistance, be-
ss, A'r ne must protect the Vnlencien-
'"'''h'rson, with its branches running
,',o q =. Laon and Rsthel. Along tho river
e''e and the Disc Canal the British.
"0!l and Americans are finding stiff
,Oos''ion' because the enemy knows
-. any further advance in this direc,
lco.,,.N
New-York tribune., 1918-10-13
OFFERS TO GIVE UP
ON PRESIDENTS PEACE TERMS.
READY TO QUIT INVADED LAND,
Liberty Loan
Prospectus
.ATROClTY-XVl


DAGE after page of the Bryce
L Report must be turned over in
silence. The evidence is unavail-
able. 1t is too abominable. Yet, let
US not be too delicate. May we not
bear to read little of what the
Germans made the Belgians both
suffer and see? Between Malines
and Hofstade Belgian troops were
retreating over ground the Huns
had strafed. In a certain house
they saw--thc Belgians saw witt
dull horror-a thing you cannot
imagine. 1t was the body of e
woman, prone, half nude, and split
up the middle to her breast. Worse
sights were very common.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-13
Reply Insists Prince War Speaks
In Name of the German Po0nle
Genaany's Reply to Wilson

WfSHINGTON, Oct. 1The Of (1ermanys onvcr to Pre-
(sons inquiry about her peace proposal folo7cs:
In reply to the questions of the President of the Unite
States OF America the German hereby decares
The German Government has accepted the terms
laid down by President Wilson in his address of January
the eighth and his subsequent addresses the foun
datlon OF permanent peace of JUSTICE Consequently
its object in entering into discussions would be only
practical details of the application of these
terms. The German Government believes that the gov
ernmens OF the Powers associated with the Government
Of the United States also take the position taken by Pres
dent Wilson in his address,
he German Government, in accordance with the
Austroiungarian Governme1t for the purpose of bring
ing about armistice declares itself ready to comply
with the propositions Of the President regard to evacua
ton The German Government suggests that the Pres
ident may occasion the meeting of mixed commission
for making the necessary arrangements concerning the
evacuation.
| he present German Government which has under
taken the responsibility for this step towards peace has
been formed by conferences and in agreement with the
great majority of the Rechstag The Chancellor sup
ported in all of his actions by the will of this majority,
speaks in the of the German Government and of the
German people.
SOLF
State Secretary of Foreign Office.
Berlin, October the twelfth, Nineteen Hundred Eighteen.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-13

(Co'ss'nusd on page three)
New-York tribune., 1918-10-13
Lansing Refuses to Comment

linen would be for the Allied governments and the n;te
States to agree the stpulatons to be mnosed hf
granting armistice. ~
AZ lhe State Department Secretary Lansing authorized tbs
statement that there would be no comment unon tho 60
proposal until the official text arrived here and tho p;
dent had considered it. ~ ~
0eNeia oate Department officials rather questioned the
authenticity Of the note Tbev nonted t 49, o 'ne
spread TINS alleged text by wireless all over the world +
A' feacnng hs country through the French High Com
SION which received the report by wireless from, paris
i expressed suspicion that it might all be German
'cA 10 augment the peace talk through the Entent
WIN We" to lowering the will victory and the; -
'hey sad would be easy for the Germans 10 ns
ILLS text out and then by just few appare,tlv +r.,
New-York tribune., 1918-10-13
Europe Engulfed in Ru-
mors Emphasizing Serious
Plight of Germany
Prussian Military
System Crumbling
Kaiser to Abdicate in
Favor of His Grandson,
Says One Report
By Arthur S. Draper
Especial Cable to The Trtbune)

Copyright. 1918. New York Tribune Inc
LONDON, Oct. IA flood OF
1umors is rolling in from all neu.
tral nations regarding conditions
in Germany. Chief among the
many reports are:
First--That Germany will tell
President Wilson that she is pre-
pared to evacuatc all occupied
territory.
Second-Tfat the Kaiser is
ready to abdicate in favor of his
grandson.
Third-That Austria and Tur-
key intend to sue for a separate
peace if Gcrmany's efforts fail.
Fourth-That Turkey has al
ready dispatched peace proposals
to President Wilson.
Fiftb--That great strikes are
on in Vienna, Budapest and other
cities of AUSTRIA Hungary.
Sixtl-That Ludendorff has re-
signed
Germany is in the throcs Of a
bloodless revolution, but whether it
will result in the abdication of the
Kaiser and the downfall of the
Crown Prince, whose armies are al
most pocketed in the Laon salient,
and the subordination of the mili-
,ary to civil control in national af-
fairs, arc questions which will be
answered shortly.