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tIce, and said note or contract shall contain a clause providing thereror
 See. 2. Such loans shall be repaid with interest accruing in annual fn- sediments on the amortization plan. such inHtallrnents being fixed at such sums aA wifi cover the interest rate and will nquidate the debt in period to be agreed on between said board and the applicant, said period to be not less than five nor more than thirty six years: but any debtor may liquA- date any part or all of his indebtedness in amounts of $50.00 or multiples thero- of upon any amortization paymsHS date.
 Sec. 8. The rate of interest on loans shall be i've 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- quire each applicant to pay an initial charge of per cent of the loan grant ed. the minimum charge to be $10.00 to cover the cost of appraisal and ex- animation of title.
 Sec. g. All surplus funds accruing from the operation of the system of rural credits herein provided for, after paying interest accru1ng on the afcre- said bonds, and all operating and other expenses arising from the edministra- tion of said system of rural credits. shall be placed In the State Treasury and become part of fund to De known as the Arkansas Rural Credit
 
 Credits Reserve Fund shall be loaned on farm lands in the manner herein provided for the Arkansas Rural Credit Loan Fund and the interest ac- kansas Rural Credits Reserve Fund shall be added to it and become part of 1t. The said Arkansas Rural Credits Reserve Fund shall be irreducible, ex- cept that 1t may be drawn upon to re- imburse the State for loss incurred in a Hr3f 0i let rural credits.
 Sec 10 The Legislative Assembly shall provide In such detail as it shall deem advisable for the carrying out and administering of the provisions of this amendment. and shall provide ad equate safeguards against the of such loans as an aid to the purchas- ing and holding of lands for the pur- shall include clear definitions of the terms "opsrate" and occupy" used herein. In the absence of such legis- lation, and subject to the same after 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. Il. The provisions of the Con- stitution of Arkansas in conflict with this amendment are hereby repealed, in so far only as they conflict herewith.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 shall be self executing, and shall taks 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.
 tSeall TOM J. TERRAL.
 Secretary of State.
The Home news., 1918-09-20

Miss Minnie Morris left Mon day to enter Galloway college, at Searcy.
 Miss Grace Burkett left to- day, Friday, for Searcy, where she will attend Galloway col lege.
 Miss Ora Lee Baldridge, of Little Rock, arrived Sunday and is the guest of Misses Elizabeth Holland and Cath leen Lewis.
 Mir. and Mrs. w. E. Jelks, and son, Rukin, arrived home today, Friday, after having spent the summer in New Mex ico, Texas and Arizona.
 Lieut.. Dick Micheal, wife and little son, Remmel, drove from Camp Pike Wednesday, to be the guests of Mrs. Micheal's parents, MT. and Mrs. Rob Wright, and other relatives.
 Messrs J. Edward Sullivan, IT,, and Walter, ''Red" Jeffrles left Wednesday for Tulane University, New Orleans, La., where they will take a course in Radio work for Uncle Sam.
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PROPOSED LEGISLATIVE AMEND
 MENTs
Proposed ConstitutioMaI Amendment
 No. 1Hs

Providing credit of State may be loaned and indebtedness incurred to an amount not exceeding two per cent or he assessed valuation of property Tn State for the purpose of providing funds to be loaned upon the security If farm lands within the State or mak- ing farm loans; providing Governor Secretary Of State and State Land Com. missioner shall constitute State Lana Board having authority to sell bonds In name of State, place money In state Treasury and loan money to. bona fde purchasers of farm lands in Arkansas and prescribing manner in which such loans shall be made and repaid; dele gating to the Legislature the authority to provide for carrying out, administer. inc and safeguarding the provisions of this amendm ent; providing all provis-. ions of the Constitution of Arkansas in conflict with this amendment are repealed.
The Home news., 1918-09-20
ELECTION COMMIS-
 SHOWERS APPOINTED

At meeting of the State Board of Election Commis- sioners, composed Of Governor c. H. Brough, Tom J. Terral, secretary of state, and John D. Arbuckle, attorney gen eral, held the first of the week the following election com missioners were appointed:
 Woodruff county: D. H. Echols, Cotton Plant; H. o. Penrose, Hunter, and B. E. Blackmon, Augusta.
 Cross county: w. M. Smith, Birdeye: R. L. Block, Wynne, and c. B. Davis.
 Jackson county: J. E. Will Hams, s. R. Phillips and J. N. Hout.
 White county: M. P. Jones. J. L Figg and Chas. A. Kelly.
 Monroe county: w IL. Jef- fries, John B. Moore and Wm. B. Folsom.
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Proposed Constitutional Amendment
 No. IA.

Proposed Constitutional Amendment
 No. IA.
 Be 1t Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Arkansas, the Majority of Both Houses Agreeing Thereto:
 That the following Is hereby pro posed as an amendment to the Con stitution of the State of Arkansas, and the same being submitted to the cleo tors of the State for apr oval or re- lection at the next general election for Senator's and Representatives, if majority of the electors voting at such election adopt such amendment the same shall become part of the Con stitution of the State of Arkansas. to- wit:
 That Sections and of Article of the Constitution of the State Of Ar kansas be amended to read as follows:
 The Supreme Court shall be compos- ed of seven Judges. one of whom shall De styled Chief Justice and elected as such. In the consideration and decis- ion of cases. all Judges may sit or ths Court may be divided into two div4S- 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 Chef Jus t1ce shall preside. and the concurreaes of four shall be necessary to decfs- ion. The Chief Justice shall allot the cases to the divisions and he may sT' der any case to be decided or recon ridered by the court in banc Tho Chief Justice may sit in either divisioh' and shall preside when so sitting. The Judges of each division shall elect presiding Judge for that division, whS shall preside when the Chief Justice 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 herefn. one of whom shall hold office until ms successor is elected at the general cleo. tion for State officers fn 1922, arc qualifies, and one of whom shall hoic office until his successor Is elected aI the general election for State officers in 1924 and quaNfies
 Approved by the Governor. and nles In the office of the Secretary of Stae~ January IT. 1si7
 Each eiector may vote for or aga1nsS the above amendment
 Witness my official signature mA" thes24th day e< April. 1918.
 TSeaI1 TOM J. TERRAA
 Secretary of Stes~
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Amending Sections and 2 of Arti- cle Of the Constitution of the State of Arkansas; providing that the Stu preme Court of the State shall be composed of seven Judges. one Chief Justice and six Associate Justices pro- viding the Judges may sit in two di- visions, and otherwise providing the manner in which the court shall siS and shall render its decisions.
 Providing for the selection and elec- tion of the two additional Judges.
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FOR AMENDMENT NO. fl. AGAINST AMENDMENT NO. IA.
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PROPOSED LEGISLATIVE AA1END-'
 A.4 4. Proposed Constitutional Amendment
 No. fl.
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July, A. d. 1918, have beer allow
ed for creditors to present their
claims against said deceased to said
court for examination and adjustment,
and that all creditors Of said deceased
are required to present their claims
to said court at the Probate Office in
the village of Paw Paw in said coun-
ty, on or before the 25th day of No
vember A. d. 1918, and that said
claims will be heard by said court on
Monday the 25th, day of November
A. d. 1918 at ten o'clock in the fore
noon.
Dated, July 22nd, A. d. 1913
VIM. Killefer
26t3 Judge of Probate.
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CHANCERY SALE

In pursuance and by virtue of a
certain decree of the Circuit Court
for the county of Van Buren,, State
of Michigan, in Chancery, made and
dated on the 25th, day of January,
A. ID. 1918, in a certain cause there
in pending, wherein Dewitt Dillen-
beck, Albert Dillenbeck, Charles F.
Dillenbeck, George Dillenbeck, Ches-
ter Dillenbeck, Hattie Christie and
Florence Nicholas are plaintiffs, and
Charles Fiske and Helen A. Fiske are
defendants:
Notice is hereby given that, for
the purpose of making distribution
of the proceeds of sale according the
terms and conditions Of said decree,
/ shall sell at public auction, to the
highest bidder, at the north front
door of the Court House, in the will
age of Paw Paw, in said county of
Van Buren,, (said Court House being
the place of holding the Circuit Court
in and for said County, on Saturday
the 18th, day of September, A. d.
|1918, at ten o'clock in the forenoon,
all of the following described pre-
misses, to-wit:
The Northeast quarter of the
Southeast quarter of Section five,
Town three south, range fifteen west.
Van Buren, County, Michigan and the
Northeast fraction of the Northeast
quarter, being north of river, of Sec
ton eight, town three South, range
fifteen west, said county and state.
Dated at Paw Paw, Michigan, the
goth, day of July, A. d. 1918.
Oran w. Rowland
| Circuit Court Commissioner
! Van Buren, County, Michigan
Thomas j. Cavanaugh
Attorney for Plaintiffs.
Business Address, Paw Paw, Mich
27t
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
The Probate Court for the County of
Van Buren,.

At a session of said court, held at
the Probate Office in the Village of
Paw Paw, in said County, on the 18th
day of July, A. ID. 1913.
Present, Hon. VIM. Killefer, Judge
of Probate.
In the matter of the estate of Helen
II. Sheldon, deceased.
Mary G. Hevener, sister of said de-
ceased, having filed in said court her
petition praying that a certain instru-
ment in writing, purporting to be the
last will and testament of said de-
ceased, now on file in said court be
admitted to probate, and that the ad-
ministration of said estate be granted
to said petitioner, the executrix named
in said WILL or to some other suitable
person
It is ordered, that the 18th day of
August, A. d. 1918, at 10 O'Clock in
the forenoon, at said probate office,
be and is hereby appointed for hear
ing said petition;
! 1t is further ordered, that public
notice thereof be given by publication
of copy of this order, for three sue
cessive weeks previous to said day of
hearing, in The True Northerner, a
newspaper printed and circulated in
said county.
VIM. Kilefer
A true copy
Margaret NJ. Southworth,
25t3 Register of Probate
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Default having been made in the
conditions of a certain mortgage
made by Henry H. Leibundguth to
Fred c. Remington and Elizabeth I.
Remington, his wife, dated Septem-
Der 9th, 1916, and recorded in the
Office of the Register of Deeds OF
Van Buren, County, Michigan, Sep
TENDER 9th, 1916, in Liber "101" OF
Mortgages, page 523, on which mort
gage there is claimed to be due at
the date of this notice for principal
and interest, the sum of four
thousand one hundred thirteen and
33-10O dollars (S4,113.33) and an at
torney fee of thirty-five dollars
($35.00), as provided for in said
mortgage, and no suit or proceeding
at law having been instituted to re-
cover the monies secured by said
mortgage or any part thereof;
Notice is hereby given that by vir-
tue of the power of sale contained in
said mortgage and the statute in
such case made and provided, on
Saturday, the 18th, day of August,
A. ID. 1918, at ten o'clock in the fore
noon, the undersigned will at the
front door of the Court House in the
Village of Paw Paw-that being the
place where the Circuit Court for the
County of Van Buren, is held-sell at
public auction to the highest bidder,
the premises described in said mort
gage, or so much thereof as may be
necessary to pay the amount so as
aforesaid due on said mortgage with
interest and all legal costs together
with said attorney fees, to-wit:
The north half (N1s) of the north
half (Nh) of the southeast quarter
(SEA) of Section Twenty-four (24)
Town three (3) south, Range thirteen
(13) west.
Fred C. Remington
Elizabeth T. Remington
Dated, May goth, 1918
Glenn f. Warner
Attorney for mortgages.
Business Address,
Paw Paw, Michigan
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REGISTRATION NOTICE
NOTE IMPORTANT CHANGE IN
REGISTRATION LAWS
To The Qualified Electors of the
Township of Paw Paw
COUNTY OF VAN buren,
STATE OF MICHIGAN

Notice is hereby given that in con-
formity with Act 126, Public Acts of
1917, |, the undersigned Township
Clerk, will, upon any day except Sun
day and legal holiday, or the day Of
any regular or special election or
official primary election, receive for
registration the name of any legal
voter in said township not already
registered, who may apply to me per-
sonally for such registration, except
that | can receive no names for regis
traton during the time intervening
between the second Saturday before
any general or special election or
official primary election and the day
Of such election.
AUGUST IL, 191S-LAST DAY FOR
GENERAL REGISTRATION FOR
PRIMARY AUGUST ~.
All electors not already registered
and intending to vote at said Election
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CHANGE IN ABSENT
VOTERS LAW
Who Are Entitled to Vote by Mail
Excerpts from Chapter XII, Act
No. 203, Public Acts of 1919

The term absent voter shall be
taken to mean any qualified elector,
who is absent or who expects to be
absent from the township or ward ir
which he resides, on the day OF any
election or official primary election,
and who is
% A person in the actual service
of the United States, or of this State
or
(2) A student while in attendance
at any institution of learning, or
(3) A regularly enrolled member
of any citizens military or naval
training camp, held under the govern
ment of the United States or the
State Of Michigan, or
(D A member of the Legislature
while in attendance at any session of
the Legislature, or
(5) A commercial traveller, or
(6) A person employed upon or
in the operation of railway trains in
this state, or
(O A sailor engaged or employed
on the great lakes or in coastwise
trade.
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The term commercial traveller
shall be taken to mean person en-
gagged in soliciting the sale of goods,
by the exhibition of samples, or by
catalogue or other device, for the
purpose of effecting such sales and
taking orders for goods to be SUBJ
sequently shipped by his employer.
HOW VOTER SHOULD PROCEED
Any voter coming within the pro-
visions given above, expecting to be
absent from his Township on the 81,
day of August, 1918, and desiring to
vote by mail at said election, must
make application either i'm person or
by mail to the undersigned Township
Clerk for a blank form to be filled
an application in proper form, for
ballots to be voted at said Election.
If tnis request be made by nail, it
may be made in the following form:
To the Clerk of the Township Of
Please mail to my address given
below, a suitable blank form for use
in making application for ballots to
be voted by myself in the township
Of (Precinct No. ---------)
County State of
Michigan, August 9th, 1913, under
the provisions of Chapter XII, Act
No. 203, Public Acts of 1917.
My name Address -------
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
The Probate Court for the County OF
Van Buren,

The Probate Court for the County of
Van Buren,
At session of said court, held at
the Probate Office in the Village of
Paw Paw, in said County, on the
18th, day of July A. d. 1913.
Present, Hon. VIM. Killefer, Judge
of Probate.
In the matter of the estate of
Eliza A. Bilbo, Mentally Incompetent.
John w. Bilbo having filed in said
court his petition alleging that said
Eliza A. Bilbo is a mentally incom-
petent person, and praying that said
petitioner or some other suitable per-
son be appointed as guardian of her
person and estate.
1t is ordered that the 10Th, day of
August A. d. 1918 at ten o'clock in
the forenoon, at said probate office be
and is hereby appointed for hearing
said petition;
1t is further ordered that notice
thereof be given by personal service
of a copy of this order upon said
Eliza A. Bilbo and upon such of her
nearest relatives and presumptive
heirs-at-law as reside within said
county, at least fourteen days pre-
vious to said day Of hearing.
And it is further ordered that
notice thereof be given to all others
of her nearest relatives and presump-
tive heirs at-law by a publication of
a copy of this order, for three sue
cessive weeks previous to said day
of hearing, in The True Northerner
a newspaper printed and circulated
in said county.
VIM. Killefer
Judge of Probate
A true copy
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HOW VOTER SHOULD
PREPARE BALLOT

: Upon receipt of such ballot or
ballots, the absent voter shall mark
it or them in accordance with the
printed instructions and shall fold
and enclose it or them in the envelope
provided therefor, and after sealing
the envelope he shall fill out, sign
and swear to the affidavit printed on
the back thereof before a notary pub
lie, or other person authorized to adj
minister oaths. The absent voter
shall then place on the envelope the
necessary postage and deposit it in
the postoffice or in some gov eminent
receptacle provided for the deposit
of mail matter. This must be done
sufficiently early so that the ballot
will reach the Clerk in time to be
delivered by him to the Board of
Election Inspectors before the close
of the polls on election day.
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AUGUST 8. AND AUGUST 10, 1918
REGISTRATION OF
ABSENTEE BY OATH

If any person whose name is not
registered shall offer and claim the
right to vote at any election, and
shall, under oath, state that he is a
resident of such precinct, and has re-
sided in the township twenty days
next preceding such election, desig-
mating particularly the place of his
residence, and that he possesses the
other qualifications of an elector
under the constitution; and that,
owing to the sickness or bodily in
trinity of himself, or of some men,
Der of his family or owing to his
absence from the township on public
business or his own business, and
without intent to avoid or delay his
registration, he was unable to make
application for registration on the
last day provided by law for the
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WHEN TO MAKE APPLICATION
TO CLERK FOR BALLOTS

Application for ballots on the form
provided by the Township Clerk can
be made at any time within thirty
days prior to the day of election,
provided it reaches said Clerk not
later than the Second Day preceding
the election.
Upon receipt of the blank form, the
voter must fill it out fully and COM
pletely and mail same to the town.
ship Clerk at the address given be-
low, or deliver in person to said clerk
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registering of electors preceding SUCH
ELECTION, then the name of such per-
son shall be registered. and he shall
then be permitted to vote at such
election. If such applicant shall, i'm
said matter, wilfully make any false
statement, he shall be deemed guilty
of perjury, and, upon conviction, be
subject to the pains and penalties
thereof.
PROVISION IN CASE OF RE-
MOVAL TO ANOTHER PRECINCT
Any registered and qualified voter
who has removed from one election
precinct of a township TO another
election precinct of the same town
ship shall have the right o. any
day previous TO election day,
on application to the Township Clerk
to have his name transferred from
the registration book to the precinct
from which he has removed to the
registration book of the precinct in
which he then resides. Such elector
shall have the right to have such
transfer made on election day by
obtaining from the Board of Inspect
ors of election of the precinct from
which he has removed a certificate of
transfer and presenting the said
certificate to the, Board of Election
Inspectors of the precinct in which
he then resides.
WOMEN ELECTORS-Th names of
all qualified Women Electors not al
ready appearing on the registration
list will be registered, provided per-
sonal application is made in conform
ity with the foregoing provisions.
Dated, July 25th, 1918.
F. V. Hodges, Township Clerk
NOTE-The provisions of Sec. of
the general primary law are no long
er in effect, having been superseded
by said Act 126, Public Acts of 1917
above referred to.
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TOWNSHIP CLERK TO MAIL INIT
IALED BALLOTS TO APPLICANT

AS soon as the ballots are printed
the Clerk will mail Immediately to
said applicant, the ballot or ballots
to be voted by said applicant at said
election, or deliver the same in per-
son, provided the applicant is duly
registered.
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STATE OF MICHIGAN

The Probate Court for the County of
Van Buren,
In the matter of the estate Of
Lizzie Deal, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that four
months from the 22nd, day of