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against the validity of such measure
If it shall have been approved by a
vote of the people.
Amendment of Petition
If the Secretary of State, County
Clerk or City Clerk, as the case may
be, shall decide any petition TO be in
sufficient, he shall without delay noti-
fy the sponsors of such peetitiOn and
permit at least thirty days from the
date of such notification, in the in
stance of a statewide petition or 10
days in the instance of a municipal
or county petition, for correction or
amendment. In the event of legal
proceedings to prevent giving legal
effect to any petition upon any
grounds, the burden of proof shall be
upon the person or persons attack
ing the validity of the petition.
Unwarranted Restrictions Prohibited
No law shall be passed to prohibit
any person or persons from giving or
receiving compensation for circulat-
ing petitions, nor to prohibit the cir
culation of petitions, nor in any man
ner interfering with the freedom of
the people in procuring petitions; but
laws shall be enacted prohibiting and
penalizing perjury, forgery, and all
other felonies or other fraudulent
practices, in the securing of sigma
lures or filling of petitions.
Publication
All measures submitted to a vote of
the people by petition under the pro-
visions of this section shall be pub
lished as is now, or hereafter may be
provided by law.
Enacting Clause
The style of all bills initiated and
submitted under the provisions of this
section shall be: "Be 1t Enacted by
the People of the State of Arkansas
municipality or county, as the case
may be-" In submitting measures
to the people, the Secretary of State
and all other officials shall be guided
by the general election laws, or mu-
nicipal laws, as the case may be, un-
til additional legislation is provided
therefor.
Self-Executing
This section shall be self-executing
and all its provisions shall be treated
as mandatory, but laws may be enact
ed to facilitate its operations. No leg
Islation shall be enacted to restrict, |
hamper or impair the exercise of the |
rights herein reserved to the people.
That this amendment to the Con-
stitution of the State be, and the same
shall be in Substitution of the Initia-
i've and Referendum Amendment, ap-
proved February 10, 1909, as the same
appears in the Acts of Arkansas for
1909, on pages 1889 and 1910 of the
'olume containing the same and that
he said amendment land the act of
he General Assembly to carry out the
same, approved June 30, 1911, so far
Is the same is in conflict herewith)
De, and the same are hereby repealed.
Filed in the office of the Secretary
If State on the 11th day of January.
921.
Each elector may vote for or against
he above amendment.
Witness my official signature this
9th day of June, 1922
Ira G. Hopper,
SEAL) Secretary Of State.
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Der of votes cast for the q ice OF
Governor in the last proceed 1 gen.
eral election shall be the bas4 upon
which the number of signatures of
legal voters upon statewide initiative
and referendum petitions shall be
computed.
Upon all Initiative or Referendum
petitions provided for in any of the
sections of this article, it shall be
necessary to file from at least fifteen
of the counties Of the State, petitions
bearing the signature of not less less
than one-half of the designated per-
centage of the electors of such coun-
ty.
Emergency
If it shall be necessary for the pres
ervation of the publicN gace health or
safety, that measure shall become
effective without delay, such necessity
shall be stated in one section, and if
upon a yea and nea vote tworthirds
of all the members elected 10 each
house, or two-thirds of all thesmem-
bers elected to city or town councils,
shall vote upon separate roll call in
fa1br of the measure going into i'm
mediate operation, such emergency,
measure shall become effective with
out delay. 1t shall be necessary, how
ever, to state the fact which consti-
tutes such emergency. Provided
however, that an emergency shall not
be declared on any franchise or spec
ial privilege, or act creating any vest
ed right or interest, or alternating any
property of the State. If Referend-
UNI is filed against any emergency
measure, such measure shall be law
until it is voted upon by the people,
and if it is then rejected by by ma
jority of electors voting thereon, it
shall be thereby repealed. The pro-
visions of this subsection shall apply
to city or town councils.
Local for Municipalities and Counties
The Initiative and Referendum pow
ers of the people are hereby further
reserved to the legal voters of each
municipality and county as to all local
special and municipal legislation of
every character in and for their re-
spective municipalities and counties,
but no local legislation shall be enact
ed contrary to the Constitution or any
general law of the State, and any gen.
eral law shall have the effect of re-
pealing any local legislation which Is
in conflict Herewith.
Municipalities may provide for the
exercise of the Initiative and Refer
endum as to their local legislation.
General laws shall be enacted pro-
viding for the exercise of the Inita-
| tive and Referendum as to counties.
Fifteen per cent of the legal voters of
any municipality or county may or
der the Referendum, or invoke the In
itiative upon any local measure. In
municipalities the number of sigma
lures required upon any petition shall
be computed upon the total vote cast
for the office of Mayor Of the last
preceding general election; in counties
upon the office of Circuit Clerk. In
municipalities and counties the time
for filing an Initiative petition shall
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EELsLElsELE-saEEIMA

Mr.. Joe Hardage of Arkadelphia,
candidate for reelection for railroad
commissioner Of the Third Dist, was
in Washington the first Of the week.
Little Miss Edna Jones is visiting
Mrs. Jennie Smith on Route I.
Mrs. Arthur Keel and little daugh-
ter, Sarah Eleanor, Mrs. Luther
Smith and Virginia Smith will leave
Saturday for Port Arthur, Texas.
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NlslslSIsNENsIsEsEss Observation-Disclosures
~ Local and Personal
D llIIEINNlsI.El lEIfIgIf1lsIE!E

Mr.. Robt, Levins went to Hope
Wednesday. ~ u
Mr.. Horace Booker is spending the
week in Hope.
Mrs. NJ. G. Monroe and son, Wallis,
went to Hope Wednesday.
Cecil Wimberly Of Nashville is
spending several days with relatives
here.
Miss Grace Levins is spending sew
eral days with her grandmother at
Hope.
Miss Jolly Amonette of Yancy is
spending the week with Miss Saiena
Turner.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. II. Weir spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene
Pinegar.
Mrs. l. H. Garner went to Hope
Tuesday to visit her sister, Mrs. W.
II. Briant.
Mr., and Mrs. Joe Ransom motored
over from Texarkana Sunday to spend
the day with Mrs. G. w. City.
Chas. Moxley, Misses Sallie Ellis, |
Louise Wolff and Mrs. Harold Velvin |
motored to Battlefield Tuesday.
Mr.. w. A. Lovelis has moved his
stock of merchandise from the rail-
road station to his home in town.
Mrs. Sarah Stewart returned from
Columbus Monday and is now visit
ing her daughter, Mrs. ]. E. Gold.
Miss Jewel Smith left Sunday morn
ing for Fayetteville, where she is at
tending Summer Normal for teach
ers.
Miss Sallie Ellis has returned
from Henderson-Brow College, att
Arkadelphia, for the summer vaca-
ton.
Messrs. l.. F. Monroe, l. L. Pilkin-
ton, Frank Wolff. M. w. Cruzen and
others were fishing in Boards Lake
Tuesday.
Mrs. L. f. Monroe and Mrs. C. w.
Garner left Thursday for Colorado
Springs, Colo, where they will spend
two months.
Jr., Mrs. Zeffie Hatfield, Mrs. ]. l..
Booker and son went to Hope on
business last Wednesday.
Mrs. M. III. Stuart and children I
have returned to their home in De- ,
Queen after a visit to Mrs. Stuart's
father, Mr.. M. W. Wilson
Mrs. Pruitt who has been visiting {
her sister, Mrs. l. II. Garner. left :
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declared by the State Board of Eleey
ton Commissioners Cor the Legal sub
stitute therefor); upon a Municipal
or county measure, by the County
Election Commissioners (or legal sub
stitutes therefor).
Conflicting Measures
If conflicting measures initiated or
referred to the people shall be ap-
proved by a majority of the votes sew
orally cast for and against the same
at the same election, the one receiN-
ing the highest number of affirmat 'e,
votes shall become law.
THE PETITION
Title
At the time os fling petitions the
exact title to be used on the ballot
shall by the petitioners be submitted
with the petition, and on state wide
measures shall be submitted to the
State Board of Election Commission
ers. who shall certify such title to
the Secretary of State, to be placed
upon the ballot; on county and n1u-
nicipal measures such title shall he
submitted to the County Election
Board, and shall by said board be
placed upon the ballot in such county
or municipal election.
Limitations
No limitations shall be placed upon
the number of constitutional amend
ments, laws or other measures whleh
NAV be proposed and submitted 70
the people by either Initiative or kei-
erendum petition as provided in this
section. No petition shall be held IN
valid if it shall contain greater
number of signatures than required
herein.
VerificatiOn
orIv legal votes shall be counted
on petitions. Petitions may be circu-
lated and presented in parts, but each
mart of any petition shall have az
tacbed thereto the affidavit OF TIC
nprson circulating the same that an an
r., lures thereon wer1 made IN inc
,,osonco ,s of the affiant, and that 10
tbe hest of the affiant's knowledge aha
hol;ef each signature is genuine, ana
tbat the person signing is a legal
voter. and no other afidavit or YER YER
fcation shall be required TO esUaplisi'
tbe genuineness of such signatures
viz Sufficicncy g.,
The suffciency of all state-wSldee
ootit;ons shall be decided in the hrst
Instance by the Secretary Of state state
subject to review by the supreme
Court of the State, which shall nave
original and exclusive jurisdiction
oI over all such causes. The sufheleacy @ 5uiacy
Of all local petitions shall be decided
in the first instance by the County
Clerk or the City Clerk, as the case
NAV be, subject to review by the
Chancery Court.
Court Decisions
If the suffciency 6f any petition
is challenged such cause shall be a
nreference cause and shall be tried at
once. but the failure of the courts to
decide prior to the election as to the
suffciency of any such petition shall
not prevent the question from being
placed upon the ballot at the election
named in such petition, nor initiate
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not be fixed at less than sixty DAYS
Eor more than ninety days before .hc
election, at which is to be voted upon;
for a Referendum petition at not less
than thirty days nor more than nine
ty days after the passage of such
measure by a municipal council; nor
less than ninety days when filed
against a local or special measure
passed by the General Assembly.
Every extension, enlargement, grant
or conveyance of a franchise or any
rights, property easement, lease, or
occupation of or in any road, street,
alley or any part thereof in real prop
erty or interest in real property, own
ed by municipalities, exceeding n
value three hundred dollars, whether
the same be by statute, ordinance,
resolution or otherwise, shall be sub
ject to Referendum, and shall not be
subject to emergency legislation.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Definition
The word measure" as used here
in, includes any bill, law, resolution,
ordinance, charter, constitutional a.
mendment or legislative proposal or
enactment of any character.
No Veto
The veto power of the Governor ar
Mayor shall not extend to measure
initiated by or referred to tn rpaoplc.
Amendment and Appeal
No measure approved by a vote of
the people shall b, amended or re. |
rcaled by the General Asseroblv or |
by any City Council, except up0n Il
yea and nay vote on roll call of two
thirds of all the members elected to |
each house of the General Assembly, |
or Of the City Council, as the case
may be.
Elections
All measures initiated by the peo,
pie, whether for State, county; city
or town, shall be submitted only at
the regular elections, either State,
or municipal, but Refer
endum petitions may be referred to
the people at special elections to be
called by the proper official, and such
spec ial elections shall be called wfcn
10 per cent Of the legal voters sl:all
petition for such special election, and
if the Referendum is invoked as to
any measure passed by city or town
council, such city or town council
may order a special election.
Majority
Any measure submitted TO the peo-
)le as herein provided shall take ef-
'cct and become law when approved
oy a majority Of the votes cast upon
such measure, and not otherwise, end
;kall not be required to receive a ma,
ority of the electors voting at such
elections. Such measure shall be op-
,rative on and after the thirtieth day
lfter the election at which it is ap-
proved, unless otherwise specified in
he act.
This section shall not be construed
o deprive any member of the General
assembly of the right to introduce
my measure, but no measure shall be
ubmitted to the people by the Gener-
! Assembly, except a proposed con-
titutional amendment or amendments
IS provided for in this constitution.
Canvass and Declaration of Resiilts
7 he result of the vote upor any =,
.tata measure shall he canvas sQd and
Washington telegraph., 1922-06-16

Swelling caused by insect bites can
be reduced by using Billiards. Snow
Liniment. 1t counteracts the poison
and relieves the irritation. Three
sizes, 30c, 60c and $1.20 per bottle.
Sold by Bates Drug Co.
Washington telegraph., 1922-06-16
PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PETI.
TION

Proposed Amendment No. 13. to the
| Constitution of the State of Arkan-
sas; reserying to the people the pow
er to propose legislative measures,
lasw, and amendments to the Con-
stitution Of the State of Arkansas,
and to enact or reject the same at
the polls, independent of the General
Assembly; and reserving the power
at their own option, to approve or re-
ject at the polls any entir eact or
any item Of an appropriation bill.
FOR AMENDMENT NO. 13.
AGAINST AMENDMENT NO. 13.
A Proposed Amendment to Che Con-
stitution of Arkansas.
That section l of Article of the
Constitution Of the State of Arkansas.
and Amendment No. 10 thereto, be
amended so as to read as follows:
Section /. The legislative power of
the people of this State shall be vested
in a General Assembly, which shall
consist of the Senate and House of
Representatives but the people re.
serve to themselves the power to pro-
pose legislative measures, laws and
amendments to the Constitution, and
to enact or reject the same at the
polls, Independent of the General AS
sembly; also reserve the power, at
their own option, to approve or reject
at the polls any entire act or any item
of an appropriation bill.
Initiative.
The first power reserved by the |
people is the Initiative. Eight per cent
Of the legal voters may propose any
law, and 10 per cent may propose
Constitutional Amendment by iniative
petition, and every such petition shall
include the full text of the measures
so proposed. Initiative petitions for
statewide measures shall be filed
with the Secretary of State not less
than four months before the election
at which they are to be voted upon;
provided that at least thirty days be-
fore the aforementioned filing, the
measure shall have been
published once, at the expense Of the
petitioners, in some paper of general
Referendum.
The second power reserved bv the
people is the Referendum and any
number not less than six per cent of
he legal voters may, by petition or
Ter the Referendum against any gen.
raj act, or any item of an appropra-
ltion bill, or measure passed by the
General Assembly, but the filing of
! Referendum petition against one or
more items, sections or parts of any
uch act or measure shall not delay
he remainder from becoming oper-
tive. Such petition shall be filed
With the Secretary of State not later
han ninety days after the final ad-
ournment of the session at which
uch act was passed, except when a
ecess or adjournment shall be taken
for longer period than
inety days, in which case such peti-
ion shall be filed not later than nine |
y days after such recess or Temporal ;
y adjournment. Any measuik refer
ed to the people by referen D. pc
ition shall renFn IN ,abeva "a nm
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Arkansas shall be construed so as not
to apply to school revenues; and this
Article shall be a substitute for Arti-
Gle fourteen (XIV) of the present
Constitution and Amendments eight
(8) and twelve (12) to said Consti-
tuition are hereby repealed.
Filed in the office of the Secretary
of State on the 11th day of January,
1921.
Each elector may vote for or against
the above amendment.
Witness my official signature this
26th day of June, 1922.
Ira c. Hopper,
(SEAL) Secretary of State.
Washington telegraph., 1922-06-16

tuesday with her little daughter, Mar
garet, for Oklahoma City, their home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Rowland and
son, Mrs. Blanch Cox and son, Mrs.
ODE Wilson and the cid 'black man.
N.Y. were recent guests at Mr.. M.
w. Wilson's home.
Mrs. C. r. Kolb and daughter, Miss
Fern, returned home Tuesday from
Port Arthur, Texas, where they Wis
tied the formers sons, Messrs, A. G.
E. r. and o. E. Kolb.
Messrs. A. +. and T. c. Smith have
received word that their sister, Mrs,
E. B. Jett, of Little Rock, has sue
cessfully undergone dangerous op-
Grafton at st. Vincent's Hospital. II
is further stated that she is in a
state of convalescence.
Little Opal Garner of Hope is Wis
iting Mrs. M. G. Monroe.
Mr.. C. C. Spragins, Hope insurance
man, is in the city today.
Mrs. Eunie Smith of Mineral
Springs is the guest Of Mrs. Laura
Smith.
Washington telegraph., 1922-06-16

For every purpost for which lin
iment is usually applied the modern
remedy, Liquid Borozone, will do the
work more quickly, more thoroughly
and more pleasantly. Price,30, 6Oc
and S1.2O. Sold by Bates Drug Go.
Washington telegraph., 1922-06-16

Hot weather is hard on teething ba-
bies. They suffer the combined mis-
cry of heat, pain and stomach disor-
der. McGee's Baby Elixir helps the
little sufferer through the trying peri
cd by correcting the stomach and
bowels. Price, 95e and 6Oc. Sold by
Bates Drug Co.
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lHashinstnn ItIrsraPh
Published Weekly at w ashington.
Washington, Ark.
J. r. GOLD, Editor and Publisher,
Subscription, $3.50 per year, in
advance
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COMMISSIONERS SALE

Notice is hereby given, that in pur-
suance of the authority and directions
contained in the decretal order of the
Chancery Court of Hampstead Coun-
ty, made and entered on the 7th day
of March, 1922, in a certain cause
(No. $500 then pending between J.
(No $500 then pending therein between
J. II. Walton, complainant, and C. II.
Jones and Ella Jones, defendants, the
undersigned, as Commissioner of said
Court, will offer for sale at public
vendue to the highest bidder, at the
front door or entrance of the County
Courthouse, in which said Court is
held, in the County of Hampstead,
within the hours prescribed by law
for judicial sales, on
Tuesday, the 9th day of June, 1922,
the following described real estate,
to-wit:
The Northeast quarter of the
Northwest quarter of Section 10, Twp.
ID South, Range % West, in Hemp
stead County, Ark
TERMS OF SALE: On a credit of
from date of sale until paid, and
lien being retained on the premises
sold to secure the payment of the
purchase money.
Given under my hand this 7th day
of June, 1922. -
l.. F. HIGGASON,
23t2. Com T in Chancery'
three months, the purchaser being re,
ouired to execute bond as required
bv law and the order and decree oil
said Court in said cause, with ap.-
proved security, bearing interest at
the rate of ten per cent per annum
The Southern herald., 1922-10-06
HOW MANY SEEDS IN P0UND7
United States Department Of AgrlcuI.
ture Makes Count Of Number In
Various Kinds Of Grasses.

Counts to determine the relation
between the number Of grass seeds to
the pound and the number Of pounds
required per acre to assure a good
stand Of grass, have been made by the
United States Department of Agricul.
ture In general the hne-seeiei
grasses require fewer pounds Of seed
to the acre than do the coarse-seeded
varieties
The work Of the department shows
that timothy ON the average has 1900.
600 seeds in pound. Kentucky blue
grass has 100000 and Redtop 4OOO,-
coo, while Sudan grass has only So.
600. Orchard grass has 100000; Can
ada blue grass, 100000; tall meadow
grass, 10000; meadow fescue, 24O,-
900; foxtall mlllet, 100000; sleeps
fescue, $4,000; red fescue, 100000
seeds; Italian rye grass, 2SO,0OO; !;
perennial rye grass, 100000; and Ber-
muda grass, 100000.
AlhvLiS uouully 10 bteueu III IHe
rate of 10 pounds to the acre; Ken
lucky blue glass, IA to 1S pounds :;
Redtop, 10 pounds; and Bermuda
grass, 8 pounds. Orchard grass Is
usually sown at the rate of % pounds
to the acre; Canada blue grass, Is
pounds; and tall meadow oat grass,
40 pounds. Meadow fescue requires
% pounds to the acre; foxtail millet,
Il to % pounds; sleeps fescue, %
pounds; and red fescue, 20 pounds.
Italian rye grass is sown at the rate
of 30 to 40 pounds per acre; percn.
NAL rye grass, 80 pounds; and Sudan
grass, u to % pOund' per acre.
There are scme 5000 distinct spe.
cieS Of cultivated and wild grasses In
the world hut only about 20 of these
are of importance in the Unlted
States.
The Southern herald., 1922-10-06
CHAPTER XII
The uItimatum.

Upon the following morning Gra-
mon called both Jachin Fell and Luclc
LeGanris over the telephone. I'n ac.
plainted them briefly with the result
of his oil investigation. aid arranged
u meeting for ten O'Clock, at Fells Of
iicc.
II WIS slightly before ten when Gra.
mont called with the car for Lucle
ulGer the s,eil nf ntr smiling eager
mess. TIE harshness vanished from hi,
face; II returned again n moment ID
ter for he saw that she. too, wa
changed. There was above tLrm beth
II cload. That Of G?umnnt was secret
and hr0odlng IS for lucie, she was
m mOurnlng. The murder Of Joseph
Mulllard. the arrest nnG unlouhted
guilt nf Fob Mallard, dwarfrd all else
In her mind. Even the news of the oil
Seepage. and the fact that she was
probably now on the rnad to wealth,
appeared to make little impression
upon her.
"ihGuk rcnrcn," she said, earnestly
~ Hey drove toward Canal street
flat SO far as you are concerned
Henry the Midnlgl, Masluer arfah
was all cleared ~ 1t fore this TRAGEDY
took place! II was fearfully lmpru
dent of you--"
"Yes," answered Gnmlnt, soberly
reading her thought. 81 can realize my
The Southern herald., 1922-10-06
The Mardi Cras Mystery

No danger Of his getting lynched,
hopper"
Not a chance" said the other con
clusively. "Six deputies up there
now, and quite bunch of ex-solders
comm to stand guard. You goin' tc
fight the caseT
mo said Gramont. Cant fight
sure thing, can your I'm sorry for
him, though"
Chacherre shrugged his shoulders
and got into the car.
GramOnt was much relieved to find
that there was no danger of lynching.
which had been his one fear. 1t was
with much persuasion that he got past
the guard and into the courthouse
where he was received by number
of deputies in charge Of the situation.
After comforting with them at some
length, he was grudglngly taken to the
cell occupied by Hammond The lat
ter received him with a wide grin, and
gave no signs Of the gruellng ordeal
through which he had passed.
Listen, old man." said Gramont,
earnestly. "Wlll you play out the
game hard to the end1 I'll have to
leave you here for two days. At the
end of that time you'll be free"
The listening deputies shifted, but
Hammond merely grinned again and
put hand through the bars.
Whatever you say, cap'n," he re-
Joined. ut sure looks bad"
Don't you think it," said Gramont,
cheerully. "a lot of things have
happened since I saw you last I've
got the real murderer right where l
want hlm-but can't have him ar
rested yet"
ITS a gang" said Hammond. "YOu
watch out, cap'n, heard 'em say
somethin' about Memphis Izzy-re-