The Star Progress from Berryville, Arkansas • 1

Vis y. THIS PAPER HAS THE LARGEST CIRCULATION OF ANY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN CARROLL COUNTY STAB-PROGRESS VOL. 59. NO. 15.

BERRYVHXE, CARROLL COUNTY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1933. THE COUNTY-SEAT NEWSPAFET" 6OVERU0R FUTRELL State's New Head 1 SEI AS ABOUT' THIS TIME CUDS AUTO TAGDEADLINE CONVENE JI 24 Ok First Official Act of New Governor Tuesday is to Extend Auto License Time Nine Out of 33 Cases on Docket For this Term of Court am Foreclosure Suits. New Governor of Arkansas Demands 50 Cut in Expenses in Inaugural Address Tuesday. if at a i Following is a list of cases scheduled to come up for hearing at the regular January term at Chancery court, which convenes-here, Tuesday, January 24: Little Rock, Jan. 10.

As his first official act becoming chief executive Tuesday, Governor Futrell extended the time for payment of automobile license taxes until Feb. 1 because of the possible reduction of fees by the legislature. The time for payment of the automobile license tax would have expired Tuesday night had the governor not granted an extension. Stats highway department officials said that because of the proposal of the new governor and others that the fees be reduced, less than 1,000 automobile owners had paid their tax thus a.v, as compared with more than 30,000 at this time last year. In' his proclamation extending the time Governor Futrell said that "much uncertainty has existed among the people as to the schedule cf fees that may be fixed by the general assembly for 1933 automobile license," and he was granting additional time to give the legislature time to act.

"The people have generally delayed payment of licenses until the general assembly has acted," said the proclamation. Two bills proposing reductions of fees were introduced in the aen-ete Tuesday. KQJ?" JSv BETTER TOMATO PACK 16 divorces, mm. BIG CROWD HEARS ADDRESS Abolition of State Board of Education and Plan to keep Taxes from Land Urged. Little Rock.

Jan. 10. Laying down the broad principle that the best governed people are the leaet governed, Governor J. M. Futrell of Paragould took the oath of of fice Tuesday before a joint legis lative assembly and received an ovation when he declared the state must be put on a cash basis by July 1.

Supplementing freely his prepared address, the 60-year-old chief executive said he would add to his message later with a plan that would place the state government tn a cash basis, and if necessary 'with a proposal to keep the taxes from going back upon the lands of road districts if the refunding measure failed. Governor Futrell demanded a 50 per cent cut in appropriations as measured by those of two years ago, advocated abolition of the state board of education, and proposed two constitutional amendments which he asked the legislature to submit. The inaugural ceremonies were witnessed by perhaps the greatest crowd ever to assemble in the house chamber. Preceded by the retiring governor, Harvey Parnell, and his wife, Mrs. Futrell and members of their families.

Governor Futrell entered with the joint escort committee and without delay was administered the oath of office by acting Chief Justice F. G. Smith. An invocation was pro- nounced by Rev. D.

H. Colquitt. I Previously, Justice Smith had' sworn in the constitutional offic- ess: Attorney General Hal L. Nor-I 'wood; Secretary of State Ed F. McDonald; State Treasurer Roy I V.

Leonard, and State Auditor J. Oscar Humphrey. i Parnell Presented with Scroll I At the morning joint session, Governor Parnell delivered his farewell address, warning the leg-j islature against hasty action oni many important problems. One of them, he said, was the road dis- trict problem, and he admonished them not to lower highway fund revenues lest the taxes go tack upon the lands. The retiring governor was- presented with a sheepskin scroll, containing a message of appreciation from the constitutional officers and heads of 25 departments and institutions who served under him for nearly five years.

Introducing the incoming governor Lieut. Gov. Lee Cazort characterized him as "the man chosen by 'Providence to lead us out of this crisis." Before launching into his ad-drees, Governor Futrell paid a tribute to his predecessor, and referring to his farewell address of the morning, said "he talked like a statesman." Governor Futrell's message was -jaden with advice and demands for economy In every phase of gov-ernmental activity. did not recommend by name abolition of any department, but presented a formula by which he said the legislature could determine "the worthwhile functions of government." He asked that all activities be trimmed to meet that definition of needed governmental nt liM-nmrnendiitinns in Governor Futrell's Address That appropriations for all de partments and institutions for the next biennium be held within a con servative estimate of the expected revenue. That appropriations from the general revenue fund be allotted so as to put the fund on a cash basis by July 1 and to absorb the existing deficit of approximately 51,000,000 during the next 2 years.

That overlapping and duplicating bureaus found to be unnecessary be abolished. That license fees for passenger automobiles be reduced 50 and that an additional 50 reduction be made on cars over three years old. That the present State Highway Commission be abolished and a temporary commission be created pending reorganization of the department primary as a malnten- 'ance rather than a construction organization. That the state Board of Educa- Florence Newman vs. Herbert Newman.

Complaint in equity. Water Improvement District va. C. Clark et al. Com.

in equity, Lum Anderson vs. S. S. Epley guardian al. Com.

in equity. J. J. Youngblood vs. Kate Ram-ey.

Partition. Wiley J. Jones vs. Dorothy May Jones Com. in equity.

James Ruark vs. C. S. Kirkpat-rick et al. Com.

in equity. J. H. Watson and Mrs. J.

HI Watson vs. Frank J. Brown an4 Hilda Brown. Com. in equity.

W. F. Fitzjarrald vs. Ola May Fitzjarrald. Com.

in equity. Continental Securities and Holding company vs. W. A. Goodwin et al.

Com. in equity. Gertrude Burris vs. J. D.

Armstrong. Com. in equity. Rowland Boyd et al vs. A.

A-Davidson. Com. in equity. Federal Land Bank, St. Louisv vs.

Susie Watson. Com. in equity. Federal Land Bank, St. Loniar vs.

Jerome Banta et al. Com. im equity. H. F.

Donaldson vs. W. Ml Jones. Com. in equity.

First National Eank of Greenr Forest vs. Iva O'Neal et al. Cant, in equity. First National Bank of Berryville vs. C.

L. and Emma A. Whit-ted. Belle Maxwell vs. Emery Law- rence et al.

Foreclosure. First National Bank of Berrv- tille vs. Mamie Anderson et aL Foreclosure. E. C.

Doolinsr vs. C. M. Bnell nrv Lulu Bueil. Com.

in equity. Lois Stubbs vs. Ola -Patterson. Foreclosure. M.

H. Newman vs. Jack Oliver; Foreclosure. First National Bank of Eerryville, vs. Nathan A.

Pierce et aL Foreclosure. Water Improvement District No. 1. vs. Roy Edens et al.

Peoples State Bank vs. Chas. R. Marshall and Bruce E. Complaint in equity.

Federal Land Bank St. Louis tsl Eugene James Layne and Wilma L. Layne. Foreclosure. First National Bank, Green Forrest vs.

Hattie Hayes and Piedmont Label Co. Foreclosure. Federal Land Bank St. Louisa vs. E.

O. Parker et al. Foreclosure. John H. Gurley vs.

J. S. Browir et al. Foreclosure. First National Bank For est vs.

A. H. Gable. Com. inr equity.

First National Bank, Green For-est vs. W. A. Nance et al. Con, in equity.

O. J. Blasingame vs. John M. Fatton and Ida Patton.

Com. in. eouity. Rebecca S. Marshall vs.

Chas. K. Marshall. Divorce. L.

C. Gibson vs. Leban AllrecL. et al. Com.

in equity. L. C. Gibson vs. Lee and Bell Fancher.

Com. in equity. Walter E. Taylor vs. J.

B. Ivi and Flora Ivie. Com. in equity. ing many calls at night and oa.

Sundays. Most of the out of tha county couples securing license tha past year were from Missouri. WEST POLO ITEMS Some are taking a rest fron wood-cutting and are plowing dur- ir.g this fine weather bevoral light cases of flu ara reported in our community tha last few days. Mr. and Mrs.

G. W. Bolin and Josephine Boatright visited Sua-j day at the W. P. Mattocks home.

Bobby Gene, little son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Smith who has been quite ill the past week, is re-I ported very much improved. E. C.

Parsley assisted his son-in-law, Cecil Smith, who has residing on Indian Creek for tha past few years, in moving to th farm recently vacated by Lewis Williams. Several pupils are absent from school this week on account of flu. Mr. and Mrs. A.

C. Ross I with Mr. and Mrs. Garlnnd Sunday. T.

M. Bunch who has been i for sereral days la able to some now. A' 1 ft. J. M.

FUTRELL Judge J. M. Futrell of Paragould was sworn into office as governor of Arkansas, Tuesday afternoon at a joint session of the state legislature in the house chamber at Little Rock, and immediately afterwards delivered his inaugural address. tion be abolished and that full pow er and responsibility for administration of the common school system be vested in the state commissioner of education. That chain banking be prohibited, that branch banking be sare-guarded by special supervision and that existing banking laws be properly enforced.

That provision be made to refund drainage district bonds for the mutual benefit of the landowner and That property tax laws be amen ded to reduce the penalty for nonpayment of taxes, to simplify the procedure in tax sales so the owner will know when he will lose his property, and to make final the state's title to tax-forfeited pro-ptrty. That a run-off primary law be provided to guard against nomination of candidates by less than a majority vote. That the state penitentiary be made self-supporting and that convicts be used in highway maintenance work during farming seasons. That the new state Hospital for Nervous Diseases near Benton be completed at the earliest possible date. That Confederate pension payments be resumed as soon as funds for that purpose can be provided.

That constitutional amendments be submitted to prohibit issuance of bonds except upon a vote of the people; to limit appropriations for general state purposes to a year except upon a vote of three-fourths of the members elected to each house of the General Assembly and to prevent an increase in any existing property, excise, privilege or personal tax rate, except upon approval by the people or the vote of three-fourths of the members elected to each branch of the legislature. That if the legislature deems it advisable to provide for a constitutional convention to authorize reorganization of county government, such convention be composed of the circuit and chancery judges and members of the Supreme Court. That provision be made for proper maintenance of state highways, changing the present laws to take maintenance funds from automobile license fees and gasoline tax ahead of bond and interest requirements "as a last resort." BUNCH SPRING ITEMS Robert Sellick has been entertaining a bad cold the past few days, but is reported better at this writing. Mr. Robb, brother-in-law of E.

Dewey, who visited in Iowa and Chicago for some time this fall and winter, is now visteing E. G. and Miss Ellen Dewey here. Mr. and Mrs.

Everett Hulse and little daughter, Juanita Ann of Nauvoo, made a business (rip to Berryville Thursday of last week. While here they visited at the W. J. and Earl Scarrow home. They returned to Nauvoo, Friday.

and Mrs. R. H. Banker made a business trip to Cisco, Arkansas on Tuesday of last eek. Adrain Scarrow and mother, Mrs.

W. J. Scarrow spent Thursday In Harrison. Carl Crow returned to bis work in Oklahoma after spending a week with bis parents, Mr. and Ifrs.

Jeff Crow and family. FOR 1933 Re-Election of Prairie Grove Man as Secretary of Ozark Can ners Seen as Foregone Conclusion Springfield. Jan. 5. Enthusiasm over prospects for improved business conditions and a better tomato pack in 1933 Thursday marked the opening of the; twenty-sixth annual convention of the Canners association.

More than 200 representatives from Missouri and Arkansas attended the sessions. Indications Thursday were that Porter Lucas of Crane, would be chosen Friday as president of the association for the coming year, succeeding Earl Rush of Washburn, who has served two years. An Arkansas man will be elected as vice president. It was considered a foregone conclusion that the veteran J. P.

Harris, of Prairie Grove. secretary of the organization for the last 18 years would be started on his nineteenth term. More than 200 persons Thursday night attended the annual banquet to hear speakers from the Ozarks region, Chicago, and Tulsa. NOTICE AMERICAN LEGION AUXILLVRY MEMBERS The department president of the American Legion Auxiliary of Arkansas and the State Auxiliary chairman of the membership committee will be in Berryville, January 13, at 2:00 o'clock at the hut, and they ask that all who are interested in the Auxiliary work or who are eligible for membership, be present for the meeting as they have a special message for them. Mrs.

Nettie Poynor, District President. Read this weeks advertisements. MAPLE ITEMS While shapening posts one day last week. Marion Gifford accidentally cut his leg. J.

G. Jackson who has been ill for some time is able to be out again. Noah Mill went to Ozark, to visit his sister, Mrs. Mary Martin, this week. Clarence Plumlee moved to Springfield.

last week to work in the stock yards. Earnesteen Mill is on the sick list this week. Grace Cox spent Saturday night with Mrs. Yocum near Blue TZye, Missouri. FARMER ITEMS Mr.

and Mrs. Ed Johnson and two children from west of town, spent New Year's day at the C. C. Potter home. The Community Club met last Wednesday with Mrs.

John Dennis. Seventeen ladies were present. The next meeting will be with Mrs. R. Griffith on January 18..

Mrs. Sue Farmer of Nampa, Idaho, is visiting her sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Will Hodges and other relatives. EX-PRES.

COOLIE Fatal Heart Attack Comes at his Home in Northampton, Last Thursday. Calvin Coolidge, 30th president and only living ex-President of the United States, died suddenly last Thursday. He was 60 years old last July 4. Returning from a shopping tour, Mrs. Coolidge found the body of her husband on the floor at The Beeches, the estate to which he retired from the White House.

His death was wholly unexpected, although for the last three weeks Mr. Coolidge had complained of indigestion. Doctors said death was due to heart disease. I ihe runeral services were held Saturday morning at 10:30 o'clock in the Edwards Congregational church of which he was a member and the body was taken by automobile cortege to Plymouth, Vermont, where the commital service was held at three o'clock. The former President had been leading a quiet life since his return to Northampton after the inauguration of his successor, Herbert Hoover, March 4, 1929.

His day-to-day program varied little, and it had not changed greatly despite the indisposition of the lost three weeks. He was born on July 4, 1872 at Plymouth, Vermont, and was married to Grace A. Goodhue of Burlington, Vermont, October 4, 1905. Two sons were born to Mr. Rnd Mrs.

Cooldige, John and Calvin the latter'a death occurred after a brief illness during the summer of 1924. Mrs. Coolidge and her son, John sundre. PROGRAM FOR FEDERATION MEETING Quarterly Meeting to be Held Here At Methodist Church, Fri- i day, January 20. Following ia a "program for the all-day quarterly meeting of the Carroll County Federation of Women's Clubs and County Council ol Home Demonstration clubs to be held at the Methodist church in Berryville, Friday, January 20: Mrs.

Geo. A. Russ, president and Miss Alice Tomlinson, secretary. 10:00 a. m.

Song, "America the Beautiful." 10:10 to 10:20 Devotional led by Berryville Twentieth Century Club. 10:20 to 10:30 Welcome to visitors. Mrs. A. D.

Basore. 10:30 to 11:00 Business. 11:00 to 11:15 Report of special meetings. Home Ground Improvement Tour Mrs. Lula Crawford.

State Meeting A. F. W. Mrs. J.

M. Baker. 4-H Achievement Day and County Council 4-H Clubs-Irene Standlee. 11:15 to 12:00 Roll Call. Response by club reports (2 minutes each).

12:00 to 1:00 Noon recess. 1:00 Meeting called to order. 1:00 to 1:10 Music, by Farmer Home Demonstration Club. 1:10 to 1:20 Carroll County Schools, C. M.

Lieb, Co. Supt. 1:20 to 1:30 Stunts, Valeria Hudson, Bunch 4-H club. 1:30 to 1:40 Contagious diseases, Mrs. Florence Leonard, County Health Nurse.

1:40 to 1:50 Music, Mulberry Home Demonstration club. 1:50 to 2:00 Reading, "Down on the Farm," Mrs. Nora Standlee. 2:00 to 2:30 A Message to Carroll County Women Mrs. Esther G.

Kramer. Dist. Home Demonstration Agent. 2:30 to 2:40 Music by Mrs. H.

A. Schoeppel and pon. 2:40 to 2:50. Progress In Carroll County, Hon. Lem Kendall, County Judge.

2:50 to 3:00 Home Demonstra tion Prnfrrpoo in 1033lfra rie P. Taylor, Home Demonstration Agent. 3:00 to 3:10 Tax Earning clubs, C. Lund. County Agent.

3:10 to 3:40 Special Numbers, Eerryville Twentieth Century club. R. C. Bohannan of Berryville was arrested Sunday night near the M. and N.

A. Depot and two gallons of liquor were found in his possession: He was taken to Harrison, Monday and turned over to federal authorities. Deputies Dan Martin and Wilford Wall arrested Bohannan. RIAGE LICENSE ISSUED ONLY 91 LICENSES ISSUED IX E. D.

TO CARROLL COUNTY COUPLES IN 1932. Ratio of Divorces to 1 to 15 in Eastern of County. Marriage: District According to the records in County Clerk Griggs office as re-; feuus marriage licenses in lQ.q- there were 139 issued for the Eastern District of Carroll county and for the Western District, or a total of 201 for both districts, but of this number in the E. D. only 91 were issued to Carroll county couples.

48 being issued to couples outside the county. Of the marriages performed 74 were by ministers and 65 by Justices of the peace, according to the records kept in the Eastern District. In 1931 there were 61 licenses issued in the Western District and 166 in the Eastern District, making a total of 227 or 26 more marriages in 1931 than the year just passed. There were three licenses returned in the Eastern District the past year. The Circuit Clerk's records show seventeen divorces granted for the year 1931, but only 6 divorces for 1932 many less than usual.

Depression even affects such affairs. This condition is true everywhere. In St. Louis there was a falling off of forty per cent in number of divorces compared with previous years. Compared with marriages in the Eastern District of this county this is about 15 marriages to one divorce for 1932.

In Chicago the ration is three to one. County Clerk Grigg is on hand! at all times to issue licenses, hav-1 look material will be shown using typical Carroll County farm operations as examples. The meeting will adjourn at around 3:00 p. in. With low prices and uncertainty in all fields of farm activitiy, all the information we can get on how to best direct our operations should be of value to us.

This meeting is open to anybody interested I In coming and everybody is Invited to attend and take part In it. Remember, It will be at the courthouse in Berryville at 10 a. m. on Monday, January 16. C.

F. LUND, County Agent. I I I I -V 5 0" Agriculture Outlook Meeting to Be Held Here January 1 6 Next Monday, January 16, speakers from the College of Agri-1 culture, University of Arkansas, will meet with the farmers of Carroll County at the courthouse Berryville to discuss the outlook for livestock and farm crops for the coming year. This meeting will open at 10:00 a. m.

with a general discussion on the livestock outlook by E. P. Dargan, professor of Rural Economics at the University of Arkansas. This will be followed with a talk on the outlook for field and horticultural crops by W. G.

Am-stein Horticulturist Immediately after lunch, the practical application of this out-.