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FEB1U ARY 11,1914. M MKKK J(;?.
grant's Case
itically Closed
(Contest^Before Judge
hibition Census To Be
Introduced.
fore adjournment for
recess, Gustave Jones
|for remonstrants, an
othe court that remon
^ practically closed
, and would introduce
r more witnesses. It
indicated from interro
ude by that side, that
, of the city as com
the prohibitionists
introduced in court, as
old their census is the
evidence and argument
nside of the case.
(key, attorney for pe
filed a supplementary
court immediately af
ion recess, which at- j
constitutionality of,
act under which the
petition was brought,
that liquor license be j
iH. C. Sanders, L. L. j
thur Anderson & Com- j
R, O’Neal, Lee Earn- j
A D. Bailey.
ition recites that the :
t is unconstitutional, J
violatses the 14th and !
ndments to the feder- j
ition and article II,,
J 10 10
iu auu x 1/ v7j Liiv.
Btitution, because it;
i abridges to ail ex-1
rhite race equal rights '
lities including the
ite and to petition.
W.Huff testified that!
rells lives at Mt. Car- j
s, but had been work- j
a on the boat and he '
here, had told witness !
ing to make this his i
J
venport testified that
the petition; that his 1
temporarily here, but '
sister claimed their !
Dinois. The same was !
of C. H. Thompson, *
return in July. Wit
tbat his name be
f-because he was a
I being now under the
1 of Arkansas, he j
hto involve his mem- j
the order, as he was
floe Mason.
Edwards testified that
told him he was only
f age.
Mon testified that
°y Dutton, lives in
n£ Pictures
88 company failed to
r, Mature last night,
^ show it tonight.
CAPRICE
Jf8ry Pickford and
M°ore in 4 reels.
ANCE of rowena
y Mary Fuller
(EDISON.)
JBE BATTLE TREE
^ELIG.) !
1NJ°US DECISION !
Myers and'
class pictures.
y and 20 CENTS
» .:f5; -Second at
® *45.
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Little Rock, and had since De
cember, but he was not sure as
to what Roy considers his home.
; Perry Clark testified that ,J.
.A. Daugherty lives on the Rem
mel farm, outside of corporate
limits.
j Jno. W. Wallace was the first
character witness introduced,
'and declared the reputation of
Joe Nickens and Ira Marshall
for truth and veracity was bad
and disreputable.
CENSUS TESTIMONY EX
CLUDED.
Tuesday afternoon was large
ly consumed in the checking and
rechecking of the remonstrants’
census for names appearing on
the petition for license, but not
upon the census of the city as
taken by remonstrants. In this,
remonstrants, through witness
es who had taken census, show
ed that in the section canvass-,
ed by Rev. B. L. Wilford and
L. B. Harris, 487 white adults
were enumerated; in sections
canvassed by Rev. S. D. Grum
bles and H. S. Simmons, there
were 564 white adults and in
sections canvassed by W. P». <
Chastain and J. R. Cox there j
were 413 white adults, making
a total for the city of 1,464, or i
about 30 more than shown in j
the government estimate intro
duced Monday by the petition-;
kJ.
After John Jow’ers had been
placed upon the stand and testi
fied that A. B. Riggs was not
white, but a negro, T. P. Um
sted was introduced to show
that 224 unknown names and
145 more non-residents appear
ed upon the license petition and
were not shown in the census of
remonstrants, which with 21
alleged repeaters, 22 minors and
] not white, made a total of
413 names contested and attack-.
ed by remonstrants.
When Mr. Umsted as a wit
ness, testified that 995 white a-,
dult inhabitants of the city, ac
cording to their census, had not
signed the petition for license, ;
the fireworks began. j
Counsel for petitioners held,
that unless witness was testify- j
ing from his own knowledge j
such evidence could not be intro- j
duced and if based upon the
census, then that census was a
court paper, which they were
entitled to see, examine and at
tack. Spirited argument on;
both sides w>as offered, counsel
for remonstrants contending
that their census was their own j
private paper, while petitioners ;
held that it could not be, after j
being used in court as evidence, j
The remonstrants refusing to
make their census of record,
Judge Coe held that the testi
mony preceding based upon the
census and in comparison with |
the petition, should be excluded •
from the evidence in the case
and adjourned court until next
morning, both sides being will
ing after the day’s close fight
ing.
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ATTACK MANY SIGNA- |
TUBES
When court convened Wednes
day morning, the attendance !
was light, but as the day wore ,
on, the lodge room filled to its
seating capacity with many
standing in the aisles and about
the two entrances. Witnesses
relative to the legality of signa
tures to the license petition,
were again put upon the stand, j
Mrs. Cora E. Folk testified j
that Henry C. Thurman, her
brother, lived at Mt. Carmel, 111- ^
inois, but had visited here and
was now in Missouri.
S. M. Bains testified that Ben
Drainkard has been living on
lower White river for several
months and that Will Heath also
lived on his farm and had gone
away as a bridge foreman.
John Jowers testified regard
ing search for list of unknown
petitioners, stating that he had
found some; two were dead and
received information about 24
out of 227. From the list pro
duced from his pocket, witness
was examined as to each' and L.
B. Harris was also used to cor
roborate the testimony of the
preceding witness. Mr. Harris
was subjected to a rigid cross
examination by S. 31. Stuckey,
counsel for petitioners as to
failure of Jowers and Harris to
inquire on Newport avenue
for any alleged non-resident pe
titioners, it. being shown that
Beatrice Stanley, not appearing
on the remonstrants’ census,
was residing on Newport aven
ue. Judge H. S. Simmons was
also used to corroborate the tes
timony of Harris and Jowers as
to how canvass was made for
non-resident names attacked.
T. S. Stephens testified that
Tom Kroll had told him he lived
at Black Rock.
A F Tfpfln fpstifiprl thnt Wnl
ter Maloney was here visiting
and that he did not live here but
at Des Arc.
Henry New mark testified that
W. W. Lovelace was traveling
salesman for Belknap Hardware
Company and did not live here;
that G. S. Constantine traveled
for a photograph house and did
not live here,nor was this his
home. On cross examination,
Mr. Newmark stood his ground
and made a very positive witness
upon the non-residence of Love
lace and Constantine.
Sheriff McCuistion testified
that W. E. McCuistion, his
brother, lives in Stone county;
that Jim Montgomery came
from Stone county, worked on
witness’ boat and was now at
Ingleside. Witness identified
summons made for all alleged
non-resident signers of petition,
whose names remonstrants have
attacked, showing what parties
were found and who were not
found, and stated that in his o
pinion, the parties not found,
were not residents of Newport.
Witness knows Frank A. Wil
bur, who had told witness that
lie came here to help Mr. Grant
get up the whiskey petition;
that they had a contract to get
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it tnrougri anu mat mev nau
300 namw on the petition. On
cross examination witness testi
fied that he had never asked any
other officers or city candidates
for information as to parties
for which he had subpoenas, but
thought he would have found
them if they had been here.
Witness admitted that many
names called by attorneys for
petitioners with addresses cited,
might be residing here, but
didn’t find them.
H. S. Simmons testified that
Roy Scroggins’ goods were re
ceived here January 27th.
J. F. McCuistion testified
that Oscar Fox was in jail and
that his home was above Swif
ton.
J. A. Bond, superintendent
of the button factory did not
know Guv DeBcw; that Mark
James was working at button
factory; that W. B. Johnson
lived at the bridge; that Ernest
Jones quit about 60 days; had
a Lamb working at plant for
month, who came from Cairo.
E. T. Evans, court stenogra
pher, testified that T. J. Mc
Craw does not live here, and
thought he was now in St.
Louis.
J. R. Cox testified that in
taking the census he found Walt
Kimball to be 19 and Marie
Kimball 1<5 years of age.
Campaign Against Hookworm.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Feb. 11.—The
hookworm campaign is being
carried on now by Dr. Fly in
Pulaski county, Dr. Jacobs in
Ashley county, Dr. Campbell in
Hot Springs county and Dr.
Bradford in Jackson county. Dr.
Bradford opened in Jackson
county Tuesday, the 10th.
For the week ending February
7th, the four investigators re
ported a total of 840 examina
tions, finding 127 infected and
713 non infected. A total of
119 treatments were given. The
greatest number of examinations
was reported from Pulaski
county, 390 of which were found
infected. In Ashley county only
nine infections were found in
259 examinations, and in Hot
Springs 27 out of 170.
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Chautauqua Number Thursday
Evening.
The fourth number in the
Chautauqua course under the
auspices of the School Improve
ment Association, will be given
it the High School Auditorium
Thursday evening.
The attraction will be Robert
0. Bowman, an impersonator,
and is said to be very fine.
The ladies of the association ■
would appreciate a full house
for which these entertainers are
deservedly worthy.
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Notice, Odd Fellows.
A meeting of the Odd Fellows
will be held at the I. 0. 0. F.
hall in Board building, at 8 o’
clock p. m., February 16th, 1914.
This meeting is for the purpose
af organizing the I. O. 0. F.
Building Association. All mem
bers of this lodge are requested
to be present.
W. D. McLain, Chairman.
Geo. R. Hays, Secretary.
Council forestalls
Court’s Action
\t fine BlulV And Grunts Li
cense to Nineteen Sa
loonists.
Pine Bluff, Feb. 10.—Recog
nizing officially the opinion of
'Attorney General William L.
Moose holding the Going Act to
be unconstitutional, and indical
ling that it will disregard Coun
ty Judge C. M. Philpot’s decis
ion on the license petition,
should it be against the saloon
isfs, the Pine Bluff City Council
tonight issued licenses to 19 sa
loonists.
Judge Philpot’s decision on the
saloon men’s petition for the li
cense privilege, already dictated
to a stenographer in the em,ploy
of the prohibitionists,will be an
nounced in the County Court
Friday, when Judge Philpot re
turns from a trip to St. Louis.
EXPLAINS REASON FOR DE
LAY.
A large and expectant crowd
hung about the courthouse to
day awaiting Judge Philpot’s de
cision on the saloon hearing, but
they were disappointed, the
county judge announcing just
before he left the courthouse to
take a train for St. Louis that
his decision will not be made
public until he returns, probably
on Friday.
“For fear some people might
think that I have not the cour
age to remain in the city imme
diately after announcing my de
cision and because I find it abso
lutely necessary to go to St.
Louis this afternoon, I am going
to hold the opinion back until 1
return Friday,” said Judge Phil
pot. “The saloons have been
closed 40 days and I do not
think that three or four days
more will hurt. I hate to disap
point you, but T find it neces
sary.”
He said that the stenographer,
H. R. Young of Little Rock, is
the only person acquainted with
his decision and that if it leaks
out he will punish Mr. Young
for contempt of court.
Judge Philpot left this after
noon for St. Louis, where he will
|confer with 11-<>i: Mountain o.;\
cials relative to t lit- reluct ion ii.
freight rates, which is desired in.
order to move crushed rock to
this county for the new concre.r
highway that i> being con .true!■
'ed between Pine P.luff and Lit lb
Rock.
Pine Rluff saloon men, armed
with city licenses to operate
their dram shops, however, feel
secure.
May Have Oil At ( ash.
i For some years past there ha*
been strong talk of oil in Craig
head county, especially so in the
western part of the county, and
that the field may he developed.
Many options have been secured
j by parties, who expect to bore
I for oil. The latest report con*
; corning oil in this sect ion comes
j from W. C. Farley, -Jr., of Cash,
who writes the Jonesboro Tri
bune that for some weeks he has
been pumping oil from his well,
and he is certain that he has it
in paying quantities.
The day is not far distant
when there will be, it is thought,
some gushing oil wells located in
i Craighead county, that will he
the means of making some one
riel). Every oil man who has
made an inspection of the oil
prospects in this county has said
oil can be found here in paying
quantities.
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Children Badly Burned.
Fort Smith, Feb. 10.—Two
! children probably were fatally
burned in this vicinity today.
Earl Vines, aged 15 months,
ison of Win Vines, of Van Buren
1 and Lena Purcer, aged four, the
daughter of C. E. Purcer of Sti
i gler, were the victims.
. Both accidents were striking
ly similar, the children’s cloth
(ing igniting from stoves while
their mothers were out of the
house securing additional fuel.
Physicians say the Vines child
will die, while the Purcer girl
has a bare chance to recover.
Friday’s Specials.
Fresh fish, celery, lettuce,
mustard, greens, green onions
and radishes.
! 66d5t Bowen’s Cash Store.
TANGO TO
Berger'S
"STAR CLOTHING HOUSE
Final Clean Up Of All
Winter Clothes. Last Call
AH Beniamin Suits and Overcoats now $13.50
AH Majestic Suits and Overcoats now. $10.50
Crown $4.00 and $4.50 Trousers now. $ 2.85
Crown $5.00 and $6.00 Trous^Cnow . $ 3.85
Remember:
The highest type of Clothes making.
Priced for a quick clean up.
Shrewd buyers now get busy.
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