SEPTEMBER 7. *904. NUMBER **4.
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L CUT IN HALF.!
jers Has Carried a Number of
counties—Both Constitution
7 al Amendments Prob
// ably Lost.
j »L?+f1“ T?ock, Sept. 7.—Present
pros are that Myers, Repub -
licai lominee for governor, may
/flfrplicate the record made by the
jflfkansas Republicans at the
lection in November, 1900. At
Hat time nine counties out of the
seventy-five in the state were
rried by McKinley. It seems
rtain, however, that Myers has
t carried more than nine coun
andco the official vote he
,t J2^Vfour or
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nsas went Dernocn^0
McKinley’s total vote
i was 48,800, and from?
s at hand it appears j
Myers’ vote will be in
orhood.
Page of tne Demo
:ommittee made no
yesterday of his pre
mate of 65,000 plurality
Gov. Davis was se
confident, expressing
ngs whatever as to
title clear. He left
a squirrel hunt in
valley.
blican state mana
making claims of
for Myers than the
cns show,
eturns from the
some surprises,
re that Benton
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1 Benton county
■ority of 1,269
■ Davis also lost
lb, Washington,
ffcliver, Inde
Hkid Lawrence
'&B made gains
iBferson, Yell,
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Ashley precincts thus far show
Myers leading.
Independence county has gone
against license by a good major
ity and the full vote gives the
county to Davis by 76 votes.
Close vote on constitutional
amendments.
Sebastian county has probably
gone for Myers, though the vote
will be very close. License won
out and the law and order
reform candidates were defeated.
Jefferson county and Pine
Bluff will give Davis a rousing
1200 majority, many negroes
scratching Myers and voting for
Jeff. A negro constable was
elected in one township.
Newton county, while giving
Myers a majority of 500, elects
for the first time a Democratic
member to the legislature.
Van Buren county gives Davis
a small majority but elects Paine,
a Republican, to the legislature.
. Desha county gives Myers
nearly a hundred majority.
Ktempstead county goes against
license and Davis leads by 200.
Pollr ^county gives the Demo
cratic ticket over 300 majority
and licensiWins by 200.
Craighead'not only went dry
but went thatNway overwhelm
ingly, the majority being 500.
i Davis has a majority of nearly
11000.
Montgomery and^3cott coun
ties from incomplete returns
seem to have gone Republican.
Pulaski county will give Davis
1000 to 1500 majority and has
gone overwhelmingly for the two
amendments.
White county continues dry
and gives Davis a plurality of
1000 over Myers.
Randolph county has gone for
license by 100 majority and Da
vis has a majority of 500.
Lee county, which has gone
against Jeff overwhelmingly in
the last two primaries gives him
1200 majority.
Sevier goes dry and for -Davis
by close vote.
Drew gives Davis 500 majority
and complete returns will be nec
essary to determine vote on li
cense.
Miller county has gone for li
cense by 2 to 1 and Davis has a
lead of 500.
Lonoke gives Davis 1500 ma
jority.
Union county gives license and
Davis majorities.
Grant county voted against the
amendments.
Clark county shows a small
vote and slight majority for Da
VIS.
Nevada gives Davis 400 in a-!
jority, goes against license and
records close vote on amend
ments.
Chicot is Democratic as usual.
Cleburne has gone for Davis
and license by small majorities.
Marion county is showing a
close vote on license and has
given Davis an easy majority.
Izard county will probably give
Davis 300 majority.
REPUBLICAN GAINS
MADE IN VERMONT.
White River Junction, Vt.,
Sept. 6.—Returns for governor
in the state election today from
thirty-five out of 246 cities and
B (Republican),
locrat), 2,219.
in 1900 gave
lican) 6,359;
>crat),‘ 2,446.
v slight gains
ns and Demo
; 10 per cent. |
STERS }!
THAIfsJJ
BLANCHARD ACQUITTED
IN JURY TRIAL.
Second Jury Case Wednesday
Results in Conviction of
Charley (Parson for As
sault and Battery.
W. E. Blanchard, whose trial
in a previous term of court re
sulted in a hung jury, was on
Tuesday afternoon acquitted by
a jury of his peers. His attor
neys were Stuckey and Stuckey
and the jury was only out a few
minutes in making up its ver
dict.
Blanchard was charged with
stealing a hog in Jefferson town
ship and had been out on bond.
CARSON GETS LOW FINE.
Charley Carson, a young negro
of Jacksonport, charged with
starting a fight and assaulting
another negro at a country social
in October, 1903 was tried Wed
nesday morning by a jury and
found guilty. His fine was made
very light, however, and fixed
at $1. The defense introduced no
witnesses and was conducted by
G. L. Grant. Mr. Oldfield rep
resented the state.
The setting of the docket and
entering ot a numner oi pieas oi,
guilty to petty misdemeanors, oc
cupied much of the attention of
court Tuesday afternoon and
Wednesday morning, an adjourn
ment being taken at eleven
o’clock for the day.
The grand jury had examined
a very small number of witnesses
Wednesday morning and no in
dictments had been returned up
to that time. Prior to the ad
journment of court, Pat Murphy
was excused from that body and
W. S. Hinkle was substituted.
CRIMINAL COURT PROCEEDINGS.
State versus Morris Bloom,
gaming; nolle prossed.
L. B. Boon, rape; nolle prossed.
Bud Dunnivan and Joe Hizer,
gaming; fin^d $10 each.
Jake Biel and Claude Monroe,
keeping and exhibiting a gam
bling device; nolle prossed.
W. H. Carouthers, gaming:
nolle prossed.
Charley Mason, gaming; plea
of guilty entered and cases con
tinued.
Charley Brown, gaming; fined
$10 in one case and other nolle
prossed.
Sam Gist, gaming; plea of
guilty, fined $10 in one case,
other nolle prossed.
George Bennett, gaming; nolle
Grossed.
Jake Biel, gaming, fined $10.
Will Carouthers, gaming; nolle
prossed.
Milt Russell, gaming; fined
$10 upon plea of guilty.
GRAND JURY.
The personnel of the grand
jury, after a number had been
excused by reason of sickness in
family, and by the way, this was
about the only excuse which sat
isfied the court a juror should be
excused, is as follows:
R. F. Drummond, foreman; L.
N. Nouss, clerk; Geo. R. Hays,
Jno. F. Gibson, W. H. Shoffner,
Wm. Hirst, Pat Murphy, J. M.
Gibson, R. B. Hooker, B. F.
Bridges, W. M. Tims, A. J. Ste
vens, F. W. Dillard, R. 0. Duff
er, L. B. Rodgers and Frank
Thompson.
PETIT JURY.
The petit jury panel is as fol
lows •
W. L. May, Tip Strawby, 0.
J. Hubert. W. J. Knox, Jr., Her
bert Coe, S. E. Massey, H. G.
Mantooth, C. C. Dean, C. B.
Foushee, P. H. Van Dyke, Tom
Ray, W. T. Guin, Henry Dunn,
O. Dodson, W. M. Bailey, J. L.
Younger, R. A. May hue, R. L.
Hurley, J. M. Guynn, G. W.
Hodges, Frank Johnson, F. M.
Parsons, R. P. Dixon.
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