The Forrest City times., 1901-10-18

ire savor-s Court IN the sum OF
SIS 50 arctre Prospect CT Three
or -Four Months on the Streets
Seems TO be Has Finish
Not since ihs nigh; of the burning
o. Salem church has Happy Hollow
been thrown into such state OF ex-
citemsnt as on Monday night when
Robert jackson and James Har,iD be-
came involved in a difficulty over =
misunderstanding which had arisen be-
tween the families Of the two deTkies
sometime during the afternoon.
/; a. came about in this manner
Jsekson's young hopeful went over to
play with Martins ehildren.asd they
all became engaged in making pepper
tea. After the tea was made il was
passed around and eaeh little picks-
niBny took bis dose without muruuF
until Jackson's KID was reached. This
little =. coon " gulped down his portion
and Immediately thereafter set up a
! howl and ran home 10 his NANNY with
the story that. " dat ole Martin ga
tired TO pizen me. Then Della Jack
son relieved herself OF TRADE OF BIZ
lingsgate against the whole Martin
household. and here the trouble be-
gan. Tie women and children Of
both families spent pleasant half
hour in Safeguarding one another in
which all. the freshest phrases in coon
slang was brought into play, and from
what We o2e learn Of ths discussion
! it n,ost have been very unique and
highly amusing.
I Finally there was cessation OF hos
iili.ies, both sides retiring without the
/ less OK ore. JacksoR came home 10
supper and his irsie spouse Iec0unied
the incident 10 him wildly, telling him
aboa. how the "ehile had gagged aud
/ tozmei a. &c mouth. :" and then Jack
sons ire ~ is up asd be said he'd 20
ever and wipe Up the earth with the
whole Martin tTloe. Accord ngly be
poked out his chest, took another
drink Of mean liquor, Of which be had
embibed rather freely during the even
ing, and went forth 10 the fray.
tie stopped az = Sim Martins gate.
and ssceriaining that Martin bad no, III {.
rived walked into the house b5ldly and
leussed out the women folks to his own
satisfaction and told them what they
might depend upon if he ever heard
anything more about it. With many
dire threats and imprecstions upon
the heads OF the Martins, Jackson re-
turned home
Later, Martin. who is An employee o:
the Consumers Cotton Oh Co.. came
home from work and in turn was given
a detailed and glowingly descriptive
account of the pepper tea escapade and
Of Jaekson's visit Martins anger
was at fever hea. by the time be had
finished his supper and be went over
20 pay his respects TO Jackson.
Martin called Jackson out and told
him that lie was going TO town and
have him arrested for his carryin Ion
and cussin' and added that be thought
he lJacssODl was low down, thieviug
scoundrel, and started of down the
street towards the city.
Jackson ran back in the house, Sc
cured his gun and followed Martin,
with the exclamation If you 60
port me Niger I'll kill yer, I'll do j.
right now
Bang
The report of Jackson's pistol made
Martin tremble and emphasized the
threat, but the bullet sped wide and
did no damage Martin didn't run
although much inclined ID DO so. but
just walked on to the Mayors
, otace and sEore out warrant charg-
ing Jackson with carrying pistol,
shooting inside the corporation and
abusive language. whereupon Jack sen,
who vas in the drugstore al the time.
vas placed under arrest by Mayor TIP
ten and turned oyer to Deputy Mar.
shall CEaigg, and upon failure to make
a $50 bond, was locked up.
Jsckson's case came up for trial in
the mayors court Wednesday morning
and Resulted IN the prisoner being fined
1870 WHICH lie viii work out on the
streets.
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