The Springdale news., 1905-04-28

ay at Fayetteville, with all the Incials in attendance: Judge. J.
 Tillman; prosecuting attorney,
 $. Naples; clerk, Geo. J. Rodgers; sheriff, C. (. Philips.
 The fact that court was to be he'd in the new court house Eerved. no doubt, to bring out the people. and the attendance was khe largest ever seen on court ppening day. The court room Nas crowded, lower floor and gal Eery. Besides the County bar al- host al members of the Benton CountY bar were in attendance. Senator Jas. H. Berry was q dis r;ngu shed visitor and occupied seat inside the bar until the tonclasion of Judge Tillman $ in- structions to the jury. Judge Tillman opened court without any extra formalitieS, and acted as II he didn't know he was presiding n if06. 000 court house.
 The grand jury was sworn in, the iuIy being made up as fol-
 
 lows: E. H. Bryant, T. W. Buck eg. D. F. Brown. 0. NJ. Russell man. John Brown. H. Nj. Hoff- man. P. F. Sisco. B. F. Johnson, James Watts, Andrew Smith, Berry =Sherrod. :. D. Martin. ]. '. Pazehall.J James Cowan, Amos Mount. K. ,. Maxwell.
 E. H. Bryant. of Springdale 3as appointed foreman of.the l jary BsJudee Tillman. and the Iolloalng Is synopsis of his in- structions:
 He uald them they were not there l t5 protect their friends CT punish their enemies. everybody Sas entitled t0 square deal, no more and n9 less. All laws should be enforced. and if they are bad their enforcement Will bring about their repeal. The law does not hold responsible for their acts lunatic. or wife unduly in- fuenced by her husband, CT infants un- der twelve years Of age.
 There is no excuse or justification Tor carrying concealed weapons. It is pernicious and reckless practice and should be broken up. He had never heard of any good coming from l. This class of crime is not so con- mon as 1t used to be but 1t should be stopped entirely. The statute against loud CT abusive language, or quarrel ing is 8 good one ana should be en- forced. lf people are not permitted to quarrel and fuss then there would oe no lights.
 He called attention to violation of the law against killing fish with dyna- mite, Or other explosives. There are anarchists in some sections of the country, but these dynamiters Of hsh are anarchists amons sportSmen ana should De punished.
 game of cards, whether played for money, or anythi ng of value IS a vlo- lstion Of law. Gambling is gam bling. rom dealing n futures down to crap shooting The law makes no dis linction whether the amount in Folved De S25, GOO CT aa5 cents. Ia the eyes of the law there is DC difference etween bridge whist or euchre as l played by the clubs for prize and seVen-ap as played by the boys for money. The law makes no distlnc- aon between the boy who plays poker for sl.00 and his mother who piaYs progressive euchre for a s5.09 vase; there is difference of s4. 00 and that Is in favor of the boy.
 He called attention to the law against lotteries, or gift enterprises wherein there was an element of chance, and said that all such were violation of law. He read from tbe statutes bearing on the question, ana sald that he understood some of the pest men in the county had been glY- ine prizes, with no intent to violate she law, and that the practice nad oeen discontinued. It is as much tne .fsSNe 1l UIlt law UD SbOp oANh f- sices as 1t is to punish for 1t, ana ne ieit sure that those who had engaged in lt would not do so again.
 ln many communities are people nno go round talking about thelr leighb0rs and making trouble. Inefe law to protect the people agal lnse sne slanderer and the libeler. some eople have nothing bat their reputa- aOas, and there is a law to protect mem want you to make 1t danger sas to islander people, and it is Just as .ucn crime to repeat sldhdei sSdrted by some one else as IL IS to or lglnate it.
 Realizing that minors are unaole Uo protect themselves the law very wise mnpfoVldes for their protection. lt ls notation of law to give or sell wnlsKey oi native wine to minor It IS aiso sNolatlon of law to sell tobacco to Iy under fifteen years of age, ana a 'oiatlon Of law to sell cigarettes or