The Forrest City times., 1908-03-06
To Voters.

last Ntek issue NIT. W r.. NilllanS published his card saying that he had been badly treated by some one who had photographed an old license re- eeipt, and. ''if that money was not l promptly refunded. and if l cannot 1 prove that it was refunded the mo- ment l found the Court had refused to grant the license, then you must vote against me.
 The following are the facts con nected with the giving of that re- ceipt and the refunding of the money. and the people of St. Francis County can be their own judge as to rtea the money was refunded, and as 10 rLg it was refunded.
 Gu the first day of January, loo7, the County Court met for the purpose of acting upon all applications for li- cence to sell whisky in the County.
 On that day, Judge Folbre. W. F.. Williams and ourselves met iii the of. flee of W F.. Williams at the court house, and Williams urged the judge to grant Us license to sell whisky at l Heth
 Judge Folbre then and there posi- lively refused to grant the license, on the ground that Griggs township. in which Heth was located, had voted against license at the previous cleo tion.
 on the third day Of January. lso7, two days after the judge had refused to grant us the license to sell whisky at Heth, W. F.. Williams told us to pay him the sS00.00 license money, and to go on and sell the whisky any way. and if the matter got before the grand jury. he Williams would talk to the prosecuting attorney and do what he could to keep the grand jury l from indicting Us, and if the grand 1 jury did indict Us, he would refund the money.
 We then asked him If he would also 1 require Jim Wallace and Ed Mallory to pay the sso0.00 and treat Us all alike, and he answered: If they (Wallace and Mallory did not come up and pay the same, he would force them to quit
 We then paid him the ssoo.0o, and he gave Us the following receipt, which speaks for itself;
 Forrest City. Ark. Jan. 3, l907
 This is to certify that Tucker N Swan have this day paid ne eight hundred dol lars in full payment of State and County liquor license for the year 1907. and it is understood that if the Grand Jury should indict the said Tucker & Swan for selling whisky at Heth. then they are to be paid this money $500. 0O) back. This means if the Grand Jury should in dict them for selling whisky after the above date January 3, l907) then this money is to be refunded to them. Signed w. E. WILLIAMS.
 Witness C. w. Bernard.
 About three months after this. or some time during the latter part Of March, 1907, we complained to him that he had failed to carry out his agreement to make Wallace and Nal lory pay up SS00.00 or close them up. and demanded our money back and got it.
 Williams received this money two days after he knew the judge would not grant the license and kept it until the latter part of March, or nearly three months and Iyet his published card claims to have returned the money to us, the moment he found that the Court had refused 10 grant ] the license.'
 If he even intended to pay back the money "as soon as the Court asould refuse to grant the license. ' wGGv did he not say this in his receipt, instead of making its return depend upon the action of grand jury that could aot meet for nearly three months after date of the receipt?
 Anyone who doubts the genuineness of the above receipt, will upon request be shown the receipt, or a photo graphed copy thereof, all in Williams handwriting.
 TUCKER & SWAN.
 By E. K. Swan.
 NOTE-l assume all responsibility ] for publishing this, and my reason for fexpoSinr the matter is simply this.