The log cabin Democrat., 1909-01-07

with radius of three miles, taking
 the Peabody school house as the
 center. The prohibitionists claim
 ed there were only 25,6o4 adults
 in the district, while the liquor in.
 terests, in a census filed earlier ir
 he day, cl aimed there were 43,6S2
 in the district. The prohabition-
 ists did not bring their census into court until yesterday afternoon, and it was late before 1t was taken
 up. Secretary Wilson. of the peti- ton organization, was then placed on the stand to explain the methods of the census takers. Col. w. l.. Terry, representing the liquor interest. picked up one of the small books used by the census takers, which happened to be the West Fifth street district. Page after page contained but one name, and on the back was a notation that that the census taker could not gain any information from the house and the name appearing on the list was taken from the 1907 directory. It was shown there were from six to I4 persons In each of the houses where but one name appeared. The Lincoln avenue list was then singled out and Col. Terry referred to this Judge Asher resides on Lincoln avenue, and has for years, being we'll advised as to the houses on the thorough fare, as we'll as the number of oc- cupants of each house. As the houses were checked off of the prohibition census. showing from two to five names, Judge Asher would count on his fingers and in almost every instance spoke of the houses having from five to eleven members of the household.
 Just before his own home was reached, Judge Asher arose and stated he cared to go no further with the petition as the census was so inaccurate it was of no val ue whatever. He also stated he believed the liquor census to be exaggerated, but not so much as the prohibition census underesti- mated the city's population. Judge Asher said he had basis of his own which he considered the best of all. He read from the Sep tember report of the county asses sor, which shows 16,3I4 adult males who are taxpayers in Little Rock and Argenta. The report showed S2 more inPulaskiHeights. All of this territory is in the three mile district, as we'll as tue most thickly populated section of Big Rock and Badgett townships, the former having population of tax payers, of oS7, and the latter of over 500. Judge Asher stated the assessors list shows over I7,ooo adult males in the district and as there are always as many women in a community as men, there are fully 34 1000 adults in the district as we'll as B, ,ooo in Little Rock and Argenta.
 During the morning session yes terday, deductions were made from the petition of the prohibitionists, for one cause or another, until it shrank from I6,592 to I4,652, which forced the petitioners to show Little Rock and the district includ ed in the petition, had less than 2e, BOA adult residents, thus the I4 1852 over majority, which under the law would compel the county judge to grant the pc tition. The liquor men filed in their census the names of 43,6S2 names, 3I,7S9 of which they claimed to have been found by their cens IS takers, 4,25S were talk en from the city directory and later verified and 7,635 were not found in the city, but were found on the three mile petition, and under the assumption they were here, this number was added to the liquor men S census.
 With the three mile petition out of the way, the county court this morning began the hearing of the protest against the issuance of a liquor license to M. P. Forster. J. $. M. Cannon several months ago filed contest on the election which was later dismissed after Cannon applied to be made party to the application of M. P. Forster for a liquor license and the petition was granted by Judge Asher. Unless