Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1910-07-01
SALOON Conducted TN
POINDEXTER BUILDING.
Record is Cited to Show That Gle.
burne Candidate Owned Hotel
Where Bar Was Located.

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Some of the supporters of Judge
Poindexter. outside of Cleburne, have
stated that Judge Poindexter's proper
ty in Cleburne known as the Porter
Hotel, was never occupied as saloon.
Others, contributing to the News, have
said that she would not permit his
property to be occupied by saloon"
while others. one particularly, in an
article in reply to one written some
time ago by Judge r. NJ. Vaughn Of
Hilisboro, claim that while Judge Poin-
dexter was off holding district court he
came back home and found saloon
operating in the Potter Hotel and that
he Immediately put it out of the build
ing.
The followers of Judge Poindexter
have never seen fit to give the general
public the facts in the case; SO, for the
benefit of the public, the following
facts. taken from the public records of
johnson county, Texas, are set forth
so the people may know the facts.
The Porter Hotel is located on the
northeast corner of Henderson and
Border street, in the city of Cleburne,
and is the property of Judge Poindex-
ter, and has been since its erection.
In November, 1900, Judge Poindex-
ter was elected district judge for the
district composed of Johnson, Hill and
Bosque counties, holding that posi- ton
from shortly thereafter until the latter
part of 1908 or the early part of 1904.
During all that time he lived in Gle
burne, in Johnson county.
The records of liquor dealers bonds
of Johnson county, Texas, in the Office
of the county clerk of that county,
disclose the following facts;
On page 95 of volume 1 of said re-
cords will be found the record of the
retail dealers bond of Coulter & Co., a
partnership composed of Tom Coulter,
Bob Coulter and Joe Newberry. Alta
souther, S. T. Morgan and j, M. New
berry are sureties on that bond. This
bond is dated April 20, 1901. and was
properly approved and filed for record
on the same day. This bond was to
run saloon sat the corner of Border
and Henderson streets, in the city of
Cleburne, johnson county. Texas"
On September -. 1901, while Coulter
& Co. were running a saloon in said
hotel building, under said bond, a
local option election was held in John
son county, resulting in favor of local
option by small majority. The re-
suit of the election was tied up in the
courts, and local option did not become
effective in Johnson county until a
second election was held, which was
April 7, 1904.
The saloon was run at the foregoing
location, which was in the Porter Ho.
tel building, by Coulter & Co., until
January IA, 1902. at which time one ]
M. Newberry filed his bond as a retail
liquor dealer, with the American Bond
ing and Trust Company, of Baltimore
City, by R. S. Goodman. attorney in
fact, and Ward Roper as sureties. Thii
bond is dated January IA, 1902, was ap
proved and filed on January IA, 1902
and is on record on page l07 in volum,
l of the liquor dealers bond records o
Johnson county. This bond recitel
9 that Newberry was engaged in the re
tail liquor bueiness sat corner of Hen
4 deoson and Border streets in the cit,
of Clebu1ne, johnson county, Texas,
which was the Porter Hotel building
owned by Judge Poindexter.
s JIM. Newberry continued to conduc
: an open saloon in that building unit
he (Newberry) sold out to Harry Par
shall on or about the 18th day of Feb
ruary, 1904. On February 16, 1904
! Harry Parshall presented his bond a
D a retail liquor dealer, with the Fidelit,
and Deposit Company of Maryland, b.
], B. Majors, attorney in fact, as su
} rety, which was approved and recorde
on February 16, 1904. This bond re
cites, among other things, that Harr
Parshall is engaged in the retail ltquo
or saloon business sat the northeas
corner of Henderson and Border street
in the city of Clebrune, Johnson coun
ty, Texas" which was the Porter HI
tel building, then owned and controlle
by Judge Poindexter.
| Harry Parshall continued to conduc
this saloon in the judges buildin
until the local option law went int
effect in Johnson. county, which WE
the result of the second election, whio
was held on April Z, 1904.
Thus it will be seen that for tire
4 years, from April 20, 1901, until tt
local option law adopted at the electio
3 held April Z, 1904, went into operation
y an open saloon was conducted contin
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