The Sentinel=record., 1914-01-21
IF SECOND DECISION FAVORS RE MoNsTRAToRs NEW PETITION
 WILL BE NECESSARY.
FINAL ISSUE THIS MORNING
Whether Hot Springs Will Be Dry Un- til Another Move Is Made Rests Wholly on Decision of Judge Moon ey, ot Be Made This Morning.

Fourteen petitions which had been circulated by Clifford Bell were yes
 terday thrown out of the general pe- titiOn for the issuance of liquor licen- ses yesterday by County Judge Rob erf H. Mooney, and when court ad-
 journed at 3 o'clock there was pend ing another point, which, if ruled in favor of the remonstrators' means
 that Hot Springs will be dry for some time to come.
 The ruling out Of the first batch of fourteen petitions might not have af- fected seriously the purpose of the
 whole petition, but the second point involves the validity of 162 petitions, all in fact, which the jurat had been subscribed to by Notary Public Will Vale, and if they are lost the fact is recognized by attorneys for peti- tioners, for demonstrators, and ex- pressed by the court, that the whole petition has failed.
 For this reason Judge Mooney did not pass on this second point in .s- sue yesterday morning, giving coun- sel for the petitioners further time, at their request, to present authori- ties.
 The time extended tasted until f o'clock yesterday afternoon, and even when that argument was finished, it seemed that the court was not sa!is- fled that the jurat to the 162 petitions had been proper, which indicated that unless something new develops by court time this morning the petitions will be suppressed.
 Will Vale, as notary for the circu- lators of the petitions. testified in the case that he had sworn the men who circulated the petitions by ask ing them if the signatures had been made in their presence. Judge Moon ey stated that this did not seem Q satisfy the provisions of the statute, since there was another requirement in effect that the signers were white adult inhabitants, and had AFFIXED THEIR OWN NAMES.
 This latter Judge Mooney thought, at least should have been sworn %, as the statute provides that it shall.
 The attorneys for the petitioners argued the ground thoroughly that al the requirements had been acquisced in when the circulators of the peti tions assented to the affidavit and signed their names. This point was threshed out, and many au. thorities shown.
 This called for another version of the case Gould perjury follow if the affidavits were false?" Unless the had been true it would be per jury it was argued. and if the aff- dayit were not true, and it was per jured evidence, prima facie, it was the assumption of the true facts cf all the proceedings was stoutly argued by the attorneys for the petitioners.
 The decision might have been ren- dered yesterday afternoon, and as in- would have meant the peti- tions were suppressed. but Attorney George r. Wilmington for the peti tioners, asked until this morning at 9 o'clock to make a further investi sa- tion into some authorities he wished to submit before the ruling was made. l
 Something of the ruling that was to come later was indicated by those 1 who watch proceedings carefully, 1 when Judge Mooney asked particu- larly as to the number of petitions circulated by Bell and the number of | petitions to which Vale had attested 1 his seal as notary public.
 Judge Mooney then stated that he had considered his ruling on two of the four grounds in the motion by Judge Sumpter to suppress. The last two he stated. were unimportant
 The first of these was as to wheth- CT the jurat of the notary was suff- l cient to make an affidavit to all ,n- tents and purposes under this legis- ! lative act, was sufficient. He stated | that he had been asked to reserve | his ruling under this point, the re- quest coming from attorneys for The | petitioners, who wanted to present | some further authorities and argu- ment on the subject. He sta.ed that he would pass the ruling on this point for the present, and would rule on the second point.
 The lsecond point was as to wheth- CT or iot the fourteen petitions eircu-