The Sentinel=record., 1914-01-17

qulre the other side to make bond for the costs in the case Judge Mooney smiled when the matter was presented by Judge Davies thus "Wh0 is going to meet the expense in this case, the petitioners, the remonstra- tors, or Garland county?"
 Certainly Garland county is not, answered Judge Mooney. This is not Garland county's fight. I would sug- gest that each side make arrange ments to take care of it's own expense as the case proceeds, but Garland county will not pay it's money out in this issue. l have never heard of plaintiff requiring a defendant to pay bond This is @ case wherein the saloon men are trying to get this court to grant a license. You can not require any witness to come here and testify without making a tender of his fees. The county is not interested
 At the morning session Attorney A.. TT. Davies was still on the stand. He testified that from his personal esti- mate between 300 and 400 people had left the city after the big fire, and about the same number had left the city after the gambling had been stop- ped. He did not believe the population in Hot Springs was more than l1,000, though the census of 1910 gave it 14,- 00O
 How many people could you name who had left because of gambling be- ing stopped asked Attorney McCon- neil.
 "Oh, quite number"
 "Well, name some of them"
 "The Honey Grove Kid, for one"
 "Would he have been an inhabitant had he been here?"
 "I guess so."
 Know any other kids who left?'
 "T believe not"
 "The Brass Kid left, didn't he?'
 The witness testified that Tom Bar ry had left the city and that a son ot his had left also. Do you mean Old Folks has gone?" asked Mr McCon- nell
 Clifford Bell was calied as the next witness fer the petitioners after Judge Mooney had ruled that to facilitate matters he would not require every signer to be put on the stand, but tnat they might put on the men who circu- lated the petitions and see if the peti- tilons could not be proved in that man ner.
 Bell testified that he had circulated Detitions. He did not know personally all the signers he had secured on them. He had asked many who he did not know if they were going to make their their home and they had said yes. He had not circulated two petitions at a time. nor made any mis- representations as to one being pro- hibition petition and the other H. Quor petition.
 During the fire of the cross-eXami- nation of the afternoon. Bell testified that he had subscribed his name to the petitions he had circulated. He did not remember having taken an oath though he did not know that he hadn't. q signed my name to the pe- titions" said the witness, and MT Davies put his stamp on them tBy stam pthe witness meant the seal that accompanies the affidavit.
 He testified that he brought the De titions in and was told to sign his name and did so. Pressed had for s definite answer, yes or no. as to wheth- CT he had sworn to the affidavit, he did not know.
 DO you know what an affidavit or an oath is?" asked Judge Mooney.
 "I was sworn in this case, the first time in my life," answered the wit ness.
 Here Judge Mooney suggested that if there were technical error in the subscribing to the affidavits, it might not be the subpect of such serious contention, as the fault complained Of might be corrected at that time, but the suggestion was not acted on.
 "I thought that was all there was necessary to do said the witness in response to an effort to make his evil dence specific as to whether the peti- tions were sworn to or not. He spoke of having merely signed the petitions. Later in the evidence he swore that he had regarded the signatures as merely necessary to show who had circulated the petitions.
 Attorney Mcconnell moved that the petitions Nos. 129, 128, 127 103, 159, tS3. 254. 23S, 211, which had been un- der examination, be stricken out of the general petition but when that motion was not acted on favoraby' the attorney went back to the worN of Investigating other petitions which Bell had circulated.
 The court adjourned with the young witness still on the stand. Attorneys Davies and Davies, for the petitioners, do not regard the work of the oppos- ing side yesterday as serious to the case. They believe that at best there have been but a very few names sue