Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-01-22
Judge Philpot Insists That
County Will Not Bear Any
Expense of Liquor Hearing
A DULL PROCEEDING
Night Session Held i'm Order to Bring
Case to an Early Close.

inc liquor Incense nearing now be-
fore Judge c. NJ. Philpot in the
county court developed few if any
interesting features yesterday, but
night session was held in order to
enable remonstrants to finish their
side of the case as early as possible.
1t Is not believed, however, that the
petitioners will begin the introduce
ton OF testimony before Friday
morning, if then.
Many witnesses were heard during
the day, the testimony being along
The line of permanent residents, non
residents, illegal and legal signers
and duplicates.
The attorneys wsangled again
about the payment of witness fees.
Many of those summoned to testify
by the remonstrants, including
n1mher OF ladies, demanded their
fifty for attendance. The county
clerk issued the witness certificates,
ehtii ing them to their fee, but in
several cases the Prohibitionists at
tempted to put them off until later.
Two of the witnesses. oae Matt Dono-
Van, appealed to Judge Philpot, in
sis.ing that he wanted his money.
Attorney Sorrells for the remon-
strants contended that they ought
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the witnesses for attendance, con-
tending that they had to summon
them because of $50 many mistakes"
made by the petitioners. He said,
if the court insisted on them paying
their witnesses, they would give
bond for the expense to be incurred
and settle the claims later. Judge
W y. Jones, for the petitioners, said
that they had nothing to do with
but expected to pay their witnesses
when they called them. Judge Phil
po. ruled that his original order, re-
qriirng each side to defray it's own
expresses, would stand. He declared
that the county will not pay one cent
of the cost of the hearing. 1t was
finally suggested that each side de-
post money with the county clerk
for the payment of witness fees.
Morning Session.
Mrs. Lizzie Phelps thestified that
she and her daughter both signed
the petition. He says that when
cne of the Prohibition census takers
camc into her yard and began to
question her about her neighbOrs,
she ran him away. She testified in
al excited manner and when At
tcrIey Sorrells asked her if she was
angry at him, she replied.
mo. don't like the way that Clint
Green talked to me when he brought
me up here"
After leaving the witness stand
Mrs. Phelps demanded her witness
fee and it was paid her by f. D.
Russell.
Mrs. W.. S. Upchurch, of No. 2021
Fast Second avenue, testified that
she signed petition when the man
who circulated it told her that it was
to keep whiskey in Pine Bluff. She
sale she was opposed to the sale of
wniskey, but had not requested any
one to withdraw her name from the
petition.
Mrs. G.. w. Alvord, of No 1911
East Fifth avenue, said that she
signed petition, being told that Is
was against whiskey." She asked
a man at the Y M. G.. to withdraw
her name.
II. v. White, No. 11S0 Ohio street,
testified that he lived at No. 1903
East Eighth avenue before January
/ Mr.. White and his wife both
signed the petition. aiii
E. A. Schicker, manager Of the
Arlington hotel, was questioned con-
ceriliag a number of men who signed
the petition and had given the Ar
lington as their home. Several
were travelling men who made their
headquarters there, others were not
residents and still others came in all