Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-01-28
Petitioners T0
Have AN inning
Remonstrants Rest in LiQ.
uor License Hearing in
the County Court.
WILL RESUME TODAY.
WILL RESUME TODAY.
Judge Jones, Counsel for Liquor Men.
May Spring Surprise on Anti.
SalOOniSts.

The remonstrants, or those
fighting the issuance of liquor
licenses in Pine Bluff for 1914, after
a continuous line of testimony last
ing from January u, with the ex-
ception of two days when County
Judge Philpot was absent, in which
they soue1t Ito challenge approx
mately 1900 names on the liquor
petition, closed their side of the
case yesterday afternoon at $3.50
o'clock.
On the motion of Judge w. D.,
Jones, representing the element seek
ing saloon licenses, Judge Philpot
adjourned the court until Wednesday
afternoon at 100 o'clock, when the
other side of the case will be taken
up. Judge Jones asked this time
in order that his side of the case
mighe be arranged with a view to
expediting matters, and that neces-
sary witnesses might be summoned.
He declared that he did not intend
to take up greater portion Of time
than wo days, judging from the
present trend of the case.
What the nature of the case will
be from the standpoint of those fight
ing for the issuance of licenses, CAM
not be determined, for secrecy has
been maintained relative to the
moves yet to come. tits expected that
the greater part Of the evidence VIII
be tendancy to show that persons
declared non-residents, either live
here now or were bona fide residents
at the time they signed the petition,
and considered this city their honre
The morning grind on the part Of j
the remonstnanes consisted in the
main of testimony such has been
given on other days, and during
which many names were challeng-
ed
In the afternoon II. G.. Higln-
botham, who was connected with -
banking institution for many years,
was placed on the stand to testify
as to many names having on single
petitions been written by the same
person. He declared, when cited to
such petitions that many. supposedly
to have been written by individuals,
were written by the same person at
least, the handwriting purpored ~
be the same. Cross examined ho
said it had been five or six years
since he had been connected with
banking institution. and that while
he had been called to pass upon
names, he did not quality as an ex-s
per. He said that reading 80 many
signatures. however. had made him
quite familiar with handwriting
~. L. Vail, who was one Of the
active remonstrants in making an In
vestigatlon of names and addresses
published by the liquor petitioners
and in ascertaining where there
were alleged imperfect names and
addresse, and who read from a2
lenathy list Of alleged ifreeulafa-
&ies, was on the witness STAND for &
some time. In majority Of re in-;
stances attorneys for the demons 1
trants challenged the names mezt
ed as not In compliance. with The lavs
County Clerk G. M. Nichol o.
the witness stand, stated IN il1s
crease in the number q poll
since 1910 to the present time 40 tAe u
third school district. which euaAg1csl II
the City Of Pine Bluff. Il S0Ss
There were few minor witHs n
on the stand earlier IN the aftesna
but their testimony had prsctie
little bearing ON the case.
County Clerk Nichol had =! 81
the remonstrants announcs
they had closed the case fpg !! q
side. IA I s
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