Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-03-28
LIQUOR HEARING
May end TODAY
Many Believe Case Will Be
Wound Up in Short
Order.
INTIMATION IS GIVEN
Testimony Produced Yesterday Was
Largely From Witnesses Who Had
Testified mt Former Contest,


has not said such in so many words,
it is believed by many that he will
bring the saloon petition hearing to
a close today.
At the hearing which was taken up
Thursday, he asked questions as to
whether the remonstrants could fin
ish their case by Saturday, and added
to this statement that he was not
going to have this hearing last for
any length of time, and was going
to rush it to a finish.
That he is carrying out this policy,
was indicated yesterday when he
sought to have all possible speed
made, consistent with the case. He
was willing to allow witnesses to
testify at length but sought to have
them placed on the stand as rapidly
as possible. BY means of this some
greater speed than at the former
hearing was attained.
During the afternoon there arose a
question as to the quality OF evidence
being presented it being contended by
Attorney w. d. Jones for the liquor
petitioners that witnesses were testi-
fying to like facts given by them at
the former hearing.
Attorneys for the remonstrants
held that it was necessary for them
to present many former witnesses In
order to learn additional facts.
Judge Philpot said that in cases
where he had failed formerly to take
names off on such testimony, it was
not reasonable to suppose that he
would do so at this time. He said II
the remonstrants wished to strengthen
their testimony that it was all right
but that in giving former testimony
they were simply using up lot OF
their valuable times, as he was going
to bring the hearing to an early close
Little developed at the hearing yes
terday that was much more than OF
an ordinary routine turn. 1t was
ascertained that practically all the
witnesses placed on the stand by the
remonstrants, were on the stand al
the former hearing, and it was de-
clared that the majority of them gave
practically the same testimony as
heretofore.
The remonstrants sought to chal-
| lenge quite a number of names on the
ground that the persons who haC
signed duplicated on the petitions Of
had left the city.
There was little in the list of testi
mony given that differed from tina
produced at the former hearing, ant
it is possibly because Of the fact tina
there has been formerly a hearing
that there has not been nearly 81
large an attendance at this hearin,
as before. There have been at times
a fairly large crowd in the court
| TOOul UuL dL OIuCI lIuCO tAO SiOVs
has dwindled to hardly any save thos'
who have been directly interested II
the issue.
The hearing was adjourned unit
this, morning when the grind will b
[ taken UP again. 1t is thought tina
there will be quite a number of wit
nesses on hand as officers were bus!
last night serving summons to them
There has been some difficulty II
the present hearing in securing al
adequate number of witnesses, ethe
because persons have been ignoring
summons or had misunderstanding
as to the hearing.
Those who have been fighting tn
long drawn out battle, which ha
lasted, all told over period OF owe
three or four months. seem to fee
some relief in the fact that the hear
ing is drawing to close and that n
end, one way or other is in sight.