The log cabin Democrat., 1915-04-27
TRY NEW PLAN TO GUST POOL ROOM PETITIONS TO co. COURT NOW BEING CIRCULATED UNI DER ACT OF 19O3-INGRAM
 FINED $50.

Although still contending that the ordinance prohibiting the operation of pool or billiard tables in Conway is not invalidated by the supreme court in the Dardanelle case, Mayor Frank Jones and others who are seeking to close the place recently opened here by B. T. Ingram have started new plan to close the resort, which they declare will be effective, even if the ordinance proves to be invalidated.
 Under an act of the legislature of 1903, which provides for the incor- poration of institutions of learning, it is provided that upon petition of majority of the legal voters residing within three miles of an incorporated educational institution, the county court shall make an order prohibiting the operation of certain devices or es- tablishments, including billiard rooms.
 Under this statute, which is found in section 921 of Kirby's Digest, pe- titions were drafted late yesterday and are being circulated today. The section referred to is in full as fol lows
 "Sec. 921. To protect the youth assembled at such institutions Gan incorporated institution of learning) !, while removed from the customary restraints of home and parental watch-care, it is declared to be mis- demeanor to entice any student of such institution into the practice of gaming, or to furnish any student any device or instrument for gaming, or any intoxicating liquors of any kind whatever. And if said institution be located in city or any incorporated town or village, then upon a majori- ty of the legal voters embraced in the territory within three miles of said institution so deciding by peti- tion to the county court, any billiard room or bowling alley, or race course, or any device or instrument for gam ing, any brothel or house of ill-fame, or theatrical or circus exhibition, within three miles of the site of said institution shall be prohibited by said court, and any person who shall vio- late such regulation established by said court shall be punished by fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or impris- oned in the county jail not less than ten days nor longer than three months, or both"
 The petitions were drafted by City Attorney c. E. Condray and Hendrix College is named as the institution of learning, within radius of three miles of which majority of the legal voters must be obtained to make the petition effective. There is no official data upon which the number of names required can be based, but Mayor Jones estimates that 800 to $50 would constitute a majority According to the official list of poll-tax payers, there were 614 legal voters in the city of Conway in 1914, and 695 in Cadron township outside of the city, making a total of 1909 in the town ship. The three-mile radius, how ever, would embrace an area of less than one-third than of the entire township, which contains about no square miles. Those in charge of the petitions declare the majority will be so decisive as to leave no ground for questioning it.
 Late yesterday afternoon Mayor Jones assessed fine of $50 upon B. T. Ingram for operating pool room in violation of ordinance No. 127. The defendant immediately took an appeal to circuit court. The room is still in operation today and is appar- entlV oninvinn a nnnd natrnn q no