Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1915-02-16
GAME CANNOT Be
sent FROM STATE
Supreme Court Holds Elk
emiption Of Certain Coun-
ties from Game Law Void.
AMENDMENT CASE UP
Hearing Set for March 15-Suit Over
WatcrwGrks District Of TeXarkana,
Involving Initiative and Keferend.
um, Set for Monday.

Little Rock, Feb. 15.-"Pot hunters
who have been reaping big profits
through the exemption Of certain
townships. Of Mississippi county from
the general law prohibiting the ship
hient OF game, from the state, were
handed wallop' by the supreme
court today when that body dismissed
a suit Of T. N. Adams against the
Jonesboro, Lake City & Eastern rail-
road on the ground that the law ex-
cmpting these townships was enacted
as a special privilege to certain peo-
pie and therefore discriminatory.
Adams sued to recover on shipment
OF ducks from Manila. Mississippi
county, to Chicago, where they were
seized by a game warden. The SUI
preme court upheld the confiscation.
Declaring the shipment unlawful. 1t
is stated that many persons have been
killing game in other counties of Ar
kansas and Shipping to the exemption
ownships of Mississippi county for
shipment. thus evading the law. To
days decision is expected to put a
stop to the practice.
The bond amendment recently
adopted by the people will come III
before the supreme court on March 10
the appeal of w. II. Hildreth from
the decision of Chancellor lMartineau
of Pulaski county being set for thai
date. Hildreth was refused by the
chancellor an order to restrain Mayor
Taylor of Little Rock from issuing &
cali for an election to determine il
- ho1 for thf
purpose OF establishing a hospital.
Save Negroes Hide.
Rice King. a negro sentenced Il
death for the murder of Mary Jones
a negress, in Mississippi county, viii
not go to the electric chair. The SUI
| preme court today ruled that the tri
al tribunal erred in not instructing ;
verdict of second degree murder, ant
giving the Encouragement the privi
lcgc OF agreeing to a second degree
murder charge or sending the cas-
back for re-trial.
Lem Stevens, the only other prison
, err in the penitentiary awaiting tn
death penalty. now has little hope o
) escaping electrocution. He was con
yicted and sentenced in Lee count,
for wife murder, and the suprem
court upheld the sentence.
The case of the Waterworks I'm
lprovement district of Texsrkan
against Earl W. Hodges, secretary o
state. involving the initiative and ref
erendum, was advanced on the calen
dar to February %. Texarkanian
opposing the formation OF a distric
to establish a municipal water plan
are seeking to have the proposition
voted on by the people under tn
: Initiative and referendum. The dis
!, trict commissioners contend the pro
I ceedings do not come under thi
, amendment, as the district was organ
! lied under the laws governing tn
! creation of improvement districts.
Cases Decided.
The following cases were decide
c and proceedings had in the suprem
court today:
BY Chief Justice McCulloch:
: Town of Augusta VS.. Peyton Smith
G from Woodruff chancery court; al
: firmed.
Jonesboro, Lake City & Easter
Railroad company VS.. J. N Adams 6
al, from Mississippi circuit court
4 reversed and dismissed.
ii j. l.. Gray VS.. Mary j. Blackwoot
II from Howard circuit court; affirmed
: w. r. Hill VS.. Southwestern Tele
graph & Telephone company. frol