The Springdale news., 1915-07-09
An Ecno CT the Recent sunday De- baIchery Heard at s4eetiHs of City CounciI-Alvis Will Present Resg- nation to C5un55I ia tag st.

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 An echo oi taa r= eat sunday ae- bauchery iu Sprinedale 8as Heard tt the regular meeting . tae City coun cil Tuesday night eE this week. waeI Mayor Lane stated 70 tHe members Of the Council, eaa n me presence Of Marshal Avis and other spectators. that the services o1 Avis as marshal of spriugda.e were unsatisfactory 10 him.
 For some time those oI the in side have been cognizant ot the fact that conditions between Mayor Lane and Marshal Avis were not d. friendly as they were before the Sunday fight. in which Lin Hinson. Marshal Avis and others were the participants. and for which Hinson is now in Fayetteville serving out sentence
 Hinson was confined ia the county Jail for something hear three hundred days, but for tie past two or three weeks has been allowed his liberty, on a parole. or as q trusty, being compelled to report q the jail each night, and is also acting as turn key" at the jai. Hinson was in Springdale Sunday mixing w5:h friends; this being the first time he has shown up here since his confine- mant. He returned 10 Fayetteville on the noon train.
 The remarks from Mayor Lane re gardinS the work of Avis since he has been mars hal, or more since he has been appointed deputy sheritf. came like a thunder-bolt from Due sky Tuesday night. as those present were not expecting such.
 After the usual accounts were al- lowed Alderman Ewalt asked the City Council to allow Mayor Lane time to make a few remarks, stating that the Council had been adjourntL. at their other meetings before the Ma yor could be allowed the floor. The Council agreed to listen to Mayor Lane.
 Mayor Lane began by stating that the affairs of tAe town had not been conducted in a proper manner for the past two Or three months; that there had been all sorts Of talk going around by and between members ot the Council, and other city officials, that they had been back-biting, and in other ways doing the town an in justice, and particularly in the case Of the marshal
 He said that he did not see the marshal more than once day, and that he was doing more work for th county than for the town Farther. Mayor Lane said that he wanted to kick on the services of Avis as mar shal, and that he was not satisfactory to him. Mayor Lane also said that the fines assessed in his court had not been collected as they should , and that at the time Marshal Avis was electSd he was to receive $35, while he is receiving $40 He also said that if the marshal was hired to work for the city. that he must work for the city
 Some time ago Marshal Avis was made deputy sheriff in this section under Sheriff Mac Morton, and Ma yor Lane contended in his remark . that Avis was putting in too much of his tima looking after the affairs of Washington county, than he was city affairs
 Marshal Avis Talks
 Marshal Avis was present, and as soon as Mayor Lane took his seat. asked the Council to grant him a few moments time to answer the charge of not attending to his duty. The Council readily granted the request. Among other things Mar shal Avis said: If l haven't given this town more service as marshal than any other man ever on the