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VOL XXV NO 25 PADUOAH KY FRIDAY EVENING JANUARY 291909 TEN CENTS PER WEEK I
COLD WAVE COMBS
I AND WIND SHIFTS
AWAY FROM SOUTH
Kooky MouHtaia Seat ef DIs
igrbaiide That Spoiled
Weather
Telephone and Telegraph Ser
vice Damaged
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lUVKIt noVTH JIAVB OUT LINES
i STfiU t btej 8Hnlvcr arj of tho
bV fet kforiii that crippled 1
U lees city for two weeks
Paducah awoke this morning to
find a heavy chilling wind blowing
Instead ot the eiimraor weather that
hu 4 > fn enjoyed for a week Tho
wind blew about 25 alias on hour
but no serious damage was reported
aside from telegraph end telephone
wires working badly and dead limbs
and fence being felled For tomor
row the weather prediction Is rain
or mow with a cold wave following
Early last night a brisk wind be
gan blowing from the south ana
about 8 oclock rain began falling
The wind continued to blow all night
and mado it a boisterous one This
morning the wind shifted to the west
and according to the weather man It
will shift to tho north by night and 1
be accompanied by o drop in temper
ature Tho wind was tho highest
about 11 oclock last night and for
half an hour the wind threatened to
do real damage 1
According to the special forecast
sent put from the weather bureau at
Watlilngton the disturbance began
on the eastern slope ot tho Rocky
mountains and began moving rapld
ly jiojlhwjrt bplngjjiccomvanled by
rain whlcV turned To snow In tho
Missouri and upper MlioUilppI nI
le Rain for today was predicted
In the Ohio rat ey followed by fair
and colder weather
The wind was unexpected last
night but DO serious damage Is re
ported All of tho boats had out
extra lines and held to the shore
while passenger boats went to the
bank during the high wind At tho
city pest house on tho c alro road a
tent was erected to rare for the extra
number of patients and It fell carl
in the night Fortunately no patients
were In tho tint at the time as they
bad not been moved
Telephone Trouble
Doth telephone companies had
minor troubles with the wire Man
wirer were crowd and It was dim
cult to reach the rural telephone sub
scribers The East Tennessee Tel
phone company had n polo to fall
near apace park Tho city electric
light pleat ran all night but tho em
ployes were kept > ur One polo In 1
Rowlandtown fell and many tale
phone wire broko and fell across
the wires However the arc lights
were kept burning all night The
telegraph companies could not reach
all stations today t but linemen were
out at work early this morning and
cininiiicnlldn < was established with
all stations ns soon at possible
Maty roots were damaged by the
wind and most of the streets are well
sprinkled with eh In pics and pieces of
tin
Storm Damage
The steamer City of Memphis
which Is moored to the bank of tlie
Tennessee river near Island creek
war blown loose this morning and
Called across the river The steamer
was not damaged and was tied to
the bank safely
The smokestack at the city electric
plant wag damaged by the wind as
about 20 feet were blown off the top
A new stack I IsU I contemplated A
large window in tit e Wo 2 fire station
was blown out by the force of tho
wind lat night
nightAt
At Cliicazo
Chlcarjo Jan 29A blizzard Is
raging In northwest Nebraska Min
nesota Is cut oft from telegraph and
telephone communication Temper
ature dropped to below zero Des
patches from Lincoln before the wires
went down said tho blfzzard la the
worst in twenty years
In Missouri I
Rolla Mo Jan 29Snow Is fall
Ing and a heavy wind and cold wave
Damage Is reported from wind
Damage to Mine
Joplln Mo Jan 29Tboulandt
of dollars damage wan done to min
ing plants here by the storm
Married at Metropolis
James 3 Gray and Minnie Flynn
of Stir Lime Works went married
by Magistrate Liggett it Metropolis
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License Committee Deadlocked
on Question of Amending Measure
Three Reversed Themselves
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Ordinance Was Unanimously
Adopted and Apportionment
Unanimously Agreed OH
Amendment Would Cause
Drllclt For Year
I Three members of tho license com
Imlttee ot the general council who
voted In favor of adopting the prev
oat license ordinance and in tarot
of the apportionment ordinance re
versed themselves last night when
they voted to reduce the retail mer
chants license and the wholesale gro
cert Aldermen Durrett and Lackty
and Councilman Wilson voted In
favor of the amendment and Alder
man Oehlschlager and Councilmen
Duvall and Bower voted against the
amendment AUortnen Durrett took
his seat In November and voted IN
favor of the license ordinance and
Alderman Lackey and Councilman
Witeon were both In I the lower board I
and voted for It All that also voted
land favor of the apportionment adopt I
Min
ed this week which Is based on eMI1
mated revenue Including the p recent
license regulation If the amendment
should carry It would create a huge
deficit In the funds for the year
The committed refused It L Tate
a broom manufacturer exemption fO
the year
yearWill
Will Retain Officer Rice
The services of Lycurgus Rice as
stock policeman will be continued I
as the committee on fire and police
decided 10 retain tho official last I
night In addition to his duties as
stock policeman the members of tnt
committee decided to add the duties
of keeping tab on the dogs Mr Rico
will secure the names of every dog
owner In the city and nee that the
city license Is I paid Mr Rico bus
made a good official 1 and has kept th9
city clear of roaming COWl htid
horses I
horses1UlifIQSCliOO1
IUliLIO SCHOOL 1UJILS
SIXniRlv PROMOTION CARDS
All the pupil of the public school
trudged back to the schools this after
noon at 3 oclock when the promo
tion cards wero given and the last
work of the first semester was com
plete No work was done as the
students were at the school only tons
enough to receive thb cards when
they were dismissed until Monday
the opening of the second semester I
No reports have hood handed in etl
and there Is no basis for an exact
number of promotions but It is conI
ceded that there were few failures
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IKB COHENS CUP OF ADVERSITY RUNNING
OVERSUIT BROUGHT BY REVENUE AGENT
Troubles como In battalions
for Ike Cohen a pawnbroker
who has been In the spot light
recently owing to his misfor
tunes The latest thing to worry
the pawnbroker Is the filing of a
suit In county court by H L
Anderson ttuU revenue agent
alleging that Cohen failed to pay
his state license ot 500 for
keeping a pawn shop last year
In addition to the 500 the
usual 20 per cent penalty Is
asked which will make the least
settlement GOO exclusive of
lawyers feet and costs
Ike Cohen broke Into the lime
light last week when be swore
out a warrant against G W
Ervan who Is alleged to have
pawned a phony diamond ring
WEATHER
1068 WINDS
Rain or KHQW followed by clearing
tonight wltli cold wave Saturday
fair rind cold high nortliumt winds
lllKltCHt leinjicniture yesterday 00
lowest today ay
30y a
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GIRL SEIZED
AsLaurel Shelton
IOIltL I Shelton tho Iff
yearold daughter of Constable
A Co Shelton 140 Hays avenue
stopped out of the rear door last
night About 010 oclock an MB
u known man tried to seize her
The girl screamed and the man
2 who Is I described all waring a
jj derby and being dressed In black
clothes Jumped the fence liml
f fled Constable Shelton Bras j In
the house and run out He gave
0 chase to the stranger bat OHM
8not find any trace in the dark
darkJ J
fleasRobbers
I Robbers in Postoflice
I Bcottevllle Ky Jan 29 Special
Robbers entered the postoffke here
and blew tho safe They got 1500
and escaped
escapedCaiaty
County School Examination
ICotintJHchool I school pupils and
one colored pupil are taking the
county school examination for a
Ilcoun
county school diploma today County
I School Superintendent S J Billing
i ton IB conducting the examination
The examination will continue tomor
row
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IIIIOCIa lion Sales
Sales at the Planters Protective
association salesroom today were
good W B Kennedy representing
the Italian government purchased
purchasedj115
115 hogsheads of leaf tobacco at tho
I price of n to 10 The Planters
Protective association ImAre rented the
threestory brick building at the cor
net of Second and Jefferson streets
and will move In their new Quarte s
In about ten days New and more
samples are being received1 daily and
the room occupied at present Js by
far too small to handle the business
Jhenew rooms will be put in the best
of condition for showing off the to
bacco and wlllbe arranged Jna neat
order r
Carnegie Organ Wanted
Through the beneficence of Andrew
Carnegie tho new Fountain Avenue
Methodist church may be made tho
beneficiary of a handsome church or
gan Carnegie In addition to his
bestowals of public library buildings
has been giving church organs and
officers of tho Fountain Avenue
church wrote to him A response < has
been received from his secretary and
an application blank was sent It Is
hoped that tho church may receive
the organ
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and securel 300 Ervan was
brought back and is now In Jail
Ervan still hOlt the 300 and
Cohen has the ring and Ervan
has not consented to redeem the
Jewelry Following this Cohen
took out an attachment In 0
magistrates court to recover
onethird of 300 but no de
cision has been given
Submerged In his trouble
Cohen got Into a poker game 0
try nnd win his money back bit
tho cops were wise and Cohjn
was pinched for gaming le
signed a replevin bond yester
day afternoon submitting to n
fine of 25 and costs
Klernn Before Referee
I New York Jan 29Kelran np
peered before the referee in b nk
nkI I
ruplcy today thus giving the feciral
authorities precedence In the fit llty
ea
At St Jxuls I
St tattle Jan 29Reporll h II
morning from the southwest IndM te
heavy damage by ntorms today be 1
storm is etlll raging In parts of J IE 1
sourl and Oklahoma In St Lai I II
there sa s blizzard today with a fi e
driving snow and sharp wind e
wind Last night reached a velocity t
40 miles and blew down signs t r
and smokestacks Many feared a
repetition of the cyclone
Cooper Trial
Nashville Jan 29The third vj
Ire of BO0 men from distant parts f
the county was present today for he
selection of the Cooper Jury Phy c
lans declared Juror Whltworth prb
ably will be confined to his bed id
cause a mistrial The Judge said re
considered it good groupd to exc se
him He finally consented to seI I
ah argument before Ma decision In
the matter
HIS BEDFELLOWS
HISBEDFBtLOWSWERE
WERE HOGS IN HAY
IN OLD BUILDING
1
1W
UnldeHtlftcd tfttunp Crawls
AmoegS J ato Keel
From Freezing
oj
Feet l JaBgrejL Before H e <
Is Diered
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NEWS OF A1tMerF COUNTS
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Bardwell KTJwtr O t 29Speclal
Lying in a bed jSjle by hogs In an
unused shack OR tMJ farm of 0 W
Hogancamp near i lwell an un
known tramp was rnd with his feet
gangrened after oaring been frozen
Ha was sent to th JfCarllgte county
Infirmary Tho mait had snuggled
up to the bogs wht were crowded I
together In tbo straws and when the 1
weather warmed the had deserted
him Jf
Fight Near Banlwell
Guy Moore etaljbe Ernest Drown
In a fight near Bardwell la a fight
that took place oa the public road
The wounds were q ji the head and
face and are not coxsldered serious
Efc
Carlisle LIIpA school i
The Carlisle county fiscal court
levied an ad va10re tax of 20 cents
and a poll tax of Idler the purpose
of erecting a county High school at
Oardwell The regular levy for all
other jiurpotcs Is 87 Ycents
IB Clrcnit Court
Suit was filed this morning In cir
curt court by Harry Switzer against
his father Julian SwHzer for 150
alleged to be due on a note
L P Holland med suit against J
IE Ohlppa and his wife Helen Chlpps
for 111 3 Sol alleged due on property
TronbleJreJCbd
Deputy Sheriff Our Rogers served
notice on Mrs Esther Ruth De
Vaughn this morning to have her
thUd Nell DeVaughni Jr before
Judge Reed tomorrow The notice
was Issued at the instance of the fath
er of the child who alleges that his
wife was trying to escape with the
child Mr Rogers aid tho father
went to the Union station at noon
but the mother did nJtI leave Later
she was found at a hotel and the no
tice served
servedLaymen Will Speak
Birmingham Ala Jan 29 It
used to be that preachers did all the
speaking at religious conventions and
a layman was a novelty Of the
twelve men featured by the commit
tee In charge of tie Birmingham
convention February 161Q eight are
laymen and only ono of the four
preachers It a pastor It looks as if
the laymen were crondtngtfae preach
ers pretty close at the speaking bud
ness IjtiLiJlJ I
Effort to ElechHopkins
Chicago Jan 9An effort to get
the Republican caucus which will
bind enough rotes to elect Hopkins
Is being made by Basso and Dene n
and other Hopkins leaders I
Mother and Son
Charged with housebreaking and
obtaining money by false pretenses
Anna Mitchell and her eon Willie
Mitchell were arrested yesterday by
Patrolman Charles Clark it Is a Bad
case but the police warned them to
cease stealing Junk They are al
leged to have broken Into the store
house of Samuel Dodd 914 Broad
way and stole 125 moulds for cast
Ing concrete blocks ftls alleged
the moulds were broken and mid to
Junk dealers They will be tried to
morrow
ST LOUIS BANDIT
IS ARRESTED FOR
MURDER OICTIH
St Louis Jan 29 William Goo
son was arrested thla rmornlng
charged with the murder st night
of Louts Jobusch Jobusch was killed
when two highwmenj4who created I
a reign or terror ordered him to
throw up his bands andhoTrefu d I
Nine arrests vet made Gleason
ISlne
was Identified M thepther victims
Oleasons motlic ordered time officers
out of the hous add ald she would
shoot If t they cn read fI1M jr U ar
rested
Douglas Robinson Will Proceed
Against New York World in State
Court For Libel in Canal Scanda l
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ITALIAN RELIEF FUND
At the request of Mr L Vii
ana who has been requested by
the Italian consul at Louisville
to collect and transmit to him
funds for the relief of the Italian
earthquake sufferers Tho Bun
donationse
and wo that they are properly
forwarded to the consul at Lou
Idyllic Any readers of The Sun
therefore who wish to contrib
ute may send I lip money to The
Sun and announcements of the
contributions will bo made from
day to day
TOBACCO TRUST
ESCAPES PENALTY
IN HBNRY COUNTY
Frankfort Ky Jan 29 Special
In reversing a Henry county line of
2 TOO against tho American Tobacco
company under tho antitrust law of
190 the appellate court says the In
dlctment did not say that prices were
advanced above u reasonable value
It upholds the antitrust law however
I ken Indicted
Buffalo Broker Indicted
Buffalo Jan 29Harold G Mead
ows of the defunct MeadowsWil
llama brokerage firm was Indicted
by the grand Jury today on four
counts alh
Ie Defunct
Illinois Surety t Is Sot Defunct
The news Item published yesterday
to the effect that tho Illinois Surety
company Is in the hands of a receiver
was erroneous the receivership was
of a trust company in whlchithe Illi
nois Surety was Interested ax bonds
men
I C Shops Inspected
The Illinois Central railroad shops
were Inspected this morning by J O
Neuffer superintendent of Machinery
and his assistants n W Bell and J
K Bukcr The shops were found in
good condition The officials arrived
last night on private car No C and
after their inspection left this morn
Ing
DOUIILK4IKADKR WILL 11B
PLAYED 11Y THE LEAGUE
Tonight a doubleheader will be
played in the city basketball league
and two of the best games of the sea
son are promised as the strongest
teams will be pitted against each
other The game between the Chess
Checker = Whist team and the D A
Ds will be played off tonight and the
warmest kind of a battle is expected
The Light and Power team and the
Elks will play tho second game and
a lively tassel Is expected as both
teams have good players For the
next game the Knights of Columbus
will have In a now team of stronger
and more experienced players
CUMBERLAND AND
TENNESSEE WILL
BE LOOKED AFTER
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Washington D C Jan 29Rep
resentative Moon as a member of the
rivers and harbors committee on sur
vey has looked wen after the Interest
of tho Tennessee and Cumberland
rivers The committee has unani
mously agreed to his motion to direct
the secretary of war to resurvey the
Tennessee with the following projects I
In view along with the construction
of locks and dams and In channel 1
work Between Chattanooga and
Knoxvllle to attain the greatest depth 1
toward six feet and between Chatta I
nooga and the mouth to get the near
est depth to nine feet On < the mo I
lion of Representative Richardson of 4
Alabama Judge Moon got the com j
mittee to agree to order the Imme t
diate improvement of the river be I
tween Florence bridge and tho new
Colbert shoals eo as to enable the
opening of river traffic by next au I
tumn between Chattanooga and the
mouth of the river On motion ot I
Judge Moon and Representative Hous
ton the committee agreed to Repre
sentative hulls bill for a resurvey = of
the Cumberland river between Lock
No7 below Carthage and Loch No
n below Bnrnside Ky The com
mltteo also agreed to Mr Hulls bill
for a survey of Obeda river For I
maintenance the Tennessee will get In I
he forthcoming bill a total lor 1CO 1
OQIo 50X0 < above Chattanooga and
UOO000 below
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Presidents Brother inLa
Will Aid Jerome in Briugiu
to Light All Facts in Conncc
lion With Alleged Pan aim
Dealrpnshington
Washington Jan 29Douglal
Robinson decided today to becom
complainant In the proposed prosccu
tton of the New York World for al
leged UbeHn the Panama scandal liE
Is the presidents brother lulaw and
was charged with being In a syndlcafc
that handled thn alleged deal
Rainey Wont Retract
Washington Jan 29 Congress
man Rainey read the message tram
Charles P Taft In the house today
The telegram raid Rainey doubtless
was led Into a misstatement and
potion
tlon of his recent speech which j p
cused Taft of having any busldwj
busidealings
dealings with William Nelson Cr6
well Rainey said he didnt wlsh to
make any changes In his speech JJe
read that part referring sPecochrte
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THREE DAYS OLD BABY
WEIGHT POUND ANn IL c
A little baby boy three days oli
and who weighs only one and ond 1
half pounds and possibly the smallest
Infant in the state Is I the son of Mr
and Mrs E P Lady 1310 Burnett
street The little fellow Is healthy
and promises to thrive Ho is seven
inches tall and his face could be cov
ered with a dollar while his hands
and feet are not over an Inch long
MS1 Lady Is a painting contractor
and the parents are of average
averagehdghtfu
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helghthCAIuMFY
ouunax PLEASED > WITH
THEIR NEW CONTRACTS
Mn Fred MfcCreeTy ecreUrytrea
urer of the Joint protectlv f B6ar < luVn
tho Brotherhood of Railway Carmen
of the Illinois Central railroad and
Mr Qulncey P Wallace chairman of
the board have returned from Chi
cago where they closed a contract for
another year No difficulty was ex
perienced in reaching a satisfactory
agreement and bpth sides were
pleased The carmen did not receive
any increase In wages but were given
recognition such as never before I
JACK BINNS GIVENI I
MEDAL BY FRANCE
FOR HIS HEROISM
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Paris Jan 29Jack Binns the
wireless operator on the Republic
was awarded a medal today by the
French government
governmenttomb
Bomb Outrage
BaTcu Jan 290no killed and
eleven severely Injured by a bomb ex
plosion in the shop of a rich man
from whom the anarchists demanded
OrOOO rubles A man entered and
laid the bomb on the counter Just at
tar the place was opened He shout
11
cd a warning to employes and ran
Theatrical Man Shot
London Jan 9Goorgo Scott a
music ha1 manager and one of the
best known theatrical men In Eng
land was shot In Tavistock hotel
Convent Garden today
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Lumber Dealers Meet
Fulton Ky Jan 29Tbo board
of directors of the Retail Lumber
DallIers Association of West Tennes
see and Kentucky Is In session at tht
Jsona hotel hero Various prelimi
nary arrangements for the annual
convention to be held In Paducnh
tebrairy 19 and 20 at the Palmer
louse ore being made This asso
ciation Is competed of the most
ictlve and wideawake retail lumber
dealers In the two states and Is an
ctlye agent for progress W K
allof Fulton Is president of the
iSioclatlon S B Enoch ot Jack
Ion Tenb Is vice president and ft
P Branford of Union City Tenn
Is Becrctary and treasurer
Chicago Market I
May High LAW Close
Wheat lOS 1107 107 W
TQat
B ata b2sfl G
Pro Y172AK 171 J722
lard 982 4 9SO 980 I
Ribs 902 H 897 SMKJ Oft I
FRANK LAMKIN IS
HISSINGflAY BE
I MEMPHIS MYSTERY
Disappeared in This City
Christmas Eve andThonght
to be Murdered
I f
Horse and Buggy Are in City
Pound
a
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HE RESIDED NEAR MELUKR
The mysterious stranger who ap
Xannl lit the Memphis police head
luarters and asked who he was may
be Frank Lam kin a young man of
Melber He disappeared fromSlhfa
city Christmas eve His horse and
buggy wero ound on tho street that
nlghtytut tho Impenetrable mystery
hat urrounds his whereabouts after
thing Paducah leads his friends to
elleve he was foully dealt with and
andperhaps
was In the city purchasing Christmas
pr cntsrr Lart kin formerly
lived In Carlisle county and married
the daughter of Reese Griffith near
he Mayfield Creek church Ho was
a man of good habits
Was Seen Here
A dispatch from Memphis says
T J Tandy formerly proprietor of
a hotel at Dawson springs Ky nc
t jsted the stranger rhlle he was
walking down Washington avenue
yesterday afternoon with Sim < L Bar
Inda ohlet cleric of the police l depart
ment pespjte the fact Mr Tandy
said ho waV Z positive the young mans
name was Cllnard and that he
had met him in Paducah Ky Hop
klnsvllle Ky Boonevllle Ky and at
the St George Hotel in Evansville
Ind last August whore he said
Clinard was Employed by a whole
sale dry goods firm tho Man of iMye
tery could not remember ever having
wen Mr Tandy before The author
ties at Evansville have been comanunl
afed with and the police are Anxious
If awaiting a reply to their urgent
InquiryConvinced
Convinced that the youth who is
unable to remember fate name or place
ot residence Is his lost brother C S
Bbyles a master mechanic employed
by the Nauvoo Coke and Coal com
patty at Nauvoo Ala Deputy Sheriff
J W DorIes of Star Olty Ark Lin
coln Count will arrhe in Memphis
today to Interview and in the hope of
Identifying the young man who has
been a guest of Chief of Police Gee
T OHaCr at police headquarters for
a week
weekLaraklns
Laraklns horse ana buggy has been
In the city pound since December 2C
when it was found near Ninth and
Washington streets by the police
The buggy Is a rickety one with n
sorrel horse fa fair condition
Loose Leaf Sales
Today at Bohmers warehouse 45
000 pounds were offered and sold
There were no rejections nnd every
one was satisfied with the prices
The regular buyers were present and
the bidding at times was spirited
Tho highest price was 9 SO while
the lowest price was 440
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Fight on Lewis
Indianapolis Jan 29 nu The Jong
expected fight against Lewis started
In the miners convention today
Haggerty a Pennsylvania delegate
declared Lewis worked to undo nil
the national organizers did In tho
bituminous fields of Pennsylvania
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SALOON MAN WINS
CASE ON APPEAL
TO HIGHER COURT
Frankfort Ky Jan 29Spc
clalTbo appellate court today re
vered the case of J L Jones versus
thq city of Paducah In the Me
Cracken county circuit court the city
was given a Judgment of 1000
jgalnt Jones
Jones was a saioon Keeper and was
charged with selling liquor on Sun
day He was fined In the police court
and Mayor YcUer revoked his license
Suit was filed against his bondsmen
for 1000 and a Judgment given in
the circuit court but Jon s took an
appeal The court instructed the lower
court to give peremptory Instructions
for Jones in the suit UMorfelt bolds
and in which judgment for lQO
was entered for keeping tho saloon
open Sujiday The appellate court
says there was no evidence that tho
u day law was violated I