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BATESVILLE DAILY GUARD. VOLUME VIII. CIRCUIT COURT FJJUNfi CLOSES HIMETEEK SALOOMS MGM PROHIBITIONISTS VIN IN AP- PEAL FROM RI LING OF COUNTY JUDGE. PETITIONS LACKED MAJORITY Anti-Safocn People Sav It Has Been I Shown That Namis ol Non-Resi- dents and Persons 'Aho ( ould Not I Be Located Were Signed to Peti tions—Wil) Make Hard Fight to Shut Up Saloons in Little Rock Next Year. Special to the Daily Guard. Little Rock, Sept. 26.— The Anti- Saloon League and prohibitionists won a big victory over the license ■ element of Argenta today, when, in the case appealed from the county court. Judge Hendricks handed down a decision that the petitions presented last January for license in Argenta did not contain a majority of the white adult citizens of Argenta en titled to sign such petition. When the contest was before the county court, that tribunal, after a hearing lasting several days, ruled that the petition contained a major- ' ity of about 200 white adult citizens, ; and license was granted to nineteen : saloonists in Argenta. The prohibitionists, through their attorneys, took an appeal to circuit court,, and the ease has been under ] consideration for several days. One of the strongest points made by the prohibitionists before circuit 1 court was the placing of the sten ographer, with his notes taken when the case was before county court, i upon the witness stand. By these , notes, and with evidence that was offered in county court, the prohi-|i bitionists showed that numerous । names of people not bona fide resi- 1 dents of Argenta, were attached to the petition. Among these were a number shown to lie soldiers at Fort Logan H. Roots, outside the corpor ate limits, and gangs alleged to he housed in box cars, supposed to be employes of the railroad. Uport the petitions for license also appeared the names of a number of women, alleged to have been former residents of the restricted district. All in all, the prohibitionists al leged that several hundred names ap- imlllllllllllllUlHHl tinT ~ A ‘ smiiihhMi Big Line of Sample Coats and Suits Now on Sale at | “Our Store” : 11\ • Saturday, Mon- • j4Days-.m ; I; Samples must be returned Thurs- ; I day. If you don’t buy one we : | both lose money. Weaver-Dowdy Co. || The Gash Store. ■ 1 • Mm ♦•- W—.. 1 ared upon the petitions of persons I that could not by located in Argenta, ' and the license people being unable Ito disprove these charges, or show, 1 the place of residence of these al-, leged signers, nearly three hundred I cf such were ordered stricken from; the petitions by .Judge Hendricks. Or. if the sensations of the hear the case in circuit court, was he disappearance of the stenograph ■ . after he had given part of th ■ evi 'eree, and was excused on the ■ku c: illness. The prohibitionists ? sren s used this testimony to ad vantage in showing that the original j petitions did not contain a majority' in favor of license. Within a few minutes of Judge Hendrick’s ruling that the pettion did rot contain the required number of signatures, the news was phoned to Argenta, and the nineteen saloons do ing business there were closed. Prohibitionists state an appeal will avail nothing, as the petition on its face would prevent any construction of the case now in favor of the license advocates. This ruling has caused much ela tion among the anti-saloon element of Little Rock, who declare the license people will never be able to again show a majority in that city on peti tions for license. The saloon men are saying nothing, but the banishing of saloons in Argenta does not make it sure that they will continue busi ness in Little Rock next year. It is believed that the big battle to lie fought out in the next general assembly will be an attempt on the | part of saloon men to repeal the Go ing act, while the prohibitionists will no doubt seek to amend this bill, and to make the taking of a census where license is petitioned more atrict. it is expected an effort will be made to make it a severe penalty to place any but bona fide, white citizens on any petition for license, and means will be provided, it is said, to ascertain accurately the white adult population of cities where license is songht. The prohibitionists point out that since the lodges and churches of that city have taken such a stand against their membership signing petitions for license, the names of many men found on the petitions this year will be absent in the future. The city of Little Rock, in the re cent election proper gave a little over 1,000 majority for license, but the prohibitionists point out that a por tion of those voting for license were negroes, and that there are several thousand women to be reckoned with that will overcome any effort to again have license granted in Little Rock under the present laws. BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS. SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 26, 1914. • Condensed Report of tbe Statement oj Condition of the Union ‘Bank and Trust Co. 'Batesville, Arkansas I sis made under call of the State Banking ‘Depart ment for Condistan on September 12, 1914, as pub lished in full and suorn RESOURCES. LOANS AND DISCOUNTS $279,611 88 SCRIP AND WARRANTS 6,768 31 FURNITURE AND FIXTURES 5,068 72 CASH ON HAND AND IN BANKS 449,360 12 DEMAND LOANS — 22,284 54— 71,644 66 $363,093 57 LIABILITIES. CAPITAL FULLY PAID IN CASH $ 50,000 00 SURPLUS FUND (all earned) 10,000 00 UNDIVIDED PROFITS (net) 4,266 10 RE-DISCOUNTS — 19.000 00 BILLS PAYABLE - - 10,000 00 DEPOSITS —... 269,827 47 $363,093 57 |- - - - BW BASEBALL GAME । t North and South Sides of Main Street ' Engaged in Struggle at South Side Park Yesterday. ij i 1 Quite a crowd saw a game of base ball yesterday at South Side Park be- • tween two nines made up" in Bates ‘ vilLe, one representing the north and ■ the other the south side of Main 1 street. । Tbe crowd was full of noise and the nines were enthusiastically cheered by representatives of each side of the street. There were any number of good plays and just as many bad plays in the game, and all the former deserve special mention in the paper. । but from the fact that our baseball ( reporter was unavoidably detained ( from the grounds, justice cannot be . done to the case. When supper time arrived the score keeper announced that the score ’ was a tie, 10 to 10, but the fact re , mains that the south side of the [ street had to come to bat again to • make the innings even, and for that reason the south aiders claim the [ victory and are vigorously denounc -1 ing the other side as rank “quitters." i MUST COT CROP ONE-HALF ' Merchants and Planters at Dumas Rule That Tenants Must Reduce Cotton Acreage Next Year. , Dumas, Sept. 25.—Under the aus [ pices of the Dumas Buy a Bale Club, ' a meeting was held here which was i largely attended by merchants, plant i ers and citizens generally. The out ; look and prospects for next year were 1 discussed and some decided measures taken with a view to protection of the ' commercial life of this section. ' Hereafter, no merchant of Dumas 1 will furnish supplies to tenants who ' have not contracts with their land ' lords which provide for the payments of rents in portions of the products ; grown, that is, the tenant must con ' tract to give his landlord a fractional I part of whatever he raises. In addi i tion to this arrangement, no merch- J ant will supply a tenant who puts • over 50 per cent of his land in cotton. ' Also, for the first time in this sec ; tion. wheat will be planted. Potatoes ; and sweet corn will be experimented > with. While several hundred bales of cot ' ton have been ginned here, practically ■ none has been sold or shipped. D. E. Clark and wife are parents of ; a new 8-pound daughter, born Thurs • day night WILL ENFORCE LAW State Board of Health Writing Phy siciana That They Must Make Report of Vital Statistics. Secretary B. F. Young of the state board of health is writing the physic ians of the state that the penalty is । to be enforced against those who fail j or neglect to make reports to the reg-; istrars of vital statistics, as required I by law. The penalty is a fine of not I less than $5 nor more than SIOO, or ‘ imprisonment not exceeding sixty 1 days, or both. There has been a great ' deal of negligence among the physic-. ians, and in consequence the reports I of the vital statistics bureau lack a , great deal of being complete or ac curate. Secretary Young’s letter fol lows: • “Dear Doctor—l am informed that you have failed to comply with the! rules and regulations of the state' board of health in reporting the vari- j ous contagious diseases and filing i your vital statistics as required by Act 96, legislature of 1913. It is our desire to avoid bringing charges against the physicians who fail to comply with these requirements. Such being our attitude, I am writing you this personal letter calling this mat ter to your attention. Act 96 pre scribes a definite penalty for those who violate its requirements, but I trust it will not be necessary to re-1 sort to this means to get you to com- 1 ply with it. It is our intention to carry on a campangn of education and persuasion as long as possible, but if it becomes necessary we will invoke the full penalty of the law. “A number of supreme courts have held that one who violates the re quirements of vital statistics codes or who fails to file his vita) statistics is guilty of gross negligence and mal practice, and that a civil action for damages would stand against such a negligent physician. I am sure that you would wish to avoid such action, but your present course lays you open to it. If you would avoid such troubles in the future it would be well for you to comply with the require ments of the law and the rules and regulations. “I wish you would carefully consid er this matter and if you have any comments to make upon it, I would be glad to have you write me fully. I assure you that it is the intention of this office to act with fairness in every way to the practicing physic ian* of this state, but they must re member that they owe a very definite duty to their clientelle and that the courts and the people recognize this duty and are beginning to insist up on it. These reports would require but a few minutes of time sach month and practically no oxponse. I trust that in the future we may have full and complete reports from you each month without the necessity of ask ing you for them. “Fraternally yours, “State Registrar of Vital Statistics.' Examination for Postal Clerk. A number of persons are taking the examination today at the federal building for the appointment as pos tal clerk to fill a vacancy at the post office here. The examination is con ducted by Clerk Jones of the local office. ♦ SHERIFFS SON IN LAW IN BAD — Calvin Whitesides of Salem Is in Pen itentiary for Safe Keeping on Charge of Murder. Little Rock, Sept. 26. — Calvin Whitesides of Salem, Fulton county, has been brought here and placed in the state penitentiary for safe keep ing. Whitesides, it is alleged, shot and iatally injured Edwin Cass, a school teacher, a few days ago, and shot and slightly injured two com panions with whom he had been hunt ing. According to M. C. Maguffee, coroner of Fulton county, who brought Whitesides here, Whitesides and two companions were hunting near Salem and an altercation oc curred. All three men, it is said, had been drinking. During the alterca tion Whitesides shot both of his com panions, inflicting slight wounds, and then started for Salem. On the way he met Cass, whom he also shot. It was necessary to amputate Cass’ leg and the shock caused his death. Feel ing against Whitesides, who is a son in law of G. A. Caruthers, sheriff of Fulton county, caused him to be brought here. Negroes at the State Fair. Leo M. Favrot, director of the ne gro department of the Arkansas stat? fair, to be held at Hot Springs No vember 16-21, has addressed an open ; letter to the progressive negroes of Arkansas, in which he says: “The negroes of Arkansas are par ♦icularly invited this year to send an j exhibit to the state fair and to visit ! ‘.he fair while it is in operation. The i fair authorities have set aside $250 to 1 be used exclusively in prizes for ne ' groes. There are eight lots of prizes l in the negro department. Three ■ classes are offered for exhibits of ne ■ gro farmers, and three classes for ne i gro farmers’ wives. The boys' corn | club and the girls’ homemakers’ club i are also offered special prizes. Also there are various negro rural and ele mentary school prizes, and prizes for negro high schools and colleges, fine ■ and applied arts and domestic I science.’’ , I Allen Keith, one of the county’s , best citizens living several miles north of Batesville, was in town this morning meeting his friends and at tending to some matters of business. ♦ 444444444M4044444M*44444M4M44»4M44* ;; STATEMENT OF t The First National Bank t ' ; (A BateeviSSe, Ark. ♦ September 12, IQIU | ! ! RESOURCES. I i I LOANS AND DISCOUNTS $350,747 74 ♦ ; ; UNITED STATES BONDS (at par) 102,000 00 4 ' • STOCKS AND BONDS 6.826 02 $ I ! BANK BUILDING AND FIXTURES 8.500 00 J ! I CASH AND SIGHT EXCHANGE 70,770 87 w 1 I $547,894 43 < ’ ' * < ; LIABILITIES. ; ; CAPITAL STOCK SIOO,OOO 00 i 1 ; surplus - 13,000 oo ; ; ► UNDIVIDED PROFITS (net) 4,358 17 ; • ! ; CIRCULATION — 100,000 00 < » ; ; REDISCOUNTS 7,000 04 ; ; ' ' BILLS PAYABLE - 40.000 00 ] 1 ! DEPOSITS - 2*4,134 20 i ; 1 . Jr' Ss47 v ßf 441 8 ’ ’ V Oldest^Bank. Largest Capital. Largest De- J posits. Largest Cash Resources and Largest 1 Volume of Business. ( Only National Bank in tho City I; NUMBER 230. IN COMMISSIONERS COURT J Sharp County Pities Before Com missioner Parse* B <1 Over to Federal Gr\nd J"*?- L. D. Holly, postmabtei^P n d rnerc ' 1 * . ant of Emery, Sharp count^k an d ' , , Mhe same I Goodman, a young man of place, were arraigned before States Commissioner J. W. Parse^^Wq||| terday afternoon on charges of inter fering with a federal agent in the performance of his duties. Holly was bound over to await the action of the federal grand jury in the sum of SSOO, while Goodman was bound over in the sum of S2OO. The grand jury will convene in December. It is alleged that Holly and Good man were opposed to the dipping of their cattle in their section, and that they recently attempted to prevent a government dipping agent from car rying out the process of dipping cat- • tie for ticks. Assistant United States Attorney W. H. Rector of Little Rock was pres ent at the preliminary hearings yes terday afternoon and conducted the prosecution, while Holly and Good man were represented by Judge J. B. McCaleb. “TURN ON THE LIGHT' Our jovial, progressive and good fellow townsman, J. Rich, in an ef fort to ascertain the nature of the impediment responsible for the scan tiness of the buy a bale fund of Lit tle Rock, as published in the Gazette of Thursday, has penned the follow ing letters and forwarded them to their respective addresses: “Mr. Fred Heiskell, Editor, Little Rock, Ark.: Dear Sir—l wish to congratulate 1 Little Rock, which I understand is the 1997th precinct of Fort Smith, on your great showing with “Buy a Bale of Cotton Committee,” your little town or precinct raising the enormous sum of $2,090, while Batesville, the great Metropolis of Northern Arkan sas, only raised $2,000. “Let me know how you did it. “Yours truly, “J. Rich.” “Arkansas Notes Editor, Times Rec ord, Fort Smith, Ark.: “Dear Sir—Am today mailing you facsimile of a letter sent Fred Heis kell, that notorious “All Over Arkan sas” architect. “For reasons best known to Fred and his clan, there is food for think ing that communication will not re ceive the proper publicity; therefore, you, his arch enemy, are requested to i wield your gifted pen in order that : the ‘public shall know.’ Turn on the light. Yours truly, “J. Rich.”