Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1885-03-14
somewhat Spicy.

w Y hhOH Jul ANaNNA0 ~ -
terested in county news, and 1T is
the Stars pride and boast that an
item of news can not venture out,
without being scooped in. So we.
give below some spicy extracts from
the proceedings of our town council.
And we desire to say that we have
no feelings toward any of the parties
involved. 1t is not our fight. The
Star can afford to sit on the fence
and see this procession pass by.
Our position with reference to the
traffic is well known. As Prohibi-
ZIONIST, we feel no interest in this
family quarrel as citizen we re-
gret the loss to the school
fund; as "business man, We re-
ioice at this partial removal of the
restrictions on ''trade = and as a
newspaper man, we give the news.
regardless of personal consequences.
TO review somewhat: Some years
ago the town adopted high license,
fixing the tax at $600-300 for the
State and 800 for the town. The
law was tested IN the conrts, and the
Supreme court decided that the
town could collect this money before
the issuance of the license, but could
neither enforce the payment nor re-
woke the license, if issued before pay
ment of the tax.
With these preliminary remarks
we submit these extracts from the
Board of Selectmen, which will be
read with profit, if not with great
deal of pleasure.
Here is the order granting the Ii
cense
"Itis further ordered that said tax
collector is hereby authorized BY the
Board to issue such license for three
hundred dollars to said J. A. Gllli-
land upon his presenting certified
copy of this order with the receipt OF
the mayor showing that the town tax
has been paid and also showing the
proper evidence that the bona re-
qulred by law has been duly exc
cuted, approved and filed.
The sheriff issued the license with
out these conditions being fulfilled,
as required by law, and fled the
following petition.
State of Mississippi,
Town of Kosciusko,
Alfalfa County.
To the Honorable Board of Mayor
and aldermen of the town of koscl-
usko The undersigned would re-
spectfuIly represent unto your hon.
orable body that one J. A. Gilliland
did on the 18th day of Feb. 1885,
through fraud and deceit obtain from
J. w. Woodland, the sheriff of Attala
county, paper purporting to be a
privilege tax license to sell v!nOus
and spirituous liquors in said town,
! in quantities less than one gallon in
the following manner;
He represented to your petitioner
that he would Immediately bring to
him a receipt from the mayor Of said
town for the payment of three hun
dred dollars for the benefit of the
school fund of said town, the pay
ment Of which is a prerequisite to
the issuance of said license by the
sheriff.
He represented that he would i'm
media:ely bring to yonr petitioner a
certified copy of the order granting
him the license and evidence that he
had given the requisite bond, both
of which should have been produced
before the issuance of such license
by the sheriff.
And the undersigned acting as
deputy for said sheriff, and reposing
confidence in said ]. A. Gilliland's
representations in this respect, did
allow him to take from the sheriff 5
Office the said paper purportlng to be
privilege tax license and he failed to
comply with his promise as he rep
resented that he would do, and your
petitioner is informed and believes
that said J. A. GilliIand has wholly
failed and still refuses TO pay three
said hundred dollars to said town.
For the reason of the facts above
set forth and the violation of law
therein and for the further reason
that said J. A. Gilliland has become
an unfit person to have such license,
and for various and sundry other
violations of law your petitioner
makes application to annul and re-
woke the license to said j. A Gilli-
land.
(Signed.) J. A. CLARKE, Jr.
A similar petition was filed against
J. P. Metts, and after due consider
alton the Board decided that they
had NO power to annil the license
and now the town is short several
hundred dollars, the sheriff has VIC
lated the law, and Gilliland and
Metts have their license. Whoop-la
-Kosciusko Star.
That is the way that saloons edu,
cate the children. How do you like
it. We who are always ranting about
the benefit to the children, anc
schools, and whisky. When did j
become impossible to revoke mans
license for violation of law regula-
ting the traffic. We have nothing
to do with the family quarrel, bu
would like for some of our friends G.
and advisers to see how these sobel
and suitable persons obtain their Ii
u L.