The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-26
SIDE DOORS NO GOOD.
BARRooAls MUST CLOSE SUNDAYS
AND LEAVE THE SHADES UP.

Fd6SeQ Dy tue lily OOUuCAA-A hs
Conditions Under Which Othel
Than the Liquor Business May be
Carried On-Alderman Carson Make:
q vigorous Fight for the Mayor-A
Debate over the Administration O
the Sunday Law.
Druggists can sell what they please here.
after on Sunday. hotels may serve their
guests with wines and liquors at dinner
cigars may be sold anyW here, new stands
and newspapers Offices can keep open all
day. and anything almost can be done ex-
cept keeping open barroona or selling liquor
therefrom on the Sabbath. The city council
SO decreed last night at its adjourned meet
ing, by adopting Alderman Cams ordi-
nance. The ordinance is az follows:
Az ORDINANCE TO Provide fer the Observance
of the Sabbath or LoFd's Day.
SECTION !. Be it ordained by the mayor and
aldermen OF the city of Savannah in council as
sembled, That every person sno shall keep or
maintain within the corporate or jurisictional
limits of tie city Of Savannah, any barroom, ale
house, beer house. or other place for the sale at
retail of spirituous, vinous, mat or Intoxicating
liquors ofany character, shall on every Setur-
day night at - O'Clock shut and close and keep
shut and closed the door or doors, window or
windows, and all other means Of access to such
barroom, ale house, beer house and other place
for the sale at retail OF splrituous, vinous. malt
or Intoxicating lduor until the hour OF -
O'Clock Sunday night.
SEC, Q Be it further ordained, That it shall
not be lawful for any person in the corporate or
iurisdictional limits OF the city Of Savannah to
sal in any quantity, directly or indirectly, or
under any device or disguise Whatever, any
spirituous, vinous malt or Intoxicating liquor
OF aEy character from ~ oclock Saturday night
to u O'Clock Sunday night, except that drug
glst or apOthecary may sell the same as medicine
upon the prescription OF a regular physician Of
Savannah, which prescription shall authorize
only single sa e,and then only when il appears
not to be used to defeat or evade the true in
tent and meaning Of this ordinance, This
section shall not be so construed as to prevent
a hotel furnishing its gusts with liquor az a
regular meal when they are ordered as q part
of a meal and when This can b. done Wit bout
violating, in any way. the 6Tx. section OF this
ordinance, which must Be strictly observed.
SEC. 3. Be It further ordained. That when
any eating house has azy means o. access TO &
barroom connected Herewith not only shall
such means OF Access be closed and kept closed
from Saturday night Al u 10 Sunday Eight ct l2
O'Clock, as requires BY the first section of this
ordinance, but all shades. bli1ds and curtains
shall be so raised and screens removed as 70 ex-
pose the said bar-room to full view from the
street
SEC. 4. Be it further ordained That any
person violating any provision Of this ordinance
shall on conviction before the police court of
the city OF Savannah, be fined in a sum not to
days. either or both, in the discretion of the
court
The penalties herein provided for shall not af-
feet the power OF the Mayor to revoke the
license Of barroom in accordance with sec
ton 10 Of the tax ordinance
SEC. 5. Be it further ordained. That that GER
tain ordinance OF the City of Savannah, passed
April H. 1889, entitled, AN ordinance to amend
an ordinance entitled an ordinance for en-.
forcing the observance Of the Sabbath, or
Lords day (set forth on pages $40 ct seq. of
Henrys Digest of the ordinances of the city of
Savannah, and. in substance. on pages $50 ct
seq. OF Wilson's Digest) and all ordinances
amendatory thereof, including that passed in
council July q, 1854, Iset forth on page 1873 of
wilson's Digest) and all ordinances and parts of
ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are
hereby repealed.
1t was 8 o'clock last night when the
board, headed by Mayor McDonough, en-
tered the long room. alderman Bailey was
the only member absent. There was big
crowd present, among whom were bar
keepers, druggists, storekeepers, photog-
raphers, ETC., and all were anxious to see
what the council proposed to do with the
Sunday ordinances.
THE DEBATE IN COUNCIL.
Alderman Carsons ordinance. which he
offered in behalf Of Mayor McDonough at
the last meeting, was first read, followed
Immediately by Alderman Cann's, which
was not quite so sweeping.
Alderman Myers moved that Alderman
Cams ordinance be first considered. No
one seconded the motion, and Alderman
Carson offered an amendment, which was
identical with the ordinance of his brother
councilman except as to section 4,
which read as followsi at shall
not be lawful to open any place of business
In the corporate or jurisdictional limits of
the city wherein are kept any goods, wares or
merchandise for sale, from IL O'Clock Satur-
day night to 10 o'clock Sunday
night, for the purpose of selling
therefron, except drug stores, hotels,
eating houses and places Of business Of news
dealers. A drug store may be kept
open for the purpose of selling
drugs, medicines. mineral and other waters
The place of business of newsdealer may
be open until IL a. m. Sunday
morning.. but not later, and
then only for the purpose of selling
newspapers and periodicals. This section
shall not be so construed as to prevent the
sale of ice or milk by persons other than
those mentioned in the first section of this
ordinance, or 50 as to interfere with works
OF necessity or charity excepted by the
state law, to be found in section 1879 of the
state Code.n
MR.. CARsoN's HAPPY MEAN.
In Offering the amendment Alderman
Sat sou saiu ne was OppOSe0 TO Alderman
Cams ordinance on account of its
Iiberality, and to the ordinance offered
BY himself for Mayor McDonough
on account Of its sweeping features.
lie considered his own ordinance a happy
medium between the two He did not want
TO stop vessels from loading and unloading
on Sunday, for he considered this q neces-
sity In Savannah. In the ordinance offered
by himself at the last meeting, Alderman
carson said there was no provision for
q man going into his place of
business on the Sabbath to read his mail.
THIS he did not consider Just. Another
thing was that the supreme court had de-
cldsd that cigars we're a necessity, and he
thought any one ought to be allowed to
get a smoke on Sunday If he wanted It.
In closing, he asked for the yeas and NAYS
on bis amendment, which resulted in its
being lost. The vote was as follows:
AGAINST THE AMENDMENT.
YEAs-Alderman Carson.
NAYS Aldermen Harmon, Mcclure Myers
Reid, Mills. Haines, Cam, Harris, MeIdrim
In voting against the amendment, Alder
man Meldrlm stated that he thought the
exceptions were not Just. A man could 90
into drug store and buy soda and mineral
water, but he couldn't buy a cake
OF soap to wash his face. He was
opposed TO any such restriction, aud
thought it was straining at a gnat and
swallowing a camel
Alderman Carson tartly remarked that il
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