The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-11-07
ASK FOR PROTECTION.
WINSTON BUTCHERS BEFORE
THE CITY FATHERS
They Want the Law Enfurcad Re gard
ing County People Selling Ere sh
Meats In TOwn-Aldermau
Clements Suggestions


Clements Suggestions.
The Winston Aldermen met in reg
ular:session Monday night. Mayor Gray
presided. The following Aldermen
were present: Brown, Franklin,
Rich, Gorrell, LATHE, Snipes and
Clement.
T. L. Rawley asked for damages
caused by grading Spring street. Re-
tered to street committee and the
Mayor.
Street committee reported that the
| work of ditching Spring street had
been completed and that the force Of
hands are now at work en- Second
street.
Graded schools, white and colored,
reported ZOO pupils. Superintendent
Blair reports he is well pleased with
progress made.
committee be allowed to purchase caps
for cOlOred hook and ladder company
No. 2, like samples, the caps to cost
81 % each.
REPORTS OF OFFICERS.
Chief of.Police Wilson reported for
his department as follows, for Septem-
Der and October:
Number cases tried, POS
dismissed, q
bound over, s
appealed, s
Amt. fines and costs levied. 81 OBS. go
cash collected on fines, SIP 80
&c g dog tax, % 90
work coll acted on fines, 15S. %
Total collected, go 81
Balance due uncOllected, 364. 70
Number sentenced to impriS-
onment fol- 10 and 30 days
each, =
Tax Collector Hammer reported as
follows:
! Special license taxes col
lected, 1925 so
Sidewalk paving taxes collect
ed, 60 SO
| 1893 taxes collected, 205.3l
| 1894 - IS $50 rs
Water rents collected, 9O4 81
s., 254 81
Mr.. S. J. Lambe's report of sanitary
| work: Expenses, $S3; amount collect
ed, S75 So
Market Clerk Benton reported:
Stall rents, Sll4 %
Market limit license, l50
| Fees from hay scales, 80 45
Total, SI5I 81
| Three colored men were released on
| payment of corporation taxes on con-
| dition they satisfy the taX-collector
| that they were nOn-reSidentS of the
city the year the taxes were imposed.
| A letter was read from Col. f. H.
| Fries asking for permission to build
railroad siding on Sycamore street in
to the Jones & Cox lot, for the pur-
| nf i.,1 f,r
| ing a storage warehouse.
| The butchers appeared before the
| Board and asked for better protection
against country people who were sell
| ing fresh meats in the city. One of
the butchers charged some of the
| Aldermen with buying from country
men. The Mayor admitted that his
| family had purchased some meat from
Out-Of town people, but that he did
not know it until after the sale was
| made. The butchers plead for pro-
lection and said they must have 1t if
| they continued business in the market
| house. Some of the butchers seemed
to think the officers were not mani
Testing sufficient interest in bringing
the guilty parties to justice.
! A motion was passed that an officer
be put on duty Saturday to keep a
watch on counLrymen who were vic
of changing the ordinance to prevent
country people from selling meat by
the quarter; also the question of i'm
posing tax on country butchers were
| referred to the ordinance committee.
Alderman Clement made some
suggestions. He said that what we
want is law-abiding citizens When
the people are buying meats from out
| SiderS they are imposing upon tax
payers; said he would just as soon buy
blockade whiskey; was sorry he voted
for building market, as 1t was not be-
ing prOtected; that if any fellow ever
offered him any meat he would GER
tainly be sent to court. He said he
knew the law was being violated and
he considered it of greater importance
to the city than many other cases
which were being tried for violations
of minor laws.
The matter of the city paying for
the lot on which Mr.. Vickers was
buried was referred to the police
committee.
The following petition, signed by
seven of WinSJou's leading merchants
was read and referred to the ordinance
| committee:
"We, the undersigned, merchants
of the city of Winston, hereby re
spectfully request that your honorable
board pass an ordinance declaring
that the buying and selling within the
corporate limits of the city of Wins
ton of second hand clothing, shoes
I hats, etc, to be nuisance, as endan
gering the public health, and that The
buying and selling of such clothing bt
prohibited by law. Charlotte, Dur
ham, Raleigh and other cities have
passed similar ordinances"
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