The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-30
% LIQUOR LICENSES.
The Board of Aldermen Refuse License
on East Martin Street.

meeting yesterday afternoon at : o'clock
Tor the purpose of grlnting wholesale and
retail liquor license 70: the coming year.
This much of the meeting passed off
smoothly, the recommendations of the
Police Committee being adopted InaLi-
mously, but one special case, that of
granting license to w. IL. Jordan at 1875
East Martin street, caused some heated
discussion, and finally resulted in a tie
VOTE which, Unexpectedly, necessitated
the deciding vote from Mayor Powell.
The recommendations of the Police
Committee included twenty-elght licenses
in this city. There are now twenty nine,
but Pagan Clements who runs a saloon
upon West Cabarrus street had not
made application for a renewal of his
license up to the hour Of adjournment
and the one new application for license
was refused unless some other location
than the Spence Building he selected
Mayor Powell called the Board to
order and Messrs. Pegram, Cooke Cor
rell, Croker, Wilder, Parrish, Melon
aid, Jones and Miller We're ready for the
first vote of the session, which granted
license to those who had accompanied
their license with the necessary $50,
as follows:
Thos. Pescud, Fayetteville street.
Acme Wine Company, Fayetteville
street.
e. V. Denton, Fayetteville street.
Marlborough House, Fayetteville street.
l.. J. Walker, Martin and Salisbury
street.
John r. Ferrall & Co, Fayetteville
street.
NJ. Rosenthal Fayetteville and Har-
gett street.
A. o. Wadford, Hargett street.
Jas. e. Hamlin & Co., Wilmington
street.
C. w. Hoover, Wilmington street.
J. ]. Johnson, Wilmington street.
J. d. Carroll, Wilmington street.
/. C. Hill. Wilmington street.
a. J.. Bailey & Co, Wilmington street.
l.. n. White, Wilmington street.
Bailey & PEBBLES. Wilmington street.
l.. S. Rochelle, Wilmington street.
Parham & Joyner, Wilmington street.
Denton & Dixon, South Blount street.
Garrett & Bachelor, East Martin
street.
S. T. Smith, Exchange Place.
John Z. Smith, Exchange Place.
H. E. Caudle, Exchange Place.
\. Deboy, Exchange Place.
7. E. Griffis, Exchange Place.
NJ w. Woodland, West Cabarrus
street.
L. II. Jones, South Dawson street.
n. III. Bledsoe, East Hargett street.
The application Of Mr.. w. ID. Jordan
for license to sell liquors at 126 East
Martin street, met with opposition in the
shape of a petition from Messrs. w. A.
Wyatt, VIM. Hood, A. J. Dement,, G. c.
Jones, MCGOWAN & Lee, G. S. Tucker
q Co., requesting that the Board reject
any request for license to sell spirituous
liquors in the Spence building, between
Wilmington and Blount streets, upon
the grounds that the sale of liquors in
chat building Injuries other trade and is
demoralizing in that locality.
Messrs. Phillips & Penny. Britton
Pearce and w. III. Hicks, also business
license be granted. All of the petition
ers acknowledged the character of Mr..
Jordan to be excellent, but wished him
to locate his saloon elsewhere. Mr.. w.
B. Snow, by unanimous consent, address
ed the Board as the representative of
the counter-petitioners and answered the
charges maintained by Alderman Cor
rel that prejudice and spite instigated
the signers Of this petition against Mr..
Jordan's proposed establishment
The Board took vote on the motion
TO adopt the recommendation of the Po-
lice Committee not to grant license at
the location named in Mr.. Jordan's ap-
pication, the vote resulting five to four in
the negative Alderman Correll then
moved that license be granted, and the
vote was taken at once. Five members
Of the board stood for the affirmative,
and the mayor declared the license
granted, but Alderman Parrish asked
that the call for the noes to stand be
given. The mayor gave the requested
call and Alderman Hamilton arrived on
the scene just in time to complete the
number necessary for tie.
Mayor Powell voted with the negative,
stating that he agreed with the MEM
hers, of the board that Mr.. Jordan de-
served license, but that the opposition
in the locality Of the Spence building
also deserved consideration.
During this discussion Alderman Cor
rell stated that he would be willing TO
vote with majority of the Board to re-
fuse all license in the city. Alderman
w. Il. Jones stated that he held similar
convictions, but motion of Alderman.
Mcdonald to refuse all license brought
Mr.. Jones to his feet and he refused to
believe Mr.. Mcdonald in earnest. The
question vii probably be brought up
again at the first regular meeting Of the
Board, and Mr.. Jordan's application may
be given another hearing.