Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1901-08-10
l BLUE LAW MADE
AII Saloons Must Close at II 3. m.
and Open at $50 a. m.
OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT. NEEDS
Reorganization and REGENERATION, Says the
Couuc1-A Drinking Fountain IN
Sight-0ther Matters Before
the Council.

Sight-0ther Matters Before
j the Council.
"All bar rooms. saloons, barbei
SLOPES, stores and other places OF
business, excepting drug stores and
eating places. shall be closed and KEEP
closed during the entire Sabbath ano
shall be closed and kept closedfrona 81
O'Clock q. M. Of every day untilD5:3t
! O'Clock the next morning.
Such is the decree of the Martins
burg City Council at the special
meeting held Monday night.
An ordinance to that effect was
among the first and most important
business transacted. Mayor Henshaw
was in the chair and Councilmen
Martin, Porter. StaubIy, Cline, Wes-
tenhaver, Eversote, Heck, Brown and
Lloyd were present.
Councilman Westenhaver brought
to.the attention Of the Council the fol-
lowing ordinances, which was submit
ted by the Anti Saloon League nearly
| two years ago aad pigso 4-holed. The
ordinance was unanimously passed,
as follows:
81 BE il ordained by the Common
Council of the Cor poration of Mar
tinsburg, that Section 50 ofChaper 8.
of the Eook offOrdinances Of said Cor
poratioa shall ale amendedsand re-en-
acted so as to read al follows:
Sec SO That ali bar-rooms, sa--
looms, barber shops, stores and other
places of business except as provided
in Sec "a anG 80 of said chapers shalk
be closed and kept CLOSED during the
entire, Sabbat nday and also that all
bar rooms and saloons shall be closed
and kept colssd fran eleven o'clock
p. m. of everv day until 8 80 O'Clock
the next morning, during tina entire
year. Any person who shall violate
this ordinances shall npon conviction
thereof be ined mot less than 6ye
nor more than twenty dollars for each
ofFBnse, and may also ut the. discre-
tion of the Mayor be impr isoned not
less than ogae, n0E more than thirty
days. -
The ordinances as first read, provld-
ed for the opening of the saloons, etc.
so sunrise, but that clause was changed
from suarise to ) 80 O'CLOCK.
The ordinance goes into effect one
week after its passage.
The application of A. L. Martin to
have the liquor licsnse of ID. w.
o 'ConNor transferred to BIN, action
on which application was deferred
from the last meeting, was again
brought up. A petition of number
of property owners and residents of
f. Martin street recommending the
transfer of the license was read by
the clerk and the petition of the citl-
zens protesting against the transfer of
the license. which petition was read
at the last meeting. was AGAIN brought
to tho attention of the Council. Coung
Gilman Porter moved that the license
be transferred to Mar. Martin.
/ Councillaan Westenhaver seconded
the notion stating that as Mr.. O'Con-
ner had recently been granted H.
cense he saw no reason why it should
not be transferred, as Mr.. Martin was
without doubt more desirable saloon
proprietor than Mr.. O'Conner. The
motion was lost, Messrs Porter, Wes-
tenhaver, Brown and Lloyd voting
| for and Messrs Martin, Staubly,
Cline, Eyersole and Heck against it..
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
The Mayor brought to the attention
of the Council a matter which he said
he was rather loath to do and that
was the condition of the Fire Depart
ment and it's need of reorganization.
In other cities. he said, the pride OF
1.-THE city in many Instances is the Fire
department, but it cannot be truth.
| fully said that the Martinsburg Fire
Department is the cause of any great
amount of pride to the citizens ofMar
tinsburg. The Mayor told Of what he
had personally observed at the recent
fire on Mr.. w. T. Stewards place,
how the fire was fought and how
the engine was handled. Council
man Cline said he made it point to
stand by the engine and watch the
way the engine was handled and found
uo one ahout il who knew ANYTHING
about it Ii it had been started into
operation the way 1t was taken out
there it would have blown up and
novices came within an inch of blow
ing it up. There is chief engi neer
and several attendants, but where were
they?
A general discussion of the con-
dition of the Fire Department fol
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