Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1901-05-01
TWENTY-EIGHT
LICENSES ISSUED.
INCREASE OF TWO OVER
LAST YEAR.
Protests OF Taxpayers And
Residents Not Considered
Negro Saloon Against
The Protests Of
Citizens.
THE SOUTHGATE MEMO
RIAL, FOUNTAIN.

The Mayor and City Council met last
night for the purpose of considering and
granting liquor licenses for 1901. There
were twenty-eight applications. all OF
which were unanimously granted without
dissenting vote, except in one or two
cases. The law requires that every Ii
cense shall be signed by at least ten
reputable citizens, who shall reside in the
immediate neighborhood. Many OF the
sgners reside as far as three or four
squares away.
1t also provides that when protests are
made by residents and taxpayers of the
immediate neighborhood, tor sufficient
reasons, a license shall not be granted.
A protest, signed by some twenty and
more residents and taxpayers against the
granting OF liquor license TO one ]. AL
bert Adams, colored, at the corner of
Clay and Calvert streets, was presented
10 the Council, and backed by the per-
sonal protest of Mr.. James w. Owens,
and the agent Of the property next door
to the proposed saloon, who stated that
his tenants had threatened TO vacate the
premises If saloon was opened there,
but it had no effect. The license was
granted with one dissenting vote, Alder
man George r. Ty dings.
The reasons given by Mr.. Owens for
not granting this license was that there
were already three saloons within the
square, and the character OF the saloon
was sufficient grounds for turning down
the license, as nine tenths OF the cases on
our Court docket were the direct result
OF drunken brawls OF the colored race. A
colored man, he said, could not COM
mand that respect and influence over his
race in bar-room that white man
could. Our magistrates courts were
crowded daily with cases arising from
the result OF drunkenness among the col
ored race in low bro,hels, and he thought
it was an outrage upon the taxpayers to
grant this license. Messrs. Jerry L.
Smith and A. Theodore Brady spoke in
favor of granting the license.
LICENSES GRANTED.
The following is full lis, OF licenses
granted last night
Herman Ellinghausen, 81 West street.
VIM. Il. CAN'T, Cor. Md Avenue and Prince
George street.
lob Smith, IS Church street
Jacob +. Ebling, Cor. King Geo. & Holland SITS.
]. l.. Harrington, Cor. Church and Green SITS.
]. Albert Adams, cor. Clay and Calvert sts
Louis Watner, 81 City Dock.
M. D. G. Sanders, cor. Holland and Hanover sts
Fred. l.. ]. Gelhaus, cor. Bridge & Hanover sts
Mrs. +. Boldt, 70 Church street
Andrew K. Denver, II State Circle
John O. Woetel, cor. Northwest and Calvert SITS.
Christian Dammeyer, College Avenne.
Chas. A. Crandall, 81 Church street.
Jacob A. Lutz, cor. College Avenue and King
George street.
John B. Martin, So West street
John Mason City Dock
Chas. " eiss, IS Market Space.
Mrs. Susanna K. Martin, 73 West street.
Edward Weiss, cor. West and Calvert streets
Ernest N. Brock, So West street.
Mrs. Dora Baer, 40 Washington street
Mrs. Annie Bond, cor. State Circle a. Francis st.
The Annapolis Club, 81 Church street.
Thos. Iydings, II Market Space, cor. Randall St
Gadd & Melvin, Md. Hotel.
Isaac Hohberger, cor. Randall s. King Geo. sts
Arthur w. Hopkins, Annapolis HOTEL cor Bla-
den and Carroll streets.