The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-11-03
School Girls in Raleigh to
Have Protection.
BEEN MUCH ANNOYED
City Aldermen Hear cf the Misdeeds
of the Street Washers.
HOLD UP ON MORE MONEY soR HOSPITAL
The Board Approves finlncial Report. Hears
From Some Committees ard Ad-
journs Till November
iha 1ond
the 22nd.

the 22nd.
Raleigh's street Washers must beware.
Samuel Welles's father said Beware
of the vidders."
Raleigh city fathers make it cost ten
dollars to pursue. ogle and make goo
GOO eyes at the school girls.
For behavior of this kind the Board of
Aldermen provided cash penalty. BY
unanimous and hearty vote it passed an
ordinance imposing fine of ten dollars
on the gay Lotharios" who might here
after be a source of ANNOYANCE to the
young ladies at the female schools here
and to the Presidents of the institutions.
During the session of the regular
monthly meeting of the Board of Alder
men held last night, Alderman John II.
Andrews proposed the following ordin-
ance:
BE it ordained by the Board of Alder
men of the city of Raleigh.
Section mo person. under pretext
of exercising his right to be on the pub
lie streets, shall loiter near the premises
of The female seminaries or schools foT
the purpose of prying therein, or hold
ing surreptitious communication with any
of the inmates thereof; nor shall any one
accompany, or follow the pupils of any
seminary or female school on the public
streets without the permission of the
teacher in charge of said pupils; nor
shall any one annoy or interfere with
them either within or at the doors OF
churches or public halls. Any person
guilty of the offense, or offences, herein
named, upon being convicted thereof,
shall he fined ten dollars, for each
offense.
Section at shall be the duty of the
city police to see that the provisions of
this ordinance are strictly enforced
Immediately after this was offered AL
derlnan Drewry stated that he desired
full information as to the matter, which
the proposed ordinance rclarcd, and sug-
gested, that as he saw present President
vann of the Baptist Female University
and President Dinwiddie, of Peace, that
they inform the aldermen. as he under
stood the ordinance was introduced to
protect their schools and the other fe-
male schools in Raleigh.
DR.. Vann spoke first He said that he
had found it necessary in taking his stu
dents to places of entertainment at night
to have guard of policeman, that once
he had asked for two. but the six who
came were needed. That the annoyance
came not from visiting young men, but
from young fellows in Raleigh. Espe-
cially was he annoyed a year ago when
returning with his students from a de-
bate, when the boys pursued the girls
along the streets, running in amongst
Them and going even to the University,
where policemen had to remain for some
time. Late at night he was now annoy
ed with the bottle troubles This con-
sisted OF tying bottles 10 the door knobs
at the University, and then pulling thea,
with string so that the knocking sound
cd like cannon. lie further said that the
Logs here die not pursue and annoy the
girls who lived here, and that he thought
the school girls, coming from the best
families in the State. should be fully
protected. He did not ask for vengeance
en- the boys, hut for protection to which
young women were entitled.
President DinwiGdie next told of his
experience, which he said had been very
disagreeable some time ago, but which
had been greatly bettered because of the
forcible argument in the way of a knock
down he used on the boys who annoyed
the students of Peace Institute. He
told of the lineup of young fellows who
would crowd TO the side Of the school
girls to help them across the street, and
of the practice OF these gallants in forcing
the girls to go up the steps to the Acad-
envy of Music in single file, while they
stood alongside and said "Ain't she
pretty"
Continuing, DR.. Dinwiddie said that he
no longer took his students to church or
entertainments at night without the ne
cessity for police guard. That boys had
gathered about Peace with spy glasses,
watching the windows of the girls on the
afternoon and night. and that he was in
formed that some had used telegraph pole
climbers to get up into trees to watch the
girls. He told of the value of the trade
of each girl to the city where each spent
some three or four hundred dollars yearly
and said that protection should be given
them. He related an incident where one
teacher had taken fifteen or twenty girls
&c walk and young men had stood on the
sidewalks and stared the girls in the face,
jumping on bicycles as they passed and
again riding ahead to repeat the ogling,
President Dinwiddie also related of a
concert which the gallants had rendered
pt1U. hey FCdiuP Gt nine, TIC ltotshSu. AZ
ten there was more music for him. At
eleven he had lost his ear for the music
they rendered. At twelve he had lost
speech. SO he took a gun which had in
it fine shot and fired at their feet, and
then put another load amongst them, as
the result of which they probably were
carrying the shot around now. This had
given them sciatica," said DIR. Dinwid-
die. land they troubled me no more. In
concluding DR.. Dinwidde spoke OF the
high character of young ladies who came
4 to Raleigh and said they should be pro-
tected..
Immediately after these remarks were
concluded the ordinance was unanimously
adopted. Alderman Arthur saying that he
would like to add a section giving Dr.
Dinwiddie the right to use big shot.
The board met at eight o'clock, the
only absentees being Aldermen Jackson.
ccrrell. Upchurch and Griftis Fer tho