The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-17

x Sunday without having such indigni- < |
 ties thrown in our an.,uu faces. %l < w. A Henderson. j. H. Pearson, < < A F. Frazer, w. H. Bowdoin, J. M. < < stuckey' MI < & $ x < & & < < & & * 3s < negroes were amusing themselves learn ing to ride bicycle in the middle or & the road It was evident that some ot them had been drinking liquors. Other negroes lolled about on the sidewalks or In the doorways of open stores. They iausheo | boisterously and cursed noisily. The Hall Street door to the place or Ginsberg and Lichenstein was wide open It is a large double door and several young men could be plainly seen standing at the counter drinking beer and eating. At least two negro women passed into the place with empty pitchers. The main entrance to this place is from Houston Street and the doors were closed.
 Just east of Ginsberg and Lichtenstein is the store of J. c. Abercrombie. This place is especially objectionable to citi- zens who have complained against the violations of the Sunday laws. They de- clare that Amercrombies place is never | closed
 Sunday evening the front doof of Aber- , crombies place was ajar and a numoer I | of negroes were in the place.
 The store and saloon of w. O. ORear at 304 Houston Stret is almost directly across the road from Abercrombie's. It !, is in a two story brick building, the most 1 modern structure in the dive district The , | front doors of O'Rear's place were closed Sunday evening but a door leading from , | a hallway which opened into the street 7 1 was wide open. The interior of the place was perfectly visible from the middle of . | the road A number of negroes and white
 men were in the place and there was
 every indication that liquor was being
 sold.
 At least three stores where liquor is
 not sold were open and clerks were on
 md nnhn tC Gn1d fn he fhn h1Q ness day in this district There are quite a number of 'cookshops," an institution
 peculiar to negroes, where foods are cook
 ed and sold, in the Red Bridge road dive d district These ''cookshops. presided 3. over by negro women. were all open Sun y day eyenlng and they seemed to be doing l. a thriving business.
 n A citizen who is acquainted with one or l. moro proprietorS of these places on the r. Red Bridge road said they were striving s1 to do all of the business possible before i@ the Greater Montgomery act becomes op- s1 erative. Under this law the Red Bridge a1 road district will be within the city limits 1s and these places must pay city licenses. ,s A Dill which still greater concerns the rs fore the Legislature and will undoubt- ta edly be passed. It provides that no whis- as key shall be sold in Montgomery County n- except within the city of Montgomery e- Under the present law whiskey selling 1T ve Montgomery County Is prohibited excep 't. within the police jurisdiction and the city Ol hOHlSOmeTy. inc pending Dll ac takes away from the police Jurisdiction al the right to sell liquor. Saloons doins vs business within the police jurisdiction '; GS belt of about one mile from the corpo s4 rate limits, have no city licenses to pay " As consequence scores of suburban sa "a looms just outside the corporate limit lis have fiourished.
 nr Section 352 of the Code of 1896 provide ssn that before the issuance of a license b, uSS the Probate Judge to persons to conduc vvSS stores or saloons they shall make thi = affidavit which is filed with the Probat sSS Judge:
 S 1SS T. -, do solemnly swear that rH - will not knowingly sell or give away an - spirtuous or vinous liquors to any mino ,al or person of unsound mind, without tn
 permission of his or her guardian or par
 ems or to any person of known intem A perate habits; that l will not keep ope Sw store on Sunday, for the purpose of car .N1 rying on business for which the license sought, or violate the statute prohibitn , the disposition of agricultural product
 between the hours of sunset and sunrise = nor will suffer the same to be don = knowingly by any partner. clerk or agent \ or any other person in or about my prem $ ises, If in my power to prevent the same and hat 1 will not allow any gaming O
 any kind on or about my premises"
 In addition to the law fixing a penalt
 for violating the Sunday law 1t is sail
 that saloon-keepers who sell on Sunda
 may be convicted. under this statute fo
 perjury.
 The signers of the appeal are wei
 known citizens of Montgomery County
 w. G. Henderson is a successful, practi
 cal farmer J. H. Pearson conducts 8 store at Highland Park. w. H. Bowdoil
 Is vehicle manufacturer, J. M. Stucke. Fl is farmer and Montgomery bushes
 man and l.. F. Frazer is employed in "a down town store
 When the attention of Police Chief A
 $. Gerald was called to the violation 0 y the Sunday law by saloon men on the Re- bridge road he said he would not mak - a statement about 1t.
 Those places are outside of the cit,
 limts." said the police chief With m
 limited force I cannot correctly polio TO- Montgomery; much less can I polio d,- Montgomery County. My men have in nee structions not to go outside of the cit mt. limits except in emergencies. We hay ent not got more than ten patrolmen for da hat duty, and about twenty for night duty ap- These facts are known to the public an
 it is useless for me to make any furthe statement"
 = An old and experienced Montgomer
 policeman talked more freely of viola
 tions of the Sunday law by saloon mer
 Why" he declared. the Red Bridg
 road is not the only district where sa
 looms are open on Sundays. Drive ou
 Sunday on any road leading from Mont
 gomery and just you leave the cit
 limits youn find dives doing bushes
 right along. The thing is easily eX
 plained. They are permitted to do bus
 ness in the police jurisdiction by payin - State and County license and they knoV
 city policemen are kept too busy in tow
 to watch them.
 The surest way to break up Sunda
 violations" this policeman whose nam
 Is withheld for obvious reasons, cor
 tinued. lis to elect a Mayor who will nc
 remit fines when these men who violat ,o the laws are tried and convicted. Withi '@' the past few months Mayor Joseph ha It. remitted three fines, imposed on me
 who were. of my own knowledge, note
 riously fragrant in their violation Of tn . law prohibiting whiskey selling on Sur
 day. 1t discourages and demoralizes tn N police department Whats the use of al rs, resting men and making yourself tal ns get for ridcule when the Mayor turn ons them loose2"
 asI, MT Henderson one of the signers ( fin- the petition, published herewith said ths
 himself and associates had determined | ?. urge the matter of Sunday violation Vss,; Vso,; upon the next grand jury unless they ol
 tained relief. He declared that fully lift est citizens of his ncighborhoOd would Joi
 with him in the effort to improve the COT . d!tion.