The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1903-12-15
CARNIVAL WILL
EXHIBIT ANYWAY
-
To Open Up This Morning
Opposite Episcopal
Church
TO SHOW UNDER ONE LICENSE
City Council Held Two Special Meet
ings Yesterday to Discuss How
Much License Should be Paid
by the Company.

We will have the carnival, anyway.
Manager Berger, after the last
meeting of council yesterday, which
lasted from $50 until o'clock, de-
cided that he would give the exhibition
in the city the remainder Of the week
and the tents will be spread this morn
ing in the vacant lot on Gloucester
street.
The entire show including about 112
people is now in the city having ar
rived Sunday night and yesterday.
There was considerable trouble yes
terday between the carnival manager
and the city council, and as will be
seen elsewhere III this issue, two coun-
ell meetings were held during the day
on the subject.
Mr.. Berger, early yesterday morn
ing, called upon Mayor Crovatt to in
vestigate the matter of licenses, etc.
The mayor Immediately called spec
ial meeting of council At this meet
ing it was decided to charge the COM
pany $25 per each performance. At
this rate the company would have
been compelled to pay three or four
hundred dollars per day to exhibit
here.
The carnival manager and two OF
his associates, at the advice of several
citizens, then circulated petitions over
the city, which asked council to allow
the company to play here free and
within the fire limits. Quite a large
number OF names of merchants and
cEhers were signed to the petition,
and the mayor was requested to call
another special meeting of council
which was done and the solons again
met at $50 to discuss the question.
There was present every member
Of council except Alderman duBignon,
and it proved to be quite an interest
ing meeting,
Mr.. Berger aud one of his associates
were given the privilege of the floor
and they related the plain facts to
council, stating that they now had in
our city about 112 people, who were
depending On them for their daily
bread, and to refuse to allow them to
show here would mean a great set
back to the company.
Mr.. Berger talked for sometime
and urged council to allow his com
pany to exhibit here and grant the
petition OF the citizens.
Here another petition was read,
signed by ten merchants, protesting
against tthe company showing in the
city.
The mayor then announced that the
question was open for discussion, and
Alderman Kaiser, who led the fight
against the company coming was
quick to make motion that the
company be allowed to exhibit here
strictly under the fire and license Or
dlnances of the city, which meant that
they could not show within the fire
limits and must pay license OF S25
for each show every performance.
The motion met with strong oppo-
sition, and Alderman Dart, in short
talk, stated that he thought the COM
pany should be allowed to exhibit
here, that it woud afford considerable
pleasure and amusement to the people
of the city,and could not, in any man
ner, effect the city.
Alderman Newman then took the
floor aud stated that while he did
not think the carnival would be OF any
benefit to the city, still he thought
council should consider the fact that
the company was now here, had gone
to considerable expense to come to the
city, and that a petition was before
them si-ued by a majority OF the bus
mess men of the city and he thought
the duty OF coGncil was to grain
the wishes Of the people. MIR. Newman
further stated that the people con
nected vita the carnival would loss
money while exhibiting here, and III
could see na necessity LGr ..stl ikin
a man after ne Was uown. lie tAf
offered an amendmvn. g A.defIla-
Kaisor's motion that t. -1:n y "
allowed to give their show i-9re -
$50 per day. Alderman Dart made
another amendment that the amoun'
be placed at $25 per day, which was
accepted by Alderman Newman.
A vote was taken on the amendmen
and despite the appeal OF the ONE
alderman and the petition tFom
msicr.ty CT business men, it was los