The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-06
Promoters Acknowledge
Names not Legal.
A MONTH TO PROBE
Board of Aldermen Tax Bootblat ks
are Asked 10 Erect PuIIen Memo
rial, Establish Milk Commits
sion, Appropriate Money in
Three Hours Session.

The petition to re-establish saloons
in Raleigh made it's first bow in pub
lie last night at the meeting of the
Beard of Aldermen, and until next
mcnth's meeting it will be on the dis
secting table to be probed for and
purged of the names of illegal names.
he petition, or rather the eleven
parts of it, were presented by Alder
man Upchurch, following which Mr..
w. B. Jones spoke for the petitioners,
saying that he appeared as the attor-
ney for a committee of business men,
who desired an election for saloons
held, and that the petitions had on
them between $50 and 1000 names,
of which about 622 We're those of reg
istered voters, some 500 names TO
come off the list, claiming that it still
contained over one-third of the 1923
names on the registration books.
The list is to be inspected and AL
delman Upchurch, seconded by AL
derman Harden, moved that a COM
mittee do this and report next We'd
nesday night This was antagonized
by Alderman Jackson, who desired to
wait till the regular meeting and
ku.I., scrutinize the list. Alderman
Tpchurch moved up his date to next
Friday, and Mr.. w. b. Jones spoke in
favor of an early settlement So as to
have the election on the tenth of Oc-
tober. Here Mr.. w. n. Jones. presi-
dent of the State Anti-Saloon League,
spoke and asked that month be
taken to investigate the names, and
this was finally agreed to. Aldermen
Upchurch's special meeting motion be-
ing killed
That the election, if ordered, will be
Ggtl l
View expressed last night by gentle
man who had investigated the matter.
His opinion is that it will take from
$50 to $50 bona fido names to call the
election. and the petit onerS haVi"
acknowledged they had but about 622
legal names he felt that probing
would still further reduce this. "It
was hard enough to get any Old names
that We're not legal. at ten cents or
more per NAME" said he, "for the pc
titon toters wanted the money. and
any name would do. but that is not
the same as getting bona fide names"
On the list there are many with his
x mark and no witness. and these Of
course. will also come off. "By the
skin of its teeth if at ALL is the in
vestgator's prophecy.
Board Did Many hings.
The Board did other business for
the members talked muchly and bonn
barded the clerk with bills, ordinances,
petitions, reports, statements and so
on while the "talkee. talkee" was in
ceSSant. A milk commission was au-
thoriZed with $500 a year to be spent
on testing milk. An ordinance was
passed to tax bootblacks $500 a year.
a fax of $40 Il year on parties who
buy and sell vegetables. chickens. eggs
and market produce not of their own
raising. outside of the market was
proposed and goes over to the next
meeting. A proposition to build q
memorial bridge at Pullen Park, in
honor of the late Richard Stanhope
Pullen, was referred to a special COM
mittee. TO Raney Library $4,000
year was voted in place of 1900. An
ordinance TO regulate and keep cow
and horse stables from being NUS
ances. was passed. Arrangements for
a pavement district in which all streets
shall be paved was put with a special
committee. The tax rate was left at
ST. % on the 500 of real and personal
property, $3.50 on polls. The street
committee was authorized TO let the
contract to prepare Saunders stree,
for the city railway extension at once
as the road is ready to extend, and
$3.50 a year was voted for the fire
men and engineers of the new fire
engine. Besides these other matters
were acted upon as set out in the
story of the three hours.
Starting In to Work.
Ali the aldermen We're present, eX-
Cept Alderman Rogers at the meet
ing, and there were many visitors as
matters affecting different interests
We're TO be acted on. AS each was
settled the crowd dwindled and i'm the
closing half hour one solitary visitor
sat outside the railing and hearkened
into the wisdom being dispensed.
In the report of the Chief of Po-
lice the time lost in the department
was stated as Bell l IL days, Haynes
81, Conrad ], Banks l and Spencer 6.
The report of Chief of Fire Depart
ment Mangum told of matters con-
corning the department, which was
reported as being in excellent condi-
ton. The report of the Street Com
mittee consisted of the statement of
work done by the street force i'm
charge of Street Commissioner w Il.