The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-13
PENSACOLA QUIET
SINCE CARNIVAL
Well Known Theatre Has
Changed Hands
FIGHT OVER LICENSE TAX
Considerable Protest Aroused over Is
suing of Licenses to Shows and
Hucksters-other News
of Pensacola.

Pensacola, Fla, March 12.-(speeial)-
The carnival season Is gone, with its
thousands of maskers and II errymakers,
and the Lenten days have come. Gone,
too, are the thousands of visitors who
thronged to the Deep Water city TO wit
ness the sixth annual visit of King
Prescus to his loyal city. to pay homage
to his rnajegty. and to worship at the
shrine Of his lovely consort, Queen Elise.
Gone the nemp and circumstance of roy
atty. and we tender thanks and hearty
appreciation TO the members Of the Car
nival association for their efforts to make
this event the grandest of any since the
birth of the association.
Pensacola does not seem to be very
good field for the carnival company of
which one Berger is manager. He
brought an aggregation to the city for a
week in November and made a fiasco.
He came back for Mardi Gras, and was
arrested several times on various charges
of doing business without proper licenses
and for fighting. Regarding the first, the
mayor and the majority of the business
men are at loggerheads-or at least that
is one item of grievance about which
a protest was presented to the mayor a
day or two since, signed by the larger
number of the business men o. the city.
Less than six months ago the municipal
government passed a very rigid license
ordinance, in which 1t was provided that
each show should pay a license of SIS
per day. The mayor granted permission
for Berger to take out a blanket license,
and divide his show into as many parts
as he pleased.
A further provision of the same ordi-
nance imposes a tax of $50 per day on
hawkers and street peddlers. Numbers
of licenses were granted to this class for
IS per week. and the business men rose
in arms. The right of the mayor and
half dozen aldermen to suspend ordi-
nances is questioned. besides the great
injustice that results to the business men
of the city
In the matter Of the charge of fighting.
Berger had fisticuffs with several mem
bers of Wyers' band, growing out of a
disagreement over settlement for ser.
Vices rendered.
Opera House Changes Owners.
The Pensacola. opera house has again
changed owners, having been purchased
by F. c. Brent from j. M Muldon. Mr..
Brent will improve the property consid-
erably before the opening of the next
season. ]. M. Coe, the present manager,
has arranged to have a large theatre
built on the corner of Baylen and Chase
streets that will be known as the Err
LANCER. Mr. Coe Is a good manager, and
the prospects are good for a fine line of
dramatic and operate attractions the
coming season.
The first gun in the next municipal
campaign was fired day or two since
when Mr.. Frank Reilly announced him
self as a candidate for mayor in the
election TO be held in June The history
of Pensacolas municipal politics would
be interesting reading but space forbids.
Suffice it to say that the people are sick
and tlred-sick of promises made only
to be broken, tired of waiting for the
coming of better times and conditions
Sc layishly promised And thus it is that
this announcement is looked up as the
hrabinger of better times. Mr.. Reilly Is
we'll known to every visitor to Pensacola
as a whole-souled. genial democrat a
fine business man and to the manor born.
Rowing Club Reorganized.
Water athletics have languished some
what during the past few years, but the
organization of the Pensacola Rowing
club bids fair to revive the waning in
terest. The organizers are largely menu
bers of the old club. and consequently
hold n controlling interest in the fine
beat house, boats and rowing course on
Bayou Chico on the edge of the city.
Rev. A. L. Andrews of Selma was a
visitor to Pensacola this week, and
preached to a large and appreciative con-
gregation in the Gadsden street Metho-
dist church Wednesday night. He was
accompanied by his son, lad nine or
ten years of age who soon made trouble
temporarily for his father by losing him
self, The distracted father and his
numerous friends were securing the
streets In every direction for hours,
among the thousands of jewellers, while
the young man was enjoying himself
with the family of A. IL Mcmillan, only
half dozen blocks away.
Mr.. Gam Gonzalez, now resident of
Birmingham. spent ccvcral days with
relatives and friends.
Among the scores of Alabamians who
lately visited the city doubtless none
found more of interest than Maj. ]. w.
Kendrick of Clayton. Ala. who was a
visitor to Mr. w. II. Dawson. This Is
Major Hendricks second visit to Pensa-
cola, the first time being when he passed
through the little own on his way to
Fort McRae. in the thine that tried
mems souls 1t goes without saying
that he found no familiar landmark.
either in city or fort.