The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-11
.HISKEY MEN ARE ON GUARD Will 0rsa ,ize to Defeat
 Teague Ordinance. A MEETING IS CALLED Will Montgomery Be a
 "ClCSed" Sunday Town? Measure Introduced in City Council by
 Mayor-Elect Has Created Con-
 sternation Among the Saloon Interests.

Will Montgomery, after so many years cease to be wide open Sunday town? Is the city after so many years reputation of doing business to the contrary to have its saloons closed as tightly on Sunday as they are in Atlanta
 The saloon men of Montgomery be- lieve that such a thing is about to come to pass. The passage of the strongly drawn Sunday closing ordi- nance presented to the City Council by Alderman at-I.arge and Mayor-elect w. M. Teague will beyond doubt ef- feet that very result. The saloon men are apprehensive that this very thing will happen. They fear that this or dinance is going to pass.
 So great has grown this apprehen- sion that B. s. Greil, who is interest ed In both the wholesale and the re- tail liquor business. has. called pri- vate meeting of the saloon men Of the oity to organize them into a body for the purpose of presenting solid front against the ordinance. Mir. Greil has written every saloon man in the city a personal letter asking them to unite with him in arranging for a meeting at some private hall' at which some action may be taken for the ''protec- tion of the saloon men,"
 Like the Atlanta Law.
 The closely worded ordinance of MT. Teague was drawn from the Birming- ham and Atlanta city laws which have been effective in those cities. It runs more closely along the lines of the At lanta law which has closed the sa- looms In that city on Sunday as tight as wax. The principal features of the Teague ordinance are that it provides that a saloon shall not be operated in connection with a restaurant: that the proprietor, nor no one else may enter a saloon on Sunday, and that the or- dinance shall apply to clubs as well as to saloons.
 With but few exceptions the saloons in the business district of Montgomery have restaurants attached to them. The restaurants are located in the rear of the saloon, both businesses having the same entrance from the street. It is said that the doors of these twin businesses are kept wide open throughout all of Sunday, but that a curtain Is drawn over the bar or sa- loon part of the business. 1t is said further that the man who wants to buy stimulating liquors takes his seat at one of the restaurant tables and his order Is filled by a negro waiter who goes to and from the curtain screened bar to the restaurant. These restaurants 1t is charged are respon-
  day Montgomery is a wide open town and that any man. even if he is a stranger. can get any sort of Jag" he wants if he has the money.
 The Teague ordinance first of all, as has been pointed out, divorces the saloon from the restaurant. If a man keeps a restaurant he cannot. under it's terms, keep a saloon in the same building. and if he keeps a saloon he cannot keep a restaurant.
 The ordinance, in other words, will undoubtedly charge the time-honored style of doing a saloon business in Montgomery. Some of the largest res taurants of the city, some of the res taurants with the costliest fixtures, are operated in connection with a saloon. And some of the restaurants in the rear of the saloons are so economically fur nished as to show positively that the restaurant feature is only a side issue to the main business
 Mir. Greil's Appeal.
 The letter which MT. Greil has writ ten to the saloon men of the city, of whom so many have restaurants con nected with their business, is in full as follows:
 Dear Sir-After reading the resolu- tion put before the City Council last night by our incoming Mayor, Hon. w. M. Teague. and studying the question careIully, nave come 10 the positive conclusion that 1t is absolutely neces- sary for some one to take steps to or ganize a Retail Liquor Dealers Asso- citation for self preservation. The measure as introduced by MT. Teague Is SO drastic in It's meaning that were we to allow same to be passed by the present City Council, 1t will eventually mean closing up the bars entirely for lack of business.
 The probabilities are that none of you realize what this measure means and what 1t will lead to; therefore I would thank you to confer with me im- | mediately so that we can arrange to organize at some private hall during | the coming week, at least before the next session of the City Council. Thanking you for your immediate at tention, I am. Yours very truly, "B. S. Greil."
 This letter, in circular form, has been sent by MT Greil to every saloon man of the city As yet, it is understood no arrangements have been made for the | meeting.
 The Sunday closing ordinance of MT, l Teague was referred to the Judiciary 1 Committee of the Council The mem l hers of this committee are Aldermen c. P. Mcintyre, Gaston Gunter, J. L, Holloway and J. Kirk Jackson. It is believed that the committee will in | some way, amend and modify the ordi- nance, but as to the extent of inc notifications no predictions are ven tured.
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