The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-11

No business Shall be Carried on In
Greensboro Without License Tax.

/ NO BUSINESS SilaU De GdFFICu oil III
Greensboro Without a License Tax.
Greensboro n. c.. June 1O.-The
| Board of Aldermen yesterday after
noon heard a petition from Judge
! Douglas and a large number of citl-
Zens asking for some ordinance calcu-
/ lated to protect people crossing the
railroad tracks on South Elm street.
| This new law is asked for as an OFF,
set to the franchise given the railroad
| by the board over the mayors veto
| and the numerously signed protest of
citizens, to lay two more tracks across
| this street. A committee composed
| Of Aldermen Harrison, Thompson
Wysong and Atty. Scales was APP
pointed to investigate the matter of a
/ new provision. and there the matter
rests for the present. resolution
passed providing for a revision OF
! former real estate and property assess
ments, which is being criticised by
some big real estate holders, owners
! or spectators here as an effort TO in
| crease taxes. If the revision is car
ried out squaTely, many are saying 1t
will prove the best move yet made by
the new board, and glaring instances
of inequality, differentiation and In
| justices are cited as the result of the
present assessment. They say taxes
would be lower if all were made to
pay like sums on a strict two-thirds
| basis, or even so per cent of what
| they hold property at when it is sought
for purchase or for rental purposes.
Another act of great local interest
was the arrangements of license
taxes In this long budget of sec
| tions were two which are said to be
| KCrkers from KorkersVille, designed
to cork uD Mr.. Tom Vests "Corkage"
| business on West Sycamore street
| These sections provide that no bust
ness shall be carried on in Greensboro
without a license from the tax col
lector and the tax collector is pro-
hibited from issuing any license with
out first having the application pass
| ed on by the Board of Aldermen.
Then follows the 'corking section,
which prohibits the carrying on of any
business in connection with which any
lockers. receptacles, refrigerators,
corkers, arrangements, etc, are pro-
vided for the storage of whiskey, etc,
for others. The ordinance was sadly
misunderstood last night. 1t was re-
ported that the new Elk lockers the
Merchants and Manufacturing Club
lockers private refrigerators, etc,
were being tabooed. 1t was even
said that every body having a recep-
tacle for LIQUOR or beer would be re-
quired to get a license, and this was
maze 10 lIlcluut ii I1ldII y OiuiiidI9
stomach who ordinarily made 1T
receptacle for such demoralizing
fluids A careful reading of the or
dinance, however, clearly shows that
only "corkage' business like Mr.. West
is CARRYING on with reported good
patronage are hit to hurt. West al
ready has a license to run soda
fountain and lunch counter, but In
addition he is renting boxes to private
| ,a the npjU9tp n9rtipS
said to have bottles in them and Mr..
West uncorks the bottles and gives a
glass of soda or other inocuous bev-
erage for five cents, even throwing
in sprigs of mint and chuncks of ice.
Meeting Of Directors.
At a meeting of the board of d.
rectors of the Security Life and AM
nuity Company last night, besides To-
cal members, Messrs w. A. Blair and
p II. Haynes of Winston, We're pres
sent. 1t is understood that the at
fairs of the company were thorough
ly gone over. and the report and ex-
animation Of the business Of the COM
pany resulted in cordial congratula-
tons to the officers and the manage
! ment. Among other evidences of good
, progress was the showing that over a
million dollars of new business had
been written since January first 1905.
| mere was quite a lively, DuI SOou
natured contest for the position of
, Medical Director made vacant by the
resignation of DR.. j. r. j. Battle The
, choice fell on DR.. f. r. Michaux as
medical director, the former assist
ant. while DR. j. p. Turner was Sc
lected as assistant medical director.
The law firm of Brooks and Thompson
was selected as general counsel.
Mr. John r. Cutchin has about
completed the building of two resi-
dences on Keogh street, and work has
begun for him on a 100x150 feet. two
story brick business block on South
Elm street. in what is known as South
Greensboro. fast becoming the busiest
trading portion of the city.
There are well defined rumors of the
establishment at an early date or
another bank, to be located i'm the
business congested section around the
New City bank, the Benbow Arcade
and the Guilford- Benbow Hotel
buildings. Particulars will be given
in a few days.
DIR. j c. Braswell of Whitakers
aud DR.. A. g. HARRISON. of Enfield
are spending some time here, return
ing from the Grand Conclave of
knights Templar, at Asheville. DR..
Braswell is visiting his sister. Mrs.
Andrew Joyncr, and DIR. Harrison,
his brother, Mr.. viii Harrison, the
druggist.