The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-07
ENSLEY COUNCIL
 HAS LIVELY TIME Scott Boasts Applicants for Sa-
 loon Licenses HOUNDS RUN DOWN THIEF Frog Foster Is Captured and Is Said to Have Confessed to the Killing of Marshall Cunningham Sat
 urday Night.
HOUNDS RUN DOWN THIEF

ness was transacted by the body after which the monthly reports of all of the city officails were heard. Present at the meeting were: Mayor N. W. Scott, al- dermen P. J. Rogers, w. l.. Settle, J. A. Dupuy, J F. Culpepper, J. ". Brig man. C. T. Thomson, F. J. owens and Edward Keenan.
 The meeting was of short duration, yet it evolved from what at first promised to be ordinary into a very interesting session. A feature of the evening was the large number of applications for sa- loon licenses for the year 1907. Twenty three firms and individuals petitioned the council for the privilege of selling malt and spirituous liquors during the ensuing twelve months.
 This is an unusually large number for Ersley. The applications were all read and referred to the police committee with instructions to investigate, act and report their recommendations to the council at the next meeting.
 Objects 70 Bell and Gillespie.
 In discussing the number of applications and the personnel and character of the petitioners, Mayor Scitt said that he wished to make a few remarks concern ing the applications of B. B. Bell and J. M. Gillespy, saying that he was strongly opposed to the council granting these gentlemen the license asked for, giving as his reason that the personnel and character of the men and of the places of business they conducted be regarded as nuisances and against the city's laws and against all decency and contrary to law and order in general.
 He told the council of particular case that he had witnessed recently in which a white man and a white woman were involved and who on visiting the saloon of MT. Bell had later emerged from the front door of the building In an intoxicated conditoin and afterwards proceeded down d principal street or the ctiy in q buggy, creating excitement ana disturbing the city's peace, for which they were arrested and subsequently arraigned in the Mayors court and, accordingly, fined for disorderly conduct.
 Mayor Scott explained to the council that he had no objection to the location of Mr Bells saloon, but that he did ob- Ject to the personnel of the management, believing it was opposed to the general welfare and laws of the city. For this he said that he desired to recommend
 
 denied The mayor also said that he ob- iected 10 the issuing of a license to J. M. Gillespy, giving sas his reasons that MT. Gillespys place of business was the scene of frequent braWls and lights, and when such disturbances did occur that MT. Gillespy appeared in the city court. and as far as possible defended the or lenders and in some instances he shielded the facts in the cases from the police and in other instances failed to report dls- turbances to the police, matters that a | law abiding citizen, he said, should do MT. Scott said that several citizens had expressed a dread when passing in front | of Mr. Gillespy's place of business, fear | ing that a serious accident from pistol shots or by other violent methods, would | befall them.
 He said in view of these facts that he | would recommend that MT. Gillespy $ | license be denied.
 Injunction Matter.
 It was generally expected that soma | discussion would be made concerning the injunction proceedings that were insti- 1 tuted against the mayor and board of 1 aldermen by r. G. Fonville and others
 some time ago, but the matter was not preached by the council,
 1 When questioned concerning the matter | City Attorney Romalne boyu sdlu titI | he understood that Judge Coleman or the
 circuit court of Birmingham, in which | the case was docketed, had intimated to a number of the petitioners that while he
 was not fully decided in the matter he
 would probably notify their counsel to- morrow that the injunction would be dis-
 solved, owing to it's lack of equity. At 1 torney Boyd said that he was inclined to | the view from the first that the matter was frivious and one over which the court had no jurisdiction, and in his | judgment that the matter smacked or | politics rather than of law.
 Upon recommendation of Chief Teuow l of the fire department a new fire horse
 was bought to take the place Of Char | lie," the big iron gray who dropped dead | from heart disease some time ago. A motion was put in order and adopted | that no license be issued to parties con- | ducting a business in buildings in which l the proper sanitary connections were ab- | sent, provided that the structures were | in touch with the sewer system. The | license schedule for 1907 received consid- | erable discussion, but all matters con- | corning it were referred to the various l committees.