The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-03
POOL PLAYING |S
 GIVEN BLACK EYE Of Licenses Revoked City Re-
 news But Fourteen NEGRO "PARLORS" TABOOED A Sweeping Report of the Excise Com mttee Is Adopted-Three Saloon
 Licenses Are Revoked and
 Proprietors Debarred.
NEGRO "PARLORS" TABOOED

Of all the pool room licenses revoked by the city on the first day of October, the miscellaneous committee will report to the City Council tonight its recommen- dalton that only fourteen be reissued Of that number, no pool room at which negroes are allowed to play is included, and each one of the fourteen Is in strict conformity to the city ordinance regu- lating pool rooms. In other words. none of the fourteen rooms which will be re- licensed, will be connected in any man. ner with a saloon.
 The miscellaneous committee at meet ing held in the Mayors office last night considered some forty applications for new licenses with the result above stated Several applications were passed for fu- ture investigation, and seventeen were turned down point blank. In every case, wherein a petitioner could not conform with the requirements of the ordinance his petition was denied. No petition for negro pool room conformed
 Excise Report Adopted. In addition to passing on the various applications for new pool room licenses the miscellaneous committee adopted the report of the excise committee. It Is remembered that the report of the ex- else committee-a new standing commit committee at the last meeting of the Council. Last night this report was adopt ed without dissenting vote.
 By the adoption of the report of the ex- else committee the city will at once re- yoke the licenses of the saloons operated by the following: A. H. Davis & Co.,. Avenue B and Eighteenth street. Joe Marsicano, Eighteenth street, be- tween Second and Third avenues. Kentucky Liquor company, operated by John Reed (colored), Second avenue, be- tween Sixteenth and Seventeenth streets. B va provision in the report of the ex- else committee, no license will be issued to any saloon with which either of the three persons above mentioned are con- nected, directly or indirectly.
 The report also carried with it clause authorizing the issuing of license to Balabonas & Tonfas, to operate saloon at 20SO Second avenue.
 Licensed Pool Rooms.
 Other than those pool rooms which were never operated in connection with saloons. and the licenses of which were never revoked, the only places wherein licensed pool and billiards can be played are these
 Morris pool room, Morris hotel.
 Wises pool room, Florence hotel.
 w. D. McVays, 2116 Second avenue
 c. o. Bowers's, 206 Twenty-fourth street.
 John G. Housmans, 1909 First avenue. J. J. Odom's. 104 Nineteenth street.
 N. w. Egglers, 216 Twenty-fourth street
 William Bowers, 2225 Avenue A.
 J. C. Ferguson's, 202 South Twentieth.
 F. H. Harris 2O4 Twenty-second street. Hugh Odoms, TIPS Eighteenth street.
 Oldham & Co.'s 242S First avenue.
 w. D. McCarty's 2124 Second avenue.
 R. Brooks, Avenue A and Twenty fourth street.
 Franke Saloon company, Avenue B and Twenty-first street.
 Petitions DisalIoWed.
 In the list below will be found the names of those who pettioned for new licenses, and whose petitions were refused. It will be seen that the same man might have had one petition granted and another dis allowed. This was due to the fact that in one instance, the place where the petl- tioner desired to operate a saloon was in conformity with the ordinance. and In the next 1t was not so considered. The num- erals in parenthesls following several of the names below indicate the number of petitions presented by that individual. Here Is the list:
 E. D. Dickenson, 2306 Second avenue.
 Dave Walstrom, TIP Fourteenth street.
 Gordon Griffith
 H. W. Eggler
 T. F. McNeal (0.
 R. J. Montgomery @.
 Houser & Rogers, Third avenue and Twenty-second street.
 William Brown.
 Collins & Co.,, Second avenue and Eigh- teenth street.
 Ponce de Leon company, Second avenue and Twenty-third street.
 w. R. McVay (0.
 Charles A. Buck.
 Chairman ONe. Aldermen Forney, Parker, Cooper and D. R. Copeland. Mayor Ward and City Clerk Murray were present at the meeting of the miscellan- lnut lifrh