The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-01-19
SULLIVAN WILL
VETO ORDINANCE
Sunday Law May Not be Put
in Effect
WILL INCORPORATE TOWN
Jonesboro People viii Again Make an
Attempt to Observation-Disclosures
Made for Roberts School
Children.
WILL INCORPORATE TOWN

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shall promptly veto both the new ordi-
nances on the sale of liquor on Sunday
passed by the council at the meeting last
Saturday night as soon as they are pre-
sented for my sigma ture."
This is what Mayor j. j. Sullivan said
this morning when asked for a confrma-
ton or denial of the report that had be-
come current that he had made such a
statement in reference to the new ordi-
nances.
1t will be remembered that the City
Council last Tuesday night passed two
new ordinances, one prohibiting the sale
Of any Intoxicating liquors on the Sab
bath day, and the other prohibiting any
one except the proprietor or his clerks
from entering a saloon or other place
where liquors are kept for sale on the
Sabbath day.
The penalty attached to the ordinances
is the forfeiture of the license of such
one found guilty of violating either of the
ordinances for two years time.
While several of the saloonkeepers of
the city favor the ordinances, considerable
opposition has developed among others
and some who are not in the business CON
tend that the measures are too drastic.
Mayor Sullivan enlarged on the state
ment repeated in the opening paragraph
of this article as follows: I'VE already
have state and city laws covering the sale
OF liquors on Sunday. and If they are en-
forced we will have no trouble in the reg
ulating of the business and minimizing the
sale of liquor illegally.
ssT do not uro NJ II ,,pda,..+oa.1 IT,
in favor of wide-open saloons, or even the
sale of liquors on Sunday l am as much
opposed to this violation of the law as
anyone in Bessemer. and shall do all in
my power to suppress it If 1t is being
practiced in this city, but I consider the
ordinances passed by the council last
Tuesday night as unwise, unfair, and, I
believe, unconstitutional. The legislation
is superfiuous, anyway We have laws in
the city code and in the state code gov
erning the matter and need no such dras-
tic measures
For these reasons l shall promptly veto
the ordinances when they are presented
for my Signature
| The final disposition of the matter will
be watched with interest. 1t is limited that
| the council will make an effort to pass
the ordinances over the head of the
| mayor and it is believed that the neces-
| sary two-thirds vote can be secured.
! while those opposed to the measures are
confident that such is not the case.
Jonesboro Incorporation.
The citizens of Jonesboro will make an
other effort to Incorporate the town, and
petition to that effect is being circulated
among the people eligible to sign such a
! paper
The people interested in the incorpora-
tion are now confident that the matter
can be carried through without trouble
1t will be remembered that several
months ago an election on the ineorpora-
ton was held which was successful, and
after the mayor and council had been
| also elected and had begun the organiza-
ton of the city officials 1t was discovered
that the original petition calling for the
election on the incorporation was irregu-
lar.
When the error had been discovered
j. P. Martin, who had been elected mayor
and the board of aldermen vacated their
offices and the Incorporation was al
lowed to become non-effective
The deficiency in the original petition
to the probate judge of Jefferson county
was the lack of sufficient names of bona
fide citizens of the town. The law re-
quires that the petition asking for an cleo
ton on the Incorporation of town shall
be signed by fifty householders and free
holders in the town about to be incor-
porated.
The petition asking for the election at
Jonesboro bore fifty-three Names but
after the election and the officers of the
town had been chosen it was discovered
that four names on the original petition
were of persons not legally eligible to sign
such petition
Since that time. it is claimed by those
interested in the Incorporation, the senti-
ment has grown in favor of the move
ment. and 1t is believed that the election
will result more successfully than before.
School Arrangement.
In view of the fact shat the Roberts
school building has been declared un-
safe and workmen are TO be put to re-
pairing it at once, the board of educa-
ton has ordered that the pupils of the
Clarendon Avenue school be dismissed
every day at noon and that the pupils
and teachers from the Roberts school oc-
cupy the building in the afternoon.
This plan will be put in operation next
Monday, and by that means the pupils of
the Roberts school will be able to take
their semi-annual examinations which are
now due and will be able to resume their
regular studies as soon as the building
has been repaired.
The board of education at meeting
on the repairing of the Roberts school.
The work will be done under the super
vision of the city engineer. the building
committee of the city council and the
board of education.
Musical Club Organized.
The Bessemer Musical club was organ
lied at the Elks' hall last night with
about thirty members, composed of the
most enthusiastic music lovers of the city.
The club will meet every third Tuesday
night in each month"; and will study the
works and lives Of the great masters.
The following officers were elected: j.
r. Rutherford, president; Mrs. E. A. Lit
tie, e-president; Miss Julia Houston,
musical director; Miss Madalene Smith,
secretary and treasurer.
A Card.
The following announcement has been
issued by Superintendent Joseph NJ Dill
Notice to Pupils of the Roberts SCHOOL,
On account of repairs on the building no
exercises will be held at the Roberts
school during next week. The, pupils of
the Roberts school will report at the Clar-
endon avenue building at 1880 p. IN. every
day next week for the purpose of taking
the examinations on the work of the first
term Pupils may call at the Roberts
schoolon Friday at 8 o'clock to get any of
their books that were left in the build
ing"
Notes and Personals.
The Rev. r. s. Gavin, pastor of the
First Baptist church, left today for New
Orleans for consultation with his physi-
sian. after which he will go to South Ala