The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-02-17
lloyd DUFF WINS HIS SALOON LICENSE CASE IN COUNCIL
COUNCILMAN GOFF
CHANGED HIS VOTE

A@1t u 1tnll ~ III hGpiiillttt N tilt
saloon business. The council voted
Friday night against revokIng his
license for Sunday selling The
mayor ut the opening of lie session.
stated he had consulted Eve leading
attorneys in connection with the city
attorney who had informed him.
that only 4 majority of tie quorum
Of council was necessary 70 revoke
the license and since FIVE ont 81 nine
couneilmen had voted the night be-
fore for reyoking, be would am
nounce the license Of Lloyd At.
this moment Conncilnan Eearns
asked to- change his vote. Tais was
done and the mayor was again about
to announce his license revoked,
when Councilman KeafIn moved.
that the matter be reeonsidered.
This motion carried and then the.
question Of revoldng was voted upon.
Smith, Cork, Hess and johnson vot-
ed to revoke 1t, and Golf. Kearnss
McAndrew Anderson aud Ernst
voted against reyoling IT The mo-
ton TO revoke was then declared lost.
Councilman Gotf HE night before
voted 10 revoke il but changed his
vote Friday night iil favor of Duff.
Upon motion Of Smith the read
Ling Of the minutes of tie previous
regular meeting was SUSPENDED.
Mcandrew arose to 4 question of
personal privilege. and pronounced
the article in the News concerning
what he said IN executive sion the
night before as maliciously false.
He stated that lie had been misquot-
ed and appealed to the mcnDers Of
council 70 substantiate him. He
demanded that the article be retract-
led He did not know t1at The News
Intentionally misquoted him but in
sisted that that paper had l,csn gross
ly misinformed. He said ii was i
downright lie and that he never
even mentioned The word graft
The contract presented Nv the
Eureka Fire q Hose coripany to
furnish the city With 1000 feet of
2 1-2 inch bose al $3.50, aud gnar-
anteeing 10 replaee free 81 eharge
;all hose that became defective with
Fin Six months was accepted
An ordinance was introduced ~
Mr. johnson providing FOL. railroasi
gates and upon his motion the same
passed it's first reading.
| The city collector was empowered
Ito collect $95s railroad taxes due
:the city from tbe state.
VS.. Williams was granted d per-
NIT to erect i one-storY DWELLING on
Monticello avenne 10 cost $1,000.
John S. Flanagan was given per-
mission to repair his house AZ COZ
4 WGrninger street
M, }. Mciindrew was granted 4
Fpetn1it to build a twosstory dwelling
house on East Pike street at a cost
Of So, 500.
The application Of Z. Parsons for
a restaurant license at 40s Nofth
Fourth street was referred 10 Conn-
lcilman Ernst to Investigate and re-
port to council.
The Harrison County Hospital
dissertation was exoneratel Of tie
payment Of faxes on 900 worth of.
property, on the ground thsf il Is 4
charitable Institutions
Williams 4 Davisson company
was granted permission 70 erect
buildings for Tie VValihoar candy
company on the SITE where the COM
panSss buildings recently burned on
Jackson tfeet.
A petition vas read 81 ihe mayor
signed bS 81 of the CITY police ask
ling for fun investigation q
charges as made BY the News, ac-
credited to Mr. NcAndfew The
mayor stated that il was not neces-
sary to aet on the petition as Alr,
McAndrew had asked for afetrac.
ton of the article and pronounced 4
i lie.
II was or1csed that the squaticf'
who had taken possession 81 par
81 the street west of Elk creek be
tween Main and Pike streets and pu
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