The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06
COUNCIL TAKES Up
SALOON SCREENS
New Decatur Officials Discuss
Enforcement of Sunday Law
COUNTER CHARGES MADE
1t Is Claimed That Grocery Stores and
Other Places of Business Are Kept
Open On sunday-The
Matter Goes Over.
COUNTER CHARGES MADE

New Decatur, September 5.-(Special) y
The removal of saloon screens on Sun
days proved a live wire at the meeting of
the City Council last night.
The city now has an ordinance provid-
ing that all screens, curtains, etc. shall
| be removed from the interior of saloons
on Sundays. Alderman E. c. Payne Of
fered an ordinance repeating this ordl-
nance saying that the present ordinance
was not inforeed and for this reason he
was in favor of repeating it, saying: IF
you will give the saloon men enough rope
they will hang themselves" This caused
quite warm discussion. Alderman B. l..
Malone said that on a certain Sunday
he had seen a window of a saloon covered
with a curtain. Alderman Payne said that
the saloon men were turning men into
their saloons on Sundays. Marshal Lacey
said that he was uptown all day Sundays
and that men were not admitted to sa-
| looms on Sundays. and that the blinds of
the saloons were never drawn. Alderman
Malone enquired why there is so much
talking about the saloons and nothing
about the grocery stores. He said that
| on last Sunday there was a grocery store
/ that sold goods, Another alderman said
there was dry goods house open on Sun
day also. The ordinance finally went over
for the time being pending the drafting of
an ordinance by the city attorney.
Alderman Payne stated that the stone
crusher would be here this week and that
work would commence on matchmaking
streets.
Mayor Samuel Blackwell said that Su-
perintendent L. B. Wyatt of the Decatur
Water Works company had infromed him
that the contract had been let by his COM
pany for the building of an up-to-date
filtering system in the Decaturs, that the
material for same would arrive within the
rext few days and that work would start
on the system soon.
An ordinance to repeal an ordinance
prohibiting the excessive blowing of loco
motive whistles within the city was in
troduced but was passed over for the
time.
During the month 43 arrests were made
as follows; white males %, white females
l. colored males IA, colored females 6.
Total fines imposed $4O7 60 devided as
follows: Whites $1S5.2O colored 1922. 40.
The financial condition of the city is
very good.
Mr.. McCluskey was elected sanitary Of
! fcer. 80 .4e
Judge Eyster III.
Judge John G. Eyster, one of the most
prominent and best known lawyers in
Alabama, is confined to his room here on
account of the serious condition of his
eyes. 1t is feared that he viii loose the
sight of one eye Not long ago he went to
montgomery to have them treated, but the
treatment did but little good. The trouble
is caused by neuralgia settling in his
eyes and the complaint has also been
aggravated by overwork at night.
Judge Eyster is the local attorney for
the Louisville and Nashville railroad. He
was a member of the late state constitu-
tional convention and for a number of
years has been prominent in democratic
politics of the state. His friends over the
state will greatly regret his condition.
Dick Adams Rifles, Company E, Ala
bama National Guards, have moved their
headquarters from Bank street, Decatur,
to the city hall, New Decatur, and are
now most comfortably located In thcis
new quarters the company has a large
hall for drill practice.
lie OlHceIS VI the COMPANY are zap
tain, Rhea Trockmorton; first lieutenant,
Roy c. Horton; second lieutenant. Brown.
This is one of the best companies in the
state.
William II. Aycock is making arrange
ments to erect a large two-story brick
business block on Second avenue
He will occupy the building himself for
a wholesale grocery house.
The first bale of cotton was brought in
this morning by j. VIII Peck, a prominent
farmer residing five miles west of the
city. The bale was sold to the New De-
oatur Ginning company in the seed at
3H2 cents a pound.
Invitations are out announcing the mar
riage of Miss Francis Conyngton to Mr..
Fred w. Knight at the home of the
brides parents in New Decatur, on Sep
TENDER II.
The bride-to-be is the only daughter of
DR.. and Mrs. e. ]. Conyngton. The groom
| is a prominent young business man and
is brother Of John Knight of Birming-
ham.