The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-02
REGULA7|ON|STS
 KEEPING UP FIGHT Hope Yet to Pass the Increased
 License Schedule
NEW SCHEME UNEARTHED
Saloon Porters Take Beer Home and Do a Land Office Business On
 Sunday-May Hold Saloon
 Proprietors Responsible.

Will the regulationlsts win? They are fighting a double fight against the saloon men and the prohibitionists, and as the day approaches for the prohibition party to show it's hand they Set more and more nervous
 There can be but two more meetings of the board of aldermen before the pastors union will finally act on its standing in the liquor fight which Is hanging over the county for this fall. The aldermen who favor regulation and the s25OO license are hustling to bring a majority around their way. They do not believe the pro- hibition fight will find public favor if the license can be raised
 The council meets tomorrow night and at that time another effort may be made to pass the license schedule. As 1t now stands, the low license side has a ma jority of 10 to 9. If two members of the board can be won over, the report of the excise committee will be adopted.
 It IS at least probable that the other measures regulating saloons introduced several weeks ago by Alderman Estes will be acted upon at this meeting. They were to remove saloons from the red light dis trlct and relative to leasing buildings in the proprietor's name.
 The question of approprlating sS5 to the humane society for carrying on it's worl. VIII also come up, and possibly be grant ed. Every alderman who has been ap- preached on the subject Is heartily in favor and no doubt the society will be encouraged by the appropriation.
 The meeting promises to be brief as none of the aldermen seems to have any, thing new on his mind
 Negroes Sell Liquor at Home.
 The police court since the Sunday sell Ing laws have become so strict, is having to deal with practically new method of selling liquor on Sunday. The porters of the various saloons conduct up-to-date saloons in their own homes where they have all kinds of liquor on tap and sell at high prices
 During the last month this habit has grown more and more bothersome, the po- lice making hauls of hundreds of bottles from various houses. It is argued that such large number of bottles could hardly be taken from saloon repeatedly without the consent of the proprietors. In fact, in some cases the police have been able to connect saloon keepers with their porters' tricks
 Instead of selling liquor on the quiet through the back doors the scene of ac- tivities is removed to some negro house, where the liquor is kept on ice in a re- frigerator, and dispensed to crowds of dusky topers. These places become a cen ter for riotous and d-for-nothing ne- groes who spend their time in debauch- cry
 Unless some course is hit upon which will put a stop to this practice, it seems that more legislation will be needed. Some suggest that the proprietor whose porter be found selling liquor on Sunday be fined as well as the porter, and forced to discharge the porter.
 When case of this kind came up yes- terday Judge Feagin informed the prison- CT that on this occasion he would impose the small fine of s1OO and on the next op- portunity would simply make it a year in jail.