The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-10
Liquor Men Hol 9 1eeting
and Agree to h zl-
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Eerly Closing, Higher 9 l.
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cense and a Restrict 8
ed District.
EDITORS OF JOURNAL AND NEWS
INVITED TO ADDRESS MEETING
AND GIVE VIEWS ON QUESTION
OF REGULATION.

The saloon men of Pensacola have
practically agreed to
Close at II o'clock p. m. and not
open before $50 a. m.
Restrict the district where liquors
shall be sold to the FIRE limits.
Increase the city license to $500.
Upon the first proposition, viz: IL
o'clock closing, the agreement is
unanimous.
Upon the propositions to restrict
the district and to raise the license
the sentiment among the liquor men,
while not unanimous, is practically so.
Meeting Yesterday.
The liquor men of Pensacola, rep
resenting Al licenses, held a meeting
in the Chamber of Commerce rooms
yesterday morning, every dealer in
the city being present or being repre-
scented. Fred Schad was elected chair
man and Joe Roth secretary, and the
regulation question was discussed in
all of it's details, though the discussion
was not public one.
In consideration of the fact that
both The Journal and the Evening
rigid regulation of the bar room bust
ness in Pensacola, a resolution was
passed requesting Editor w B. Craw-
ford of the News, and Frank L. Mayes
of The Journal TO appear before the
meeting and express their views on
the matter
When Messrs. Crawford and Nays
appeared, it was explained 10 them
al nln
ment had been reached, that the coun-
Gil was to be petitiOned TO pass a
closing ordinance. and the saloon men
were to put up a fund for the prose
cution of any liquor man who violated
any of the laws regulating the bust
ness.
Editor Crawford's Views.
Editor Crawford was then invited
to give his views, which he did in a
very few words. He was strongly
against the sale of liquor in any OF
the residence sections of the city, and
thought the district should be restric-
ted so as not to extend beyond the fire
limits Asked if he would be willing
to make the fire limits the district, he
said he was not prepared TO say, but
he was certain it should not go be-
y
saloons should be allowed TO open on
PalafOx street north of the saloon of
Riera and Schad within this district
He was also in favor ofsraising the
city license from two hundred TO five
hundred dollars. and said the saloons
should close at ten O'Clock every night
except on Saturday nights, and then
at II o'clock.
Editor Mayes On the Question.
Frank l.. Mayes said that his idea
as to regulation was practically what
he had advocated in The Journal, viz:
closing hour of not later than 9
O'Clock, an increase of license of from
$500 10 $1,000, and a restricted district
not larger than the fire limits and pos
sibly smaller.
Mr.. Mayes said, however, that,
while these were his views on regula.
ton, he wanted to be perfectly frank
with the liquor men. and that when
it came to a question of a wet or dry
town he was in favor of a dry town.
He regretted that the question of an
election had come up, because he did
not think it possible to carry the
county dry and a campaign for that
purpose would result in a great deal
of bitterness. with no good result TO
be accomplished. He did think, how
ever. that the Hquor men and the
friends of regulation could get to-
gether and. meeting an actual cOndi-
ton in a practical way. could agree
on a plan to regulate the liquor bust
ness which would result in a grea,
deal of good
Closed Last Night.
The closing agreement which the
liquor men voluntarily entered into
was put into effect last night when
every bar-room in the city closed
promptly at II o'clock