The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-03
LAW
FOR
EARLY CLOSING
chile Saloons Decide to
Have One Place Stay
Open After Nine.
Avail STREET WAS OTHERWISE
VERY QUIET PLACE-WAR-
pANT SWORN OUT WITH 4
VIEW TO TESTING NEW LAW
FOR eP M. CLOSING.
e,ecial to Ire journal.

s,ecial to Ire JouTna..
vot:fe Ian. 2.-AuOther days grace
q y. rnevDartrd.y given the saloon in
- ana othera affected by the 8
,or.z closing lax. when it became
! ill known that the law Il d not
.ou,. effective until last night. 1t
sunp3spj that the law went into
80. m. fist day of the new year.
DESIGNATING The time il is wcrded
s. ,cm AMI after the first day OF Jan
", 1903.
4 ,.a4 aud after" said eX-AttOrney
.er..i 81 State Fits, rs accepted IN
g. a, meaning tle day AFTER date"
Ss.ccn Men t5 lest Law.
NNot anti late in the afternoon of
4sre-l2y Was there anything On the
frface u inu.c.te mat the saloon
"A OF tn city world r@5t the validity
4 e IcsiuG l5W \ previous EFFORT
rs a .uai with wli 10 retain
EQlse, ana aJ,GG.l he constitutional
/ Of tn .lW. -ysuIJrI n failure. and
principal saloon operators in the
Ewn-ow. district deci.2d II clc>e
i pieces u business at 8 O'Clock
!; meat, whet1er the law became
kecti.e 1t thar tine or not.
A Saloon Test.
Late yesterday afternoon the. saloon
IN got l2Ee.Aer again On the rrCDC-
ten. and I WAS decided to take Z
Pad Gga.ns; the LAW an test ii. In
ach.ls these conclusions it was
Freed ,hat al paTt:es - the p&ct
Gould close theiT p Sos Of business
n the exec. On Of one firm. Waen
4 cl.ol- in the courthouse tower
'uck the hour Of 3, WITH probably
other exception every saloon on
IA ss,re: a2d in tde irlmcdiate
ness district closed their doors.
= aa saloon that remained open was
I0n1p0ie. conducted by NIessrs
OF < Venturil.i on ROYAL, between
pin and Cont. awI Ecrtur.ui Wa.
gted today AMI gave Gand. Al
i ons ob2yad Jha law tonight.
remaining open all mt ant
II their doors open before {
@ck this morning, Messrs. Wilso.
Ne2,urini are said to have violated
lam
liiV dSi iCdGlSQ d.
sa.'oa men, Il warrant charging
s}.t. Wilson & Venturini with v;0
.Gg the Law was 10 be sworn to in
ih'eT or criminal court this morn
The case set for hearing and an
a. e. talent, If necessary, retained
( fehi he law.
he E.g clock in the courthouse
scarcely concluded the tolling OF
A"Vr OF . when there was a bang
o, doors. and al outward move
Hat 81 persons n several Of the larg
saloons in Royal street last night
"a open mcuthed amazement pat
Us Who were firmly but politely
reed from the saloons through the
,2fon of the 9 o'clock closing law
81 and wondered if their eyes had
ee.red them.
Along Royal Street.
was a stern reality. and those
% would prnhably have otherwise
i,S8d the hours in saloon gossip, de-
'H-1 s2vnrn dryness and went
on The still hunt. Up and down
4d't hno'S Of persons passed along
'"l street until finally they got a
on lAe NOn0pOle. the only saloon
IN OF s.. Francis on Royal street
''orcd an opportunity TO quench
p. suddenly acquired thirst.
Ne |ay the" rushed into this sa
u; Hn%ered long, and, between
,,"ihE the elbow and discussing the
cioSlnE law, was likened to the
% a get quick" lunch joint
'IH Royal street little knots of per
- ga lered and discussed the mer.
'Hd aemerits of the law
can be truthfully said that las
was the first time, in compli-
I,- WIN any law that the saloons
n''l.e have actually closed theil
Va. AMI re;fained from the sale o.
'"''ah'S, in more than fifty years.
p attorneys Engaged.
3 y. - announced by those in thu
a." HEht the law that MeSSrs. Nc
robinson had been retained
4 91usei y conference with the
me VAS had this morning apt
49, viii he held this afternoon a
4 "a ILAP plans of attack to be pur
WY. be outlined.
r r1.4d Spats. a former baker. called
-H Lnry Campbell at the inferior
H. court this morning at II
p. and asked for warrant
tentnrimi & Wilson, proprie-
IN, ne MOnonole saloon. chargins
b 1. lin riolating the 9 o'clock clos
!, ~ Stats told the clerk that he
a ,e5t tie law.
<|1,l,S from the western and
r.. - portions of the lily are to the
b.. ' y, he law was generally OBJ
in, ,i night, although it did no
-, eheci until last night at mid
D. go - Number of these people were
In, ''f and stated that they were
N close their doors until the
~ hal decided that the law wa.
"aal,ltional.