Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-13
Town Council Adopts Resolution
Which Gals for GanePa| Clean.
Ing Up Of The Place.
SALOONS MUST Be BETTER KEPT
All Undesirable Residents Must Leave
the Town Within GO Days-"Ladiea
Entrance" Signs Must Come Down
To Watch Sunday Liquor Selling
Other Business Transacted.

With the view to making Phoc bus
an Ideal residential town the council
last night unanimously adopted an or.
dinance instructlng tho police force
and mayor 10 clcan the town of all
lcwd women, bad saloons and other
places OF questionable character.
Tho resolution, which is broad and
lswccping in it's purport. was introduce.
cd by Councilman George n. Sutler,
who made II lengthy speech In advo.
cacy OF his movement. Mr.. Sultcr
declared that the town was being
ruined by tho lcwd women and that
he was not going TO submit 10 such n
condition Of affairs any longer. He
referred to the exceedingly unpleasant
noiorlcty brought upon Phocbus by
the Blackstone investigation and de.
ciarcd that no town in Virginia would
submit to such things.
The declaration from Mr. Sutlcr
came Hike allash Of lightning from n
clear sky but IT, was met with the
general approval Of every councilman
IN town. In fact. there was no, n
single word against the movement TO
pace Phocbus In bcttcr light NOR.
any ana when the vote was taken tho
councllmcn votetl unanimously on II.
NO resolution instl'ucts the MAYOR
10 notify all keepers OF houses of III
| rcpnte' to vacatc tho premises within
90 days and to have every woman
known TO be of lcwd character IN
leave the town within that period
The saloons in which women loiter
are also instructed to do away with
tnis feature and all signs bearing ia
| uiea entrance" must como down. II,
f, inct tho ccouncil and town authori
lies arc going to entirely clean IN tn,
Town nnd let the outside world know
.nnt Phoebus will no longer stand fol
the abuses. which the undesIrabl,
citizens have brought upon her good
name.
Watch Sunday Sellers.
another resolution was adopted an.
nroprlating The sum of 500 TO omplo,
detectives for the purpose of waichinr
INC saloons and seeing that liquor /.
not sold ON Sunday in Thee future
INC detectives will be cmploycd ouIc.
~ and even the police officers will no,
| ~ ''sNAA pitNtllCt.
This was thought to be the lesI
plan to ascertain whether or not an,
hanor Is now being sold In The towr
on Sunday.
ihc council DESTROYED coupons. ron
resenting the sum of $4,000 Interest
on mo bonds OF the town.
=, rhc council was IN session scycrn
hours and tho meeting proved by IN,
me most interesting tho body ha
hcld In several wears.
councilman Sutlcr was warmly con
srathlated upon his successful Grb, r.
rid Phocbus of lcwd women and M
desirable citizens.
Other Business Transacted.
When Mayor Furncss called ,,c
connci, to order at $40 O'Clock thu
couhciimcn present were: Mossrs I
H.. Longhran, II. ~ Foster. William q
motifs, George n. Sutlcr. George Ian
GER Z, w Wagner. n. C.. f,arncr AMI
John |. Fountain. $50
| Mayor Furncss reported fines and
iccs collected in February amountInp
10 $500. The police departmont
made % town arrests aud & state
Mayor Furncss announced that tho
street. railway company HAD agreed
% spend $3.50 in shcllinC County street
limits. '"0 'o"i'
chairman Sutlcr OF The policc cam
mttee, informcl the council thai the
committee has selected ccr,ain
,umn,r OF forms for Inc members OF
inc Phocbus police force.