The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-01-08
REFUSES TO GRANT LICENSE FOR
DRAhl CHOP BECAUSE EvERs
is UNFIT PERSON.
CHARLEY POWERS ALSO


y ttshy Nb"t'if az Nut utN sEit Sd5 sitEAt
( last gnieht and was the .taIkingpsi*
I affair Of its hind that body has heii
III long. time. Il was also cfiataa.
fterized by recesses. three breaks in
1.-THE meeting being made In order to
iconsider saloon licenses, and most cf
the talking was on that score. The
lccrncil broke its record of long stand.
/ ing by refusing to grant license to
ar applicant On the grond that he was
| mot IL perstn 10 conduct saloon
N Cairo
4 There were presens His Hon I.
Mayor Parsons, and Aldermen Bour-
gcis Burke, Davis. Koehler, Ferguson,
Meehan German, Snyder. seullIn.
lThistlcwood Neliis. Kelly and Mag
lLer.
The minutes Of previous meesIns
Iwers approved without reading and
gunAer the head OF unfinished business
1.-The application for a saloon license
81 chas. Powers @arne up. on m tlon
of Alderman Nelils action on this was
deferred until later III the netting as
lnegatiations were pending between
Powers and the chief to square some
cld fines and costs.
| The application for saloon license
IoffJ, g. Jaynes for saloon ut the
lsoathwesterly corner Of Sixth street
land Commercial avenue. was refused
"A letter from Mayor w. G. Patfen, III
Cape Girardeau, No. was read By fbeS
lc.srk ins whieh twas sfafnt that
! EvsiSs the man who was To condiet
the saloon here. had conducted
Isaloon for Jaynes In Cape Givartieau.
fnnwn as the rskhidoo." which was a
| very objectionable place and when he
APPLIED for renewal OF the license.
citizens made such strong protest that
Iit was refused. Mr. Patten wrote
also that while he knew nothing a
Jaxnes personally, Evers was a Dc
generate
. On motion Of Alderman ThistiewOGd
the application was rejected ,n tha
ground that according to the letter RE-
ferred 10 Evers was not tit person
u conduct salocn IN C8fro.
The application Of Richard Frank.
lin. wh9 conducts saloon on Ohio
street was next taken up. The COM
mittee had recommended that the ap
plication be NOT granted
Alderman Magner moved TO receive
and concur in the report.
i Alderman Sculii1 stated that the
objections TO Franklin's place were
that he kept.a "spieler~ or solicitor on
the sidewalk. that he kept miner
behind the bar. and allowed negro
women 70 buy liquor in his place.
Franklin was invited to make
before the council. ri.
-aid be had been in business Ave
yeats. that he had never had any
trouble az his place: that when the
rhief complained about the solicitor
b. had consulted the city attorhet
who had informed him there was no
ordinance against what he did: that
he chief also had been unable 10 find
my ordinance against il that he had
iowever. iutendel to let the soIieftcf =
- On the lst Of January and had done
20. He had his own son to help him
n his b. slness; the boy was ls years
Vi and was out or school He did
lct permit negro women to drink n
Ms place. had sold them bottles sf
iuucr. Was willing TO comply WITH
my regulations that might be- male.
On motion of Alderman Nellis re-
'ess Of five minutes was taken to en-
hle the committee to further con-
ider the report The COMMITTEES
ecoTginended that Iicense be granted.
nd iffwas dane'by a vote Of 10 to 3. :
be latter being Aldermen Ferguson.
ieily and Magner. II vas couditicnd
hat the ~spieier" be abolished. and =
Green be put up Inside the door 80
hat the interior of the place could
OF be seen FROM the Sidewalk
Judge John n Lansaen 81 this
0int read a report concerning the
ubnc improvements ordered and
iade in the city during the last two
ears. which appears IN fuH else
here in this paper. On motion OF
.iderman Meehan the rerort was r.
eived and ordered published
Speaking OF Judge Lansden's report
be maTor stated ne bad heid a con
arencs with the owners q the lnai
1isids The Mississippi iegee and they
al agreed to furnish dirt for street
ling and taFa Improvement bonds IN
syment foT same.
The Pc~ers Case.
Alderman Nellis moved that the a.
Ecacon for = dram shoa license b
has Powers be rsferrei bsek to the
ommittee for fnTfher co1Sidefa'ira
nd q recess ef i've mIHufes be taken
.r that prrpcse
rae eamnitree .rssurnei ana asaln