The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-03

 said the storekeeper paid taxes on the property and should be allowed some say in the matter. and when fact is known the city cannot legally license the popcorn man to do business thsre Tor all the property owner need do is to take out an injunction.
 Gunter Came Back.
 Alderman Gunter took another shot at the matter. saying that the pop corn man should be moved. and the fruiter too, and moved that the petition be amended by adding the removal of the fruit stand. Alderman Parrish asked how the men could be moved when the city had accepted their license money for the coming year. Mir. Moritz said the city was In such a position in the matter that 1t would have to object to all the fruiter's stands or let the one at South Court and Dexter Avenue stay there, and there was nothing objectionable to a fruit stand
 Alderman Sullivan again grasped the cudgel and said it was odd that the storekeeper objected to the smell of popcorn and made no kick on the stale fruit odor that smelled to high Heaven there all during the hot summer. No gentlemen" he said. 'the trouble is this. da poppacorna man he hurts my biz, wanta heem moof, righta way queek. De peanutta hurt by da poppercorn. you no nova I goa to ds streeta commit. when wanta da grub, me no by da rotta banan', me buya da speedily pear. mako da good applea dump Its just this, the fruiter has offered the store-keeper more money for the street privilege than the pop-corn man and there is the rub Alderman Johnson said to his cer- tain knowledge the fruiter had offer ed more money than the popcorn man. because it was to his interest to see the man moved and that was the whole story.
 The petition was put before council discussed, and the matter decided by passing 8 resolution that if the popcorn man is moved. the fruit stand and every street fruit stand in the city will go too.
 An ordinance prohibiting ccops of live chickens being displayed along the sidewalks was lost.
 An ordinance providing for the in- stallation of four additional 250-horse power boilers at the city waterworks plant was adopted.
 A petition from The Advertiser to put the license on the paper back to the original $50 was lost.
 Several ordinances providing for pay
 
 The old matter of the liquor license came up again and was rehashed. All derman Sullivan moved to have H. cense of S220.50 cover liquor, soft drinks and cigars for the remaining joyous months. It was amended half dozen ways, dragged about, stamped on, boosted. twisted. and finally put before the Council and was carried by a ma jority of one vote. It had formerly, according to the lately compiled H. cense schedule. been $225.
 Mir. Sullivan and his supporters sat back satisfied that they had accom- plished that much. but their peace of mind was rudely shaken. Alderman Moritz arose and said that since the matter was of a permanent nature 1t took two-thirds majority to pass it. Mir. Parrish tried to save the day by saying the matter was just for three months and therefore not permanent but AL derman Saul, presiding, changed his de- cision and annouNced that the SIPS H- cense, after all. stood.
 Then Mir. Sullivan. lowering his voice. said: to see you weaken and change your de- cision. I am mortified for you, asham- ed humiliated. I sympathize with you in this, your hour of humiliation. blush with you and weep for you"
 Mir. Saul said that he accepted the analogy. and a glance at the eneycio- nedia would show Mir. Sullivan that great men often changed their minds.
 soda Water License Up.
 The soda water license was also dis cussed again, but MT. Sullivan said he would not take part in this matter for he knew very little of soda water.
 An offer to cancel a debt owed oy the city to the Memphis Asphalt Pay ing Company, by that concern, provid-