The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-11-20

, made some money and then left be-
cause the town was not fit to live in,
People could not be blamed for not
Iuaye)ing on some oi the trains into
and out OF the city in view OF the dis.
orders that prevailed The authori
ties were blamed it being openly
charged that the county authorities
were rotten and the nolice authorities
were rotten. The matter should be
presented to these authorities By a
body OF citizens ana If they did not
TACT to clear the city of disorlerly
| horses. thugs. loafers and pimps then
the officials should be gotten ria OF
lard others chosen in their places.
Mr.. Aisthorpe proposed that the
Board name a committee to act in
| conjunction with like committee
from The Cairo Commercial Cub, to
Sc ect fifty citizens who are to con.
stitute Law AMI order League for
1.-THE purpose Of comforting with the
Iauthoities with a view to improving
lmoral conditions il me city. The
ipeople' he said, must have relief
and it Is in order to demand It fairly
ioa'mly but firmly"
| H. E Halliday ~a:d the question
was vital one; Cairo coull not af.
ford to have another affair like that
of last week; il was shown then that
we are Sitting on volcano and that
we must safe guard the community
! against another svch outbreak A Law
| aud Order League sborld be formed
10 stand behind the authorities in any
efforts to enforce the laws to counter
act the pressure brought to bear upon
then constantly from other sources
against enforcing the laws.
President Aisthorpe called upon
members to express themselves free.
" as this was a family affair and
time for free expires sion Of opinion
The mayor was present and it was
in order to speak plainly in order
that he might know what tire senti-I
ment of the people was. He felt sure
His Honor did not know what the
conditions were, for re had been lie.
ceived by his police department Just
as the public hal been II the state
ments that had been made we're true
tne officers should he removed from
Office if not they should be sus-
tained. Brit the people we're anxiously
" waiting for something to be done. |
We are not men If we 10 not do /
something" said Mr. Aisthorpe "OrrI
wives and daughter are not safe un
der present conditions. A lady told
ne the other day that She believed |
all the men In Cairo weer towards |
The women Of the city are afraid to
90 on the streets, not on account OF
dissolute negroes alone but dTssolute
whites az we'll.
], r. Schulz said it was time for
the business men Of Cairo to do some
thing more than throwing boquets
at one another, He Travelled great
deal and knew that Cairos reputation
everywhere was bad, that things were
rotten here. He favored that the
Board Of Trade appoint a committee
as suggested and & Law AMI Order
League be formed.
5ourgose's Dive.
c. l.. Keaton, Of the firm of Nc
knight & Keaton recited an incident
in the place. He said man named
]. r. Barber doing business in Ar
kansas had come to Cairo recently tC
settle UP some business matters. HI
had some bank stock and got a su,
Of money from a Cairo bank for rse
In his transaction. He walked down
Ohio street. was accosted by some
one in front Of Bourgoiscs place and
invited to come in, lie remembered
1othing more till he woke up on the
sidewalk and found his money and
ank stock gone. He reported the
natter to Mr., Keaton who went with
him to the place. Bourgeois admitte
he man had been there. had gottei
trunk, gone to sleep behind the stove
md had been put out.
Nh. Keaton replied IT don't care tc
NOW anything about that. What
want to know IL where this mans
money and bank stoca is"
Bourgeois replied 81 don't know any
hing about his money"
All right" said Mr. Keaton we
&c il we can't find it, and left
In five nInrtea utter negro porte
rom Eourgotse's place came to MIR
Ieaton ANA delivered to him Mi
'arber's bank stock; but t~a none
.as never recoyeret.
Hon NJ, f. Gilbeil agreed that con
itons We're bad IN the city, but Pre-
ested against puHic.ty, He though
he matter should be discussed quiet
Y. 1t would injure the city to hav
y corruption heralded to the worl .
i tie newspapers, I'VE want actio
ct talk" said A'r. Gilbert.
r. A. Smith spoke at length. tn
ereral tenor OF bis talk bein
gainst crlticistng the city and count
authorities. More had been done i
he up-huilding Of the city tie las !
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