Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-08-04
SALOONS Will OPEN
NEAR OCTOBER FIRST
Thirty Days Must Elapse Be-
fore Court Will Pass On Ap-
plicationS for License
AFTERMATH OF THE ELECTION
Whiskey Men Up Against Stiff
Proposition In Finding Rooms
In Which to Do Business

PrOpOSltlOn Ii FlnQ1nR NOOIQS
In Which to Do Business
Now that it is wet the next thing
will be the scramble for license.
Much interest is being expressed
around as to just when the saloon
men can again open up shop, and
there is some speculation as to just
whose names will adorn the signs
that will soon appear in front of the
thirst parlors.
Thirty days at least must elapse
before Judge Henry w. Holt, of the
corporation court, passes on applica-
lions for license. In the meantime
Sergeant Bell will have much to do in
the way of posting notices and seeing
to the other preliminaries that the
law requires in case of this kind.
In all probability Judge Holt will de-
eide the license question at the re-
gular September term of his court,
which will most likely be held some
| time around the first of the month.
Even among the best posted, in
Guiding members of both bars, there
was some question yesterday as to
just when the saloons could be open
ed, following the granting of license
| by the court. Some seemed to thinE
that two years would have to elaps,
from the time that the saloons were
closed on October 81, 1909, while
others contended that after the re-
Quired thirty days have passed the
successful applicant can open up just
as soon as he gets his license from
the court. Either way it will be at
least October 1 before the liquor
houses are again doing business in
Staunton.
| With one or two exception, all of
the men who were in the business
when the town went dry two years
ago are expected to apply for license.
/ In addition, it is understood, that
there will be several new applicants,
| including Staunton men and some
from outside. One man, who went from
here to Harrisonburg soon after the
wet defeat in 1909, and who since
that time has managed to retain his
hold on the local trade, stated that
he was coming back to his own, and
it is understood that there are several
others, formerly in the business here
and now engaged in it elsewhere,
who will endeavor to return.
There was surprisingly little talk
OF the election on the streets yester-
day. The vets, while elated, showed
their jubilation only in quite way,
while the drys had equally as little
Ito say. One of the no-license ad-
vocates did remark, however, that
running as a result of the heavy de-
feat of Tuesday, would endeavor to
carry the city dry again two years
from now, and that the preparations
for the fight that will then be waged
will begin right away.
| There seems no thought of a con-
test. The size of the wet majority
tartically decided that one would be
futile, and would only stir up more
feeling without affording the slight
est hope that the result might be
lchanged.
One of the most interesting phases
of the present situation has to dc
with the proposition some of the
saloon men will be up against to
find a stand. Many of the rooms
they occupied two years ago, are now
doing duty for other lines of bust
ness, and in several instances al
least the tenants are protected by
leases from ejectment at the hands
of landlords, who might be infiuenc
ed by the offer of higher rents. Many
of the whiskey merchants own theil
own buildings, however, and these, IL
case they get their license, will have
nothing to do but to oil up the casf
, register and hang out their sign.