The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-07-13
PROTEST AGAINST
.BLLY MAY license.
IllS SUPPRESSED.
Place Was Deliberately
Planted Upon the East
Side People.
ANOTHER ONE TO Be MADE
Committee Appointed to
Call Upon the Board Of
Affairs Monday.
BN0THER0 TO BE MADE

The Central school auditorium was
Iilied last evening when the residents
ofsthat section met for the purpose OF
Adopting means by which the license
recently granted to Billy May to con-
duct restaurant on Water street
could be revoked.
The meeting was called to order and
ira object Of the meeting explained
~ Chairman 3. G. Curry. Mr.. Curry
made the statement that Water street
being the main thoroughfare for large
numbers Of East Side residents II was
very necessary that 1t should be as
clean morally as any other main street
I'm the city. After the reading and ap'
proyai Of the minutes Of the prelim1'
nary meeting which was held last
Thursday evening by the secretary
Bruce Morgan, Harry Shaw, one OF the
members Of the committee, was asked.
iof his report Of the work of the COM
mittee.
MI Shaw made public the fact that
when Mays application was before the
Board Of Affairs and before the license
was granted It was protested and the
Bf6test signed by something near one
hundred OF the best citizens OF the
East side. The protest was not heed
d ana the license was granted. The
inquiry by the committee revealed the
a that the petition was never placed
efore the Board Of Affairs and at least
Two 81 the commissio did not even
now OF its existence.
Other speakers Of the evening were
Frank Amos, y. .; Davis. We. e. .aus-
tead, Nj: Kincaid, Frank Kelley, P. g.
Stealey, all agreeing that the removal
81 THIS notorious resort to the East
side was q. menace to the safety and
morals OF the community. And If this
pIace was allowed to remain 1t would
only be the entering wedge for the
transporting of all people Of that class
b the East Side.
.The people are not going to stand
Tor this gross imposition and 1t is
hoped that the authorities will see that
It Is quickly removed as we'll as some
other joints Of like character situated
on Water street" said one speaker.
During the discussion Harry Shaw
drew up the following resolutions
which were unanimously adopted by
tie gathering:
Resolved, That 1t is the unanimous
sense Of this meeting that the license
Ing Of Billy May to conduct a business
on. Water street Is in disregard Of the
expressed wishes Of the people of the
community as stated In petition sign.
ed and presented to the mayor and
Board Of Affairs before said license
was granted.
Resolved further. that 1t is the opin.
ION Of this meeting that the proposed
business Of said Billy May is and will
be- > continual menace to the peace,
good order and moral welfare of this
community.
Therefore resolved further, that a
committee Of fifteen citizens be ap.
pointed to wait upon the Mayor and
Board Of Affairs and secure such action
as VIII relieve"
The chairman then appointed the
following persons to act on the com:
mittee: W. A. Hustead, Q. W. Morgan,
3. Davis, c. H. Jenkins, Rev. John
Brown, A. R. Watkins, Mrs. ]. S. Pople,
B MIA George Shumaker, Mrs. S. L. ia.
ccbsi Mrs. ], u. Watkins, DR.. J. A. Jam.
ispn, Rev, B. NJ. Mitchell, Rev. W. D.
( Reed. Mrs. Harry Horner, and
"a, Johnson. This committee
VIII wait upon the Board Of AT.
airss present the resolutions and
report It's progress to the citizens at
their next meeting on Friday evening
July 20, at 8 O'Clock.