The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-22
S POOL
HALL ORDINANCE

At last nights meeting of the city
commission the mayor and commis-
sioners passed an ordinance repeal
ing the ordinance passed May ~
which closed the pool halls except
from 6 to II o'clock p. m. Thus
the pool halls are allowed to operate
as they were before the Carter Coun-
tv Council of Defense, in May, asked
the mayor and commissioners to
pass an ordinance closing them.
An ordinance was offered at re-
cess meeting last week with view
to opening the pool halls and pas
sage was defeated by vote OF three
to one. At the regular meeting last
night petition signed by the pro-
prietors of three pool halls was pre-
sented, asking that the ordinance be
passed. Commissioner Fraley moved
that the petition be received and
filed, Commissioner Carter said
these men were entitled to consider
alton, that they had their money in
vested in this business and that the
state law looked upon it as legiti-
mate business and the proprietors
had no opportunity of closing out
their business and saving their prop
erty before the former ordinance
was passed without warning. He
wanted the ordinance offered again.
There was no second to Commls-
sioner Fraley's motion. Fraley said
if there is any one thing in this town
that has hurt the young men more
than any other it is the pool halls
and that Ardmore can afford to lose
them.
One Dissenting Vote.
Commissioner Carter said the
Council of Defense had asked that
the pool halls be opened and he was
in favor of them being allowed to
remain open just as long as the
Council Of Defense said they should,
He made a motion that the city at
torney be instructed to draft an or
dinance opening the pool halls. The
motion prevailed, Commissioner Fra
ley casting the only negative vote.
The city attorney had an ordinance
with an emergency clause ready in
a few minutes and it was read. Com
missioner Carter moved that the
rules be suspended and an emergen-
cy declared. The motion prevailed.
Mayor Roberts stated that the
Council of Defense wrote letter
asking the commissioners to pass
The ordinance and that it now asked
that the ordinance be repealed. He
declared there should be harmony
between the city and the Council OF
Defense and it was not right for the
mayor and commissioners to slap
back at the Council of Defense. He
believed that if the Council of De-
fense had a right to ask the commis-
sionerS to close the pool halls, it
had a right to ask that they be OPP
ened. Pool halls are open in all 9TH
er towns and classed as legitimate
business and when properly con-
Quoted all right, but when they get
to be places of gambling it became
the duty to close them he said. The
mayor explained that there is an or
dinance prohibiting boys under lS
years from irequenting the pool
hall.
The motion was then upon the
final passage OF the ordinance. Com
Carter and Wilson voted
for. its passage. Commissioners Fra
ley and Gardner voted no. The
voted yes and the ordinance
was passed.
Mrs. Adair appeared before the
commission with request that she
be compensated for cemetery lot.
She alleged that she had purchased
it 6 years ago for S. and that later,
part of it had been sold to Mr.. Null
len and part to Mr.. Wicker, leaving