Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-01-25

A new slot machine ordinance
which officials thought they had as
alright as it could be made was adopt
ed by the Henderson City Council
Monday night at the councils month
ly meeting for January.
At the same time the Council took
steps to prevent gatherings or loiter,
ings in the vicinity of the scene on
Mitchell street where the recent axe
Staying occurred. The new contract
for street lighting with the Carolina
Power & Light Company was discuss
ed at length but action was deferred
tor at least another month. A mass
of routine business was transacted by
the Council.
The slot machine ordinance, made
effective on it's passage, fixed license
rates at the same figure as in the
States 1887 revenue act. 1t provided
that application for all such machines
shall be in writing to tie City Coun-
Gil itself, which alone can order is
suance of the permits, and it was
given the authority to grant or re-
ject any applications. Any person,
firm or corporation in whose place of
business any such machine operated
without a license first ieeing obtained
was declared guilty of misdemeanor
punishable by fine of not more than
$50 or 30 days Imprisonment, or both,
and the same penalty was made APP
plicable to any such person or agency
placing such machines. 1t was also
provided that the finding of any
clause or portion of the ordinance as
unconstitutional would not affect any
other portion of the ordinance.
Mitchell Street Petition.
A petition for relief from what was
considered a nuisance in the vacant
lot or warehouse vicini. on Mitchell
street, near where the axe-slaying oc-
Cured last week was presented to the
Council by D. p. McDuffea, signed by
a large number of residents of that
part of the city. The Council decided
to refuse licenses for shows or other
attractions drawing crowds to that
area and to call upon owners of the
warehouse to close in the sides of the
foun,,aF IONS to prevent any trespass
upon The property. F. H. Hayes, the
Councils member supervisor of health
was instructed to proceed with the
course decided uc =. by the Council
and to notify the property owners.
Defer Lighting Contract.
In discussing the offer of the Car
DINA Power & Light Company for re-
newal of the street lighting contract,
it was at first decided to accept the
recommendation Ct the special COM
take the savir.. possible on the same
number of street lights as are now in
operation, and to redistrlbute the
lights where it was thought advan-
y tageous to do so. The company had
: Offered a lower rate, making it pos
sitle 20 install more lights for the
present price being paid, or to get
the same service as at present at
lower tate. The committee, named at
the December meeting, consists OF
Aldermen F. B. Hight, T. w. Ellis and
NJ. Y. Cooper. The discussion ran in
to the question of possible installation
of a diesel engine at the waterWorks
station to generate current to operate
the water plant and to take care of
all street lighting as we'll 1t was on
this point that action was deferred for
further investigation and discussion.
A communication from OLary'
Garage asking to make quotations OF
a new truck for the street department
was referred to the purchasing agent
for consideration.
Money Returned.
Mayor Henry T. Powell presented to
the Council a letter from r. Mayne
Albright, of the North Carolina En-
ployment Service declining fun ther
assistance from the city in finan-
cial way in carrying on it's work. APP
probation was expressed for the as
sistance given, but the service was
declared now to have sufficient fl
nancing of it's own. Members said il
was the first time they had ever
known any fund to be returned, and
: iocularly voted to have the lette1
framed and hung in the Council
chamber. The amount returned was
$50.
The $50 was Immediately re-appro-
priated, however, toward aid to WPA