Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-07-02
ANOTHER STEP MADE.
FINANCE COMMITTEE APPROVES
sosD OF NEW CONCERN.
STATUS OF MANCHESTER CoIIlTYEE
Drfunctus Est, But VIII HOLD Over
Until Next Election-Heets Thfs
Eycpins-Tc Appoint Congregation
nj Delegates--Teachcr Elected.

The Manchester Finance Committee
held an important meeting in the Urea
suTers Office last night.
There were present Captain w. w
Pool (chairman). Captain John CBrien
and Mr.. ]. r. Green. Treasurer j. W.
Bronaugh, Jr.. acted as clerk, and City
Attorney william l. Clopton was also
present.
OF special concern was Tie drawing up
| Of the bond between the city and the
overall manufacturers. This agreement
| was read by Judge CloptoE and approve.
by the committee. 1t will now be sent
back to the City Council, duly signed by
the second parties, as when approved by
that body by Captain OBrien. president
of the Council. There will be no trouble
about that, and really the matter may
be regarded as settled. The very first
business the new Committee on Lands
and Buildings viii transact Will be the
letting of a contract for the building at
| Twenty-first and Decatur street, where
, the plant is TO be located.
The application for a rebate Of taxes
came before the committee, and was sat
isfaotorily arranged.
A great number of bills accommodating
during the month were approved and or
dered 10 be paid. After two-hours' ses-
sion the body adjourned.
In his travels among the sick. Rev. j.
A. Spencer has come upon man who Is
poor, very III. and also pitifully afflicted
IT is very necessary, from the nature OF
the affection, the Doctor says. for him
to have a reclining chair. This the man
is unable TO buy. Mr.. Spencer hopes that
some one In Manchester, or in Richmond.
for that matter, will be kind enough TO
lend this worthy sick man such chair,
If they have one. and VIII let him know
OF II.
HOW THE MATTER STANDS.
There was considerable talk on the
street yesterday about the Democratic
City Central Committee being defunctus
est. The state of affairs is just this:
At the first or second meeting after tho
present committee was elected, Mr.. &.
W. Goodlng made q motion. which was
adopted that the powers and functions
Of the committee cease on the last day
of June, 1898. 1t was then the purpose
of the committee that their successors
should be chosen at the last May cleo
ton. This was not done. Mr.. Lawrence
L. Pool, chairman Of the committee, has
called a meeting of the body for this
evening at 8 o'clock. The committee Will
hold over until the fall. possibly till the
spring election. This evening the commit
tee will talk over the congressional con-
vention to be held i'm Richmond in Au-
gust, and later on. If not at this meeting,
name Manchester's representatives, in
/ that body.
TEACHERS FOR NEXT YEAR.
The Manchester School Board has
about completed its summer work of
| electing teachers for the public schools
| for the session Of 1889.
An adjourned meeting Of the board has
been held, and the following selections
were made; Principal, A. II. Fitzgerald;
Assistant Principal, Il. Il. Crenshaw;
| Teachers-High School, Miss Rachel
| Lyon; School No. 1. Miss Fannie NJ:
French: School No. 2, Mrs. Ida s Wood
ward; School No. 3, Miss Ada L. Hall;
School No. 4, Miss Lalla L. Mayo; School
: No. 3. Miss Lizzie Gilbert; School No. 6.
| Miss NJ. Kate Drewry: School No. Z, Miss
Susan C. Fukes; School No. s, Miss May
Bronaugh; School No. 3, Miss Lizzie Boz
hannah; School No. 10, Miss Clara
| OBrien.
| Substitute Teachers-Mrs. Lizzie Train
ham, Miss Florence Bidgood Miss Flo
renee Brands. Miss Rosa Mccullough,
and Miss Mary Waring.
| The following were elected TO serve in
| the colored graded schools. Principal j.
III. Blackwell. Teachers-Q. William
| Moon, Laura Hobson Clifford i. Win
free, Mary f. Washington, Bertha Il.
Hughes, Leila A. Johnson, Lucy j. Win
| free. and Winnie S. Blackwell.
| Substitute TaacherG-Nannip &. Robert
son, Lewis w. Giles. and Amanda a.
johnson.
| In the colored school only were changes
made, Laura Hobson and Bertha f..
| Hughes being elected. instead Of Lewis
| Giles and Mamie @. Robinson.
| President O'Brien. of the board, has
announced the standing committees as fol-
| lows:
Grades-A. d. shotwell, John O'Brien,
| S. =. Jones, and c. V. Green.
| Building and Land-John j. Bayley, j..
NJ. Nunnally, +. IL. Fitzgerald, and G.
| Q. Ely.
Finance-w. w. Pool, c. A. Carr, b. A.
| Nunnally, and Il. It. Rucker.
| Special Committee TO Revise School
| Rules-L. NJ. Nunnally. John j. Bayley.
John OBrien. f. II. Fitzgerald. W. w.
Pool, ID. j.. Puliam (SuperintendenD, A.
| H. Fitzgerald principaD, and j. ii.
| Blackwell principaD.
The next session OF the schools will be-
| gin September 18th, and close June 10, 1899.
MAYOR MATRICES TRIBUNAL.
| There were three very black Migrants
| before Mayor Maurice yesterday morn
| ing. They were John Smith William
| Johnson. and Howard Smith. The South
ern railroad police took them In for tres
| passing on the railroad property John
| and William had just been released from
| Richmond and came 10 Manchester
under the popular bat very mistaken i'm
| preston that they would reach Free
| State" They were given each fifteen
| days in jail, while Howard was gwen
| half hour to get out of town.
| Captain James A. Iipscomb, Chief OF
| Police, will make the following report of
| the work OF the force at the next meet
! ing af the Council: Total number OF ar
| rests. 80. OF these arrests was for feio-
ny, 20 for msdemeanors 10 for ordinance
violations and l tramp. This speaks well
| for the morals of q city of 1900 people,
there being only one arrest during the
whole month on a serious charge-a felo-
| ny case.
Hastings Court Clerk Fl. T. Duval re-
ports SO deeds recorded in his office du-
| ring the past month. There were IL mar
riage licenses issued, in this Offices to
white couples and to colored couples.
FUNERALS OF THE DAY.
| The funeral OF Mrs. Christiana A. c.
| Clarke, who died at her home. in Swans
boro', Thursday afternoon. took place
| from the West-End Methodist church
YESTERDAY afternoon at O'clock. Rev.
| w. T. william. the pastor, conducted the
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