The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-21
MAGISTRATES
WANT new | AW
A Z ~
They Want Longer Terms and Higher.
ABOUT OWNERSHIP OF BOTTLES.
Delegate Ecatl,crston Celebrated His
Marriage Anniversary - senator
Egx,csto.. Has His Ovcrcoat
stolen from HIM.

@ G(S1CStO:i dQs k1ls oSSASO@S 4=t5s.i
stolen from HIM.
member of the Legislature has rccetv-
"a q letter from justice Of the peace IN
Virginia asking that the whole law an re-
laa,ou to The ,naststTacy OF tee State be
1r1oruaed.
The letter contains Twelve pages OF
closely written 4foolscap paper. ana osaAs
with Che subject in its every phrase. Ing
writer secals to have tie powers ana
,5ictiop of the o1Ace enlarged and SUBMITS
. schedule OF higher fees. which ne 1nniiss
should be allowed for service.
yIe wants the term Of office extended 10
ais, or cis.lt years IN order that the In
f:,,rnbcrt may l:sin.e time 10 study ana
eauip himself for his duties.
y Has chico, for raising the fees is to en-
able the magistrate to buy land DOCKS.
x.c. SO tina: he may become an honoi 20
the Stale.
Continuing the writer says that the last
& = ,er,slature cut the fees OF justices halI
An s1ro. so that now ti,cy are often COM
,,e1,fd 10 render tho State three OF 1our
.iays.s service for mighty near absolute
~ nothing.
He says The legislators who voted AT ..lc
last session TO lower the fees OF lnasls-
froAn
H,1f3es thai would not be exTsecied OIL I1e
..,nost fIli,crate baclcwoods man. and
,r,nas ,1n by saying that he regards the
ofIice of magistrate as OF infinitely more
in,uortance ITO the people oil any
1han that Of Governor. ~ couio a,o1 We
learned whether or got a bin 'sou'o os ~.
1roduced at this. session te1noooSlhs Iiese
sweeping reforms.
The Committee on General Laws OF the
7lonse met in Room s, Capitol Building,
nj 10 O clock yesterday morning WI. 'iSAi-
lister. OF Bath. presided In the absence
OF Chairman r. S. Parks. OF sPase' anu
the following other members We're pres
5 ant. Messrs. IIunley. DAVIS, 1raVci''
Pollock and hel'y. ..,
The chief matter under consideration
pas n. bill offered by Mr.. Whitehead. OF
Norfolk. amending the present la" IN re-
gard to the protection If the owners OIL
hotties. ETC., and TO provide punishment
for their embczZlement. =,
After some discussion of the bill. upon
motion of Mr.. Hunley. the ohair "a. az
pointed a Subcommittee Mnss,.s
nf MIR. Kelly, chairman, and Messrs.
5Junley and Pollock, TO coiisioe'
the matter and report to the General AS
sembly rs early as pract1caDie.
Mr.. 7. %. Tray, OF Norfolk, and C;si"aln
Coo N. Palmer, the general agent oi
the Chr Heurich Brewing Company. APP
t,eared before the committee IN lhe ~
ferest of the bill, as did also MI. VIZ ,'
head. of Norfolk, its patron
nv. co-o,nittce also considered a bill Of
rerca by Senator Bruce, for the rei1ei OIL
q y. Gibson, druggist Of JonesVliie'
1,aa county, The bill was ordered Ia.
snritDly reported.
pr. A. B. Fitzpatrick. OF Nelson, IS
ono OF the humorists of the House out
a., incident occurred several nights ago
n which the Joker got joked. The eau
e,,s had assembled. IN the hall OF the
House to nominate candidate Tor Reg-
;ster of Land Office, but after re"
moments deiberation It was decided 10
adjourn 10 some other night. II SO nap
Dened that Hon. T. C. Pitcher, char
man of the Joint caucus. is also chair
man OF the House Committee on Roaus-
1,nrehiptely upon the adjournment OF the
caucus Mr. Pitcher called his com1nittee
together In the hall of the House 10
consider the Epps separate Acoach piii,
The doctor came in about this time, anu
seeing Mr.. Pitcher in the chair. and 4
n,,rn1,er of legislators in the hall. mis-
+ooE the committee for a caucus. When
MIR. McAllister offered his amendments
10 the bill, the member from Nelson arose
snd made an impassioned speech Tor me
hill in its original form, prefacinE his
tlcmen OF the caucus. In the course
of his remarks he told a splendid anec-
dote illustrative of TIE position OF Lille
member from Bath. but it was hard to
discover which created the most merrl-
ment his joke or his mistake.
In the parlo,,s OF the Lexington Hotel
on FRIDAY afternoon occurred very
pleasant incident January 18th was me
ill!rty-sixtll anniversary OF the marriage
OF Captain and Mrs. ]. c. Featacrstoh.
Hon. r. c. Pitcher. Of Fauquiers repre-
senting number OF his colleagues ana
their wives, presented to Mrs. Eea:her-
ston a most beautiful fan, as AN evil
dence OF the high esteem in wni2a she
and her distinguished husband n held
nv their friends. Mr. Pitchers speech,
which wns gem of oratory. was re-
sponded to in a feeling. manner by lie
popular Campbell county representative.
on behalf OF himself and lady. both OF
whom sincerely appreciated the gift.
Hon Henry s. Kane, OF Scott county,
was seen at New F3rd's !nst ll.s,ht le-
xarding the publis led s'ar.;nsI,s shat bis
friends would insist upon putt'ns lin
forward for the Democratic nomination
for ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS in 1901 ihe
genial ex-senator said he, felt grateful
TO Ais friends for such kindly reference
= 70 MIN. Dull o1o III SaiSk ~ W 49,,
further than to say that he placed the
interests OF the party, and people hiSh
above any personal ambition , his own
He said he had been lifelong Democrat
and proposed to keep up his fight for the
success OF that party as long as lie
should last he stated that the peop.e OF
his section were In most prosperous
condition and tina. new Industries were
ep-:nSinS up
The Columbia Beneficial Association
hnd Its charter recorded In the office OF
. Yha Secretary OF the Commonwealth yes