The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-12
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Fll.I'!I.EsI POW Err
Any One in the Market Must Move at
His Command.
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FIGHT.
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4 7HREE-c0RNERED
The CITY Attorney Contends for the,
s,r4cL Constructor OF the Ortli-
nance Ba1-kecper Fined
Shoori.,: TIA the street.

The Big White Chamber. where Justice
Is dis.,ed up 10 the PUBIC IN the iusties1
sI.J, OF the ART. was crowded 10 dlscom-
Tort yesterday when the Great dispenser
set the wheels in motion.
Justice John was scheduied Tor
the reunion OF mis- Old company, the Kan
over Troop, at Ashland Park he Eau
assorted some of his best stories and mad
his mouth set for watermelon. but he
hung City Attorney Pollard IN the Ponce
Court and Then and there Greek met
Greek in hand 10 hand conflict Ihefe was
also a lawyer IN nearly every ca Sc ana
when the fight was over the Great Dis.
7ney,ser was as badly bedraggled as Mark
Twa.n,s cat, thar went to steep over
nowder-hlsst hole in a gold mine
THE SECOND MARKET
8 Tho MECH. de resistance was a cnaIse5
arainst Louisa Pryor tcoioreel, OF Han
,,,e- co,,nty. for refusing to move with
her cart al the Second Market, "hen or
dere6 10 do so by the clerk, MI ).
Flouruoy. a.
Much of the conduct of affairs at Inc
Second Market was embraced IN Inc 81 u
ment
Louisa Pryor was one Of NUMBER OF
,r,rk.ters. ordered to move by MI flouT-
nOy. because 1919
h,,cksterirs. !. e., buying and selling again.
and Louisa Pryor was the only one VINO
refused.
Mr.. Willoushby Newton represented Inc
yoman and Mr. Pollard the clerk. ana 'he
case was fought TO a finish N sofS OF
three-cornered fight MI Newton IA illa'ii-
tanning the right of the woman 10 pc
s,tion TO sell there. after having pad heE
ten-cent sanitary @E. the Great i'ispei 1.7.
;,,,,. toll
in maintaining his idea Of strict I'm l'aft -ai-
ity. and Mr. Pollard in sustaining the ao-
solute authority OF the clerk 10 col'fo.
the market
WORKING rEER ORDERS.
Mr.. Beck, a menser of the Market
Committee testified that AIR. Flournoy mad
been given special instructions to move
narties he believed to be huckstering and
that 1t was the desire of the committee
to have the ordinances enforced to the
letter. and TO place the responsibility on
the clerk.
Mr.. Pollard held that the health, clean
illness and good order of the market was
dependent on the clerk haVihs sip ,s.1,'
authority, and that this cause was higher
than any vested right of the users of the
market, and that the clerk If he imposed
upou the higher authority vested In him.
he should be dealt with by the commit
tee and the Council and he plead Win the
court that II .'be not allowed to be SAID
that the Clerk has not control : OIL the
market and that he must have GOOD
reason to order a person TO move put
on the other hand that it should be under
stood that when a person was ordered TO
move, they must move.
PASSAGE AT ARMS.
The passage at arms between the Great
Dispenser and the Sc;ectrit City Attorney
were like the flashes from the bottom OF
an electric car on a badly-insuiated track.
The ordinances as construed in the case
show that the clerk is in absolute control
of: the market and it was shown that I'M
der the management of the present COM
rnittee, considerable reforms have been
Instituted in the conduct of the market.
The Great Dispenser declared his Will
ingness to carry out the ordinances to the
letter, but still shook his head over the
question of right of the clerk to move
one man and let another stay. like a man
who convinced against his will, is OF the
same opinion still
The woman was fined 81 under the ordi-
nance and the fine RENTED
There was a long docket of cases OF
more than ordinary interest
E. B. Longest was charged with assault
ing w. T. Shaw with n hammer on Labor
Day. Both men are in the employ of the
Street Department. and the row occurred
al the city stables. Longest claimed that
he hit Shaw an self-defense when they
were clincaed- Wray swore he was hit
from behind when he had turned away.
Longest was fined $40.
SABBATH VIOLATION.
G: Fertile was fined $50 for keeping his
bar, at Twentieth and Main Streets, open
on Sunday.
Joseph Jones tcolorcdD hit a small white
boy on the chin with his fst, and went to
jail in default Of S. fine.
Lewis Morris (coiored, was arrested with
n railroad brass and Two brass oi-eups
in his coat pocket He said he got them
off the ground at Gladstone. Six months
was his portion.
z John Brown tcoloref1 undertook TO coll
lect rent from his tenant, Mary Epps, by
taking off the doors and windows of the
house when she did moi paw. He said he
was only repairins the house. but he was
charged with tres!lass and fined SID
Daniel Prosser (colored} was captured
with the stakes in a game of craps. and
went to jail in default of his fine of se.5o.
ne stakes of four cents We're evenly
DIVIDED between the Great Dispenser and
Officer Murray, who made the arrest if
there had been five cents, the Great. Dis-
penser would. as is his way, have taken
three.
MrLTTM IN PaRvo.
s Joseph Nash was charged with dis
tnrbance in the street and shoo,ine a
pistol in the street, also With fe,onionslv
assaulung Willie Lee ana shooting a,
him. all Of which WAS proven. and also
that he had the pistol concealed.
he was fined $50. and gi7en 30 DAYS
for carrying, concealed weapons. and SO
and 6 months for shooting in. the public
streets.
Virginia Holmes tcoiored) was put un-
der security for twelve months for rob.
hing Jos, II. Chase (colorea) who came
from the country and hearkened unto the
Voice of the siren. and these cases ard
lot more kept the Great Dispensers
nose TO the grind store until long after
the noon hour when the na.n left for
the. Hanover troop reunion. and ile looked
as Disappointed as a small DO. who
wakes UP next morning AMI ends lie
missed his supper.