The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1900-07-13
Yours very truly,
w. 4. BLANTON,
Mayor.
The sergeant submitted the following


TO cash deposited in Planters Bank.slS3 9
The following bills against the town
were read and ordered to be paid
". +. Doyne coffin, &c,.......................s 3J
}. r. Spencer, NJ. d., prof. services. 4 y
II. c. Crute, medicine. 2 Z
nuNall, kObt. CO., Sprinkl ............ 2j1 d
farmviile Water Co., water for quarter, 100 O
ga. Matthews, Jallor fees, II z
> - mart pOlicc,......
/ faultti, son Co, mds., hay, &C.. ....... ii 2
| Hugh % Cara, license returned. .-.......... 80 U
J.. j.. Cobb. repairing Opera House,. q D
jenkins Co, shOcing mule, .............. =
! W. {. Clay, painting Opera House,. IL q
%. I. Wicker light supplies, ................. 2li
Anderson Drug Coz paint,..................... Il o.
When the bill of Hugh O'Gara was
read some discussion followed, necessi
tating vote as to its payment. 1t was
a tue vote and the mayor voted for its
payment. The bill was for the full
amount paid by Mr.. O'Gara for license
to conduct pOOl-table, the same hav-
ing to be removed from Mr.. OGara's
barr0Om by reason Of the councils
legislation against it, Mr. O'Gara had
only run the pool-table for about two
months and some of the cOuncilmen
opposed paying back his license except
50 much as for the time the table was
not in use
Captain Martin moved that the town
purchase another mule and a road
scraper. The rest Of the Street Com
mittee approved the motion, while Mr..
Davidson argued at some length in
opposition.
DR.. Anderson spoke most earnestly
in advocacy Of Capt Martins motion,
saying that the present condition Of
the streets was a disgrace and would
bring blush Of shame TO the face Of
every councilman were he to ride over
many Of our public thoroughfares. He
believed the expenditure for the extra
mule and the road scraper would be
money well spent. The motion was
tabled until the next meeting Of the
council.
The bond Of $1,000 offered by Ser
geant r. ID. Miller with Mrs. Laura a.
Miller and w. II. Burger. Sr, as
sureties, was accepted by the council.
The bond of ;. w. Paulett, Jr. as
treasurer, was offered. 1t was for
5000 and given through the United
States Fidelity aud Guaranty Go.
Mr.. Erambert reported the Opera
House in a most deplorable plight, and
the committee of which he is chair
man were instructed to get estimates of
the cost for putting the house in proper
condition and report at the next meet
ing.
Capt. Burton was before the council
with privilege Of the floor. He COM
planned of the ordinance forbidding the
raising of hogs within certain limits Of
the town, embracing his lot fronting
on the west side of South street.
Mr.. w. O. Shelburne, proprietor OF
the Randolph Hotel, was also present
with request that he be permitted to
continue his pig pen in the rear of his
hotel. Both Mr.. Shelburne and Capt.
Burton declared that if at any time,
any citizen should complain Of their
pigs as nuisances, they would remove
them at once.
DIR. Anderson, chairman of the Sani-
tary Committee, opposes hog raising
anywhere within the corporation eX-
cept it be one hog to 80 square foot
lot
A motion was then made to repeal
the old hog law "a to certain limits.
This motion was carried, whereupon
Mr. Wall moved the passage of an
ordinance embodying the 3O-toot-lot
suggestion of Dr. Anderson. The mo-
ton was under discussion when the
mayor raped the council as being out
Of order, ard for the present, there Is
no hog law ia the town.
Mr.. W. NJ. Duvall was given the
privilege Of the floor and asked to be
allowed to run drain pipe from the
basement of the store Of Duvall, Rob
ertson q Co., to GrOcers branch. The
privilege was granted provided the
Town attorney decided that such work
will not conflict with the franchise
recently granted a company for laying
and maintaining a system OF sewerage
in the town.
Mr.. Bullock reported that the electric
light engine was III bad condition
such that il has become dangerous to
all the other machinery to continue IN
use. The probable cost, he stated, OF
putting the engine in thorough repair
would be about $500. The house Is
also i'm bad condition, and Capt. Martin
moved that the electric light commit
tee be empowered to make such eX-
penditures as in their judgment Is
necessary to put the entire plant in
Gliding building in good condition.
Recommendation Of the Light Com
mittee for the government Of the light
system were adopted by the council
and ordered Of record. Among these
recommendations was one requiring
the incondescent lights in future until
- O'Clock instead Of II O'Clock as here
tofOre.
The election of an electrician was
cone into and Mr.. Bullock was unani-
mously reelected.
DIR. AndersOl moved that the offices
Of street commissioner and policeman
he separated and the election of those
two Offices be gone into Immediately.
On motion the election was postponed
until the next meeting.