The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-05-24
PRESSED BRICK
ARE To- Be USED.
Substituted for Davis Brick BY
Committee.
I. HEAVILY FINED AT CHESTER
The White Men Who Are Alleged to
Have Cut Telephone Wire-The
Case Of Mr.. NunnalIy-Man-
chester News Items.
HEAVILY FINED AT CHESTER
A1snch-s,er Bureau. Richmond Times.

Manchester Bureau. Richmond Times.
No 1io2 Hull Street
At a meeting OF the Street Committee
held yesterday afternoon at SIX o CLOCK
the paving of Porter Street from l"eii u. u
to Thirteenth on the west side. also 4 mr.
teenth Street between Perry and Porter
Streets. was ordered to be done at once.
and that with pressed brick; not Davis
brick. as was thought at !lfst.
This changing of the brick is of some
ir,teres. 10 Manches,erians. as the Davis
bricl, is made here while the other has
TO be gotten from elsewhere. The reas-
ION for the change is that the order for
the brick which had been placed some
weeks ago. was not filled promptly. and
rather than wait another two or three
weeks the pressed brick is being used.
The meeting was called yesterday af-
sernoon ct Eighth and Stockton Streets,
bat met in the store of Mr.. l.. M. Nun
naily. on Hull Street
HEAVILY FINED.
Before Magistrate E. L. Gregory. Of
Chester. yesterday the two white men. G.
il. Wright and w. o. Strange. charged
with malic.ously cutting the wires OF the
teicnhonc company between here and Pc
sershurS. were fined $50 each and re-
ceived sentence of six months in jail.
They asked for an appeal. which VIII pc
tried at Chesterfield Courthouse Mr.. e
il. Wells prosecuted the men and MI.
ID u. Pullian1 defended them
This case has attracted widespread in
4ercst through the county and in Man
chester.
DIVIDED SENTIMENT
There is certainly the most5diFloeo sen
tsnent among Democrats of Manchester
at this time. Mr.. Waverly NinnailS, a.
present member of the CITY lou'lcii
iron, the First Ward, will again repre-
.s;,,, his neopIe in what will be, known a:
the CITY Assembly. His case was TINS:
On the night the list closed for receiving
,ha names of candidates for the primary
mr. Nunnally was taken very SICK. re
had intended presenting his name tha'
right His friends at the cem1nlttee meet
tac waited until the last minute, thlhh-
ing he would show up. Then news reached
Them that he was at home SICK lhnie-
6iately a howl went up from constituents
asking the City Committee 10 make an e q
ception in his case.
rbnro was a meeting called by the
chairman and vote taken as to whether
i,l,. N,nnaIlv-s name should be placed on
;,ie ticket By a vote of four to three
] IS name was left off. the members hoiu-
ing that it would be setting bad prece-
dent. Friends of Mr.. Nunnally then salo
they would elect him. How vel theS
succeeded is shown by the vote ne re-
ceiyeci over Mr.. FloulnoV.
Now. there IS some indignation among
s.tauch Democrats because they think
tho CITY Committee did not work hard
enough TO defeat an independent Ihey
kay II looks, bad for the primary. gam
they claim that no person Young Al me
urinary has a moral right to support any
other than the nominees OF the primary.
The other side claim they We're NOT
treated right, and they just elected the
man they wantee to represent .neih. 1nl.
Nunually has made an excellent member
of the Councii
SENT TO JAIL.
SQUIRE Chcatham was entertained at
his court yesterday with Good long
docket. John Robertson and Stafford Ar
mold. the two white men who We're ar
rested by Special Officer overton at For
est Hill ark in a drunken condition,
we're given sixty Gays each in the city
iail. Wash Brown, Norvall Neal and
smother negro were fined IS and $3.50 re-
EFFECTIVELY. They were arrested by Coun-
Nv Constable Grant, charged with being
drunk and creating disturbance In the
county
Sneak thieves again made their appear
snce in Manchester Thursday, and Mrs.
Trrner, of No. 1928 Perry Street, is the
victim. Some time in the day some one
entered the house and stole laaS so!d
watch and a long gold chain There is
mo clew for the police to work on. Sus>
,,;cion does not point to any one. The
robbery was evidently committed while
the ladies OF the house We're in the din
ing-room.
This is the first case Of this kind that
has been reported for some weeks now.
In times past &c was an everyday occur
renee for some person to notify the po-
lice that their home had been entered or
they had lost valuabies in some unac-
countable manner.
SCHOOL BOARD.
At the regular monthly meeting OF the
Manchester School Board held Thursday
night with a good attendance the report OF
ehe,special committee which has labored sc
long and faithfully over the former
clerks defalcation vas heard and ordered
70 he placed on the minutes. Mr. A. w
patterson. the attorney for the board
An their suit against the Merchants anG
Mechanics Bank of this city. has re-
seiyed a retainer from the board to carry
on the suit, and he will receive u pei
cent. of the amount procured by com
promise or Judgment, subject to the aI,-
proval of the court.
The committee who We're appointed t.
additional room to the schoo! building
reported that the improvement could be
made. and gave an estimate of $3.50
There was some little discussion relative
TO where the additional school room
should be built Some thought in The
lower part OF the city the best while
others thought it should be centrall,
located. The Building and Finance Com
ynittees will look into the matter of Dor
rowing money to carry on this proposed
Improvement and report TO the mex
meeting.
PERSONALS AND BRIEFS.
a marriage license was issued III Thu
clerks office yesterday to Miss Ella
Avis and Mr.. Troy A Douglas.
Mrs. Sarah Viles. Of New York. is the
guest of Mrs Lawrence Ingram.
The funeral of Mrs. Phil. Jones. o
Ewansboro took place yesterday Afternoon
from West-End Church. The service:
were conducted by the Rev. A c. Berry
man. lnterment was in Maury Gene
terry.
Examinations in the public school closet
yesterday. On Monday at the school-roor1
=; r1o will hA y-jy 10 entitled