The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-05-30
ELECTION BILLS
UP FOR PAYMENT
They Are Much Larger Than
Last Year.
INTEREST In SCHOOL CONTEST.
Miss Hinnant Will Be Heard Saturday
Baseball in Petersburg To-Day.
Other Manchester
News.
INTEREST In SCHOOL CONTEST
Bureau, Richmond Times.

Of election claimed the attention of the
Election Committee of the City Coun-
ell last night The total amount of ex-
penses of these men amounted to S191.
This is an increase over last year. There
We're new registration books in the Sec
ond and Fourth Wards. For copying
these the registrar received $40. for
each book, one for whites and one for
negroes
All that was provided by law to be
paid was SO ordered. and the commit
tee decided to hold another meeting
when the registrars can be present with
a list of the names which were trans
ferred. Owing to the change in the
ward boundaries in Manchester under
the new charter. which gave to the city
the Board of Aldermen, there was much
transferring
This is the range of the bills from the
four wards: First Ward. n. P. Bailey.
registrar $500 Second Ward, c. "A.
Pickett registrar. s697O; Third Ward,
w. A Rightsell. registrar, $3.50; Fourth
Ward, w. L. Porter. registrar, $3.50.
In the Fourth Ward there were ninety
eight names added and two hun,,red and
fifty erased. The Second had added
three hundred and nineteen and erased
seyenty-three. The Third auded eighty
six and erased thirty-four. The First
added one hundred and fifty-nine and
erased thirty-one.
The committee held a lengthy session
in the Council Chamber.
INTEREST AMONG YOUNG.
Much interest is manifested among the
young people of the city. especially those
who have just stopped school, over the
contest among three young lanies for a
medal The one to recite the best, in
the opinion of Mr.. D. l.. Pulliam and
Mr. j. j. Bayley, superintendent and
chairman of the School Board. respec-
lively. will receive a nice medal. and
there is enough rivalry to make it in
teresting. When the school closed last
Monday. Miss Louise Wood and Miss
Ruth Hines. two young pupils, were
heard Their recitations We're good.
Owing to death in the family of one
of the graduates of the school. Miss
Pearl Hinnant. she was unable to then
appear, and the judges have kindly con-
sented to hear her Saturday night in
the school building
SPEND HONEYMOON HERE.
Mr.. William Hayes. of Baltimore. is
spending his honeymoon with his wife's
sisters in Manchester. He married Miss
Laura McGruder, young lady well
known to Manchesterians. where she
lived before going to Baltimore. Her
sisters here are Mrs. J. D. Reams. Mrs.
J. W. Reams. Mrs. Fannie Smith. of
Richmond Miss Mary McGruder. OF
Richmond.
The announcement in the city this week
that the young lady was married created
a good deal of interest.
TOOK AN APPEAL
Unless the decision of Mayor Maurice
is reversed in the Hastings Court. dead
animals of the city will hereafter be
removed only by the city scavanger, who
i- m al bfIl1lv narfOrm his
duty. and not by Richmond men, who
will remove the carcasses of dead horses
and cows free Of charge.
In the Police Court yesterday morn
ing Mr. Bckerstaff. of Richmond. was
fined $50 for removing a dead COW to
Richmond Mr.. Ting,e, the scavanger
was in the court. Counsel for the de-
PENDANT took an appeal.
This matter is made more interest
ing by the fact that when the bid for
this work was opened in Manchester.
Mr.. Bickerstaff offered to take the con-
tract for nothing. Mr. TinSle is paid
fifty cents for each animal removed.
HORSES FRIGHTENED.
What might have been a disastrous
runaway was averted Wednesday after
noon on Hull Street. between Fourteenth
and Fifteenth, by the crowd which was
on the street at the time. \ wagon If
den & Co.. proprietors. was passing Up
Hull Street with n horse tied to the top
of the wagon. leading behind. car
| came running by at a rapid rate JUS!
| when between these streets, and the rear
| horse became frightened The top t.
! which he was tied was detachable an
when the animal lurched backward this
came off. soaring the horse so that ht
at once started to run Pedestrians
| stopped him For a time there was great
| excitement on the street, as the hoi S.
started to enter>a store on Hull STREET
BASEBALL TO-DAY.
| The Manchester Base Ball team. known
as the Blue Jeans composed Of the best
| known young men in the city will to-
day at 4:3O cross bats with a picked nine
from Petersburg. The special car carry
| irg the players will leave the city at
promptly 2 o'clock. There will be several
! other cars to carry the large crowd
! which will go from Manchester.
There is unusual interest manifested in
this game between the two cities. The
! young men who compose this nine. are
the pick of the city There will be large
| number of young ladies', sisters, and
| sweethearts who will witness the game.
| The mascots of the nine from Manches-
| ter are all enthusiastic young ladies,
who will cheer their boys on to victory.
| This is the order of the batting of the
| Manchester Blue Jeans: u. u. COtlrell,
p. Shaw; S. S., Chipley; 1st B.. Gregory
End B., Harrison; 3rd B.. Lipscomb; L.
| F.. C. Cottrell; c. F., Nelson; R. F.,
| Turner.
They are all good ball players, and
| Manchester will be we'll represented in
/ Petersburg tomorrow.
| WILL BE QUIET HERE.
| Memorial day in Manchester will be
| spent as all other legal holidays, very
| quietly There will be no procession OF
! soldiers to march the streets, to the stir
ing music of a band, and no little boys
will cry out in ecstacy as cannon are
| fred off and the city will hardly know
| that there is legal holiday.
The postofflce will be closed. observing
the usual Sunday collections. with no de
livery But ew of the stores will
| close their doors.
PERSONALS AND BRIEFS.
/ Messrs. E. w. Turpin and Willie Goods
will sail in a few days for Liverpool com
bining a pleasure and business trip to-
gether.
! Mrs. oscar B. Enright. of Danville, va.
is visiting her parents. Mr. and Mrs. E
! A. Queensberry,S at their home in Swans
| boro.