The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-05-10
CITY COUNCIL
OF MANCHESTER.
Lengthy Meeting Was Held Last
Night.
TIE TRIAL OF DUNNlvAnT
Deaths in swansboro of Two Well
Known Persons-Accident to Mr..
Mccue-sou,hside News
and Gossip.
TIE TRIAL OF DURNAvANT
Aanchester Burcan. Ricnmond Tin1es.


accumulated during the month. there was
very little of Importance done.
An order from the City School Board
TO the City Auditor TO draw a part of
the money appropriated by the Council
TO the board for instituting and prose-
cutting a suit against the Mechanics and
Merchants Bank was brought to the at
tention of the Council by members of ,ie
board present The Auditor given in
structicrs as 10 how to allow the mem
bers TO have the money. This is for the
feet of Attorney a W. Patterson,
who has been engaged by the board. and
who has already instituted suit in CIes-
tcrtield county against the banA for $4,000,
which 1t is alleged by the ooaIu ..le bank
Is responsible for in the defalcation case
OF the board and its former clerk F. II.
Fitzgerald.
Right here it might be ST.. incident
ally, that the bank will be paying for the
attorney who Will prosecute it. The check
will be presented to Mr.. Patterson from
the bank.
An ordinance referreu from a commit
tee to the Council in regard to re1nitilng
part of the licenses on the wagons of
Mr.. George Paul. when the vehicles are
used only In the summer months, was
tabled. The Council held that it would
be precedent /. could not follow.
S1r. Hunt Ch.pley. for the Southern Bell
Telephone Company. was not ready with
his papers for an ordinance governing
his company over here. Ahe appeal case
from the Mayor of Charles 1asser & Com
pany, contra actors, doing work in the city
without a license on their carts was ia
bied. The Mayor fined the firm and or
dered 1t to secure a license The firm
then thought as it was doing work for
the city by contract the Council would
not force it 10 get licenses.
a communication from -4r. Z. N.
Rcans in reference to piece OF land
al Nineteenth and Stockton Streets was re-
ferred TO the proper committee. There
were several matters of minor Importance
which kept the Council in session for
good while.
DUNNAvANT CASE.
w H Dunnavant passed last night in
the city Jail, from which place he Will
be taken this morning to again face the
Jury.
The trial Of this young man on
charge Of highway robbery has been the
topic for discussion among residents
since its beginning. The charge is that
he did assault and rob Mr.. W. s. Black
burn. Ernest Farmer was placed on the
stand again yesterday. There will be
only a few witnesses to-day, and the in
structions viii be given to the jury.
Counsel prepared the instructions last
night and gave them to Judge Ingram
FOR his scrutiny.
The jury were marched about the city
last night for exercise and spent the
night in The COURTROOM.
The case will very likely pe concluded
tonight Dunnavant has been a power
in politics of the First Ward and his
friends from there were at the court yes
;crday in large numbers.
HAND CUT.
Mr. McCue, living at No. SOP Balm
1af \, f1,lite a inf
accident yesterday afternoon. While at
work at the iron works on the railroad
below Manchester in some manner his
hand was caught in a. saw and badly
cat. Or. N. p. Mathews was called to
him and made him as comfortable as
POSSIBLE. He was brought to his home
here, where last night he was doing as
nicely as could be expected.
DEATHS in SWANSBORo
Mrs. Julia A Saunders died suddenly at
noon yesterday of apopleNE. at the res
tdence of her son, Mr. l. J. Saunders. in
Sp aEsboro aged seventy-five years. She
vas the widow of Mr. William f. Saun-
Gers and was well known.
The funeral will take place from the
residence at II o'clock tomorrow morn
jrg. and the interment will be made in
Maury Cemetery.
Mrs Susannah Clements. widow of Mr.
John Clements, died at her home on Hull
Street Swansboro, at 4:3o ocloc., yestcr-
.iay afternoon. aged fifty years.
She is survived by three children-Mrs
H. A Morrissett, Horace and Miss Maude
Clements. The funeral will take place
tomorrow. probably from Clopton-Street
Church. of which she was q consistent
member.
PERSONALS AND BRIEFS.
DR. Thomas =. Natives is in attend
ance upon the Southern Baptist Con-
vcntion. now being held in Asheviilc, N.
G DR.. Mathews is a member of the For
oign Mission Board
Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Driscon of Wash
Ir1cton State are visiting his brother-in-
law. Mr. T. w. Eldridge, of this city
Mr. L. NJ. Nunnally. at present men,
lper of the City Council from the Second
Ward. will in a few Gays conduct a groc-
cry at Eighth and Hull Streets. Mr.
Nunnally has been in the grocery bust
ross before in Manchester, and is quite
peculiar.
AIR. Arnold Northington. of sunderland
county, is in the city visiting, friends
Mrs Henry White was reported To be
slightly better last night. Her condition
Is set very dangerous
The trolley rides TO Petersburg last
t.ght were we'll attended. The cars car
r.cd down large crowds on each trip,
GOOD ORDINANCES.
Manifestations consider themselves
about as fortunate in the matter of ordi-
nances as the people of any city in the
state With the consolidation of the
street railway interests OF Richmond.
there is at present. when the deal has
Just been made known to the public, q
cry going forth for competitive COM
pany 10 offer to light the City. Man
chester Will for the next five Years en-
Joy free arc lights. as a gift from the
Passenger and Power Company, and no
amount of consolidation can keep the
city out of these lights. If they do net
burn. then the company is liable 10
Ine in the Police Court
The city once paid TO the Passenger
aud Power Company 16 cents per lieht
per night for fifty lights. When this
contract gave out there were five bids
made for the lighting of the city The
same company then startled the men,
bers Of the Council with proposition:
TO furnish to Manchester seventy arc
tights free for five years. fais Nas
made an ordinance.
AS to transfers. the city is likewise
blessed. The Passenger and Power Com
many is, under an ordinance With the
city to give to every passenger desiring