The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-03
AGAINST
MANN LAW w.
Judge Hankel Refuses to Revoke
License Where Former Pro-
prietor Violates the Law.
.ELoPERs HAVE TROUBLES.
Telegraph and Telephone Used
ELopERs HAVE TROUBLES LJ.l! !: $.
Telegraph and Telephone Used
Without Avail e Stop Mar
4 rage Of Portsmouth Couple.
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NORFOLK, VA Dec. 2.-The Mann
LIQUOR law received a. solar plextuissS blow t''V
TODAY In what was conceived to De one
Of it's strongest points by decision t sl'4 o.
Judge Alan R. Hanckel. OF the corpora
ton Court 81 4, Il. IS b
He declined to revoke the, license grant grant
ed r. D.. .McFetridse to sell liauoor In IN a.
saloon closed UP blythe court under I'M the
Mann law. The former proprietor Caps.
had been convicted Of selling liquor 70
minors II was held by the Common
wealth that the sale Of liquor would /, pc
forever prohibited In a bar where tne
law has once been violated, Us > JUG uuse
Hanckel ruled against this, view and con-
str,,ed TIE statute, which he denominated
a highly penal statute, literally. NO as.
gumption Of the laws Intent IS al!oWeu
by the court, and In the absence OF spe-G
oIhc prohibition Of the sale OF liquor a.
places whose license have peer sr re
the place, lt-t!s held, may be .rellcenseo
by other parties.S ~
F.. j. Denen was to-day named as re-
celver for Albert .stahl. the missing l
oounoilman; who has been unexpla inedly
absent for m anys weeks. He Is reported
to have; committed suicide but this rs
not, believed. q, !. u d !, :, \, "a. Il
ROMAN
Miss Sara h Ferguson. OF No. 6N Queen
street, PorstmoutlH was married yester-
.daysnear \ Camden N. C., under highly
romantic circumstances to Mr.. V,fAO
Gordon United Sta tes navy.
The ceremony was performed In cot
ton field; while kilograms and telephone
calls were pursuing the couple every
where. The young people had a siren
uouss time finding administer to tie the
fov fhanl
Leaving here yesterday for Elizabeth
L City3 N. 50 c., the Gretnn Green OF THIS
section, they found that telegram OF
protest from the brides mother had beat
on them there. and they could not pc
married.
Nothing daunted. they secured a con-
veyance and sped through the country to
South Mills. N. c., only to find tnat the
telephone had for once been connected
up in time to accomplish something, and
that something was that their SO
was known to be forbi ana they
were unable TO ma q minister WHO "ou l
marry them.
The only conveyance they could get on
the way to Camden, N. c., their last
hone was cart, and In this they rode
for many miles. Passing a cotton field
In which O country minister farmer was
experimenting his crop. and fearing that
they would be cut on at Camden, the pair
climbed over the fence. related their
plight to the kind hearted man OF God
and were made one on the spot the dar-
kies furnishing the choral accompaniment
to the ceremony,
The happy pair have returned to Ports
mouth and arc at home to their friends
at the Crawford House. They will re-
side after December 10th with the brides
sister, Mrs. H. =, Shaver.
INCENDIARY FIRE.
An ncendiary fire In Cottage Place, u
suburb Of Portsmouth, at o'clock this
morning, destroyed five dwellings and
inflicted a property loss OF $4,000, partial.
~ covered by Insurance. Two newspaper
carriers saw the incendnry. negro. as
he escaped from the premises. They fired
on him without effect. The inmates OF
the burning houses escaped with nothns
but their night clothing, Seven families
were rendered homeless.