The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-18
COUNCIL in
MANCHESTER
Joint Session Tonight to Elect
Successor to the Late
Auditor Hail.
|. M. NUNNALLY FAv0RlTE
Board Of Aldermen to Meet.
10 Raise Revenue by License
Taxation-Mrs. Bass Better
Manchester Bureau Times. Dispatch,

Manchester Bureau Times Dismtch,1
&5 y Il. No. 11o2 Hull Street.
I Everything points 10 the election OF Mr..
Luther M. Nunnally MS the successful
BSplrant for the position Of City Auditor
Of Manchester to I'll the vacancy left
by tho death Of Mr.. John w. HALL Some
OF those who will vote for other candi-
dates concedc now sthat his are the best
chances.
Two moro candidates havo been men-
TONED. making i've in all. They are Mr..
Carey jerks and Mr.. Fred Robinson, both
good. competent men,
Tho Council will meet in Joint session
TO MI the vacancy at 1870 o'clock tonight.
It will take eleven votcs. or majority
of the two branches, To elect. sSS
BOARD TO MEET.
Immediately after the meeting Of the
two bodies OF the Council the Board OF
Aldermen will meet to transact regular
business The apportionment resolution.
which was laid on the table by the lower
branch, will be taken up, and some de-
bate is expected when It Is put upon It's.
passage It Is quite likely that the or
dinance will be adopted by this body. !.
LICENSE TAXES.
.sH chairman owen, OF tne OpeCldAt NOlu'
inlttee on Licenses, Is now preparing a
schedule OF license taxes to be presented
by his committee to the Finance Com
nnittee when the work Of making up the
budget Is started.
4 Mr.. owen said last night that the re-
vl.ed figures would probably be about
$500 more to tho city than at present.
This will go a long ways toward filling
4 The hole left by the Corporation Commits
sion when it took the taxation OF the
Southern Railway rolling stock away
nom Manchester and placed 1t, IN Rich
nond.
Tho city attorney Is now making an ef>
fort to secure reversal OF this action
OF the commission. The city has given
lie city attorney power to employ az.
s!stance to help him fight for the return
OF the assessment to Manchester. me
pount Is something about $'.cVo.
SPECIAL COMMITTEE.
Tho special Joint committee Of the City
Council met last night and adopted suit
mile resolutions on the, death Of Auditor
Hall, The resolutions will be presented at
tho Joint meeting OF Council tonight.
CONDITION OF MRS. BASS.
y From the Virginia Hospital last night
II was reported that Mrs. Sydney 3. Bass,
SWhc was hurt wednesday atteTnoon y.
Ehuycy-and car collision at Eighteenth and
franklin Streets. Richmond, was tmprov-
Hdrs. although she is conscious only at
tervals.
she Is suffering from dislocated coll
lar,bone and fracture Of the. skull. N's.
I,as, lives at No. 1910 AicDonough Street,
Mt. her husband and three sons. me
bhysicians and attendants upon Mrs. BASS.
ut the hospital. do not think her In
iurtes necessarily fatal, md think she
Ill get around all right.
PERSONAL AND NOTES.
Mayor Maurice sent Frank Crawford
70 jall for fifteen days yesterday for ours
Ing and abusing his vile.
Esquire Cheatham has Issued 4 number
81 warrants for persons pcddling IN
swansboro without licenses
f. J.. Foulks, OF Wlnterpock. fell Oft
car at Seventh and Perry Streets yes
tcrday morning and painfully bruised
himself. He was arrested afterward for
being drunk.
Rev, John Harmon addressed the Anti
saloon League OF Swansboro at West
End Church last night. Ellis address was
characteristic and was enjoyed BY large
audience.
MIR. ". B. Shaw's horse ran away yes
terday on Senn1es Street. The buggy was
Srokcu, but nobody was hurt.
CONFEDERATE CAMP.
Joseph e. Johnston Camp c. ", met
in regular meeting last night. Officers
Tor the next term were nominated. ana
file incumbents were again honored.
After tho business session luncheon
was enjoyed at O. e. Rays,