The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-18
A SUNDAY
CRUSADE
Newport News City Attorne,
and Council Are Active.
TWO BUTCHERS FINED
Merchants who Keep Their Places 81
Business Open on Sunday in New.
port News Hereafter viii Be
Severely Prosecuted.

topecla! 10 The Tirnes. Dispntch.0
NEWPORT NEWS. VA, February IL
NJ. Levison and G. Levy, butchers, werS
today fined Ei75 in tho Police Court 10,
working on Sunday and keeping thei,
places OF business open. City Attorney
Massle and Councilman Burchcr appeared
against the butchers and secured the,,
CONVICTION. This is the beginning OF
crusade against merchants who keep open
their places Of business on Sunday Thu
police will arrest all who are found yio-
lnting tho law in this respect. Tho CITY
Attorney and the Councilman who an
peared In tho case will make an EFFORT
to have the Legislative Committee Of tina
council take steps to secure the passage
OF an act by the Legislature making Il
imperative for all merchants to observe
the Sunday closing law.
IN answer to the call OF President Pat
ton, OF tho Chamber OF Commences, for
young women to work in silk mill Ia
pc established here. II the right kind Of
female labor can DO obtained over 100
gitls have already responded. Mr.. Patton
advertised for $50 girls, and he IL conf.
dent that he will get tho full number In
tho next few days.
Henry Konitzky. OF Sparrow's Point
Md. and number OF other shipbuildina
men from all over the coast territory ara
here for the purpose OF bidding on the
work to be done on the steamship Daven-
try. which Is now in dry dock for sur.
yey. The Davcntry went aground OF tha
North Carolina coast and sustained ex-
tepsiye Injuries. which were temporarily
repaired at Southport.
NEGRO DISCHARGED.
Joe Brock, the negro who was arrested,
charged with stealing SO diamond ring
from A. 8. Wightman, a drummer. was
discharged to-day. The ring WAS recoy-
cred and returned to tho drummer. who
declined to come here to prosecute. The
negro claimed that the man let him look
at the ring and forgot to ask him to
return 1t. The ring was expressed to
Wightnan at Baltimore.
In the Police Court this morning Ada
Roper and Jennie Robinson. two white
women, were fined s3 for maintaining
disordcrly houses. Tho Roper woman de.
cided TO fight the charge. and was fined
tho same amount others have been fined
In tho past few days.
The case OF W. b. Winfrec, who Ia
charged with permitting crap games in
his Jefferson Avenue place OF business,
was continued to Friday. Twenty negroed
were arrested In Wdnfrees building In tho
middle OF game. Each OF the players
was fined yesterday.
Benjamin Lee Hoskins. Charles Cooper
Howard Cooper and Manuel Young, net
gro boys. will be tried tomorrow on the
charge Of robbins merchants in Rockets
OF email sums OF money.
ARGUMENT ENDED
The argument in the case of Police
Justice ]. D. G. Brown against the city
OF Newport News was finished this az
teroon. and Judge Barham took the mat
ter under advisement. The facts in the
case were agreed upon and Justice Brown
and Justice Robinson. who sits In the Pc.
lice Court In the formers absence, were
the only witnesses examined. Justice
Brown Is suing to recover 1890. alleged
to be due from the city In fees OF 81
each for cases tried by him since the pas
sage OF the bill emitting him to the fees,