The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-29
Petitions Are Compared a, I I; With It,t'll.
Registration Books. J5s
ONLY THREE \ LIKELY J, | K j j n
TO SEC RE Lie lCENSESI
Means a Considerable r Reductionilrn$ thsi 81
S; Numberof Barrooms in the Portion
Of the County Which IS Affec- sS;.S3
ais.25 ted BY the New Y slLiq Liquor
Law - Other g}
S8s3g 48$5s Gossip.


53 Up to this hour just one Henrico { county
saloon keeper has IN scran1-
bling through the ineshes Of the Mann lam
law and securing a license to sell SwIhiskeyE
during the coming year sSs
AS stated hereto fore, there have &, been s1
situated IN the county some! twelve &orss rsi
fifteen saloons, which b locate beyo onld II; $as
half mile from Richmond had to Cons e rE-3s Z
lywithS the provisions Of the new ena
ssment and secure the consent Of the req ;.3As
Sistered voters before they could obtain II y,
a regrant of their license. Ihe aloplicai-.s. ai.
ktions 81 these men were held so over by d
the County Countl un IL the very end and dI y
yesterday afternoon, after ma ny yexa-s
ttious delays. the slderation $pf them;
was reached & Quite an ca ger crowd was 4
present at the court house throu glout the
day until after 8 o. clock in the seY Yening, Il,
WHOM court finally adjourned .8S T TheS great
est sinteres In the proc ngs prevail led
feW days a 50 Judg nam Il am
iriounced that tho Ga ppl licant ts you'd have
4 IA convince him beyond a I he peradYen
Sturef Of a ouhtS That theB district e icli
they lived consented to- a. gran t Of the
license. he only wa ys to q i his was
by an election or a 5peti ton. t would
not be sufficient to introduce &Wi the esses I
who mgh testify to the sentiment IS Of
the community in question. a sj Il
n When the few sa loorl- -kee epers lloSSss
could meet these conditions came for
ward yesterday they yyer re5f conseq equerl lysS
armed with bulky Editions. But Judge
a Iyalf lfSq
rally sitting. the Henrico bar Keepers
generally through a sieve ana he iap-
piled the Man law wi til scrupul lous care:
The petitions were placed side by sid
With the registrar tton II books and eyerys
name which did not$ appear as that n ofSSaB Sa
registered voter. was scratc ched off. .R5El Nh
took four mon the grenterS porto of the
afternoon to apply this III i'd but legally
required scrutiny to- three petit tions. n
ONLY ONE GRANTED. n
fssAt the conclusion of the examination,
only one man could be granted a. license II
This man-Johlig NJ, Sweeney .ss Of Nv rinft8
Sdstrict-had obtains 4 ITO signature u to$s
his petition. and he: needed only 165. .},s Ha}y II
said he had been at work only three5
days. The applicant at southard' s Store,
was given until 10 o clock to-d day to- get
them 4 il he can Owing to- the great6bulk
fof the petition Of Sam West Of Falr-3l
field district, Y5it was Impossible to- get "A
through inspecting his list at one sit tr-s2
ting, and the counting will be resumed 81
to-day Ells case has been set for ~ l3a
O'Clock, He willis need about GOO names
on his paper. SiS 55&g$ las
So far as is known, the Mann law vii
leave nothing else with the possible ex-SSs
cepton OF Fnrman s. West, IT Elko.3
which goes over until the next term,
is understood that the % other5 sal locn-k keep
iers affected by the law are unable to see
cure the necessary '{ma1 1orlty of d Isl ignn-8
lures of registered voters, and that they
wifi go under. The court Is expected to-
adjourn to- day a fter a short session
LOCOMOTIVEW WORKS WON.
Before II went into the cases requiring
petitions the court considered and passed
upon several other applications.
Vigorous opposition was made by thsI
Richmond Locomotive Works to the ap.
Snyder, One OF the chief points In COL, ~
stention by counsel for the applicant was 4
that no was first upon the ground, and
that tha Locomotive Works had gradually
built up around him. In connection with
B this matter judge Wiokham ruled thai
tho spirit Of the law was, as In the case d
OF schools, to encourage great naannf fac
ttIlN NiAI LoNN'hetNAVAts
could be placed In their path. On tha
other hand, while the law permitted traf-S
&f,c In whiskey, did not encourage ~.
He, therefore, refused the license. An ap-S
peal was taken by the applicant. and
the case will be carried to u high her court 4
Mn the case OF w. a. Il Redford " thas
consideration OF the application was con
tinued until the next term OF tho court
but on April soth the man Will have 8ta..s
close his saloon, Some time leo lhe was
tried before a magisIrate, fined ss295 and re-
3auired to give n $500 bond for selling
whlskey Ia minors He took an appeal,
and the court Is waiting to hear the ap,
peal II the decision OF tho magistrate
is sustained the license will probably be
refused The application oe Fprman g.
West, of Elko, also went over until the
next term. by, which time they hope to !
have sutiiclent4 signatures to their psti-E
tion. This concern 3 too, however. VIII
have to close on April S0th. i& & 81 Fl II
a THE CLUBS.
License was granted No Charles II, Hub
bard ana refused to Hugh q 'Neill, Who \
was declared to be not a proper person.
The West -Erid Social Club and tie Creed
more Shooting Club also appeared and
obtained slieense. Each month they VIII y
have to appear n court and sxhlbtt 9 Y
record Of their receipts IN subscriptions (
from membess. None but: bona fde or-g
ganizations WAl be permitted sto coIltinus 4
in operation.