The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-03
PRIMARY
ANY WAY Y
Committee Held OFF on Ac-
count Of RedlstrlCtlng.
.NOvACANT SEATS IN BODY
Alvin p. Young, an Athlete Of the Y. M.
CA, Swlms James River Where
L Is Seven Miles Wide Suf-
fered from stlon.
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NEWPORT NEWS, VA, September p.
The City Democratic Committee mot to-
night and completed plans for the cleo
ton of new committee on September
9th, under the old seven ward lines. Tho
committee has been holding off, waiting
for tho Council to re1lstrict the city,
hut the action of the city fathers In sus-.
tanning the Mayors veto Of the four ward
redistrictng ordinances proved that there
will DO no rcdistricting for some time to
cJme, and the committee was compelled
10 20 ahead with tho preparations for 4
primary.
Tho Mayor vetoed both OF the ordl-
nnnccs passed by the Council several
weeks ago. One Of the ordinances divided
the city into four wards and the Other
established. ono voting precinct IN each
ward, providing that an additional pre-.
cinct should be esta blished when any ward
should have over 400 qualified voters.
The Council met In regular session last
night and motion to pass the ordinances
over the Mayors veto was lost, so the
red stricting movement Is now at a stand
still.
NO VACANT. SEATS.
Eight Councilmcn favor the four ward
plan, and will have nothing else
Six oppose the four ward plan
and favor five, six seven and eight
ward plans, arranged according to their
| Ideas. 1t takes ten votes to pass an ordi'
nance over the Mayors vcto and, as the
| MAYOR will continue TO veto any four
ward plan that might be adopted. there
| Is no telling where the fight VIII end.
Under the new Constitution the city must
| be redistrictcd before January lst. l0o4.
| . 1,o MI
| the seats OF Messrs e. l. Ford, ". Wy
IJarwood and F. c. LEM declared vacant
on account Of their having moved IRON
the wards which they represent. It va:
seen, however, that the movement woulG
be . failure, and the resolution was with
drawn before It could be voted upon.
g53 CONFEDERATE BALL.
i n Arrangements have been completed io
the Confederate ball to be given at tn.
armory@ Friday night, and 1t Is believed
that the affair will be the event OF the
social season. The german Will be lee
! by Mr.. j. a. Massic.
| Horsemen all over this section are IN
| terested in the tournament which Is 7
be given by the Sons Of Confederat
| Veterans on the Casino grounds Septem
Ter 10Th. A special match between Chie
Of Police Johnson and C'ty s ser a.
/ MIstead. for a $50 suit Of clothes ma
| heen PLANNED Both Of these gentlemen
i have been boasting Of their skill with tn
lance in days OF old, and have finally dc
c,ded to put their respective powers power :
test 4, 35
- CONFEDERATE sPoNsoR 5si
i Magruder Camp, Confederate veteran ms
! has named Miss May Clarence Garnet
as It's choice for sponsor for this distrlc
! to the Grand Camp reunion, Confederatf
:, Veterans OF Virginia. to be held here "
October General Nc Gill, the 5cominand1e
/ OF this district. requested the camp U
i make the selection. Miss Mary Plumne
has been elected sponsor for Magrudei
1 Camp.
The British steamship Kanawha,. Cap,
tain Maxwell, cleared to-day for Liver
pool with large general cargo ana ~
head OF cattle.
Suit for divorce was entered IN ~,
clerks ONCE OF the Corporation Cour
by Annie NJ. McCabe against Edward
| McCabe, her husband.
LONG SWIM.
Mr.. Alvin P. Long, one OF the youn
| athletes of the local Young Mems Chris
tan Association, has established repu
tation for himself a swimmer by SWIM
5 ming across the river, distance OF nearl
Z seven miles. He made the trip, accom-
& panied by a canoe. in about three hours
swimming against a strong tide r,nnln
IN. He was exhausted for. two hour
after reaching the opposite shore.