The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-04
LICENSES
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Finance Committee Raises IS
Liquor Dealers Tax 500 $, 20.
T,[vW " FINED IN COURT u
The Reform Administration 8is Keeping
up lis Sunday Closing Crusade s.:i
WITH Great Earnestness--C ounty
~ Factions May Now Unite. 8,8E
j, III, q me rime, dispatch.

yi fspecia1 10 The Times. Dispatch
NORFOLK. VA, April 1.-THE Finance
COMMITTEES 81 the Council, which Is now t7's
= akine up It's annual budget, has decided
70 recommend q schedule OF 3 iauto or u IL
censes tor the year as follows w sa al'"'a
or bar-room license, $3.50 ordinary nc icense
(hotels), $3.50. and pcr cent OF the sy ''
:, tha annual rental Of the building oc-
oupied; Dealers wholesalng ana retaliiils
az same place, $3.50; mani faoturers an ana
saiiers ~ malt liquors, $3.50; retailers only
Of malt liquors. 500 The above hgures
are in each Instance sly more ~, i.,a ,,,,,i
present license charges. Soc s y 5cAups y -
be required to pay $2bO !, J. \. !. !,
There were two heavy fines Tor TO- !. t ~,
I,n,inri1 crusade ingsthe Police Court TINS
morning, one was that of Steve So seellt's-
ar accused OF allowing q man 20 ~ -, ~
tha ran !, az his bar-room at 2 @ CLOCK IN
tho morning. az Tho man was seen5fpy
detective, IA and the charge Oh Wloit1l III
the Goodrich ordinance was eferreol. i'e7
fore Justice Taylor this morning oee.
tha e-box TO ret meats to fill an. order
IN Nltha restaurant. Z The Ice. box is Il con
nected with the cold storage plant, ana ana
ID 8fxed n tho wall in an OK pcnstve ma
mar The fine was 500 and costs. The he
case WINS appeal ed. Ii The other case was
that ofSI,em Bright, Of Queen Street, ac-,
cused Of selling liquor on sunday. ne ne
was fined 500 and costs, and also too 'l
an. appeal to tho Cornorntlonr1, C QUIZ y
Tho advocates OF I prohibition in Berk x
Law have been busily engaged for two
DAYS circulating n petition for the sigma &
turcs OF voters, The petition IS address
ed to County Judge w. NJ PortlocK. ~
REQUESTS him to order a special electlon
Il decide whether liquor licenses snail pc
granted in q Washington p strlct,. Whlch
includes the town Of n Berkeley The pc,
titioners must comprise one-fourth the
nnmher OF reg,st tered voters Of the, dis
triot and the indications are that they
will secure the desired tnumber !. This VIII
hc the first election that has taken place
In number of years with party lines
broken, as both tFusionist'' ana
,gtraighout'' forces are divided on this
ISSUE and with fair ballot and an
honest count the result Is doubtful.
The great benefit Of the proposed inland
wa terwny to tho south's commerce Is IN
lumber Gfrelghts. There is about l. ZOO, 900
feet OF lumber shipped from Savannah
each week to Baltimore at the rate OF
about Sc per 4 900 feot, I { the proposed
inland water route Is constructed the
freight rates on that lumber would be re-
duced by $40 per i, 900 foot, which would
mean saving In freight rates to the
lumber interests OF about 81 400 per week.
This is an example of the advantage to
be gained blythe inland waterway.
sa DIR. -BLACKWE ELL ARRIVES.
II The Rev. DR., G. S. Blackwell, pastor
elect Of the First Baptist Church. has ar
rived In Norfolk to assume charge of the
church. His first sermon Willtbe preach-
ed at the II o'clock service Sunday morn
Ing. Dr.. Blackwell Is recognized as an
able and forcible speaker Of attractive
appearance and genial disposition Els
coming to this city is regarded with pleas
ure by the congregation Of tho First
Church. He has been In the Baptist min
istry about ten years, with the execution
Of two years as Southern secretary of the
B. Y. P. u. Ills principal work has been
In Elizabeth City and Wilmington. n g,
whore he has been successful. DR.. Black
well is n VirgIninn by birth. At the close
Of the Civil War In which he served with
distinction, he graduated from the Uni
versIty of Iowa, with the degree Of mas
ter Of arts.
Hon. Fl. IT, Maynard sailed to-day from
New York for the Isthmus Of Panama
With party OF capitalists. Mr.. Maynard
is a member of a syndicate. which has
purchased 30 900 acres OF land contiguous
to the canal. The party will remain In
Panama several weeks
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