The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-18

ARE RAISED
Fredericksburg Puts lncreas-
ed Tax on Liquor Dealers.
.,S,:;PoTsYLvANlA. NOW DRY =
The Majority Against the Vets Was a!' l4e.
N "A Good Roads Convention Was Held y
at Stafford County Court and
Committee Appointed
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FREDERICKSBURG VA. April IL
/ The City Council at Its meeting last night
raised the retail liquor license to $780, an
increase Of $3.50 over last years figures.
II An amendment to make 1t 5000 was lost'
Other propositions for lower Incense
were also defeated. Eleven new subjects
Tor license were embraced In the license
sax budget, presented by Colonel BID.
Cole, chairman OF the Finance Committee
The vote on fixing the liquor license Mt
n $3.50 was not unanimous, seven being for
I, the affirmative and four against.
Full returns from the local option cleo
4 tion In spotsylvanla county show the ma
1orlty for tho drys to be Jas. Two pre-.
cincts rave q wet majority, but every dis
& trict went dry.
III AZ STAFFORD County Court this week a
good roads convention was held, 1t hav-
ting been called by Captain D. NJ. Lee
4 9vice-presidentt Of the state Good ROADS
organization for Stafford. Mr.. 9. u - en-
Il i1edy was made chairman OF the meeting
\ and Captain d. NJ. Lee secretary. COM
mittee was appointed to draft resolutions
to be presented at n meeting OF citlaens
4 = I MAY court The committee is composed
\ 81 Messrs. T.. A. Fill, j. A.. Graves, lonh
NJ. Payne, Andrew Briggs, ] Z. simpson,
James T. Berry, a. T. Rn"linss. ~ -.
G1,owry the county's delegate in the Leg
Il asiatr,re. addressed the meeting and prom.
\; ised his cooperation In the snpport OF
any practical measure that Wouiu r M
prove present conditions.
Judce r., II. l.. Chichester, OF StaHora
County Court, granted this week wv ~
j censes asked for by the liquor dealers o, OF
+hn county under the old law, az the
Mann bilf5 at that time had not oeen
signed by the Governor. ,..,,
III Rev. 8. Hutchinson, the ne" Meth,
Eoi1lst minister, has arrived and entered
upon his duties. go,
Il & The weather experienced here since o .,,-
senson for so long n4.tlme. The rain mas
been continuous, with no prospect TOT
clearing up to this time. The farmers
are entirely at standstill and vii DC
thrown behind for weeks. trucking ~
terests are suffering and the loss 10 llsl-
ermen cannot be calculated. the Kappa
hammock River has been out OF Its banks
4 -. several DAYS The steamer Tourist, Of
III, Peoples Line, has been compelled 10
land Its passengers on barges and SEM
them ashore In small boats
~ lodge of Flks has been formed here,
a composed Of some OF the most promlnent
citizens Mr.. John NJ. Griffin mas neeh
=
ift;in S. ]. Quinn, vice-chairman; pr. j..
4 C;urnett King, secretary; Ivan strasburg-
4 e.. treasurer.
Sotice was served here to-day by De.
&nntv United States Marshal Glover. OF
Richmond on A. w. Emhrey, vice -presl-
dent Of the Peoples Steamboat COM
n,ny. A Randolph Howard treasurer;
M Craddock and +. V.Archer OF a suit
instituted by the Weems Line OF steamers
of Baltimore In the United States Cir
Cult Court Of Virginia, restraining the
Peoples Line from landing any steamers
1t any of tho wharves on the Rappahan-
mock River. The brief states that the
wecms Line has suffered damages to the
amount Of thousands of dollars The case
Will come up at the June term Of y, ne
United States Circuit Court In Rlch-,
mond President w D, Carter, OF the
Peoples Line. and w. D. Carter lndlvid-
ually are also named in the suit. but he
was absent from the city. This suit Will
excite great amount OF interest among
the peopc here and along the Rappahan-s
mock River.
Rev. ". W. Owens. Of King George
county. has resigned as pastor Of Good
Hope Baptist Church, In Maryland. and
will continue bis work In the future to
Virginia.
The petition being circulated for a local
option election In this city will be pre-
scented to Judge Wallace OF the Corpora
ton Court tomorrow, the necessary NUM-
Der OF signatures having been secured.
The youth. Shaaf Johns. eleven years
old. who was killed by a street car In
Washington yesterday, was n nephew Of
Mr. II. b. Lane OF this city. and OF
Mrs w. S. Daniel, OF Richmond.
Luther A. Gray, of stafford. was ar
rested here to-day. charged with the lar
ceny OF buggy In Washington. He was
committed to jail and the Washington
authorities notified.