The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-24
MEETING OF
The COUNCIL
Fire Commissioners Reflected
iii Observation-Disclosures
Filled on Two Boards. II
rrAck The MANN Law
Question off, stittttionality
Will be Brought Up by Law
.H observation-disclosures News.
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Manchester Bureau 1'imes- Dispatch.
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35s AZ 4 Joint meeting of thc4two brarchcAss
ofi tho Council held last ghtl the pres
2ent Board Of lrirc Commissioners was
- .c1ccted for another. term. Alderman
5R,ldd was appointed to take tho place
81 Judge William +. Clopton on Tho Free
jRf}dge Commission. Mr.. Fred. a. Lamb,
Of the Second Ward 4 wns elected o school
trustee to succeed 4 Mr.. L.. NJ. Nunnally,
Resigned H. AZ s (, $S 4 b 1, b u .
rs No B merton was made last night OF
the new bridge ordinance to be recon-
3rnended by Tho Finance Committee. The
meeting was for tho special purpose Z or
filling vacancies and elccting city of-f
Gers, aud could transact no other busi.
!, ess. Another joirt session VII DO called
shortly TO settle tho bridge Question.
STREET COMMITTEE.
The street Committee met imne diately
"a fer the close Of the Joint meeting. 1t
was decided to recommend the PROPOSE
ton OF MIR. " oodward for O. So track
west OF the present track, betweei1f tourth n
and Fifth Streets. across Everett street.
f,rhe work OF locating the ten city phones 'n, s.
was com pleted. a number OF minor mat IL
tiers were transacted, after Which inc
committee adjourned. $s5 55
QUESTION IT'S CoNsTITUTIONAL1T'
IN the Corporation Court Sester day. on
motion OF. counsel for tho defense. = udge
EC]opton postponed until March 25th the
trial Of the twelve bartcnders and liquor
dealers under indictment for selling
3whiskey to minors. The delay is allowed
a order to give tho lawyers time to argue
as to the constitutionality OF the Mann
bill. This argument will begin on next
Tuesday. Counsel for the defense Will
claim that the amendment to chapter 1S7
Of the Code is unconstitutional. This
amendment says that any one guilty OF
selling liquor to minors shall be fined
n OF less than $50 or moro than 500, and
forfeit his license. t5ys f
@ There is q long array Of legal talent III.
the case, and the fight promises to be an
Interesting one. Those who VIII represent
the defendants are Willis Pulliam, Ernest
Wells. George D. WISE Harry smith,
Judge Pool and Horace b. Nelson. .
Another clause in the Manr: law which
may be contested is that section which
makes any minor between eighteen and
tweuty-one years old liable to q fine
Of IS, or imprisonment In case OF failure
to pay the fire, when the minor mis-
states his age in buying liquor. h
HAVE BROKEN IT UP
The house toulouse peddling seems to
have been effectively checked Sin Man
chester. The merchants are consld erably
relieved and are congratulating the Off
GERS. County Officer Watts first worked
up the cases in Chesterfield and then
OmcerS Nike Moore followed suit in the
city.
LECTURE TONIGHT.
a lecture for tho beEeflt Of the Stock
ton Street Baptist Church will be de-.
livered tonight in Toney's Hall by tho
Rev. Or. r. W, Cridlin. The subject VIII
be THE Mammoth Cave" The regular
midweek prayer meeting OF the Stockton
street Church was held last night instead
of tonight
PERSONAL MENTION.
Mr.. David p. Wake is reported to be
quite sick with the grip
The condition OF Mrs. Brice. who Is
quite Ill, is unchanged. n.
A regular meeting OF Manchester Cour-
ell. Royal 3Arcanum, was held last night
in Toney's Hall.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. =. Holt, formerly
of Manchester, but now of Durham, N.
c.. are visiting relatives in the city.
a colonial tea will be given at the home
OF Mrs. A. T. Strador. No. 1123 MELON
orgh Street. by the Earnest Workers of
| tho Presbyteriar% Church.