The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-30
COUNCIL IN
MANCHESTER.
A Joint Session to Elect City
Officers Last
Night.
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SUCCEEDS
Wake
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Mr.. Joseph ]. Blanton Is Now
OH the Health Board,
Other News.
Manchester bureau, rlmes.Dispatchl

Manchester Bureau, Times-Dispatchl
No. 1102 Hull Street.
At the joint session Of the City AS
sembly last night. Mr.. II. X, Reid was
elected Collector OF Delinquent, Taxes, In
place OF Mr.. Charlie Wake.
Mr.. Joseph J. Banton. OF the Third
Ward.-4w - chosen to succeed Captain j.
( H. Betty as MEMBER Of the Health Board.
Captain Betty has recently resigned LIS
position because Of personal and business
affairs.
The Buildings and Lands Committee
will meet at o'clock tonight.
An Enjoyable Concert.
The concert at Leader Hall last night
was a most successful affair. a large
and cultured audience enjoyed the pro-
gramme and q nice sum was realized for
the Balnbridge Street Church.
Those who took part In tho entertain
ment were well known Richmond enter
tainers. embracing Mrs. Cloves. Mr..
Cloves, Miss Margaret Knowles, Miss
Kate Fuller, Miss Katherine B. Powell
and Mr.. Oscar Lehman.
The entire programme was one OF the
most enjoyable ever given in Leader Hall.
Republican Meeting.
At meeting OF Manchester Republic
cans last night. L.. NJ. Amos and Major
j. b.. Johnston were elected delegates to
the Third District Convention in Rich
mond on October 4th, to select candi-
date for Congress from this district, in
opposition to Congressman Lamb.
RI Arrests Last Night.
Three negro men were arrested last
night on the charge of attempting to
beat" the Merry go Round" at Fifteenth
-,
get on the machine and after 1t started
up refuse to pay.
Mr.. Howard Hurt.
Mr.. W. B. Howard, workman on
the building at Sixth and Canal Streets,
OF No. 1921 Decatur Street. had his foot
badly mashed by a falling scaffold ycster-s
day afternoon. He was taken to the Vir-
ginia Hospital and was reported to be
resting easy last night.
Superintendent Of Schools D. i. Pullianl
said yesterday that there was not the,
least danger from fire or other causes in.
the Manchester sch ools. So far there arc
not quite so many pupils as usual, but
the attendance will increase later on to.
about eight hundred and sixty. AS for.
the manner and method Of getting these
children out Of the building in case Of
fire, Mr.. Pulliam says that now the chill
dren can be marched out in perfect order
in about a minute and half, and that
later on when the children and teachers
are more practiced in drill, they can be
brought out OF the building In one min y
ute and q second The fire drill Is prac-
ticed constantly and at any moment with
out previous warming to teachers the
gong may be tapped as the sign for the
children to assemble and march out. This
can be done Mr. Pullam says. In perfect
order and without the least confusion.
There are five rooms in the school
in which are pupils who attend for only
the half day. This makes the number
OF children In the school at one time less
than is at first apparent.
Used Cat O Nine Tail.
Willie Hopes, the boy, who attempted
to steal ride on the Merry-go- Round
Wednesday night, was soundly whipped
by his mother yesterday by order OF the
Mayor.
4 The father OF Sydney Booker, the 9TH
err guilty one Of a like offense, paid the
fine, So.
John B. Dunnavant took up his resi-.
dence with the City Sergeant in default
of the SO fine imposed on him for being
drunk and disorderly.
Carrie Richardson struck her spouse,
Henry, on the head with brick and paid
SO fine for the privilege. The fine came
out Of Henry's pocket as one Of the IN
cidcntal expenses Of welded bliss.
Joe Robinson paid SO for mapping on
the streets Wednesday night.
Lynn Forsyth. the peddler, who Is al
legged to have sold his medicines without
a license, was ordered to depart to scenes
more congenial to his work and tastes.
Walter Shores. charged by Officer Moore
with attempting to pass counterfeit
money, was baied until to-day
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