The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-02-17
The following bills against the town
were presented and ordered to be paid (:

| Inc following DIS against the lOWi
were presented and ordered to be paid
Farmville Cont Co.. mds for streets s 3g
! Z. +. Chappe!l for mayors Office. y
Ed. Matthews jail fees...................... as
A. ID. Jenkins, shoeing mule. q
Lilly Clark, caring for pauper........- Is u
/ Barrow Coal Co., cOal...........-....-... so
| Geo. Richardson, ratiOns.................. II II
/ tarmvillc, Mfg Co, lumber ............. 20.
/ PRulett a Garland insurance...... $50
5. w. Paulett, Jr., street warrants. ~ Is
/ Barrow Coal Co., fuel for paupers.... 10 =
=. 4. COWan, CONN, 6c.................-.... ~
Electric light accounts ................... 81 .
y. W. Paulett. Jr. light accounts .... ~ 2l
go 81
The several committees were called
but no reports were made Of special
interest.
Under the head Of new business Mr..
Gillian reported the sales stables of
II. w. Vaughan and the cooper's shop
of the Rice Mfg. Co. TO be in unsafe
condition in regard to fire and the
safety committee was instructed to
look Immediately into it and report at
the next meeting.
On motion of DR.. Anderson, the
Chairman of the dispensary board
was requested to submit report in
detail for the year just ended.
Mr.. Gillian gave the street commit
tee a scold for the condition in
which the walkways have been during
the recent bad weather. He declared
that the snow had not been removed
from the sidewalks except in some
instances where property owners had
seen fit to shovel it of. This he said
had been thrown in heaps and would
when thaw comes flood some Of our
stores.
Captain Watkins cOncurred in the
opinion of Mr.. Gillian that the streets
were bad-he did not believe there
was another town in the world with
any worse walkways, but the present
conditions were not due to the COM
mittee's neglect but to the elements
which Of course were beyond human
control. Captain Watkins said he
was gratified that Mr.. Gillian had
brought the matter Of bad streets to
the Councils attention, and he hoped
il would continually arise until per
manent Improvements are made.
Mr.. Erambert, in characteristic
style, defended the street committee,
saying he had been walking the thor
oughfares Of the town for more than 40
years and they were in no worse con-
dition than he had many time seen
them. He explained thatthe unusual
ly bad spell of weather was the cause
of the streets being sloppy and unless
the town council was willing to ex-
pend untold amounts of money abso-
lutte relief could not be afforded as
long as snow storms followed in rapid
succession as they had been of late.
DIR. Anderson could not agree with
Mr.. Gillian or Capt. Watkins that
the streets were in worse condition
than ever before. He had been here
IA wears and while he did not know
how bad they were before that time
(nor did he care) he did know that
wonderful improvement had been
made since. He directed attention to
some Of the Improvements which had
cost the town much money.
Capt. Watkins of the committee APP
pointed to arrange with the county
for setting apart one room
in the Jail for town prisoners, reported
that the Board of Supervisors would
consent only that the sheriff shall be
under the law the custodian and the
jailer be paid the usual fee Of % cents
each for entrance and the 40 cents a
day board, and that the town furnish
water, light, fuel and bedding for the
room used. In the absence of any bet
ter plan or place for keeping the town
prisoners, the council accepted the
terms named.
Mr.. j. T. Thompson, of the law firm
Of Lee and Thompson, was given the
privilege Of the floor, the purpose OF
which to renew application for re-
bate on the liquor licenses issued to the
former saloon keepers of Farmville,
whose houses were closed by the de-
cision of the supreme court on the con-
stitutionality of the dispensary act.
Mr.. Thompson's discussion of the
questions involved was graceful and
and when he had con-
cluded his remarks, asked for the
councils decision.
Several members of the council ex-
pressed themselves as favoring the re-
funding of a pro ratio amount for the
time the saloon men were deprived of
doing business under their licenses,
but the matter, on motion, was refer
red TO the finance committee and the
town attorney.
1t will be recalled by our readers that
the five saloon keepers had licenses
from May LIST, 1902, to May LIST, 1903,
and that on the advice Of the town at
torney their places were closed on
March 10Th, 1903, a month and half
before their licenses expired.
Should all the young men who have
gone out from Farmville TO prosecute