The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-13
NEWS GATHERED
From s0UTH.s|DE
Drunken Negro Runs Anuck and
Breaks Up aHousc--Officcrs
Jail Film,
ALDERMEN TUESDAY NIGHT
Annexation Still Being Discussed
4. On Street Corners--Man-
chester Growing.
Manchester Bureau Times, nispatc Oh,

5 Manchester Bureau 1'mes Dispatch,
No. 1l02 Hull street. !
Il A negro named Charlie Clark, living on
Seventeenth Street, between Everett and
Maury streets. got drunk yesterday
evening and ran anucle In his home.
He broke UP everything In the house
aud so frightened everyone that they
departed In haste, leaving him alone In
his glory. He produced pistol, threat
cning TO shot Everybody who came IN
range. No one disputed his Sovereignty
until Officers Wright and Moore arrived
on the scene and put the shacklcs of the
law OH him. lie was taken to the jail,
rs that was the most convenient point,
and he was in an unfit condition 10 pe
carried as far as the jail
Aldermen to Meet.
Tomorrow night the Board Of Alder
men will meet In regular session, ana
besides transactlng the usual business
viii appoint two on the committee up
& pointed by the councilmcn Friday night
to confer with the Richmond committee
on the subject Of annexation. 4
The question Of annexation is still up
permost In the minds Of tho citizens Of
Manchester, and 1t Is difficult to deter
mine which side has the majority OF
supporters. One Of the most prominent
members Of the Council said last night
that he thought the creator portion or
Manchesterians to be against the pfopo-
sition, while another equally prominent
member thought otherwise.
The subject is being very generally
discussed, and observation on the part
of many seems to show that the major
4 ity of people favor nnnexation
Some of the principal arguments ad-
vanced in favor OF the question are
that the city will have better ar
ranged fire department. that Is better
equipped and supplemented with addi-
tional men, that 1t would have larger
police force, and that 1t would have
better school facilities.
They argue that these things will come
/. of themselves in the course OF time, II
Manchester keeps UP Ser present rate
5 of progress, and thI the city Is not,
therefore, IN need of the support of Rich
mond. Many citizens are non-committal,
and SO the popular sentiment Is hard
4 to reach.
Manchester Growing.
That Manchester is on Il decided in
crease of property values Is adduced by
the fact that the assessment books show
4 n large gain In property values of the
Many new buildings are going up, show
ing that the business interests are on the
BOOM
rev. Mr.. bowman is putting UP two
handsome houses on Perry Street be-
tween Cowardn Avenue and Fifteenth
street that will be offered for rent by
x Chaplin and Hume, real estate agents
w. G. Staples Is erecting dwelling on
Porter Street. a home Is being built by
-- -. St,,rp
u. Ullman, Il Hull Street merchant. Is
4 remodelllng two houses on Decatur Street
and will soon complete two new houses
on Everett street. Mrs. M. r. Shipp Is
having a house built on cambridge Street
K between Twentieth and Twenty first
streets. and George M. Walker is building
a house Mt Fifteenth and Perry Streets
Trolley to Westhampton.
q Al n meeting or Washington Camp, No.
B 49, p. o. S. OF a.. Friday night, 1t was
decided to run q trolley party to West
hampton Pork in tho near future.
A committee Of three was appointed 10
arrange for the affair--Statc President r.
e. Criddlc. D. r. Nunnally and j. L.
Morrissette.
The party will be for the members OF
The camp only and no tickets VIII he
sold E,achHtncmbGr has the privilege OF
inviting ohe friend.
Personals and Briefs.
services at Sacred Heart Church will
be at Z and . o'clock to-day.
AT n watermelon feast given at the
home Of Mrs. James Williams Friday
night there were present Misses Leila,
Made and Louise Williams, Allie Sharp,
Lizzie Lanes Bessie Wilson, Mamie Blunt
Bertha West colt. Bertha Nunnally, Mel
lie jackson, Eta Holt, Emma Call. Mag
gie Mccain, Clara Sncad and Annie
Kirkham; Messrs, Frank Hall, Alexander
Blunt, James Hancock, Raymond Jack
SON John Wilkinson, James BROOKS