The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-26
NEWS
ER0M !. 50 ! ! J I !:
SScvcsl$ Members Were Present
But They Were Not SS8
Notified. VI
MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT.
John Priddy, Janitor off, City,f
With Wife, " Fined iii Police N
s3,3S Court.
Manchester Bureau, shines. spatch.

Manchester Bureau. 1itnes.1 !spnteh. . N
i seven out 81 tie eislt members 81 the
Bonrd Of Aldermen were present In the
Council cllambcrilas night, and yet thors
was noSmeetlng. s5 s "a Az AZ n z
Notices HAD mot been properly served
on the Aldermen that they had to at.
tend a called meeting, and notwithstatld-
Ing the fact Of ttoir presence, the meets
Ing was declared technically, unconstis
@tutonal. Hi IA ~ II fs5B M 54BiS ijS
Clerk II NJ. Nunnally, Of the counoiL
had given the notices yesterday morning
\ to the son OF John 1'riddy, jantor for
the city, and some OF them had been
served ana others had not. Priddy had
gotten drunk the night before and was
btforo tho Police Court yesterday morn
Ing. He was locked up about the time
that the notices had to be served. As Il VIA
4 Every member OF tho Board was pres
n ent that could have been present, had the
notices been served. Mr.. III r. Tilery
was tho only absentee and he was at
Work Fl No no lce would lave affected
him.. 5 Az t$ 3sSs5
35s The rulcy Of the Council say that when
a called session &ls to be held, that each
member must be served With q notice
5ul' after,he seven members had gathered
together, and President Pertlue djourned
& the meeting until Monday night, and he
made sure that notices would be properly
served for this meeting. "a
Sss The Board was to have acted on the
proposition allowing the Roberts Com
many. which is building the new clear
water plant, the privilege of giving. q ione-
year bond, instead OF a flve-year8 bond,
as the contract originally called for.
John Priddy Fined. III
lliS John and Mrs Priddy were fined $3.50
and costs III! the Police Court yesterday
morning for being disorderly. Priddy,
whoBis janitor for the city, was ordered
to furnish security In the sum of $50 for
his good behavior, and In; default of this
he went to the Gel. $s Tie was drunk n In In
court ana could not testify, An #
8 Sergeant Wright III was ID called to the
;Prlddy home Eighth and Perry Streets,
at 20 clock Yesterday y; morning to quiet
son, WHO boaldedi Wsithb thsS Priddys,S ,syere
also disorderly{ and they were also fined.
s The arrest Of SIP riddy was tho cause
of breaking up the meeting Of the Board
5of Aldermen last night II # f q ~
Manchester Kindergarten .5s
The following letter about the Man
chester Kindergarten explains itself:
~ The noble work undertaken by the S%
x f Manchester Kindergarten Association 8ls
continues to grow No expense will
Fl be spared to make tbs kindergarten
5 the best OF Its kind, and tho nomi-
nal fee Of one dollar month makes
iH2it$ practically open @sto ALI. who wish
8 to give their little ones the benefi ts
& Of modern education. TooBmuch can 5544
not be said iii praise OF the few de-
voted women, who, as officers Of this
ssassoclation, give much Of their time e
and thought, as we'll as means, y to- "!
this Undertaking for the love Of their
INK city and for all the little children who
arc her future citizens. @
LACY 81. COLEMAN.
u o Get Abrams Out. 81
$ The Rev. Or. cridlin IS working to get
w. r. Abrams, the white man sentenced
to. Jail in default OF security n few days
Sngo liberated. He hopes to have the
man out of the lookup by to-morrow.
Abrams was fined St and placed under
security for beating his wife and being I
idIsordcrly. He Is the lone support Of
his wife and several children. and y 1t ls .
thought that If he is allowed to return
b to work he will support his family 3 I'M
Assembyman p. T. Toney, who on
Friday night offered motion In; the
postpone action on tletnuestlon of ac-E
5cepting d one-year bond Of the Roberts
Filtering Company, writes the following
self-explnnatory letter to The Times
Dispatch: Il is 5s s bx
Editor OF The Times-DIspatc h: A Fl i5
Sir,--In your report Of the proceedings
of the City Assembly OF Manchester In
this mornings Issue, you state that Is
wanted the matter of adopting an amend
~ M M nj
Etering plant ''rOstponed q title While
without stating whyyI wanted the mat ter 4
postponed. This waG4 an dJOurned meet
Ing held expressly for the purpose OF y
securing a report upon the financial stand
ing OF both the Roberts Flltering Com
spany and Mr.. G. Y. Roberts also, as he ]
had offered himself as security as & NJ
guarantee to the city or Manchester We j
received a report of the company, which
did not appear to ba what several mcm-B
bcrs OF the body. had anticipated, and no y
report whatever upon the ancial rating
of Mr. c. W Roberts. We therefore Of
S4ered ii motion to postponed until the
could be obtained. Is regrcL (
very much the necessity Of having, TO
give 20 much publicity to the matter, as
there seems 70 DO a disposition on tho
part of some people to keep some pub
lie matters out OF the neWspp pcrs. IL
have the honor TO represent Tie people
ar the second Ward. and do not wish to y
appear rs being an obstruction to clear
water without their knowing why want
ed the matter pos tponcd a. tile WI ile.In
would thank you to publish this e tier,
as hive nothing to- conceal from those
! represent 5 St n 4
Very respectfully yours,
s b y. Il. TONIcY.335
Manchester w, August e, 1906.
Personals and Briefs.
Miss lisa Brown. OF Ednnton. N e., who
has been the guest OF Miss Mary lyman
for The past week. will leave this morning
| for Norfolk where she Will spend some