The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-29
NEWS GATHERED
FROM S0UTHs|DE
Petitions to, the Aldermen and
City Assembly Are Being
Ecely Signed.
LET THE PEOPLE DECIDE 1T
Two-Thirds Want to Vote On
Observation-Disclosures Meeting
Personals and Briefs.
Manchester Bureau. Times Dlsp

bureau, ill1eS-JlSpdtCIl,
No. l102 Hull Street.
There will be less than one hundred
men in Manchester who will not sign
tho petition asking the City Council TO
send the annexation question to the peo-
pie for their decision. Petitions are i'll
the hands of men who represent every
class of the citizenship and there is a
ready response to the appeal. The Co,in-
Gil will be requested by not less than one
thousand citizens to refrain from killing
the annexation question withou giving the
voters right to express their fealngs
ON tho matter.
All kinds of rumors arc aflont. One rtt-
NOR Is to the effect that If the city Is
consolidated with Richmond the property
owners will have to pay half of the
amount for the improvement of their
property. This report has been persist
emily spread through the city. One lady
Is said to have been very diligent Ill
seeing her friends and asking them TO
oppose annexation from the fact that it
would mean that she would have to pay
for half OF the cost of putting down a
pavement in front of her residence.
As u matter of fact the agreement be-
tween Manchester and Richmond fixes
this matter for once and all. The agree
ment says that In the event of anneNn-
tion and the Improvement of the streets
of the city. no property owner shall be
made to pay n single cent for the i.f,-
provement done to streets in front OF
his promises.
And to make this doubly strong, sPresi-
dent John s. Wakefield. of city assem-
Ubly. offered resolution. which has
been passed by both bodies. saying that
Manchester will not agree to anything
until such n promise is exacted from the
Richmond authorities. This matter is
plain and has been published several
times.
Mems Mass Meeting.
Rev. j. Sydney Peters of Richmond.
preached to large audience of men
in Leader Hall yesterday afternoon. The
meeting was under the auspices of the
Railroad Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation and there were many of those
present who significd their intentions of
living better lives in the future.
Rev. Mr.. Peters delivered an address
that carried conviction to the hearts OF
tho working men. the business men and
the professional men who heard him.
The musical programme was under the
direction of Mr.. ~ b. Crabtree. of Rich
mond. and was avery eninvnh'" one.
Personals and Briefs.
Mr.. James Nunnally and Mr.. Pete Dom
aid will leave this morning for points in
Virginia and North Carolina to hunt
for game of all descriptions.
Mrs. +. FRANKLIN Baber. of New York,
who has been visiting relatives in Man.
chester and Richmond, will return to
the metropolis tomorrow.
With the police OF Manchester. yester-
day was an exceedingly quiet day, not an
arrest being made.
A prominent member of the Board of
Supervisors of Chesterfield county is re-
ported as having said that Swans:,oro
might secure lights for the streets there
If the citizens would only ask for them.
Mrs. d. f. Baber. wife of Engineer
Baber OF Semmes Street, is recovering
from an attack ofgpneumonia.