The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-18
NEWS GATHERED
FROM 50UTHs|:i|.D|E|:
Bids Tor the a17i1tcri11g Plant
Thrown Opel, to the
Public.
TAX ORDINANCE AMENDED
i: Funeral Of Mr.. WI. Thomas Per =
d'llcDEr. j. =. Mathews II! /!
Town Church Reception.
A1anchcsto Tor Bureau, 'ri,lcs-Dlsnltch,
14@: 1l02 Hull Street.

AlunCncstoi' bureau. I'liicS.JlslHlt
Tile Board lof Aldermen, ut Its session
last night. took ,ln the matter of clear
watcr@ard adopted tho following rcsou-
ton, wlicl, has alrendy passed the Cont
mon Council:
Resolved by he Council, with the
| Board Of Aldermen conc,irrlnE, That AT
r's and specifications that the Clear
Water Committee may now have be re-
| turned TO their owners aud that the said
owners be notified that all bids have been
! rejected and that the said city intends to
open new bids for 4 altering plant OH
May 18TH" 558 a5
This resolution was offered by Mr.. C.. c.
Jones III tho Common Council, IN view
of tho popular demand that the bids be
opened to the public rather than DO given
to one company, as had been done in
the first Instance. The Board also CON
Cured III the ordinance approprlating
$4,000 for tho erection of the illtcring
plant. 1t was stated last night. after
the meeting. that the public may now rest
assured that The city will have clear
water. and that it will not DO long In
coming. 5$
In view OF the great difficulty expo
rienced by tho city delinquent tax coll
lector III collecting delinquent taxes on
property that had been sold, n resolution
was adopted to the effect that section
s of chaptcr12 OF the revised ordinances
OF the city or Manchester be amended
and reorda'ned so as to read that when
real estate IS sold for taxes, either to
individuals Or to the city, the commits
soner shall note il, his land book the
amount OF land sold ana the name OF the
purchaser, but shall nevertheless con-
tinue the whole lot upon his land book III
the name OF tho former owner, and until
the purchaser shall obtain tho decd for
the land purchased. or until the former
owner shall redeem the same in the
manner provided Ivy law, tho latter, shall
be liable for the& taxes meanwhile as
sessed, as { there had been no sale.
The ordinance passed by the Council
permitting the Manchester Lumber Com
pany to run spur tracks UP Stockton
Street from Fourth to Sixth Streets was
adopted. as was also an ordinance pro-
Hidng that tho Company be freed t9from
all tax assessments for period OF five
years The various committee reports
were then read ana filed, and the meet
ing adjourned.
Dr.. Mathews in Town.
45 Dr. ]. r.. Mathews, who is out f. on a
Supreme Courta'of North Carolina from
Il twcnty-ycar sentence for wife murder.
Is visiting his sister. Mrs. j. ~ German,
at No. SOB Porter Street.
Dir. Mathews appears to be In a brighter !
frame of mind than during the time OF
his detention in tire Greensboro, ~. c.,
jail, and isccms somewhat hopeful re-
s;lrding the outcome Of his appeal to tho
higher court. He was convicted of MUIR
der and sentenced to serve twenty years
In the pcnitentiilry. He is now awaiting
tllc.actiontof the Supreme Court. Lie will
leave shortly for Mount Hope Sanatorium
near Baltimore where lie will undergo
treatment and remain for some time. His
case will be called Before the Supreme
Court of North Carolina some time in Oc-
tobcr.
Funeral Of MI. w. T. Perdue.
The funeral OF Mr. w. Thomas Perdue
who died at his residence ut Nineteenth
ana Everett Streets. Monday afternoon.
will take place from the house this af-
ternoon at ; Oclock.@
The pail bearers twil be as follows:
Captain j. a. i.ipscomL, NJ. w. Good |
man, y. j. Walker, a. H. Thomas, ".
i. Taylor, a. Clark II. T., Pcttgrcw,
George D. Colo. ia
Church Reception.
a public reception will be rendered by
The congregation Of Asbury Methodist
Church Thursday night at 7i5 O'Clock |
to the members and friends Of the church.
An excellent programme has been pre-
pared for the occasion. Refreshments,
of ham an dtonguc sandwiches,
cake and Five O'CLOCK Tea crackers,
coffee and chocolate will be served, and |
no collection or offerings will be taken
up. as the object Of the occasion Is SIM
ply to promote fellowship among the
congregation and TO afford the old mem
Lrrs an opportunity to meet those who
have but lately Joined the church.
In the Mayors Court.
Algic Hughes and Willie Mosby, ap-
pcaipd before the Mayor yesterday morn
Ing on the charge Of fighting in tIoil-
days bar. Thcy were fined 50 each.
Earl Iluband, Lester l'owlcs and LELAND
Jewctt were all fined 81 aud costs for:I
stones at Manly Eagles, Of
Eleventh and Sem,ncs Streets,
Clarence Scott and Claudio Moody wcrcll
each taxed $3.50 for crap shooting on
night.
Mrs. Beattie Entertains.
Mrs. W, y, Renltc entertained her
mother, Mrs, H. i, Black, Of Richmond,
ana many of her relatives at a family.
cunon held IN her home near Forest
III Monday night. Among those pres
nj, which included about twenty-one of
MIS-, Elapk's grandchildren were: Mr. and I.
Mrs Iom Murphy, ,lr.. Mr. and MIS-
], y, Myers, Mrs. Edward lot1c, Wilson
Black.
With the Military,