The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-12
COURT STEPS IN
TO PREVENT & GAME.
Judge Grants Injunction Re
straining Petersburg Ball Club
from Playing Blackstone.
MUST WRITE IN ENGLISH
Important and Interesting De
MUST WRITE IN ENGLISH
and Interesting De
cjsion in Case, OF Levy, Edu-
Gated Hebrew.
Special to The Times Dspatch.l

Especial to The Times Dispatch.]
PETERSBURG, VA. July l1.-Judge
j, M. Mullen, Of the Hastings Court,
to the "Rverside seball Club, re-
straining the Blackstone Athletic As
ISOLATION from playing games with
the Petersburg" Baseball Club here
Tomorrow and Saturday Bernard and
Townsend, counsel for Riverside, pre-
scented in the Injunction application,
correspondence of the Riverside and
Blackstone managers establishing a
contract for three games to be played
here July 18th, 18th and 18th. Suisse
quently Riverside, it seems. lends their
left-fielder, Dick Wilson, to the Peters
burg club for Tuesdays game in Black
stone, which ended In n Kick, alleged
to have been caused by Wilson. Black
stone then notifies Riverside that If
Wilson was to play With chem in the
games arranged for to-day. tomorrow
and Saturday they will not play to
which Riverside replies that they will
stick to Wilson. Blackstone then turns
to the Petersburg team for the three
days and comes here this morning to
play Them whereupon Riverside Sc
cures an Injunction restraining the
games. because of alleged violation of
1890 oSt'as w IlOlll folaChSlONe
wanted to rule out, was captain OF the
Randolph Macon Academy team this
season and is heartily supported by the
Riverside managers.
An opinion, holding that unless the
petitioner can make the application
IN his own handwriting and in the
English language, he is not entitled ia
be registered as a voter" was deliv-
cred this morning by Judge j. M. Mul.
len, OF the Hastings Court In the case
OF Abraham Levy, a Jewish merchant
OF this city, who recently appealed to
the court from the decision of S. A
Gentry, a registrar in Third Ward, who
refused to register Levy as a, voter be-
cause he was unable to write his APP
plication in English. The case was
Wilcox. for the plaintiff, and Com.
monwealths Attorney r. II. Mann, anc
aroused great interest in the forth.
coming decision.
The registrar refused to register
Levy until he complied with the con
sutut!onal provision that an applicant
must make application IN his owr
handwriting" to which Levy's petition
to the court replies that he was ready
to apply in his own hand In the He
brew language, which the courts opin
ion decides to be not permissible, &C
cording to the intent of the law. a.
1.-THE same time according due impor
lance to the contention OF Levy's coun
sci that the prescribed test Is an edu
cational one, the expression In hds
own handwriting not being intended
!! to restrict the applicant to writing II
! English but to disfranchise only those
| who have not sufficient educaNon u
put In writing under their own hand
lunnssisted, the required information
"The intent OF the lawmaker Is the
vital part and essence OF the law
and Where It can be ascertained y
must be enforced" says Judge Mullen
and what is within that intention Is
within the statute, though not Wltnir
| the letter, while what Is within the
letter OF the statute, but not within
the intention OF the makers, is not
within the statute. After reviewing the
facts that the English language u
the medium OF all public and prlVatt
transactions in this country the opinion
concludes that the presumption mus
necessarily be that where the sub
iect matter OF Investigation Is In writ
ing it must be submitted In the ordi
nary language OF the country" and
besides; that the application shoul'
/ have bean thus written.
/ Puts Pastor OUT.
The long continued diSsension IN IN
Harrison Street Baptist Church, col
4 ored between the pastor. Rev. Fl
Tarlt. and majority OF the congre
4 cation on one side. and the deacon
and trustees on The other, reached u
most interesting stage to-day, whel
Judge Mullen. OF the Hastings Cour,
granted an Injunction restraining Tarl
from acting as pastor or particlpatinl
In a church business meeting unit! fur
ther order OF tho court; the INJUNCTION
\ also retains from acting as oillcer
the deacona and trustees recently IN
4 stalled TO succeed those who had. bee
!. summarily expelled at a congregatlona
meeting over which Tarlt presided q
moderator, The injunction was aske
for by the law firm OF Bernard an
Townsend representing the expelle
4 officers, who claim that they Wer
j given no Chanca IL dafnl1d. therIlSelYA