The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-31
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Fight to Be Made on Manufac-
turers Exempt from Taxation
Who Favored High License.
ToNEY TO CHAMPION CAUSE
Almshouse and Poor Committee
Asks for Appropriation for
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Briefs.
T0NEY TO CHAMPION CAUSE
Manchester Bureau. Times Dispatch,

Manchester Bureau. Times Dispatch,
No. ll02 null street.
sdeoF f S nsssaEs y tss an s
liquor license Tuesday night will bring
about q most important question,
which wtllsmear municipal fight. On
one SIDE VIII be array y;a The anti
liquor people and some not affiliated
with either faction.
The Board Of Aldermen at its meet
Ing Tuesday night heard . q petition
dinance increasing the license be pass
! ed, and on this petition We're signed
the names of the Union, Trunk and
Tag companty the GamerGIn n S.ovs
These concerns were granted the Aye
year exemption from taxation. which
I privilege has been extended various
| establishments coming to the city. &
In speaking of the matter Mr.. D.. L.
! Toney. member of the City Assembly
says: ~.
/ Cameron Stove Works and other manufac.
turing concerns which signed the petition
10 the board for the s5of. liquor license, pay
i taxes I worried TO have these concerns
come to the city. They came. and Were
4 g:vep hve-year exemptions from taxation
yet on top OF this they make shls in = lss
i am willing that the liquor people SHOULD
pay their Just quota Q: taxes, hut it Indeed
NGS Cncalisd 1lOr. IOt' these FCOnCeTHS u tttkt
A any action whatever. they being neths,
taa-payers nor voters in the city OF Man
chester / shall fight this to a finish, and
pSssS shall put the thing tsrouEl
a the city.
Unconstitutional.
4 II is a fact tina, when the Council es
tnt!ished the precedent OF granting persons
or concerns the .fve-year exemption the or
dlnar--s covering this point were passet
asa!nst the advice 9! the city attorney VIII VI
city charter did not provide for any sucl
! proceeding. Unless the charter is 50 amend
J ea no city has the privilege OF exemp.!n!
any person or persons from taxation. Il. !!
cla!mcd.
Little Miss Esgleston Dead
Lizzie z. Eggleston. the elsven-ycar-ol
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. George N. Eg
!. her parents in swunsboro She vas til
3 DIGEST daughter, nnd is survived by he
parents and several sisters,
l End NJ. L.. Church. Of which she was
} number, Saturday morning at 1880 oclocl
'rhe inserment viii be at Providence. 1
o Chesterfield county.
! ASK for Ambulance
y The regular meeting Of the Almshous
!! and Poor Committee was held last nigh
j "A resolution was passed asking the lrinane
committee TO recommend NE appropriate
d to be used to convey prisoners to tho inst
y tpton. The committee transacted 9th,
z routine business and adjourned
e Personals and Briefs
II Councilman y. a. Adkins Is confined
l. his home with Il severe attack of the sri
+ The Olympia Club last nigh. held an in
le IpCrtant business meeting.
lsl The damage case OF Charles H. SEQ
against the Richmond and Petersburg Ele
n trio Company. set for trial IN tho Corpor
g ton Court yesterday. was postponed UNI
10 February goth.
M, p, r. brown Is IN Victoria on a bus
d si Liberty Council. il. o. u. a. NJ. q
~ S"ansboro will celebrate It's twentieth q
Il nilersary on the evening q February ~
turned to their honit, In Old Point Cor
pore after visit to Miss Ms mic Bingha