The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-02
lBa.nbridge street church. this after

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Accepts Clarksyille Call.
The Rev. Arthur D. Davidson, VINO
has resigned the pastorate Of three
a pied a call to clarksville. Vo.
There he will take charge Of the
churches IN Gainesville. Buffalo and
Liberty the three places a If, din g,d
son, who Is Manchester boy and {, a
son Of mr.. Joseph e. Davidson. will
| live In Clarkesville. where. he VII! have
an excellent parsonage. He VIII saRe
day. Meantime he will be glad TO
meet his friends at his fathers home.
l324 Cowardin Avenue. any time during
the week.
Lottie Redford. who is also much In
terested in church work.
! No Garbage ON Fourth.
AS Saturday will be national holi-
day, Health officer Ely yesterday
chester that they should not set on!
boxes or barrels of ashes. dirt and
garbage, as the wagons will not cal
| that day. since the city employees WILL
be taking holiday.
Much Committee Work.
The Committee on the Fire Depart,
S sufa1sa Ths applteaten Of Shields
for a permit to put up a residence on
ground that the site Of the. proposed
building WAS on the line OF an alley
The Light Committee met and de-
existing under the present contract.
The Committee on Health awarded
the con tract for the feed supply to
ullman Bros, and nd ~, the contract Tor er
The Committee on the Cemetery or
dered some improvements on the sup
A erintendent's house.
The fire commissioners failed to SCI
The Committee on Streets is sched-
|ulcd to meet tonight. n,
!: The Committee on Finance Will meet
4 tomorrow night
Had Narrow Escape.
Mr., Junic Brown. OF Chesterfield,
came near having very serious a 4; !.
4 cident yesterday afternoon. when his
buggy was broken by running into the
\ curbstone OH Tenth Street near HUI !;
The body Of the vehicle vas separa1tsd
!.standers caught the Morse and aided
Mr. Brown In getting on his feet. The
damage to the buggy was such as could
to return to his farm yesterday even
Says BYRD law Is Defective.
The question rs to who under the
Il III w IN ~ wv
: o. man Is "a habitual drunl<ard" was
Z brought sharply to the front before
a Mayor Maurice in the Manchester Pc
1 |lice Court sterdny, when Connie
8 IDobbins. bar proprietor, and Clifford
h EElder,4 bartender, were tried on the
q charge preferred by Mrs. George Stein
d that they had sold liquor to her hus.
band after she had written them thai
= he was an habitual drunkard. and hae
lrequested the proprietor not to sci
him intoXicants under any clrcun'
From beginning to end the case wa:
Y fought bitterly, more than twelve Wit
II nesses being present on each side. ).
d Besides other witnesses who testi'
u fld as to STEMS Sha bits, Chief of Police
q Lipscomb stated that Stein had beer
J. |hefore the court frequently for drunk
Z enness that he had been forced tt
y take the pledge, and had been. sent tt
& Jail inathea efforts to reform him,
81 Ernest Wells, counsel for the de,
Tense, Sin summing up, said that thu
n Byrd law lat the responsibility Of de
4 Itermintng whether a. man was In
+ 1T condition to purchase LIQUOR on tn
a bartender. In this case, he continued
u the accused had proved that, so tar al
n their knowledge ran. Stein was not ar
habitual dsunkard, and Was therefor.
y entitled 10 buy liquor,
Il Iii concluding, Mr. Wells stated t.
u the court that from this time on Steir
"a could under no 4 circumstances buy {
Il ldrink from l0ohblls' bar-rooln. RI 3
Y commonwealth this Attorney Charles i