The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-08
News GATHERED
FROM SOUTHS|DE
Ordinance Committee Recon-
mends License Increasing
City Liquor Tax.
POLICEMEN TO BE TRIED
Commissioners to Prefer Charges
Against Two Members OF
Police Force.
Manchester Bureau, Times. Dispatch.

Rureau, Times q s..p'is,patch.
AZ was expected, the Ordinance Com
adoption OF the $500 liquor license or
dinance without opposition. or rather
u. ii. Wells, representing. the liquor
interests. made brief talk In behalf
of his clients. He said 1t was unjust
to the liquori traffic to increase the
tax from 800. There were no other
Hir. Abbott offered an amendment 10
to reduce the amount to- $3.50. The
amendment was killed. The measure
The llqnor. dealers viii make a fight
In the Hoard and endenvor to have tho
amount OF the license. reduced thsre.
ficient support for it's passage.
Tho ordinance relating TO the City
Collector was introduced iast night.
IT slves the collector the .nLiyyilege. OF
has been needed for a number OF years.
The committee recommended it's pass
age; ,,..,,.
Measrs. ii. NJ Robertson. A. A. Adkins,
j. IL. -Rudd. b. A. Nunnally. j. II. Abbott
- Funersi OF Mr.. Hancock.
The funeral OF Mr.. Spencer T.. Han
.Cownrdint Avenue yesterday morning.
REV. DR.. Charles II. Ryland. OF Hicn.
ceased. Conducted the service. There
were many beautiful floral designs and
the grave in Maury Cemetery was
81 The family Of Mr.. Hancock have been
especially touched by the devoted at a.
tcntions and Kindness Of his friends
Throughout his long illness.
A special meeting OF the Board o.
Police Commissioners has been called
for tomorrow night at which time u
is understood charges will be- prefer,
The matter has been freely discnss-
ed. and 1t Is said that the III. spec. na,,
on the grounds OF being intoxicated
during the Christmas period.
Public sentiment seems to pc agains ans,
and the result Will probably be that
they Will be severely reprimahoed ny
= City Collector Dies.
day morning at o'clock ut the resi-
dence of his son in-la law, Dr. p. g. HI.
on West Twelfth street. after an aiii-
Mr.. Reid was forced to give up his
duties at his Office several months ago.
and his condition grew Srauual!S
worse, and on Friday all hope of MS
recovery was abandoned.
Mr.. Reid was sixty five years Of {. a e,
and served throughout the Cont leo
eracy as a private in Company SA
ty-first Virginia Regiment. which lost {, t
twenty men in the battle OF 1ne
Crater before Petersburg; He was
Mr.. Reid was elected City Collector
I'm 1898. and filled that position up 70
tie time OF his death. In 1904 he was vas
also given the position OF Special ClIy
Collector. and did the work Of the .t ~,
cial. and was held III high esteem o!
all who knew him.
He is survived by his wife and three
children. They are: MT. Henry Fhelu.
Mrs. =. G. Hill and Mrs Emmett f,'
Tie funeral will take place from
Meade Memorial Episcopal Church THIS
afternoon at 3 O'clock.
Miss Lucy "A. Westmorelnnd, agsd
.ixty.six years, died at her home, NO.
ITO East Third Street. here, at O'Clock
Yesterday morning. She is survived by
living in Petersburg. Miss Westnore-
land died from a severe ATTACK or grip:
she was a member of Batnbridge sire et
Baptist Church, from which. PLACE tn =
O'clock. the Rev. " pur 7 = ~, ghe :
burial viii be in Maurv Cemetery.
~ Personals and Briefs.
Two umbrella members were before
Mayor Maurice Yesterday. charEsu
with being drunk and fighting on the
street. They got ten days IN jail.