The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-23
CLOSE YEAR WITH
BALANCE HAND.
Funds in Petersburg Treasury
With Which to Erect School
Building and Improve Jail.
NOT LET SOCIALIST SPEAK
Atlanta Man Refused Permission
to Talk on Street Corner.
Caught the Druggist.
NOT LET SOCIALIST SPEAK
Timcs-Dispntrh Bureau.
100 Sycatnore greet

q, va, June ~.
The City Council held special meet
ing this evening to wind up financial
affairs for the fiscal year ending June
10th. Unexpended balances aggregat-
ing about $4,000 were carried for
ward. This total includes the appro-
prlation OF about $4,000 each for the
new public school building. now being
erected at Jefferson and Myth Streets
and for remodeling the city jail, 1000
for sidewalk improvements and $780,
600 for new FIRE department. apparatus.
A resolution abolishing the special
committee on sewers. sidewalks and
watermains was passed; also an ordi-
nance requiring operators II moving
picture machines to provide certain
specified precautions against fire.
Refused Him Permission.
a request from j. L. Fits, of Allan
ia, Ga. Socialist leader. for permis-
sion to make an address on Socialism
a. street corner In this city tonight,
was to-day refused by Mayor Jones
because OF the possibility OF disorder
and disturbance resulting from such
a big demonstration as would prob
ably mark the occasion. Mr.. Fits
claims that he has a constitutional
right to make his address on the pub
Tic streets, Just as the Salvation Army
holds It's street meetings, and has hith-
erto always won his case in the courts
where permission has been refused.
TinEcn Wanted Here.
J. A. Tingen, now under arrest In
Richmond. is also wanted by the Pc
tersburg police on the charge OF steal
ing a shot bag containing si55 from
the pocket OF j. T. Totty. OF Nottoway
county. In Petersburg saloon Sat
urday. afternoon. Tingen played the
role OF a private detective and is al
legged to have worked his game by en-
gaging Totty in a confidential CONVEX
sation. explaining to the bystanders
afterwards that he was testing him
as q supposed Mason. The confidential
talker soon left the saloon, and Mr..
Totty then discovered that he had lost
his roll, which. 1t Is understood, had
been given to him by the Petersburg
Lumber and Box Company to pay Oft
some workmen in Nottoway.
Money Did Not Come.
A well-known Petersburg druggist
recently lost a number of toilet articles
and s. in change by filling telephone
order that the articles and the cash
he sent to the house of one OF his
customers.
The porter was promptly sent around
and while on his way was met by a
negro. who said that he had given the
order and would take the goods and
the money. and would return in few
minutes with So note. Then unsus-
pecting porter complied. and is still
waiting.
Sunday School Meeting.
The Sunday school of the Wesley
Methodist Church won the banner for
tile highest percentage OF attendance
for the month at the regular monthly
meeting of the Methodist Sunday School
Union Association, at the Matoaca
Church yeterday afternoon. or the
eight schools, Wesley stood first. with
Il 80 per cent. attendance of 2o4 reg
istered scholars. Matoacu standing sec
ond, with 81 per cent. The High Street
school led the collection list, with
Sass. The reports for all the schools
showed total register of 2,377 schol- |
airs; attendance. l.S70; collections. |
s2o6.sS. President 1sham r. Dyer pre-
sided at the meeting. with n. c. Wells
as secretary. An excellent program |
arranged by Superintendent w. w. |
Worley. of the Matoaca school, was we'll |
rendered. superintendent w. a. VIII
Hanson, of the Washington Street |
school. made brief and interesting
address.