The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-03-18

only a little sickness recently. OFF,
Ger Franklin was i'll for a few days.
Officer Chappell has recovered from
his severe sickness and is again on
duty. Twenty eight arrests have
been made during the month, as fol-
lows by the several officers: !!
M. C. Craft, 2.
W. '. Lyles, 2. -: J.. ::
| T. P. Adams, 6. -: -:
j. M. Adams, 9. -
| II. b. Franklin, 5.
C. ". Bishop, 4. :';:'
| ] have been making special eff
forts to enforce the law relative to
the sale Of Intoxicating liquors.
During the month some arrests for
it's violation have been made and a
quantity Of eontraband liquors seized
We have had tho valuable assistanc,
of Constable Williams In our efforts,
and every member Of the force is
doing his duty in this regard. I
realize that it is hard task to pre-
vent the illicit sale Of whiskey, but
if the police force IS given the sup
port of the people in their efforts,
we can punish the offenders, and
thereby reduce the violations We
hope to have this support, and viii
welcome at any time any informa-
tion. as to violations Of the whiskey
laws. t... ...-
Respectfully submitted,
.... C. W. Bishop,
Chief Of Police. !,
Nembery, S. c., ~..
March 10th, 1910. . -. ...-1
! Alderman Baxter called to- the
/ attention Of the city council that
there were no contracts written and
signed with the parties who we're
; renting Offices and store rooms from
the city, and on motion it was de-
cided to authorize the city attorney
to look into the matter and have
the contracts properly executed and
to have the rents which were due
for last year and this year properly
adjusted. !
Alderman Baxter also called at
tention to the fact that the commits
sioners of public works charged the
city for Lights and water used for
public purposes and he thought that
it was right that the commissioners
should pay rent for the room which
was occupied by them IN the opera
house. This matter was referred to,
! the chairman of the committee OF
supplies. ..s-..- ....
Mayor Blease stated that there
ought to be more force at work on
the streets and that he would an.
thorize the superintendent ofstreets
! to employ additional help 50 that
! the work on permanent improve
ments might be continued. :, =
! There were three cases IN the po-
lice court which had been convicted
in former administration and
which had been appealed ITO. the
: circuit court, and had been sent
back to police court and they were
still open. On motion the fines in
; the cases of Martin Guin and VIII
Ruff were reduced to $4,000 each
and execution Of sentence was sus-
pended during good behavior. The
case against Dan Cottony, on mo-
i tion, was ordered stricken from the
docket.
The matter of making improve
ments in: the opera house was
brought up and it was stated that to
have the three dressing rooms ceiled,
stoves put in, sewer connections
made and mirrors Installed would
cost in the neighborhood Of 1855.
On motion Of Alderman Lominack
the committee in charge was author
lied to have the work done, letting
the contract to the lowest respons-
ible bidder.
1t was also decided to instruct the
chief Of police to endeavor to pre-
serve better order in the gallery
during the performances in the
opera house.
On motion Of Alderman Baxter,
the clerk and treasurer was au-
thorized to place in the hands Of