Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-11-05
Donates S75 For City Engi- neer's Trip But Refuses
 S25 For Monument Fund
THE SEXTON RESIGNS
W. l.. Barton Succeeds llarner-N. derman Veil Would lfisaliow
 City Light Bills.

The city council last night in addi- ton to refusing to reduce the water rates, declined to maHe a S25 donat- ion to the H. King White Monument fund but allowed City Engineer Frank Allen $15 to defray his expenses on a ten day trip to attend ] convention of engineers at Dallas, Texas It al- so allowed $500 to Captain R. NJ. Gal braith for estimating the physical valuation of the Pine Bluff Company S water and light plant and $137 to the expert accountant who went over the company's books, at the request of the special Investigating committee.
 With the exception of long, drawn out fight over the water rates, the regular business session of the coun- cil was brief.
 The first disturbance came when the bill of the Pine Blun Company for city lights was presented for allow ance. Alderman Well objected, de- claring that the city was not being given the light service it was entitled to. He advocated disalloWing the bills until the full service was given He was the only alderman who voted No when i. was submitted on roll call.
 It was Alderman Veil who urged the council to donate $25 to the H. King White Monument fund. He said he had been asked by many admirers of the former mayor to secure a small donation from the city, to be added to a fund being raised by Captain Leon I ,it clared that the city owed General White that much respect especially after he had done more for Pine Bluff than any man who ever filled an office here or any citizen. Aldermen Wolff and Fox objected to the appropriation on the ground that there is no fund for such purpose and that the coun- cil did not have the authority to make such an appropriation. Alderman Sheppard also objected on the same ground. Aldermen Howell, Veil and Johnson voted to donate S25 to the fund, but the motion was lost, all the other aldermen voting against it.
 Owing to other business, which he said required his attention, Sexton A. A. Harper, of Bellwood cemetery, rendered his resignation and it was accepted. In executive session two candidates were voted on, but an eff fort was made to put forward the name of the second candidate in open session after a vote had been taken in executive session and W. l.. Barton had received majority of them. Ob- jection was made by Aldermen Wolff and the council then unanimously elected Barton as Harper's successor. Barton was formerly the sexton at BellWood.
 When the matter of appropriating $75 to defray the expenses of City Engineer Aliens trip to Dallas, Texas, where he IS to attend an engineers convention, was reached no objection was made as in considering the H. King White fund donation of S2o, on the ground that the council had no legal authority to make such an ap- propriation. The council voted the appropriation without discussing and also granted the city engineer leave of absence of ten days.
 The report of the police department for October showed cash fines agsre- gating $1,107.5O; committed, $277.5o, and appealed, $10. Total $1,395.
 A motion of Alderman Chestnut that the ordinance committee bring in an ordinance at the next meeting of the council, creating the office of city weigher inspector of weights and measures and city scales inspector, carried.