The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-14
Commissioners OF Election Take
Action Because OF
s,4 lrregularity.
iGWALTNEY TRIAL POSTPONED
Will Be Heard on June 5,
Florida Window to Be
Unveiled.
Times-p:srs,tH Bureau.
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The commissioners ~ election me-;
this morning 70 canvass the returns
OF Tuesdays election and threw ou,
The vote OF the Fourth Ward because
OF irregularity. or the three Judges
and two clerks appointed TO hold the
election in this ward, only one Judge
and clerk attended at the voting place.
This regularity, the commissioners de-
clded. made the election In the ward
invalid, and the vote was thrown OUT.
This action does not affect the mayor
atty election. but II does affect the
ward candidates for the Board OF AL
dermen. w. g. Andrews. and for the
Council. w. T. Slaughter and J. t..
Young. who though they received the
full vote cast, failed of election be-
cause of the irrcgular!ty which caus-
cd the vote to be thrown out Being
tho choice OF the people, however. they
lw!n be elected 60 seats IN the bodies
Tor which they were candidates, by
Ethe respective bodies themselves. So
nothing Will DO lost by the Irregular
,!ty. 1t may be that writs may be ia
sued against the judges who failed to
hold the election. to show cause why
they should not be punished for failure
TO discharge their duty.
Preparing for building.
Tho British-American Tobacco Com
Ipany has put large force at work to
prepare the site for tbs several large
storage warehouses TO be erected on
that portion OF the almshouse tract
recently purchased from the city.
fronting on West Street. Tho company
purchased twenty-one acres of this
tract fro mthe city. at 5000 per acre,
sand will erect thereon buildings largo
enough to store q vast stock of tobac-
CO. .. L. Bass. OF Richmond. has the
contract for tho erection OF the build
tpgs.
The British American Tobacco Com
pany is also arranging to erect two
sarge brick factories on recently pur-
chased property on Lawrence and
Perry Streets-one a two-story and
one e fourstory struoture--covering
large area OF space. The contract
Tor these buildings has not yet been
awarded. The Coast Line Railroad
these properties. The tobacco COM
pany Is 20 largely increase It's capac-
Atty for output and largely increase its
corps OF hands
Another industry soon to be estab-
Iishcd here. and for which site has
been purchased. IS n plant for the
manufacture OF extracts. sold largely
IN the RTOCefE
urers are Ohio men, experienced in the
business. who Will make their homes
Aiii Petersburg.
Gwnltney Trial Postponed.
Tho trial OF Mrs. Irma Gwaltney for
thc killing OF her husband. Iaspc-
Gwaltney. at Kenbridge. on October -
last, which was set for this week in the
Circuit Court OF LunenburE county
has been postponed until June %. The
accused woman Will not be brought
back TO Petersburg In the interim.
preparations for her keeping having
been made in the Lunenburg jail. The
reason of the postponement IS not
stated. but 1t is reported that Il was
Gone IN order that further expert eM-
Animation as TO Mrs. Gwaltney's san
fly may ne had. Mrs. Gwaltney had
been In tho Petersburg jail for over