The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-03
COUNCIL D|SPlSES
OF MUCH BUSINESS
Issue for Much Needed school
improvements.
EARLY SALOON CLOSING.
Measure Pctit.oncd For BY Ministers
of City Referred TO Special Com
niittee for Tteport-R. g. Spraticy
Elected TO Council.

mittec Tor fceHOrt-R. u. Spraucy
Elected TO Council.
Petersburg. Va, Feb. 2.-The Com
mon Council met IN regular monthly
session last evening and adjourned
shortly after midnight. after transact
ing the largest amount Of business
that has been transact q ar any angle
session oil that body for more than q
iyear.
After lapse of approximate two
years the Common Council seeirs to
haze determined to throw aside all
I personal differences and transact the
city's business in business-like man
ner and to exhibit spirit of progress
siveness.
Every indication points today for
the early passage of an ordinance in
PRODUCED by Councilman J. E. Young
last night providing fo- a bond issue
of 100000, to be used in the erection
of new high school and improve
ments to the several grammar schools,
or, il deemed advisable, TO build an
other grammar school. An ordinance
was adopted providing for the APP
pointment of q building and plumb
+, ing Inspector who will devote his en-
tire time and attention TO the duties
! Of his Office and who will have charge
tor Inspecting all new buildings to be
constructed and to Issue permits there
fore. for which fixed fee wiz be
charged.
Important Appropriations.
Among the more important appro-
pr!ations were: $1,000 FOR the ''ur-
chase of a booster pump, to increase
the city's water supply; $1,000 to be
used for the addition of two COM
modious cells at the police static in
order that the races and sexes may
be separated; $500 foe the purchase
| of an automobile for the Heaiti. De-
! partment.
| The communication. signed all
the Protestant ministers in the city at
the time of it's writing. requesting that
saloons be closed at I o'clock p. M.
instead of IL o'clock, which was
| tabled at the last meeting. was re-
ferred to a special committee.
The vacancy in the Council from
the Second Ward, caused by the death
of the late w. r. McKenney, was
filled by the election OF Robert
Spratly over Ashton W. Gray.
An ordinance. providing fsr swo
daily sessions OF the Police Court, 10
be held at 9 A. NJ. and p. NJ, with
special session at 10 A. NJ on sun
day, which would carry an increase
in the salary OF the police justice or
$50 per month until July Is next was
referred to the Finance Committee.
Reports from all the city officers
and from the numerous Council COM
mittees were read and ordered filed.
Fill School Board Vacancies.
At a Joint session of the Board OF
A. Council held
| last evening, vacancies on the school
board were flied by the election OF
Messrs. B. W Matthews, Richard I
| Wilson and Edward Eigenorun.
Messrs. Wilson and Eigenbrun succeed
Messrs. r. b. Wilcox and William l..
thinner. respectively. and Mr.. Mat
! thews succeeds Mr.. A, %. Hamilton:
All three of the former members OF
the board resigned on account Oh
change of residence
Guard Comes for Prisoners.
A guard from the State Penitentiary
| came to Petersburg today and later re-
turned with eight prisoners convicted
at the January term OF the Hastings
Court and sentenced to serve staTsie "a
| follows:
Arthur seaborn, coiored. FOR muir
der. life sentence.
| cicero Ramsey and Daniel Perkins,
colored. highway robbery. eighteen
years.
". j. Dunnivant, white, grand lar
ceny. one year.
Jack Shay. white. grand larceny
Ave years.
Ionnie Ross, colored. feionious cut
| ting, one year.
| Mack Mckenzie, white. panderins
Furniture Man Held Up.
Mr. LEROY williford, OF the Kent
Furniture Company, was held up or
Davis Street by two men about
o'clock last night. who were IN tne
act of robbing him, when two men
approaching frightened them away
| other than that one was negro ano
| the other a white man, Mr.. Williforo
cou,i- not give any description of the
highwaymen.
| King-Brown.
Miss Annie Hazel King and Mr.
Estace Louis Brown were united IN
marriage at o'clock yesterday after
noon at the home of the ofhciatins
minister. Rev. Fred w. Moore. the
bride is an attractive young woman
formerly of woodsfieid, Ohio. ana tns
groom ia formerly OF Durham. N. y
The ceremony was witnessed by sew
eral friends OF the young couple MT
and MIS-. Brown VIII ASosnO Afs
burg.
A. p. Hill Camp. Sons Of Confed'
crate Veterans. will meet In Can't
4 Hall Friday evening. at which time
large attendance is desired. Com
mander l.. r. Goulder, who some
months ago was promoted to aEen,
for the seaboard Air Line RaiIway a.
/ Richmond. and removed HIS residence
Ito that city. will be in attendance
4 Dinwiddie school Closes
The Dinwiddie High School has JUS
lclosed one OF the most successful
months in it's history. The foiliwina
lis the honor roll for the month. ending
I January 81: "a.
/ primary Grades: First-Corneiia
K,n,ball. Second--Marie Butter
worth. Margaret Clark. Ruth Haddon
i Elsie Hunt and Sidney Young. Thirt
THOMAS Ridley Adkins Manly Kim
lbail Willard Kimbali ana Mary Rich
lardson. Fourth--Richard Chambers
and Marshall Winn.
i Grammar Grades: First--Ivan Hnt'
iterworth. Essie May Haddon. Marie
iKimball and Annie Mason Stewart
c,t. rrn -T2ivaa RufferwOTtn.