Daily press. [volume], July 06, 1910, Page 2, Image 2

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WALLACE-INSISTS
ON WATER MEASURE
Declares Council Has Side?
tracked His Ordinance for
Four Years.
MADE SPECIAL ORDER
FOR THE NEX1 MEETING
Lower Branch Concu.e in Aldermen's
Disposition of Contractor Davis'
Claims Against City and the "Sand
Base" Controversy ? More Paving in
Three Wards?Casoime Tanks.
' Charging iliat fox nearly four Mars
the council ooarjadttee mi hlghenura
and sowers liud been "side Hacking"
'he measure, or measures similar to
It. and iliai. in tils opinion, the com?
mittee never would r .port n to tho
council. Councilman Wallace, of the
'i'hlrd ward, last night called up bis
ordinance requiring the waier com
i>aiiy I" furnish iis patrons T.'. pel
loth; il water p r day at f2 a quarter
t?nd asked that the council < ither
pass or defeat il so that the mailer
could be settled at once. Mr. Wallace
declard that this ordinance directly
eflei ts marly every person in the city
end that it will in. an a saving of
money to possibly one third of all
of the p.">ple in IkC ?!'>?
Mr. Wallace said that in the four
years he has been in (be council he
liad not done a single thing which
hv) could reca.ll which was for the
direct l-i tietlt of the BCCelc and that
l?e. did want to see the water meas
uro go through the council, lie Ce?
cil red that when he llrst came into
the council he offered an ordinance
t ?ti'ii.tr to the one he was now call?
ing up. but thai II had eoec "side?
tracked" somewhere, tie had offered
another and that had met the same
rate. He charged that one mom to r of
the comti.ilice bad taken tl.e Liters
from other cities lontaiuiug tuforma
tion about charges prevailing on
water elsewhere In Virginia and had
lever to this day reported on them.
This same committee-, he declared,
now has his latest water measure
under ci iisidoratiou and had deferr
?d action on il.
It was ric?rTy 11 o'clock when Mr.
Wallace called up bis ordinance and
a majority of tlie ocearflmee wanted
to adjourn tho meeting. However,
some of Mr. Wallace's statements
provoked a debate, but the matter did
not come to a vote. President Jones
suggesting that the patron of the or
dinatice move to make the considera
Hon of the measure the special order
of business at the next regular meet?
ing of the lower branch. Mr. Wallace
seemed loath to do this, but finally
W. E. Sprutll made a motion to that
end and the motion prevailed without
division.
"Sand Base" Matter Settled.
After it had failed to concur in a
? esolution appropriating $2.i'..t> for the
purpose of putting macadam on Thir?
ty fourth street between West avciiti"
and Huntington av. nue: iiaving the
block on Huntington avenue h q w ceti
Pifty sixth street and Fifty-seventh
street with Peebles brick and BSTtths*
macadam on Chestnut avenue l>et ween
Twentieth street and Twenty-first
street and on Madison avenue be?
tween Twcii'y-seventh street and
'I wenty.eighth street, the council re?
considered its action and concurred lh
?be resolution by a vote of thirteen
tr one. W. A. Spruill voting not to
concur.
When this matter first rame up.
only thirteen members of the council
were present and. as the resolution
carried an appropriation of more than
$3?". twelve votes were necessary to
pass it. Councilman Whttlcy ohie? ?
ed lo api>ropria'inc anv mor.e* for
paving the block on Hun' ngton ave
rue With'ml bids for the work ta-inc
adverts -d for and the contract sward
?d the lowest bidder. It was explained
Cook With Caa.
Ambulance* -teil \V K. House.
Cook With Gaa.
You Ate on an Outing
With
FRESH FILMS
?from ?
ABBES
Oeofc With Gee.
Unit It was |iiojK)Mi<l lo give fontrar
tor J. W. Davis the contract for pav
in?: tlila block with I lie brick he lias
Ion hand In settlement pi Ml claim
against ihr city. Mr. liavis explained
(ho matter at some length, reminding
the council that il Is holding Jl.onii
.of his money back in the sand base
'mailer and assuring ihem tlint it he
I paved this block and the <. iiiiicil paid
Mill the $1 .lilMi all (inferences between
lilmself and Ihe eil) would be sei t led
and the mailer would be ended for
once aud all time.
Moves to Reconsider.
Couiiiilni.u Whltliy and W. A.
Sprnill Vidcd against I he resolution,
?iut nf:er Councilman Harris had ar
rived in the coifncll chamber some
mile afterwards, President .loins ash
od line of Ihem to in no to ri consider.
' llnth refused at firs', but later Mr.
IWhiiley said that he would move to
reconsider the action as he might have
i something be wanted to get ihrough
I Ihe count il at some future time and
'several members might hold the iua'
I 'er up. The motion lo reconsider was
ad ipled and a motion to concur also
was adopted.
As soon as Mayor Jones signs this
ordinance, the paving provided for will
he started.
Bj a unanimous vole, the council
adopted an ordinance to require a
license, for the manulacMiri . p.inigo,
I sale and use within the limits of the
Icily, ol combustilile. MplOOfWO, or dan
, geroiiH materials. This ordinance was
iiffered by i 'oiincilman l-'oid at Hie
last regular meeting; |s an exact enpv
i f tatS Itichinond ordinanc e and Is de?
signed to prevent thy owners of nuto
| mobiles iroin storing gaMalsne in lanks
at or ueur I heir homes srltboal bavin.;
I proper permits to do so and without
' notifying the chief engin er of the
I lire department of lhe presence of
Ihoso tanks.
Eleven Present,
j (Inly eleven melnb' is of tho Council
were present when President Ii. S.
i ions c ;iiicd tin meeting to order. They
1 were: (Tieadle. Cox. H?tchens. W. K
tones, Mllitond. \v. a. Spruill \v. B.
I Spruill. Via. Wallace. Whltley and D
I t'-. Jones. Messrs. Fellows and "<'"
1'tig arrived later, making thirteen
I members present.
\ Councilman Wallace opened the
meeting with prayer, and City Clerk
Floyd llndglns read Ihe miiiut 's of
' the last regular meeting, two adjourn?
ed meetings and two Joint sessions of
the council.
I The c! -ik read a c otninunic nlion
from Mayor Jones, calling the alten
Hon of the council to the- condition of
lie sheet asphali paving ami declar?
ing that he thought Die council
tbesjM tnho Immediate steps to have
I hi Cleveland Trinidad I'avlng I'ntti
I pany execute Its cotllract by repairing
the paving before Ihe expiration of
ith.i ten-year guarantee. The mayor
Mild that he thought the paving
should be resurfaced. The mayor
also transmitted to the council a
i c opy of the annual report of Former
jChl'jf of Police Reynolds for the llscul
I year ending July L The report was
i rderecl filed.
The council unanimously concurred
ii. a resolution authorizing the linance
cnmmiitee to purchase" out of the
I money in the sinking fund of |10,9M
I worth of Newport News ^l per ecu:.
' bonds.
Building Permit Refused.
liy a vote- of eleven to two, the
council refused to grant K. J. draff
permission to build a single story
frame dwelling house at the corner
of Jefferson avenue anil Twvnty
socoiul street. Messrs. Cox and Pel
lows voted to grant the |>ermit.
Following a somewhat lengthy de
bale, ihe council r ecommitted the re?
commendation of the committee on
building and grounds that an arc light
be placed at the corner of Marshall ave?
nue and Twenty six'h street.
By a unanimo;u?*tote the council
adopted a resolution instructing the
city engineer to notify the Cleveland
Trinidad Paving Company that the
sheet asphalt paving on Washington
avenue asal on Twt tit> -fjfih street is
failiy in need of repvir and that the
company should at once begin the
reec ssary reimirs in order to fulfill
the terms of its contract.
A resolution Offered by Mr. Boiling
providing for the inrn asing of the
salary of the foreman ?>f the chain
gang from I to I7?i |n-r m-'tith was
referrcel to the committee on high
wav ; and --. we Ts.
Watrr Ordinance Called Up.
While- some of 'he c miip ilnieii wcr"
clamoring for an adjournment. Vice
Presiden' Wallace- e ail-d i,t. hi - w.v r
ordinance, requiring the water com?
pany to furnish Its i*trons M gallons
of water i>er day at 12 a quarter. This
I orellnanr ? aas be fore the committee
m highway* and sewers and Mr. Wal
lace claimed thai the committee- never
'would rci??rt it Mr Ch? ad! ? explained
that the r >mmitt?-e is investigating
the mxttcr and that jt would re|>ori
.>n the nie-asur.- lat' r.
After fifteen minutes of ?Jehale. W*.
K Sprnill moved that >\;r nmstdMh
ti?>n mt this ?mlinane ? In made th.
siws-ial order of bu-mess for the nex*
ivgnlar nwe'nn of the council an>)
the m?ui??r prevail ?I without division.
The c mnctl adjourned at !1 ??.".
o'tlock.
DEATH OF MISS EUBANK.
CapUen Ed. N. Eubank Coiled to
Wvshengton by Sac New?.
ptain Kd. N Kuhank. of this
was railed to Washington yea
it by ih' news of 'he ?neiden
i of his sister. Miss Jane Rita
nk. wbieh nr.tirrt-d in tha' city
o'clock y otrrxlaT morning. Mais
Ok. Who hebt a gnv?'n<nent Imal
was strecken suddrnlv Moncia
and the N-it will he take
rlty for burial.
Cook with lie*.
Jast Try G. ft. ft. gfoeast.
Wheel of Fortune Man Fined
and Jailed.
MERCHANI HIS PAR1NFR
Sam Street. Who Furnished the
"Trade" Fined $100 and Given Five
Minutes Behind Bars?Woman Al?
lowed to Go Free.
Convicted, of operating ;?. "?heil ol
fortune ' on JefferM.u syVCtMM last Sat?
urday, J, W. Johnson, who < l.itne
Ldrncbburg as hi* home, was liiod
$102.73 and WsdeBCQd l" serve two
?Mtki in Mm elt] jail by Justice
lirown in the pottos) court yeatrrday
morning Sain pUreet, a Jefferson
avenue merchant, who was charged
with allowing Johaooa to operate the
wheel In his place, mac found giiity
of the charge of unlawful gaming and
fined #102 70 and sentenced to live
minute,! in Jail Mrs Matilda Johnson,
who was charged with the same of?
fense and who wa operating ihe
wheel when Detective .Sergeant Rey?
nolds broke up the game, was allow
ed to go, the charge against h< r being
dlaaian ed.
Street noted an appeal to the Cor?
poration Court und was bailed by
Justice Brown foi bid appearance at
the next term ot the higher court.
The hond was ti\. il at $-'.". and Wil
i.am earner was accepted as security.
I Johnson was unable to pay his tine
and was sent to jail Unless he pays
the $102.75 fine. h< must si rve tnree
months extra time, making five
months in all. The police are Hold?
ing the "wheel of fortune" to bo used
as evidence in the Corporation Court
when the appealed case is tried. As
soon as that case is disposed of the
?loci will he broken up.
Willie Jones, the negro, who wa.s
arrested bv Patrolman M< -si. k Sat?
urday on the charge of "picking' the
pochet of another negro in the crowd
around the "wheel ol fo: tune." was
ordered held for the jjrand jury by
Justice Brown yeeterdaj m< ruing The
I "Peking" of the negro's pocket led
I to the arrest of Johnson and his wife
' and the summoning of Street to court.
! Patrolman Meselck phoned Sergeaut
I Reynolds uliout the activity of pick
i pockets in the crowd around the
j wheel and the sergeant harried to tne
scene.
Immediately after arriving at the
place. Sctg.ant Reynolds asked John?
son ahead the wheel and the man sad
that he had secured i license from
Commissioner of the Revenue It W.
Crump to operxte it It afterwards
developed that he had secured a
license from trie commissioner to sell
fancy articles.
(INSURANCE OFFICERS
I WILL GIVE BOND I0DAY
Daniel B. Harris is iii and Will Not
Be Able to Appear
Hers.
Attorney J. Winston Read, of conn
pa| for the convicted officials of the
Southeastern Cnderwriters' A ... ia
lion, vcm rdav notified Ju-stice lirown
that the remaining eight men who
failed to appear in this city for trial,
will come here today to give bond for
their apearanc- at the September term
ol the CoriKiration Court when lb-!
<i.se will conic up on an ?pi>eal from
the decision of Justice Itrnwn tm|>ov
lug a tiuc of $"."ii each on the officer*.
tieneral Manager I mtiirl B. Harris,
cue of those who failed r? appear, is
ill at his home in Atlanta and will
Ih1 i.nable to appear in t?erson to give
bond. The oth.r men who will appeSsf
Natay ire It. T. t'.ildweli. lonrae H.
CeeMaa, it. m. f#cafeec, j. s. Middle
tori an I II M. Tanner, of Atlanta.
<ia : A. !.. Urook.i and liana I'.laekmoro.
-I Columbus, Ca. and H. C. Hat .?. of
..fccksonville. H. J. Smtth appeared
last maak and gave bond !>? fore Pja
t ire Bl P. Semmes.
DOOM IS SOUNDED FOR
FIRECRACKERS ON F0UR1H
American Civic Association Predicts
Such Way of Celebration ia
Thmq o* Past.
illy Aasm-tetrd Pr.-sso
i Washington. Inly " Inspirol
, by the success of th* "sa'e and
Fininh of July, this .,ar. the
; Amertevr Civie A*?octa: pjot, which
las taken a ieadina pat' in ihe rru-1
arie aaalasi the Jjrecra? k. r-' bserat
? - and plasters. announce thai;
I I' ' wRI exert Its efforts f..r grea'erj
i and more paaPBPP lajpajM DP) MM.
In a slat, m -at made !nday over th.-'
i?ignature of its prentdcn1. .1 Horace
M<Parland and its secretary. Richard
it Watrnti... the association expresses
'he opinion that "th" Amern .in peo
advsnee of nest
a.lcuuat c provis
r "f rvea mavr pk*a.
reeakl of th* asHon than
Cook Wsj? Oca.
SOCIA7.-PER30NAL.
Mr. and Mis H l> Balllj ciitcrla.n.
od a large huinb? i <>i tiicnds .Monday
?I a BBRBtC at i hei r home, "hi
itaiicho." on the J > nies river near
Oyster Point Alioiii fifty two people
attended and the day vva- picas miiy
spent In boating, fishing, iMItMll !t"d
later in card playing.
Mr. and Mi-. Alte rt W Ifcuightrey
and children. Mr and Mrs Henry
l); uglitrey, ,\|r.- I Ii Nelins and .Mi
Ii P Uaughtrcy have returned Iroin
their old home in Naiiseiiiond county,
where tlioi utt>-tided a family reunion
on .luly -4.
Mr and Mrs II. It Itailey will
have this morning for Ma.-.sanetta,
Ko<-kliridge county, where they will
j speed the retn.i.nder <?! the .-uinnicr.
Mis? Annie 11 Conwav |*J Twenty
i seventh itiett, has as hef pjucet, Miss
I I'alillie Helen HHlMw, of l/IWt, CarO.
; line < null! vv
HATTIE LEE WHIPPED.
Mother Carries Out Sentence of Judge
Barham in Larceny Case.
I After um? had pleaded guilty to the
, charge ol iK'tif larceny before Judge
! Harham In the CoriMira' ion Court vis
I terdav morning. Hattie l.ce. a thirteen
?> ear-old negro girl, was taken to the
j basement of the court bouse and her
'mother administered tweni.v live
lashes on her hack wi'h a whip. Judge
Harham sentenced the girl to he whip?
ped by the city sergeant, but the
mother volunteered to < xc iite Ike
sentence. Sergeant Mugler says that
the more (he woman plied Use whin
the more furious she became and ho
lad to stop her after tvvcnly-flv;
iashes nad been administered.
Cook With Gas.
Funeral of Little Boy.
Pun ral services over the remains
Jl little Frank Williams Smith, who
died Monday, will be conducted this
fiteriiooii at 2 o'clock by Rev. S. U
Naff and Rev. T. Y. Seymour, at the
I lesideiiee of the child's parents, Mr.
i and Mrs. W. 11. Sini'h. PM Twenty
(etfhth street. The body will be in
t? rred at Gretnlawn cemetery.
Case Nolle Prosequied.
In the t orooiation Couu yestenlav,
t 'oniinonwi alth s Attorney Betitele)
entered a noli" proseijui in the case
of David A. Allen, charred with malic,
ions shooting. The negro was iricil
twice and in each instance a hung
jury resulted. Allen shot at mm negro
and hit another in the knee. |
Automobile? -Call W. K. House.
I TIM MIHI I lllimnn, on Hunting
j l"ti avenue, have as their gu?>*t, their
cousin. Miss manche Hi?MB ot
\\ a. hiiigton. I) C
Mis s- Flossie i ? p,-arson, who has
been visiting her sister, Mis.i Hertha
Pi arson, in Hichitioml, has returned ?
BOOM. 1
M M laei St? wart has returned from
? visit to retellves la Ho moke and
Kudford. i
j Mrs. a. KarasekL oa Thlrty-tatrd
strict, has as her gu"st. her sister,
I Hum Millie rfeeht, of New York.
Mr George Kreeth is visiting
Uvea in York, Pa.
la
Capital Dry Goods House
2910-2912 Washington Avenue
Leinene Suits
>f a good quality of White Ltaeai
regular i2.?S value.
.$1.98
Ungerie Dresses
BtytJahly made and ? labora'cly trimmed with lace and embroidery?
assorted shades of li;:lit blue, piiik, lavender and White; $CJM values.
Special .?4.9a.
Mi's M-ftlo Lee Spencer has gone
: for a visit with leJathrea in K:ch-|
j moiidaahVest Point and Plyinoittn i
I Miss Gertrude Mitchell is visiting]
relatives in Koanoke.
How Much Have You
Saved the Last Year?
WATCH YOUR OPPORTUNITY
When you see a tood thing take it. Now Is the time to Btart a aav
Mlss Margaret Thomas h is return?
ed from P< rtsiuouth. where she vi*11
ad relatives.
Miss Marg.Tot Weaver left yester?
day for Southwest Virginia, when
will visit relatives.
Btkt
Ings account. Prospects wero never better.
Miss Ella Kea, ?ho has been vi-it
lag M ss Fannie slater, in Ka.-t Mad
has returned to her home bj BBsttt
11.1,1.
] ^liss Mabel Slater ri turned yest
dav irom the Jamestown F.xposition
I grounds where she eh1 Had friend
1 Mils Minnie Hell vtkin.s Bl<WpanllHl
! her and w.ll be her guest in this c ity.
R. W. West Quakes.
R. W. West, who was elected to
the common council from the Third
'?ard las' mouth, qualified for office
before Judge Harham in the Cor|>ora
tion Court yesterday.
Eight Drunks Arrested.
Klght plain drunks" wore picked up
i try the police yesterdav and locked Bp
i.l (he station house. Mos; of the
I iaits" were "hang-over.-" from Mot)
Cay.
Just Try G. B. S. Special.
A Pleasant Surprise
j That's what you've got comma
i wh.-n you get your first month's gas
bl!l for rooking and lightning.
I We venture the opinion tuat It will
: not be one-half as large as you ti
; v ct. d it would be.
If fob think that gas is too aa>
pensive for you to use for cooking
why not satisfy yourself on thai
point?
We'll c.'.arge you nothing for tell
, Ing fuaj about what the amount ot
t gas you'd likely use wculd cost yoa
? each month Just think of the com?
f1 rt swefre missing by not hsvtag a
grs range
Newport News
! Gas Co. 1
Offleo Cor. 31st. aad WaanlDgtoa
i aeeejor. Roth pbenea No. $4. New I
, port New?. Va
Put Your Savings Into a Home
Buy a lot while they are cheap. Build ycur home. The money you
savr paying rent will pay for your home.
We have lots for sale or lease in all parts of tbc city OUR TERMS
ARE EASY. Call at our office and talk it over.
OLD DOMINION LAND CO.
HOTEL WARWICK BUILDING.
NEWPORT NEWS. VIRGINIA.
"Schmelz Brothers, Bankers"
Stands for
Satisfactory Service
and
Four Per Cent. Interest
The Largest and Strongest Bank in the City
The BANK OF SERVICE
It is our constant endeavor to give th? be?t popsihl?
servil e to our patron* au-1 if you waut Im In-nt yoa
fhouM op^n an ac<x>uut with up.
Citizens ?Marine Bank
& SECURE PROMPT POLITE 0
BROADWAY Store
2905 7 Washington Ava
Special
Sale
Women's, Misses'
and Children's
Oxfords and
Pumps
Tan or black; at very low
prices.
Sizes .". lo S reduced to . 50c
Sizes $1 to it redwood to 65c
and 75c.
Sizes 11J to 2 reduced to
75c and $1.00.
BROADWAY Store
2905-7 Washington Ave.
THE RIGHT PLACE
To get yi ur old suits made to
look new.
LADIES' FINERY A SPECIAL?
TY.
All work is done by the
French dry cleaning process,
and is deoikrizcd after being
cleaned. You can save at least
M i>er cent of your clothing
by having your clothes cleaned
by this process.
GENTLEMEN
Ikm't forget that soft domestic
finish given your shirts, col?
lars and cuffs when laundered
by us. Our wagon will call
for, and deliver, all work with
dispatch. B?th 'phones No.
in.
MODERN. MODEL AND UP
TO-DATE.
Hotel Warwick Laundry
No. 119 24th. Street.
Newport News, Va.
QOiO OR. T
? S? ii mmrmmm
THEEL. 535 I, 6th
Ample Guarantee!
The resource* of the FIRST NATIONAL BANK, of Newport
Newa, arc ampie guarantee ef its Financial strength. Tour account
and banking business Invited.
The First National Bank
United States Depositary. Newport News, Va
CAPITAL. $100.000; SUR PL UM 100.000.
""'WOOD
(I cord Pine Wood S1.7SI
! j cord Mixed Wood $ 1.8(1
i cord Oak 'Yood $1.8i|
No Extra Charge for Splitting.
I All coal welt screened and kept uo|
'? der she.N, pott Bjaanj and coal tieicl
I '
delivered perfectly dry.
DISTILLED ICE CO.
35th St. and C- A O Ry
I Bell 'Phone 98. Cite 'Phone SC a|
j DR. H. H. ADAIfsJ
VETERINARY SURGEON
Off.ee Caffte's Livery Stable.
BOTH PHONES, NO. *
HULL & HULL
Graduate : Opticians
WMul >EHVICK
WHAT IS A BARGAIN?
A Bargain 1? (Jetting Just What You Want When You Want It!
Price cuts no real figure In a bargain - it's the value that counts. We offer you exceptional values
in Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry and Silverware. Don't forgat that we have a good repair department.
FLORY-ROYALL CO., Inc.
hsmoaaoer to J. H. SPRAGUE. Newport News Va.
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