The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-05-27
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Received Diplomas at Exercises
les terday
Mr.. WAX &. IEL D AN 0 HIS D oG.
.Projectile Found Near Drewry's Bluff
Funeral of Mrs. Bahen-Wed-
ding Bells Manchester
News Items.
NJ WA EFIELD AN D HIS. DOC.

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Manchester Bureau, Richmond Times.
N O. 11O2 1ull Street.
Eight bright and happy scholars Of the
Manchester High School received "a re-;
ward for their labors yesterday at the
closing exercises Of the school, when DR..
w. Mathews, on behalf Of tho teach
ers presented to each a diploma of grad :
uation. Seven Of the eight are girls
AS Principal Fitzgerald raped for
order at 1880 O'Clock, there was many q
smiling face upturned to their teachers,
waiting anxously for the word which
would either buoy their hopes up, or cast
them down, as failure or success meant.
Few of the scholars failed. The per
centage in all the classes is very Crafty.
ing to the principal and the trustees OF
the schools s.iss
These are the happy ones who finished
school. Misses "A. A Edna Bayley, Mabel
S. Brands, Vara A. zDuVal, E. Pearl
Hinnant, Hattie Kelly, Bessie Page, Emma
NJ. Perdue, Matte e. Walker, and last
but by no means lea st Mr.. Carter Turpin,
the only boy who completed his course
in high school this year. The last two
scholars finished in May, while -ne others
were from February.
Miss Virgie Craze q pupil in Mr.. b:
L. Smiths room. received the medal Tor
percentage of the nigh school. IN pre-
senting it., Mr.. Pulliam made splendid
talk BY way OF ejecting some humor
in the proceedings, he said, lie looked
for the young lady to be the Craze OF
Manchester.
Principal Fitzgerald raped for order at
1890 and the merry throng became Inn
mediately all attention. Mr.. *Pulllam, SUI
Eperintendent Of the schools, presided at
the exercises Mr. Pulian said in OPEN
ing that the first thing brought to as
mind by the presence of so many happy
faces was the flowers of the earth. A
beautiful bouquet, which shed its frag-
rance over the land. All flowers are
beautiful said Mr.. Pulliam. but the
faces of the happy young ladies i see
before me now are far more beautiful
Without education child was as
flower without its perfume. Whereas the
girl or woman or man who grew up edu-
Gated was fitted in every way to walk
through this life, casting sunshine and
happiness to those with whom they were
thrown.
The music rendered by the class Of
Miss Lizzie Bohannan was highly en-
joyed
COUNCILMAN FAXED.
Mr.. S. Wakefield. OF the First
Ward, who has the honor of representing
his people in the City Council, and who
is generally looked upon as being man
capable of dealing with all corners, mas
been faxed He has been worked. by
Petersburg man. Not only, has he been
worked to the Queens taste, but he has
had to do some tall explaining to mae
a certain Mr.. Harvey. Of the Cockade
City, believe that he did not annex his
dog, while he the said Wakefield, was
in Petersburg watching the Manchester
base ball team get defeated.
It happened in this manner: Mr.. Wake
field with friend went to the aforesaid
city to watch the aforesaid game. Wine
there he met a very jocula<~- gentle
man, who sold him a fine looking canine
for the moderate sum of So. The dog
was warranted to be of the very best
make, and would not run down at the
heel. After seeing the game. the party
of the first part, who represents the
aforesaid ward came back to Manchester.
The said canine also came. Only two
days did the animal stay in Manchester
however, when he suddenly and without
any warning left The next day the
police of the Cockade City We're looking
for a man in Manchester who had abb
Quoted a dog. Mr. Wakefield went over,
and after about two hours. explained the
matter to the satisfaction of the gentle
man. Now Mr.. Wakefield is looking for
the man who sold him the dog. while the
owner of the dog is looking for the dog.
sPROJECTILE FOUND.
AS employees under Superintendent
5Phelt. of the Petersburg Electric Road,
we're doing some excavating near Drew
RVS Bluff last Friday a proectile was ull-
earthed, and found after examina ton to
be intact, ready for instant use if it We're