The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-05
THE JERICHO:
CANAL SUIT [.
Over Of Dismal Swamp Sues
Water Companyfor Damages
WAX E UMMOND'S LEVEL Il.
The Plaintiff Charges That the Water
Drawn Off for the Canal and Wa as
8sS ter supplyEPurposes Is DAM
"a ID aging His Property.
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L III NORFOLK, VA, April I'D positions
VI WereS taken in the Lake Drum,nond caHe
Ii this morning In the United States Cir,
x puit Court before Commissioners 'Bowd en-.
II william N. Camp, OF FLORIDA has brought
II suit against tho Lake Drummond Canal
d ma Wnter Company for an Injunction
4 70 prevent the depletion OF the water
X pupply!in Lake Dr,iinmond. This plaintiff
\ Rays he is the owner Of nifty thousand 'l,'
i acres OF land IN the Dismal Swamp
A lying Ii Norfolk and Nanscmond coun-
ties, and covered with valuable timber,
A consisting Of Juniper, cypress and gum
" trees, and also Of the waters OF Lake
N Drum ond. There Is q ditch, called the
Jercho Canal. from which tho defend
n Int Is taking water for carrying tim
~ ber III market and TO- supply tho Dismal
X swamp Canal with water The defend
II ant SIS Charged with Decreasing the store
asot water In the lake BY tho use OF water
through tho ditch, and thereby in1uring
III The property Of the plaintiff. Lilo praSs
an Injunction to prevent the waste OF
\ water from, the lake md the deprccia-
Il ton Of the value OF the timber. The de-
~ fendant answers that the supply OF wa
I ter In athc lake is governed by drouEht
y and #provid erco and Is not affected by me
L use Yof the water through the Jerioho
Il ditch. and that the conditions now are
4 rra etlcally the same that they were 100
VI Years Il go 5 The dispositions = takentEtlis
" morning were proof Of the allega tons
iBof}the plaintiff. y
\ LID u OR MEN SENT TO ALL Al !,
S5s In two liquor crusade cases IN tne
police Court this morning two negroes,
= Ice IA orpDtS or Wllt0
3 men, wero found guilty on two charges
4 each ana fined to tho extent OF S10
u anoh. They were not able to pay ana dla a
not give bonds, hence they went TO jan
An default. # These arc the seNerest , sen.
5fiencos t nat have Il been intiloteu. An "
IRE agair1st negroes, both Of whom are
4 nntnrious, Both cases were appealed TO
%thc Corporation Court. where they VII
Ne followed withFlntcrest to learn II they
viii be upheld by the jhry because use OF
&the evidence which except for the po-.
lice detective. is from the 10y west oia.ss
3++nf frenuenters Of low looms, the ponce
are stlll actively pursuing the men n y.
3the g)iouor traffic. and they say that they
VI reA making great reforms IN the chhrac1
Tar of the lrafIlc, but the traffic still con-
stinues IN other places and In other ways ~
/ The results are not apparent Us $500, 70 Wy
e nnn9,an me- evy aTn q
VINE big schooner Grace Davis. Cap
#+aIn Dodge, has been towed into Hamp-
ton Roads in distress, a fter an awful . eS.
rs Deldence In hurricane IN tho GulI
Stream, during which the schooner los.
great many OF her sails, nag net, -, NV ,,,a
* flooded with six feet ofewater ana came
near foundering. One of the sailors wa
Il washed overheard sand when 1T WAS
IN thought that he was lost he WAS "asned
& back on deck again by tho next wave r'
THE Davis left Perth AmboS,,, y. ~,
week ago, bound to Jacksonville, WIN VIII: y
rarro 81 coal, She was we'll In Southern
NJ IN ters when she encountered the hnrri-
Il .cane which recently swept UP the coast
d nnl nil but foundercd. Great waves
swept the deck end at times the nun
4 vas submerged The seamen had Try
ing time, and 1t was all they could 90
y 10 stand on deck After the storm had
snhsided II vas found that there was
Z ;s,x ffeet OF water tho hold. Temporary
h sni,s we're rigged and the schooner SLOW.
Il lys#made her way UP the coast. Mhon
b ~ = zane Henry; she was sighted lying
y signals OF distress, and one OF INC Aar
shall tugs took the Dnvis IN tow.
81 COTTON TO CHINA.
&. c,rro Of manufactured cotton goods
555 rrnn, TIC South will be taken from nero
"a "a shan ehnl China, by the British steat ller
ST Eede. now In port y,
M The goods were manufactured from INC
III enw material In ,sSeuth Carolina hno
anrYfa.a5 and the StGpIHerlL W t'
Il country is an event in. this part o. tle
country. 5=5e i, . ooo
Il sans az $Poca hontas coal which 1s 70 pc
delivered at Chez, Foo. -
M The vessel Is being loaded ny me 70
rahontns Coal Company. OF which cast cast
ner Currnn & Bulftt are the agents.
REV William A. Barr, Of st. Lnke's
Episcopal Church and Mrs Barr nrrivea
y home this morning from AshcVllle, n
u where Mr. Barr had been TO recu-
nerate his health after n protracted SICK
4 hess. They went ms fnr as Louisiana. put
4 Ills condition not being so favorable. there.
tl,ey came up to Asheyiile. where he I'M
proved rapidly,
4 ~ F1.oURIsHlING SCHOOL,
The report OF the superintendent OF
1. 1chools OF Portsmouth for the month OF
B March showed the number OF schools IN
4 operation, 80; number Of pupils In average
a laily attendance. 147o4
4 In the Industrial School. which Is not
X altogether under the control OF the School
d Board 1926 girls are taught sewing and
i4o cooking: os9 boys arc enrolled In the
LorIs schools, all OF whom arc doing
Z we'll,
II The condition OF young Clifford
+ Bclweikcrt OF Portsmouth. whose Skull
was fractured during tho storm on last
Monday morning. and who was brought
10 st. Chrlstopher's Hospital, Norfolk.
That sday, where an operation was per-