The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-01
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ELLIS WATT IS.
Member, Charged With Steal
ing. Desires Damages.
DlNWlDDlE is GOING !: DRY : IE'''''
Entertainment at the Academy for Old
Blandford Church Was a Distinct
success.ADr. .. r. Beckwith
viii Practice In Petersburg. AZ
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~ PETERSB URG,f VA, April S0.--One or
Of tho HARRISON street Baptist Church
.(colored) held Monday night. undor the
direction Of tho Corporation Court Of this
.oity.& Rev. Ellis Waits. the pastor,
charged ono Of the members with steal
Ing funds from the church to tho amount
of $780, 1t&is now said thnt this mem
,bcrS will bring suit against Watts Tor
damages. 70
The entertainment given at the Acad.
envy OF Music tonight for tho benefit OF
tho old Blandford Church fund was q
distinct SUCCESS. Miss Dunkel who train
ed SO successfully tho cast for tho "Oid
Maids Convention" trained the cast TINS
evening. j5t IS. IA
i Dr.. Julian r Beckwith, son OF Mr..
~. s. Bcckwith, OF this City VIII come me
to Petersburg to practice medicine. Pr.
Bcokwith graduated from the University
& OF Virginia four yea rs ago and since
that time has been practiclng in the hos
pitfalls of New York, and recently passed
an examination before tho New YORK
Atedicnn Board. II
Tho Petersburg Iron Works Company
yesterday placed twelVe-inch shell on
the top OF the enrthworlss at the era
ter" These shells arc ma do by this COM
pany for tho United States government,
and are over three feet In length ana
weigh about thousand pounds Mr. z:
y A. Clarke, tho well-knoWn battlefield
guide. will have one placed near the
monument at Fort Steadnlan. 5i !. AIS ),
aSThe Hatch Adams Midway Carnival
Company will show In Petersburg one
week, beginning May 4th. The shows are
being given under tho auspices OF the
Uniform Rank knights Of .Pyt tht, Or
this cty. saS
Revival meetings are still in progress
ut IIigh-Strcet and Wesley # Methodlst
churches and much interest is being man
Tested. Rev j. a. Thomas, of Wesley
Church, Is beng assisted by Rev. s.. 9.
Hatcher pastor OF Market-Street Church.
Reyl George Wesley Jones, OF Norfolk,
ID assisting Rev. George u. Booker, az
High Street Church. &. :. ],
The report OF DR.. Martin, Health Officer,
for the month ending April 20, 1909, shows
the total number Of deaths to be 36-white
is eolored 81. A or this number 8 were
under five years Of age and 10 over flfty.
Rate Of mortality whole population l7.2S
per 1000 por hnnun, white 10, 4coiooleo
1888. i, :,
Is largo delegation OF the members OF the
local councils OF American Mechanics Is
expected to visit Liberty Council !. \ Ma IN
chester. on the evening OF May l2tn.
General stith Boiling and Messrs. r.
r. Craddock and walter Fl. Young were
elected delegates to the conference !. J; IN
Richmond to-day, at a meeting Of the r
Tobacco Association held In this CITY
yesterday The conference IS held I1or
ihe nurpose Of recommending a represen-.
tative to present the tobacco interests OF
Virginia nj the st. Louis Exposition.
Right Rov. "A. M. Randolph preached ana I,
administered the rite Of combination OF
I ST. Stephens Episcopal Church tonight:
: Rev. a. FL Hall, a retired member. OF
the Methodist Conference, Is quite SICK ss
at his home on Harrison Street.