The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-02
BALLOT TO
Be SECRET
Plan for the Municipal Primary
to be Used III Peters
Burg.
BANKRUPTCY PETITION
Petersburg Firm Secures Con-
tract for Gral1olitl1ic Flooring
on Coast Line Bridge.
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Especial to Tho Times Dispatch)
& PETERSBURG. VA, April 1.-The sub
committee OF tho Democratic City Cen
trail Committee have prepared q plan for
tho approaching municipal primary,
recommending that the secret ballot be
rsed that all qualified white Democrats
be allowed to participate; that candidates
for the office OF mayor be assessed $50
each. and candidates for tho Board OF
Aldermen and Common Council $3.50 each.
The total qualified vote Of tho city is
about 1900, and 1t is not thought that
moro than $50 votes will be pollcd at
the primary.
Manhattan Cafe, In Sycamore Street, to-
day. through his attorney. Bartlett
ROPER, Jr. filed n petition in bankruptcy.
rho liabilities are about $500 and assets
S).7oO.
Mr. r. n. Jackson has withdrawn
from the real estate firm OF Griffin ana
Jackson and accepted supervisory po-
sition with the Standn rds OIL Company on
the circuit including Richmond. Norfolk,
Wilmington, Savannah, Jacksonville and
Havana.
! HN#NtE 1'IJl\lCE IlNH.
According To the report OF the police
department there we're 123 arrests In Pc
1crsburg during March. for tho follow
jng causes: Assault and battery. s; lar
ccny 10; violation city ordinances. 63i
felony, Z; lunacy, 2; misdetneanor, g.; fu-
Eitivc, assault peace warrant. tGspass.
,agrancy, each l; suspicion. %
George Brown. cooreh, was to-day COM
mittcd to Jail for three months on the
charge of theft. Brown acknowledged
that seeing the door of Mrs. Newton's
hoY,s., open, he walked In. and after go
ing through trunks and bureaus, took
several articles which caught his fancy.
II negro lad, Robert Fitzgerald, was
ordered whipped to-day In Police Court.
The boy entered the premises OF Mrs.
Lawrence. in High Street and stole o.
child's bicycLs. The wheel was recov-
cred.
GRANOLITHIC CONTRACT. Il
Messrs. Parkinson and Finn. OF Peters
burg. have secured the contract for lay
Ing the granollthic flooring OF the now
PORTIONS of the james River bridge OF
the Atlantic Coast Line at Richmond.
There are about 1000 square yards To be
covered. The same firm has been award
cd the contract for laying about loo
SQUARE yards of granite blocks on the
yard Of this Seaboard Air Line on Mar
ket street.
All the Bible stud,, classes OF men will
unite for rally Sunday afternoon at
the Academy Of Music. The exercises
viii be under the ausplces OF thu Young
Mems Christian Association. and the
pastors and teachers Of the classes Will
deliver addresses.
Tho classes. which will participate, arc
the Phoenix class, of High Street Aletho-
dist Church; Seward class. OF First Metho-
G. or-t flIo of
street Methodist Church.; Star OF Hope
class OF West Street Methodist Church,;
Star of Hope class. OF High Street Meth
odict Church: Bernard Mann's class. OF
ST. Johns Episcopal Church; j. e.
Jcncs's class OF Ettrick Methodist
Church: Old Ship of Zion class. Of Wash
inston Street Methodist Church: Wesley
Memorial class. Of Wesley Methodist
Church; the Patterson class. Of Second
PRESBYTERIAN Church: Ett1ck class. Of
Etrrick Baptist Church: Holt Doane
class. OF West End Baptist Church.