The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-08


SHARP chat tiie work Of building the new
plant svas broEressing satlsfa ctoril W, was AZ
IsretelVed BY the Joint committee. In tlN
|is IL force 81 hands at work On the pl y W =
at THE time, And before the winter Efat'
lfinonthH the plant Will be In operation lli
Chesterfield Schools.
Superintendent 81 Schools William \, II.
IJBihnkonshipi3ofa Chesterfield county, has
Submitted Ills annual report which shows
that8flfty.eiEht white schools and thirty
colored schools have been maintained ~
the county during the year. Inc =, t ~
costs III teachers salaries mas pcetl w.
76O, the average pay Of the " fite tehehfers
being $3o a. month, and the pay !, ~ tie
colored tenchers being 500 per mo n U. t q
dali average d tendance Of tic white
pupils was j 1852, and that Of the NEGROES
wns 7765. 81 Is III .i III 5 !, a,
Fiji Chesterfield county there are eighty 4.
Enve teachersa y and ot,t Of ttiis tlufnber
eightysone are women. There are 4 4 two y
whty men and two colored men teachers.
Bids for Postoffice Site.
Bids for; the new rostofllce site Viii
be opcnedEto .nlorrow, and there is g great
deal Of Interest among all of the citizens
regarding the location Of the building.
The postoilce, which for years has been
next door to the Mechanics, and Mer-
chants Bank, on Hull street between
Ninth and Tenth Streets, VIII Z be \. tens el
5porarlly moved TO the Leader building,
X d!agohnlly across the street and next 70
tho Bank Of Manchester. This Will pc
the Temperate location until m agent
Il II ON Washington Investigates nll OF the
propositions and makes asl'ecomrr1cnda-
$tlon as to the location Of the nov build I
ling forsStlle city, Congress- having. lnade
8nnaapproprlntion for the erect on o!;Stthe
structure 3gg ill 5ts q Il
Was Punished Enough.
!5$9Jaincs & Robinson. the negro who was
taken III charge BY the city officials a fter
Z no had been bumped By a Petersburg car
was charged I'm Police Court yesterday
morning on the charge Of being disorder.
Nv. The negro fought witt several 9 ther3
negroes on Hull street, and the crowd
caught a. Petersburg car I'D at sn K late
hour Saturday night Robinson must
must have gotten The worst OF the bar
gain FOR ho$left the car at stop No.Is12
and rested himself on tho trnck 4. -
chi. coming u to Richmond knocked him
OF the rails and then brought him to
Manchester. where he was arrested
him yesterday "A III ,s5 .s45
M orion Out Of City.
Mr. William Paul. hondsman for John
Morton, one of the three young men
charged with breaking and entering
llotse at BellWood, and stealing copper
wire the property Of the Passeng ger and ;
Power Company, Is anxious that the po--
lice find the young man and lock him up. 4
The last heard Of Morton, afters he was /
bailed in the sum OF 800, with Mr.. Paul
as securit y, was that he was In Newport
News. MI "a
y Mr.. r uywasstold by the county officials
that they did not have togarrest4 the man
unless he was surrendered to them after
he was Y bailed.8 Unless Morton appears
before the Chesterfield court the bond
will be forfeited. u I'M
A Live. Dead Man. q
n Claude Jones the white man. who some
months ago telegraphed his wife here
from Roanoke that he was "a cad, u arrived
~ Manchest err vest the first
place he visited was the Rollde Court.
Many times In the past he had been a !
prisoner there, and yesterday he enjoyed
the novelty bling a spectator. Some
months ago, Jones, who had been sepa-
rated from his wife by a kli,d of#mutual
went to- Roanoke. and from there
telegraphed to Manchester that.ehe:.had !
been killed. Sd II i55i n F} 3 5
Personals and Briefs.
Z Chief Of Police Lipscomb spent yester-s
lay in Norf ok. r. e4returned lastSnight..$|
The ,Manchester Aerie OF Eagles will |
rim a mopnl ght exeursongto Dutch Gap
IN Thursday Mig hit: There will be music,
a nj dancing. stg3
Mr.. j. n T. CaWthorn. formerly Of Man
chester, but now a member OF the Bait
more Police Force is3 visiting friends in
he6city. He has mot been here for many
ears and sees many improvements, NJ;
A lawn party Will be given In. t he home
# Mrs. ". Il Duke. Fourteenth and
Railroad Stree s,S Tomorrow, Friday and
night The proc eds will 90 to
he benefit of the buldlng fund Il OF 4 CO.
Yardin Avenue Christian Church HI tssSaEll IS
Miss Eva Martin, Of Mo- SIG . West
Tenth Street, left yes terday to visit
riends In $Wlnterpock. 81
Misses Ida. Presson and Colleen Belch-il
Mrs. Hollywood, of No Jos West Sixth
Street 81 H IL.
Y The Manchester KlnderEarte ten will open
Monday. September oath, at $3.50 o. clock.
There Is much interest among the pa
'ents Of children in the city about the
Association which y was
,ut recently organized. sSi.5 I {.
Mr., John Latham, who recently was
severely injured while using al tel ephone7
n Alexandria, Va. has returned to the
,ity. and Is with his parents tat Tenth
and Hull Streets. He is much improved,
md will not suffer any; III effects from
he shock. ~ 4gi:S 4 VI
Miss Daisy Royal, OF No. 1922 Hull
Street, who has been Visiting relatives in
Amelia county has returned to the city.
Miss Elizabeth Clayton, OF New York,
$ visiting her grandmother Mrs. Han
,ock, OF West Fifteenth Street. /