The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-22
NEWS GATHERED
F ROM S0U1H5|DE
DR.. Cridlin to Make Commence
mcnt Address at Oak Grove
Academy.
ZEAL SECURES LICENSE

nov. Or. Cridlin left yesterday after-
noon FOR Belona, Powlatan county wllsrc
he Is scheduled to deliver the commence
ment address for Oak Grove Academy
TO- day. The Academy Is conducted ~
Miss E;stelle Rtdd and Is concluding, ai,er
n very successful session. Dr. Crionii
will spend about n week N that sec t.
as he was pastor Of PeterVille, zine
crock and Red Lane Churches about
th,rtv Years ago. He Will return TO
Manchester on Saturday. 4g
Mr.. w. A. Ncal Secures License.
In the Corporal ton Court YESTERDAY
morning Mr. William a. Neal was grant
cd a license by Judge Clopton to con-
duct a liquor business at Eighth ana
Hull Streets.
This place was closed In February by
Judge C.lopton in an Injunction SUIT
brought by Mr. Alexander Donald, on
account Of the alleged breaking OF a
contract between the parties by Mr.
Neal the agreement being that Mr.. Neal
was not TO open a saloon IN Manchester
for q period OF two years. inc time
expired on May 6, 1906. and accordingly
the Injunction ceased to be in force. Mr..
Neal will open his place to-day and VIII
be assisted by Mr.. orrin Belcher.
Mr.. j l.. Holiday applied for license
K 10 conduct a saloon on upper Hun Street.
The Judge held the petition until to-
day.
rho case OF Alexander Robertson,
charged with shooting Topsy Jones was
continued until the july term, at which
time grand jury will be assembled. ,
With the Police.
J. l.. Irwin and James York. both
white. appeared yesterday morning be-
fore the Mayor on the charge Of fighting
1T the carnival Saturday night. Both
men were fined Is and costs. ~
T.. Woodbridge Richard Woodbridge and
Matte Robinson. all colored and a. G..
Cook. white. were before the court.
charged with fighting at Seventh and
Hull Streets. When Sergeant Wright
arrived on the scene the negroes We're
getting the best of Cook. All of them
were fined IS and costs. except Cook
who did not appear. A rule was issued
for him. e e$
Dan N1addrea and Irwin Bailey appears
ed on the charge Of fast driving. They
were each fined $3.50 and costs
Personals and Briefs.
Harold. the eight months-old son of
Mayor Maurice, was painfully scalded
Sunday morning by the ovcrturning Of a
tub Of hot water. DR. Merchant was
called In The accident Is not serious.
Miss Evelyn Goodwin. of near Drewry's
Bluff. is i'll In her home.
Mr.. Robert French, who has been Wis
itlng relatives for the past week. re-
turned last night tos Bedford City, where
he Is managing some railroad work for
the Bradley Construction Company.
a called meeting of the fWoman's Mis-
sionary Society OF cambridge Street Bap-
list Church will be held in the Baptist
parsonage, No. 1920 Porter s~:eet. this
afternoon at 5 O'Clock.
Mrs B. a. Baber. Of No. ITO semmes
Street, who has been sick for the past
two weeks. has recovered.
Squire Cheatham yesterday morning
heard the charges against Robert NJ
Dorm, OF Pttsburg. charged with opcr
ating a gambling device near Forest Hill
Park Sunday afternoon The case was
taken under advlsement. and Dorm was
baied by V. Stein. on whose place 1t Is
alleged he ran the game.
The funeral Of John f. Ferguson, tho
thrce-y car-old son of Mr.. John Ferguson,
who died at 9 o'clock Sunday morning
In his home, No. IS West Nineteenth
Street. was conducted from the home at
O'Clock yesterday evening by Rev. e.
Y. Badly.