The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-06
NEWS GATHERED
FROM SOUTHS|DE
Professor Hoke, OF Maryland,
Chosen Principal Of Man
chester School.
MISS TAYLOR MAY BE. ASST
All Old Teachers Elected-Clear
Water Committee
Meets.
MISS TAYLOR MAY BE ASST
Manchester Bureau, Times-Dispatch,
$500 NO HOP Hull Street.

NO. HOP Hull Street.
The City School Board met last night
and elected Professor Hoke, of En-
school for the coming session. Profess
sor Hoke is man Of experience alonS
educational lines and a full graduate.
He took course at the University OF
Virginia and comes highly recommends
ed. There We're q large number Of np-
plications for the place.
IS All OF the old teachers were elected,
but no one was chosen as assistant
principal. Miss Bessie Taylor, sis
ter of Miss Constance Taylor, who
taught here last year, was also elected.
Miss Taylor, has been teaching at
Hampton for several years, and 1t Is
more than probable that she will be
elected as assistant principal.
The board had a large number Of
applications for teachers In the pri-
mary department.. and on account Of
this they deferred the election Of these
until Tuesday night next at which
time they will decide upon an assist
ant principal.
Allow Other Valves.
The joint Committee on Clear Water
matters of interest. The most Inn
4 portant action taken by the committee
was the allowance Of the Fairbanks
s valve being Installed at the plant In
the place of the Jenkins valve. which
specified in tho contract The
Jenkins valve does not answer the pur-
pose as well as it should and the Fair
banks does the proper work. This
valve Is higher priced than the
jenkins. 1t will be remembered that
the question OF valves has caused
more trouble at the plant than any
other feature. OF the work.
Those present st the meeting were
Messrs j. r. Perdue. w ]. Stiles. G.
8 IS, Wells, J. r. Green, It. Z. Taylor,
Charles Z. Page, Colonel G. P. Il. Bur
gwyn, Charles Sharp and DR.. J. S.
Whitfield.
The Board Of Water Commissioners
met and only transacted routine bust
ness.
No Quorum.
The street Committee met yesterday
afternoon, being unable to secure 9
quorum on Wednesday night. Owing
to the fact that quorum was not pres
ant. it was moved that the committed
meet on Monday night at s O'clock.
The Cemetery Committee met yes
terday afternoon and transacted rou
tine business. Bills for the month
were approved, and the report OF thu
superintendent was received ant
adopted This committee Will meet OF
Il Monday at 4 o'clock at the cemeter!
for the purpose of giving Enginee
Laprade some desired information.
People Offended.
Tho congregation of Fifth Stree
Methodist Episcopal Church are niue
offended, and in fact exercised, on &C
count of the conduct OF TWO police or
hcers OF Chesterfield county. A com
mittee from this church planned pic
mic TO be held at Forest Hill on tn
4tl of July It has been customar
for such entertainments to be fire.,
from taxation. but in this case one Q
the members paid tax OF somethin
more than SIS. having been notified b
the police that 1t would he necessar
TO take out license.
A member of the church. in speakin
of the matter, stated that one of,thes
officers conducted the SODA fountain 9
the park and that the other was mar
hger al the swimming pool.
II has been said that the matte
Il would he taken to the Board Of Super
vlsors, and, II necessary, to the court
Dnke-Coolse.
- auicl nome wedding was soleHl
nizeh on, Thursday morning in tn
home OF tbs bride, Miss Omega Cook
No, $40 Fast Nineteenth Street whe
she became the wife OF Edward Duk,
OF Richpond, The ceremony was pei
formed by the Rev. j. c. CRANBERRY
Jr., pastor OF Asbury Church. Mr.
Cranberry wife OF the minister. playe
the wedding march as The couple en-
tered the parlor.
q Immediately alter the ceremony, M
and Mrs. Duke left for Washinpto,
Baltimore and sAJamesto@n Expositior
ON their return they VIII make lthei
home al No. $40 East Nineteenth stree
A Manchester couple were weddc
an Washington on Thursday, ,hey bein
Miss Esse Andrews ard Mr.. Rlcha,
ferguson. They will reside at Ole,
. snth and McDonough stfssts.
55g Personals aud Briefs.
& The Finance Committee called
meet last night. failed TO get "a gu