The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-14
,MR. ELDERS BODY
FOUND in RIVER.
Man Who Had Been Missing
Since Saturday Drowned in
Appomattox.
MRS. BAIRD GETS DAMAGES
Awarded soa5 in Suit Against
City for Personal Injuries.
Other Petersburg News.

rSpeeialto The Times-Dispatch.J
PETERSBURG, VA, May LATHE
body of drowned white man found
In the AppomattoS River at swans
IaIana lust below this city about
balf.nast 3 o'clock this afternoon,
has been identified by w. II. Elder OF
This city. as that of his father. 1T. H.
rider who had been missing since
last Saturday, when he drew his .salar!
ri the Seward Trunk and Bag COM
pany's factory and left his son mouse
on South Street about O'Clock, say
ing that he would return IN snort
while. ,
h.. the coroner, DR.. II. G. Leigh, who
decided that an inquest was not nee.
eesary. The drowned man was SIXTY
wears old and resided with his son.
Mrs. Baird Gets Damages.
rhe sun of ss25 damages was award
ID NV a. Jury in the Hastings
Cour. this evening to Mrs. Mamie
II. Baird, in her suit against
the city OF Petersburg for $4,000
Tor injuries alleged TO have been
! sustained October 10, 1906. by falling
into trench dug at Washington ana
Market Streets by the Southern Con-
struction Company, which had a con-
tract with the city for some sewer
+ work there, and the plaintiff claimed
failed to place proper warnings 10 tne
public around the scene OF It's work,
thus causing her accident. Mrs. Baird
was Represented by w. r. McKenney
and r. n. Mann, City Attorney George
Mason appearing for the city. The
American Bonding Company. of Balti-
more. bondsmen for the Southern Con-
struction Company in its contract with
: the city, was represented by Floyd
! Hughes. of Norfolk.
il Released on HnbcnS Corpus.
Bennett Jackson and S. w. Weaver,
I travelling agents, representing the Chi
cago Crayon Company. who were ar
rested at Dendron. in Surry county,
Tuesday, May 5th. for soliciting orders
/. In the county without a license. and
were sent to jail in default of $50
fine. imposed by Justice of the Peace
Arthur Rogers, which they refused to
pay. We're released last evening on a
writ of habeas corpus. issued by Judge
j. F. West, at Waverly, r. B. Wilcox,
Jr,, of Petersburg. and r. W. Withel1
ofsSuffolk, appearing as counsel for the
prisoners, the Commonwealth being
represented by commemorative Attor-
ney j. Gordon Bohannan. Counsel for
the defense maintained that Jackson
and Weaver were engaged in interstate
commerce and under such conditions
were not required to obtain county
license.
Will BE Represented.
The Petersburg Chamber of Com
merce will be represented at the meet
ing of the executive committee of the
Virginia Farmers Institute in Rich
lnond next Friday, when decision viii
be made as to the place of holding the
next annual convention of the institute
After opening bids, the road board
of Dinwiddie county has decided to
have the improvement of the public
roads Of the county. as far as Burgess.
done with teams and material employed
under the supervision of State High
way Commissioner st. John Wilson, of
Richmond, work to commence about
June lst.
1t is understood that Congressman
Francis r. Lassiter will not be able to
address the schools at Greenbay, Prince
Edward county, as the adjournment of
Congress Will not take place in time,
which proviso Major Lassiter stated in
his acceptance of the invitation
Nurses Graduating Exercises.
The graduating exercises of the
Petersburg Training School for Nurses
at the Petersburg Hospital, will take
place Tomorrow, evening at the hall OF
the Chamber on Con4aerce, when d.
plomas will bss"cofferred upon the mem
bers of this years graduating class
Mayor Haynes. of Minneapolis, MINI.
and Mr.. and Mrs. j. l.. Dawsonf and
their daughter. of St. Louis, Mo, who
have been attending the National Con-
ference of Charities and Correction. ii