The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-20
AGED NAN Jay
HELPLESS IN
BLAZING SUN.
Hip Broken 10 N BY Fall, Come.
Illus Peaks Was Unable to
Move and Assistance
Was Long Coming.

No. 102 Hull Street.
Mr.. Cornelius Perks, OF No. 4t2 Co.
wardln Avenue. lies at the Memorial,
Hospital in Richmond. suffering from
the effects OF a fall.
& The accident occurred on Thursday
morning In tho backyard OF the Perks
home, and the injured man. who Is sew.
{cnty-six years old, remained on the
ground helpless for two hours before
assistance came. His wife. 1t Is said
was on her way to Richmond when Mr.
Perks fell, and no one else was In the
house.
With HIS hip broken. unable TO rise.
the old man lay In the blistering sun
!or long time. About IL o'clock tile
tneighbors heard a faint voice calling
for help, and two ladies of the neigh
borliood responded.
Medical attention was at once se-
cured, and MIR. Perks was taken into
his home and later removed to the
Memorial. His condition now is said
to be greatly improved. He is under
treatment by Or. NJ. p Rucker.
Mig Church Addition.
The cambridge Street Baptist
Church, at Eleventh and cambridge
Streets. Is preparing to erect $4,000
annex. which will be Joined to the
main body OF the building
Following the service yesterday
morning a committee was appointed TO
solicit contributions, and the plans
and specifications for the annex will
constructed OF brick and will contain
the ladies' parlors and infant class
rooms on the first floor. On the sec
ond floor, which will be devoted prin-
cipally to men. will be readIng-rooms
and baths. The need for the addition
is created by the remarkable growth
OF the congregation, and especially Of
the Sunday school. The church Is one
OF the most flourishing In the city.
The bridge situation.
The communication from Bridge
Commissioner NJ. a. Campbell. printed
In The Times Dispatch OF yesterday,
lis being widely discussed by the citi-
zens Of Manchester, all OF whom are
deeply Interested in the bridge ques-
ton.
Several citizens said yesterday that
Mr. Campbell's card was the first clear
and succinct account they had yet read
OF the situation. 1t was the general
opinion OF those discussing the sub
Ject that the two cities should no ion
ger temporize with dangerous con-
dition by patch work and small re-
pairs. Neither should the cities permit
the Passenger and Power Company to
become identified with the work, they
thought.
Strong argument was made that a
new bridge should be erected at once.
even IL 1t would require joint bond
issue, and II was freely declared that
Manchester would cheerfnlly bear her
part In. the expenses incident to the
Shriner Nunnally Returns.
Mr. F.. Il. Nunnally. OF No. I'll De-
catur Street, returned to Manchester
on Saturday night from his pilgrimage
to Minneapolis ant st. Paul. which
cities lie visited with the Acca Temple
Patrol. Mr.. Nunnally was absent on
his trip exactly one week. which time.
he declares, will remain among the
most pleasant periods in Dis memory.
On reaching the Western cities the
visitors were met with an unboundcd
hospitality.
All theatres andS public buildings
We're open to the brotherhood" and
the Imperial Council traversed both
cities In trolley cars and automobiles
provided for the occasion.
Night after night the streets were
ablaze with electric lights. Under these
amending arches OF fire the Patrol" in
their gorgeous regalia. paraded. The
days were as brilliant with fetes and
abanquets and the entire period was one
round OF entertainments.
On Tuesday night 100 candidates were
initiated into the Shrine. and many
thousand Masons attended the big an-
nual meeting of the Imperial Council
of the order.
Mr.. Nunnally was particularly im-
pressed with the beauty Of the two
cities. Both, <e said are alive with
automobiles. In Minneapolis alone
there are 100 licensed machines. while
st. Paul boasts as many as 1900.
a Great Game of BALL.
One OF the most hotly contested and
interesting games Of baseball played
here during the season was pulled off
Saturday, when the Manchester Slug
gers defeated the Manchester Grays by
n score of II to s. About 1000 people
witnessed the game. and more than
100 ladies We're present. The feature
of the game was the three-sack drive
made by Jack Sharp. the "cork-lcg
wonder" The batting, however. was
snappy with either nine, and the horse
hide was, kept on the fly. Tho battery
for the Grays was Dunnivant, catcher,
With IL. p. Hattock and Lipscomb in
the box. The Sluggers worked Reams
behind @the bat. with Charters and
Elkie both pitching.
Manager w. w. Martin, of tho Grays.S
issued a challenge Immediately after
the game. and any desiring to cross
bats with his team may communicate
with him 1t No. 100 East Fourth Street.
The first game between tho Sluggers
and the Grays which occurred on Sat
urday July 18th, resulted In the score
Of s to o. none of the sluggers ever
reaching the home plate. Manager
Martin attributes his recent defeat to
tho fact that Williams and Latham,
his crack pitchers, We're both at he
Richmond ball park, and could not fig
urc in the game Willie Sharp, his
shortstop, was also sick and in bed
For these reasons Manager Martin Is +
not contented with defeat, and asks
that he have another chance at the
Sluggers.
Young Man Dead.
Julian La Prade, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Emmett La Prade, died at the resi-
dence Of his parents. 8at Hillsboro, YES "
terday afternoon at o'clock. The
Young man was twenty-one years Of
age, and had been sick only q short
time. S A. +s II +. is5
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