The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-28
.[LOPE AND MARRY
WHILE VERY YOUNG.
Marriage in North Carolina Of
Petersburg Couple Aged Seven
teen and Fifteen Years.
CONFERENCE ! L: {: MEETS il: E. TO-DAY 10 \.
Mcthodists Of Petersburg District
to Gather in Dinwiddie.
Body Identified.
CONFERENCE. MEETS TO-DAY
Times Dispatch Bureau.


Petersburg, VA, July ~.
About the youngest married coupe
In Petersburg are Mr.. and Mrs. Paul
Bullifant, whose marriage followed an
elopclnent to North Carolina. The
bridegroom Is youth OF seventeen
years. and the bride. WHO was Miss
Elizabeth May Newell, is said to be
scarcely over fifteen years old The
couple were united in lewiston, and
have returned to this city to receive
the congratulations of friends.
The session Of TIL. District Confer
ence Of the Methodist Episcopal Church
OF the Petersburg District, which opens
At Trinity Church. in Dinwiddle coun-
~, Tomorrow. Will be OF interest not
only by reason of the general bust
ness to be considered and the election
OF lay delegates to the Virginia An
nual Conference. but because a formal
expression OF opinion Is expected on
the subject OF the relations of the cons
ference to the Randolph Macon sys-
oom OF colleges. This subject will
probably be brought up in resolutions
submitted with the report OF educa-
ton, which may or may not give rise
to discussion. The pastors and dele
gates from the various churches in
Petersburg and vicinity will go up to
Church Road in the morning and,
thence be conveyed in vehicles to the
church. some two miles distant.
Missing Man identified.
The body found in the bushes in
the extreme southern section of the
city Saturday morning, and which, be-
cause OF Its condition. had to be hastily
buried. was Identified last evening by
or ft{o &f,o r,
Laneaves. well-known carpenter OF
this city. who resided with his sister,
Mrs. Pettus. on Pearl Street. and who
had bsen missing from his home for
over week. Mr.. Laneayes was a
former citizen OF Blackstone, where, 1t
is said. he was prosperous in business.
He came to. Petersburg several years
ago. He was some fifty-fve or sixty
years OF ago. Identification was made
positive by recognition OF the clothes
and spcctacles OF the deceased. and
by a mark on one OF the hands The
body was turned over to the custody
OF relatives. (
Brief Items OF News.
ca sa t IN I hsnssings Court this week the
Grant a indicted for having cocaine in
MS possession with intent to sell. vail
come e. : up for trial Thweatts is a
.'P',h,ou chse 70 mat OF John SpeN-
ger. clerk In his store. who was CON
Sic,ed on the same charge last week
ana given one year In the penitentfary
henry Goodwin, coiored, in attempt
iTs to run across the Norfolk ans
western hallway track in front Of a
tram az Addisons. in Dinwiddie coun-
yesterday. was struck by the EN-.
slne and quite painfully hurt. He
injury to one OF his legs. and was for.
.unate In escaping death. Goodwin,
thought he could safely make the run
across the track, but miscalcuiated the
speed OF the train. He Is in the hos
pital here. and Will get we'll
More building has been done and is
pelng done In Petersburg this sens~>n
than has been known before in many
thls respect are in evidence all over
the city. in the business as we'll as in
Inc residential sections. Scores of resi-
dences are In progress Of erection.
me management of the Pctersburc
baseball team has engaged several
new players to report this week.
among them are Whitaker and TAFT
Jackson. formerly OF the Virginia
Miss Louise Couch. daughter OF Mr.,
James Couch. OF this city, is VISITING
the family of Mr.. A. T. Holt at Vine.
VILE. Ga. where she is receiving much
social attention. -
The sunday.school children of the
Will go to Bellwood on the electric
railway Tomorrow on picnic.
Refreshing showers fell here yes
+ terday and to-day. but rain is stu
greatly needed to baneht the suffering
crops p 2