The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-12
ONLY FIGHT OVER
OFFICE OF MAYOR
Only Enough Candidates to Fill
Seats in Council in Petersburg,
With the Lists Closed.
ectai,o The Times-D!spatcf. ]

Special
PETERSBURG. VA, April 1.-Two
candidates for the mayoralty, six can
didates for the Board of Aldermen and
twelve for the Council had filed their
names and deposited their assessments
with Secretary Newsom, of the Demo
cratic City Central Committee, when
the time limit for such action by can
didates for municipal oihces' 10 nc
voted for at the primary on April 23d.
expired at noon to-day. AS six Alder
men and twelve Councilmen-half the
membership of each body--are to he
, elected the only contest is for the
nlayoralty, the candidates for which
are Mayor William NJ. Jones and DR..
John NJ. Peasants. AT present the race
IL considered exceedingly close. There
are no new candidates for the Board OF
| Aldermen, and in the Council only two
IL. V. Parllam and William b. Reade-
who will be voted for TO succeed Rich
ard 3. Davis, of Second Ward. and
/ X. f. l.. Hargrave, of Sixth Ward, who
are TO retire.
Skull Fractured In Fight.
! In a fight between Everett Farmer
| and Nathan Wilson. two white boys
| about fourteen years old, in the West
End about 10 o'clock last night, young
/ Wilson'S skull was fractured by blow
! with piece of iron, and he was taken
to the Petersburg Hospital, where the
\ surgeons removed several small pieces
,os skull pressing on the brain. Farm
! en- who claims that Wilson and the
4 latter's brother were chasing him with
Ia knife when he threw the iron, was
arrested, and in the Mayors Court to-
day the case was continued to await
the result of Wilson'S injuries Tho
wounded boy is a son of Spencer VIII
fscn. Farmer is son Of l.. FL. Farmer.
II Officers of Post c.
At lengthy annual meeting Of
\ Post c. Travellers Protective Associa-
/ ton. at the hall of the Chamber OF
I Commerce, last night, all the officers
. and directors were reelected as fol-
lows: President. L. S. Beckwith; Vice
!; President, r. f. Lunsford; Secretary
and Treasurer r. w. Pritchard; Chair
man of Legislative Committee, Fl. p.
Stratton; Directors, j. Fl. Bailey. Robert
Cabaniss, e. a. Hartley. j. r. Jolly.
Fl. l.. Percivall, Chester Shepherd, /. H.
Slater. The following delegates We're
, elected to represent Post G at the Vir-
ginia Divisions convention in Roanoke
May ed to cad: r. w. Price. L. p.
Robertson, W. p. Atkinson, f. T.
: Thweatt, S. NJ. Green. Jr., r. z. Luns-
ford, S. w. Hood, F. r. Plummer $. Fl
,, Short, II. l.. Percivall, r. Z. Brunei
7. NJ. 11lsmore, T. S. Beckwith. Jr..
". T. Baugh, w. L. Rahily, r. II. Man
: son, j. V. Parham. II. Atkinson, r. a
Martin, Jr., i. NJ. Dalton, d. Fl. Bailey
@. c. Rogers and G. w. Harrison.
4 a most interesting speech on goot
: roads and kindred SUBJECTS was mad
8 by Mr.. Simon Seward who has re,
; Gently returned from a long visit tc
/. friends in Florida.
William II. G. spiccr Dead.
> Mr.. William Henderson Carr Spice
is dead at tho home of his nieces, tn,
Misses Snicer, on Franklin Street. NJ,
Spicer was sXty-four years old an
was a brother of the late c. W. Spicel
OF this city He was for many year
a well-known resident of Prince Georg
county, but of late had spent niue
time in this city. lie suffered a strok
of paralysis about five months ag'
from the effects OF which he nevc
recovered. Mr.. Spicer was never mar
red and was member OF "A. +. III
Camp OF Confederate Veterans, and {
the Masonic order.
Mrs. ". II. Barnard.
Mrs. Il. r. Barnard died at half pas
{ O'clock Yesterday afternoon at he
home, on East Tabb street. Mr.
Barnard was In the twenty eighth yea
OF her age, and was a daughter of ID
and Mrs II. c. Hart of Roanoke, VI
She was a constant member of tt
First baptist Church, having remove
her membership from jefferson Stree
Baptist Church, in Roanoke. Service
were held at her home in this cit
at noon to-day by Rev. DR.. w.
Taylor, pastor of the lVirst> Bapti'
Church, assisted by rev. DIR. ].
Foster, pastor OF 'rahb Street Phesb,
terian Church, The remains were thu
sent to the homo of MIS- Barnard