The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-30
ELECTS TEACHERS
FOR.C|TY SCHOOLS
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Petersburg Board Holds Meeting
and Results Are An
nounccd.
WILL GO TO GETTYSBURG
Contracts Awarded for Several
New Brick
Stores.
WILL GO TO GETTYSBURG
Times-Dispatch Bureau.
100 North sycamore Street,

GeLcTSDuTS, w., JUNG ~
A meeting Of the City School Boarc.
was held last evening. and TEACHERS i,l
the public schools were elected fe6
the next year. No changes waie ma
In the present corps Of teachers. -.
yond filing vacancies and seve}
dltions to meet the demand fY MM
force. E4
Prof. w. r. Smithey was reA
principal OF the High School: 1 W.,
r. Bennett. Miss r.. II. Leightd 49,
Miss NJ c. Martin were re-fs NJ
principals of the grammar schooylSh
j. F. Shields and w. II. Johnson f
ored. were elected principals Of as
colored schools. ca
Mrs. j. a. smith was re-elactes. f#
pervisor of drawing, and Miss C.l
Wray supervisor, OF primary methJ
1t is understood that some addition
are to be made to the school curricN &
lum next session.
Departure of Petersburg Grnys.
The Petersburg Grays. Lieutenant.
Robert Gillian. Jr.. commanding, will
leave Tomorrow afternoon for ten
days' encampment at GcttysburgE
Other companies of the Second Vir-
ginia Regiment will join the Grays on
the route. The company will go with
full ranks and will be accompanied by
Major Benz Harrison and stan.
New Hotel Company.
1t Is understood that company Is
being organized to take over and OPP
crate the Stratford Hotel on Boiling
brook Street, and that charter Is to
be applied for without delay. Tho
best hotels in the city. and is known
far and wide to the travelling public.
Fine Building improvements.
| The Harrison Construction Company
| has been awarded contracts for tho
| erection Of four handsome brick stores
on Washington Street, between SYca-
more and Union Streets, and work
| will be begun on them tomorrow.
| These stores Will be three stories in
| height, and will occupy a portion OF
the site of tho historic old Centre To-
bacco Warehouse. The wholesale trade
seems to be rapidly tending to this
| immediate section, and several fine
buildings have recently been erected
! there.
| To Call in It's Bonds.
| The bonded deb, OF Prince Georges
! county liz about $500. These bonds
were issued ten years ago for the cree
ton OF the county's Areproot clerks
I office. and were made payable in twenty
years. with the right to- redeem them
| in ten years. AT a meeting OF the
| 1OhEl OIL SuptEF9SDIS On .iOklbGy ~ 20 y
voted to pay off two-thrds of this debt
and cancel and destroy the bonds. This
Ileaves only $500 OF the bonds out
| standing.
The board met on Monday 10 have
/ the annual settlement with the county
/ treasurer. The proposed meeting OF
! the county school boar! at Disputanta
on Monday for the purpose of electing
teachers for the next school year was
4 tai,
| some of the trustees. The meeting Will
! be held at an early date.
Personal and Otherwise.
Mrs. Margaret Harwell and daugh-
liter, Miss Bessie, left this afternoon for
| Sherman, Texas. TO visit Mrs. Harwells
son. Professor Robert Richie Harwell.
T. w Philpott. aged thirty-seyen
years. died evening before last at his
home in Waverly. He was n boiler-
maker by trade and for three years had
been foreman of the Waverly Brick
Yard Company He is survived BIZ his
wife and four small children. The body
viii be brought TO Ettrick for burial.
! The newly elected officers and menu
bers of the police corps who enter on
their term July /. will be sworn into
Office at midnight tomorrow night.
Moody's store, at Chester, was broker
into last night and nine pairs of shoes
stolen. 1t is said that the thief was
seen in the store by some carmen. who
aroused Mr.. Moody. but meanwhile the
4 thief escaped with his booty.
The new bicycle ordinance goes into
effect on July /, On and after that
date 1t will be unlawful for any person
4 over ten years old to ride a bicycle,
tricycle., etc, on any of the sidewalks
4 of the city.
/ The fortnightly dance at the Rivers
side Club took place tonight. The
/ chaperons were Mr.. and Mrs Fl. w.
Duane. Mr.. and Mrs. w. p. johnson and
Mr.. and Mrs r. w. Pritchard. Jr.
4 At o'clock last night. at the resi-
dence OF the officiating minister, Rev.
i F. ". Moore, Miss Lizzie Alternately and
4 Charles ". Miller. both of this city,
were united in marriage.
4 Monday next will be obceryed as
tag day In Petersburg for the benefit
of the Colored Hospital and Training
School for Nurses, in Richmond.