The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-03
South Richmond Bureau.
The Times-Dispatch,

The Times DiSpatCh,
1103 Hull Street
Mother and the children will take
in the sights at the State Fair to-day,
while poor father Is at the office. It
is not everybody works but father
this week, but rather everybody does
touching papa, and the coins are fast
disappearing into the hands OF his
young hopefuls. Because he was once
a boy himself, and Is yet one In spirit.
boy alone" Johnnie" will spend hours
in the grounds, and he will get his
moneys worth. A large number OF
the citizens of Petersburg Will be pass
ing through here this week to attend
the Fair. Some of their manufacturers
will have eXhiblts.
Governor Mann Speaks.
Governor Mann was the most promi-
nent figure yesterday afternoon at the
quarterly union meeting of the Metho-
chester. which was held at the Central
Methodist Church. of which Rev. Hen
ny G. Pfeiffer is the pastor.
Judge L. II. Wells, president of the
opened at 3 o'clock. with a large gath
ering present. The following program
was carried out:
Opening song, by congregation; adj
dress OF welcome, by Bryan Nicholas;
report of schools: Introduction of Gov
ernor Mann, by Judge D. II. Wells:
solo, by Miss Margaret Ellington; dox-
,sology: benedicuon. by Rev. j. NJ. Row
| land
Yesterday at Clopton Street Baptist
| a Sunday school rally was held and
| 1t was one of the most enthusiastic In
| the memory OF the church. One Of the
| most beautiful features of the occasion
was the singing OF large chorus OF
children. trained for the event.
At Oak Grove Baptist.
At the Oak Grove Baptist Church
! Rev. D. G. Lancaster. the pastor, spoke
at the morning service yesterday on
"The Parable of the Leaven. At night
| his subject was bad Securities Spe-
! the junior choir. directed by j. s. Rem
| ner.
Rev. w. G. Burch occupied the pull
pit at. the Asbury Methodist Episcopal
At 7:45 P. NJ, "The Single Eye
At the morning service at Clopton
Street Baptist Church, Rev. j. clai-
of Sin" At night, "The Courage to
! Forget"
Usual services were conducted in
other churches throughout South Rich-
The Industrial Chapter of Meade
Memorial Church will hold its social
meeting at the home of W. r. Gill
tomorrow evening at s o'clock.
TO Henr Cnse To-day.
Martha Williams. colored. charged
with felonious assault upon Edward
| Fenner. the negro killed by. Waverly
Coles. will be tried before Judge Wells,
in Hastings Court. Part 2. this morn
ing; - a. IL,
with a china plate, severely cutting
him. This led up to the killing of the
Victim.
Old Negro Prayed. u.
Out of the brutal details of the
crime Of Wayerly Coles, and the ter
4 rlble, although Just, sentence inflicted,
one noble. conscientious action has
come to light. Cogbel, the only negro
upon the jury, and q true type of the
which the remaining eleven jurymen
i will probably never forget Realizing
4 the supreme significance OF his duty.
i the night before the day the verdict
was rendered, he, while closeted with
! prayed that he and them might not
4 err, and asked for guidance. 1t was
scene not soon to be forgotten. One
/ OF the Jurors has described 1t as the
messed. The strain of the trial bore
4 heavily upon the old negro. One Of
his own race was facing death or
/ prison, and Cogbel could save his life.
\ When the jury 1eIt 10 .uellpeTate, He
4 with four others stood for SECOND de-
| gree. After thirty-seven minutes the
\ twelve filed in, and sentence OF death
/ was melted out
Strong Wizards Bcnten.
i Before 500 enthusiastic fans. Man
i chester met and defeated the strong
Wizards Saturday afternoon. and
4 gained the title Of champions of the
| Southside." 1t was a great pitchers
battle from start to finish. Both Ones
ty and Blunt twirled stellar bail. each
allowing four hits. Blunt was gen.
erous however, passing five batsmen,
1.-THE Wizards scored In the first on q
three Dagger by B, Jones and Boscher's
| single Manchester counted two in the
first ana third. chiefly on errors and
bases on balls, The Wizards claim
they were badly treated, dirty. tactics
4 and bad umpiring being alleged. They
are fully confident of their superiority
over their opponents. This is the third
| game. the Wizards winning one to
| and Manchester the other to Q.
Score by Innings: !,
Il WlZardS 3.I.,,,. s,-,..a....5..'I vuu ~ ~
EManchester err ~. ...... " ~ Y y w.
Summary: Three base hit-B. Jones,
Struck out---by Blunt s;bv Onesty, T.
Bases on balls--off Blunt, 81 Off Onesty,
N 1, stolen Observation-Disclosures, s Wiz
lards q Left on bases--Wizards, II
Manchester g. umpires; Messrs,. Mes
coe and Turner. Attendance 500.
Personals and hrlefs.
The public schools OF Swanshoro VIII
1 oman to-day for the registry of old