The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-26
READY TO BEGIN
ON new STATION
Scaboard VIII Soon Have Passen.
ger Depot in Petersburg Says
Chief Engineer,
MRS. JAMES GRAY DEAD
Funeral VIII Take Place from
High-Street Methodist Church.
Personals and Briefs.

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Personals and Briefs.
Especial to The Richmond NirKinian.l
PETERSBURG, Aug. 2e.--Gordon
Finney, secretary of the chamber OF
commerce, has just received "A letter
from w l.. Seldom, chief engineer
OF the seahoard Air Line, saying that
Conductor Walkup has ordered al!
material for the new passenger de-
pot on Dunlop street and that q force
OF hands viii be put To work Monday
In actual construction OF the WORK.
The employees OF the Dunlop
branch, American Tobacco Company,
cf Petersburg, assembled Thursday
evening in the law Office OF Mr., Rob-
ert Gillian, Jr., and through him pre-
sentsd 10 Mr.. II. II. Patterson, their
retiring superintendent, a handsome
loving cup.
When the company of foremen
gathered to the number of about
ed for Mr.. Patterson. who had not
been apprised OF the gift his friends
had planned for him. and when he
came his surprise was great.
The loving cup Is a beautiful piece
of workmanship, and bears the fol-
lowing inscription
Presented to
Edmund Harrison Patterson
by the employees of
David Dunlop Factory,
Petersburg, Va,
/ August rs, 1910"
Mr.. Patterson was a recent candi-
date for the mayoralty, being defeat
ed by Mr.. George Cameron, Jr., by
the margin of vote
Colonel George Cameron. Jr., has
qualified as mayor Of Petersburg. The
oath OF Office was administered by
Mr.. Robert Gilliln, clerk of the
courts. Before qualifying as mayor
| Mr. Cameron resigned from the po-
lice commission.
A police commissioner is to he
elected at the next meeting of the
! council This was made necessary by
| the resignation of Colonel Cameron
| when he became mayor of Petersburg.
| At this time two names are being
! considered, that Of Mr.. b. b. Jones'
| cashier of the National Bank of Pc
| tersburg. and Major Benjamin Har-
! rison.
! Saturday Reception.
/ The Saturday reception Will be
| given tomorrow at the Country Club
from to TAO. Those asked to serve
| on reception committee: Mesdames
| George w. Plummer, f. l.. Mingea.
NJ. c. Jackson, s. A. Hinton, Philip
/ Roper, X. w. Prichard. Misses Leila
McCandlish, Mary Plummer Nell
waine Davis, Anne Belle Patteson,
| Elizabeth Patteson and Ethel Pitcher.
! The school census of Petersburg
| has been completed by MIR. r. Ran
| dolph Jones, superintendent of
| schools, and Mr.. j. Morton Townsend.
| clerk of the school board. There are
| 5,70S children of school age In the
city. aged between seven and twenty
years. There are small majority
! of whites, This census also shows
| the fact that the white population is
| increasing and the colored decreas-
| ing.
| Miss Eugelia Minton, daughter of
Mr., J. A. Minton, a well-known gro
! GER In the West End. was taken TO
the Petersburg hospital Thursday at
ternoon suffering with appendicitis,
! Operation will be performed by Dra
Boiling Jones and Julian Beckwith.
DR. w, J. Strickland. physician
of Moncure. n. c., arrived In Peters
burg Wednesday night with Mrs. Ru-
fus Womble, whom he took at once
to the Petersburg hospital. Thursday
Mrs. Wombie. who was suffering with
abdominal complication, including ap-
pendioitis, was operated upon by DIR.
H. Aulick Burke. The operation was
I successfully performed aud Mrs.
Womble is getting along as well as
can be expected.
Wednesda yevening at the residence
OF his parents on Adams street George
A., Jr., three-year- son of Mr.. and
Mrs. George A, Bowman. fell from
the front porch to the ground below.
n hiEtA nF by tyht
little fellow struck on his head and
was painfully injured He was taken
TO the Petersburg hospital and several
physicians summoned. Thursday his
condition was very much improved.
Death of Mrs. Gray.
This whole community was shock
ed this morning by a telegram con-
veying the sad intelligence OF the sud
den death of Mrs. James Ii. Gray at
10 o'clock Friday morning at Crock
ett's Springs. Mr.. and Mrs. James II.
Gray Mrs. X. II. D'Kennon, Miss
Blanche O'Rennon and Miss Jessie
/ Brown left Petersburg Monday for
Crockett's Springs. Thursday evening
Mrs. Gray was seized with an attack
of acute indigestion. The party will
return with the body of Mrs. Gray
at o'clock Saturday morning. and
the funeral services will be conducted
from High Street Methodist church.
of which Mrs Gray was a member.
Mrs. Gray was the wife of Mr.
James Ii. Gray, a prominent tobacco
mist of this city, and Is survived by
her husband and one son, Mr., Stanley
II. Gray, a law student at Yale Uni
versity She was one of the most es-
Unable and lovable characters ins the
city, and her sad death has excited
universal sorrow and sympathy for
the surviving members OF her family.
Mrs. u. IL. Roiston, wife OF the pas
tor OF the Second Presbyterian church,
was Wednesday called to the bedside
OF her mother, who is seriously Ill at
her home near Harrisonburg, Va.
Captain X. It. Matteson and Mrs.
Matteson have gone 10 New York,
DIR. Robert Fl. Jones and Mrs. Jones