The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-19
TWO APPLICANTS
OUT FOR OFFICE
Interesting Contest for Collector
Of Customs at Peters
burg.
Times-Disbatch Bureau.
1903 North sycamore Street

Petersburg, Va. June ia.
An interesting contest for the posi-.
tion OF collector Of customs at this port
is In progress William Malone, the
incumbent OF the office, Is an sppli-
cant for reappointment, as lis also u.
Claiborne Wilson, at present deputy
collector in charge of the Internal rev.
enue office In this city. Both appli
eants are backed by influential friends,
who are making themselves heard in
Washington
The Office is a good paying one and
much to be desired In former years
the, collector of customs at Petersburg
was merely custodian OF the Federal
building and received little or no sal.
airy.
Church Congregation Organizer.
At meeting of the congregation Of
the newIs organized Grove Avenue
Baptist Church last night n constita
ton was adopted and officers were
Crowder, f NJ Wills and Joseph x
Jones. Church Clerk. Robert L. Tras
Tor; Church Treasurer, Stanton Pill
cher; Finance Committee--Fred Pill
cher. chairman; G. II Kruse, W. j. Eu-
lady, Morris Walker and Guy G. Lewis.
This church was organized on June
10 and is in splendid shape
Dinwiddie County Taxes.
The Board of Supervisors of Dinwid-
die met at the county courthouse yes
terday and fixed the tax levy for the
ensuing year as follows: Tax on real
and personal property, 90 cents on the
500 OF values. count school tax. 2n
cents. road tax, 20 cents. district school
tax, rs cents. levy OF IL cents was
made on property in Rowanty District
for the sinking fund and interest for
the road bonds appropriated to tho
district TheS roads bonds to the
amount OF 100000, some time go voted
by the people OF the county. were di-
vided ratably as to length of roads be-
tween the several districts
Nrs. TIbbs's Case Continued.
The case of Mrs Annie Tihbs. of Rich
mond. arrested here yesterday after
noon. charged with conveying hack
saws into the city jail to aid her
nephew, Junius a. Williamson. in max
Ing his escape. was this morning set
for Monday for trial Mrs Tibbs in
the meantime will remain in.jail.
The action of the Court of Appeals
on the application for writ to pro-
hibit the Hastings Court from trying
Williamson for forgery, because. as a
convict, sentenced to the penitentiary.
he is in the custody OF the state. and
not within thee jurisdiction of the
court, Is awaited with interest If the
writ Of prohibition is awarded Will
Hanson will not be tried for forgery
or wife murder until after his discharge
from the penitentiary four years hence.
Personal and Otherwise.
Rev F. G. Scott. D. D., left to-day
for Orange county to spend his sum
mer vacation
Most of the white public school teach
ers of this city have gone to Charlottes.
Vile 10 attend the summer normal at |
the University
The question of the building of a |
steel bridge across the Appomastox
to connect Matoaca and that section OF
Chesterfield county with Dinwiddie
county at Ferndale Park has not yet
been settled A meeting of represent
atives of the two counties was to have
been held yesterday to consider de-
tails, but owing to some misunder-
standing was not held
The remains of William Plummer. |
who died at his home in Norfolk on
Friday. were brought to this CITY to-
daJ and the funeral will be tomorrow.
r. T. Clarke, of Waverly, is the in
yentor of cultivator which he ex-
plains. will do as much work as two
ordinary cultivators.
The Old Dominion Steamship Com
pany has been notified by captain j. n.
Gallagher. the agent here, TO reserve
accommodations for fifty veterans OF
A. P. Hill Camp. who will leave nv
that line on Friday, July 2. for New
York on their trip to Springfield. Mass.
Captain Gallagher will accompany the
veterans far. as New York and he ha
been notified that every care will be