The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-02
LACK OF INTEREST
!. IN CITY ELECTION
----------------.
No Candidates Either for Com
mon Council or Board Of
Aldermen.
MAN RUN OVER AND KILLED
Korean Missionary to Address
Petersburg Iaymcn Oh
Sunday.
MAN RUN OVER AND KILLED
Tinles-Dispatch Bureau.
100 North Sycamore STREE.
Petersburg, va. April i,

The time is nearing for the e,ect,or
Oh twelve members or tho Common
Council and SIX members Of the Board
or AIDE -llnlf Of the member.
snip OF each body. And yet there
seems to be an absolute lack of inter.
est among the people in this very i'm
| portaht election. Probably most OF
i the members, whose terms expire on
July !, may offer for reelection. but
so far not a candidate has offered or
been spoken of.
On the contrary, however, great in
terest is being shown in the action of
the caucus of the Councils, to be held
next Wednesday evening to nominate
the various officers to be elected by
the Councils on July /. Several iacum-
bents OF the most important Offices to
be filled Will have opposition in the
caucus. These arc the City Attorney.
the City Engineer and the Clerk of the
Markets. Three city physicians arc to
be nominated, and for these three posi-
tons. it is reported, there are seven
applicants. And then, too, a full Board
OF Overseers of the Poor is to be cho-
sen for term of four years. The
members of this board receive no pay,
but the board has charge of the Aims
house property and has some patron
age at it's disposal. 1t elects a super
intendent of the Almshouse and ply
sician. For the latter place. 1T is un-
derstood. there are three applicants.
The terms of the officers and men,
bers Of the Police and Fire Depart
ments expire July !, but these will be
elected by the commissioners of those
respective departments.
Killed by Train.
Charles Atkins, of Wakefield Va.
was this afternoon cut in two and
instantly killed by an extra freight
train of the Norfolk and Western Rail
road, about three miles east of Wa
verify. Atkins, who was about seventy
five years of age. was returning home
from this city. He missed train con-
nections and walked the Norfolk and
Western tracks. 1t is presumed he be-
came tired and sat upon the track 10
rest and fell asleep. The train was
running about thirty-five miles an
hour, and the engineer said he did not
see the man until too late to stop his
train
Executive Committee Appointed.
At meeting of the stockholders
and directors of the Walnut Hill Cor
poration held this week an executive
committee was appointed and au-
thorized to proceed to the contem-
plated development of the company's |
property,
The committee is composed Of T. r |
Heath and ". Gordon McCabe, Jr., of
Petersburg. and w. G. Davis. of Pc I
tersburg. The Walnut Hill property |
consists of farm of $50 acres. just |
south of and adjoining. Petersburg.
which it is proposed to lay off and !
develop for suburban residential pur-
poses, and to connect 1t with tue city
by a viaduct.
Personal nnd Otherwise.
revival is to begin 1t the First
Baptist Church In this city on April |
10. The pastor, Rev. w. G. Taylor, D.
D.. will be assisted In the services by
the Rev William e. Hatcher, d. D., of
Richmond. former pastor of the
church.
A small dwelling house on Lona-
bard street owned by John Fl. Harris.
and occupied by the family OF Robert
Taylor. colored, was damaged by fire
his afternoon to the extent of about
500. The roof was burned and the
upper floor injured.
r. Gordon Ftnney, the new secretary
# the Chamber of Commerce. entered
IN his duties to-day, succeeding Edwin
= Quarles. who retires to enter the
ctive service of the Southern Com
nercial Congress. The people Of Pc
ersburg part with Mr.. Quarles with
auch regret, but extend very cordial
,reeting and support to Mr. Finney.
The Riverside Hunt Club will have
is usual hunt tomorrow afternoon.
o be followed by a reception and
aneer The committee OF reception
1ill be Mrs. r. y. cronly, Mrs, r. r.
feath. Mrs. NJ. C. Hall, Mrs. Harvey
r6 r N
!. Jolly, Misses Grizelle Mullen, Mary
Booth, Margaret Gill. Mary Cole,
rachel and Mary Kinsey
Every tenant of the Petersburs ,
enevolent Mechanic Association has
cen formally notified to vacate by the
rst OF July. at which time the asso- .
lation expects to begin the work OF
rection OF Its seyen-story steel struc-
lre.
P. st. ]. Wilson, state Highway
Commissioner. was In the city to-day,
nd went out on an inspection tour
n the newly improved turnpike road
n Chesterfield county.
James T. Ashby, for several years c
torekeeper for the Chesterfield Manu- I
acturing Company, at Swift Creek, /;
as resigned that position on account
III health. and will go to Halifax !,
ounty to recuperate.
=
ne month of March shows a total of
Is arrests. the charges ranging in t
rade Of offense from simple violation ft
ordinances to felony. There were re
fty-flve charges of drunkenness
Louis Rehmert, painter by trade. Ii,
led at his home In Swift Greek last =
light after an illness OF ten days He
as former resident OF Baltimore.
mere he leaves a mother and brother q
nd at one time worked in Peters u
urg. He is survived by his wife. e
Missionary Day in Petersburg. 81
me laymen of Petersburg have 8
famed for interesting services at a
'e Methodist Churches on sunday
rlnce T. Fl. Yum, OF the Royal family Al
Korea and Rev, C. G. Iounshell. ror e
any wears a missionary to Korea. h
III speak at mass meeting In wash. -
Eton street Church in the afternoon ~
~ both preach in the morning, and
ID again at night in Market Street, !"
Crescnts Defeat Stars o.
game OF baseball took place between d
Cresents and the Marshall stree, stars Il
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