The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-30
News Of South Richmond
Crowd mt Free Concert.

I Miss Mamie Crawford and Miss Susie
| Long. elocutionists.
Crowd mt Free Concert.
The fourth municipal band concert,
given last night In Washington Square,
drew the largest crowd of the season.
| Every accommodation in the line of
| seats and refreshments had been put
! on the grounds for the Southsiders.
and in no other park in the city do the
| musicians find such an appreciative re-
ception as in South Richmond's public
| square.
Professor Chambers testified the
qualification of the musicians by being
liberal with encores. but even then he
was forced to refuse some of the extra
numbers that the applause of the peo-
pie demanded. A conservative esti-
mate OF the people in the audience
last night places the number ct be-
tween 1000 and $1,000
Tho Southside police and the extra
plain clothes men scatteed though the
audience found almost nothing to do.
Fought to n Finish.
AS the result of finish fight We'd
nesday night. in which a red cuspidor
| figured prominently, Frank Christian.
| his stepson, of Fifth and Everett
Streets. is suffering from a fine OF SIS
and costs from Justice Maurice in the
Police Court, Part H.. each with his
| head badly lacerated and bruised The
Police Justice imposed fine of SIS and
costs on the combatants. and failing to
pay. Christian was sent to the cooler.
According to the testimony In court,
the men became engaged In quarrel
while very much the worse for wear
from drink, and the fight ensued One
| he
chair. and with these weapons they
finally laid each other out cold The
| ambulance had to be summoned for the
\ men to be treated.
TO Open New Building.
Elaborate and impressive exercises
have been arranged for the opening
Of the new Midlothian Public School OH
July 4. and great gathering OF county
people is expected. The chief attrac-
ton of the occasion will be the address
| by Congressman John Lamb. who will
| formally open the building.
| 1t Is expected that arrangements can
be made to have the school children
participate in the exercises but this
has not been settled definitely. Other
short speeches Will be made. and there
will be some music as we'll. After the
/ program has been finished the visitors
+, VIII be shown over the building and
allowed to examine thoroughly this
| latest example of school structure
In this building the wishes and
aims OF the county school board are
for once realized, the supervisors hav-
| ing acquiesccd in the plans as first
proposed. Everything about the school
will be modern and thoroughly up-to-
date. with all the latest appliances for
school hygiene. The Chester Agricul-
tural High School will be It's only rival
| in the county.
General News Notes.
The first real drill of the two full
companies of the Southside Corps of
the Boys Brigade Will take place to-
night on the green OF Washington
! Square. The recruits will assemble
near the bandstand. and after a talk
| from the officers in command Will be
put through the preliminary PAGES for
| making good soldiers Of them. The
corps now numbers lis boys, and the
| enlistment books have been tempo
rarily closed until the present bunch
of recruits can be whipped into chape.
w. H. Robinson. OF 1904 Boston Ave-
nue.. Oak Grove. has been taken to
| Memorial Hospital with a serious case
Of appendicitis.
Miss Adele Cook. who has been
Ill for some time past, has recovered
sufficiently to be able to leave the
Southside for the mountains.
Mrs. L. b. Howle. wife or the editor
of the Manchester Weekly Bee. has
gone to Ocean View to spend tho sum-
mer Editor Howle will spend most
OF the time at the beach with mis- wife,
but will come to the Southside every
week in time to publish his paper.
An important and well-attended
meeting of the Southside Branch or
the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union was held yesterday afternoon
| at 1880 o'clock in the home OF Mrs.
A. u, Shotwell. of 301 Cowardin Ave-
l nue.. The chief - ture Of the meeting