The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-13
BIG INCREASE IN
MONTHS RECEIPTS
Business of Petersburg Post
Office Shows Continued
Gains.
Times Dispatch Bureau.
los North Sycamore Street,
Petersburg. Va, October i:

los North Sycamore Street.
Petersburg. Va, October L.
The receipts Of the Petersburg post
office for the month ending September
30 last We're s6,6l70s. as against S.
eSl'oS for the corresponding month OF
last year. an increase of s7ss, or 1912
per cent. The receipts for the quarter
ending September 80 were slS,3l6.So,
as against s16.O711o for the CORE
spending quarter of last year. an in
crease of s2.245.70. or II per cent Tho
business Of the Office shows an increase
each month over the preceding one
AS proof of the growth and pros
pcrity or the city the sign of "Ior
Rent" is scarcely to be found ON any
house in the city and on no stores.
AS FAST as house is built it is oc-
cupied, spoken for in advance. There
is great demand for dwellings in all
sections of the city.
big Factory Building.
The Petersburg Trunk and Bag Com.
pany is erecting large factory build
Ing on Dunlop Street. on the site OF
the old frame structure formerly used
The building will be so feet wide nv
40 feet long and will be five stories
"'ii NC nreprOOf.
An interesting Case.
Chairman Robert Gillian. NJ ~.
fourth District Democratic COMMITTEES
winch meets in this city Tomorrow
evening to hear contests arising out
or the late primary election invoIvInr
the office Of Commemorative attornaY
OF Nottoway. and the State senatoriaI
nomination Tor the. district embracing
tie counties OF Lunenburg and Prince
E.u "a naI.
b. Nj. Bonifant. of Powhatan, filing NO
tice OF contest for the nomination. for
the House of Delegates for the leeia-
latlNe district composed of Chester
neid and Powhatan. Mr.. BonIfant re-
ters to the fact that by act of the Log
is!ature. Chesterfield county was MAD
legislative district entitled OF itself
10 one delegate. and that Chesterfield
.haichester and Powhatan was made a
sepa rate district. entitled to one dele
gate w. w. Baker, having no opposI-
ton, was declared the NOMINEES ror
Chesterfield county.
Inc candidates for the nom,pet,o,
Tor the other district were w 8 Iyny
OF chesterfield. and the petitioner NJ
bonltant, OF Powhatan Powhatan no
ing the Fourth Congressional District
ana Chesterfield in the Third. Mr.,
bonitant asks Joint meeting of tho
TVS 10 investigate the man
ner in which the primary vote was
cast and whether as the law oontem.
plated and give decision in the matter
me Fourth Dlstxict Committee viii
not consider the questions raised indie
pendently OF the Third District Com.
mittee.
Death of Mrs. Williams IT. Davis.
Mrs. Williams T. Davis died at her
residence in Petersburg at 1870
o'clock p. NJ. to-day in the eighty
fifth year of her age.
Mrs. Davis was the widow or tha
founder of the Southern Female Col
iege at Petersburg, her husband hav-
ing died In 1858. She was the daugh
ter of the late Clark Robinson, OF
Warren county. " c.. and her early
life was spent largely In Virginia and
Louisiana. She married Mr. Davis dur
Ing the war period. and had spent her
lie continuously here since that time
She was woman of the highest Chris
tan character and the broadcast SYM
pathies and had a host of friends
throughout this community and this
state. She had been for many years
COMMUNICATE of Grace Episcopal
church.. by whose rector. the Rev. C.
BraXton Bryan, her funeral services
VIII be conducted at her residence to-
morrow afternoon.
MrS Davis leaves surviving three
sons and one daughter--Arthur Kyle
and Charles Hall Davis. of this city.
and w. r. Davis. OF Charleston s. c..
and Mrs. c. p. Ehrman, of Salem, Va,
all of whom We're with her at the time
of her death, She was also the step
mother OF Richard B. Davis, of this
city. Assistant Attorney General of the
State; j. c. Davis. OF Ivor. Va; Mrs. o. |
Il. Morgan. of Richmond. and Mrs T. L.
II. Young. OF Dunn, N. c., to all of
whom she was bound by the tenderest
ties since her marriage to their father
during the stirring times OF the Civil |
War and the siege OF this city.
Fine Church improvements.
The First Baptist Church OF this
city has undergone great improve
ments on the interior, in anticipation |
of the calling of new pastor. The |
walls and ceiling have been beauti- !
fully painted and frescoed, the pews
rcpolished. n new carpet laid and the
pulpit and choir loft reprinted and
the largo pipe organ renovated. The
cost was $1,000. The audi .Srium now
presents u verI handsome appearances |
The Rev. DIR. oliver, of Florence, s. c.,
Will preach In the church Sunday, |
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