The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-07
South Richmond Bureau.
The Times dispatch.
1920 HUI. StTsei.

Phone Madison i75.
Discussion is not in Oak Grove over
the better school measures and corrc-
spending increase in taxation that is TO
be put up 10 the Board OF Supervisors
MONDAY at the special meeting Of that
body TO DC held al the courthouse. This
meeting was called as a result OF the
unrelentIng fight that the progressive
members OF the County School Boerd
and the Patrons Association of OAK
Grove have been waginy In behalf OF
modern and suitable school system
for the district, and on account Of the
important Issues Involved. promises TO
attract the largest gathering OF citizens
seen at the courthouse in years.
Although it appears that the vast
majority OF Oak Grove voters are in
favor Of the proposed Increased taxa
tion If better schools are to result,
there Is a small but vigorous opposi-
ton, and this party intends 10 be rep
resented at the meeting Monday. These
men. although In the minority, have de-
c.ared war on what they term "eXtraH-
agance In school building in the county
The leaders of the opposition have not
spared expense In fighting the propo-
sition. having already sent out 500
postal cards TO voters in the county
urging them 20 nc present at Mondays
meeting 20 see tina: the desired "ex-
trava gance" is not perpetuated.
= large delegation from Oak Grove
VIII be present. and. with the assist
ance OF President Ben p. Owen, OF the
School Board. Will urge the purchase
OF the Drewry mansion to house the
Oak Grove school children
DistiIIery Transferred.
BY virtue OF a deed of bargain and
sale filed yesterday in the clerks office
OF the Hastings Court. Part H., the
plant and land Of the Old Dominion
Distillery. on Everett street. between
First and Second. was transferred by
the owners, r. l. Mahaley and wife
and Oscar Hooker and wife. to the old
Dominion D!s,illing Company.
The purchase price was not named
in the deed, the wording being for
$40 and other valuable considerations"
The property Itself fronts hf;y-four
feet en- Everett Street and has a depth
OF 100 feet.
Fifty feet Of land on McDonough
Street was transferred yesterday by
the owners. Charles B. Richardson and
wife, TO Rachel y. Brown. The deed OF
bargain and sale, filed In the clerks
Office Of the Hastings Court, Part H..
names the purchase price as $40 and
othe! valuable considerations.
Trousers Lead TO Arrest.
A. l.. Sheffield. OF South Richmond.
was arrested yesterday afternoon by
Patroiman Webster on warrant charg-
ing him with the theft OF a pair of
trousers from David Baxter, a Hull
street tailor. Baxter alleged in the
warrant that sheffield had failed TO
return one OF the two pairs of trousers
sent 10 him on approval.
DR.. Stuhbs In Again.
old DR. Stubbs." better known as
w. :. Stubs, NJ. D.. OF Petersburg, was
taken in yesterday morning by a Third
District patrolman on the charge OF
being drunk and down. DR.. Stubs.
who is only sevtnty-five years old, fig
ures that he has spent a good portion
of his venerable age In the protecting
shades of the Manchester Police sta
ton. His periodic visits to Richmond
usually end before Justice Maurice in
the Police Court, Part II. He will
grace that tribunal this morning.
White Boys Arrested.
Making the third roundup for the
same offense in the last week, four
white boys-Glennie Houchen, Robert
Morris, Edgar Coins and Ralph Wilker-
son--were arrested by Patrolman ". j.
Moore. charged with stealing a guam
tity of brass from the Virginia Iron
and Metal Company
The first roundup. consisting of two
small boys. ended in the dismissal of
one and the sending of tho other to the
reformatory. The second raid pro-
duced two white youths. who are now
in Tie City Jail. held under $500 bail.
on the charge of entering and stealing
brass from the plant of the Manches-
ter Rug and Drugset Company. The
third catch. consisting of the four boys
named above. was of less consequence
on account of the extreme youth of the
boys involved.
When arraigned before Justice Maui