The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-07
MADE !.
HAPPY BY RAIN
HEAVIEST FALL SINCE EARLY
SUMNER Is WELCOMED IN
THIRSTY CITY.
CITIZENS TO PLAY BALL
AMATEUR TEAMS PLAN GAME FOR
BENEFIT or FRESH AIR FUND.
NEW y. vi. G. A. BUILD
ING.
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Special to The Richmond yirginian.)
+ PETERSBURG VA. Aug 6-The
rainfall to-day was the heaviest that
has visited Petersburg since early
summer.
The water department is repairing
the broken motor in the Commerce
street pumping station. and it is ex-
pected the work viii he done in time
to resume pumping water into the
city dam from the canal locks by
Tuesday morning
Baseball to Aid Fund.
! For the benefit Of the Salvation
Army fresh air fund. through which
about a hundred children have already
been given outings and several poor
families have been given weekly va
cations at the DrewrNs Bluff Saliva
ton Army camp, "A baseball game Will
! I've played Tuesday afternoon at $50
/ O'Clock "n the State League grounds
/ The ciothiers and the doctors will he
the opposing teams, and the lineup
of the two organizations includes the
| city best amateur players.
! Flothiers-Goodrich. D., Cousins, c.;
Elmore. H.; Scott. Oh; 4. Harrison,
1h,; lnhman, SIS; Bracy. IF. l.. Har-
rison, IL, Smith. cf.; Graves, C. Smith
and u Jones. substitutes
Rennie ID; McGnt Oh. Hoy, 81;
Budd, SIS; smith RI; Jones, H.; Gtn
ef; Gamble, Powell and Crockford,
4 go, x,,,, ne "''p''sS wiz y" MOT
y. ~. p
w. 49, =" ~ '''s''"'
-, gI,i. .te's "uIk otaFS oY oeteaIlhS
grounds yesterday afternoon clinched
the peunant in the Wiregrass Base
bail lseague, local amateur or.rani-
~1s.ot, me ours won IN II ioosely'
go. Wv uu'1 est - I" 4 ne uns "t
~ el .s's N"h rom hester IN a
Ne'i p'a9 "u game, To Z. me paying
Seas''h WIZ V'oss the th'rd saturday
~. september me cinbs no" stand
'''f7' ~oh D. t'st = chestef' won
r. iost - ;nns' Won l. lost ~ tfuSt-
'e'S' ~cn ,ast 70
New \ NJ = A. sniiding.
W. .n me Seleelioh ~ the h"efd or
~ "9 ane " y, y OF MI
$50 WI ,n"il"is' as secretary 90 .ne
'''i' "'5u i'e SotHilhs ~ Hr.
y" ,,,,', .t,,,, ,,','uct2f o. "uit W'he
tarrtt's. ."c, 'lta'ns 'ut .ne
a. aln ltn3 Wv 't We %"fN OK tats'he
~ "H''H -
ti|,f ~, we nanas ~ We assotla
s,n,t.o,0 Luz - l.es i"l'ct pHtt ol
IIa,,s utii c,aa =, p esl,es'' .at' 10,
tt@i'is MtlI oo'I'e 70 letefspnrs TO ala
Fer the NAN, bo < ~ ~ W. tt,uues
hnra ,s - w, radssa M, ,sl.,e','
owns fra ,argo ilt ~ W. W. 49,
itnrtnn street IAN which !, &c nrn-
poeed to Greet he buflafnq wb,ch -
10 he one Of thp largest ana bapd9
eomast In tha stata rrhe h,lfig,rs u,tt,
have dormitorina largo air. s,,,,,,
nasitirn, and n big auditorium. basfdes
reading room. library. parIors baths
, letc Several hundred members are
ipledged to give tho institution Yhe,r
support. and after the building IL com
pIeted there viii be- no trouble IN lis
maintenance.
! Real Estate News.
Among the more important real es-
: tate transfers. deeds for which were
filed for record at the office Of the
, clerk Of the Hastings Court last week.
are the following
Robert j. Jones and wife to Th0s
, H. Dillon, lot at corner nf Farmer
and West streets $1,000
j. g. Quarles to Thomas c, and
, Susan W. Drinkwater. lot on south
. side of Commerce street. $3.50
John w GOODWIN aud wife to n.
, l.. Watson. lot on west side OF Jones
l.. street. no consideration stated.
) George w. Harris and wife to John
, W Jones. north side Pearl street.
$3.50.
- .Corling street ls being rapidly de :
r veloped as one Of the prettiest resi-
: dental streets in the city.
: During thu. Weak. four lots. were
: sold to bartlett Roper. Jr, and Car
tier Hall. Plans for I'VE modern resi-
a dences are now being prepared for
the new section.
/ Burglars nj Work
T. Burglars believed to be rartv
Of negro lahorers. recentlv turned
oft the job on the completion OF the
~ & W. belt line around Petersburg
, entered the home Of John Zaruba
Jr, In Prince George county. near
. the city. some time Friday night and
got away with small sum OF money.
a rifle, "a revolver and several other
articles Of value
> Funeral at uisputanta.
The body of Thomas J. Gwaitnev.
Of Upper Appomattox street who
died late Friday night Mt the Pc
tersburg hospital after an Illness OF
typhoid fever. was taken To pisnu-
tanta this morning, where at 3 O'clock
the funeral was held from Centervillf
church. Mr. Gwaltney was twenty
five years old and is survived by his