The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-07

was ratihed and approved by the stock
holders. Judge Leigh r. Watts pre-
sided. and those present representing
stock In person and by proxy were: d.
Hatton. Inness Brown and J. Leroy.
OF New York; r. l.. Mutt, treasurer;
D. G. Porteous, secretary, and ". r.
Mckcnney, counsel.
SHORTCOMINGS Sentenced.
Il. Bush. white man upwards
Of sixty years old. said to be from
Georgia, was sentenced to four months
In jail this morning for practicing the
"short-change" game on merchants
here. Two charges we're preferre5
| against him. and he was given sixty
days OH each. Bush was caught by
Detective Heelan early in his opera-
tons else he might have done cx-
tensive swindlng.
IncorrlRiblc Hoy THIEF.
James Carpenter, q negro boy OF
| ten years and paralytic. has developed
into an incorriglble thief He has been
III court half Il dozen times on charges
OF houscbrealng and robbery, but
MS extreme youth has saved him froir
severe punishment This morning he
was up again for houscbreaking and
! was sen, to the Hastings Court for
| disposition. The boy seems to be an
| 1shmacl With no permanent home and
no one to look after or care for him.
Civil Service Examination.
y civil service examination was held
here on Saturday for high grade Gus
toms and internal revenue positions
There were seven candidates before
the board, and the result OF the eN-
animation will not be known until di
vulged from Washington. There are
| no present vacancies in either branch
OF the above service here. but tho
successful candidates will be eligible
for service anywhere.
! WhirlYind Campaign 10 Lift n Debt.
| y whrlwind campaign to lift the
debt of Washington Street Methodist
| Episcopal Church will he started to-
! morrow. Fifty canvassers--twen five
| men and twenty-five women--will con-
| duct the campaign, which Will run
| through five days. Washington stree t
/ Church was recently rcmodeled and
! greatly improved and Is now one Of
| the handsomest churches in the State.
/ But its Improvement has left il with
| a debt Of $4,000. which it Is pro-
posed to liquionte by this campaign.
and which Will doubtless be done. Pay
| ments on subscriptions will run
| through fifty months. The canvassers
will meet each evening In the church
to compare notes and make reports.
Personal md Otherwise
|
| of the sudden death in Carlisle, Pa. OF
Mrs. Colonel M. a. Embrick, aged sin
ty-four years Mrs. Enbrick was
| we'll known in Petersburg which city
she and her husband often visited to
view the battlcfelds. Colonel EmbriclS
lis a member OF tile PENNSYLVANIA Bat
tleneid Commission. under whose SUI
pervision the magnificent monument ia
Hartranfts Division WAS erected near
Petersburg.
The subscription committees of the
IMatoaca Business Mems Association
ireport subscriptions 10 the amour OF
| $500 towards the building Of the
| Matoaca Bridge across the .NppomattoN
mostly taken in and around Matoaca.
tt is planned to build n $4,000 bridge,
to be used temporarily as Il toll bridge.
! The people Of Petersburg nave not
yet been approached for subscriptions.
a two story frame dwelling on Fed
eral Street, owned by Mrs. ". II. Az
we'll and occupied by James Wray.
was DANA ged by an interior fire Sum
day morning. Some bedding and FUR
niture were partially burned.
Elijah Wilson, colored. vas sent to
jail for sixty days and fined So for dis
orderly conduct on Sunday and resist
ing n police officer.
Several Deaths.
Mrs d. ]. VIM died LAST night IN
! her home in Dinwiddie. aged seventy
seven years. She is survived by two
sons and one daughter, all Of Din
| Widdie
Robert J. Anthony, we'll known
young man. aged nineteen years, died
yesterday at the home Of his mother,
Mrs. l. ]. Anthony. on Rose Street.
William a. Marks. aged twenty ono
years, died yesterday at his home In
| Ettrick lie had been in declining
health for long time.
Mrs Myrtle Cramer, wife CT T. c.
Cramer died this morning after a long
| illness. She was in her thirty min tn
year, and is survived by her husband
and three children. She is also sur
vivcd by her mother. Mrs NJ Z. George,
three brothers and one sister--Herbert
and John NJ. George. of Richmond, and
r. r. George and Mrs. M. T. Aldridge,
| OF Petersburg.
\ meeting of the Wholesale AIer-
| chants Association will be held in the
| Chamber Of Commerce to-m6rrow nf-
ternoon for reorganization and dis
eusson of matters Of interest.
Celebrate Fortieth Anniversary.
hr. and Mrs. A. S. Reinach. old and
highly esteemed citizens, celebrated on
| sunday the for,icth anniversary Of
their marriage. and the birthday OF
| their youngest son. number or
guests were present to enjoy tho happy
occasion.
A number of citizens OF Chesterfield
are mentioned MS probable candidates
for the Office OF treasure to succeed
DR.. J. =. Gillian, who after .hirty-hve
years service. 1t is said, win not Of
Ter for reelection.
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