The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-24
South Richmond Bureau,
The Times Dispatch,
1920 Hull Street.


Swansboro Bureau
Swansboro Furniture Co.
indications are that tho scheduled hearth :,
OF the peddiing charges against the stand
ara OH Company, the National Oil Coinpany
and the Richmond Oil Company will be held
ms morning without a petition for contin-
uancc fran either side.
Magistrate Cheatham. by special request.
mas obtained permission to conduc, the
nearing In the Hastings Court house, Part .
Aside from the large number Of witnesses
summoned public interest has been so stir
red oy the assault against ne giant corpora :
lions that great crowd Of spectators Is
expected. 1t vas stated yesterday afternoon
mat squire Cheatham has ntt decided
which eompany's case will be cafled first.
Although ten hearing is to begin this
morning the accused OF companies refuse to
make public the counsel retained by them.
iiunton and Charles l.. Page t"il defend the
standard OH COMPANY but nothing can be
s ,sa as to who IS TO represent the other
Gregory and Conway Sands VIII press the
case for the county.
Case Postponed.
ne case Of j. =. sykes against Mrs. -. a.
Albright. appealed from Police Court. Part 2
which WAS set 10 be tried this morning be
fore Judge Weils in the Hastings Court
Fart 2. has cen postponed by mutual con
SEN, OF the parties concerned until April 3.
Judge f. IL Wells returned yesterday from
Stafford county. where nc has been occuy
ing jude Cbichestcrs bench in the Circuit,
Court for several days
Fingers Are Crushed.
day afternoon about o'clock In the factory
OF TIC Standard Papcr Company IS. j. Stiles
manager Of that concern. suffered the loss
or the cnds Of two fingers his left hand
The third and fourth fingers were caught In
nc machinery and completely crushed be
fore HIr stiles could be released from his
agoaizine situation.
The machinery Was hastily stopped and
m y, MANAGER taken TO the office. where Dr.
taken 10 his home a, Bensley, on the Peters.
burg car line.
Nj Stiles is we'll known through South
Richmond having lived here for many
years. LIZ summer he built home a,
Bensiey and moved with his family 10 tina,
place.
The police Of South Richmond have been
Instructed to begin reporting dog owners who
for b. law, in order that lists may b.
made out for the dog -catchers who erir
! npera.ttcn on April ] The Law impose.
penalty OF 50 on dog owners who do not pa,
the tax before the expiration OF the tirne
! limit.
VIII Move City offices.
AFTER making a tour Of possible building.
hited TO be made over into Offices for the ga:
and water and tax departments in the South
SIDE, building Inspector Beck, custodian OF
the city buildings is said to have selected
the old po.t-oice IN the Leader Building or
. Hull Street as the new quarters for these
offices
An inspection OF this site showed that there
vas ample room for these three Offices In
The old post-ofiice. and soon as the nxings
81 "e 'hntaIieo ana me onice gotten In
shape these departments Will begin the un.
der,aking Of moving their books and flies.
Successful Furm School.
Although the pressure OF farm work jus,
IL this time prevented great gathering OF
farmers al the itinerant agricultural school
peing conducted By the Virginia Polytechnic
institute people In the new Chester Aericul-
.urai School the kcenest interest has been
disniayed by those who were able 10 attend
on the whole. the attendance has been UP
to expectations
special stress Is being laid by the lecturing
Professors on the cultivation OF grasses md
on fne subject Of what grasses arc hes,
ADAPTED 10 this soil and climate
Prof. Schmitz spoke on alfalfa growing.