The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-17
South Richmond Bureau.
The Times-Dispatch,
1920 Hull Street,

Phone Madison u.s.
If applications for the position Of
special county officer in Squire Cheat
hams district, backed by written pc
tttions from representative citizens Of
Oak Grove, do not cease to roll In. the
! Squire will be inundated a perfect
swarm Of applicants have descended
on the magistrates Office asking that
he recommend them for the position To
! be vacant March l.
The Squire Is noncommittal to all
his safe against the day when he Shall
make his recommendation to Judge
Watson. After all the applications
and netitions are in he will begin to
whole batch. together with his recon-
mendation. to the Judge.
Among those who have fled their
applications for this position are A.
BEDFORD Willie Alley, Alonzo Crave
and Melvin Ely. all residents IF Oak
Grove. This IS not the whole list by
any means as there are some sixteen
applicants In all
Performance for Charity.
The Kings Daughters charjtah le
organiza tton Of the Southside that has
ACCOMPLISHED untold good in the la st
few yea rs. last rjeht received the nro-
ceeds nf the performance in the Pa s.
time Theatre. The South Richmond
neon1e turned out in throngs to aid
this worthy cause. and were rewnrdel
with good showing. consisting of
moving pictures and illustrated songs.
This society does practically ali the
work anon q the poor in the sonthside
and has strjven noh1v al, winter for
the alienation OF suffering.
Many Conversions.
The total number Of conversions ard
of the revival services being conducted
in tile Bainhridge street Rantist
Church hr Rev. J. ]. Wicker, pastor
Of Leirh street Baptlst Church. Is now
,s.,I, Nt,1
nect OF several more conversions dur
ing the few meetings that remain of
The series.
The sarvice this evening Will begin
'e'iver - sermon on "The UnDardnn-
able Sin There will be no meeting
Saturday night. hi view Of tho great
interest manifested by the Soutbsifers
mined to continue them Sunday with
q service at night and probably In tho
afternoon This will be the end Of
HE meetings. and it is expected that
'he church will be crowded with pco-
nln
During the two weeks in which the
meetings have been hell the South
siders have locked II had weather AMI
clear to hrnr hTr. Wicker. ana ca ch
night has added 10 Inc number OF con-
versions. The SINGING at the services
has haen noteworthy. y choir espe cia lly
rorruited for the meetings. comnosef!
OF thirty voices having sung nightly.
Court peTins Monfiny.
The regular Fehrnarv term OF TIust :
ings Court Part Q will healn MonGav
mornine February 90, with Judge f.
~ Wells presidinG The grand Jury
will be present on tha onening day Of
the court 10 make indictments ard the
actual trying 0 she cases will follow
rapidly
Among the numerous criminal cases
of note will be that IF the quintet ~
accused shoe robbers recently caught
in q raid hy Officer Waymack.
The negro George Robinson will be
tried on the charse8of attempted as
sault on Lizzie Ross. colorcd while 1
case of a ttemnting to conceal the]crime
may be brought against her husband.
Of several large damnse suits. per-
hans the most mportant Is that OF
Price against the Virginia Railway and
Numerous smaller suits have been IN
stitnted, rs well rs many CHANGER,
cases.
Try nnyix To-Day. .
The tria,. Of Moses Davis, alias Nose:
attacking, Il young white woman o.
! leicester recently. was continued yea.