The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-29
South Richmond Bureau.
The Times-Dispatch.
1920 Hull Street.

lpGo Hull street.
Phone Madison IFS.
or all the contests in which the
residents of Washington Ward are in
terested politically. the one. for City
Collector of Faxes bids fair to be the
most evenly divided in the votes of
that section. Messrs. Bates. Hulcc
and iicakell have their partisans scat.
tered throughout the ward. and they
are working up strong = for
each of the candidates. The fght
has penetrated into the Democratic
organization itself. and even in this
much OF a lead.
Since the declaration Of NJ A
Campbell on the night of the first
meeting at FIaternei Hall that be-
fore the election he would make no
promises about any question. the
sht etween him and ID L. Toney
for the nomination for the House Of
Delegates has settled down into a
contest based upon personal prefer
ences, 1t is believed that The vot-
ers q, the primary will vote accord.
ing To their personal liking for the
men. "
Inc Glass meeting has had tho Eff
ect OF bringing out opinion upon the
senatorial night. Before this meet.nr
men said little about the fight for th.
se~hatorship, partly because OF the
lact that the trial at Chesterfield
Courthouse was taking their atten-
tion' and partly because opinion mn
on this phase of the political oues.
non mad not settled finally into any
enamel In the discussion OF thc
speech of Mr.. Glass. however. oninion
seems 10 have crystallizel. and ~
voters are taking sides with one f,,.
tion or the other.
ihe hght for the appointment Of
has not yet been set
80 az .ne various candidates still
are circulating petitions and canvass-
ing the residents OF Washinrto,
maro' Messrs. Bl~ankenship, Hast
ihss' Sandifer and French All hnvo
strons following, and are using .,r
me influence they have to bring ,hor,
lneir selection to this most I, Is
EIooaoie that Judge ernest n WaIIs
to-day. some time
The question of a proper roos
place for a chicken caused am"s
turmoil among the colored res,der,
OF South Richmond on SUNDAY pans
Miller thought that in tho sett,ar.an
vi the question, several of her co,orad
neienoors were unduly earnest Tn
ueeo' they We're so much In oarnos,
mat feari was crested. charged Win
the theft of the fowl She INN cd,,ta
~ got out n cross warrant for ~
arrest OF Lottie Taylor. also colored
harriet Saunders and Mary Wallace
also became involved In the argument
ana the result was another set OF
warrants aid arrests. Jen Wal
lace also became Interested in tho
question and was arrested. All dis
nutants were hailed. The Anal dIspost- |
ton of the fowl still is unsettled.
Henry Nelson returned home from,
the Eastern Shore Sunday. very much
elated over the success OF his horse
ut the races. Mr.. Nelson said that
the horse showed great form in every
race in which he was entered. Yester-
day he shipped him to Pimlico. where ,
he will ram during his week. At the
end OF the week he will 60 TO Roam
oke. Mr.. Nelson probably will drive
him in all the races in which he is
entered.
Decatur Street. left yesterday for a
vacation OF several weeks ut Luray
Caverns, Natural Bridge and other
points of interest In the state.
Clerk Walter Duval is at home again
after a pleasant time at Ocean View.
The suit of w. l.. Stage VS.. tho
South Atlantic Life Insurance Company
for the sum of $4,000 will soon come to
trial in the Hastings Court. Part II.
tho company to Milton l. Selph in JuIy.
1900, which policy Mr.. Selph afterward
assigned to Mr.. Stagg.
The plaintiff claims that whcn Mr..
Selph had been insured about thirteen
months he died. after having trans
ferred the policy to Mr.. Stagg. Upon
Dresentat ton az fhe claim tho nIaintI,s