The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-01-21
JANUARY TERM.OF
COURT CONvERs
SEVERAL CASES TRIED AND THREE
sEN GET PRISON
SENTENCES.
YOUNG MAN DIES
PETERSBURG TOBACCO MARKET
ACTIvE-AGED MAN Run
DOWN AND KILLED
BY TRAIN.

Especial to The Richmond Nirginian.)
PETERSBURG, VA. Jan. 2l.-The
Riverside Country Club will hold its
fortnightly dance at the clubhouse
on Tuesday night, January "a. The
chaperones for the occasion are: Mr.
snd Mrs. T. +. Heath, Mr.. and Mrs.
n. 7. Paterson. Mr.. and Mrs. George
Cameron.
Superintendent Hicks. of the Sea-
board Air Line railway, was in Pc
tersburg Friday and had Il confer
once with Mr.. o. w. Mattox. chair
man of the city street committee,
regarding the laying Of granolithic
sidewalks II the vicinity of the Dun
lop Street Station, now nearing com
pletion. 1t Is probable that the city
and railroad VIII cooperate in the
proposed improvement of the streets
near this passenger station.
Clearing Up Debris.
Mr.. Clarence Bryant has been given
the contract for clearing away the
debris and cleaning the bricks on
the lot owned by A. Rosenstock and
Company a portion of the burned
district on Sycamore street, and work
will he commenced in a few days.
Buildings will he shortly commenced
to be erected on the location and will
he pushed forward as rapidly as pos
sible.
Aged Man Killed.
Thursday evening the southbound
train on the Sea aboard Air Line rail-
way leaving Petersburg at 1851 struck
and killed Goodwin Wright. an old
respected citizen of Dinwiddie county.
The old man. seated in a buggy, was
driving along the road near Butter
worth station and was crossing the
railroad tracks at the time. Here II
is difficult to see an approaching train.
and it Is not known whether or not
Wright heard the whistle of the loco
motive. He was instantly killed and
his body. with a part of the buggy.
was carried on the locomotive a oIs-
lance OF several hundred yards. The
horse was also killed.
Hastings Court Conyenes.
Tho January term of the Hastings
Court was opened Friday morning,
with Jurors and witnesses ready for
business. Judge j. NJ. Mullen pre-
sided. Mr.. Charles W. Bland was
made foreman of the grand jury. In
his charge Judge Mullen made no
reference TO the matter of an inves-
tigation INTO the affairs of the Apo
mattox Trust Company. as had been
suggested to him and Common
wealth's Attorney r. H. Mann in let
tiers from Mr.. John A. Pitcher OF
Roanoke. a stockholder in the COM
pany, except indirectly in his state
ment that the jury should look into
all matters brought to their atten-
ton by the Commemorative attor-
ney. 1t is not known whether or not
the matter III -he-takau-up- at-tA4s
time. If so. Mr.. Pitcher may be one
Of the witnesses to be summoned be-
fore the grand jury.
In the courts. William White,
charged with stealing from A. Cell
man & Co.. was found guilty and
was given a year in the peniteutiary.
George Griffin. white man, charg-
ed with stealing a watch from the
person OF Mr.. j. r. Rawlings. was
convicted and sentenced to eighteen
months in the State prison.
John Jones, colored. charged with
stealing sS5 from Willis Cook. was
found guilty and given eighteen
months in the penitentiary.
Richard BARLEY. eolored, was tried
for felonious cutting.
The civil docket began Saturday
morning at 10 o'clock. Several i'm
/ portant criminal cases was postponed
until February.
/ Young Man Dies.
Mt. Harold Bass, IA prominent and
popular young man. died Friday
morning after an illness OF seSerai
weeks duration. Mr.. Bass was about
I twenty-five years of age and is sur
vived by his father. Mr.. James D.
/ Bass: one sister and three brothers
Mrs. James r. Collins. and Messrs.
/ James n. Jr.. Willie and Gerald Bass
all OF Petersburg.
Tobacco Continues Active.
The Petersburg tobacco market this
week has been .unsualIy active. More
tobacco being sold than In any week
/ in the past eight or nine years. FRI
! day the amount sold for the day ag-
gregated 100000 pounds. making a
I total for the week OF s63. eco pounds
/ Prices were good. ranging according
to quality from SO to s35 per hun
bred.