The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-14


port and maintain one Of the twenty
IWo rooms in the Home for Confederate
women In Richmond. and on Friday
next the chapter will servo lunch and
proceeds of which Will be devoted to
the relief OF needy women outside OF
the home.
The Daughters OF the Confederacy OF
virginia Will appeal to the next Cen
eraI assembly to provide additional
ff ederafa s! tions fer the needy Con
establishment OF homes for them.
Death of Din,rtddian.
CHARLES Riyes, prominent and high
s. Bin e c,dS m citizen Of McKenney. in
yesterday afternoon Mr.. Riyes he.
came III at his home on Thursday. and
on l,rs s e1naition became SO serious that
70 be operated on in one of tho hosni.
sais, He died before the operation
6 Sponlb be :, performed RI The body was
, Rives was about sixty years Old ana
Is survived by his wife and fur chill
dren he was widely connected and
"eli known In Petersburg
Grnnd Jury to Convene
The grand jury OF the Hustinps
, court, after ten days rec9ss. fol.
i ! y ,ns lengthy investigation into the
Company. will reconvene ,to-morrnw
morning to consider It's report. or
course. there has not been the least in.
he
r eai, VIII be, or whether It will be
really made tomorrow When the
Jury was adjourned over some davs
wItness n h hadn mn Ion OF one or the
interest I'm Police Election.
IN tne exception Of the grand
Jnry BANK investigation. no subject has
caused SO much interest and discussion
IN the community recently rs thar of
.ne e!ect'on OF a police commissioner
70 M vacancy on the board Il, is
or caucusins In the interest OF this
or that person. whom it is desired ia
SET on the board, and the matter has
assumed political lingo. The Object
i, Of the. creation of the Board of Poiics
commissioners was to remove the do
paTtment entirely from the sphere o,
Personal and Otherwise
mrs. George Cameron. Sr.. returned
nome Yesterday from visit OF some
weeks abroad.
Miss Louise Mason. OF 1,ouisvilIe
ny. is guest in the home OF Dr. VIII
liam r. Harwood. on Union Street.
boys corn club is to be organized
nesday; a fine club was recently or
ganizcd in Dtnwiddie. and II is believed
that every county. in this section will
soon have boys corn club
The Rev. George Z. Booker D. D..
OF Washington Street Methodist Epis-
copal Church. preached to a large con
gresatlen last night on The Young
sermon to young men.
The coal and fuel dealers OF Peters
burg have, receded from their recent
determination to require OF all pur-
chasers cash on delivery. They an.
nounce in lieu thereof the system OF
prompt payments on or before the 10th
OF each month.
The Deep Run Hunt Club, of Rich
tmond, VIII be the guests Of the River
side Club on February IS, and Will join
a5as s Miss 2 be for the
Richmond. will be one OF the riders.
Plans are being made for many new
residences and stores: to be erected
promise to be very active as soon as
the spring opens.
James E. Cuthbert Is arranging to
build mansion OF sixteen rooms on
Colonial Heights. Chesterheld county.
To- day was. donation day for the
Birdville, Tuberculosis sanatorium.
which is to be opened on Wednesday,
and contributions were liberal
Accident to n Citizen.
While engaged In remodeing a frame
Brown Street. this afternoon. James
Qnarles fell from tho second story. No
bones were broken. but he was severe
The five assessors appointed by Com
missioner OF Revenue Hugh r. Smith
to take the tax lists Of personal prop
erty for this year, were sworn in to-day
They are =. c. C. Duane, A. S. Reinach.
John D. Ragland. ]. NJ. Wilkerson and
James r. Prentiss.
Sergeant McMillen. United States
Army, will arrive In Petersburg on
Wednesday to instruct tho Petersburg
Grays in drilling and other military
nianoeuvres. He will be here enga ged
In this duty for ten days.
Large audiences heard Evangelist w
I. walker in the revival services
which were begun In the First Baptist
Church yesterday Tho meetings will
be held twice every day throughout
this week.
Baptist sunday School Union.
The monthly meeting OF the Baptist
Sunday School Association. embracing
eight schools was held yesterday
afternoon in West End Church Re-
ports from all the schools were read,
showing an aggregate average attend
ancc during the past month of 1879
The address OF the day was delivered
by Jacob Umlauf, OF Richmond. His
subject was The Sunday School" The
number Of new scholars reported for
the month was eighty-siX.