The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-31
NEGRO SENT TO
+ HUST|NGS COURT
Is CONVICTED BEFORE POLICE
MAGrsTRATE OF SHOOTING
- HIS COMPANION,
r TO MOVE
STATE CHEMIST AFTER ExAMiNA-
TIoy REPORTS THAT SPRING
WATER Is PURE AND
FREE OF GERMS.
Virginian Bureau
Law Building. Phone 1887.

Law Building. Phone 1870.
PETERSBURG. VA, July S0.-In
Police court this morning. Anderson
Yates, n negro. who shot and wound
ed James Lockett. also q negro, on
Halifax street yesterday. was sent on
TO Hastings court for. trial, Lockett
ala not want TO prosecute Yates, II
an "apo!ogy'' was all he want
cd. The shooting caused great excite
ment at the time. and it. is miraculous
hat other people were not injured
The state road force now at work
On the Hickory road in Chesterfield
county neal this city, VIII he moved
about August 18TH. AT hat time they
Will begin york on a road near Bor
Air. west Of Manchester.
The state chemist has reported
that the water from the springs III
Central Park here is free from i'm
purtties, and IL wholesome. A few
days ago certain people made ON
plairt that this water was infected
with bacteria. Health Dffictr Martin
sent samples Of the water TO the
chemist at Richmond for examination,
Tne water OF these springs is drunk
daily by hundreds of people.
Gets Mall Contract.
The Petersburg and Norfolk Steam
boat company was lowest bidder for
the mail to the James river landings
between Norfolk and this city. This
company will start carrying h mail
Just as soon as all arrangements salts
factory TO the inspector of this dis
triCt are made, The service between
his city and Richmond Will be per-
formed by the Furman line steamer
Aurora. This service has been per
formed for the past ear by the old
Dominion steamer P~ocahontas.
Mrs. Wilkes Dies.
Mrs. Sarah Frances Wilkes, widow
Of Richard A. Wilkes. died this morn
ing at her home in Ettrick. She had
been sick only a short time. She was
sixty-four years old. She Is survived
by four sons and two daughters. The
funeral Will be conducted tomorrow
afternoon at 8 O'Clock,
Mrs, Carrie F.. West, wife Of y, +.
West, died last night at To 30 O'Clock
at the Petersburg hospital She had
been i'll several weeks with typhoid
fever. Mrs. West was twenty-five
years old and was we'll known in this
city and Chesterfield county. She lived
ut 1870 Grove avenue, The funeral will
take place from old Blandford church
tomorrow morning at II o'clock. Iiev.
W. Fl. AtwiIl, pastor of H~igh-Streeet
Methodist church, will conduct the
services.
Cora Virginia Edwards, the three
m~onths-old daughter Of MIR. and Mrs.
w. l.. Edwards, died at the residence
of her parents in Ettrick this morning
ar I'3n n'TInPk Tho funeral SGrNiPpI
viii take place at the grave In Bland
ford cemetery tomorrow afternoon at
$50 O'Clock. Rev, s. s. Robinson will
o~fflciate.
Miss Florence R~ushrnore, daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Rushmore, and
Chambers Brown, both of this City.
were married yesterday in Halifax, y.
G.. They returned today, and Will live
on Halifax STREET.
Council Mskea Appropriation.
The council appropriated $3.50 to de-
fray all expenses incident to the turn
ing of the rivt~ water into the general
water system of the city. 1t also APP
propriated S35 for maintaining a hy-
pochlorite plant for the publication of
the river water. The board of alder
men VIII meet in a day or two and
concur in these appropriations. A
Joint meeting Of the two branches Of
Aiif tottlfNAt Wa bt HSIu ttItIBhI iOt
purpose Of nonninating chairnen
Of the various committees OF the u
ell. who will go into ONCE September
lst,
Drought Grows Serious.
There has been little rain In this sec
ton since early Ia tune. The drought
has become serious. The corneand pea
nut crops in the ~ueighboring counties
have been badly damaged.
H-t
Rev. Or. ]. VI. Pitcher, Of Phoebus.
Va. formerly of his city. arrived here
this afternoon 10 visit relatives.
Councilman Robert ". Price has
returned from q business trip 10 Prince
edward county.
NJ -sorn@nbsrR. ct Riehnaond. Cor.
merry OF this CITY, is visiting friends
here.
Miss Mary Epson, Of Dinton. Va, is
vigting Mrs. J. H short in West High
street.
Frank Bishop, sr., is III at his home
in Harding street.
Miss Annie Whitmore, of Durham.
y. g, is visiting Mrs. Isham Dyer. In
High street,
J.. y. Elan, a real estate dealer of
Richmond. was here today on business.
Miss Kate Riddle liz visiting friends
in Proyincetown. Mass.