The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-16
Report to General Board Shows
1850 Now Under Treat
ment.
YEARS WORK OF THE S. P. C. A.
Negro Charged With Forgery
Sentenced to Ten Years in
Fenitentiary.
Times-Dispatch Bureau.
3 BolllnCbrook Street,
Phonc 1877.
Petersburg. Va. February Is.

pitfalls, Including the Epilcptic Colony.
near Lynchburg, made 70 the general
board OF directors at their meeting
here yesterday. showed the total num-
Der OF insane persons In the State un-.
der the care and supervision of these
institutions to bs $500, of which l,i10
are colored, in the Central State Hos.
Di;al. All or the hospitals are crowded.
The general board made a thorough
Inspection OF the buildings and DEPART
!nents of the Central State Hospital
and the administration OF affairs there,
and found conditions in every respec:
ana detail highly satisfactory.
Report Is Encouraging.
The report OF President James NJ.
Quickc, Jr.. of the Petersburg Society
fer the Prevention of Cruelty TO AMI
mails, is encouraging. L. shows that
the work and good influence OF thy So
ciety during the first year OF itx life
considering the necessity for tho excr-
else OF rigid economy on account of the
narrow limitations of Income, give
cause for congratulation. The direc-
tors and officers deemed It the wiser
course rather to educate than to pun
tsh: TO develop the consideration of
animals. and advise and adrnonish tina
to prosecute. The wisdom Of this
policy IS demonstrated by the existence
in the community of general con-,
sidsration of the we'll being OF animals
The number of cases called 10 the
attention OF the agent during the year
was AS. Admonition was used in most
OF tho cases, and there were only
twelve prosecutions. The president ap-
pcals FOR larger membership of the
society and an Increase OF revenue. To
enable the society to more effectively
and satisfactorily maintain its work
The present membership is So6-men.
~ a. l..
should he made TO procure new mem
bers. and thsre Is no reason why the
president roll should not b. doubled
or trebled. The receipts OF the society
the past year were s50o.75, and the dis
bursemcnts S460.25.
Deaths In the City.
Wesley Allen, 4 well known citizen,
who had been III i'll health for some
time died last nigh; at his home on
Gillian street. Deceased was q native
OF Monticello, y. y, bu, had lived in
Petersburg for thirty years He was
fifty-ninc yenrs old and is survived
by his wife and several brothers and
sisters
Arthur w. Davis. aged twenty sin
years. & worthy young citizen, died last
night at the home Of his grandmother
Mrs. John a. Crowde, on West High
street lie had long been in III health
New Hotel Project.
The movement, among local capital
lists to erect a new and n-to-date
hotel will, il is believed, shortly re-
suit in some definite action toward
that end. The hoard of governors Of
tho Chamber OF Commerce has taken
the matter VI. and yesterday referred
IL TO its business committee to IN.
quire into and report az to the feast
bility OF the project. Tho committee
VIII confer with capitalists and bust
nesf men. What rhe Chamber OF Com
Inerce undertakes It generally carries
10 success.
Ton Yenrs for Forgery.
The grand jury of the Hastings
Court to-day returned A number OF
felony indictments, asd the court went
promptly into the trial of severa! cases
The negro check flasher, Henry
Johnson alias sam Hall, alias Henry
Davis was convicted of forging check
for Sos and attempting 20 pass II on a
mercantile firm here, and was given a
sentence OF ten years In the peniten-
tinry. The check was on a Portsmouth,
bank, and the name OF q reputable Nor
folk trul was forged as the drawer.
Johnson is wanted in half dozen
places in Eastern Virginia and North
Carolina for passing forged checks,
and the Information is that within the
past year he has pocketcd 81 600 or 81 :
500 by his operations.
Seven Years for Shooting.
Theodore Williams. negro, indicted
for the felonious shooting OF Carrie
Jackson. coiored. nearly six years ago
was tried and convict ed to-day, and
given sentence OF seven years. VII
liams fled from the State after the
shooting. and was arrested several
! weeks ago in Elizabeth, n. j.. where he
had married and was at work.
Eddie Nichols. negro was sentenced
to three years in the penitentiary foi
robbery from the person.
Woman Ends Life,
Mrs. James T.. Williams. wife OF
James r. Williams, a contractor. living
on Byrne Street. in this city, com
mitted suicide this evening by taking
carboic acid. She took the acid about
o'clock this afternoon. and died In
great agony at $50 o'clock.
Personal md General.
y. S. Robertson. aged sixty light
years formerly OF this city, died yes
tcrday in Crewc. The bcdy will he
brought here tomorrow for burial. IIe
is survived by his wife, three sons and
three daughters.
Americas Greatest Citizen will be
tho subject Of special sermon ny the
Rev. George fl. SpooYer. OF Market
street Methodist Episcopal Church mex,
sunday morning. AS appropriate 10 tht
anniversary Of Washington's birthday
Samuel w. thinner recently elected
permanent secretary of the Retai
Merchants Association, entered on tho
duties OF the position tonight. Mr.
thinner was elected over II number OF
applicants for the Office
, Captain =. L. Heath has been elected
chairman OF the Chamber of Commerce
committee on municipal government.
Under the auspices OF tine Chamber
OF Commerce, Lieutenant C. r. Shaw, u,
Norfolk. last night delivered an ad
dress before the people of Petersburg
on the subject vi Municipal Govern.
ment and Home Rule He was heard
by O. representative audience. Ills adj
dress was q clear explanation OF com
mission government and an argument
for the rule Of the people in that form
of government, as against the rule oi
the bosses.
Misses Margaret Gin and Margarc,