The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-08
DELEGATION FOR
SUFFOLK NAMED
NONE OF THOSE GOING TO THE
NORFOLK CONVENTION ARE
INSTRUCTED !.
NEGRO ASKS DAMAGES
MANY WILL GO To LAKE DRUM
MoND IN PRIMITIVE CONVEY
ANCE-EAsTER SERVICE IN
THE CHURCHES.
NEGRO ASKS DAMAGES
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/ SUFFOLK. VA, April Ward
meetings were held by the Demo-
cratic voters In this city on Friday
! night to select delegates to the State
Democratic Convention. which meets
In Norfolk. Va. in May. This is
/ the first time that the new city of
SUFFOLK has elected delegates separate
from the county Of Nansemond The
. city is allowed to have four votes In
that convention. and so each ward
elected two delegates and two alter
mates This entities each delegate to
one-haf a vote.
{ The following were elected in their
respective wards:
/ First Ward--Delegates, Congress
man r. e. Holland and City Chairman
Nat X. Withers. Alternates. Colonel
John r. Primer.
n. S. Roykin, city treasurer. and John
X. Primer.
Second ward--Delegates. Colonel
]. II. Macleary and John G. Villa ms.
Alternates. p. s. Pruden and w. j.
Kendr!ck.
Third Ward-Deiegates. DR.. Thomas
II. Barnes and Colonel J. e. West
Alternates. Mayor J. e. Holiday and
DR.. John W. Rison, Jr.
Fourth Ward--Delegates, Colonel
r. l.. Brewer, Jr.. and Sam s. Stallings.
Alternates. DIR. n. w. Campbell and
G. l. Lewis.
/ some are In favor OF Underwood.
some for Wilson. and perhaps some
for Clark.
| Colored Farmers Meet.
There wss meeting OF the co1ored
| farmers OF Nansemond county in Suf-
folk on Thursday. Among those who
made addresses were Hon. George w.
4 Koiner. State commissioner OF agri-
culture and Dr. Nelson 8. Mayo, pro-
fessor or animal industry and veter-
mary Science at the Virginia Polytech-
mic Institute.
This Is said to have been the first
meeting of cole~cd farmers ever I'D.
dressed by MI Koiner
Wounded Bathcr Asks Damages.
The county Of Isle OF Wight now
has on Its docket most peculiar
damage suit 1t is that of ]. r. VIII
lines against w =. Wilson n well
known citizen of Fergusons Wharf.
VilliBes a coiored man. and mem
her OF vicente party, was bathing In
the waters of James river last summer
when he was shot and wounded by
| William Hargrove Waterman. In
the employ of Mr.. Wilson. to look
after his oyster beds.
I Villnos claims to have snent about
/ %3VV III uNFICT pilIS anu Is per-
manontly disfeured. and now asks for
$4,000 damrx-e from Mr. Wilson The
case will be heard before Judge
1 White.
Wigwam Club.
Suffolk r. to have another sporting
club. This will be known as the
"wigwam Club" The young men
belonging to this club expect to erect
a bungalow on the shores Of Lake
J t1v.,yr laAA hxS
the middle of April. The formal
openins will be April 18th to 18th.
Tho officers OF the new club are II. l..
Land president; John F. Primer, vice.
president: John b. Taylor. treasurer.
and Jesse II. Lilliston. secretary. There
are several club houses now on the
shores OF this lake, and in the future
visitors will have more OF the COM
forts OF life at these bungalows than
they formerly did.
Tomorrow being Easter Monday. a
large crowd Of people from the Driver
, section expect to go down to Lake
Drummond on an excursion. The
crowd will be composed largely of
the teachers and pupils from the
Driver Agricultural school, who make
annual visits to this weird resort
They win drive to the head Of the
WASHINGTON ditch. about seven miles
south OF Suffolk on the Edenton road.
and then take fat boats for FIVE miles
down the ditch to the lake. There ID
no other motive power used on this
canal. but human strength. and II
usually takes three hours to make the
trip one way,
School, Teachers to Meet.
The Southampton conntv public
ond meeting OF the year at Court
land on Friday. April 18th. at 1880
O'Clock.
Miss Maud Dixon. OF franklin. and
Miss Ii>ize Gillette. OF Capron. and
Miss Helen Kicks. OF Sebrell. will dis
: cuss the subject: Can the course OF
study prescribed by the State Board
OF Education for the primary and
grammar grades be thoroughly COM
pieted within seven years"
What can be done for the sub
normal child and also for the child
who cannot remain In school the en-
sSfsa session 2''' with be discussed nv
Miss Grace Wilroy. ,Drewryvile: Miss
Mary White. Franklin. and Miss
Maggie Reese Sabrell
III all parents want their children
TO ba educated are thew willing ~
nay the price" will he discussed by
7. p. Gvnn. Newsoms ! r. Gillette.
Drewryville. and w I! Warner. Ivor.
All teachers In the county are ask
cd to attend this meeting.
Easter was duly observed In the
city TODAY at the churches. The
frost elaborate sArviras- 81 the day
werc held at the Christian church. On
Foster Sunday this church collects all
Of its conference funds for the year.
This year the call was for $1,000. and
Il Is moro than probable that it will
all re In at the close OF the days
services. which is given over entire
" to the children. in the morning. and
to sacred music at night.