The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-22
NEGRO ATTEMPTS
TO ASSASS|hATE
WIRES FIVE TIMES AT THE ROAD
MATTER. WHO HAD DIS
CHARGED HIM.
ALL BALLS GO WILD
brown SPEEDS UP HIS HAND
CAR AND EsCAPES-~NEGR0
GETS INTO WOODS AND
ia NOT cAPrUREn.
Virxinian Bureau,

Law Building, Phone 1887.
PETERSBURG, VA. Dec. 21.--D.
r. Brown. seabcard Air Line road
master. between this city and Swift
Creek, ir Chesserfield county, mar
rowiy missed being assassinated late
yesterday aft, rnt on. tar. Moore dis
charged Js.n Brown. colored. one
Of his en- ,soyes. yesterday afternoon.
Brown was very angry. he went
short i!sttncs away and concealed
himself by the roadside. When MFR.
Moore rstutnsT TO this city on his
hAndcAr, thu negro shot at him Ave
tinass. His am, was bad, however,
Moore not being injured. The police
here are uaEir.g every effort to To-
cate the would-be assassin Mr..
Moore lives on High street.
Pastor Is Pounded.
Rev. w. T. A. Haynes. pastor Of
wesley Methodist church. way
pounded" last night by large num-
Der OF his congregation. The pastor
received many evidences of the good
will of his congregation.
Tobacco sales.
The sales OF soose tobacco at the
local warehouses this week aggregated
~ to S2i per hundred pounds The
i.6ss.s0o pounds.
vaverly n. Ragland.
Waveriy N. Raglond, a former we'll
known citizen. died last n ght in Will
liamsburg. He had lived in that city
only . short time. Apopiexy was the
cause Of his death. He was sixty
four years old. Mr.. Ragland IL sur
rived BY three brothers and two sis,
ters Messra Reuben F., John D.
Mrs James Z. Collier. OF this city.
and Mrs. James e. Tosh. of Rich
mond. The body will be brought here
Tor burial Monday.
DIR. George f, Booker. OF Wash
tnxton Street Methodist church, will
preach tomorrow night upon the sub
5ect lis the World Growing Better"
A large congregation is expected to
attend.
The Kings Daughters wish to thank
the public for the many liberal con-
trtbutions they have received for the
eenefst of the poor.
Court 10 Adjourned.
Judge Southaii last night adjourned
the Circuit court Of Dinwiddie county
for the term. Several criminals were
convicted during this week. Several
were sent to the peuitentiary The
grand jury which has been investi-
eating the tax returns, viii continue
the investigation at the March term
OF the court. 1t Is learned that the
grand Jury discovered enough errors
In the tax returns to increase the
revenue OF the county $1,000 per year
II Ii expected that the investigation
II the March term viii considerably in
crease this amount All persons affect
ed will be given an opportunity to cor
rect their errors.
Rest Estate Transfers.
The following transfers OF real es-
tate were recorded In the clerks Of
fce here this week.
d. III. Burgess to Adeiia Barner, lot
On Jones street
@. w. Dunn to e Fl. Spiers, lot on
Federal street. $1,000.
Ro. Gillian. Jr., trustee, 10 r. M
Clements. release lot on Sycamore
street
8. R. Gresham and wife, to J. r.
and Proctor Gresham, lot, corner High
street and Virginia avenue. $500.
y Robert Myers and wife to Claiborne
Myers, lot On West street.
d. II. Sheffield. 10 w. T. Hubbard
lot on Pearl street. $1,000.
Nellie V, Vaughan. to Virginia D
Henderson. lot ON McKeever street
$500.
J. d. Watkins. trustee, to s. r
Gresham and wife. release lot. cor
ner Pearl street and Virginia avenue
Personals.
John Dalton is visiting T. V. Col
Inns in washington.
Nif hoias r. Manson. of the Univer-
sity Of Virginia. Is at home for ths
holidays.
Ned Dean. of Rocky Mount, n. c., 1,
visiting friends here
Miss Leanor Roper. Of Spartanburg.
8. c.. In visiting her father, Rev. l.. NJ
Roper.
: J. Nj. Burke Jr., OF ST. Mary's col.
lege. Belmont n, c., Ia visiting his
parents ON Washington street