The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-07
A, P. HILL CAMP
ELECTS OFFICERS
Veterans Discuss Plans for OBJ
servance OF General Lees
Birthday.
Times Dispatch Bureau.
) Bollingbrook street.
(Telephone 1850
Petersburg. Va. December 8

petersburg. Va. December g.
A. p Hill Camp of Confederate Vet
Grams elected officers for the ensuing
wear last night and discussed ar
rangements for the celebration OF
General r Z. Lees birthday on jan
uary IS. The attendance OF veterans
was large, and the meeting was one
OF interest. AS the anniversary OF
General Lees birth falls on Sunday.
il was decided 10 hold memorial
service on that day in one of the
churches and TO have the usual parade
and banquet on Tuesday following,
January 81 All details as to the
memorial service. and as TO the pa
rade. banquet and speakers will be
completed at the next meeting Of the
camp.
Officers Elected.
The officers of the camp elected last
night are as follows:
Commander. Putnam Stith: first lieu
tenant-commander. w. 3. Harrison;
second lieutenant comrnander. Judge
J. NJ Mullen: third lieutenant com
inander. Robert Gillian. Sr.. adjutant,
Dr.. r NJ Bidgood, quarternaster.
James r. Coldwell. officer OF the day.
\. J. Clements: surgeon. Or. ". L.
4arwood: chaplain. Rev. c. B. Bryan. l..
D: treasurer. L. P. Barham: sergeant.
major. r. F. Jarvis; vidette, y. B.
simmons; color sergeant. J. 4. Juliey;
.irst color guard. W. H. kevan;
second color sergeant. s. II. NuSent.
Executive committee: Homer Atkin-
son. T. :. Beckwith. General Stith Boil
ing. J. Z. Whitehorne. Dr.. w +. Har-
wood. W. y Jones and Judge James
NJ Mullen
smoke in Steeple.
smoke issuing from the steeple o.
the Second Presbyterian Church. on
Washington Street. shortly after noon
to-day caused the department TO be
called out There was no FIRE In the
steeple or church. however. the smoke
having reached the steeple through a
defective fue connected with the fur
mace The same thing had occurred
before.
CoIored Farmers Robbed.
couple Of ccIored farmers from
one of the nSEhboring counties. who
had been to town on business. were
robbed at the lower station last night
BY negro sharPers- They lOst their
ovcrcoats. and ore Of them was
swindled out of his money. Petersburg
has been remarkably free from rob-
berries of any kind for some time.
Confer on Bridge Location.
7. : Rose. W. A Horner and T. T.
Hatcher. commission appointed by
the supervisors OF Chesterfield County
for the purpose. held a conference to-
dav with counsel for the Atlantic Coast
Line Railroad Company relative 20 the
building Of an overhead bridge at
Grossman's Crossing. in Chesterfield.
near this city. The proba bility IS that
he hr.f1- n This
point. The crossing. in view OF the
obstruction Of view OF sppros ching
trains. is a dangerous one. and num-
Der Of persons have been killed thers.
General News Notes.
James Thomas. coiored. WAS fined
$50 in the Police Court this mornirs
On conviction or the charge Of running
a crap join; on Old Street.
Tho weather this week has furnished
q fine season FOR ordering tobacco for
market. and the receipts az thu ware
houses next week are expected 20 be
large Very Is;tle Of this years crop
has ben marketed as yet.
u. T.. 6. Williams. Of the state Board
% Health addressed the Citizens I'm
rrovsment League OF Dinw'ddie - ne
Fsa-,s sraded school to-day on SAM
tstion."
Th~ Charvsfs Acquitted
The trial q Frank Charvst and his
three so7s-JoSrph. Frank. r.. snd
soharisv Charvzt--Who we're arrested
ir Prince George County last week o.
the charge q burning the barn Of
roscph Y Tiril which was dcstrc-e d
b. nrc on the night % November -.
vas held ~ Prince George Courthousc
TO-DAY and resulted N al 81 them
being acquitted. The case attracted
large crowd AMI the feeling was IN
tense. The evidence against the ac-
cused was very slight. The main CYL
deucc o. tlc Commonwealth was the
fact that bloodhounds trailed from the
burned barn % tho home Of the char
watts. All Of th. parties concerned