The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-20
LAMB CONFIDENT
OF DENOMINATION
Candidate for Reelection to
Congress Visits Constituents
in Chesterfield.
DEATH OF VENERABLE WOMAN
June Term OF Hastings Court
Will Open To-Day-Other
Petersburg News.
The Times Dispatch Bureau,
Bollingbrook Street
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Petersburg. Va, June l3.
Colonel John Lamb. Representative
in Congress from the Richmond Dis
trict, spent some time in the city
yesterday. after seeing some of his
constituents in Chesterfield. Inc COL
onel expects to speak at Chester to-
morrow night and in Ettrick and
Matoaca on Saturday evening and
night, June 90. He is very confident
of his denomination.
In the Fourth Congressional District
the situation is very quiet. but lit
tie beyond personal campaignin hav
ing been done. But goodOdcal of this
quiet personal work ..us been done
by the two candidates and their
friends.
Death of Nenablc Woman.
Mrs. Mary Katherine Mayton. n
well known and much respected Chris
tan woman died this morning about
$3.50 o'clock at her home on Bryne
Street. She was in the seventy-ninth
year of her age and had long been
in feeble health. She is survived by
of Dinwiddie; S. ~. l. j.. E. b. and
Il. w. Mayton. Of this city. Twenty
six grandchildren and ten great
grandchildren also survive her.
Personal Intelligence.
Mrs. Joseph r. Richardson has is
sued invitations to the marriage OF
her daughter, Bessie Leigh Cook, to
Wednesday afternoon. Juno IS. at 5
o'clock, in st. Joseph's Church Rec
tory.
Mrs Bryan. wifi, of tho Rev
c. Braxton Bryan, d. D., rector of
Grace Episcopal Church. was success
fully operated on for appendicitis last
night at the Petersburg Hospital. Her
40. t., u, ~
Captain Dennie Pcrkinson and DR..
Fl. G. Leigh will represent the Pc
tersburg club at the -,eetlng of the
Virginia League to be held In Rich
mond tomorrow.
Tho Rev. George f. Booker. ID. D..
pastor of the Washington Street NJ. Il.
Church, is preaching an interesting and
instructive series of sermons at his
Wednesday night services on THE
Lives of the Apostles"
Death of Old Citizen.
l.. w. Belcher. respected citizen
and Confederate veteran. died this
afternoon at his home on Grove Ave-
nue.. He served during the war in both
the army and navy Mr.. Belcher was
in his seventyeight year and Is sur
vived by several grown children.
Court Matters.
Will begin tomorrow. The criminal
docket is the lightest known in year.
both as to the number and Importance
of tho cases. Judge Mullen has COM
plctcd the jury list for the year and
fled it.
The Circuit Court of Dinwiddie
county, Judge Southall presiding. is in
session this week, but there are no
criminal cases of Importance on the
docket.
cases OF J. II. Parker and Emmett Reid,
were continued until the 22G. THESE
committed an assault some ten days or
Rebecca Howard. The woman's skull
bone had to be removed. She is still In
the hospital and unable to appear in
court.
Girl Pronounced Insane.
Mabel Jones, the seventeen year old
colored girl who went insane in the
Police Court yesterday morning while
awaiting trial on charge OF larceny.
was declared insane by commission
this morning. after examination. and
was ordered committed to the Central
state Hospital. The case is very
peculiar one.
Merchant PnraIyzed.
.Tunius iiarvell, IA merchant of upper
Halifax street. is i'll as the result of n
stroke of paralysis. which affects his
entire left side.
Ting Day Receipts.