The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-08-04
Complete Religious Count OF City
VIII BE Made i'll
September.
TWO OR THREE HOURS WORK
Several Hundred Citizens Will
BE Enrolled as
Enumerators
TimeF-Dispatch Bureau.
Bollingbrook Street.
(Telephone 1850


II has he decided to take the re-
lisious census Of Petersburg tn the
latter part Of September. Tho work is
10 be done under the supervision o.:
the sunday School Superintendent of
the various churches which are Gu
operating N the movement THO
population Of Ettrick and Matoaca
viii be taken at tho same tine several
hundred citizens Will act as enumer-
ators and II is expected that the work
OF taking tho census viii DE com
pleted in two or three hours The
inE tine census viii co-opcrato bv talk
ing mt census of the colored popu,u-
lion At d meeting or tine executive
committee OF the organization last
risht plans for taking The census
were ADVANCED.
Appropriations concurrcd In.
The Board OF Aldermen last night
by unanimous vote concurrod IN the
approximations made by the lower
branch. Tor turning the river water
into the City's General Water system.
10 meet the emar sency that has arisen.
These appropriations were SaqO to
cover the expenses incident 10 turnins.
the water In. and $3.50 tor the nstai-
leuon Of purihcation plant This
viii be hypochlorite plant, as recon
mended by Or Messer. Of the state
Health Department which is euarau-
teed TO cleanse the river OF an impuii-
ties and render IT wholesome for drink
ing.
The plant will se located at or near
the point OF intake OF the water at
the canal locks. During the rmcr-
sency last summer the city lad q pipe
TO the locks-the Railway and Power
Co then. as now. furnishing the water
free OF cost The great bulk or tho
river water will he altered before dis
.trlbuuon to consumers.
The Bnpncr Camp of sons.
A p Hin Camp. sons of Confederate
Veterans ia arranging to attend tho
reunion OF the Virginia division at
Pulaski. III October. Tho camp had u
lne meeting last night and the mem
Nership was reported at lG1 II is eN-
pected TO increase the number OF mem
.ntrs to 200 or more by tho limo OF
The reunion ana to make 1t the ban
iier camp n the state. Among tho
Jew members elected last night We're
the F.ev. r. q, cambridge. rector of st.
Pauls Church. and the Rev. j. 4 Nc
ClWe. pastor of the Second rreshy
terrain Church As has been announced.
Miss Dorothy Harrison. OF this city
has been appointed sponsor at tho
ueunion for the second Brigade of Sons
Death In Chesterfield.
Mra sarah T. Mooney. widow OF
George Mooney died this morning at
ESQ o'clock. after a brief illness. at
the home OF her daughter Mrs. w II.
Upton. In Chesterfield county. She
was IN nor hfty-ninth year. and the
funeral Will tako place sunday at 1880
o'clock from the West Street Metho-
dist Episcopal Church of which she
was Tor many years a member
Double Trucking In Progress.
The double tracking OF the Norfolk
and Western Railway on the Eastern
division is going on gradually. Tho
second track IS now being laid be-
tween Burkevine and Grove.
1'orty-fVc Years OIdi T,,cnty-ciEht
inches High.
visitor 10 the city to-day. on
shopping trip. was Linn Dobie. a col
ored dwarf. from sussex county. she
IS forty five .ye-srs old. weighs thirty
I'VE pounds and only twenty-cight
inches in height. She is an occasional
visitor here, and always attracts much
attention on account of her small size.
9Ientallv She is VOL developed. and
those VINO know her says She is "A
good housckeepor ana wasncrwnman
and possesses normal strength
To orgnuizc for Work.
Neither OF the candidates for Con-
Fress in THIS district has as SET any
opecia organi1ation behind him Thc
canvass has been ONE OF "a personal
Character. and by quiet work through
friends II IS stated to-day however
That the friends OF Judge Watson Fl