The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-14
INEFFICIENT TO
NAME CANDIDATE
FOURTH DISTRICT REPUBLICANS
WILL NOT try TO ELECT
CONGRESSMAN.
PRICE TO MAKE SPEECH
PETERSBURG WILL LOSE HEAVILY
ny PASSAGE OF ROLLING
STOCK BILL IN GEN.
ERAL ASSEMBLY.
Virginian Bureau,

Law buldlng, fnone ll4e.
| PEI Ehs5B 81 ~, march lo.-lh he I'VE
putiiran District convention ~hieh met
/ IN rarnviiie Monuay referred tAe
! question OF putting up hepupiicah
eanuiuale tor Congress in tnis olslfict
to The district committee. he con-
yenuon Thought IL inexpedlent 10
| nominate a Candidate, ana Inc COM
! mittee will prooapiy ueclue likewise.
f., I he ho.tie atiituae OF the coiored
! hepuDilcans towards the Thy whites,
! .yno are now running the District ana
/ State ORGANIZATIONS, would be seVeie-
/ ly felt at an election and hepuD-
! lican candidate for Congress would
stand no chance of eiectiuu In this
district.
This month go far has been busy
one tor the Jr. o. u. A. N. Thomas
/ b. 1vey, of this city. State council
secretary, has at least been busy.
Five councils have been chartered THIS
month: CaIlands Council. NO. Tvs, at
! CalIands. fittsyivania county; RIVER
| View, NO. l0l, at River view. wise
! county; Twin Oak No. 2ol, at Mace,
Botetourt county, and Houston. NO.
! z0g. at Houston, Halifax county. Mr..
| Ivey expects many new councils 10
be chartered during the rest Of TINS
! month. He expects to make new
| record.
Grattan Price to speak.
/ meetiI1z of bankers anu business
men OF TINS Guy ~Ai be heid htsfti'
! 1aih, unAe4 ths auspices Of lie tiIslli--
Der of Commerce Tor lhe purpose vi
, orean,zing the National IitlZens
League. Tor the promouon of CURRENCY
| relutlii. Grutlan Price, secretary OF
| the Virginia branch OF Inc ieasoe'
| has been here tor several Gays CON
suiiing leading citizens as to the aa-
vantages of the ORGANIZATION. tie WIN
be -uns Of the SPEAKERS at the fhee'i'As'
His Hand Crushed.
Lannie phillips, young white man.
tory, had his hand caught In the MA
| chlneIy while at work TODAY Se'-
eraI of his Anglers were badiy masned.
I he was attended by DR.. Nixon.
Petersburg Win Lose.
Petersburg win lose heavily as a re-
suit OF the passage OF The foihhs
stock bill, which was recently pasted
by the Legt4lature, ana when mas
become a law by the approval Oh
Governor Mann. The loss III revenue
ia this city will be ABOUT sl5,ooo
Candidate. For City Council.
i. f. Aoung and W. T. slauSnter
| are candidates for the couheh from
rourth ward. and their itiehus are
actively at work In their pehah'
has been enormously reported that
these gentlemen would not be can
diaates. ~
Three more dogs have been Killed
nv order of Mayor Gamer on las a
result of the near epidemic OF rabies
In this city, and another is locked
up. The dogs killed belonged 10
George Bowman. of South ADAMS
street. j. e. Sawyer. negro. Oh
South Sycamore street. and mary
lewis colored, South Adams street.
The dog in custody belongs to Miss
Mary LIE Moline, of South Jefferson
street. A large number of people De-
lieye that a dog muzzling ordinance
should be passed at the next meet
ing of the Council. and Councilman
Walsh will introduce one.
Uniforms of Blue.
The contract for the uniforms Tor
the members OF the Petersburg base
ball club has been awarded to the
Petersburg Hardware Company. The
uniforms will be OF light blue. striped.
all wool broadcioth. weave hannei.
They will be durable.
The Literary Society OF the Pc
tersburg Military Academy met this
afternoon and an attractive program
was rendered.
Child Dies.
Thelma Elizabeth. only child of
MIR. and Mrs Charles c. Gay, died
this morning at 4:30 O'Clock at her
parents home at $50 West High street
after a brief fitness Her age was
nine months and thirteen days. The
funeral Will take place tomorrow aft
ernoon al 3:30 o'clock from the resi-
dence Rev. l.. c. Moore will off,
Ciate.
Henry Lewis died last night at $3.50
o'clock ut his home in Matoaca, aged
as years. He was unmarried and is
survived by two brothers, John and
Adolphus Lewis, both of this city.
Toe funeral took place this afternoon
at 800 .a'clack. from. the residence.
Burial was in the Matoaca Gene
| terry.
joseph Britt. negro boy. twelve
years old and fugitive from the
State CoIored Reformatory. 10 held
at the station house here until the
reformatory people can get him.
Personals.
J. e. MCCULLOUGH today announced
| his candidacy for reelection to the
Common Council.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Williams ana
q family. Of. Cape Charles, are WISHING
their aunt. Mrs. J. n. Brown, on West
High street.
8. NJ. Green. Jr.. who has been i'll.
In able to be out again.
Special Lenten services will be nefA
in st. Stephens church tomorrow
night at o'clock.
w. Fl. Gn-rNtt, who has been i'll,
able to sit up.
Tobacco sales in the warehouses
today aggregated $4,000 pounds.
Services at the First Baptist church
tonight will be conducted by DR.. L.
NJ. Roper, of Spartanburg 8. c.. who
recently accepted call to the pas
fo~atA of this church.