The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-04
WORKMAN I KNOCKED
down BY ORDER
RICHMOND MAN IS SERIOUSLY IN
JURED ON PETERSBURG
BUILDING. -
OFFICIALS CHOSEN
COUNCIL ELECTS MEMBERS OF
SCHOOL BOARD AND OTHERS.
STORES TO CLOSE FOR
FOURTH OF JULY.
OFFICIALS CHOSEN
Virginian Bureau,
Mechanics Building.


PETERSBURG. VA, July g.
About $3.50 o'clock this afternoon,
while at work Ok the Improvement
being made to the Saal building, cor
ner Sycamore and East Tabb streets.
Ernest Hollywood was knocked from a
ladder by a falling girder, and was
quite seriously hurt his injuries ap-
pearing to be principally about the
lower part of his body. Mr.. Hollywood
Is a resident of Richmond. He was
rendered tmporary treatment by DR..
H. II. Burke. after which he was re-
moved in the ambulance to the Pc
tersburg hospital
Present Bible to School.
Virginia Council. No. 8, Jr. o. u.
A. NJ, of this city. will present a
Bible and flag to Midway public school
in Prince George county, tomorrow.
An excellent program has been ar
ranged for the occasion, including an
address by several ministers and mu-
sic by the White Ribbon Cadet band,
of this city. The exercises will COM
mence at IL o'clock A. NJ.
Joseph H. Rivers.
Joseph II. Rivers, aged eighteen
Gp
died at the residence of his uncle, j.
r. Mclaughlin, in Ettrick. at s25
o clock last night. He had been in
failing health for some time. He Is
survived by one brother and three
sisters as follows: Edward Rivers, of
Amelia county, and Mrs. w. r. Wade
and Misses Callie and Gaynes Rivers,
of Ettrick. The funeral will be con-
Quoted from the Ettrick NJ. E. church
at o'clock Saturday afternoon.
Close for Holiday.
A large number of Petersburg mer
chants will close their stores all day
tomorrow on account of legal holiday
and others will close At / o'clock in
the afternoon.
Hold Joint Meeting.
A joint meeting of the two branches
of the council was held last night for
the purpose OF electing members of
expired. The following members of
the schools board we're reelected:
DR.. w. f. HARDWOOD. II. III. Seward, l.
A. Andrews and T. j. Meredith. B. B.
Jones was unanimously reelected
member of the board of police COM
mtssioners Mortimer Williams de-
clined reelection as member of the
board of fire comm issioners, and Wal
ter A Williamson was elected in his
stead.
Mayes-Vaughan.
Lee Mayes and Miss Ella Vaughan,
we'll known young couple residing
near the city in Chesterfield, were
united in marriage at 1880 O'Clock
last evening at the residence of the
officiating minister, Rev. F. w. Moore.
A number of friends of the young
couple witnessed the ceremony.
DIR. Gatewood Leaves.
DR.. Gatewood, who has been con-
nected with the Petersburg hospital
as resident physician for about two
years left yesterday for New York
DIR. Gatewood has made many friends
since living in Petersburg. who will
regret to learn of his leaving the city.
Amateur Ball Games.
The Petersburg Stars, the crack
amateur baseball club OF this city, will
play the strong Suffolk team two
games tomorrow. one in the morning
and the other In ths afternoon. The
Stars have conquered everything
nearby the city, and is going a dis
lance to look their match
Negro Shot.
An unknown negro was shot and
instantly killed by w. A. Williams.
Waterman for the Seaboard Air Line
Railway comrany in the city. about
,l:45 o'clock last night.