The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-06-16
HUNDRED VETERANS
FROM petersburg
coCkADE CITY TO M WELL RE-
PRESENTED AT THE GET'rYs-
BURG REUNION.
DOWN OLD TIMERS
HARRIsON's FRIENDS IN PRINCE
GEORGE DEFEAT MAN SUPPORT
ED BY TIMOTHY RIvEs
AND OTHERS.
virginian Bureau,
MechanicA Building, Room 31S.

Mechanics Building, Room 31s.
About one hundred Confederate vet
Grams of this city have signified their
desire to attend the Gettysburg re-
union by filing their names with $. s.
Beckwith. 1t will be rendered that
the council and board of aldermen
were recently requested to make an
appropriation to defray the expense
of the trip, but under the city char
ter could not do so. Thereupon, A.
p. Hill camp Sons of Veterans APP
pointed a committee to raise the
amount necessary, with but little
soliciting they have received pledges
amounting to about $500. This
amount will. 1t Is hoped. be increased
to $3.50 within the next few days.
p. II. Wells Assaulted.
p. Fl. Wells. one of the best known
citizens of this city, was assaulted by
an unknown negro about 1880 o'clock
last evening near the new market.
Mr.. Wells received injuries about the
head and face that are proving very
painful. Andrew Ford. colored, Is
under arrest, charged with having
committed the assault. He denies his
guilt. Mr.. Wells was undoubtedly the
NiCIlfl III HitStahth iuFHtitS. lac NoC-
not know the name of the negro who
felled him to the sidewalk, nor has
he had the slightest misunderstood
ing with any one that could have led
to the assault.
Harrison to Make Race.
David A. Harrison, was the choice
of the voters of Prince George coun-
ty, in the preferential primary held
yesterday TO choose between the two
Prince George candidates to oppose
Hon. Stanley Burt. of Snrry, for the
legislature. Mr.. Harrison won over
his opponent, DIR. w. p. Daniels, by
the narrow margin of twenty-seven
votes. The total vote was 349, or
about one-half the qualified vote of
the county. DIR. Daniels received sew
enty-eight of the eighty mine votes
cast in mis- home district. but three
of the others four districts were car
ried by Mr.. Harrison. The old poll
ticians, including Judge Timothy
Rives. whom Harrison came within
three votes of defeating for Common
weaith's attorney, in 1911. and Hon.
A. r. Hobbs, member OF the State sem
ate. we're prominent in the fight
against Mr.. Harrison. The fight for
legislative honors, will now be be-
tween Mr.. Harrison and Hon. Stanley
Burt, bf Surry. 1t Is thought that
the full voting strength OF the two
counties, which In about equal. Will
be polled In the coming primary.
Tri-County Farmers Union.
A trl-county union was perfected
ty representatives Of the Farmers
Co-operative Union of Chesterfield,
Dinwiddie, and Prince George conn
ties at a meeting held in A. p. HUI
Camp hall, this city. yesterday The
meeting was behind closed doors. and
was presided over by Fl. ]. Barnett,
of the Chesterfield union. The three
counties were we'll represented.
Miss Eliza Wright.
Miss Eliza Wright died yesterday
afternoon at her home in West Wash
ington street Yesterday was the
anniversary OF her birth in Pennsyi-
vania seventy-seven years ago. Miss
Wright was widely known in Peters
burg church workers. She had for a
number of years been an active lead
err in st. Johns P. F. church. She was
a daughter of Franklin Wright. who
came to this city from Pennsylvania
forty-three years ago. She Is sur
vived by two sisters, Miss Sarah
Wright and Mrs. Amanda w. Smith.