The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-19


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of the grounds who have been keep
ing their places open on Sunday.
Two weeks ago the sheriff visited tho
Du Pont plant looking for violators
OF the Sunday law. He failed at THAI
time to find any OF the Du Pont en-
poyes at work. However he did
find eighteen merchants and employees
OF merchants doing business. and each
was fined SO and costs in a magic
trate's court last week. The sher1n
stated that he would not make any
distinctions between Etorekeepers and
employees of the Du Pont company
lin insisting upon the Sunday obsarv~
ance.
] The Prince George fafl m now wwn
! filled chiefly with thieves and men
charged with selling liquor at the
/ Du Pont plant without license. The
! officials of the company have at ell
times rendered every assistance 10
the county officers, especially IN en-
forcing the law forbidding the sael
Fof liquor
The companys orders TO It's foT~~
man are not 10 give employment 20
any man on whose breath the odor OF
liauor is detected. and IL an employs
| of the company Ia known to drink
to any extent he is Immediately dis
charged.
Harris Out for House.
Judge John Y Harris. OF Dinwiddie.
has announced his candidacy for re-
nomination to the House of Delegates
/ from Diuwiddie County Judge Har-
ris has served only one term and his
announcement is not a surprise TO his
many friends throughout the county.
IL Is not expected that the Judge viii
have opposition for the nomination.
: although there has been some talk or
IL.
F.. Hold Body for Identification.
! The BODY Of the young white
stranger whose death occurred at
ths Petersburg Hospital yesterday
morning as the result OF fail from
sr,,okestacS in the course Of con"
struction al the pu Pont Powder COM
uauv's CITY Point Plant, is being heI6
4 ia IN morgue of j. r. Morfiss and
son this city. for identificaton
Two women of good Appearances
one a Mrs. Poe OF South Richmond
who has a missing son, /. h. zoe.
amout twenty -four years 81 age. anu
-, other a uyung woman or south
Richmond. who has "a brother work
me- az the Du Pont plant. from whom
she had not heard for some time.
viewed the body today. The young
woman was positive at first slght
that the body was thsl OF hef'
brother but she later got in sonlfhu
nication with Hopeweli ana found
rhat ber brother is there and In snoo
health.
Ioy.iile junction.
An ENJOYABLE entertainment Joy
'yllIa Junction" farce COMEDY in one
act will be presented by a cast OF
thlrty-hve characters ia the auditorium
of StonewaH Jackson school 81 $40
o clock Tuesday evening, April -.
The cast will be the same when
nresrnted Uncle Ephram's Summer
Boarders" i'm Jackson school audi
fori,m several months age except that
i viii be ably assisted by other ws4l-
known talent.
Richmond college Gi~e Club.
The music loving people OF Peters,
burg viii be given an opportunity
next Thursday evening TO near ths
Glee and Mandolin club or Hichnona
College in a performance at the X. IL
lee school auditorium. under the aus
pices OF the Baraca and fhtlathea
classes OF the First Baptist Church.
This will be about the last engage
mant of the Richmond College boys
FOR this session and 1t is expected
that they win tie heard by large
audience
sunday schools Meet.
The regular monthly meeting OF t"s
Methodist Sunday school Union Assoc
citation of Petersburg and vicinity waa
held this afternoon in Matoaca sunday
school with President Paul Pettit
lpresidlng An address was delivered
iby A. h Bradshaw. superintendent ct
me Market-Street sunday school. and
music was BY the Matoaca school.
Superintendent Horace Mann, OF thu
Matoaca school. made some interest
ing crayon sketches.
Reports from the sunday schools for
-tol.-SundAEA -from- March Il 10
April II, Inclusive, were as foilows'