The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-12
CITY BANK
TO OPERATE BRANCH
National Bank VIII Erect Building al
City Point for the Benefit of Du-
pont Employees.
To START WORK IMMEDIATELY
Coroner's Jury VIII To-day Inquire
Into Death of Aigic Malone, Color
ed, Whose Body Was Found In
River-Concert Thursday

past. on account of payday at Clty
Point, reopened at s:1o O'Clock last
evening and remained open two hours
for the purpose OF casning the pay
checks of the employees or the dupont
Powder Company.
From a short time after the arrival
of the City Point train three paying
tellers were kept busy cashing checks
for q stream of workmen.
Chief Of Police Ragland and Scar
geants Payne and Titmus were on
hand to regulate the movement OF the
crowd before the pay windows. who
were entered through the front door
and passed out through the Tabb
Street entrance, by Detective Heeian.
Vice President w. l.. Nenable. or
the National Bank, spent CONSIDER
able portion of the time in the LOBBY
in front of the pay windows ana on
several occasions assisted some of the
workmen. who were unable to read
and write the English language, to
properly endorse their checks.
AS rule the men endorse theE
checks before arriving a the bank. 50
that when they appear at the pay
windows they only have TO display the
metal disc furnished by the company
to employees which bears the same
number as the check. This is done for
the protection. not only of the Dupont
Company and Of the employees, but for
the bank as well, which makes 1t inn
possible for some person other than
the one named in the face OF the check
to secure the money on IL.
The National Bank directors have
selected a site ana determined TO oper-
ate a branch bank at City Point, with
a minimum capital of $4,000 The
work of construction on the branch
bank IS expected 10 be commenced
within few days
(oroncr's Jury To Meet.
The coroners jury In the case of
Aigie Malone, colored, whose body was
found in the Appoma ttoX River, near
the Pocahontas Bridge. on last Mon
day Ave weeks after his disappear
auce, will meet tomorrow night to in
vestigata the circumstances attending
the Negroes death Ever since Malone
disappeared on the night of February
-, murder has been suspected and
an autopsy showed that his skull had
been fractured and the absence of
water in his lungs indicated that death
occurred before the body was thrown
into the river. Joe Harris, colored.
who was arrested shortly after Ma
tones disappearance, was released, but
kept under the close surveillance OF.
hHt poA4SS dRAi Was iSSiNbs AStit'N~
ing the discovery of the body, and is
being held on suspicion. A number
OF witnesses have testified before the
jury. hat the pa'ure OF their evidence
has not been divulged.
To Give Concert.
The Caiversity OF Virginia GIee and
Mandolin Club will give concert at
the Petersburg Academy of Music
Thursday evening OF this week. The
occasion is being looked forward to
with keen anticipation by the music
loving public of Petersburg and
friends OF the University,
The entertainment is being given for
the benefit of the Malone Monument
Fund. and 1t promises to be gala af-
fair. The following ladies' OF the Ma
hone Monument Committee are offer
Ing tickets for sale: Mesda mes Robert
Budd. A. L. Davis, Pryor Jones, Arthur
Kyle Davis. W. +. Drewry +, w
Grigg. w. W. Townes, Bartlett Roper.
r. s. Gill Harvey Seward. j. j. helms.
Gordon Bohannon. Ed Eigenbrun
Myer Saai, Herbert Young, Wilkes
Madison. Howard Nuckois and Misses
Annie Mann. Irby Boiling and Alice
Spicer.
New Dry Goods store.
The certificate OF incorporation of
I.avenstein Brothers Company, inc
has been admitted TO record in the
clerks Office of this city The objec.
of the company is 10 conduct a gem
eral dry goods. notion and clothing
business. The capital stock is given
as $4,000 minimum, and maximum
100000. The officers are: President,
Moses E. L-avenstein: vice-president,
Harry II. Iavenstein: secretary
treasurer Abram l. Lavenstein, who.
with the following, constitute the
board of directors: r. Z. Hinckle, OF
Richmond. b. +. CASTOR and e. w.
Cannon. OF Baltimore, and G Cleve-
land Wright, of this city
Erect Apartment House
Mrs. James j. Smith. of Franklin
street, is having plans prepared by
Architect Charles f. Dillon for
modern apartment house, which abe
will have erected on the east side of
North Adams Street, work to be COM
menced at once. The building will be
three stories high and viii consist of
four apartments, each with seven
rooms and bath. which viii be heat
ed by hot water. Mrs. Smith is having
built in connection with the apart
msnts handsome fire. proof brick
garage.
Special Meeting.
The first services of the pastoral and
evangelization meetings which will be
conducted for the next ten weeks in
the First Baptist Church of this city
were held today. A. Is. Hunt of Min
neapolis, formerly member of the
famous quartette of the Baptist Home
Mission Board. will be In charge OF the
music during the meeting. which will
be special feature. At this morn.
ing's service Mr. Hunt sang The Lord
Is Mindful OF His Own
Funeral OF Mrs. Perkins.
The funeral OF Mrs. Alice w. Per-
kins, wife of w. A. Perkins, whose
death occurred at her home on Grove
Avenue Friday afternoon. was con-
Quoted from the residence at 4 o'clock
this afternoon. Rev. +. p cambridge.
OF st. Paurs Episcopal Church. Of |
ficiated, and the following were pall.l
bearers: Messrs. Charles Ianier, |
Charles Williamson Charles I.um.
James A. Parkinson, c. L. Rogers and |
w. D. Northington. Burial was in |
Biandford
Mrs. IcTOra Curtis.
Mrs. Lenora Curtis, aged thirty
seven years, widow of the late s. C. |
Curtis. died at her residence on WILL |
cox Street about 8 O'Clock last even !
ing. following q long illness.
Mrs. Curtis was formerly Of Chester, /
but had zfiyAd III retersbhrg for sey- |
eral years, where she had made many /