The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-05

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w. G. =. y. WIZ Meet IN Annual
Convention August Is.

Would he Unlawful -Dinwiddie
w. G. =. y. WIZ Meet in Annual
Convention August Is.
/ Petersburg. Va. Aug. THE Com
mon Council held its third meeting Of
the week last evening and finished
I up all business left over from pre-
! vious meetings. Instead Of making
an appropriation OF $500 a. recon-
/ mended by the finance committee for
q general ciean-up campaign, the
1 Council authorized the health depart
ment to use such OF the regular ap-
preparation Of $3.50 on hand for c0n-
Quoting . general cleanup thronGh-
Health Ohicer r.. A. Martin and SAINT
tary Inspectors Boxcll and Eanes.
The Recommendation Of the finance
COMMITTEES of an appropriation Of
$243 as the city's portion for Y. M.
G.. A. extension among the soldiers
! cause OF the opinion OF City Attor-
ney Mason that 1t was illegal. The
request for the appropriation came
: from Governor Stuart and will I'M
! doubleday be raised by public sub
scriptions.
An ordinance was adopted extend
ing the time for the payment Of the
| first half OF city taxes Ior 1916 wItn-
out penalty or interest from August
| 10 TO October 10.
Dinwiddie w. G. r. U. to Meet.
The Womans Christian Temper
ance Union of Dinwiddie County will
meet in annual convention In the
Methodist Church at Ford on Tues
day, August Is. Mrs. Albert Mayo.
of cif ;a - ~
union and Mrs. C, A. Boyd has been
named as delegate from the Peters,
burg union. Delegates from all OF
the county unions will attend and
persons desiring to go from Peters,
burg will leave here by Norfolk and
Western train at o'clock A. M. and
returning arrive here at 7:40 P. NJ
The address of welcome wilt be de-
livered by Mrs. Smith, Of Ford, to
which Mrs. Harvey L. Wynne. nee
Miss Ruth Aligood. Of Petersburg. Will
respond. The union will be in ses-
sion all day. Papers from all depart
ments of the union will be read and
dinner will be served on the grounds.
Keep Tally on Traffic.
Messrs. Howard James and w. s.
Ivey. a committee appointed by the
South Chesterfield Road Association
to ascertain the amount OF traffic over
Bishops bridge connecting Peters,
burg with the Richmond and Peters,
burg Turnpike, spent yesterday from
$50 A. NJ to 1890 p. NJ. keeping
tally and made report as follows:
Persons crossing the bridge during
the period named, ASS: automobiles.
5l2; double wagons. ISL; single wag-
ons and buggies. sol; bicycles S6.
The report of yesterdays travel over
the bridge Is considered a fair aver
age daily throughout the year.
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citation Is putting forth strenuous ef-
forts to assure the construction OF an
overhead steel or concrete bridge to
replace the present structure.
Christian Endeavor Union Organized.
! At meeting of representatives OF
the three local Christian Endeavor So
cieties held in the Second Presbyte-
rian Church last evening. Christian
, Endeavor Union was organized with
officers as follows:
President. W. J. Buchanan. OF Sec
ohd Presbyterian Church, first, sec
ond and third vice-presidents. Miss
Frances o. Slate. OF the Christian
Church; Miss Wood. of the Second
Presbyterian Church. and Mrs. l..
tary. Miss Ermine Rogers. of the
Third Church; treasurer, Miss Ruth
Pitchford. of the Christian Church.
Extension Committee--Rev c. II.
Poage, chairman: Rev. James A. Nc
Clnre. Rev Michaux Raine. c. d.
Sanford and John Martin.
Publicity Committee-E. L. Wiikin-
son, s. ID. Rogers and @. A. Zeigler.
Other committees were named and
the union will be strengthened by the
organization Of new societies.
| Doing business without License.
Building Inspector Robert w. Wells
since assuming his Office. has reported
nineteen contractors who are con-
Quoting their business without license
as required by the city. 1t is under
stood that there Is number OF busi-
ness houses who have not taken out
a license or paid taxes for the past
year and an effort will probably be
made to bring the deiinquents before
court for their failure to comply with
the law.
| Judgment Awarded.
| T. ". Short was awarded judg-
ment against o. w. Mattox In the
Hastings Court yesterday for $60i.69
with legal interest from December Z,
1915. The amount sued for was the
balance on the purchase price on an
automobile truck which the plaintiff
guaranteed to be In good order;
$812.39 was the amount claimed BY
the plaintiff. The defendant refused
payment on the ground that the work.
manship on the truck was defective
ana that X was not as represented.
! Excursion Well Hatronized.
The excursion Of the Ettrick Meth
odist and Baptist Sunday Schools to
Ocean View yesterday was largely
patronized, there being more than 600
passengers who took the trip. all OF
whom were highly pleased with the
outing.
High Streets Excursion.
The exclusion OF tho High-Street
Methodist Sunday School to Ocean
/ View will be run this year on Thurp-
day. August II. Isham r. Dyer. 81.
perintendent of the school, viii be
assisted In the conduct of the excur-
sion by . committee composed OF r.
HI. O'Kennon, w. w. Gates, Lloyd
0oulder, Nelson Partin, G. G. Cash
on, J. r. Harrison and r. II. Tucker.
WINS Total Ahstafner.
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