The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-10
FINANCES
IN FINE CONDITION
Total OF $3.50, 62s in Gty's Treasury.
Money Provided for High
School Undertaking.
AoCA VISITS coCKADE CITY
Hastings Court Engaged in an Inter
esting Bank Case, Involving Pay
ment of Check Afterwards De-
ciared to Have Been Forged.

Petersburg. Va. Nov. s.--The Com
mon Council at an adjourned session
last evening made necessary by the
failure of a sufficient number to at
tend the regular meeting Tuesday
night TO complete a quorum, trans
acted the usual routine business, in
Guiding the receipt of reports from
the several city officers. The report
of tho city treasurer showed q cash
balance on hand November l total
ing 100000 and the city auditors
report showed expenditures totaling
6l,73o.s1.
At the request of the school board.
a resolution TO divert $4,000 from
tho $4,000 grammar school fund to
the $4,000 high school fund WAS
adopted This action was necessary
to secure the erection OF the new
high school at cost of $4,000.
The special committee. appointed
by the Council to confer with the
school board In an effort to reach
definite conclusions with regard TO the
sitc for the three new schools for
ColOibu phpiAS. lilS puE-
chase OF the Bullifsnt property on
Jones Street. upon which to erect two
of the buildings
A resolution requesting Postmaster
Barham to make application to the
United States government for permi g.
sion to cut into the government prop
erty at West Tabb and Union Streets
for the purpose of widening the street
at that point was adopted. the city
to bear all expense OF the work
Acca Temple Visits Petersburg.
Aooa Temple, Mobiles of the Mystic
Shrine, numbering about three hun
dred Richmonders, arrived here this
afternoon shortly after o'clock as the
guests OF local Shriners. The visitors
detrained at the Washington Street
Station, marched from Masonic Tenn
Pile and were welcomed by. Mayor
Robert Gillian. after which they pa
raded several of the business and
residential streets and gave a fancy
dnll in Franklin Street. Following
the drill buffet luncheon was served
at Masonic Temple aud this evening
u large class of candidates were in
ltiated into the mysteries of tho order.
The parade OF the visitors and The
drill We're witnessed by thousands Of
citizens from all over the city
Engaged in Bank Case.
The Hastings Court, Judge Mullen
presiding, was engeged today in the
trial OF the suit of J. w. Bococi1
against tho National Bank Of Peters
burg for 5000. The case grew out
of check being paid by the bank,
the same alleged TO be 81 forgery by
the plaintiff. The jury. after delib-
Grating for some time, following the
Introduction of the testimony and ar
NJ ft,a
and was adjourned over until this
evening. Mr., Bernard Mann is rep
resenting the plaintiff and Charles E.
Plummer the defendant company
About o'clock the Jury returned Il
verdict for the defendant. The plain
! tiff is a Dupont employe
Amateur 1hentrfcais.
The auditorium Of Stonewau jack
son School was taxed to It's capacity
this evening to witness the presenta-
tion by, n cast composed of Peters
burR's best amateur talent OF THE
/ Fruit of HIS Folly" under The direction
of James ID. Mckinney, and for the
benefit OF West End Baptist Church.
William 1t. Clay.
William Hyron Clay. aged thirty-two
years. died yesterday afternoon at his
residence. b3s Harmon Street. after an
Illness of some days. caused by swal-
lowing bichlorlde tablets through mis-
take for headache tablets. Mr. Clay
was native OF North Carolina. but
had resided here about two years. The
body VIII be taken to Enfield, his for
mer home. for tntermeut tomorrow
| Besides widow. Mr. Clay ~ survived
by two small children. his mother
four brothers ard one sister.
Sewsonie--A Aid ridge,
Miss Annie May Sewsome. an at
tractive young lady Of Matoaca and
Mr.. William Aldridee, OF this city
were united in marriage at the resi-
dence OF the officiating minister ut &c
o'clock last evening, The attendants
were Miss Sarah Aldridse and Mr. VIII
| liam punuivsnt
Find Human Skull.
While workmen were engaged ex-
cavatlng In the cellar of an old house
on Short Market street this morning. a
human skull. IN which hole made APP
parent1y by a bullet, was unearthed
It is said that during the War Betw cen
the States the house was used as a
doctors office.