The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-06-10
LITTLE GIRL DIES
RESULT OF WOUND
Was Playing with Rife I'm Her Faith
er's store When Weapon Was
Discharged.
HIGH SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT
DIR. Charles w. Kent Delivers Flo.
quent Address-Fourth Annual Pc
,tcrsburg Chautauqua In Session.
Mrs. Julia 4. GIL Passes Away.

II. {. Hefner. died at the Petersburg
Hospital about 3 O'Clock this after
noon as the result of wound acct
dentally inflicted at her fathers store
at Harding and Mistletoe Streets about
1880 o'clock this morning.
According to the statement of the
berenved father. the iittic girl was IN
the store playing while he was busy
and found his rife. He was not aware
that she had II until he heard the
shot which ended her life. The .22-
calibre bullet entered the little girls
temple about one inch from her left
car She was rushed TO the hospital
In an unconscious condition and given
immediate treatment by Drs. Hams
and J. Boiling Jones' but died with
out regaining consciousness. The
body was viewed by Acting Coroner
C. G.. Peasants this afternoon, and
an inquest was deemed unnecessary.
The funeral will be conducted at the
grave in Blandford Cemetery at 4
O'Clock tomorrow afternoon.
Commencement Exercises.
The commencement exercises of the
Petersburg High School were held be-
fore an audience which taxed the
capacity of the Academy Of Music last
evening. The graduating class was
the largest in the history of the
school, and the exercises were in
keeping with the standard of former
years. Professor II. D. Wolff. of the
High School. presided. and opened the
exercises with appropriate remarks.
Professor A. X. Davis next introduced
Or. Charles w Kent, of the Univer-
sity of Virginia, who delivered an elo-
~
life" list OF the graduates and
honor graduates have been published
| in The Virginian and the following
are the medal and priZe-winners:
! Medals were presented to Miss Ida
| Barklev Routh. of the February class,
and Miss Mary Alice Riddick. OF the
June class, both first honor graduates.
Miss Routh made an average grade
for the four years of 90 AS: Wade
Temple followed her with an average
OF 30 2-5 Miss Riddick made an
average grade for four years OF
% 5-s. and Miss Sarah Elizabeth
Seward followed her with a grade
Of % 2-5. Medals were presented by
| Superintendent F. NJ. Martin.
Prizes were awarded In the COM
mercial department TO Miss Bessie
! Pegram. OF the February class. and
Miss Annie Lee Arlington, of the June
class.
Prizes were awarded in the domes-
tic science department to Miss Re-
becca James, of the February class
and Miss Alice Riddick, of the June
class
Scholarships were awarded as fol-
lows:
| Miss Evelyn Butcher, average
grade eli. scholarship to Randolph
| Macon Women's College.
Miss Alice Riddick, average grade
eo.6. scholarship to Virginia Christian
College.
Mr.. Wade Temple, average grade
1911 scholarship to University OF Vir.
ginia.
Mr.. Edward Traylor. average grade
s5.5, scholarship TO Washington and
Lee University
| Mr.. Duckett Jones. average grade
s5.3s, scholarship to Lehigh Univer
sity.
Mr.. Marvin Ezell. average grade
$685., scholarship to Hampden- sidne,
College.
Mr.. Henry Irving Bowman, average
s4s, scholarship to William and Mar!
College.
Mr.. Bowman enjoys the distinction
of having been perfect in attendance
years OF his school work. This Il
said TO be one of the most remarkatI,
records ever made.
Chautauqna Meets
The fourth annual PETERSBURG
Chautauaua opened in the big ten
on the High School grounds In Yves
Washington Street this afternoon
President Hartley. OF the Chautauqut
committee, spoke briefly upon the pur
pose and benefit of the Chautauqut
and introduced Mrs. Gregory tn,
Chautauqua superintendent. who in {
charming manner outlined the worl
Of the ChautauQua Association. Tit
exercises will continue through sever
days, including Sunday. and a large
attendance is forecast.
| Claims Arrest Is Spitework.
| An officer from Barnwell County
s. c.. came to Petersburg today and
| left later with c. M. Fresch. arrested
here Sunday afternoon last on a war.
rant charging him with the theft Of q
| $4,000 certified check. Fresch. who /,
a native of ct. Louis. but for the pas1
several years a broker of New York
city, protests his innocence. and
claims that his arrest is a piece Of
spitework.
City Health Report.
The report of the Health Depart
ment for the month of May shows q
total OF sixty-one deaths in the city
including twelve non-residents. OF
the decedents twenty EIGHT were white
and thirty three oolored. There We're
fifteen deaths among infants under
one year OF age and eight among
adults past sixty years. Among the
causes OF death were: Tuberculosis, 3;
cerebral hemorrhage, 4: organic dis
ease of the heart. S. Eleven deaths
were certified by the coroner. THIRTY
three bodies were brought to the city
for interment and twelve were taken
away. The number of births regis
tered with tho department was seven
ty-nine-whites IS. colored 81; males
a., females IS.
Mrs. Julia A. Gill.
Mrs. Julia A. Gill. wife of E. r.
Gill, died at 1850 o'clock this morn
ing at the residence of her son-in-law
r. r. Rayburn. 7 North Madison
Street, aged eighty-one years. Mrs
Gill was a native Petersburger. but
had resided until three years ago in
East Radford. where she had made
, many friends and was highly es-
teemed. Besides her husband. she II
survived by three daughters-Mrs. r
r. Rayburn. OF this city: Mrs. w. r.
Roberts and Mrs. J. N. Garden. Of
East Radford; also one sister. Mrs
Mary J. Wilborne. OF Petersburg. The
will ha CorAn~taH fror, nIS