The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-08
Petersburg
WILL DISCUSS PLANS
FOR SOUTH SIDE FAIR


Petersburg. March IA special
meeting OF the board of directors and
officials of the South Side Virginia
air Association will be held tonight
in the association offices to discuss the
plan of running the local Petersburg
fair for five days instead of four as
has been the plan heretofore.
The matter has ben brought to
tn attention OF the directors OF the
association by many citizens, they
believing that with the large num-
Der OF soldiers at Camp Lee and the.
increased population of the city, the
plan to run tho fair, which in for
ner years closed on Friday night,
thought that the plan TO run the fair
an extra day Will be adopted
Ent1'iesf rom last years exhibitors
~ well s many new ones are already
being received ny Il. willard Eanes,
secretary and general manager of the
association. Everything points for
one Of the best fairs In the history
OF the local association this year
To Raise n. and w. Tracks.
Work OF raising the tracks in the
local Norfolk and Western railway
yards IT. preparation for extensive
provements in connection with the
dam to he built across the Appomat-
tox river by the federal government
will not com mence unit. about the
tier part OF May, it was larned to-
day
In the local yard is necessary before
the work of building the edam or
even dredging the river
CITY Tract Fine for Camp.
In the opinion OF City Engineer
Budd, the tract OF land owned by the
city of Petersburg and offered by
them to the government to be used
as an aviation camp, would furnish
a technically splendid site More
than 500 acres of the LOO tract ia
cleared and unplowed and would
make an ideal site for an aviation
field.
The tract is within half mile
from two city street car lines and
Immediately adfoin% two trunk-line
railroads. All OF the land is high and
well drained. City Engineer Budd
was one OF the members of com
mittee appointed by the council at Its
last meeting TO take the necessary
steps TO offer the lend to the govern
ment and he expressed ~ belieY that
the camp would be located here.
Course In TeIeSraphy and Languages
A fun course In biography and
several foreign languages will be tn
stitutsd at the local Y. " G. A. next
week. according to an announcement
made today. A membership fee of
81 for each person enrolled in the
class will h the only charges made
for these classes.
Mysterious Ont on Child'S Throat
Myrtle HaYnhrIght, n seven year
old white girl. living In Hopewell with
her parents was found today by her
mother in her nome with her throat
badly cut. When found by l.er
mother. the child was unable TO ex-
plain how the affair occurred.
The child was treated by a physi-
clan. who stated that the main ar
terry I'm the childs throat was Missed
by only a fraction of an inch. She
is unable to talk and for this reason
is unable to tell how she was cut
The Hopewell police are making
an investiga ton of the affair TO de-
termine whether the cutting was ac-
cidental or whether the little girl was
assaulted.
Awarded Damages for Injury.
A Jury in the busting court OF this
city today awarded c, p. Shelby. who
was suing the Petersburg and Apo
mattox railws company for $4,000
for alleged personal damages sus-
t7lned wnSn a JiNnSY III winch HF was
n passenger was struck and demol-
ished by an electric car Of the de-
PENDANT company. damages In the
sum OF 800.
The plaintiff was represented by
Hon. C r Iassister. while the com
pany was represented by Samuel w.
thinner and Richard II Mann.
Major General TO Atteui Minstreis
Major General Adalbert Cronkhite.
com mander of the Eightieth Division
at Camp Lee and the four 'hrigH der
generals will attend the minstrel per-
formance to be given at the Academy
OF Music on the night OF March l6.
bv the men Of the Ststh (Virgtnia)
regiment. They will occupy box
seats as special guests OF the men
and many other high army officers
Of the amp are expected TO attend
the MINISTRIES. for which the men in
the regiment hive been pracrclnx
FOR some time under the direction OF
aptnin g 7. I.aymond ada >rt VI
the regim Mt. md John rrlscJll.
division song SiI ector.