The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-04
Special to The Richmond VirginiaD)
NO SkEp-STOP SYSTEM
FOR PETERSBURG

Petersburg, Sept. 3--The skip-stop
system Will not be used on the car
lines in this city This was the an
nouncement made last night by Local
Fuel Administrator Clements after
conference with Superintendent Har-
vile. OF the Virginia Railway and
Power com pany.
The matter was gone over throughly
and il was decided that inasmuch as
the local power is made from water
power. no saving in coal would result
by The plan.
To Help School for Girls.
c. y. Arendall, OF Richmond, this
afternoon addressed the meeting OF
ladies and prominent citizens in the
rooms of the chamber of commerce
in the interest of the Virginia Home
and Industrial School for Girls.
7 The work OF the home was ex
planned by Mr Arendall and plans for
further work at the school gone into.
His talk proved interesting TO the
crowd present.
A local organization to promote the
welfare of this institution was appoint
ed here last summer Mrs, f. j. Nixon
was named chairman of the committee
and has associated with her a number
of wen-known ladies of this city.
Work of Police.
The report of the local police de
partment fer the month Of August
shows Il total Of 374 arrests. divided as
follows; Assault and battery seventeen;
assault, seventeen. felony, thirty five
fugitive, four larceny. seventeen;
.lunacy. FIVE; misdeamenor. 1886; peace
warrant. two; trrespass. FIVE; Vagrant,
one; violation of city ordinances, lei.
Letter From King George
paf TO
burg girl now Red Cross nurse with
the American forces in England has
sent to her mother Mrs. G. A. Miller
in this city, a copy of a letter written
sby King George. of England. and sent
to every member Of the American
forces in England The letter is in
teresting and shows the spirit in
which the Americans have been re
ceived in England
Miss Miller is the first Petersburg
girl 10 see war work overseas She
is graduate of st Vincents hospital
at Norfolk and enlisted in June, 1917,
with the American Red Cross She
left New York on July lS 1918 with
tthe forty-Hrst division She was at
.t4ehed to the unit frasa the University
of Virginia and there were only los
women in this unit When the letter
sent 10 her mother was written Miss
NJ itiFF WIS stationed III NHtttithhl PAotts
England,
Hargravc Appointed Clerk.
Jesse Hargrave. Il prominent citi-
zen Of Sussex county was today APP
pointed cleNk of the circuit court OF
Sussex county TO fill tho vacancy
caused by the recent death OF r. \.
Norris. MIR Hargrave, who is
prominent citizen of that section, was
appointed by Judge .jesse f. West. of
the Prince George and Sussex circuit
court.
Mr.. Hargraxe was a candidate for
the position 10 which he was appoint
ed today, at the last election when Mr.
Norris was elected to succeed himself
lie received a large vote and came
within three votes of election
/ Funeral Of Mrs. ConSdon.
The funeral of Mrs Mary Congdon
took place yesterday af,erno Don from
I1he grave in Bandford cemetery, the
Rev Braxton G, Bryant. OF Grace
Episcopal church. officiating
/ The following were pallhearers;
Messrs. w /. Wheary r. h. Owen,
Marion King. A. $. Johnson, ". G.
4 Brockwell and Frank Drew,
/ Burial OF Mrs. Trayior.
The funeral services of Mrs. Martha
! T. Trayior widow Of Charles Traylor
took place yesterday afternoon from
I the residence of her daughter in law,
Mrs John Traylor. al Matoaca, The
! Eev. Houston. of the Natoaca Metho-
dist church othciated and the follow
ing We're palihearers; Messrs. j. NJ
Simmons. Sidney Wommack. Edward
HOLT Alex Seay Edward Brockwel
James X, Lee.
Interment was made in the West
Matoaca cemetery.
VIII the time ever come when we
can go to the postofice and buy a