Evening star., 1921-07-10
EXPECT HOT FIGHT
.. At c. 0.P. MEETING
"LiIy Whites" Plan Control OF
Norfolk Convention
This Week.
special DISPATCH to The Star.

This Week.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
RICHMOND, Va, July 9.-When the
republicans hold their convention IN
Norfolk next Thursday there is every
Indication that there will be much tnat
will demand careful consideration and
diplomatic handling. The lily-white re-
publicans have arranged to have Things
their own way and the meetings tnat
have been held thus far have been under
such direction and control. Here IN
Richmond however. where there IS
colored organisat ton which claims to De
the real republican party. the wings
are to hold aloof from each other-tne
aloofness being on the part OF the
whites, who decline to admit the COL
ored voters to their meetings.
James r. Pollard. the state chairman
of the solid black republican organlza.
tion, will appear in Norfolk at the heau
of a delega ton seeking admission He
will II is understood. declare that the
colored republicans were shut out iron from
the mass meeting that selected the dele
gates to the Norfolk convention. that
they are a part and parcel OF the re-
publican party, that they have the ma
jority of the voters Of that party IN
meeting and named their delegates with
the doors to the meeting wide open for
all republicans, who cared to do so to
enter and have part in the meeting.
Both Claim Success.
Supporters of Senator Trinkle and of
Harry st. George Tucker, who are
making the race for the gubernat4rla5. ora.
choice will win. Friends of the Wythe-
willie man are generally putting his ma
jority around 10000. and those of Mr.
Tucker are sticking to around 15ooo
for their choice.
Senator, Trinkle is expected to make
speech here the coming week. his last
for this city during the campaign Mr..
Tucker has spoken here four times,
while Mr.. Trinkle has already made two
speeches here.
There is intense rivalry between the
University of Virginia medical men and
the graduates of the Medical College of
Virginia over the matter of the re-
moval of the medical department OF the
university to this city. the location OF
TIE Medical College of Virginia. The
university Is to have control and direc-
tion of the merged school. is to have
charge Of the buildings and will have
the two schools of pharmacy and dem
tistry, which have never been taught at
the university. But the idea of taking
the medical school away from the uni
versity is favored in the report Of the
COtluiiiSSicH oii thc SSoic Vi
economy. as the state will have to put
up the money for additional buildings
for the dental and pharmacy depart
nents and will have to provide addi-
tional room for the 400 or more stu
dents in the medical college here. There
is a poll OF the doctors, dentists and
pharmacists on the subject, the result
being that about ffve-sixths of the men
identified with the college and its work
want to see the work done in Rich
rr,nn1 Tho fight will he fnor
Of the legislature, which must pass .on
the report of the medical commission.
which studied the case and declared in
favor of Richmond as the location for
the school.
Ban on PromenadinE.
The city has provided a large swim
ming pool A miniature lake. in the
western end Of the city for the benefit
Of those who enjoy a swim. and the
place has proved to be one of the
big successes of the season. The women
and the men don their bathing suits and
few days there are women who have at
tired themselves in bathing suits Of
stunning colors and scant material who
are failing. to wet even the tips of
their toes, but they are promenading in
the adjacent park and causing much
comment. the center of gaze. The
police have ordered that the women
must stick to the lake or leave the
park.
Drowning May BE Murder.
J. Hockaday and William Hockaday,
both colored. have been arrested by the
police on the charge of having knowl-
edge Of the death of Aubrey Thomas.
The men were neighbors. and about
week ago they left the city and went to
the river for swim. The Hockadays
returned to their home. but nothing
was heard from Thomas, and after a
short time his body was recovered. The
coroner found bruise on the mans
body and the autopsy disclosed that
police are puzzled by the lack of
motive for the crime, if one has been
committed. Some of the belongings Of
Thomas are understood to have been
located and the person in whose possess
sion they were found will be made to
explain
Charged With Robbery.
Ruffin Jefferson, a colored youth, 4 is
being held for examination on the
charge Of having robbed the post office
at Disputanta July 2. The postmaster.
A. N. Cocks, was out Of the office, and
the clerk also stepped out. AS one of
the residents of the town walked in he
looked through the window and saw
Jefferson standing at the safe, take
something out and stuff it into his
pockets.
Farmers are complaining of the ex-
cessive hot weather for the last ten
days and the continued drouth. There
has been far less rain than desired for
the last six weeks. and as a result the
growing crops have been cut. short.
Tobacco, corn, wheat, oats and all sorts
of crops have Jared badly this season,
and the farmers. with low prices staring
them In the face, are very blue The
cabbage crop is shorter than for long
time, while the outlook for late white
potatoes and for sweet potatoes is not
at all promising.
Postal Receipts Grow.
Postal receipts for this city show an
increase for the fiscal year ending June
80 Of $1s0.957.67. or 14.19 per cent This
puts the Office in Richmond in the
s1.500. 900 class. The June business did
not show the average increase, there
being only about s11.500 for that month
over the same period last year. POST
master Thornton believes that the
growth this year will place the office
well on to the 100000 mark
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