The times dispatch. [volume], March 09, 1911, Page 7, Image 7

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FIRE DEPARTMENT
TO DE ENLARGED
Common Council Authorizes
Appropriation of $18,225
for This Purpose.
LANDS LEASED FOR FAIR
Hank Stockholders Meet?City
rfec of Smallpox?Other
News Notes.
Tlmes-Dlspatch Bureau,
10'.' North Sycamore Street,
Petcr?burg, Va., March 8.
The Coin men Council laut night
B?opi?d the report Of the Finance
Co tu i H111 e e recommending sn appro?
priation for the purpose of Increasing
the strength arid efficiency of the Fire
Department, and authorized the com?
mittee to include in the budget for
the fiscal year beginning duly l, an
appropriation of St8,220 for this spe?
cial purpose. This money is to be ex?
pended for thirteen additional men to
the pros, tit force, Including an as?
sistant chief engineer, for the com?
mission of a third engine, for the pur?
chase of four additional horses and a
fuel wagon, maintenance, repairs, etc.
and for the Installation of a new hie
alarm aystem, costing $7,000.
The Council also approved a con
trot with the Southslde Agricultural
and Industrial Association for Use
lease of land for holding Its fair
and for the privilege of Improving
and using the race-traek at West End
Park, and the erection of a grand?
stand and other buildings. The city
lias appropriated ?K000 In aid of the
association.
Resolutions for the appointment of
a joint committee to consider the
feasibility of removing the Peabody
(colored) public school from its pres?
ent location to another, and for the
appointment of a committee to confer
with the Virginia Hallway and Power
Company, relative to the extension of
Its line along West High Street, were
referred.
The Council at Its July meeting
voted to donate to Petersburg Tuber?
culosis sanatorium a sum of $1.500 per
annum, Bast night 91,000 of this
emount was ordered to he paid, and i
In future payments to the sanatorium j
t<re to be paid at the rate of ?12? perl
month.
The Council transacted a large
amount (1f business relative to the
various department!?, made the usual
monthly appropriations. and some
special appropriations for public Im?
provements.
The report of the City Treasurer for
the month of February shows total j
cash receipts of $10.49?. The expendi?
tures for the month were $7.0,790.
Stockholder*' Meeting.
The annual meeting of the Peters?
burg Bank and Trust Company was
' ? Id las* evening, and the old board
of directors was unanimously re
elected. The board subsequently re
elected nil of ihe old officers, as fol?
lows: President. H F. Munt: Vice
Presldentj W. W. Warren; Cashier,
Sclwyn Hoag.
llrlef (if nrrnl .?\v?.
Plans of tho new building for the
criminal Insane, to be erected at the
Central State Hospital, have been dls
cd arid bids asked for. The eon
tract for the erection will probably be
given out nt the April meeting of the
special board of directors.
The smnllness of the Petersburg del?
egation to tlx- Southern Commercial
Congress at Atlanta was disappointing.j
Many who had consented to go were
prevented from doing so at the last
moment.
v.-. li. Porter, a respected citizen ot
Matoaca, in Chesterfield county, died
this, morning at f, o'clock, after an
illness of only a day or two. He was
Klxty-throe years old, and In survived
1-y his wife, four sons and four daugh
jers, all of Matoaca: Bee It., Patrick
II., J. Daniels and Grpvar G. Porter, an'
Mrs. Wesley Collier, Mis. Adrian Row
lett and Misses 12va and Ro\le Porter.
Nottoway county |g to have hew
and ii ore modern jail. The old jail
building is insecure, and the county
prisoners are sen! to the Fnrmville
jail for safekeeping.
Petersburg is entirely free of small?
pox, ami has been .so for some time;
but come few cases are reported?hi
the counties. .?II of a mild type.
Thorc was ho report In the Common
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Council last nipht from the committee
having the matter of the creation of
the ofllco of uuildin? inspector In
charge, nor was there any report from
the Joint committee having in charge
the establishment of a police patrol
system.
Chief of Police Raglnnd lius received
a letter from Chief Klzcr, of Norfolk,
suggesting that tlw chiefs of the Stato
form an organization for the exchunce
of views and for mutual benefit.
The regular monthly meeting of the
hoard of deacon:; of the Second Pres?
byterian Church was held laHt evening.
Officers for the ensuing year were elect?
ed, ?s follows: President, .lohn I".
Thweait; Vice-Presidcnt, John \v.
Friend; .Secretary. Frank A. Owen;
Treasurer, Hugh It. smith. An encour?
aging review of the year's work was
given.
During the month of February twen?
ty-eight dairies In the city and eighteen j
5n the adjacent counties were inspect- !
cd, and also fourteen hotels and res- i
t.iurants and 1,000 stores and private
premises.
Parties from Richmond, it in said,
have secured an option on the Traylor
place, on the Chesterfield Heights, op?
posite Petersburg, with the view of
the ecectldn of nn educational building,
If satisfactory.
TAX EXEMPT!
Injunction Against Assessing
R., F. & P. Property Granted
by Judge Keith.
Although Judge R. Carter Scott, of
the city Circuit Court, refused to in?
terfere yesterday, an injunction was
secured from Judge .Tome." Keith, presi?
dent of the Virginia Supreme Court of
Appeals, by the Richmond. Fredericks- I
burg an<l Potomac Railroad Company ;
against S. R. Donohoe, Auditor of Pub?
lic Accounts of Virginia, and W. I?.
Dillard, Treasurer of SpotsylvaniQ
count y. The case involves a tax bill
for 1010 on a piece ot property in Spot
Bylvanla county, amounting to jWS.82.
Under the terms of the injunction, the
officials und T. J. Todri, Commissioner
o: the Revenue of Spotsylyania coun?
ty, who was made a party defendant,
are restrained and enjoined from col
Iccting the bill, and the Commissioner
of Revenue Is restrained and enjoined
from placing any real or persohr\l prop?
erty of the Richmond, Fretierickabur;
anil Potomac Railroad Company in i
Spotsylvnnla county on the land books
or the county until the further tfrder
of the court.
The railroad company claims oxemp- ,
tlon from taxation, and has much more
at stake than the small bill of j
involved. It is appealing its general j
cause, based on its original clmvicr pro?
visions, to the Supreme Court of the
United States.
\e\> Courthouse for S nils bury.
I Special to The Times-Dispatch, j
Salisbury, X. March S.?The
Rowan county board of comntlssidndrs
ordered that plans and specifications
lie advertised for t..?- purpose of erect
ing a new courthouse in Salisbury at a
cost of $100,000 to $125,000. It was
provided that the plans bo submitted
by May l of this year. The grand jurv
Sil almost every term of Superior
Court for the past few years rocom
mended that a new courthouse he i
erected. It was stipulated that the j
Mtilding shall be of Rowan county
granite.
Supreme Court Likely to Hand.
Down Big Batch of
Opinions.
A iiig bunch of decisions is expected
ii> bp handed down this morning In
the .Supreme Court of Appeals? Very
Jew of the cases heard at the January
term were decided prior to adjourn?
ment; and, n.s usual, on the first opinion ?
?lay of the. term, the expectation is that |
anywhere from twenty to forty deci- j
sior.B will be announced to-day.
Among the cases awaiting decision is
that of Green*a and Parker s adminis?
trators against Marye, Auditor. The S
plaintinffs in error desire to secure I
commissions from the State for the
settlement of certain claims which Vir
ginia had against tho United States for |
money advanced to aid in the War of j
1812. A bill was finally passed In Con -
gross offsetting these claims against i
certain bonds of the State which were ,
held by the Indian fund, and in tho j
settlement Virginia got a oheck for the
ha lance of $6 5?. But Green and
Barker, who had acted for Virginia
during the early part of the negotia?
tions, claimed commissions.
A number of other case? will be de?
cided.
Cnaca fleord. ...
The proceedings yesterday were:
The case of Marbury, et ah VS. Jones,
et ah, No. 77, begun on Tuesday, was
fully argued by L. H. Machen for the
plaintiff in error, and by Judge J. K.
M. Norton for the defendant In error,
dhd submitted.
Tho case of the Security Bank, of ?
Richmond* against the Equitable Life
Assurance Society of tne United States,
No. G9, v.'na partly argued by C. A'. ;
Meredith for the plaintiff in error, and
by Judge George L. Christian for the
defendant in error, and continued to
to-day.
Next caSes to be called: No. SI. Mor?
ton's executor vs. Southern Railway
Company; No. 84; ..lollie A. Carter vs.
Ivceton Coleman, et als.; No. SB, Alli?
son', by etc., vs. city of Frederieks
burg; No. S6, Cole's administrator, et I
als., vs. Jar.rers.on: No. S7, Washington ??
Alexandria and Mount Vernon Railway j
Company vs. Trimyer; No. 89, Wells
vs. Lagorio, et als.; No. foj, Whealton &
Wishord vs. Doughty: No. 81, Smiley ]
vs. Smiley administratrix, et als.; No.
92, Harris vs. Cary, et als.
FOUND DEAD IN HIS ROOM.
Arehlbnld Alexander, Sou of Officer in
War of 1812, Dfea Suddenly.
{Special to The Times-Dispatch. 1
Lexington; Va., March ?Archibald
Alexander, aged eighty-six years, was
found dead last evening in his room,
seated In his chair, with a book In his
lap. He was one of the oldest citi?
zens of Rockbrldgc, and was ? son
of Major John Alexander, an offioci
of thi- War of iS12. Ills mother was a
daughter of Andrew Reid, thf first
clerk of Rockbridgc County Court. He
was educated at Washington College,
now Washington and Bee University
His warehouse, tit East Lexington, at
the head of navigation on the North
River loaneh Of tin famous .lame?
River and Kanawho Canal, was tho
receiving point of all merchandise
shipped to Lexington before and just
after the <"ivil Mar. Ho was the last
of his father's family. Judge John
Alexander Lacey, of Washington, d.'
C, a nephew, i? the last survivor of
his family.
arrested ix nrcxyiiit
Kontier Whin comity Deputy Sbct'lll
Chnrgctl With Embezzlement.
[Special to Tin: Times-Dlspateh. 1
Roanoke, Vm, March S.---W. T. Dean,
a former depot , sheriff of Wise county. ;
Avar arrested this week in Denver by]
do ice lives In thai city. The arrest
was made on complaint of Wise county j
authorities, who had asked the au?
thorities to capture Dean, who is al- '
lege?! to have absconded with certain'
monies that were the property of Wise I
county. The alleged embezzlement ,
occurred last May, ami Dean has booh!
away lor several months. He whs j
dually located by the detectives; and
will be brought back to Wise county.
Tablets Kami fo Child.
rSpecial to The Time-'-lr'.spe t? :lh ]
Harrlsonburg. Va*. March 8.?-Hugh
Pence, of Mt. Clinton. R?ckihgliahi
county, received word yesterday from
his daughter. Mrs. Sadie Miller, wlf? I
of William .1. Miller, in Gibson City: j
111., stating that her four-year-old boy
was dead and her three-year.-old child
Critically ill. The mother left a box
of medical tablets on the table, and
the children ate them. She look the
Lab lets for heart trouble, never sus?
pecting that they were dangerous. The .
Millet's left this section less than a'
year la go to live in Illinois. Mr. Miller'
is. a native of Mt. Jackson.
DID NOT EXPOSE STRIPLING.
Uanvlllr IMtiln t.'ifXIica Officer Knew
H- U ?s I'iikKIii- from Justice.
[Special lb The Tlmes-DIspat Ml.!
Danville. Va., March S. -Plain
Clothe! Officer John J. llall gave out
a statement here this afternoon deny?
ing that he exposed R. E. Morrl?, Lie
former chief of police, to the Georgia
authorities, lie stale-.- that over two
years ago he learned stripling was a I
fugitive from Justice, and was here
under im assumed n ine , and wrote j
tho Georgia authorities of the fail, but!
received no answer, and droop'd the j
matter.
?lohn Erederick White was given
three months in jail and fined $100 here!
to-day in the Corporation court fori
sotting In motion a wild engine ifi the
local railway yard, causing h serious
wreck and injuring Conductor w.
ROwlette. of Richmond, v. bo was asleep
In the caboose of a freight at the lime.'
Charles Pugh'was given one year In I
tho_ pen! sent i,i ry for highway robbery, j
No indictment^ were repjrned by
the grand jury this afternoon.
llnrciills?Miller.
[Special to The Times-Dispatch,!
Pocahonta^, Va., March $.?-A beautt-i
fill Wbddihg Avas celebrated thin alter
11 obii at refill o'clock, when Miss .dolli-i
Miller, the youngest daughter of Joseph
.Miller, was married to Charles Mar- I
golls, of Ne-.v vorlc Cltyi The ceremony
ens performed by Rev. L, Cantor. i
After the w edding the couple left I
lor New Vovk City, and will visit sev?
eral of the cities of Canada.
After the HUb of April they will 1
malte their home in this city.
Residents of South Hill District
Show Great Enthusiasm
on Subject.
(Special to The TlmeR-Dlspatch;]
South mil, Va.. March S.?Notwith?
standing a March snowstorm, a thins
well calculated to throw a damper op
any kind of enthusiasm In this latl
tude, a good roads meetings In this
wideawake Meckloniiurg county town
last night was a big success. The
object of tho meeting was to take the
preliminary :?teps towards the making
of good roads In that part of Mecklen?
burg county known as South Mill Dls?
trictl Tim meet ing was held in Ma?
sonic Hall, and was largely attended
by the townspeople and by country
people. Very many more of tho latter
would have been on hand but for tho
unexpected snow storm that camo
along about noon and covered the land
to tho depth of threo Inchea or more.
Tho meeting was called to order by
Mayor \V. F. Andrews, who was elect?
ed chairman, and J. E. Cratton, Jr.,
was made secretary, Colonel Lucius
Gregory, of Chase City, the chairman
of tho county Board, of Supervisors,
and the man who Is making good
roads In the Chase City district, was
present by invitation as was also
Frank S. Woodson, Industrial editor
of The Tlmes-DIspatch. These wer?J
tho principal speakers of the evAgntn
They wore Introduced by Attorney j
ilirain P. Wall. Mr. Woodson. tho
tiist speaker, dwelt briefly upon the]
necessity of good roads, and then
Fpoke- at greater length on "How to
Get Them, and Get Them Quick." He
warmly advocated a district bond is?
sue to raise the money, and strictly
buslnos3 prlnclplos In spending the
money after It Is raised. The divorce?
ment of road building from politics
was the subject of an earnest plea.
Colonel Gregory made a most con?
vincing finceoh in advocacy of good
roads, and of business mothods In
building them. Ills account of how
the Chase City district is making
good roads and doing It within the
financial limits sot by a $00.000 bond
Issue was Intensely Interesting to the
earnest advocates of good roads In
the audience. Colonel Gregory's prac?
tical talk aroused tho greatest en?
thusiasm.
Other speakers were W. K. Rylanfl,
supervisor for this district; S. A. War?
ren, supervisor of the EaCrosse dis?
trict; R. K. Yancy. of South Hill, and
C. D. Warron, of the county.
('rider the advice of Colonel Gregory,
steps were taken to stnTt a good roads
organization In tho district. It Is to
6e known as an "Advisory Commit?
tee." A committee composed of Mayor
Andrews, R. F Yancey, Thomas A
Brysoii, and C. D. Warren was ap?
pointed to nominate the adlvisory com
anlttee which is to be composed of
fifteen members, five of whom arc to
oe of the town of South Hill .and ten
to be of the out of towrr sections of the
district. The nominating committee
is to report at another good roads
meeting, to be held Thursday. March
lfi. There is no doubt of the fact that
a special election will bo called to vote
upon the proposition to issue $50,000
i ??r possibly $60,000 or $".".,000 of bonds. J
the proceeds io be used In building
permanent sand-clay blend roads iri
South Hill district.
Application will Bt once be made for
forty or more convicts to work in this
district.
It is likely that a more enthusiastic
meeting of the citizens of South Mill
was never held. The good roads move?
ment is now well Inaugurated, and
there will be no let up In effort until
the bonds are Issued and sold and the
five roads leading out from this town
and penetrating nil parts of the dis?
trict are made first-class twentieth
century highways.
Arkansas Ha* ".S-J.UDS Whiles.
Washington. March S.?Of the male
i population of Arkansas twenty-one
I years of age and over, "l.Sfi per cent.,
i or are white; 2S.lT. per cent..
? or 11.1,372, are negroes, and 153 are
Chinese, Japanese and Indians, accord?
ing t<- statistics of the thirteenth cen?
sus announced by tho Census Bureau
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Former Charlottesville Citizen
Killed by Train Near
Barboursville.
[.Special to The Times-Dispatch. I
Charlottesville, Va? March 8.?-The
mangled remains of Frank Woodward,
for years a well-known resident, of this '
city, were found ai 7 o'clock this morn- I
Ihg alongside the Southern Railway I
track within sight of the station at
Barboursville, about eighteen miles
north of Charlottesville. Woodward
left this city last tall with his family
for Orange, and was doing well in that
town. His friends here are at a Josa |
to account for his sudden death. It Is
supposed that he was on his way to !
this city to visit relatives. Ho married j
a Miss Shlpp. of this: city, who survive? !
him with throe children. The remains
were brought to Charlotteavlllo and
the interment will fake place here; The
funeral will take place front the resi?
dence of his brother-in-law. J. L.
?Snead. on Fifth Street. Mr. Woodward
was about twenty-eight ycarp of ago.
MISSING FKOM UOMK.
.Ja men City County Farmer -Startn 1
Search for HI* Son.
[Special to The Times-Dispatch, i
Williamsburg, Va., March S.?.r. D. j
Lewis, a farmer living hear Grove, j
?lames City county, was here to-day .
and reported to Sergeant Wllklns that
his son. Ehos, fourteen years old, had I
run away from home, and asked him to j
assist in locating the lad. The dis?
tracted father has been trying to lo?
cate Iiis boy since yesterday altorrspon,
when he had made up his mind that
something was wrong. Ehos left his
parents' home about o o'clock yester?
day morning to go to the station at
Grove, and that, was the last heard
from him till this afternoon, when
two colored men reported that they
had seen a boy answering his descrip?
tion In a st?re ut Llghtfoot. Mr. LqwIs
believes tho hoy was waiting ton 3
freight train to go to Richmond, and
at his request tho Richmond police
have been notified to arrest Enoa aud
hold him for his father.
When ho loft home the boy wore a
cap and sweater, knoo pants of th*
khaki brand, and tan shoes. He in well
grown for his age, and Is Intelligent,
j The family only recently moved to this
county from Iowa, and the boy has
been very much dlssatlsiled with 11?
new home, although he never Intimated
that he might run away. Hlrj tath^r i
believes tho boy is trying to beat .nis !
way back to Iowa, and Is very much 1
worked up over the affair.
FARMER ENDS HIS I/?B.
] munitionh show That Suicide Was
Deliberately I'Inuncd.
[Special to The Times-Dispatch. 1
Ncwbtrn. N. C. March S.?J. C.
Barker, aged forty-two, a well-to-do
und prosperous farmer of Stella, N, C,
a small village thirty miles from New
hern. In Cartorot county, committed
: suicide in the Gast?n .'Hotel this morn?
ing about 7 o'clock, using a Smith
' and Wesson pistol, which he purchased
i yesterday.
I The act was deliberate, as the lndl
; cations show that he arose, front bed.
and, without dressing, stood before a ]
I small mirror and sent the ball crush- I
Ihg through the centre of his forehead. I
! He came to Newbern Monday night |
to buy fertilizer and to aell seventy
! bales of cotton. So far as is known ]
j there was no cause for the deed, as
ho war. well-to-do and free from do- !
mestic or financial troubles. He leaves
a wile and three children. The body
was taken to Stella on the afternoon
train. The coroner's verdict w,-?a that
ho came to his death by a s-clf-lnflictod
pistol wound.
I.IGHT.VJVfi KILLS CHILD.
Several Douse* struck During Thunder
Storni Near Wndosbom.
[Special to The Times-Dispatch. I
Wadesboro. N. C. Mhrch S.--A severe
thunder storm passed over this county
last night, and reports to-day tell of
several instances of houses struck.
On the farm of .1. T. Allen, northeast
of here, the house occupied by Preston
touch was struck by lightning and
tho ton-ye.ar-old daughter of Crouch
was Instantly killed, tier clothing was
set on fire, and her body badly burned.
Other members of the family wort se?
riously shocked.
Muh Clerk Injured.
J Raleigh; N. C. March 8.?-Mall Clerk
J, R. Tally, of the Norfolk and South?
ern Railroad, was painfully Injured in
an accident to the incoming Norfolk
and Southern train due here from Nor?
folk last night at S o'clock, in which
the passenger train ran into tin open
switch at Middlesex- and collided with 1
a freight train that was standing oil
the siding. The right shoulder of the
mail clerk was badly wrenched. lie
is In Rex Hospital lierc. The en^lno
I of the passenger train lost its pilot
In the collision. In some way tho
switch had been left open after the
freight train passed Into the siding
!<? give the passenger train a clear
1 track.
NO TIME AT CITY HALL
Clocks' Consolidated InsidcM Refused
tti tie Oll .loh.
Every (dock Ip the City Hall was
on vacation yesterday. Somebody said
they had been suspended by the Build?
ing Inspector for gross derelict ion in
official duties in falling i" keep proper
lime. Clerk I". I\ Winston fried to get
off his old-time joke about there being
>t high Old "time';.' up In the lower, bill .
close inspection of the lower showed i
that lhere was ho time at all up there, i
The facts seem to be that it was'
so oWing outside, and the hands got
tired and quit. M has not been deter
in Iii cd whether they will be paid for.
time lost after the manner Of hands
ai the Gas Works.
In the arrangement of things at tho
City Hall there is no distinction be?
tween inside, and outHd. clocks. They
all run from one machine somewhere
up in the tower. Superintendent Thomp?
son lias a lot of wires hidden away in
sonic secret place iii.il arc supposed
to keep them all moving. But when
it gets to showing outside and tho
hands catch hold of the face of the
clock and hold on tight oyerythlng
stops.
Nobody knew when to go to dinner
yesterday; Alfred McDowell is said to
have gone twice, while Ned llowollo
kept op putting it off until there wami't
any dinner left when he got there. T'uo
lioiii id' f> o'clock liover. arrived by
official time, si) George Ruskpll though!
it hardly necessary to come to work
at all. A consultution wan held be?
tween Ruitding Inspector Beck aud
City Electrician Thompson, a. a. result
of w hi, h a liohvy dose of machine oil
>va.H prescribed, utid ihe doctor.- think
the timepiece will be doing business
til the old stand this morning,
Old Servant Dies.
Martin. Anne ' Armstead, for forty
six years ??? faithful ami devoted ser-r
vant in Ihe home ?l Mr . Roborl B,
Green. 1.00 South Third Street, died
yestorday morning about i; o'clock
unite suddenly of apoploxy; She had
lived with the Green family contin?
uously since the last year of tho war
exec i>1 for i brier trip to Chicago to
?.hit a brother. The funeral will lake
Piece from Co- Secdud Baptist church,
colored, thlf afternoon at ' o'eloelt. The
I in I (-bearers will ho from among the
sons and relatives of- the household
she had so loin: served; and the fu?
neral will be attended by many white
people who know and loved her as
??Mammy Martha."
Married In Washington.
Marriage licenses were Issued yes?
terday in Washington t<> the follow?
ing:
William K| .Tones, of PolCI burg, Vit.,
and Annie m. Fendrlek,, of Richmond.
' Travis .1- IIpeman and E'hol Wynant,
both of Remington, Va.
Read What the District Sup't of Weights
and Measures Says About It.
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Commissioners of the District
of Columbia,
Department of Weights and
Measure;,
Washington, Dec. 22. 1910.
The Pompcian Co.,
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
This is* to certify that this
office has tested the measure of
Pompeinn Olive Oil put up in
cans with the measure stamped
plainly thereon, and found the
same to contain the true, and
full net measure as represented.
Very respectfully,
W. C. HASKELL,
Superintendent, of Weights,
Measures and Markets, D.
C.
Distributed bv
ens & Minor
By GUS MALBERT.
I'm looking for the man who first
wrote "The snov,-, the snow, the
h-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-1 snow."
And for his sako I want to inform I
him thai there are twoscorc more 1
braves who have designs on his per?
son.
.lames W: Sullivan spent some of his
I time yesterday down at Owner Brad
! ley's olllee counting- the icicles; part
at tho hall park viewing tho ruins,
and tho rest at a gymnasium working
out with Crcorgc Cowan and Curtis
Walker.
What, a blesalnj? it is that we can
write these days that the snow is going
to help the new grass diamond.
It's the truth, every word of it.
i When the sun comes out, If it ever
I does, just watch the tender sprouts
shoot heavenward. In the words If the
! Dingvllle poet.
Haseball talk under present atmos?
pheric conditions Is just about as apro?
pos as that bull In a china shop.
The nearest thing to a ball game I
h ivo seen was a snowball light be?
tween some energetic kids out near
ftichmond College.
Pretty hard to believe thai behind
tho. clouds the sun still shines when
you can't see anything but that beau?
tiful snow stuff.
The one cheerful thought is that
- somewhere in this vale of tears the
I sun is really shining, and that ball
I players are somewhere playing.
Lodge writes that he Is anxious to
receive transportation so thai he can
get to Richmond about tho 11th. Won
uer if ho knows It's snowing?
rTppOfthat Danville, doesn't take any
offense at what has been written about
1 looker. Everybody is liable to make
a mistake, and It appears that that's
what has been done up there.
fllen lias been awarded Lync.hburg.
Not at all surprising. For being right,
I'll stach Otis Stocksdalo against any
man In Amhorst county.
It does appear funny that a few ?
college hoys can't evince a little col?
lege spirit without being made tho
subject of a vast, amount, of ill-timed
comment.
With airships joining the war game,
pretty soon some of the llvest columns
of sporting gossip will ho turned over
to the war correspondents.
Freddie Welsh has arrived. Pity
that he got licked over on the other
. id<\ for his drawing power will be
sadly lessened, lid should have been
brought over with a clean slate.
So Packey Mcfr'arlahd lias arranged
to light Wolgast. There will be noth?
ing to it but Packey. The only ouo in
all the bunch of lightweights who will
give Packey any trouble will bo Moran.
and h-?. couldn't, bother the Westerner
in anything hut a limit fight.
Tommy Murphy, who. in the opinion
of Bei Lyons. Is one of the gam est of
(he little fellows. Is too uncertain to
be (lop end del upon. The boy is sub?
ject to malaria fever, and the fact that
lie may be taken ill at any time, caus?
ing a cancellation, puts him practi?
cally out of the running.
Tho opinion of the critics of tho
boxing game to tho effect that the
present bunch of lightweights is not
of much class seems to be upheld by
recent performances, and Packey is
Undoubtedly the best of a poor lot.
Bravo, Petersburg Record! Nico lino
of gossip you had day before yoster
day. Keep it up. The people in Pe?
tersburg like, to read It, and you'll
help tho circulation department.
Note that an e\'-Columbia man wants
fo light Jack .lohmon. It's all right,
fellows. Wanting to tight Johnson
no longer news. It's a habit, ami
there will be more contracting the
disease before the smoke is licked.
?Jum don't lot ii bother you.
.Johnny Kvcrs has tried out his game
leg.' Ho found it all right, and is
laughing at tho winter doposters who
said he" wouldn't ho in the game this
season.
Jack Anthny, the local real ball
player, uns received another letter
from the Worcester, Mass., manager
in'ont hogging him to come hack. .Tack
Im determined to stay out of the game,
however. Again I say. it Is a pity.
Krahk and Stanley Blgble are go
to play ball this season, but tvh
neither will say. Frank belong.- to
Raleigh, but doesn't eottbn to that
three months' contract he has re?
ceived.
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