The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-04-21
Town OF SUFFOI X
Were were nearly all of the professional men

here ,'' $500
Inc $4,000 which had been stolen in
ounoik. The speaker said, would furnish
ene'y widow with comfortable home.
anu 70 long way toward educating
factory children. The financial effect
souid be Appropriated. but what OF the
.norai effect? Deep as hell itself. Mems
minus were shaped by environments.
ahu other young men were looking for
ah opportunity to father their purses.
corruption I'm politics. business and So
cle,y were results OF laxity in morals,
ana morals were shaped in n measure
oy church members-those men. poody-
soouy fellows who talked with d long
solemh droll and whom he had seen
Walking out OF barrooms wIplng their
mouths with their coat tails.
ihe saloons could not exist but for
church members. which class the keep
ers largely depended on for patronage.
re had more respect for the barkeepers
H tnvn,sGlves than for the, pretended
CHRISTIANS who patronizcd them or
seventeen barrooms in Suffolk. he said
e,e'en OF the buildings were rented for
.he purpose by Christians. Many gam
piers were being educated by methods
obtaining in churches
ne urged business men not to tempt
employees by furnishing for their initia-
'ioh IN the conduct OF business question
ople methods. for while they (he BUSH
ness mem were slinning others they
would get skinned. There was a need
Tor men ana women TO hold morals and
ministers to thunder with combined eff
Tort their denunciatio OF sin
STOLE RAZOR AND TWO PISTOLS
sam Davis. colored. from North Caro-
ma spent Saturday night with John
Merritt and John Baker also colored.
&c Ia 80 a 4.
them ana accepted of their hospitality
IN Other ways. On Sunday, while his
hosts wcro out. Davis demonstrated his
gratitude by stealing two pistols and
u azor and made stra!ghtway for Suf-
rok. Mi,itt discovered the theft be-
fore Envis had gone far. and procuring
double barreled bun. started In pur-
suit. He wasla mad man when he got
here. and when he informed Capt. r. IL.
Norhe;t. Deputy Sheriff. of the robbery,
Merritt said he would have shot Davis
down had he over.alvan him. Deputy
korieet started for his mar and spotted
HIM just as he was about to board the
train. placing him under arrest.
Davis had a hearing this morning be-
fore Mayo Brewer for carrying a razor
and two ravolvers. He was taxed 1927. 20
and in default committed for sixty days
PROPERTY CONVEYANCEs.-w j.
Green and wife To Julia A. s. Wells, one
lot OH Colladen street. $3.50: r. II. RawIes
special commissioner. to H. #. Holland
a acres in Holy Meek district, $780,
Henry j. Nice, aken to Joseph A. Kyle
800 acr;s in Chuckatuck district. 81, 900.
JESSE HOPE SENT ON.-Charged
with stealing ~ cents worth of corn
from william Stallion. Jesse Hope was
arrested by Constable Branch and to-
day had hearing before Justice a. s.
lIley. H., was sent on to the grand jury
and committed. There are said to be two
other warrants alleging housebreaking
which NHope Will have to answer.
REPUBLICAN DELEGATES.-Ma
Republican delegates from Isle of Wight
and Southampton counties were I'm Suf-
folk to-day en- route TO Newport News.
where their district convention Will be
held tomorrow. Most of the Mans smond
delegation left tonight.