The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-23
ERF IN / POVERTY
Mansy,o Put Her Dead Baby Under
the Ground.
faIlasI PEOPLE HELPED HER
ssssgs sks G,et the Clerical Board
yst5SsEiaaaSs out of Troubie-Return or
5s,sssss SsssRys 7wiIkinson Must Pny
Razor Argument for ~
saxnntlous Hicyi!st.
sSssg

1k,s Va, Oct. 22.-(Special.) with
Qtone5 and Jew friends Martha Ann
U ssaSin nery who lives on Duke street, al
|if:s dser dead child to lie In the house
1ln9tlputref1cation had set In. 1t is q
Is Wing tale of poverty and suffering.
whose name was William,
81 9taaA l9scnonths' old. 1t died Tuesday
nAS Snother was too poor to put 1t un-
and the dead body may
Is st4 S1ajn outside till It rotted had not
i fsAGGSpesaS ito charity been heard The
n n heSS d idn,t know what to do. She
$ about and asked for aims. To
Il Snthister she said her name was
81 Copeland.
Ss hnRlly small sum was raised and
S N dead child was put under ground
.Sss ay.49 The Rev. J. +. Love conducted
thsf eeryices. ,...I
HELP A PREACHER.
Lsyang in jail without bail and unable
sSs get bond at the scene OF his labors
az Rev. w J.. Griffin found help
sftissonE strangers. Now ne Is a free
BE ~ geant rAmes- went to Elnporia to-
5aas3t So bring back the Rev. Mr.. Griffin
4sstand trial In Suffolk, where he was
ITO answer the charge of jump
sS4fs q board bill. But the officer had
y sHsstructfons to. turn the preacher loose
IlNOuey WIS Dui up.
officer went to the jail and Griffin
sSsgas put in his charge. Sergeant Ames
III sot on the train with his prisoner and
q sStaTted TO Suffolk The Emporia peo-
III Sxstsh would not help him, for he jumped
;lk !a bond the day before.
ne Griffin found aid on the train and
lalnong, strangers. He Is well dressed
lend 3 clever hooking young man. and his
:5 5a os.flon si;eScited sympathy. A purse
Ss sssYaS soon made up among the passen-
* gers: When Adams Grove station was
& redched enough money had been raised
p tnu% the unfortunate preacher was re-
q LEASED. di
sssf3Sss5SSSsTIIE RuNAWAYS GET BACK.
Miss Ollie IIarrell and Mr.. George
wells, who went to Ccrapcake, N. c.,
sslnSt night to get married, returned to
}SHffollk this morning at O'clock. There
y dhey were married at 1915 O'Clock by
tifsJ nstice Pierce, at his home, near Cora
d peake, They were attended on the run
n away "trip by Miss Odle Harreu and
sfNlessrs. w. l.. Hubbard J. j. Boyett.
fST.-T. Parker and John Cross. Mr.. and
= Mrs: Wells are now boarding With Mr..
/ gand Mrs. William Hines. Holladay
W street.
,.3ssas MORE OF WILKINSON'S SUIT.
Attorney Lee Britt representing e.
~ flklnSon, of West Point. Va, appeared
q to- day before Circuit Judge PrentiS and
moved ITO set aside the adverse verdict
q zen ered yesterday In Wilkinson's suit
gaiG1st the Suffolk Light and Water
n comTiany. The motion was continued.
but Judge Prent.s set aside the judg-
81 ment throwing costs on Wilkinson.
DAUGHTERS DELEG ATES.
The Suffolk Circles of Kings Daugh-
AstsTs wlM be we'll represented at the con-
lEyentlccl to be held in Norfolk next week.
lEESAst de- from the visitors who will go
s51rom here these have been selected as
n delegates: Mesdames A. H. Baker. John
4 NJ: Butler, William n. Graham and John
sSB Pinner and Miss Elizabeth S. Booker.
A RAZOR RETALIATION.
When a, colored man wouldn't get out
& the road near Airfleld few days ago,
n q lbicycdiSt ran into him. The mag, was
knocked down. but got UP in a hurry
land slashed the man on the wheel twice
f&Wfth q razor before he was out Of reach.
n Next time the wheelman may be more
= careful.
BRIEF MENTION.
At the Baptist church Sunday Rev 7
81 Love will use these subjects: "The
ii Corner Stone of the Nation" and "Choice
Is OF Books" Tho latter Is the third in IA
d series OF talks to young people. In the
y eyenins the Sunday school choir and
81 orchestra VIII furnish music
gs83S The Kings Daughters of Smithneld
& recently went halves With the proprietor
sSof g merry-go-round and got $3.50 for
& their Share. go
Mss Kemper Peacock, of Cochran,
u Gat., who had been visiting in Suffoll,
Y LETT yesterday for Zion College, n, G.
~ "a deed was put on record to- day trans
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