Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1897-08-14
FROM THE EAST END.
SPLENDID BARN BURN
ED IN HENRICO co.
Is 1t anO' her Case o. Rape?
THEY WILL S7R4DDLE.
The <uE day School Union
Con VeneS
MATRIMONIAL COMPLICATIONS
CAUSE ADIyORUB.
Breezy Personals Aud General News.

From our East End Correspondent.)
The intelligence of destructive fire
near Kingston, Henrico Co., reached
US last Wednesday morning While it
ragged the glutenous flames devoured
every thing within reach. The loss to
Mr.. Thomas Manuel. (colored) the
owner, is considerable. Mr.. Manuel
had just erected large and substan-
tial barn on his excellent farm and to-
gether with his farm wagons, feed
plows, cultivators, harness, etc, all
went up in ashes and smoke. His
dwelling was also seriously threaten d
ed by the flames.
BY the heroic work Of Mr.. Manual ,
his sons and many nsighboi s. the dwell
ling was saved from destruction. He
is a type of Virginis's best and most
successful farmers and were there ma
ny more OF our race to strive as man
fully as ne TO get home and acquire
real estate, the financial embarrass-
ments of the race would be quickly
Idispelled. He has nearly hundred
acres OF land and with the aid of his
faithful wife Mrs. Lucy Manual. nee
" hite. he has been enabled to make
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happy possessors of another fortune
NAMELY, ten children-two DAUGHTERS
Mrs. + Z. Green aud Miss Lucy Manu-
al " no are residing in Amynterviile
New York. While the other eight. con
sisting of Misses Betty and Virginia
Thomas, Edward. Moses, Walter and
Cox are still at home. The Elder
Manuel assisted by his sons will start
rebuilding as soon ss practicable.
Much sympathy is expressed ove1
the loss the family has sustained.
ALLEGED ATTEMPT AT RAPE.
There was considerable stir among
the good people of this section wher
the news was rapidly spread broad.
cast that Robert Williams alias Eat
man had attempted rape upon a white
woman, Mrs. Marie Day at her home
corner l7th and Cary streets two Sun
day mornings ago, The correspondent
is we'll acquainted with Eatman anC
started TO his home on North 29tl
street, when he learned that the lat.
ter had left town, acc lrdingly he visit
ed the residence of Mrs Day at e,
home above stated and learned from he
| lips that the colored man " a. favCrit,
around the place, aud all was mucl
as she expressed it, that he should at
tempt to steal upstairsto her b. droon
in his stocking feet at O'Clock in tn
morning and put his hands over he
| face. She also stated that she scream
| ed, whereupon he turned around anC
asked, "Now, / suppose you are goin,
to have me arres ted, eh2" and left tn,
house and she then notified the police
From one of the colored females WI
| learned that Robert EatmRn, colored
| had treated Mrs Day, white the child
rem and himself to beer and whiske
until they were drunk that Saturda
night Mrs Day admitted that he hal
treated to beer We're our readers I
look over the old files of the Planet
Dispatch and Times, it will be see
that Mr.. Day, hue band to Mrs Day wa
up before Police Court for giving her
black eye with piece of wood an
subsequently, it is generally said ths
he has since deserted her. The col
respondent also CLEANED the surprisin
news that Eatman spent his none
freely with her.
The child, a little girl of perhaps
or II years old stated that 'shs sa
Eatman pullo9 his shoes on the ou
side and told her mother OF II but st
told her to pull off herclothes and go
bed. Mrs Day reiterated again an
again that if Eatman was caught sk
would get up in court and swear 6h,
he had always treated her as lad
and had always shown himself to be
gentleman. She is Of Italian Birth
WHY sTRADDLE2
Well Magno we are much pleased
know that we spoke your sentimen
on the question of social clubs in OF
previous issue, but in reading yoI
comment we observed that you are c
the fence. or straddling. On the or
, hand you approve of our sweeping co
demnation of social clubs to which ~
, are bitterly OpposedS while on II
! other hand you encourage them
: keep up social clubs and have sQci
entertainments Cn minute scale,
the winter season and an outing or tv
in the summer months We can on
: see a disposition on your part to ser
{ two masters, to straddle the fence, al
= keep in with both sides. Why n
come out manfully on the one side
o the other as we have done. Yes, whs
y were q member of q social club we b
- lieved in tn IN and fought to uphC
. ShCm Now we see our error and q
! consistent enough to fight agaiI
% them Just as hard as we fought to L
~ - hold them, but you are not So Y
y y see the faliacy of our social clubs q
u ~ is not bold enough tocome out squa.
- ~ before the world and stard on /!
side of right. to which you were sp:
~ emily so happy to WELDON US. Il
pears that you are neither hot or c.
20 20 but it savors more OF hypocrisy.
20 have to suffer for the stand we h,
taken. are you afraid TO suffer
are able to bear the criticisms q
scornsof the mean, thrifless. sasy 90
hangers-on of society; aud are
weak, vacillating and discrepit t
%. you cannot do the samsg Get of
fence and be man.
ar PERSONAL AND eE> ERAL.
"a Mrs james Cusalo is visiting
j. mother in Charlottesville, Va
II We regret to cay that Mr. Der
u Gregory has grown decidly worse
" the past two weeks.
oi Tha Traction Company are pay
Venable Street with stone.
he The Blooming Lily Division, [
Tli form Rank, knights of Pythias mac
lg- success Of their recent excursio
of Hampton.
he We desir' to call special attentio
at the excellent Lunch Room OF Mr.
nando Armistead, near gath and n
ere streets Delicious dishes served in
best style are to be had at all no
; Make it a point to see him.
Quarto too has gone q gunninl