The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-01
TOWN Of SUFFOI K


| mat she Will take the very first open
His presented, regardless of small wa
ses or THE character of her employer.
Inc young woman soon loses all sense
vi duSht or wrong. 1t Is question of
eAlStence with her Her master gives
iiea' no portion Of her spodls What
Ordinarily would be hen wages he turns
o.er po the employment agency until its
Ni&ahfn is satisfied. After thaIt he pockets
everything THAT she obtains Or stalls.
Va man who has two or more of these
women under control is said to have a
camp. He'professes to 'look after the
welfare of the slaves he owns but does
nothing for them beyond finding them
lodgings. To keep out OF the clutches
OF uile police he 1nakes them move often.
Inc entire camp" mIgrltes the NOM
ing following robbsry.
while many of the women are eager
70 leave this slavish life, none OF them
dares TO break away from her master.
one Is curly free when She becomes to-
tally wrecked and unfit to earn rncre
money for him. Then she is ,s,st cut.
THEY WANT ANOTHER BAND.
There are colored musicians around
TOWN who are trying to organize q new
band. There is one colored band in ex-
istence now and they want another.
Marmaduge Jones is at the head of It.
He wants to start with fifteen men. He
now has ten besides himself-Wallace
Heath. Luke Eure, Joe Tate, Robert
randolph, Ralph Jceles, Lexy Smith,
wallace Jones, Willie Jordan, Fred
Jones and Earl Raper
a BUSINESS CHANGE.
There was big business change in
Suffolk to-day. Mrs. Susie Holland
bought out the interest of c. A. Shoon
In the coal. ice and feed business. run
under the firm name OF c. 10. Hollahd
d. co. The consideration cannot be
named, for 1t is dependent ccl other
considerations. 1t is understood Mr..
Shoop made proposition to buy or sell
ana Mrs. Holland, who is the late c. T..
Hollands widow. bought.
FIRE HEADED OFF.
There was q small fire over In "BaltI-
more to-day. The lre alarm rang at
$3.50 O'Clock a.. m. and called the depart
meat over to Railroad avenue, where
house owned by John l.. Gay and
occupied by a colored woman named
| Lima King was In flames. The top was
plaZins. The engine soon had the fire
under control. The loss is trifing.
THEY WENT IN A BOAT.
mere was very pleasant oyster roast
| ana chlnquepin panty on the Nansemond
TINS afternoon. 1t was given by Messrs.
| w. T.. Cahoon and J. H. Stewart com
| plimecltary to Mrs. G. w. Wilson. of
| Norfolk. The bivalves were enjoyed
with zest and the chinquepins found in
abundance. The ladies present were:
Mrs G. w. Wilson. Mrs c. w. Jen-
kins. Mrs. Il. II. Jones acd Misses LII
nan Norfeet, Julia Phillips and Jennie
Wilson Smith
YOUNG PEOPLE TO PRAY.
Next week Is a week of prayer. The
various young people's societies in Suf-
| Iolk Will observe 1t as such at the Main
| street NJ. L. church. where services will
be held nightly. Tine exercises will he
led by representatives from the several
organizations taking part.
| GIVEN UP TELEGRAPH KEYS
Mr.. j. c. Green left to-day to enter the
| University College Of medicine in Rich
mond. where he will study to be doc
| tor. Mr. Green Is well-known In Suffolk.
where he was operator Al the Norfolk
and Western depot for Il lcng time.
| ONLY A FEW BRIEFS.
Martin White was to-day badly bitten
by monkey.
The Portsmouth Baptist Association,
which had been In session for three days
at Great Fork church, Nansemond
| county. closed this afternoon
Col. 10 Lane Stern tonight inspected
the Suffolk Grays and Light Infantry
ut the new Armory. Afterwards there
was a german.