Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-30
A Young Man Prevented From
Swallowing Dose Of Poison.
a Boys Narrow Escape From Being Burn
cd to Death-rhis Century's Last SUN
day-chiof of Fire Department Hurt
smithfelds yaterworlss.
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hieaAl 10 swallow, Alec Howell, q young
white man. tonight was seized by Jas.
e. Ballard, an athletic citizen, who
took away the opiate after a struggle.
After that Howell said he had already
drank some of the drug, but that may
have been a bluff" for the bottle he
had was full, and. though they walked
him for while to counterfeit the eff
fects of anything harmful previously
| swallowed, no signs of laudanum poi
son developed.
Howell tried to buy laudanum from a
drug store, but a friend told the pro-
prietor not TO sell 1t and he didn't. All
the local shops were notified not to sell
/ Howell laudanum lest he persist in his
/ intention of drinking too much.
! No further trouble is expected by Mr.
| Howelfs friends. He had not eaten all
day. but was induced to take late
supper, and at 10 O'Clock is much bet
! ter. He had been very nervous before
that.
A CHRISTMAS SEQUEL.
Randolph Graham, years old, might
have had his clothes burned off this
I afternoon but for outside help in the
extinguishing of the flames. AS it was
! his leg is bliStered in place as long as
q porous plaster.
y day or two ago Randolph put q
bunch of matches in his pocket. Some
of them worked hole in the receptacle.
! While sitting in chair today he was
somewhat restless and the heat engen-
dered by friction set off one of the
matches and the whole lot was soon
burning in the space between the boy
I and chair.
Randolph shrieked. Miss Jimmie
| Culley, his cousin, was in the room,
and she rushed to Randolph and. put
ting her hand over the place the fire
and smoke were bursting she put out
the blaze. Mr.. e. w. Graham. Ran
dolph's father. later pulled sixteen
charred- match -staraps from the bows
breeches leg.
THIS CENTURY'S LAST SUNDAY.
There will be no preaching Sunday at
the Methodist church. The pastor
elect cannot o1iciate because his wife
is yet i'll in North Carolina. Rev. Will
lam 7. Green, the retiring minister,
with whom Mr.. Potts exchanged sta
lions. will preach tomorrow for the
bury, Md. Mrs. Green is visiting her
father Mr.. Old, near Churchland. Mr..
Potts will preach here January 6.
DR.. Staley, of the Christian church.
is with his family in Frankinton. n
G. His pulpit will be occupied by Rev
y. f. Black and at night by Rev. d. p.
Barrett.
The other places of worship will have
their usual pastors-Rev. Joseph B.
Dunn. at st. Paul's p. Il. church: Rev
H. h. Barton, at the Baptist church.
and Rev. John S. Thomas, at the Pres
byterian church.
Mr.. Thomas subjects will be these:
The Conversion of Soul" and ''Visions
to Men"
There will be big rally on mis-
sionary day" at the First (colored)
Baptist church Sunday afternoon at
2:3o O'Clock. Rev. John s. Thomas will
make an address on THE Questions
and Hopes of n People"
The other colored churches who have
been invited TO join In the exercises are
the Pine Street Baptist, Fair Ground
Baptist, Pine Street Methodist and
Antioch Christian churches.
FIRE CHIEF HURT.
Chief Harvey NJ. Butler, of the Suf-
ioik IRE department, got slightly hurt
last night while directing the fire fight
NJ the blaze in Pettit's machine shop
y piece of glass was driven into his
hand near the thumb and made n pain
iul. but not serious. wound.
The loss on Pettits machinery is
covered by insurance with Woodward
y; ELAN. The building, only damaged
slightly, was not insured. The whole
loss will aggregate $500.
SMlTHFIELD HAS CITY WATER.
POSTMASTER Ben 2. Gay, of Smith
Held, was very happy man tonight.
The new system of water works for
that town. which have been in course
hni1din1>- several and
OF which Mr.. Gay was one of the prin-
cipal promoters, began operation MT Q
o'clock this evening. when the first
stream of water flowed through the
IRON channels, and the machinery
worked without hitch. In one sense
OF the word 1t is the beginning OF n
new era for the aristocratic old town
ana the residents appreciate the i'm
portance of the event
Tonight was the first time the nun,ns
had been put in operation. 1t will be
February before the s.andpipe and
everything else is complete. but the
Gwaltney- Buniley Peanut Company
and other takers will begin using city
water on New Years Day.
SUNDAY SCHOOL CELEBRATION.
The Presbyterian Sunday school kept
Christmas last night. Instead of hav-
ing public celebration in the church
auditorium the teachers and punils
were entertained at the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. John Il. Pinner on BROOKLYN
Heights, who threw open their house
and welcomed the merry company.
| The parlors We're decorated with holly
and other seasonable evergreens and
there was Christmas tree in a Win
dow. Games were played and fruits
were served in abundance
BURIED THE SECOND TIME
The remains of the late Mrs. Julia
r.. Bush. who died three years ago.
were today brought from Norfolk and
reinterred in Cedar Hill cemetery.
Suffolk. The deceased was the wife OF
Mr. Isaac u Bush, of Norfolk. and the
mother of Mrs. William II. Wells. OF
Suffolk.
OFFICIAL SPORTSMEN.
Nansemond County Clerk Mr.. Rob