Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-03-01
Norfolk Oyster Packers Found No
Guilty Of Illegal Stalking.
Prosecution Fails to Mako Out n Case
Young Saunders VIII 1.-Two Prospective
Groom Cots Fooled : sufrolk's Brick
Plant Other Notcs of Interest.
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AochS III NHHSeInOnQ river. justices
Arthur and Eley agreed on a finding
very soon after the lawyers had stopped
talking.
Armstrong is a Norfolk packer, who
is associated with Northern capitalists.
In January Of this year his company
was fined $50 and costs for the same
ohense. The prosecution this time
Jailed to make out q, case.
During the argument two attorneys
got mad There were heated remarks.
SAUNDERS WILL LIVE.
Young Emmett Saunders, the young
Nansemond county man who became
infatuated with a very young girl and
accompanied her to Newport News
when she went there with her father,
and who on last Monday evening tried
10 XIII himself by swallowing n big dose
OF 1audanum will live. Doctors worked
hard to save Saunders, whose life for
time seemed to hang in balance
In response to a query, the following
telegram was received at this office to-
night from Newport News:
"P. l.. Pruden, Suffolk, Va:
Saunders is out of danger He was
visiting the family of Mr.. Howell.
(Signed) DAILY PRESS"
Mr.. Howell" Is supposed to be eTle
same Howell who is the father of the
l4-year-old girl with whom Saunders
was infatuated and whose suit was OBJ
1ected to by his parents
SUFFOLK PLANTS PROSPER.
The Suffolk Clay COMPANY which
has the most pretentious brick plant
ever built in this section. is now turn
ing out $4,000 bricks n day on an aver
age. It's extreme capacity is 10000. A
Kiln of 100000 recently burned show as n
very gratifying finished product. The
company may soon begin to manufac
lure thing and other articles made from
clay. ~
The plant is located at Ladysmith q
mile from Suffolk, and cost about six
600 There are twenty-five men en-
ployed.
r oUTWITTED BY THE FATHER.
Being opposed to the marriage of his
!.S-year-old daughter and knowing the
cense by would-be son-in-iaw. James
O. Holland. who lives on Holiday
street, planned to defeat the event
ne went down to the clerks Office and
left word that no license be issued for
the marriage of his daughter, Miss Mat
tie Holland.
To-day a citizen of the old North
State, j. Speight, walked into the Of
lice and made application for a IL
cense. The prospective bride being un-
der age, and in view of the message
left by her father. the license was re-
fused.
Mr.. Holland said at the clerks Office
his daughter did not want to marry
Speight. Despite this Speight told n
friend afterwards that he was trying
to arrange an elopement.
OTHER LICENSEES
John r Pittman was licensed to wed
Alta Prlnce. daughter of Fred W.
Prince, March 1.
lobe Landlord to Charlotte Gray
coIored.
Robert w. Brake to Sarah johnson,
colored.
MRS. HARRELL DEAD.
Mrs. Bascom Harrell died early this
morning at her home on Beech street
after few hours illness. The funeral
TOOK place In the afternoon from the
East Suffolk Methodist Church. and
was conducted by Rev. J. II. Kabler
the burial being in Cedar HILL The
deceased leaves a husband and n large
family Of children. She was a sister of
Mrs. 7. M. Brown, who lives on Pearl
street.
PERSONAL
Presiding Elder Richard T. Wilson. OF
the Petersburg Methodist district. in
which Suffolk now Is, has finished a
stay here. He was a guest of Mr. and
Mrs Lee Britt
Mr.. c. w. Kent, of Richmond. was
In Suffolk to-day.
Read advertisements of timber for
sale and Mr.. Barnes lost setter dog.
Two Norfolk preachers are expected
TO attend the series OF meetings at the
presbyterian Church before they shall
have concluded.
II. B. Urquhart. special agent of the
Equitable Life Company, to-day paid
Mrs. Emma Jordan, relic of the late
L. w. Jordan. $4,000 insurance.
Messrs. Story, of Franklin. md
Birdsong. OF CORTLAND. were in Suffolk
this evening.
Rev. Jesse t. Whitley, of Hampton.
who had been visiting his brother
Town Treasurer John +. Lolita, during
his illness. has returned home.
Mr. j. G. FELTON, will accent A. place
with G. Lipman's house in March.
Mrs. H. B. Cross. OF Gates county
". c.. returned to-day from Sycamore,
Ga, where she visited parents. and is
now stopping with Mrs I. o. Hin.
Mr.. S. F. Matthews, of Mathews
county. Va, was in Suffolk to-day on
oyster business He is State off,
Miss Louise Twtty returned TODAY
from Franklin, where she was Mrs.
Story's guest.
Miss Mary Litchneld. Of Abingdon.
who had been guest Of the Misses
Carpenter. left for Norfolk to-day.
A committee of six from the Bust
ness Mems Association visited Norfolk,
to-day and inspected the silk plant.
after whose plan Of construction It IS
,prornsed to build one In Suffolk II cash
as raised.
SUFFOLK ADVERTISEMENTS
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