The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-11
MANCHESTER
FOLKS TO WE'D
MT LipsCoInb and Miss CROOKS
to Marry Next Week.
THE FITZGERALD CASE
Fugitive Came Back to Give l'imsel
Up, and Made No Effort Towards
Conceanlent Masonic Bazaar.
Personal Notes and Gossip.
Manchester Burea,i. Times- Dispatch.
No. 100 l1ull Street.

Manchester Bureau Times. Dispatch,
| No. 1102 Hui Street. J
! Mr.. Eugene yvhitworth Llpscomb and
Miss Mnble Crooks will be married on
| Tuesday afternoon, October Goth, at $3.50
O'clock at the home Of the father Of
| the prospective bride, Mr.. j. "A. Crooks,
! Port Norfolk, Va. No cards Will be sent
out.
Mr. Lipsco,nb is one of Manchesters
best known young business men. He Is
| book keeper for Miller and Miller. and
| is prominent in social circles. Mr.. Lips
comb is the presiding officer Of Man.
| chester Lodge of l1lks, which he was
mainly Instrumental in organizing less
| than a year ago, AMI which nov embraces
in its membership the cream OF Man
| chester business and social lie. by VIZ
tue Of this office he is the youngest mem
|. Der oi the Grand Lodge OF lIlks.
| Miss Crooks is a charming young lady
| we'll and uffectonatcly liked by large
circle Of friends in Manchester and Rlch-
mond. She moved from Manchester to
Port Norfolk on September lst.
After the marriage Mr.. and. Mrs. Lips
comb will take a Northern trip, and
will be at home TO their friends at No.
1918 Grove Avenue after November LIST.
PERSONAL AND NOTES.
Services at Clopton, Street Church at
IL A. NJ. and p. NJ. by the pastor, Rev.
w. W. Sisi. Sunbeams at T. M
Miss Lillian Deans returned to her
home in Norfolk yesterday after de-
lightfu stay OF one month at the home
of Miss Lille Blankenshipgi Swansboro.
FITZGERALD CASE.
No definite arrangements as to his flu
ture course have yet been mapped out
by Frank H. Fitzgerald. He is now in
tie city Jail, with little better fare than
the others In that institution. He does
not seek favors from the. officials, and
desires to be treated just like the others.
True his brother has endeavored to make
II as comfortable for him as possible un-
del the circumstances without, infringing
upon the rules, and his meals are sent
him from home. No effort will be made
to secure bail. and during this week ar
rangements for the defense, II there is to
be one will be made.
"rhe report that my brother had been
back several days before he gave himself
UP is entirely untrue" said Mr.. Aiexan-
del Fitzgerald last night. The first
knowledge had of his return was about
$3.50 O'Clock Friday morning, when his
wife sent for me to come to her, and
was surprised to see him when reached
the house. He told me that he came
back purposely to give himself up, and
then we arranged for him to surrender
himself to Mr.. Wright as soon as 1t
! was dark. Had we gone to the station
house during the day there might have
been comment, excitement and other an
| noyances SO we thought 1t wise TO await
! the coming Of darkness"
| Mr. Fitzgerald did come home Thurs
! day evening. He made no effort to con-
ceal himself, but got off the train at
| Eba, took q street car to Ninth and
! Main Streets, walked down to Fourteenth
| on Main, and thence across Mayo's
Bridge to his home There he remained
when his brother was notified, and ar
engagements for the surrender consum-
| mated.
He would not say where he had been
during the past month.
II have Just been wandering around
he said, with no special point in view.
| It Is known he came from the North,
however, as he got off the train al Elbn,
Tho cases against Mr.. Fitzgerald will
probably be heard at the opening of the
| term next week. 1t is quite likely that
! commemorative Attorney Page will not
prosecute Fitzgerald. In that event 1t
| was said on the streets last night that
| a lawyer of experience would be desig-
| mated by Judge Clopton to handle the
| case for the Commonwealth.
! In reference to the suggestion that the
| United States Government would take
a hand in the matter because of the
alleged theft of stamps from the South
| ern offices, an official OF some weight
| seid last night that the government had
nothing to do with that matter, as the
stamps had been paid for by the COM
| pany and were private property.
MASONIC BAZAAR.
Arrangements for the big bazaar to be
held at Masonic Temple, Cowardn Ave-
nue. and Hull Street, beginning the night
of the 10th, are about completed, and.
as has been already stated, the bazaar
promises to be the most successful ever
given in Manchester.
Governor Montague will open the ba-
zaar. He will be introduced by Judge
Ingram, and then the axles Of tho big
undertaking will begin to revolve.
Different programmes have been ar
ranged for each night, including num-
Ter OF entertainers from Richmond, as
well as Manchester
Tho various booths will be presided
over by many charming ladies' in Man
chester society, all under the general
management of Mrs. ]. j. O'Brien, chair
man Of the bazaar.
Mrs A. J. Daffron is chairman Of
the furniture booth; Mrs. 8, A. Hall OF
tho tobacco booth; Mrs Graves of the
fancy work booth; Mrs j, A shotwell
OF the reception and flower booth; Mrs
Alex. Fitzgerald, of the candy booth;
i Mrs. j. A. Lipscomb of the supper booth;
and Mrs, j. A. Williamson of the Ice
cream parlors,
Many OF the booths are nearing COM
pletion already
MISS FAIR VERY ILL
Miss Besle 1Tahr Is very III, and Is not
expected to live throug., the day, She Is
the Oldest daughter of MI A. w. Fair,