Richmond planet., 1904-01-16
FROM NORFOLK.
Trouble on Street Carl characterization
Celebration.
Norfolk. Va IAN "a 100

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Norfolk, Va. Jan. 13, 1901.
A million dollars having been sub.
scrlbed by the people of Tidewater Vir.
glnla, including the many corporation
and capitalist TO perpetuate the charter
OF jamestown Exposition, Congress will
be the door at which these people are
knocking and an appropriation in the
millions is needed. As the Congress is
: eluollcan and Congressman Slemp is
the only republican allowed in Congress
I from Virginia he is very much sought
after and without his assistance no ap-
! preparation will not be available as the
/ exposition is TO ceie brate the landing of
the first white settlers in the country in
1907. OF course the colored man will of
necessity be the guest of til nation.
Ope dollar and cost is what Justice
| Taylor imposes on q colored for splitting
! In street car. This being the second
+, arrest under the ordinance, although
/ the habit is commonly INDUCED in.
! colored woman the other day enter
ed crowded street car in which YER
eral white men were standing on the
rear platform and owing TO the sudden
starting of the car she lost her balance.
: catching herself in falling against one
of the men who rudely pl shed against
I the car saying: Get off of me nlgger 4"
/ If this same class of white men would
/ keep out of our homes and let our girls
/ alone much of the race question would
regulate itself
one OF the worst cases of alleged
cruely was aired in the Corporation
Court this week when a Mrs. Annie
Whaley was given five years in the
penltentlary for malicious assault maim-
/ Ing Lille Davis, a girl about 10 wears
Old claimed by her as her niece. She
owns Mrs. Whaley as her mother and
claims that her father, a Mr.. Davis, is
still living IN Buncombe county. North
Carolina, Mrs. Whaley and husband
have been living in Norfolk about two
years, coming from North Carolina.
a series of revival meetings are being
held in ST. Johns A NJ. E. Church
about three nights every week since the
hrst of the year. The meetings are not
well attended when the Importance of
revival meeting is considered.
A fire on North Okeefe ST., Hunters
vile, today destroyed the homes of
Messrs. Jacob 7. Odom, Isaac J. RIVALS
and Anthony Brick house A defective
. due in the house of Mr. Odom, where
the fire originated, is supposed to be the
cause of the fire. The families saved
most OF their effects. The buildings all
were covered by insurance.
X.
1t Is all one sided--all democrats. The
ins and the outs or the so-called good
government and that bad ring of whom
1t alleges pastmasters of all that is bad,
and beyond anything redeeming they
have been beaten, and this time the
good government wing did it in both
voting and counting and no Negro was
, in the wood pile either.
MIR. Richard III. Parker, of 54th Ave.
b, Huntersville, who has been confined
to his house through sickness, is so as
to be out, being much improved.
Mr.. Archie Laughton, of 43l Cumber-
land street, is out again after several
weeks sickness
Mr.. Robt. n. Jones, of ST. James ST.,
died Saturday, last. of quite protract-
ed illness, having been confined to the
house since iast summer. Mr. Jones
was president of the eman cipation cele-
bratlon last year. his funeral took place
from st. Johns A. NJ. E. Church Tues
day, of which he was consistent men,
Der.
The celebration of the Emancipation
In January was the largest in many
years. MIR. w. II. Thorough
good being chief marshall, assisted by
an able corps OF assistants, and Mr..
JAS. E. Fuller being president of the
association. The procession was diyid-
ed in five divisions with its chief assis.
tant and headed by a band of music
leach division). The procession was
fully two miles long, parading the prin-
cipal streets of the city. After which
the procession was halted ON Butte
street, where :t was reviewed by the
president and officials and dismissed.
The exercises took place in the Butte
Street Baptist Church, which was well
rendered and was a red letter day in
Negro Emancipation. The whole race
is Indebted TO our many liberal white
employers who so kindly loand vehicles,
horses and other things to assist the af
fair and in a thousand instances giving
our people holiday, closing up many of
their business houses. The programme
rendered at the Butte Street Baptist
Church at 7:30 p. m. was as follows:
Hymn, .Coronation'-Choi and con.
gregation.
Scripture Lesson-Rev. J. w. Wood.
Prayer-Rev. M. Lewis.
Anthem Choir
Announcements and collection.
Anthem, THE Star-Spangled Ban
per. Choir.
Report of Invitation Committed.
Report of Committee ON Receptions.
Solo-Mrs. Mary X. Fisher.
Reading of the Proclamation-Mi
Mary L. Rankin.
Solo--Julia Southall.
POEM Lizzie E. Rainey.
Solo, Mrs. Anna H. Davis.
Grafton Rev. w. M. Moss.
Hymn, "America"---Choi and con-
gregation.
Doxology- y---Lined by Rev. r. H. Bowl |
ing
Benediction-- Rev. John E. Brick !
house.
We extand IN Mr. and Mrs D N :