The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-01
l|KDEX-APPEAL
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Will Appear As
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NEW TAB l / N [,l. OPENED q En- q
Negro Woman, for r.: Revenge, Cuts.
Thomas More Down the Back
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PE.rgnsBURGt VA July 51.-s5hortly
after 2 O'Clock this afternoon fire broke
out on tho third floor Of the 1ndex-Ap-l
zeal building, corner OF Sycamore and
Courthouse Avenue. Tho department
promptly responded to the alarm, and
yoon had the fire under control. COM
filming II to that floor. lt8Is not. known
how tho fire originated. Considerable
damage was done to tho material on
4, tho floor and to the woodwork, and on
& the floor below damage resulted to the
machinery and press by wa,er, However.
q the puLacntion OF the paper Will not DO
interrupted and tho 1ndex-Appeal will
4 appear as usual in the morning
Wyatt Johnson, negro we'll known in
y Iolce circles. appeared in the Mayors
II Court this morning 10 answer three war
rhr ts.s charging him With selling liquor
without a license, and selling the same
on Sunday Tho officers who made the III,
& arrest searched &Johnson's house. and
found there about ten gallons OF liquors
and wines. I'D wac ballcd TO appear for
q trial. ssI "a 5ss az S
q NEW II TABERNACLE. II
The now tabernacle on Washington
Street was opened last night. and Rev
IS Herbert SYewell, the evan 80. st, preached
10 d large congregn ton. These meetings
pIl be conducted nightly for some weeks.
ind great interest is manifested in them.
u 1T Is expected that much good Will re-
asult. E 55yfy 34 ss,s * b 81 N
3s4 AZ the residence OF her mother, Mrs.
Allen Potts, on Hinton Street. yesterday,
i Miss Mary Lee Potts was marrleu TO Mr..
(. Clark M. Warren. OF southampton .coun-.
-. Rev. ". dec. White. of the Second
Presbyterian church. performing the
ceremony In the presence OF immediate
B friends. 3f35 !H
1t Is understood that the Republicans
arc considering the ma tier OF making
& nominations for the Legislature In this
city and in several OF the counties OF this
F district. This. II done. will be done after
he State convention at Roanoke. The
nominees viii have small show OF cleo
ton, but the organization OF the party
& y III be helped. II s3.
THE contest between the two Demo
cratic asplrants for the House OF Dele
gates in, this city is getting warm. and
hcts are being made or the result. Tho
& candidates are John Watson and Robert
r. Gin. and both gentlemen are very
= popular. Mr.. Watson Is lawyer, and
+ Mr.. Gill Is a merchant. 5s e AK IA
ie Master Jack Reams, the thirteen year
old son Of Mr. John Reams, died at ms
home IN the western part OF the city
yesterday after two weeks illness, OF
typhoid fever The boy was one OF the
favorite newspaper carriers of the city.
FINE CROPS,
i The farmers throughout this section are
unanimous In predicting great crops this,
year. The season has thus far been al
8gtoepthcr favorable IN nd should 1t so con-
tlnue, and no drought In between, the
crops Of al kinds, corn, peanuts, cotton.
Y sr, ID tobacco, will be Sunprecedentcd The;
peanut rop. especially which has become
.uch IN Important one, promises to be
greater than ever before known In this
section. Spanish nuts are now readlly
commanding SIZE per bushel.s s .t
AS a pure matter of revenge on Thomas
II Moore, a colorcd farmer OF Sussex coun-s
t. who had charged her with stealing
! his pockebook. Maggie Lawrle, 4 negress,
Saturday night sashed him down the
back with Il razor, infllctlng continuous
n cut fourteen Inches In length. Moore -
In tho hospital, which he viii not be able
to leave In two weeks, and Maggie IS
thinking the matter over in jail. The deed
was done in the presence Of an officer,
who had gone to arrest the woman.
Messrs. James H. Bailey, Charles NJ
Bristeru Robert Cabaniss and T. F. Heath
left last night for Boston. They Will also
Visit Halifax and Canada. NJ \ 4. #
Rev. S. c. Hatcher, pastor OF Market
Street Methodist Episcopal Church, is stu
confined in tho Protestant Hospital u In
Norfolk with typhoid fever, Ills condl-
ton is regarded as favorable.
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