The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-11-10
.CRATER DEAD Of
MASSACHUSETTS
MONUMENT TO BE UNVEILED IN
PETERSBURG MONDAY-FLAG
ARRIVES.
HAS NARROW ESCAPE
MRS. CHARLES ARTHUR JOHN
STONE, knocked Down
BY AUTOMOBILE, Is
UNHURT.

/ Especial to The Richmond Firginian.)
PETERSBURG, Va, Nov. s.--Col-
onel James Anderson. Of the Massa-
/ chusetts Monument Commission
reached Petersburg tonight with the
flag and on Monday morning. in the
the dead Of his State, Will be draped.
Tomorrow the monument VIII be
decorated with this hugh American
.ag ana on oalnday morning, In the
presence OF veterans OK the Noflh
ana south, the nag will be puiied
iron its nolalng cord. displaying the
handsome tribute to tho dead vi the
historical crater nght.
Miss Dtelia Malone McGHl, Il grand
daughter of General William Manone,
the soldier who led the charge OF the
Confederates viii pull the siiken
string, which Will reveal the hand
some monument.
Delinquent Taxes.
Boiling WILCOX and &. w. Bland.
forming the Council committee to In
TNestigate the system or COLLECTION OK
delinquent taxes in Petersburg, VIII
begin their work at once. The COM
mittee Is empowered to call for any
books and papers needed In the IN
vestigation and by the time of the
{
Council expect to have ready report
with recommendations
! Councilman Bland, at "Wednesday
nights meeting, called attention to
the fact that the delinquent tax list
OF he city OF Peerburg amount to $685.
62S.76. the accumulation Of years.
He declared that something is radi-
caily wrong with system OF coilec-
tons. which permits such an enor-
nous loss an this to any city and that
something should be done by the
Council Councilman Wilcox, agree
ing with him. moved the appointmen mt
of committee Of investigation, which
motion was adopted.
Has Narrow Escape.
Mrs. Charles Arthur tombstone,
mother of Mrs. Archibald McCrea, OF
Petersburg and New York, formerly
Mrs. David Dunlop. narrowly escaped
death or serious injury this morning,
,, when she was struck and knocked
down by an automobile drived by J,
NJ. Newcomb, Jr Mrs. tombstone was
carried into a nearby store and re-
vived In few minutes. Shortly af-
rewards She had received sufficient,
! 10 be taken home. Although sixty years
or age, Mrs tombstone shows no III ef-
,, fects form her experience tonight
MRS Johnstone WAS standing on the
sidewalk near the corner OF Sycamore
ana FRANKLIN streets. Just as the
iNewcomb car approached she stepps6
10 the street and directly in front Of
o inc on-eoming automobile. The drive,
sWerved suddenly to the loft, but no
: quickly enough to prevent tho fender
. from striking Mrs Johnstone ant
! knocking her down. No blame Ia at
tached to Mr.. NewcomD
Uunycil Monument
. me monument erected to tha Con
+, ieuerate soldiers Of Brunswick count,
; nythe Daughters of the Confederac,
oL LaWrenceville, was unveiled thi,
AFTERNOON at 2 o'clock at Lawrence
p vie. Misses Emma Field Hicks M
hizaoeth Merdee Hicks. granddaurh
tiers OF private Of the army Of North
ern Virginia pulled the cord. whit,
unveiled the monument An eiaborat,
prokram was carried out without ,
hitch and in the presence of a mo-
crowd. eoo'
The monument IL Of aranit. renye
, sentlnS private OF the Confederat 4.
army.
!. Inc Inscription is as follows:
In Memory OF the
Confederate Heroes
Brunswick County
1SS1-lsd5
Love Makes Memory Eternal a..
Ssaboard Directors.
AHe STOCKHOLDERS OF the Seaboar
} AIT Line Railway met here this after
, non IN session which lasted abou
X an hour and half The re- elect Ia
. OF the old directors and the transactio
n OF routine business was all the bushes
q transacted. The proceedings of tn
l. last directors meeting were reporte
Il and approved. All but a fra ction q
the stock was represented In perso
r. or by proxy.
d The following is the hoard OF direc
~ tors.
a JAS A. Blair. F. @. Brown, waI,ac
d 3. Denham. II. Rileman Duval. Henne
1. Jennings. l.. F. Loree. II. 8. Medium
"a j. VIM. Middendorf. II. G.. Perkins. :
l. Gay Pierce. Jno. r. Ramsey, Norma
d d. Reanl. Walter T. Rosen, Townsen
IS Scott 8. Davies Warfleld. G. w. Watt
y w. X Whigham. Jno. Shelton William
" and B. r. Yoaku1n.
Banquet to visitors.
Tho banquet to the Massa chuset,
visitors to tho unwilling Of tho Mxssa
chusetts monument on the Crate
battlefield will be given in the aud
forum OF the r. f. Lee Public Schot
Building. .....-.., i.
: TurnbuIl-Elmore.
Miss Ellen Alice TurnbulI, dauxhte
or Congressman and Mrs. RobeI
Turnbun. this afternoon at I 50 o'cloc
- 49, HHohN" &SPAdSOp6l CnuTCn 9
Lawrencevtlle became the bride &
j. William Emor-- Elmore, OF Brunswic
county.
The ceremony was b. Rev. Arthu
Powell Grav rector OF tho churcl
Miss Ida Sims was maid OF honor, an
e Thomas Milton Gilmore. brother OF tn
IS bridegroom. was best man. The usher
. were Charles d. lrby. Benjamin Harrl
y son. Irby Turnhull and Leonard FL
:. more.
' Among the guests were the followln
from Petersburg: Miss Mary Ora
. Harrison. Nat Harrison. and Mr.. an
= Mrs g. l.. Gilmore. A reception FOL
= lowed the wedding. Mr.. and Mrs. FL
= more win spend their honeymoon
- the South.
2 Priest Catches Thief.
4 Explaining his name was Farley an
that he was a nephew Of Archbisho
Farley. of New York. q young ma
q called upon Rev. Father O'Farrell, c
= st. Joseph's Catholic church. this cit
a yesterday afternoon and wanted