The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-09
ALDERMEN RESENT
NEWSPAPER item
rETERsBuRG CITY FATHERS rAss
RESOLUTION OF WARNING
TO REPORTER.
BOND ISSUE IS THEME
ron Refusing To ACT
rAyoRAaLY uPoN MEASURE
RECEIVES FORMAL At
.-- TESFfeN AT MEETING.

tSpectal to The Richmond Nirginian)
PETERSBURG. VA. jan s.=~ztt the
meeting OF the Board Of Aldermen to-
night President Poole took the floor
and proceeded. to take to task local
newspaper, the rndex-Appeal, for pub
fishing an article In which tho Board
of Aldermen was criticised. The arti-
Gle took the Aldermen to task for re-
fusing to act favorabIy upon the pro-
posed bond issue OF $4,000 for city
Improvements.
Aldermen Kidd, Moore and Pugh
also arose and paid their respects to
the newspaper and finally it occurred
To Alderman Pugh that the reports
who wrote the article was present,
and that he might and should be called
to explain how ne dared write an ar
ticle which reflected on the wisdom
of the Petersburg Board OF Aldermen.
The reporter. MIR. Ewing. TOOK the
floor ana maintained that he wrote
merely what WAS expected OF him ny
The editor OF his newspaper. and he
did not feel that 1t was necessary for
him to explain TO the petersburg BoAru
of Aldermen or apologize for what he
wrote. Whereupon MIR. Poole offered g.
resolution which was passed soieHnly
with all due observances demanded
by parliamentary procedure. that IL the
Index Appeal dared to publish another
article which In any way criticised
/ the wisdom. or reflected upon any or
/ the acts of the Petersburg Board of
/ Aldermen the reporter representing
| that newspaper should be debarred
! from all meetings Of the Petersburg
| Board of Aldermen.
| The resolution was adopted unanf-
!, mously.
Police Court Cases.
In Jones pool room ON Harrison
/ street, Archer Thomas, colorcd. cut
| Robert Harris over the icft temple ano
| knocked down Rufus NeaSes' with Ii
| small Iron bank. cutting his scain
| open. Joe Knox was also slightly in
jured by Thomas. In Police Court this
| morning Thomas was sent to the Hust-
| ing's Court for feloniousiy assatnting
and wounding Harris. and was given
sixty and thirty days in Jail for as
/ saaiting NeaVes and Knox.
William Robinson. colored, was fined
$50 and costs for carrying concealed
weapons. and was sent on TO the
| Hastings Court on the charge ol
breaking into tho residence of Ar
thur Hall, in Cuthberts alley.
is"tneF henderson. colored was SEM
% ine hustihes Nohtt Tor trlai ON me
tn"is "a SIAM ifu 'eiiF She IN al
:" 10 ~, stoIoti :, ui"I."ho rlhs
,n'tseu a., %t"p i'o'h MISE spencer
pital, about the first Of last Octo
Der. tlmrss
rho naoa;,1''.. 49,, (no;oa'r I1.,,
Court aai,,,,-nnd tnda, ,r 1, ~. ,,.'"
hepins en-, Ia,,,,sr,, Is+, 80, ~. -
IL a large one '''' "'> '>'
Bano,,A+ NJ Al
The nnnuoi bano,st nr enc p,tors
burg Heaecoleut Msehan!as, Ascacis
ton va. held tonight in Masoulc Hal,
j. Calvin Ragiund In Town.
The Three Twins" musical coined
j COMPANY appear- n. .hc -acHr,prn,
| of Music Monday. Jan,,arv TX /
Calvin Ragland. Of Petersburg VII.
haS resided In New York for severa
years, is the advance agent of tn
Three Twins
Miles Dies Of Apopleyy
Thomas Miles. an old raspects
colored man. for many wears EN-
ployed by w. NJ. Lewis & Brother
died suddenly Saturday afternoon n
his home on Jones street from apo
plexy.
Alarm For slight Fire
Tho alarm of fire this morpin
about 1926 O'Clock was due n
4 small blaze at residence in Law
street. but the damage was very .mall
OF to Attend Wedding.
Mr.. and Mrs w NJ. RufIfn nm
, Mr.. and Mrs w II. Worth have ron
to Savannah. Ga, to attend the we'd
ding of Lieutenant w r. Michel.
United States army. "A native or mi
| city, and Miss JuseDhine Sterns n
Savannah. which js to take u,ace q,
Wednesday.
Institute Postponed
On account Of the bad weather IN
Sunday-School Institute which wa
TO have been held in salem church !,
Dtnwiddfe county Yesterday, has boz,
postponed until February rho exar
as:s Ia se sriss t.s, ,strr,. :
VIII Enlarge plant
The Appomattox Iron and Sunni
COMPANY will make extensive addi
tions 10 their plant in this citv short
". They have awarded the CON
tract 10 Keller & SON. OF this CITY
NJ =. Andrews Ia tina architect
baseball Nec,tnr.
A meeting OF the VIRGINIA Base
bail League magnates will he he'll
: January Ia. Norfolk IL irving :
! cot tho r,aet,ne h,,t 4, Min rroh,hl