The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-14
FIRE LOSS At HOPEWElL
AGGREGATES $4,000
One of Merchants Who Lost Heavily
Reported to Have Become
Violently Insane.
FORM FAIR ASSOCIATION
Merchant Injured In Runaway Ac'
cideut--F>rogreSsive Citizens of Sus.
sex Form Fair Wash
ingtonians Mean Business.
EORM FAIR ASSOCIATION

tt Petersburg, Va. May ls.-The firs
which destroyed an entire block al
Hopeweu, the Dupont village, yester'
day afternoon. resulted in losses APP
proximating $50. 600. on which there
was no insurance The heaviest loss
was that of B. +. Seneca, who con-
Quoted a large general store, bakery
and an Italian bank, in two-story
building at the corner of Railroad
Avenue and Broadway" Mr.. Seneca
loss will probably reach $10.o as all
of his wares and fixtures were OF first
quality. of which he had a full stock.
Many merchants in and outside the
burned district lost quantity OF mer-
chandise by hooters. who took ad-
vantage of the earliest opportunity to
grasp everything at hand.
Frank Thomas, the Syrian pro-
prietor of the Roanoke restaurant. In
which the fiie originated, is in the
Petersburg Hospital as the result OF
burns sustained while attempting to
extinguish the flames caused by the
explosion of gasoline.
1t is reported here that one of the
merchants. whose place of business
was destroyed by fire suddenly lost
his mind and had TO be bound and
confined TO the HepeweH lookup. He
is reported as having lost several thou
sand dollars in addition to his stock OF
merchandise.
An evidence of the progressiveness
of Hopewefl merchants and their faith
In the permanancy and future life Of
the place is attested by the fact that
several of the merchants who lost
their stores yesterday have new build
/ ings under way of construction on
their respective sites.
..agx N-sas Rt.nft Lon.
At large attended meeting of pro-
gressive citizens held at the county
courthouse of Sussex on Monday last,
organization of the Sussex County Fair
Association was perfected by the cleo
ton of the following officers: Presi-
dent. r. F. Moss. Booker; treasurer,
w. J. Ellis. Lumberton. secretary, L.
w. Tyus, Waverly. In addition to the
above officers. vice-presidents for each
magisterial district were elected as
follows: COURTEOUS District-William
r. Cooke; Henry District-R. ID.
owen: MELVILLE District-B E. Burt;
Stony Creek District---w. T. Freeman;
Wakefield District. E. Balm; Wav-
erly District-M. III. West The vice.
presidents will act as the executive
committee of the association and also
as chairmen of the district commit
tees which were appointed as follows.
Courthouse District. DIR. i, r. Slade.
L. L. Edwards. G. T. Partridge and w.
j: Ellis.
Henry District, b, r. Horne. C. M.
Brown. DR.. o. c. Wright and Geo. ID.
GFizzsrd.
MELVILLE District, Geo, NJ. Inman, II.
L. Birdsong. W. il. Reach and A.
Hamilton King,
Stony Greek District. b f., Mitchell.
DIR. VIM. ID, Prince. Proctor PEBBLES
and Al. G., Mayes.
Wakefield District. W. II. Savedge,
A. l.. Matthews. w. T. Balm and l.. b.
Faison.
Waveriy District, w. M. Harrison.
w. NJ. Carpenter; j E. Wilcox and r.
Fleetwood. Jr.
The members Of the board of super
visors are honorary members of the
local district committees.
A number of the delegates made
/ brief taiKs.s which tvefse largely IN
favor Of Waverly as the proper place
to hold the fair and a vote resulted in
the selection u This Point unanimously;
Colonel n w. Arnold Mayer OF Way
eriy, was present and pledged his In