The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-26
MAYOR ENTERTA|MS
COckADE CITY S0L0NS
Everything Edible Enjoyed by Peters
burg CounciImen and Other
OfIiciai Friends.
TO IMPROVE TRAIN SERVICE
10 City Point Traffic So
Large New Travel Facilities Are
Arranged For by n. Il w. Railway.
Negroes Lose Lives I'm Accidents.

Petersburg. Va. Aug 25.--Mayor
Robert Cabaniss was host this after
noon and evening to the two branches
of the City Council. numbering thir-
ty-six members, at barbecue and
Brunswicke stew at white Bank"
Chesterfield County. In addition to
members of the City Council. Peters
brug's hospitable chief executive had
with him as guests Senator p. II.
Drewry, Hon. Robert w. Price. Hon.
Richard p. Davis. Commemorative At
torney Samuel w. thinner. Police JUS
tice Charles Il. Pfummer, Clerk of the
Courts Robert @. Bass, City Health
oficer Robert A. Martin. City Engineer
Robert d. Budd and few other close
personal friends.
Everything edible prepared to suit
the most delicate taste was served in
plenty. The trip to and from White
Bank was made in automobiles fur
nished by the host and the occasion
proved to be one of the most enjoy
able that can be recalled by those In
attendance in recent years. Mr.. r.
Orlando StraiIman. who Is affiliated
with Mayor cabaniss In business. as
sisted graciously In entertaining the
guests.
To Improve Travel Facilities.
II has been officially announced that
the Norfolk and Western Railway Com
pany is having constructed a num-
Der OF gasoline motor cars for pas
senger service on the City Point branch
of the road. Work of double tracking
the road has been in progress for
several days and when completed. II
is expected that the numerous COM
plants as regards the train service be-
tween here and City Point will be al
layed. Secretary william NJ Martin.
of the Petersburg Chamber of Com
merce, has been very much interested
recently in having the train service
between here and the DUPONT plant i'm
proved and steps have already been
taken to lay the matter before the
Stat Corporation Commission.
HopeweiI, the mushroom city. which
sprung up almost over night just out
side the Dupont Company's enormous
plant, lis now getting down to solid
basis and IL is expected that after
Judge West, the State and PRINCE
George authorities have cieansed the
village OF Its numerous undesirable,
that other manufacturing Industries
will be established within brief pc
riod which will largely increase the
present population of about 10000
which has grown since January last
from bare 500 citizens.
Negro Killed at Chester.
Wilbur Rahily, eoIored, an employe
of the Tidewater and Western Railway
was almost instantly killed about 1
o'clock yesterday afternoon when he
accidentally fell from a fiat car loaded
with lumber being transferred from
the r. q w. to the Atlantic Coast Line
Railway at Chester. 1t appears thar
Rahiiy was standing on or near the
end of the car when he suddenly lost
his balance and fell beneath the wheels
The unfortunate man was at one time
employed by Colonel David Ewing at
Chester.
Two Killed Near City Point.
Nothing yet has been heard from
friends or relatives OF either OF the
two negroes who were accidentally
killed near City Point on Monday and
the bodies are being held at the un-
dertaking establishment of j. T. Nor
riss & Son. this city, for Identification.
One of them. Henry Wheeler, whose
place of residence Is not known. was
crushed beneath a shifting engine just
outside the DUPONT plant and the
other, whose name is not known was
found dead near the Norfolk and wes-
tern railway tracks and is supposed to
,
have been struck and killed by pass
ing tarin.
Blackstone Citizen Robbed.
Mr.. j. Londan Hawthorne, promf-
nent citizen OF blackstone. proprietor
OF the Hotel Blackstone, was In Pc
tersburg today and while here request
ed the local police to keep lookout
for burglar who robber him between
midnight last night and an early hour
this morning.
Mr.. Hawthorne. with his family. &C.
cupies an apartment In the hotel and
while he and his wife we're asleep the
burglar entered their room and with
out awakening them carried or a suit
of clothes, a watch and several articles
of value. The robbery was not dis
covered until Mr. Hawthorne arose and
prepared TO dress himself early this
morning and found that his clothes