The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-30
ENTHUSIASM OVER.
ARMOR PLATE MATTER
Petersburg City Fathers Hear Adj
dresses Showing Cockade- City's
Numerous Advantages.
NEGRO BADLY WOUNDED.
City Health Beard Votes TO Cordially
Cooperate with State Board In Its
war To Keep Infantilc Paralysis
Out of Virginia.

Petersburg. Va. Aug. 29--An en-
1 ,husfastlc joint meeting OF the two
branches Of the city Council was held
| last evening for the purpose of con-
sIderine tho appointment Of COM
nittcc TO act with a committee of the
/ Chamber Of Commerce in urging Pc
! tarsburEs Chains for the government
armor plate plant.
The meeting WAS addressed by Mayor
Robert Cabaniss. Hon. Charles r. Las
sitter, president Of tho Chamber OF
Commerce. and Leroy Hodges, an au-
thoritv upon municipal government
and locality advantages resulting in
the appointment Of committee COM
posed OF Aldermen W. f. Poole and ].
L. Harvell, Councilman W. L. Wheary,
J westmore Brown and N. r, Patte-
son to cooperate with the Chamber
Of Commerce committee in preparing
and presenting 10 Secretary Daniels
and the general advisory board Of the
savy the advantages offered here for
the plant,
| Messrs. +. c Kent Leroy Hodges and
william NJ. Martin. comprising the
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act with the Council committee in for
nulating plans for securing the plant.
President Lassiter, of the chamber, in
/ addressing the Council. proposed as
( supplement to the industrial survey
brief survey showing the advantages
which Petersburg might offer as in
ducements for locating the armor plate
plant in this section. He suggested
submitting alternate propositions.
First. site on the Appomattox. sec
ond, a site on the James in Prince
George County; third, site on the
one thousand acre tract owned by tho
city just south Of the corporate limits
Negro Badly wounded.
William BLOW, colored, is In tho Pc
tcrsburg Hospital suffering from nu-
merous stab wounds inflicted by q
negro named Richards, alias Reuben
Jones' The stabbing occurred Satur-
day night but the affair was kept
quiet by the police with hopes OF cap
turing Jones. He was located late last
night in house on Plum Street, but
upon learning that his place Of hiding
had been discovered. he jumped from
"a second story window and was fred
upon by the police fifteen or more
times but escaped without injury MS
far ms is known
VIII Cooperate with state Board
At a meeting OF the board of health,
held in the offices of Health officer
Robert \, Martin yesterday. resolu-
lions were adopted assuring the State
Board of Health the cooperation of
the local body against the developme Mt
Of jufantle paralysis. No case OF the
dread disease has yet developed here,
bat there are several children in Pc
tershgrs who came from the infected
4 no AarilaA IN
these under observation rather than
quarantine them
N. II. Rayhurn Promoted.
The many friends of r. r. Rayburn,
who has for several years past been
employed IN the Petersburg office Of
3 the Postal Telegraph Company, will
o be pleased to learn that he has earned
promotion from his company and will
leave here tomorrow to take over the
management Of the Asheville IN. c.
! office. Since being associated with the
Postal Telegraph Company, Mr. Ray
burn has merited the good viii OF
scores Of local citizens and business
linen who VIII regret to know that he
, is to 'oe transferred from the local Of,
flee. Mr., Rayburn had aided Manager
Carter materially in making a wonder
!. full increase in the Postol's business
. here and there are none who will hate
. 10 give him up worse than does Mr.
Carter
! High Mason Visits Lodge.
Rt. Worshtpful George Potts. OF
g Providence Forge visited Petersburg
c this evening and Mt Il meeting Of Pc
q tersbure Lodge No IS. A. T. and a NJ.
( tonight conferred the third degree oi
4 masonry ON his son. Robert Craig hill
V Potts, of CITY Point DR.. Potts is q
. former well known aud esteemed resi-