The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-05
Petersburg
YOUNG BUSINESS MEN TO HOLD
SMOKER TUESDAY NIGHT

NHonEh
= Especial to The Richmond virginian.)
= PetersburE Va, October 1.-THE
Young Business Mems club, Of Peters
lurF, VIII hold smoker In the rooms
OF The chamber Of commerce at SIS
o'clock Tuesday night, at which cam
paisn 10 boost Petersburg wilt be
inaunurated The meeting will be
opened to the general public or that
part Of the public interested in the
st3fat6 Of the city.
Last February about sixty young
business men gathered at luncheon
at the Hotel Petersburg and launched
the organization OF tho Young Bust
ness Men club, which in = short time
became enc OF the most active or
Eantza ttons for the betterment of the
community that has ever existed here.
. The club first effective step was
the inauguration Of a campaign for a
sinpliGcd form OF COVE; nment for the
e<y. whica Was carried AT special
? election held en- the date Of the regu-
lar election November 7, by vote of
81 proximately to and it is destined
{ accomplish greater things in the
cttic. commercial and Industrial life Of
Il tie community.
booster BadS.
The organization is primarily boos-
ter BODY. It's purpose is first to make
The community a better one in which
10 live and then forge ahead along
business lines The club now proposes
e. SO advertise the city from bust
ness standpoint thai its advantages will
he apparent not only to buyers IN
the territory contiguous. hut to manu-
facturers. and capitalists in other cities
who are looking for "A suitable factory
sites and business locations. Individual
/, members Of the club have unbounded
s~ga,, ,-, ~ st,fs rF Sat- "a,
but realize that TO make IT a better and
larger city cooperation will he re-
quired.
Top Prices For Tobacco.
| Sales of bright leaf tobacco on the
local market today we're larger than for
several days with prices ranging ur
with the weeks average.
At Moore's warehouse. r. w VII
gan. Of Sutherland. sold six lots
for $40. s32. $40, $40. s42 and
s4s per hundred pounds. or an average
, Of 1880 Experienced tobacco men
say that they have never seen a more
perfect showing Of tobacco or higher
prices
Soldiers BODY sent Home.
: The body OF samuel Beruey, a Jewish
soldier. whose death occurred Tuesday
night at Camp Lee. was forwarded yes
terdav to his former home in Altoona
L. Pa, for interment. A detail of nine
! soldiers accompanied the hearse to the
Union station and as the casket was
lifted aboard the train they stood al
/ attention and salutAd, according their
former ( comrade the usual military
r honor.
= brother OF young Berney arrived at
, Camp Lee Wednesday 10 inform him OF
| his fathers death and was overcome
with grief when he found his brother
Gying. The young soldier was taken
"a
did not learn Of his father's death. The
young recruit begged army surgeons
not to advise his people Of his Illness
on account OF depression suffered by
his father upon his departure for the
camp.
| Robert ~, Freeman.
+ Robert H, Freeman. a native Of Nortr
; Carolina. but for seven years past
resident Of this city. died at his home
AIS Byrne street. at o'clock this morn
: ing after p lingering Illness Mr.. Free
/. . man was sixty-four years OF age He
came to Dnwiddie county. locatins
= near Darviile nearly twenty years age
and made many friends throughout thai
section before coming. here to reside
.. He was q man Of high Christian char.
acter and Of especially quiet and unas.
&, Stunning demeanor. Besides a widow
| Mrs. Henrietta r. Freeman. he Is sur.
yived by SIX daughters and three sons
Mrs. Minnie Bryant, Mrs, Bessie Bel.
r win, Misses Otis and Ona Freeman. oil
r Petersburg; Mrs. Lily Avery. of Suth-
{ erlana, Mrs. Allie Norris. Of McKenney
? George W, Herman VI, and Robert f
| Freeman. all Of Petersburg The funera
! will take place from the residence al
, o'clock Friday afternoon, the Rev
Fred c. Davis officiating.
Has Narrow Escape.
Hugh Underhii substitute engine
) driver for the city FIRE department. mar,
: rowly escaped serious injury or death
3 last night In answering an alarm OF
r fire. While going down grade or
South street. the pole to the engine sud
9 denly snapped IN two. throwing Mr.
Underhill to the ground from which h.
sustained severe cuts about his body
! The horses were stopped without dam
age to them or the engine and the FIRE.
man, after treatment, was taken to his
, home.
= Suffers Fractured Skull.
Arthur Jones. colored. was taken to
the Petersburg hospital last night sur
; fering with a fractured skull caused
! from a blow dealt him with a beer bot
tie by some unknown person. Jones
| was operated upon by DR.. W. c. Powell
: and while his condition Is serious there
Is some hope for his recovery The
: police are making a thorough investi-
cation with hopes of arresting Jones'
{ assaiiant
+ william s--W orfham.
Miss Evelyn Pearl Williams and Mr..
/ Burleish Worthamr a popular young
} Prince George county couple. were
united in marriage yesterday afternoon
: at = the home of the officiating minis
ter Rev. Fred. w Moore The cere-
4.