The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-19
Petersburg
WILL. RALLY TO GET
\. NJ. G. A. ALLOTMENT

fNDiiC meeting Wlll De held in the of
fees of the chamber OF commerce a
10 o'clock tomorrow tMonday) morn.
Ing with view of formulating plan,
TO Immediately raise the balance o
Petershurg's $4,000 allotment to IN,
Army Y. NJ. c. A. fund
With only one day left In which I,
raise the fund slightly more than one.
third OF the amount has been sub
scribed. Yesterday twenty eight bus
mess men. John l.. Vaughan, John C
Hobson, j. Tyler Ellis, Thomas b. Mac.
lin. J. Gordon Bohannon, NJ. r.. Laven
stein Selwyn b. Hoag, r. b. Jones
Frank NJ Martin, j. A. Baird. J. Ma
Harrison. =. H Marshall, II. A. Rob.
ertson. w. L. Venable. L. A. Rosen
stock. w. A. Bragg. Morris Cooper p
II. Drewry, z. c, Kent. Walter Sachs
l. c. Shore. r. L. Watson, q. w. Har.
rtson. ]. Spooner Epps. J. b. Andrews
W. l. Murchen, Sol Cooper and w. d
Blanks. met at noon In the cham be,
OF commerce and after discussing plans
briefly determined to call smother
meeting for Monday morning. at which
rally will be staged to secure the
full amount of the city's allotment
during the day.
Petersburg business men and citi.
Gems generally appear not to have
Ing to the Y. NJ. c. A fund, but a grea,
awakening among them is expected
during the next twenty~four hours and
no fear of raising the full amount Is
expressed by the twenty-eight men
named above.
sugar FnnAtne Relieved.
The sugar famine In Petersburg was
partly relieved yesterday through the
receipt by a local firm af 100 barrels
which Was promptly distributed to
that number of retailers. The 1s0 bar
rsls, weighing 10000 pounds. were
more than one pound for each
resident of the city and will last only
a short while unless II is used care
fully Another shortage may soon
follow
y Local wholesalers have been notified
by the food commission to keen a
watch upon the price at which
retailers are Offering sugar to con-
sumers. The retail price, accordln <
to the commissions announcement. II,
nine and ene-haIf cents per pound and
wholesalers, who permit their patrons
to sell sugar In excess of nine and
one-haH cents per pound, will lose
their government license.
There was a wild rush here for
sugar as soon as the fact became
known that there was new supply
on the market, although many house
keepers and some OF the local hotels
end restaurants rssorted to the use
Of syrups for sweetening
Ruwseff--wymne.
Miss Carolina Virginia wyne. an at
tfactive young Red Cross nurse, Of
gton. n G.. and Harvey Holmes
pf
united in marriage at o'clock yester-
day afternoon at the home Of secre-
tary A. w Watch. of the Young Mems
Christian association in walnut Xii.
The ceremony vas performed by the
Rev. e. O. Sanborn. assistant secre-
sary Of the Y NJ, c. A The groom Isl
4 mefhber OF the 18th regiment of
at Camp Lee.
Iutured by Autom obIi@.
Miss Bessie Anderson was Knocked
down and painfully injured by an
automobile driven by coIored ehauf-
feur yesterday afternoon. Miss An
derson was removed to her home. the
residence Of ~ n. Spain ~ Kenil-
worth and the chauffeur was placed
under arrest charged with reckless
SIX Revofserx StoleA.
The sporting goods store OF n w
Branch in South Sycamore street was
broken into and robbed sometime
during last night The 4hseves used
an augur with which they bored a
panel from the rear door OF the build
Ing. Six expensive revolvers were
missed from tina ssncs THIS IA the
si1th time within period OF two or
three years that the Branch store has
been robbed.
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Rogers
Mrs, Mary Elizabeth Rogers. n well
known and esteemed resident of the
West End. widow of John w. Rogers,
lied at her home, slT Washington
street, at 1880 o'clock this morning
after a long period of patient suffer
ng, Mrs, Rogers was eighty years Of
age and widely known In the eommu-
atty. She Is survived by one son.
James f. Rogers. of this city, and Ave
grandchildren; also by two brothers
ma one sister. w. u. Crow. OF Madi-
'onville. KY; w. II. Crew. of Ford,
md Mrs, S. r. Willis. OF Amelia county,
funeral services will be conducted from
he High Street Methodist church. OF
which Mrs. Rogers had long been a
consistent member, at IL o'clock Tues
lay morning.
Ivey Crischer.
Ivey Critcher. aged twenty-five
ears died at the DUPONT hospital
about ocf6cK THIS morning from
INJURIES sustained when he acct
lentally fell through an elevator shaft
n the plant about o'clock last night,
ir. Critcher was former resident OF
henderson, N. e. His body waa pre-
pared for burial by J. T. Morriss a
ions and VIII be forwarded to Hender-
son Monday afternoon for intsrment