The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-24
Petersburg

Especial to The Richmond virginian)
A new newspaper to be known as
The Peoples Affairs" will be pub
ltshed here the fifth OF September and
will appear semi-monthlys 1t will con-
tain sixteen or more pages and con-
trolled by the Young Mems Business
club and will be devoted to "A Greater
Petersburg" Samuel Dagnall Rodgers.
who was formerly connected with the
local morning paper and was recently
elected to represent the city in the
lower house of the general assembly.
Will manage the paper which Is claimed
to have already a bona fde subscrip-
tton OF $4,000
The automobile of Rennie Butter
worth while crossing Washington
street yesterday afternoon at it's in
tersection with Sycamore. was caught
between the two safety gates on the
Atlantic Coast Line and in order to
escape tile passenger train. which was
bearing down on the car which con-
tanned Mr., Butterworth and two ladies.
ore of the ladies who was driving the
car rut On full speed saving the car
from colliding with the locomotive. but
tearing away the gate and dana ying
tho automobile.
High-Street Methodist church, whose
interior has been recently decorated,
will be reopened tomorrow morning
with appropriate ceremonies. An ad-
dress will be delivered by ~"
secretary from Camp Lee a new light
ing scheme has been given the church
by Robert N. Partin.
Mrs. Mary Branch Allgood died yes
terday after a long illness in the home
of her daughter, Mrs. w. r. Green, on
South Sycamore street. Mrs. Allgood
was eighty-six years old and is sur
vived by Ave children. Her funeral
will be conducted tomorrow morning
from her residence by Rev. r. +,
Waterfield.
Fred Mccoy Bryant died yesterday at
noon in his home on Farmer street
from an overdose Of chloroform. No
reason could be assigned for suicide
end his friends cannot account for his
rash act. He was twenty-seven years
old and leaves q widow and three chill
dren. Funeral services will be con-
residence tomorrow afternoon at 3
o'clock.
SECRETARY w. NJ Martin. of the Cham
Der OF Commerce. has been notified by
the equalization board. OF New York.
Tat carload OF sugar will be shipped
here in the next few days. This sugar
viii be disposed OF in n-pound lots.
Five soldiers and two others mar
rowly escaped death last night when
a en-passenger Cole automobile. be-
longing to C. A. Hopkins. crashed into
an abutment OF an Atlantic Coast Line
bridge over Cox road, about Ave miles
from the city The car was completely
demolished, but it's occupants escaped
with minor injuries.
F. L. Bowe, Prince George farmer.
last barn filled with hne tobacco in
the Jerusalem Plank road yesterday.
Neither the barn nor its contents was
insured. The origin Of the fre is un.
known.
Having been previously convicted
four times for petty larceny. Eddie
Hayes. colored. was sent on to tho
hustings court this morning by Justice
Clements for stealing coat from .
local clothier and then dispostng OF It
to a pawnbroker Hayes will doubt
less be sent to the penttentiary
Charles White, colored, OF Suther-
land, was robbed last night Of SIS by
two negroes who worked on him the
old game Of 1.-The lost and found
pocketbook." The more this game 10
worked here the easier it seems to
keep working IT,
r. S. Williamson. instructor in man
ual raining in the high school, an
nounced today that he will not teach
here the coming session. but will ac-
-c.pt the position OF superintendent In
Baltimore toy manufacturing arm,
International Wood and Paper Pro-
ducts corporation.
With the arrival OF ninety casuals
this morning at City Point. the gov.
eminent announced that no more troops
would be sent via City Point to Camp
Lee for rehabilitation. Since the Sign
ing OF the armistice many thousands Of
wounded men and other casuals have
landed at City Point whore they were
received by the Red Cross and than
sent to the camp.