The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-10-04
Petersburg


Especial to The Richmond Virginian.)
Petersburg, Oct. 3.--Petersburg has
been chosen as the site for silk man
ufacturing company with an annual
payroll of 100000 The plant will be
located at Lakemont about one and
one-half miles east of the eastern lin
1t of the city in buildings erected two
years ago during the war boom The
buildings will give floor space of
about 5000 square feet and will con-
tain machinery requiring from $50 to
$50 operators. The machinery is on
its way here and the concern aniici-
pates an early beginning OF operations.
Mrs. w. IT. Fisher Of Market street.
received injuries which necessitated
her removal TO the hospital yesterday
afternoon when an automobile driven
by her son backed into a tree stump
throwing her. her infant and her son
violently against the windshield. Mrs
Fisher was badly cut about the head
and the baby was slightly injured.
An fnvestiga ton has disclosed the
fact that the delay in fighting the fire
which destroyed the Crisp Packing
Co.'S plant Thursday morning was due
to thick and fresh paint on the fire.
alarm box, making 1t Impossible to
open it until an axe was brought into
reqnisition, and Furthermore the fail
ure to get a stream higher than the
second story for some time was due TO
the age or tfTc main which has & pres
sure of only twenty-one pounds.
While attempting 10 cross the y and
+ ". tracks near pisputanta this morn
ing in n Ford car. Fuller Chappell was
struck by the Cannon Ball train and
now lies im.the Pete.saS4rg lisspitai in
i a precarious condition The engineer
all his best to stop the train but he
was too near the crossing TO avert the
accident
/ Detective Aliridge. of the local po-
/ lice, and Detective McElroy, OF the At
lantic Coast Line, raided today the
house OF Clara Ruffin, a negro woman
residing in Browns alley, and seized
goods valued at more than 1900. One
/ trunk, five suitcases and costly ladies'
wearing apparel were found. She will
| tell Justice Clements tomorrow how
she secured them,
Arthur John McCarrie. a Camp Lee
soldier, hailing from Utah and Miss
Aras Harper. an attractive young lady
OF this city. were married by Rev. F.
| w. Moore In the minister's home yes
! terday evening at half-past seven
o'clock.
| A Dinwiddie farmer disposed of
I .007 pounds of tobacco yesterday at
/ the Virginia warehouse, at an average
/ OF s7s.00 per hundred.
| Robert williams colored. barely
escaped death yesterday near EN-
| poria, when the motor truck he was
| driving was struck by an A. C., L. train
| and completely demolished. He jump
| ed just in time to avoid being killed.
Detectives trying to locate the mis-
creant who wrecked the s. A. L. train
/ last Saturday, causing the death of
three men. followed the trail to the
Central Insane Asylum and the guilty
| is now lodged behind prison bars
| When confronted with the charged he
merely grinned and said nothing.
! Some United States senators were
| reported as being anxious to know how
! much liquor would be required to cure
| a drunkard. The inquiry arose over
! the amount of liquor that hospitals
may be allowed to give patients.
Ask Sister IL She Enjoyed
'sThc Third Kiss"
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