The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-08

1NiHpiAints are property
The Moore Brothers have Jus,
| taken charge of The Richmond
/ VirEinian agency for Petersburg
nd they desire TO have on hle the
| names or IN number of reliable trust
worthy bows, who would accept
I position as carriers. should va
csncy occur.
Especial to The Richmond virginian-)
Petersburg Va. June 1-~Despon-
dent over love affair. Lucy Walker.
eighteen wears old. of Gary's Post
office. Lunenburg county. committed
suicide this morning shortly before
O'Clock by jumping into \:he power
canal al Fsrndale park AT O'Clock
today the body had not been recover
ed. despite the efforts Of number or
men to locate 1t, It is believed the
body has been washed down the canal
a good distance from the scene OF the
drowning ny the strong stream.
A note, telling of her intentions TO
take her life was left by he young
lady in her room at the home of
Charles II. GIazier, 1912 Halifax
street, where she was visiting an older
sister A love affair with 9 soldier
who left town. Is said 10 have been
the cause OF the young girls rash
act.
In the note Miss Walker said that
she was going to the park to drown
herself, and Mr.. Giazier at once got
in communication with Major Per
kfns superintendent Of the park, ask
ing that he watch out for the young
lady Mr., Perkins informed Mr.
Glazier that men were then dragging
the canal for the young lady's body
The girl reached Ferndale Park on
thn sac O'Clock car and was seen by
quecr1v and weeping She was seen
10 walk about FIVE hundred yards up
the canal and suddenly jump into
the water This was witnessed by
Tom WalthaFl and w I. Whorle, who
ran 70 the place where Miss Walker
jumped. but she did not again come to
the surface Of the water.
On warrants sworn ont by officials
81 the United States government
clinic In this city nearly a score of
colored men and women gvrre arrested
Yesterday afternoon and last night by
the local police and held for a hearing
III police court this morning The
warrants against the people charged
I them with being infected with con-
women had been under treatment at
the clinic and were not held in tail,
hut allowed their liberty on condition
that they report AT the clinic for
treatme at regular Intervals
Fhis the Parties arrested failed to,
30 and warrants for their arrest were
sworn out by the clinic officials in or
der TO give them the treatment.
Monday WIN be jthe nrtv-fffth an
niHersarv Of The Fight or The Ninth
or June when the old men and boys
or petersburg drove back the Federals
On the Jerusalem Plank Road near
| the city limits and prolonged the life
iaf'the eonfederacy For half n
| century the Ninth OF June has been a
holiday here with appropriate
memorial services IN the Confederate
section OF Eianford The address
Monday VIII be delivered by Chaplain
r e. Nelson. Rev. r.. w. Moore will
call the roll of the men who made
| the supreme sacrifice on June. 8. Rev.
H. A Mcclure will offer prayer and
| Rev. H. S. Osburn will pronounce the
| hene diCtion.
| J Nat Harrison and Rev J. A. Nc
Cure viii represent the Presbyterians
I
in Atlanta next week. They will leave
| Monday for the convention city.
Sergeant Major Oscar l.. Winfield
| has returned with the Eightieth and
resumed his business on Sycamore
street
Rev, c. r Pleasants, field secretary
| Of the ChiIdrens Home society OF
| Richmond, IL here arranging for the
I 'drive"in behalf OF the society. The
quota for this city is s., 900. of which
the local Woman's auxiliary TO the
society has agreed 10 give SO, 600 The
campaign will be formally launched
at "A luncheon in the Y. NJ c. A..
| Thursday, Tune - Petersburg has
shared largely in the good work of
the society.
! John Mckenfree Floyd and Miss
Flewellyu Lessman were married by
i DIR. John r. Winn in the Washington
street Methodist parsonage this morn
ing at S:45 o'clock
Announcement is made Of the mar
riaRe of Lorenx White, son of Rev.
Or w McWhite. former pastor of the
Second PRESBYTERIAN church. Peters
burg, 10 NJ ISIS Julia Jerman OF Raleigh,
n. C.
|
! Young Business Mems club has put
on display In the windows of the
Leonard Hardware company, a map
that will interest every citizen of
Petersburg This map was published
in January. 1899. 1t Is a map of the
city Of Petersburg. or rather the
town or Petersburg. at that time
| Perhaps older citizens Will recall
some OF the names printed on the
map for. though II was made eighty
years ago, most of the places desig
mated then kept their names for
years afterwards.
The map was sent to City Engineer
Budd by Joseph S Green. L. s. N,
OF Watertown. y. Y. 1t was found
lamong the papers Of Lieutenant O. l.,
Caldwell. who was in Petersburg in
1868. Though the original map was
made IN 1899. Lieutenant Caldwell a
New York officer OF the Northern
army at the time Of the occupation of
Petersburg has made several nota-
tons on the map. showing locations
of various army posts in the city
while he was here. The original ma p
was drawn by Montgomery Lynch.