The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-07-20
Petersburg

Especial to The Richmond virtinian.)
Petersburg, Va, July 1S.-fhe Pc
tersburx Mutual Building ana Loan
Association, Incorporated, opsnsA ter
business this morning In the Termi-
nal building on the corner OF syca-
some OF the strongest business men in
the city and with . big aeid for It's
activities its stock 10 regarded as 4
fine investment. The officers and d.
rsctors OF the new corporation are:
E. H. CrutchneId. president: T. Nor
rtsa Gates. vice.president: John l. r.
King, secretary.treasurer; directors.
Charles T. LAssiter. r. J. Francis.
Norman c. Wells. n. G. White. J. ".
Ferrell, HARDWOOD r. Hall, 8. Daley
Craig. g. Floyd Brown, T.. r. Heath,
B. b. Jones, Aaron Cohen. n, s. Sc
ward and w. II. Wilcox. r. j. Fran
els and Charles T. I4Assiter are the as
sociation's attorneys.
Miss Ruby Bennett, who was shot
by her jealous lover, Jack Foreman,
in her brothers home near Hopewell
BY the removal Of a bullet which had
fractured the fourth vertebrae OF the
spinal column. Her condition ia re-
ported ~ favorable At the Petersburg
hospital The body Of Foreman. the
suicide and would-be murderer. will
be buried here. His address was
NewburEh. n. 7.
W. Leander Lane. financial agent
for the Dinwiddie Normal and Indus
trial school. colored. is missing with
the inStttuton. Lane. who 10 Z Chi
cago negro. and was educated in
Northern schools. also cashed several
bogus checks prior to his uncere-
monious departure. When last heard
from he was In Louisville. Ky. with 4
Ptnkerton man on his trail.
According to figures Just given out
by DR.. RIA. Martin, Of the board OF
health, the health conditions here are
the best in several years. There was
only one death from typhoid in the
last nine months ana the death rate
for June was the lowest In twelve or
fifteen years. The births show an ex-
cess OF l4s over deaths In the past
six months
Miss Isabella VALE died In the
home OF her mother, Mrs. Ella Walle.
Grove Ave. yesterday afternoon. She
was sixteen yeafs old and had been Ill
eighteen months. Her funeral took
place this afternoon from the home
and the interment was in Ettrtck
cemetery.
Miss Lillian Crawford and John
James Hcke were married by Rev. A..
r, Love yesterday afternoon. They
will reside In Covington, Va
John Wheelhouse, the nineteen year
old Petersburg boy who was arrested
on the charge of stealing SIS from
fellow soldier in the Petersburg
Guards when the Guards " ere on
duty when q riot was threatened In
Hopewell last October. was put on
probation by Judge West yesterday
and released from prison. The
escaped from the Prince George Jail
several months ago but was rearrested
and lodged in the Petersburg jail.
The fund OF $1l5,ooo Tor the ad-
vertisement OF Petersburg and Hope
we'll. and for the bringing Of new In
dustries here, has been raised and &C.
! cordinE to advice received today from
du Pont headquarters In Whining
ton. the du Point company u going to
support literally the plan to make
shAS uActbAAt al AH0uotEtAi GGnlSF. AC-
cording to the arrangements now
made. the du Pont Chemical com
company, the owner Of the Hopewell
plant and village property. has Joined
hands with the business interests OF
| the section In u Joint Industrial de-
velopment campaign for the whole
region.
! A complete Industrial survey and
manufacturing analysis Of the region
l {R n ~ Than f1sn fnNt~ vuyS1l
be presented by scores OF saiesnen to
the responsible heads Of industries
| throughout the country.
| Entire villages will BE- offered for
sale to manufacturers: complete IN
| dustrial plants are available; every
| facility 10 on hand--it u only neces.
sary 10 move IN.