The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-04-02

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Main Tabb Street Entrancc.
| Petersburg. April 1.-The question
as to the closing OF the Tabb street
! entrance Of the local postofilce Vas
+, settled to-day when = wire was re.
ceived by Secretary Martin of the
chamber of commerce from g. d.
4 Ellsworth, superintendent. division of
postoffice service, stating that the en-
! trance would not be closed, but both
the Tabb and Union street entrances
! would be used.
| The postoffice building is now un-
! dergoing remodeling and 1t was an
, nounced that the Tabb street entrance
would be closed in a short time. This
| plan met with the disapproval of citi-
, xens and Secretary Martin made sew
eral trips to Washington to object TO
the plan. Mr.. Ellsworth visited Pc
J tersburg to look into the matter and
reported back in Washington against
: the closing of the Tabb street en-
i trance. Congressman Walter A. Wat
! son also worked to have the entrance
kept open.
+, Negroes Beat White Man.
+. d. Burke, a white man. made
complaint to police headquarters last
; night that he had been beaten and
! robbed in colcred rooming house
| on. Old street. He bore the scars OF
/ the fight against the negro men and
! women in the house and said he had
been robbed of about $40. The man
| said he was drinking yesterday after
noon and went to the place in search
, of whiskey. becoming involved in a
fight.
/, The police arrested John Howa, i
+. colored. proprietor of the place, and
| Virginia Jones. a negress. The man
| was charged with ASA ulting Burke
| and was fined $40 and costs. The wo.
man WIS sent to Jail for thirty days
| for her part In the affair
Organize Industrial Corporation.
| A charter was issued today to the
/ Petersburg Industrial corporation. re-
Gently organized by the chamber 81
/ commerce. The purpose of this or
ganization win be to bring to Peters
burg new industries and to hold young
industries already in existence here.
a meeting of the corporation was
held in the rooms OF the chamber OF
/ commerce yesterday and officers
elected. q. Cleveland Wright viii
head the new corporation, with
Charles f.. Plummer. vice president
and e. I'll. Patterson. secretary and
treasurer. i.
! The maximum capital of the rev
/ corporation will be 100000 with -
minimum of $1,000. The board OF
| directors of the new corporation viii
meet In few days to perfect organ
ization.
| Methodist Hold Revival.
Tho Methodist of Petersburg arr
contemplating having q great union
revival and tent meeting sometime
during the month of May. beginning
the latter part of the month. This
plan has been under consideration by
the Methodist ministers of the city 70,
some time. Rev. R. L. Williams. pas
tor of Market Street Methodist Epis-
copal church. chairman of the Minis
serial Union, today announced that he
had secured the services of the Pew
u. r. McLendon. Of Bennettsville, s
g.. for the revival.
Tampcr With Safe.
When w. NJ. Rucker opened The
| Rucker department store yesterday
morning he discovered that the bis
safe in the office had been tampere ed
with by burglars either Saturday al
Sunday night. The combination Of
the safe was badly bent and the ssa IL
hammered with q heavy instrument
but 1t was not entered by the would.
be burglars.
From a cash register in the store q
few cents was taken. but the thfeve.
overlooked another nearby registea
containing several dollars.
When Mr.. Rucker attempted T.
open the front door of the store he
found the Yale lock key-hole stuffed
with matches. Upon going to the
second floor, he discovered that The
big bars of the safe had been cut
The thief or thieves gained entrance
| to the store by going through the
rear yard Of the Jewish synagogue on
Union street, placing a ladder against
the wall and cutting the bars OF the
rear window Of the Office. Two saws
| were found lying on the floor near the
big safe. the thief vidently becoming
disguised over his failure to open the
receptacle. The work plainly showed
that it was that of d novice
Fuckers store was entered several
years ago and the big safe blown. the
robbers carrying several thousand
dollars On this occasion the robbers
! gained an entrance to the store In the
same manner. Mr.. Rucker offered q
. reward OF soc for the Arrest Of the
thieves.
| Ranshaw Succeeds Roberts.
G. b. Ranshaw. OF Greenvflie. s. c.,
has been selected to succeed II. c.
| Roberts ~ local secretary Of the War
Camp Community Service. Mr.. Ran
shaw assumed charge Of his duties
duties here today.
Mr.. Roberts loft Petersburg today
for his homo In Westborc, Mass
where he IL engaged Elm the work OF
. the Lyman school for boys. Since
| having charge Of tho War Camp work
in Petersburg. Mr.. Roberts has made
an excellent record
/ Third Halifax Street Robbery.
| Thieves last night gained an en-
TRANCE to the grocery store of a. X.
Clements, corner Of Halifax and Mis-
tletOe street. by breaking the lock on
the front door. and carried Off seven
bags OF -four, 4 quantity Of cigars and
cigaretts and small change left In he
cash drawer.
The robbery OF the Clements store
! Is the third Halifax street store to le
robbed In the past week. Twice III
the past week the store Of w. j.
Brockwell has been entered, the
, thieves gaining an entrance through
! the front window and carrying OFT
large quantities Of merchandise.
E1Apes From Road NorcaI
The police Of this city are searching
tor Robert Cooke, a negro jail-btr.i,
who escaped from the convict road
camp on the Richmond Turnpike,
( near Chester. While the guards hack
was turned, the negro. ran. and has