Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1919-02-01

S. Utah is tho guest of his father,
Mr.. William Bailey, 1872 Seventh
Avenue, N. w.
ON THE SICK LIST.
Mrs. Maggie Briggs, Mrs. ,Iano
Turner, Rev. and Mrs Hcrbcn, Mrs.
Lizzie Wright, Mrs. Josephine Nc
dempsey, arc on the sick list this
week.
Sailor Wayman Holland, of U. S.
S. Powhatan spent his two days
Through with his parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. William Holland, on Seventh
Avenue, n. w.
Mr.. Ammon Jones is confined to
his home on account of illness.
Mrs. G. J. Dickors and her friend
Mrs. w. NJ. Akcrs wish to take this
method OF expressing their deepest
gratitude Of thanks to the pastor of
the First Baptist Church and his
people and also TO Mr.. A. c. Ross
and daughter, Mrs. u. ID. Uallon, of
Salem, Va. for their never to be
forgotten kindncss---a royal dinner
given them whilo in their city Sun
day, January 10, 1919, hoping to
have thcm down soon. May God
send comfort and blessing to tho
Church and pastor.
Sunday, January r. Rev. J. X.
Smith WAS in Roanoke at tho Mount
Zion Baptist Church, N. e., where
he was invited by tho pastor, Row
w. w. Hicks. IIo rendered ser
vices morning and night, using sub
jocts which wcro Il help to all. On
his stay-ovor Monday afternoon, ho
and Rev. and Mrs. Hattie Hicks wore
highly entertained by Mrs. william
Akcrs and sister, at hor homo, 81 8
Eighth Avonuo, N. o., aftar which
no returned to Lynchburg to tho Vir-
Sinia Theological Seminary and Col
lcgo to finish his term.
Jailcr w. G. Allen has come into
posSca9' on of II mysterious uniform
that has him very mich puzzled Yes
tcrd'ay when one of tho attendants at
tho city Jail was turning a mattress
Il suit of conVicts clothes dropped out
of the mattress to the floor. If was
found that the mattress had been rip
ped and the suit noatly Placed there
in.
1t is presumed that some escaped
conv;ct was sentenced to Jail for tres
passing. vagrancy O" somo other cause
and whom caught was wearing a civil
ian suit over tho tell tale uniform.
While others slcpt. tho presumpti0
Is that he slipped of tho concealed
uniform and hid II in the mattress.
The find was made in the colortNl
section of the Jail. 80 that the former
posscssor of the SUIT was evidently
cOlorcd
a group of Salem men arc sixty
dollars poorer in cash but much rich
or IN experience by reason OF tho Wis
it of n stranger Of our race to tho WIS.,
town Sunday night. On Saturday night
IN easy talking stranger came into
town with tho fragrance OF roal Old
Tine moonshinc OH his breath and
; With little mite of "Floyd's best" in.
. his pocket. Just a little whiff was
enough for his Salon Hrethron and
they "felp' at onco.
Tho stranger tod the anxious ones
In tones Of quiet conf'denco, that he
was indeed n Cittzen OF Floyd county
and that he possessed foul gallons
OF the real stun. Ho was not IN ordi
nary bootlegger, no said, but q high
clas,s wholesaler, SO IL they wanted
any OF this fragrant concoetion they
must pool thoir ntorests and take tho
whole quantity Fifteen dollars a
gallon sounded reasonable enough
smaller price could haTo boon ans
! picious--so the Salon mon promised
| to have the cash ready Su'.laE night.
Sunday night came and tho m
| knop> man appeared promptly at tho
! chosen rendezvous bearins four gal
! Ion paint can. IIe removed tho tap and
: let Sonlc OF those present tt,ko Il Whit.
\ Whit was satisfactory and tho sixty
dollars changed hands wheroupon the
recipient loft for parts unknown
! Someone secured q CUP; 1t WAS pass
cd around SO satisfying w@s tho first
( taste that tho possessor, yaarnod for
! one moro draught before tho process
of division began. Tho can WAS again
! tilted but to tho CONSERVATION OF the
crowd not more than II few drops
would come forth. The can gavo back
| Il gentle "slosh" in evidence that its
contents were not yot impaired.
| Finally, one OF the crowd produced
n can opener and tho top Of the can
was ripped open, only to disclose four
gallons Of water. Attached to the
mouth OF tho can wcS u small pipe,
plugged at tho bottom. This had con
tanned the cuDful OF whiskcy sampled
at first. Nobody knows who tho
stranger is and none OF tho men wish
cs to admit they got stung. but the
story was too good to keep.
! The same man is now reported to
have visited Salem once before and
secured ten dollars from another
man. He asked tho purchaser whom
he had conducted to 4 wooded thick
ct near town, to wait until he went
"down in the hollow to get the whia
key from u FRIEND" but he never re
turned.
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LITTLE WILLIG'S LETTER.