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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1912
Page
8
Fragmentary ad copy touts hair dressing lotions and nerve and bone tonics. It mentions North Third St in Richmond and lists various promises, cures, and numbers without clear context. The garbled text includes requests for select youths and teachers and references to banks and salaries.
The Gran Reformed Church sermon led by Harold L. Pattison attacked Mayor Gaynor and his administration. Pattison condemnedPersonal liberty and accused officials of graft while criticizing city policing and moral conditions in New York. He claimed the mayor enforces liberty to shield corruption and questioned loyalty to the law.
Rep Longworth assures President of peace in Congress as friction between Roosevelt and Taft factions calms. References to Miss Alice Roosevelt and alleged treasury misstep by the Longworth family noted amid political maneuvering. Mrs Low Sr and Mrs Longworth Jr appear in post election figures, with shifts in support following the contest.
In Washington D C Elizabeth Walker, 27 Madison Street Northwest, and Frank Toto, 21 Dingont Street Northeast, were about to wed in the Reverend Ward Boward’s rectory on Massachusetts Avenue when police interrupted the ceremony. A sergeant from the precinct acted to arrest the bridegroom, halting the marriage.
In a court scene Judge Delacy admonishes a mother and others as he decides a marriage case involving a girl said to be eighteen. The judge notes she is legally a minor and requires protections to prevent an underage wedding despite pressure from family and the suitor. The exchange touches on duties, fits of emotion, and the need for special instructions to safeguard the girl's minority status.
A fragmented report notes threats and sanctions related to lynching in the Carolinas. References to Governor Cole Nicase and Southern officials hint at attempts to quell mob violence while officials discuss responses to perceived attacks on minority communities.
The piece warns stores to follow the ten hour labor rule and child labor bans, noting larger vendors police compliance while smaller shops risk lax enforcement. It references state statutes and penalties, stressing observance during the holiday shopping period and potential enforcement actions.
A district dispatch from Washington confirms the arrest of Paylor in Danville Virginia. The report indicates charges related to a state crime and mentions a potential bond or fine of $2,000 with local officials involved in the case.
A fire damaged the Express Company and its partner Muscry paper records at the Mutual Building and the Chesap Peak warehouse. Baker says losses total 34000 dollars with full insurance protection. Large business transfers to sub stations as repairs and year-end rush impact operations during busy Christmas season.
A major blaze last night devastated the building housing the Sout Express Company and the Virginia School Supply Company near Ninth and Cary Street, with damage estimated around $720,000. Firefighters, led by Chief Joynes and assistants Raffo and Wise, fought the flames for hours, saving adjacent warehouses as crews battled to prevent collapse and protect surrounding structures.
Fire swept a building with streams of water flooding the cellar to Cary Street level. The car service aided the response as lines across tracks hampered access. Among the burnt contents a coop of chickens survived with a lone rooster announcing dawn as the blaze died down.
Washington report outlines Franklin MacVeagh call for immediate banking and currency reform. He warns the current system risks panics spreading nationwide, saying government bears fixed responsibility for disaster limiting finance, industry, and war outcomes affecting every town and family.
In Char lotte County Virginia a man named Eli Morton shot M. W. Dickerson a prominent citizen while Dickerson aided in Morton's arrest for axe theft. Dickerson was wounded in the left breast as bloodhounds pursued Morton who escaped. a posse and search continued to Drake's Branch as rain began. A lookout was issued for Morton believed to have boarded a train at Alta Vista.
William Dean Howells, over a New York luncheon, recounted a Stratford Jubilee anecdote about an American tourist who questions Shakespeare’s fame. An aged villager explains Shakespeare wrote for the Bible, not sensational muckraking works, sparking reflection on literary legacy.
A Governors Conference session was marked by heated debate after Governor Blease of South Carolina praised lynch law and accused Johnson’s era of societal disgrace. Governor Carey of Wyoming challenged the stance prompting interruptions and heated exchanges among delegates.
A Southern governor declares bold intent to be sworn in as Governor on January 21 and as U S Senator on March 4 1915. He denounces critics and warns they may expel him while vowing to stand against corporations. He urges lawmakers to pass their resolution and go home.
Special Representative Jefferson Levy of New York urged the House Banking and Currency Committee to divert 50 million dollars from public funds in national banks to ease New York money stringency. The panel referred the resolution to a Glass-led subcommittee to report next Wednesday, noting Levy’s plan has farmer and producer exchange backing and is not a Wall Street scheme.
A Buffalo Supreme Court awarded Mrs. Mina Smith $18 000 after she sued Dr. W Augustus Pratt head of the Pratt Institute of Dermatology for 50 000 claiming ruined her facial beauty during blemish treatment.
At the fifth annual Governors Conference in Richmond Virginia several governors urged stringent anti intermarriage laws in their states in response to the Johnson Lynch Chicago wedding. Notable voices from South Carolina Utah Connecticut Ohio Virginia Maryland Missouri Massachusetts Montana Pennsylvania New York and others frame intermarriage as a national blot and urge protective legislation.
Special Engineer Charles Marsh of Pittston, Pa., was killed when two fast freight trains collided on the Lehigh Valley cut-off near Wilkes-Barre. Captain Bartlett comments that the safest route to the North Pole is by air, a remark that undercuts other travel options.
A masked robber robs Abe Ginberg, a Florida Avenue grocer, taking cash and silver from the drawer and pockets. Police broadcast a description to all precincts and offer a $100 reward as detectives flood the downtown area chasing the culprit after a series of Monday morning burglaries.
Newport News merchant Sol Nachman was convicted in Police Court for violating the ten hour law by keeping female clerks over ten hours in a day and for not providing seats for women workers. He was fined $5 with costs on each charge.
Bristol Virginia will gain a new federal postmastership with an $8000 salary. The office, pushed by Congressman Slemp, will open around President Wilson’s inauguration, to place a Democrat in charge. Potential postmaster candidates include Charles F. Gauthier and General R A Ayers or R Tate Irvine as patronage referee.
A New York hospital report details Dr. William Chapman at Swedish Hospital Brooklyn performing a pioneering operation to restore speech in Pearl Thomson eight after a prior success with Clarence Devitt seven. The operation followed a newspaper account of Devitt’s recovery and hopes for Pearl’s improvement after years of silence.
Superintendent KR McChesney announces withdrawal from local Bristol schools at year end and resignations as division superintendent and State Board of Education member. He also leaves as Emory Va Summer Normal conductor amid a long dispute with the local board. A new $50,000 high school is planned next year.
Bristol Virginia report notes the Carolina Clinchfield and Ohio Railroad extending from the Schneld Coal District through Dante and Elk Horn City to connect with the Chesapeake and Ohio. The 40 mile route includes 21 tunnels, one 1.5 miles long, costing $5 million. Ownership by Thomas F. Ryan with George F. Carter as builder and M. J. Centa as Chesapeake and Ohio vice president.
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