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Newspaper
Petersburg Daily Progress
Location
Petersburg, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1909
Page
1
Local forecast for Virginia calls for showers tonight or Saturday with continued warm temperatures. Readers are advised to check the Special Saturday and Monday Advertisement on the fourth page. Lavenstein Bros.
Justice Plummer presided a session noting Ed. Jones and Jacob Barlow, both colored, fined $5 each for city ordinance violations. Bertus Cole, colored, charged with assault and battery, continued to June 20. Wyatt White, colored, jailed 20 days for assault.
Tangier June 24 Sultanal troops defeated the rebel forces commanded by Roghi in a pivotal engagement outside Fez. The battle, long awaited, is said to determine the peace prospects of Morocco as Roghi’s forces were completely repulsed.
Vienna June 24. Owing to the beneficial effects already received from the cure at Semmering, E. H. Harriman has decided to prolong his stay there for two weeks. At the end of this stay he will go to Marienbad.
Mack White a respected colored man and longtime barber has died at his home in the city. Isham Dyer will run an excursion on the Pokanoketto Jamestown Island on Monday July 5. Isla Ruth Harvell’s funeral is tomorrow at noon from Second Presbyterian church with burial in Bisohford Cemetery. Virginia National Bank approved a regular semi annual dividend of 3 percent payable after July 1. Wallace Love Day’s funeral was held yesterday afternoon from Commerce Street residence with pallbearers Frank McKenney Buddie Jordan Sidney Cotton and Wallace G. Rucker. Editor W A Land of the Blackstone Courier was in the city yesterday. T Harbaugh of Troy Ohio assistant editor of the Miami Union is here. Phoenix Bible Class will host a feast at West Kind Park next week with nightly free concerts by the White Ribbon Cadet Band. Three electric fans installed in the temporary post office to aid staff. Dr Haamon Williams state health officer gave tuberculosis lecture at the Va Normal and Industrial Institute today. L A Rosenatock and Wm Budd, injured in a runaway yesterday, are recovering at home. Festival of St John the Baptist observed by local Masonic lodges with addresses by Grand Master Jos W Eggleston and Rev F T McFadden and a banquet served. Don’t miss the low prices at Lavenstein Bros.
The usual Saturday afternoon hop will be held at the Riverside Club from 5 30 to 8 30 tomorrow. Tennis courts are busy each afternoon, especially Saturdays. A reception committee of ladies will serve tea around 6 30, including Mesdames E H Patterson H P Stratton J W Seward John Mann M C Jackson and Misses J A O McIlwaine Mary T Patteson Mary P Roper N H Davis Jol is Sully Margaret Zimmer Catherine Spotarood and Miss Foster. Automobile gloves just received at Gill and Hoy s.
Rocky Mount Virginia June 24 The trial of J S Cahill dentist charged with killing Bob Smithers in November last was continued for the fourth time Judge Campbell granting due to the absence of three defense witnesses Mrs Cahill appeared for the defense The case is continued to the first day of the next term September 6
D Arcy Archer a well known colored man was acquitted in the Hastings Court of the murder of Tom Walker found near Caerntreat beside the I Z on the morning of last. Witnesses included Wm Wise who claimed Archer used a pistol and knife to kill Walker but Archer’s alibi prevailed. Wise’s testimony was seen as a bid to implicate Archer and Wise fled the city the day of the murder. Wise awaits trial at a later term.
Williamson, held on suspicion of poisoning his wife who died in the West End, is said to have a wife living in Marietta Texas. The letter claims Junius Williamson married 15 year old Addie Rodgere in Marietta after eight months together, then moved to Ettrick Virginia in 1906. Rev W W Lee of Mariett performed the ceremony. Williamson later wed Miss Pamelia Kiersey of Chesterfield about a year ago. The June 9 death remains widely known to Progress readers.
Miss Annie M. Nugent daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward Nugent of this city married A N Bureh formerly of Richmond now employed by the A O L in this city. The ceremony occurred in Washington D C Wednesday with Rev John Reid Shannon performing the rites. An advertisement for automobile dusters fills Gill Hoy's page.
Rev Dr Hastings H Hart a leading figure in National Charities Organization and head of the children’s department of the Russell Sage Foundation will preach in Petersburg on Sunday next June 27 at Table Street Presbyterian Church 11 a m and in Washington Street Methodist Church at 8 16 p m He is described as a speaker of rare eloquence and power with the public invited.
Delegates from Petersburg have been elected for the Petersburg District Conference to be held in Lawrenceville on July 13. From High Street Church the delegates are H. T. Mount, Geo. W. Dyer, RK. H. O'Kennons. from Washington Street Church E. W. Butcher, R. B. Davis, L. L. Marks. from Matoaca Church K. L. Mann, J. M. Simmons, W. W. Worley.
Cleveland dispatch reports a rift between Rev W W Bustard of Euclid Avenue Baptist Church and Rev Charles F Aked of Fifth Avenue Baptist over Baptist doctrine immersion and church membership. Bustard accuses Aked of heterodoxy while noting Rockefeller attends both churches and favors strict immersion and nonbelievers not partaking in communion. The piece ends with an ad for 75 pound ice capacity Eddy Ice Chest at Kent Fur Co.
Judge Biggs sentenced Wesley Bates to thirty years in state prison for second degree murder and criticized Durham newspapers for exaggerating crime. He argued press coverage skewed public opinion, noting a distant city with crime critiques had eleven murder suspects jailed, while he found no homicide in Durham that year.
A Petersburg produced musical piece The Blue and the Gray will be performed today and tomorrow at the Cockade Theatre. The show features a Petersburg quartet and canvass images of Taft Swanson and Gov Stuart. A May 19 photograph and song will travel to Rex Richmond and then Washington with Petersburg launching.
Last night between 9 and 10 a fire was found in the basement at the residence of Mr. Henry Pannill on High Street. An ass kerosene lamp used by servants was found broken and it is believed the blaze started from the lamp explosion. Mr. Pannill extinguished the flames without an alarm.
The ad touts a Saturday Monday sale featuring princess wearWash princess in all colors at 198 and infant dresses at low prices Panama Skirts in colors from 198 to 298 160 Woolie Skirts close out at 2868 775 Corset Covers close out at 14c listings from New York Skirt and Waist Co Inc.
Mrs Fannie Gatling paid 6260 dollars at public sale held in front of the courthouse for the Spring Hill farm in Prince George county. The tract contains between six hundred and seven hundred acres. Auctioneers were YT Pannilis Sons, acting for James E Heath Jr trustee and commissioner.
Mrs. Myer Rosenbloom wife of the store owner was found tied in rope in a rear room as the building burned. Two men who found the blaze rescued her after a man posing as a policeman knocked her down. Meyer Rosenbloom was arrested. investigators deem the fire incendiary.
In Bristol Virginia on June 24 Geo Tisdale received the heaviest sentence yet for bootlegging in the area. Convicted on nine charges of illicit liquor disposal he was sentenced to five years in jail and ordered to join the chain gang immediately.
Washington June 24 Representative Kennedy of Ohio proposed a life imprisonment penalty for agents of the Black Hand kidnappers who use the nails of the United States for their nefarious purposes. The bill also imposes a $100 fine on recipients who fail to return such mail to the postmaster for investigation.
In Chicago on June 24, Joseph Bertucci, alleged Black Hand slayer, was found guilty by a jury in Judge Winde's court. He received a fixed sentence of twenty years in the penitentiary.
Bishop A McFaul of Trenton says Harvard Yale and Princeton undermine faith and promote immorality. He cites Cosmopolitan Magazine notes about modern universities teaching pragmatism and unorthodox theologies at Harvard Chicago and elsewhere, arguing secular instruction erodes Christian principles.
Salem Maasha Avery offers patterns in Edgings and Insertions up to 10c per yard with specials at 2e. 200 dozen Insertion sold by the dozen yards, no matching edgings. values 60c 89c and 1.00 per dozen, special 39c. 25c Embroideries 15c Yard Lot of assorted 18 inch embroideries. regular 25c, special 15c per yard. 39c to 59c embroideries, 23c per yard Lot very fine. some slightly soiled or broken lots, prices range 39 to 59c per yard, special 7c.
An old classified style ad lists embroideries, edgings, and insertions priced 10 to 12 1 2 cents. It also promotes new match sets for shirts and princess dresses, plus men and children's wear including neckwear, undergarments, umbrellas, parasols, and ribbons. Prices range from a few cents to around a dollar, reflecting a broad sale.
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