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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1909
Page
19
A Southern Textile Association meeting discussed child labor conditions and health safeguards. Officials from Columbia and nearby rural colleges addressed practical labor questions, with plans for future sessions in February and May.
The article notes rising acceptance of mills as workplaces for adults and juveniles, citing health and welfare improvements, new factory designs, and owner involvement in worker well being. It covers debates on steam power versus electricity, and reports on improved conditions in Southern mills alongside church and educational outreach efforts.
The Maryland Evangelical Lutheran Synod opens its ninetieth anniversary convention at St Marks Church Baltimore with commemorative services. Delegates attend as Rev J E Crgler of Lutherville speaks on the Second Article of the Augsburg Confession and officers are to be elected Friday.
The coroner’s inquest jury at Petersburg found James Conway responsible for the death of Rebel F Torrence in a saloon brawl. Testimony showed Torrence and Mrs Torrance accompanied by Hugh All tink and James Conway the accused, with ante mortem statements indicating Torrence struck Conway after being insulted, leading to Conway firing.
A string of wedding notices from Oct 2 across Virginia and nearby states lists couples including Okt Miss Ann V WoWaster Treeman and Davis Wills Jordan. Ruth Anne Swath and Dr. John Fewis. Miss Mary Allen Harrill and James McLanghim. Annie Reed Jounxest and WH Hicks. Miss Cora Maud Sson and Jan A Meade. Miss Lucy Lewis Lon and Lucian Winston. Miss Mary Hall and B Leckey. Also mentions newly formed Maryland Guard Company officers and Daniel J Phelps of Hopedale Mass taking own life. notices accompany broader date-filled fragments from multiple locales.
In Washington and Alexandria historic rites elevated Rev Dr Arthur Selden Lloyd to bishop coadjutor of Virginia at Christ Church Alexandria. Doane, aged and frail, spoke from a desk. the sermon by Bishop Doane of Albany was praised as masterful. The ceremony included multiple bishops, testimonials, vesting, and the laying on of hands. Early prayers and a luncheon followed. other local items include an acquittal of a railway engineer and obituaries.
Virginia items report a laymen convention addressed by Rev J O Reavi and Dr D B Ray with other speakers including Dr W G Cram and Rev W H Fark. Lee Pikett’s murder case at Leesburg yields a five year jail term. The National Bank of Herndon is formed with 20000 capital, directors listed. George W Shepherd’s will admitted to probate in Fredericksburg. A Lynchburg yard accident kills 28 year old John S Gibby, struck by a yard engine while bending near a switch.
In Newport News Virginia on October 2 a convention of oyster planters packers and tangers faced a racial dispute as delegates demanded Negro attendees withdraw The gathering elected former Senator James N Stubbs of Gloucester as chair and the two Negro oyster leaders left the meeting under protest George Parramore led a Eastern Shore delegation insisting on the withdrawal of the Negroes The chair and Stubbs opposed altering the Baylor oyster survey and rock line amendments
Deputy Marshal ejects the bugeye crew and is set ashore as the revenue cutter Apache pursues the Freddie Hayward of St Marys County. Jerome Hall owner and captain accused of unpaid sail repairs. three men later appeared and fled. Apache reported chasing toward Chesapeake Day after wireless orders.
The Republic mills plan a 460000 cotton plant at Riverdale as part of Jamey R Duke of New York and associates merger of southern mills. Southern Power Company likely to back hydraulic development, with leadership by Hal and Roberts Wembane and Thomas Fuller. Duke interests span Irwin mills at Durham and Duke and Cooleemee. Southern Power largely avoids manufacturing.
Gov Stuart of Pennsylvania presided as 900 veterans from across the country unveiled a monument at Cold Harbor Virginia in memory of comrades who fell in the Civil War. The largest Union veteran gathering south of the Mason Dixon line since the war's end attended the event, with local dignitaries and a ceremonial band.
Special to Thrvrwowngta Sve reports Roanoke Vo Oth The Crazens League convened a two night meeting and formed a committee of Tishburne J E Hough and J H Ward to wait on election judges, urging them to vacate office before the September 2 local option election. A second resolution sought Treasurer Lawrence 8 Davis to answer claims that poll tax list was padded.
State Senator from Norfolk announces candidacy to succeed the late D Q Eggleston on the Democratic ticket for secretary of the Commonwealth. He will receive Norfolk city Democratic support and is believed to have district wide backing when the state committee meets in Richmond. Pol Sale is a member of the law firm Sale Mann Lyler Mann a former judge who directed the governor's successful campaign.
State Wine Inspector John Laing leads a team testing mine foremen in Clarksburg with 102 enrolled and more expected. The first second third and fourth mining districts of West Virginia conduct the examination. Twenty three pled guilty in Kanawha County court to liquor selling without licenses. Resiey Lescolored of Martinsburg pleaded guilty to liquor sales and was sentenced to 30 days in jail and a $100 fine.
The suburb of Ginter Park in Richmond announces women over 21 who own property and reside there have the right to vote after adoption of a new constitution and by laws. This marks the first such move in the South among fashionable and wealthy communities.
Staunton bars closed after election upheaval as city council permits midnight closings to liquidate stock. Judge Bolt orders refund of about $16,000 in license fees to fifteen saloonkeepers forced out of business by the recent vote.
Penitentiary Superintendent Laughing house reports a decline to a two year low in Won views. Seaboard Air Line Railway officers elected at Raleigh with Dr James R Rogers president and J B Green and H A Burke as vice presidents and Dr JW Falmer treasurer. Next meeting planned for Linchingam Alabama. Calamities include Crowly Creek drowning of Joe Phillips, Artine Bryant, A. Andrews. Obituary items note John Frederick Schleicher’s death at Bellevue Asylum and Mrs Sallie Cushwa Troupe’s passing. Cumberland October reports Albert Fowler’s heart failure death. Mrs Hedwohi Wed at Charlestown. Fannie Todah Hedwohl’s marriage to William Brown Woodward.
In Martinsburg Oct 20 a federal district court jury found for Baltimore and Ohio Railroad against the Berkeley Springs and Potomac Valley Railroad by a verdict of 800 dollars. The suit sought recovery of operating costs for the Berkeley Springs branch from 1901 to 1907, with the case referred previously to a commissioner who set the amount.
An 8 year old boy, William Moreland, son of Charles Moreland, died after a desperate ride home to Winchester Virginia. He chased his horses as darkness fell, was hit by a coupling pole, and bled severely as his father tried to reach Martinsburg. The boy died minutes later after the 16 mile dash to help.
A farmer John Wy Ware and his wife Mary Jane Ware, once barred by Maryland and Virginia laws from marrying, wed in Washington DC after years of cohabiting and failed efforts to wed in Hagerstown and Winchester. They plan to live near Winchester.
Probate details reveal Stuart K Lupton, American consul at Taranta Yel, inherits 2 1/7 shares of a sizable estate. The Washington post notes the estate’s division among four sons and three daughters. Lupton previously served as vice consul at Messina during the earthquake disaster, earning commendation for aid to victims.
The county plans a sandstone backed brick jail extension to the courthouse area as soon as lands become available. A $35,000 jail project is announced with a subsequent $3 DP jail to be added when funds permit.
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