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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1909
Page
41
At the Southern Textile Men’s Meeting a discussion on child labor and health safeguards dominated the agenda. Officials from Marine Hospital and factory management debated conditions and proposed steps to improve welfare while stressing the value of workers to production.
The article notes growing acceptance of cotton mills as steady employment for youths and adults, citing improved worker health due to new and remodeled factories. It highlights Dr Stiles backing juvenile mill work, better living conditions than sand lands, and declares mills progress in wages, health, and factory economies. It mentions steam power debates, church reports on mill conditions, and a push for mill education and industrial development led by Senator D Smith.
The Maryland Evangelical Lutheran Synod opens its 90th annual convention at St Marks Church Baltimore with Holy Communion led by Rev Charles Steck of Frederick. Delegates attend as Rev J E Crigler of Lutherville speaks on the Second Article of the Augsburg Confession and officers are elected.
In Richmond Ya Oct the coroner ruled Rebel F Torrence died by the hands of James Conway after an inquest at a Petersburg saloon Mrs Torrance and Mrs Gentry testified about encounters with the accused and Torrence Ante mortem statements showed Torrence said he struck Conway after being called a liar and Conway fired in front of the saloon Hutchings and other details emerged as key testimony at the inquiry.
A compilation of marriage announcements and local notices from Virginia sources. Highlights include Miss Ann V WoWaster Treeman wedding at Davis Wills Jordan in Jamestown exposition grounds officiated by Rev Davtd W Howard, and multiple other nuptials across Broad Blrret Baptist Church Petersburg Winston Culpeper and more with details on venues and officiants. Also notes on the newly organized Maryland Guard Company elections and a Lynchburg incident involving Daniel J Phelps.
In Alexandria at Christ Church the Rev Dr Arthur Selden Lloyd was consecrated bishop coadjutor of Virginia. The ceremony joined high church dignitaries led by Bishop Tuttle in a building where Lloyd had been baptized. Doane delivered a brief sermon from a reading desk after being wheeled in due to illness. Other proceedings included presentations, testimonials, vesting, and the laying on of hands by several bishops. Afternoon prayers and a luncheon followed for visiting clergy.
Virginia briefs report a lay congress on missionary work led by Rey J O Reavi with Dr D B Ray and Dr W G Cram among speakers. Lee Pikett is convicted at Leesburg for a murderous assault and sentenced to five years. The National Bank of Herndon is formed with 2000 capital stock. The late George W Shepherd will probate with executors George W Shepherd jr Wiss Margaret B Shepherd. In Lynchburg a railway yard accident kills 28 year old John Gibby, signal operator for Norfolk and Western.
In Newport News Virginia on October 2 a convention of oyster planters packers and tangers debated remedial oyster laws. Former Senator James N Stubbs of Gloucester was elected chair. George Parramore led a Eastern Shore delegation demanding that two Negro oyster workers retire or not participate. The two Negro delegates left in protest as Stubbs opposed altering the Baylor oyster survey and any amendment to straighten oyster rock lines.
The revenue cutter Apache pursued the bugeye Freddie Hayward after a deputy marshal was ejected from the vessel at Jones Falls. Three men ashore left with the captain, who allegedly failed to pay for sails. The case, tied to a libel action, prompted Washington appeals and ongoing pursuit down Chesapeake Bay.
The Republic mills plans a 460000 cotton manufacturing plant at Riverdale as part of a merger led by Jamey R Duke of New York. The Southern Power Company hydraulic developments are tied to the move, with Hal and Roberts Wembane of Graham and Thomas Fuller of Durkin named to officer the venture. The deal centers on large mills across stations of the power company, aiming to eclipse rivals Vall River or Lowell, while Southern Power already controls significant water power in the region. Duke interests span Irwin mills at Durham and projects at Duke and Cooleemee.
Governor Stuart addresses a large Union veteran gathering at Cold Harbor Virginia as a memorial shaft is unveiled marking the battlefield. Pennsylvania veterans from across the country assembled, with the Richmond Light Infantry Blues band playing and dignitaries sending representatives, marking the largest postwar Union veteran assembly south of the Mason-Dixon line.
Special to Thr vrwowngta sve reports the Citizens League held two meetings to ask the election judges to vacate their posts. A committee including Tishburne J E Hough and J H Ward urged the electoral board to resign, arguing they were not legally elected. A separate resolution sought Treasurer Lawrence B Davis to respond to accusations that the poll tax first list was padded.
Special to The Washington ros reports Norfolk Virginia State Senator will run to succeed the late D Q Eggleston as secretary of the Commonwealth. He will enjoy Norfolk city Democratic backing and is believed to carry the Second district with the state committee's action in Richmond. Pol Sale is a member of the law firm Sale Mann Lyler Mann and once managed a governor's campaign.
State Wine Inspector John Laing led a statewide examination for mine foremen and five bosses in Clarksburg. One hundred two enrolled with more expected, covering the First through Fourth mining districts. Twenty three pleaded guilty in Kanawha County to liquor indictments in Charleston. Resiey Lescolored sentenced to 30 days in jail and a $100 fine. A New York visitor, Capt Job Wise, spoke at Christiansburg in support of Republicans, urging voters to place the state in Republican ranks. Democratic speakers followed at various courthouses. Dairymen in Hagerstown formed an organization to push milk prices from 6 to 7 cents and cream from 25 to 30 cents per quart. final section deferred to next Tuesday.
The rich suburb of Ginter Park Richmond grants women over 21 property owners the right to vote. At a Citizens Association meeting the suburb’s constitution and by laws were adopted, making it the first community in the South to extend suffrage to women.
Special to The Washington Post Staunton saloons shut tonight for the first time as city council allowed bars to stay open till midnight to liquidate stock. Judge Bolt ordered about 16000 in license fees refunded to fifteen saloonkeepers ousted by the last election.
North Carolina items note penitentiary officials reporting a drop in Won views to the lowest in two years. Seaboard Air Line Railway officers elected at Raleigh with Dr James R Rogers president and other officers. A drowning incident near Crowly and multiple obituaries including John Frederick Schleicher, Mrs Sallie Cushwa Troupe, Albert Fowler, and a wedding in Charlestown ending with Miss Fannie Hledwohl and William Brown Woodward.
In Martinsburg Oct 20 the U S district court jury returned a verdict of 800 for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad against the Berkeley Springs and Potomac Valley Railroad. The suit sought costs of operating the Berkeley Springs branch from 1 to 7. The verdict matches the amount awarded by the commissioner.
William Moreland, eight, of Charles Moreland's family in Winchester, Va, was mortally injured while racing his horses toward home after a run from Martinsburg in West Virginia. He struck a coupling pole in darkness, receiving a guttural stomach wound, and died minutes later as his father, trying to reach him, carried him from the scene and drove to aid.
A farmer, John Wy Ware, aged years, and his stepmother Mary Jane Ware, connected with mis Fort Winchester/Maryland area, married in Washington DC after failed attempts in Hagerstown and Winchester due to laws. They will reside near Winchester.
The Washington Post reports in Winchester Virginia that Ryail of Rev Dr Jonah W Lupton, a Presbyterian minister, and Stuart K Lupton, American consul at Taranto, inherit one seventh of the estate. The wall was probated today and the estate is divided among four sons and three daughters. Stuart K Lupton was vice consul at Messina during its earthquake and aided the sufferers heroically.
The county will add a $3 million jail to expand the courthouse facilities. A sandstone backed brick structure will be built as soon as lands become available, with a $35,000 jail for Elkins Specal to Towerumusunguest rise Fins in Virginia Ost 2.
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