Richmond times-dispatch. [volume], December 24, 1921, Page SIX, Image 6

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NEWS GA THERED FROM ALL PARTS OF VIRGINIA
HILL CITY SCHOOL BOARD
UNO COUNCIL IN CLASH
Alteration of Plans on Negro
High School Cause of
Trouble.
AOIM T.IOVAI. F1 Mis IlKKlSEn
|>rti'riMlnn<lon of Ijni'hliiirp
)a lorn >"ot to lniTMur Mini Avail
able for llullding Threnloiii. to
Cause HcslKiiatlnn of Trustees.
[S;>e, :.il to Tbo Times-Dispatch ]
j.VXi'II Bl'HU. VA., Dec. -3.?A
breach poems Imminent here be
tween the City Council and the
Sch< >1 Board as the result of a mis
understanding ancnt plans for ii | ro
post 1 high school building for
neirr. es. which the Council author
ized some time ago.
The Mils f?r the work. together
wlfh thu coat of the building, ap
pioximnted f 10?..i't'0, J5.i'f?0 tiioro than
authorized by the Council. Tie- i>i i
was thought by meinb< rs of the
Council m be higher than necessary
Anil later Coinuilmcn di: .v. : ? d that
the plan? had "?>?. ? n al: ? ted for a
larger audit.iriuni, which ran the cost
u;> about 5T.K'O.
After making the extra $r..? ?0 ap
propriation, tneinbi rs of t>i? 'mini il
lcarncil that tho plans hail been
i hanged .uiil Mayor llarper wrote t<.
K. C. Blackford, president of the
board, paying the Council did not feel
that the board had dealt frankly with
tiio Council.
At the lit. \t meeting of the Council
the Council i educed the appropriation j
to $100,000. Now the board has de- 1
mandcrt a withdrawal of this charge
that the board did not deal frankly i
with tho Council nnd a restoration of i
the resolution appropriating J105.0CO j
for the building.
It was explained to the Council j
that the board thought that the j
Council knew of the ilianci d plans !
when the increased appropriation !
was asked for. and when this state- ]
n.ent was made the Council withdrew |
Its charge of the lack of frankness i
The hoard then demanded the higher !
appropriation, which the Council re
fused to make.
There is an Impression that tho i
breach will result in the School :
Board resigning.
PORT BODY FINISHES
WORK ON REPORTj
ROANOKE, VA., l>ec. 23:?At Its
meeting here yesterday the Hamp
ton Bonds Port Commission prac
tically completed Its report to he
submitted to the next (ioner.il As
sembly which meets In Richmond
January 11.
The entire report hinges on the
appointment of a permanent State
port commission, It is understood. It
r views what other State? are doing
In the matter of port development,
and presents facts and figures to
show that Hampton Itonds and Nor
folk In particular are the huh of
commerce for the State.
The report will not bo made pub
lic until the legislature convenes.
It is understood that the commis
sion touched on the pilotage ques
tion, merely as Incidental to the
main issue of the State aiding in
the development of tho port.
Present at the meeting were X. 1).
Maher, chairman; Senator \V. J?. An
drews. both of Roanoke; l,eo Long,
of liantp; Senator B. O. Crockett, of
Tazewell; Senator \V. C. Corhltt, of
Portsmouth; Delegate Nelson S.
fJroome, of Hampton; O. \V. Line
weaver, of Norfolk, assistant secre
tary.
ALLEGED BOOTLEGGER
MUCH-WANTED MAN
[Special to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.1
KBEDKHICKSBl'BO. VA. 1 >e.;. 23.
Sheriff Alli.son, ofM.Kalrfafj. County,
came here w.th capias *?r.nn Fair
fax County authorities- for I.eroy
Bradley, an alleged bootlegger, now
In custody of Spotsylvania County
authorities. Sheriff Allls n slated
Bradley, who is a Washingtonlan, was
iid: ted by a p,<" jury r.:; behm
or.e of seven men who forced :.n en
trjnce to tho \\'ne cellar of A. Let
ter, In l-'alrfax. some t;ine ago, and
Hole a large quantity of liquor. !!?>
w?te unable -n t i,!s man. as lie 1s
in the bands ?>f .Spotsylvania v.iitlu Ti
tles to answer a cf.arge of trtusjiort
Itig liquor through t le c > '.it/.
liradley was .".'rested several days
ago with Valentine (.'outer b\ Sheriff
Carner. while t wore wnniriiig
their auto engine on a sid- ?.?' the
highway. Tie -machine wrs *oa<l. d
with coiitrabrnnd 1: ;'jor. Cotiter wnc
later released under bond, and Brad
ley was brought 1 ? re Wednesday ex
pecting a bondsman to meet him As
the bondsman did not put in his ap
pearance, tho prisoner was : ? f t In
Jnil litre.
AUT0M0BILIST FREE
ON FATALITY CI I \!<GE
[Special i Tli. '! ,?n. h 1
PKTKBSBCUC,. VA . J.e \v .1
irpper- 'i. ;? -Jt > i-a was
acquit *e I in I? . t t. \ , .
on the . harg' ? a is-ic <!.
of Mary ? ;wath:.o . \ a-, a :?
pult of striking ? r i ? \\ ? \v -1
ington Street v ve> , weks A
technical r?. ?' ir ? :d?r >;..d b- ? n
lodged aira rist 1 ? . ? th ? ? <
jury.
Witnesses we re ': 'l > . -
person t'i show tl. it )i . ?
driving rei kl? ??>!;. at ?! ? i, >
that lie had not sj . e.l< i\ ? ? ? . ?
car ai.d run Into th. p. r* ?. > > ? :
people waiting lor t-.
The man said h'- w?:* I. .1
headlights of appr ;,rl?'-.u*
did r ot see the woman ? ? v ?
the street waiting for t? ? ??
LYNCHBTRG CLAIMS
THREE WORST SNEAKS
[Special to The Tim* 7 ? i
l>ynciiHi"i:(;. v.\.. j>... : :
holiday ci-as n l.i >? lias de\<' ?
the meanest thi< f on earth. . ? ?
I>yni<hburg has the distinction oi
harb'irlng somewh'-re three of th<
debaseat encaks In tho world, Jo
threo burly negroes watched tbei:
chance when the Salvation Arinj
attendant at the Christmas kettle a
Ninth and Main Streets was aim en
for the monvent, Miatched the pol
from Its tripod, quickly robbed it ol
the day's collection* and made jnhm!
their get-away before asunlshee
Mpeotators ny the dozen could colic, i
tnolr yj la.
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y go dow^ this street
till Y'get to th" gas
house then Y'turni
To th' Right an* we live
in th' second house: ^
- - over th' second J ?
Ham' store in /^
TH ' back is our ) f#|
house y f[f
When a Feller Needs a Friend ?By Briggs
DO CONFESSES PIT !
IN UHU MURDER
Saw Farmer Display Money,
Hold Him Up, Killed and
Robbed Him.
I [Special in Tlic Times-Dispatch.]
CUAni.OTTKSVU.IiK. VA.. Hoc. 23.
I --According to the police, Tom-Sparks,
i colored, who was arrcsteil last week :
| along with Henry Uockctt, also col-'
I oro<l. charged with the murder of ;
I Cornelius V. Ward, a northsidc farm- I
or. has mailo what is hold to be a j
I complete confession of the homicide.
Sparks' wife, who disappeared from
j her usual place of abode soon after her
; husband was placed under arrest, was
I located yesterday. The officers np
' proached the woman at the homo of
ja friend and boldly laid the charge
! against her husband and she, appar
' ently thinking the game was up,
weakened and divulged the whole
story, as far as gathered by her.
Armed with this information, the
ollicers then decided to face Sparks
'with his wife and to relate what she
"had told them about his part in the
homicide. Thereupon, it is alH-fed.
the accused man broke down and
j made u clean breast of thn whole af
fair. hut trying to shield himself by
laying the entire, blame for the mur
derous attack upon the shoulders of
l.ockett.
Sparks related that lie and Loekett j
j had accidentally observed Ward dur
j Ing ills movements around town ex
i hihiting a large sum of money, which
| induced them to plan to waylay
1 hit!) on his way back to his mnuntiin
I h true and r'?'> bim by intimidation
or force. Accordingly, they hid them
I Helves In the woods beyond the uni
versity and when Ward approached
I.ockett. so Sparks claims, Jumped
I out and grabbed the hor.'e by the
bridle and drew him foreib'y tip Into j
| the side r-..?<!.
lie then stated that Ward lumped
from the buggy brandishing n hatchet '
?it I.ockett, whereupi.n the latter:
drew a pi-; nnd lli-ed upon Ward,
who doiibit i| ii|? in agony Tln-n ii
; was. Sparks says, that In Older to I
tin * It him "ff. I.ock. 't struck Ward
i !? i11 -?v uiioii tL ? Ii. ad with h tone, I
which felled him t?i th- ground.
Wil li I SK WIMIXESS
AC A INST l-AKK RAID! US
S< ?!{!??< >1.K. VA. I23. Inslal- I
Iat:on r.ew high-power radio
? ?Iittit, loaned tr. tile cilv of Norfolk!
:,r an indefinite period, by tb<
friitt-d Stat.es Shipping I'.oard. was I
i.< (-? i;11 a' jioiii-. li. a.|(|u.irt' i.H today
The new set will replai ? the oi?l
? tie whb h was di-s'.royed recently by
'lite new radio outfit will have a
s> tiding r.ulius ?.f ai 'iiit a thousand
?til.-., under f.iv.rable atmospheric
' ? i.dition- and a r. ??< ? . :fig radius of
I ?' : > r; y twic." that distance
ii ? s.i \v;M pro' abi> i-, oeera
! n \T? ? r.iVi . ?.r n r. week. Its
? I'-' ''it 111. a ? ?! iing t.i Admiral
' - ha -a I ?. t ? t? ? I of Public Safe -
t ? "' be ' ? warn a 1 hips in the
iiarbor i-uaiiis* p.-t ?? iftmg boats to
? ft. a oi. -it,flic*, can be
P ? tlv< 1 idi : t ill. I IifllctaI ifOV
< ri. n.. \ . - ?. 1 Thi u arr ing t- t ? ?
? ? v. tit I . . -I ei . - ... | < rent -fake
*?- by bo. til gg. ri anil liquor
Buys Christmas Tree
Stolen From Own Farm
SUKFOMC, ya.. Doc. 23.?Ono of
Suffolk's well-known business men
living- just outside of tMo city on
!i farm, ha I an unusual experi
ence this wcr-k, while all of tho
trucks ami automobiles from no:ir
by iltics ami towns have been
stripping tho woods ami farms of
Christmas trees, holly ami mistle
toe ami carrying them to Norfolk
;iml Portsmouth for sale.
Driving-home in the afternoon
anil thinking that he must get a
Christmas tree for his children,
he passed a hoy on the road drag
ging a largo and beautiful cedar
tree.
When the hoy replied', "fifty
cents," ho paid him, placing the
trees in his buggy and carrying
it home.
As he readied the house, a ser
vant came out and excitedly told
him that some noys had been on
ills farm and cut down his finest
cedar iree, carrying it off. When
the surprised man looked at tho
iree he found he had purchased
his own cedar tree, which had been
his pride for many years.
NEGRO RESENTENCED
TO DIE IN CIIAIR
(Special to Tho Times-Dispatch.1
STAUNTON', VA? Dec. 23.?' I have
asked Ood to forgive me, and 1 now
ask tho court and the people of Au
gusta County to forgive inc." Tills
was the statement of llarry Hart,
colored youth, when ho appeared
hero before Judge Holt In Circuit
Court today f<ir resentencing.
Tho sentence pronounced was that
<>f death in the electric chair in the
State Penitentiary at Richmond on
January 23. Hart was convicted of
attempted attaek on a white girl
near Staunton last December. He
was sentenced iir d.alh, but carried
bis ease to the Supreme Court "f Ap
peal'. asking f?.r a new trill. This
was denied, anil he was brought hack
here from Richmond fur resentencing.
Iluld 1*111)110 Court Sunday.
NOltKOl-K. VA, Dec. 23. -Police
Court will ho belli in Norfolk next
Sunday. It will be a special session
for the benefit of persons arrested on
Saturday and unable I?? give honil for
tiieir appearance in police Court on
Monday. It will givv them the op
portunity of heing heard on Sunday
and spending Christmas Day with
their families if they are dismissed
oi pay their fines.
NO COOKJNCi
"ho "Food-Drink" for All Arcs,
'?uick Lunch a* Home, Office,aro
ountains. A ah for /lORLICK'S.
& Avoid Imitations ?t
| SINGLE SIX PACKARD TWIN SIX
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(J 1 wish to announce to mv many friends and the public
8 5-vnerally that l ain now connected with Monte Stone,
^ Inc.. in the repair depart meiit, where we are equipped to
X do tlie very hest work in the city. Any work left in my
f{ charge will he done by me personally.
1 R. W. CRITTENDEN
U (ItOlt)
q With MONTI-: STONI!, Inc.
l!M!l West Hroad Street.
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Single Six. Packard. Twin SIX;
&9C?OCCCCCCOG^CCOCCCCCOS'XCOCCC?
LH?DLIWLill
Petersburg's Two Sliip Ser
viccs Ready to Start Willi
New Year.
(Special 1" The Times-1 Hspatch. 1
I'KTKHHHl'i:*;. V.V. I ><???. 23.?By
the first week in January this city
will have two Imat linos in opera
tion?one to Norfolk un<l the other
to Richmond. The Jtuxton and l-'ur
mait l.lnes; today Hosed deals for
piers and warehouses here, and every
thing is in readiness for resumption
S of service on the Appomattox ltiver?
the first in several years.
I The Buxton I.lno will operate its
I steamer to Norfolk on threc-trlps-a
week schedule, stops to lie made at
'the James River landings and noth
! Ing hut freight carried. This com
pany has leased the old holdings
liere of the l'nrntan l.ine.
Tho Richmond run will he op
erated by the Kurman l.ine. sailings
j to he made live times ft week.
Thieves Smash Sliotv Window.
I ?.\ N VI I.I .K. \'.\ . I>fc. 23. ? Smash
ing tiie plate dlass wit dow of llod
i nett and Speer's jewelry store on
j Main Street at I o'clock yesterday
I mornin?. thieves escaped with
j merchandise valued .it Jl.jO. The
robbers, after breaking the glass
' seized all within reach, manicure and
toilet sets, ivory heads and silver
hair brushes, and then clambered In
to an automobile and made oil' at :
j high spe< d.
SafeR
PASTOR, LEAVING, GIVEN
LOVING CI V AND PURSE
|Special tn Tlx- 'I'imos-nispatcli. 1
STAUNTON. VA.. I >eo. 2;i.?Ho v. i
| Charles A. Lawronw, the con tor of
the recent disturbance at tho Second
I'roshyterian Church, loft today for
New York State. l/ist night ho was
t< microti a farewell roooption l?y the
majority of his congregation. lie
was the recipient "f a handsome sil
ver loviiij; cup iinil {1,150 In cash.
Mr. I.awroni-o's rrsivnation as pastor
"f this church was accepted hy I.ex
inirton Presbytery recently, the pros-;
h.vtcry at the same time asking fori
Ilie resignation of the church o III - j
1 rials, effective January I.
PARKER'S
HAIR BALSAM
HrroovMfiAnilrulT Sto|?*l!*i*t-alltnc?
Reitoret Color and J
Beauty to Gray and Faded Haiti |
?0c nrA'l 11 f*i ai j
Hltrrti Then. W'k> I'atrlH.r'?* N Yj
j STAUVS IVjUC?
; A clogging mass of undigested food
that remains fermenting in the stom
ach or intestines sends the poisons it
develops through the entire human I
body. "Keep the bowels open," is one
rule of health recognized by all schools .
of medicine. Foley Cathartic Tablets '
cleanse the bowels, sweeten the stom
ach and benefit the liver. For indigC3
> tion, biliousness, bad breath, bloating,
gas or constipation, no remedy is
more highly recommended. Mo grip,
inr* or nausea.
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Gifts of Flowers
It is still time to select a "Beautiful (lift of Flowers"
at MOSMlLLrUK'S.
BEGONIAS, CYC LAM KN and POINSETTIAS, the
three most popular Christmas Plants, can still be had
here in beautiful specimens, and at reasonable prices.
If you can't call just telephone and selection will
be made for you. Last-minute orders will receive our
usual careful attention.
MOSMILLER
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Ideal
Suitable for most any
member of the fnmlly.
Our stock is complete
with nil si/.es ami styles,
priced from $2.00 up.
For the Kodak
er, films, supplies, a
carry case or tripod
innke an acceptable
glfi.
Iil?S. Galeski <?|f? Optical Co
8th & Main Sta. 223 E. Broad St.
KODAK HEADQUARTERS .
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1DINWIDDIE YOUTH FREED
ON CHARGE OF MURDER
William Henry Hardy Not
Guilty of Shooting
Lewis.
ISpccliil to This Tlmcs-lMsputeh.]
I'lSTKItSHUHCS. VA., Ike. L'3.?
When ilio Jury !ii the trjal of William
Henry Hardy, 10-year-old lMnwIddle
County youlli, clturK?U with tlie mur
der of Tom l.ewls at The l.ewis home
on September 8, returned ai verdict
last nitOu at lHnwiddio Courthouse,
ii<'(|iilttlii^ the boy, his mother and
Ulster were so over-Joyed they threw
their arms around Henjainin l.oven
slein. of Richmond, one of the coun
sc. for dcf? i.si'.
The sister and mother hail re
mained at the youth's Hide since the
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Rockingham Poultry
Crop Worth $2,000,000
[Special to The Tlinos-Dispatch.]
11A It HI SON UU1 tO, VA? Dec. 23.
? Poultry raising In Rockingham
County lias become the lurKent In
dustry In recent yearn, nml now
brings annual returns totaling
approximately (3,000,000, accord
lug to u report recently submitted
by County Agent Charles W.
Wampler to the Hook Ingham Agri
cultural Advisory Council.
About 30,000 "loafer" liens were
eliminated from tho flocks by a
process of "culling" during the
last year, the report shows, and
likewise about 4,500 roosters were
disposed <>f after the hatching sea- 1
I son, ihus effecting a great saving
In feed.
trial started and had been faithful
to li:m during his Incarceration In
the county Jail since the date of th-i
crime. He left the courtroom with
them a free man.
Ilml Denied (iullt All A Ion*;.
Kver since his arrest. Hardy ha? j
denied his RUllt. sayltig that nlthntiKh '
he was nt*lhe I.owls hum" at th<> time '
tho man was shot ho had nothing' to
do with his death. He claimed that
Mrs. Lewis had shot her h\isband
when she mistook him for a bursar,
Mrs. l^owls also Is under Indict
ment for tho murder of her husband
uml will go on trlul at tlio next term
of the county court. She Is at liberty
on bond, although she wan held in
Jail a week following the killing:, but
later released on account of her
young child. She was In court dur
ing Hardy's trial, but was not called
to testify.
<'mined SI well Tnlk.
The killing of I.owls aroused m.ucli'
talk In tho neighborhood. Keturnlnd
borne late at night, ho was nhot wlilla
In tho yard, the fatal loud of shot
coining tliroUKh a window. Ills body
was not found until next, morning,
the persons In the house claiming
they thought It was a burglur and
were afruld to investigate.
Itcriuceri Railroad Fares
Account Christinas Holidays
VIA
Atlantic Coast Line
Hound-trip tickets nt one and one
half fares will be sold on Dccoinber
21st. 22nd, 23rd, 24th and 25th, final
limit midnight January I. 1922.?Adv.
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The Christmas Qift
That is Always Welcome
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Each piecc of candy in the Norris
Variety Box carries out the spirit of the
clay?a delightful surprise.
The delicious flavors and unusual cen
ters of the sixteen varieties make the
Variety Box something more than a mere
Christmas compliment.
Lots of Gift Goods
Rather Than Carry Over
-Desk Sets ?Ladies' Hand Bags
-Brief Cases ?Ink Stands
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-Leather Goods ?Desk Lamps
-Smokers' Stands ?Boxed Papers
XMAS CARDS! All 5c Cards Now 7 for 25c
All 10c Cards Now 7 for 50c
Southern Stamp & Stationery Co.
Sam'l 8. Itoscnilorf
Twelve-Six Main?Just Below Planters Bank. *>
Stationers?Printers?Engravers. ?
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