Richmond planet., 1895-07-20
MANCHESTER LETTER.

The First Baptist Church Sabbath
School Will give their annual picnic at
Wooldridge's Grove on next Monday,
the 22nd inst. A grand time is expect
ed.
Mr.. Eddie Powell continues very sick
at his residence on 9th and Stockholm
Sts.
Misses Esther Brooks and Leila A..
Johnson left the city last week for Pc
tersburg, to attend the Teachers Insti-
tute.
Mr.. r. A johnson has been very sick
the past week, but is convalescing.
Services at the First Baptist Church
were well attended last Sunday.
Rev Hunter, ex-pastor of the NJ E.
Church, was in our city last week.
Mr.. Willie Harris left the city this
week for the North.
Three years ago the First Baptist
Church of our city was $1,000 in debt
SO 100 of that amount has been paid,
leaving an Indebtedness now of only
$4, 600. Too much praise cannot be
given Rev. Binga, for his earnest labor
with his untiring flock.
Mr.. r. r. Holmes, the youngest son
OF Rev. Jas. H. Holmes on last Sunday
morning visited our Sabbath School.
A SHOOTING AFFAIR.
Mr.. Thomas Fuller, who lives on w.
9th St., near the X. +. & p. X. R., and
is employed as a section hand on the
Atlantic-Coast Line, was accidently
shot in the arm by Mr.. Thomas Cope
land on last Tuesday morning while in
a caboose-car on the Coast-Line yard
in Richmond. Mr.. Copeland and Rob-
ert Boyd became involved in a difficult
ty, in which the former drew his pistol
and fired two shots. One of the balls
struck Mr.. Boyd in the breast and a
mirror and copper cent caused it to
glance and he escaped injury. The
| second shot missed him and struck
/ Mr.. Fuller on the left arm. The ball
entered the flesh part OF the arm above
the elbow and grazing the bone, lodg-
ed in the rear of the arm. We visited
| Mr.. Fuller that evening and he SEEM
| ed to have beeen in great agony.
/ A grand entertainment was given on
last Wednesday night at the home of
Miss Maggie Berry, by the Geranium
| Club, in honor of Miss Annie Rayner,
of Raleigh, n. c., who has been visit
ing our city the past few days, but left
Thursday morning for her home. A
live time was spent by all partici-
pants. Refreshments were served.
Thieves have commenced to wander
about our city. While in Newtown
they are raising chickens" from the
roost, IN Manchester they are entering
grocery stores. On last Wednesday
they entered the rear of the Mercantile
Trading Company store and stole q
large quantity of groceries and liquors
This makes the seventh or eighth time
they have entered that store. Oul
"men in blue" should take a stride VI
town at night as well as in the lower
portion of the city.
Look at these figures. Figures don
lie.'' Out of 1855 members of the Firs
Baptist Oh Irch only All contributed L
the general expenses of the churcl
last quarter. Male contributors 14e
female, 262. 845 failed to contribute
Wonder why is it that Richmon'
fellow was not at the entertainment
given a few nights ago. We saw tn
one he calls his best girl.
Yes, he was riding a bycicle all tn
day last Sunday, and if you don't loo
out, he will have one built for two
Great sport he is.
A certain fellow who left our city no
long since, seemed to have had a plen
ty of girls on his list. He wrote
two of his best girls last week and ad
dressed the letters wrong. The lette
which should have gone TO his "twats
watsy," went to his 'tuti-fru-ti" Bi
mistake, don't you think so Oh
both of them read the same.
The ''sOns of never sweat" band
: increasing daily. They declare ths
: they cannot work while the sun is shi
ing on both sides of the street an
sour-grass plentiful.