Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-05-30
WEST END NOTES.
A WONAN'S SELF-DE-
STRUCTION
With Rough on Rats.
A WHOLE FAMILY GONE NORTH.
Great Interest in Religious Servises-A
Great Feast for the PeOple-Old Folks
Home-Short Sermons Needed.

Several families have removed from
this section TO the north looking lor
work. Nearly one hundred young ana
old persons have gone because they
cannot get sufficient work to properly
sustain themselves. These re some
of the results of the in"Illity OF the
democratic party to graPple with the
finance and keep alive the business
interest of the country. FRIENDS,
tr&fA God and wait for Mckinley and
business is on the boom, and Will soon
be installed to the great blessing oil
this entire country.
Great interest is being taken in re-
ligious work. Revival meetings are on
the increase. Many conversions,
among both young and old, but the
young seem more interested th&H me
at home? While there is large at
sendance at the churches, the cOllec-
uons generally speaking, are compari.
lively small This is IA bad sign, Tor IL
you pray during the week you will car
nv a reasonable part of your earnings
to the churches on Sunday. The
cause needs your prayers and your
m0ney.
Sunday, oath, at River View Baptist
Church, Revs. q. L. Johnson and Eli
Saunders conducted services morning
and afternoon. The revival is In prog
ress and several conventions.
AT the 9th Baptist Church, Revs.
J. b. johnson and Josiah Smith con-
Quoted the services and preached earn
est sermons The church has decid-
ed to commence revival meetings
about June 18th. Let the professors
of Christ pray and have God TO revive
their hearts for unless you do God
will not give the increase.
Rev. H. Powell, pastor elect, will
be installed on the first Sunday in
June. The following divines will take
part in the exercises: Revs. j. NJ.
Armstead, ID. D., w. +. Graham, A. ).
Thomas, E. Payne, A. Binga, Jr., ID. ID
James Ii. Holmes and others.
Grand Harvest Home Entertainment
and Public Reception TO Rev. ii. Pow
ell, our new pastor and wife, at the
9th Baptist Church Thursday night
June 11th at s 80. Rev. Powell will bt
presented to the public by that muof
loved and faitful man of God, Rev
Richard Wells, pastor of the Ebenezel
Baptist Church, after the public re
ception. All the city pastors of Rich
mond and Manchester with their wives
will dine with Rev. and Mrs. Powell
in the lecture room of the church
Only each pastor with his wife will b,
furnished free tickets TO the supper.
Ice-cream and strawberry feas
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday ant
Thursday evenings, June Sth, eth, lott
and 1lth, 1896. Admission first tire
nights 25S or 10S each night. Admis
sion free Thursday night. Ice-crean
strawberries, fried chickens, ham an,
mustard, fruits and other delicacies
The committee will spare no pain
Il, -,
tainment and solicits the patronage Q
all. Everything served at moderat
prices and there will be an abundanc
for all.
There will be preaching each nigh
in the main auditorium and the haI
vest in the lecture room, under tn
auspices of club No. /. also member
and friends of the church.
Mrs. Rev. II. Powell will read a
essay, subject suitable TO the occasion
Brother g. @. Williams will sing a fe
choice solos.
Committee of ladies: Sisters E.
Moss, (chaiTman) Mary Z. Jones, ,
Burford, Maria Brown, Mary Masse,
Emma Lynch, Misses Emma Luca
BE. Syns, Roberta Johnson, Fam
Jasper, Mesdames q. w. Moore, Luv
via Sheldon, l.. Meade, and E. ]
Smith Gents: w. Ii. Carter, NJ. @
Thos. O. Edmoncs, Robert Ii. Free
man, William Burford, Albert Jone
VIM. Ii. cambridge, JEFF Morton,
II. Ferguson, George w Moore, w.
White.
General admission, lOS each of fir
three nights. Thursday night free
all at 8 80.
Mrs. Charlotte Johnson of 514 Gait
crime street took rough on rats la
Monday evening. She was taken
the Almshouse and died in a fe
hours from the effects of the poison.
1t is said that she had been laboril
under a delusion for some time pas
1t is also said that it was the result
love affair.
A young woman by the name of La
ia died very suddenly last Wednesd
in an alley in Clay market.
AJAX.