The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-02-08
THE SONS OF VETERANS.
4 DELTGHTFtL RECEPTION TEN
DERED THIN ~ MANCHESTER.
Col. and Mrs. 4. q. Evans Entertain Ihc'"
Royaily-rrsisc for Mr.. Eouss-i" ne'"i
of Mr.. Heamx-Persona1s.
MLNcnrsTrr BUREAU BIcuMoNp llMES
No. ll2i Hun STREET. BEAfrh bLo"A'

No. ll2i HuLL STREET. BEAFrh bLooA''
Tho reception rendered Lee Camp sons
of Veterans ON Thursday nishs aiter
General Rosscr's lecture was one %
the most enjoyable events OF t"o go,
s~assr Aftcr nm hour spent in converse
4. delicious supper was served, i"c '"DiD
1,,np nrcttily decorated, and handsome
souvenir OF tho occasion placed at e"e"
pW,N al. r,,ororce Evans
..,.-c,t,incd the audience with SeNciai
,eci.a,.ons which was rendered IN man
49,. ,nst Won The admiral ton Of al pre-
60 second ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Iohn = I.aughton, Of Lee camp VINO
was one OF the guests, was me
sneaker. Speeches were also maui ~
Colonel Il. Leslie spence, Co'onei y, W,
Archer. Colonel r. Il. Pollard, ana No'040'
Evans ,,atr,o,d,s
AIR. Minetreo Foxes. one OF Rlcnh l,,l,'os
most promising young men NM - 10
Of tho sons of Veterans, entertaiht1 tlc
sssemblaee by rendering Hamlets SOM
oo,,v and Mr. IahOOd's solo was ~
.niovabe Mr.. Folkes in an apptopi'a1e
,ne..b rendered the thanks OF lhe SoiS
~ Veterans TO Colonel and Mrs. hN@ns,
Ms Florence Evans. ana the i'"'e'''U
of the family for their generous hosP
tali,v and Kind assistance Whlcn ny
always rendered the Sons OF Netei am.
General Thomas L. Eosscr' 'he iaii'ous
cayalryman. and Colonel y. I. A,.N'S'1'
and Comrades H. y. Jordan ana T. o"I
iosbor III Joseph +. Johnston camp, were
among the guests. ..,.,
PRAISE FOR ROUSS.
A, the conclusion Of General Rosser's
lecture Thursday night, the followin1 res
.lutions we're presented by Captain Alt-
Lisson and adopted unanimously
"posolvcd. That the Joseph T.. Johnston
e-an,n 81 United Confederate Veterans
have heard with great qualification OF NE
nrinrejv donation OF Comrade CharleS
y Rouss. that heroic son ofNirginia, 10
tho establishment OF a memorial tor lhe
batte-abbcy of the South. We eAiehI
10 him our greetings and most cofaial
thanks. .,.,.
Resolved further. That a copy Of TINS
resolution be forwarded to Comrade
Rouss. at New York city. where ne now
resides by our adjutant, Captain \.
knorr.
"Resolved further. That the Joseph =.
Johnston Camp extend its thanks 10 Gene
raj Rosser for his eloquent and beaatiia
lecture delivered here tonight
FUNERAL or Mr.. REAMS.
The funeral OF Mr. H. Chester Reams
took place at 10 o'clock yesterday morning
from Clopton-Street Baptist church, and
The building was densely crowded win
The friends Of the deceased. The cholr
gallery was draped i'm black Grape IN
recognition OF the fact thar ne was at
one time a member of the ORGANIZATION
The services were solemniy conducted py
Rev. W H. Haisht.
Mrs William Marshall. Mrs. T. j. Nor
rissett, and Messrs ". NJ. Jones and W.
J. Morrissett sang the Quartette, Blessed
are the dead who die in the Lord. A
beautiful floral design. given by the choir
was very pretty. being a harp with the
word "Choir" inscribed.
The following were the pail bearers:
Messrs. Joseph W. Holt. +. a. Hooker,
John a. Burke, ". e. Clements, }. II.
Conway. w. r. Jones, IL. b. Bolton and
George Is. Ely
The sermon last night closed the revi-
Val services at Fifth-STeet church. but
will begin again on Sunday night next az
Central church, and be continued until
further notice.
In the Police Court yesterday morning
Lewis Harris. YIN. Jones, and Lew.
Brown were tried on the charge Of steal
ing wire from the Perry street electric
line. Brown, who is very young. was
dismissed after his mother had admins
tered a severe whipping to him I'm tho
COURTROOM, while Harris and Jones were
given ninety days in Jail and fined s.
each.
DANCE AT MIDLOTHIAN
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Myers. of Midlo-
thian, gave a most successful dance at
their beautiful homo last Wednesday
night. The house was pretily decorated
for the occasion. and tho time sped pleas
antly for an. Dancib was kept up until
a late hour. and a sumptuOus supper was
served i'm the course of the evening.
Among tho guests were Mr.. and Mrs.
Webb, Mr.. and Mrs. Winfree. Misses Bir-
die Atkinson. Lula Powell. Mabel East
man. Ida Mosby. of Richmond: Alma Rob
ins. OF Richmond; Miss Helen Hall, and
Messrs. Willie Webb, Albert Webb John
Han. George Jewett. John Jewett, Lin
wood Lester, John Eastman, Charles At
kinson, Waller sherrer and Mr.. Watts.
PARTY AT HOLLAND HILL"
The suburban homestead OF the Misses
Holland. On Holland Hi. was scene
OF ono OF the most enjoyable social events
Of the season Thursday night. the oc-
casion being dance given by Miss Mat
tie RESCUE Giiiock and the Misses Hoi-
land TO their friends. \ number of
friends Of these young ladies from Man
chester and Richmond had gathered in
The parlors OF the delightful old home
shortly after o'clock The BAH was be-
gun with a waltz. which was followed
by the twO-step and latter by a number
OF pretty square sets. About midnight
delightful refreshments were served. after
which dancing was resumed, and contin-
ued until after o'clock, when the gather
ing dispersed.
BRIEF MENTION.
Mr.. Arthur Nunnally, Of Ashland, has
been spending several days in the city.
Mrs. T. y. Peasley, who has been very
H. Is much improved.
Miss LOttie Cosby. OF Caroline county.
IS the guest Of Miss Ethel Harding, on