Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-01
IN CITY AND COUNTY.
NEWS CLEANED ~ M,NCHESTEH
AND FROM CHEsTEHFIELD.
lIl,DAY SUSDAY-SCHOOL MEETING.
r,tcrcsting Exercises ana Good Coll
lcctions for the building Fund
,.s pcforc the NaNor-Dcnths
md Funcral-Pcrsonai Notes.

Tho Chesterfield county Baptist sun
6,v-school Association, now embracing
o. ,,-r, proportion Of the sunday schools
a. ,,. Middle District Association. held
~, sunday one Of the most interesting
and profitable meetings ia the history
,r The organization The Gay dawned
lrrh, and pleasant. The Sunday school
a.. The Bethlehem Baptist church met at
30 o'clock After study of the lesson
srI Bible drill. the association assem-
iI al II o'clock. and was called TO
order by the president Mr.. B. F. John
SOB. Dr. J. r. Garlick preached from
r. text. ON the name OF our God, we
,u set up our banners" Psalm Xxx. o.
rae sermon was an able and excellent
one. fun Of encouraging words and
casing with an earnest appeal to the
taconvcrtcd TO enlist under the banners
O. this Christian band of workers. march
jig hedvonWard with them.
Great crowds were iu attendance. ana
tH. house was filed with eager. earnest
listeners. AT the close OF the preaching
Ir g. y. Dickinson was introduced by
tae president. and proceeded to engineer
q collection for the benefit of the church.
Quite q handsome sum was realized
about $50 in cash. and pledges being re-
ceFei with assurances of much more TO
follow. After an excellent dinner on the
pI0mls-such as the Chesterfield people
lr0w woil how 10 prOvide-the associa-
t.n assembled In the afternoon mt 2:3o.
Some additional subscriptions to the
building fund Of the church were se-
DIrol and encouraging reports read from
large number Of schools delegates.
Including superintendent and officers,
icing present from Chesterfield. Amelia,
end POwhatan counties. Addresses were
delivered by Rev. r. II. Winfree. Rev.
SIR. Riddlck Rev W. a. CridIle, Rev. NJ.
a Martin. and others. Several pieces Of
music were rendered creditably by the
choir. and the congregation Joined
lrtuy I'm singing good olG-fashioned
tunes that were announced from time 10
i.me. Altogether the m citing was an
excellent one. Many prominent Sunday
school workers left for their homes.
win the determination to do better work
in the Sunday school than ever before.
The collection taken which is hoped viii
eventually amount 10 800 was a great
financial help to the Bethlehem people
who are building beautiful new house
a. worship which was used yesterday
f1r the first time. though not entirely
completed.
Among the visiting brethren were Y.
a. Hicks. from Powhatan; r. a. Jus
ucc Of Chesterfield; j. G. Taylor ana
g. r. Goode
The meeting adjourned at p. NJ. and
She association will hold its next quarter
,y meeting the NTH Sunday I'm August
rt the Second Branch Baptist church in
Chesterfield county.
MAYOR HAS MANY CASES.
There was an unusually large number
9f cases before Mayor Maurice yester-
Gay morning That OF James Brinkley.
Oh. negro arrested several days ago as
p suspicious character. was the most
Interesting. Brnkley was seen last Fri
iay with q suspicious-looking bundle i'm
hs hands ON examination the bundle
proved TO contain four brass boxes be-
longing TO the Scabcard Airline. which
Wero stolen no Weldon. He brought
Them 10 This place and was on his way
o. dispose Of them when arrested lie
was given six months in Jail. Brinkley
Vas seen Saturday by a gentleman from
Monroe. y. c.. one Of the places that he
claims as his home and the gentleman
.l.t town for house-breaking. The au-
lhouues Of that place will be commun-
-atod with.
Willie Griffith a young man who lives
n the lower part Of the city and col
1rcl woman named Sylvia Foster lad
some words on Fourth street Saturday
nieht and The young man picked up
rock and hit the woman in the pit of the
stomach. He was arrested. and the case
vas called yesterday morning but the
woman was in such "a condition from the
blow that She could not testify, and the
Case was postponed until next Friday.
Fail was asked for. but refused Griffith
IS about Cd years Of age. and is employed
IN furniture factory i'm Richmond
Ira Ellis Was fined SO and costs for
assauiting Frank Hancock. Mat. jenkins
had 90 pay s. for beating his wife, Hes
ter Fowler was assessed s. 80 for dis
orderly conduct and George Gray.
charged with breaking into the house o.
ELLEN richardson, from whom he rents a
room. for which he had not paid the rent,
was discharged.
FUNERAL AND TWO DEATHS.
large number Of sympathlzlng
friends were present at Maury Cemetery
Sunday afternoon 10 show their last tri-
butte 20 Mr.. Addison w Jones. whose
death occurred az the residence OF his
daughter Mrs. Harvey NJ. Clarke, last
Friday. Rev W II. Williams. the pastor
Of West-End Methodist church, OBLIGATED.
and read the services at the grave. Mr..
W j. Morrissette sang very fecllngiy
"Only Remember"
James Alexander Lipscomb the infant
fon Of Mr. James NJ Lipscomb. died at
the residence Of his grandfather Chief
Of-Police James a. Lipscomb. at No. 1903
Maury street Sunday afternoon about 3
o'clock. The funeral took place from
the residence No. 1903 Maury street. yes
ierday afternoon at 4.20 O'Clock. Rev. w.
T. Williams. pastor Of West-End church,
oniciated The internont was made at
naury Cemetery
Thomas o. Markham. Jr., the infant
con Of Mr. and AIRS. o. j. Markham, died
al his parents residence, on Eighth and
cambridge streets, on last Saturday
night. The remains were taken on the
noon train Of the Southern railway Sun
day 20 Hallsboro' where the funeral will
take place az Mount Herman church, ana
tho intermcnt will be made In the chlrca
burying ground. Rev, w. T. Hurt Of
stockton-Strcet Baptist church, accom-
panied the remains 10 Hallsboro and
oficiatc1.
William Graham, the negro boy who
was shot several months ago, Is still In