The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-30
THREE COUPLES
Welded AT ONCE
Parson Burroughs Is Doinga Thriving
Business.
He HAS BECOME AN EXPER''
The Parson Can Spot a Couple WIN
Matrimonial Intentions the Mo-
ment be Sets Eyes on Them.
News Of the Border VoWn.
He HAS BECOME AN EXPERl'
Especial Dtspatch to The Timcs.o

names viii NOT cesse so long as Parson
Burroughs matrimonial Mecca s.sl.,os.
One day this week the paEson oiilIislt ',s ~
four marriages Of young Virginia i,ni.1
ways. The same ceremony SCI =.
unite three of the couples. iioso elos
yielding to Cupids fatal darts "eie s, 10.
L. BuntS ana Miss Hattie Powell
vile; Arthur c. Miller and MISS NIlsa -,
Thompson; Abingdon; Chas. r. Stech anu
Miss Martha A. workman, Saltville; Sam
A. Jones and Miss Olive r. hlsher, " al,
lace. Miss Workman and MISS Fo"eii
were each only Is years OF age.
Parson Burroughs finds 1t easy no" %
single out these couples as they aiiine
among the daily throng Oh paSseiSe'
having become such an expert DIS 70 ca
most tell from the condition OIL tie al
mosptlere when 4 couple IS 10 siiire.
They are never new or strange 70 lle
pa;son. and he usually goes among them
down the depot platform as Il ne hdu
known them from babynood-
BRAZILIAN MISSIONARIES.
Rev. and Mrs Edward a. Tiiley. Bra
lillian missionaries, are at their Old nome
here, after the long absence OF Twelve
years They visited the Paris exposition
before coming to America. They VIII De
in this country twelve months. one i'SIti
of which time they expect 10 spehu ~
Bristol. Mr. Tilley, who is usually out
spoken in his views, came near nav ms
to go to prison during the Brazilian reVolu-
ton for sympathy manifested TOWARD lSie
insurgents.
The Bristol Board of Trade has ap-
nointed a. committee OF nine to join the
Raptist ARRANGEMENT committee IN max
ing preparations for the entertainment OIL
the general Baptist Association or VIZ
eiria when that body meets IN annual
session here on the 18th of November.
IT is expected that upwards of LOO dele
gates will be in attendance.
Mr. John Sealy, chairman OF tlie
weston Relief Finance Committee, al na.-
weston. mas written Colonel ]. B. Peters,
acknowledgirs Bristol's remittance for
1-es;dent of the Bristol Board OF lTaue,
the relief of the stricken city, and return
;ne, +re most grateful thanks to the ciLi-z
zens of Bristol for their snare OIL tiiieis
ain While Bristols contribution was nuI
= few hundred dollars, it vas, at the
came time. much larger than that u NC"
York city in proportion to po l23lI4IoGtr
Tho preshyterians of West Bristol have
orranizef, and propose to erect a ne"
cr7urch and form n new church orgailiHd-
+ion anart from tho First presbyterian
Church. o, c,o Coz
n is proposed 10 raise about $4,000 Tor
+,a rev church. and a committee is no"
soliciting subscriptions. The Bapttsts are
about ready TO begin the erection O. new
.,rr,I, in West Bristol to cost &S','hV
pristol,s fall carnival will take place on
1,bnrs7ay. Friday and Saturday, OCTOBER
~, eth and 9Th. The Executive commit
tee with J. H Newton eX-inayor' al us
head. has done excellent work and no" mas
matters in pretty good shape Tor tne piE
show. Miss Cora Crockett, sister OF MRS,
craio, wife of State Treasurer Il. d. craig,
Of tennessee, was this week chosen 10 De
or,een of the carnival Capt. j. ID. Hooo
will be chief marshal OF the trades as
nlay, and DR.. Fl. F. Henderson VII! lioio
similar position in the floral parade
Mics Hatrie plunkett, formerly Of Lynch
burg. will be queen OF the fiorai panaoe:
The Woman's Missionary Society OF the
E4ols+on Conference Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, has been in session mere
since Tuesday night. Addresses OF wei
come were delivered as follows:
By DR.. Charles o. Jones, on behalf OF
the Bristol Church; by Joseph T. Kelly,
for the city: by Mrs. A b. W whitaker, Tor
the Home Mission Society: by Mrs R1ves
Walker, for the Foreign Mission society.
The response on behalE OF the visitors,
was made by Mrs. John E. Helms, OF
Morristown.
Various interesting reports were heard
and various topics relative to the work
were discussed by the various delegates
present.
The meeting was presided over by Mrs,
John Z. Chapman. Of Knoxville. Ienn.
About fifty delegates, including the most
prominent lady church workers IN the
Holston Conference, have been in atten-
dance The annual sermon VIII De
preached tomorrow by DR.. Charles o.
Jones.
Typhoid fever is reported to be preya-
lent at Chilhowie. Va. Nineteen cases
have developed Bristol has been COMPARE
lively free from typhoid this season. and
the health authorities are urging precau-
tionary measures to keep it so.
Mrs. Mary y York sold 10 d.. Geo II,
Wiley, OF SaItvile this week her resi-
dence property. at Cumberland and Moore
Streets. for 5000. Or. Wiley and Dr. Il,
Il Cannon, OF Saltville, are buying con
siderable residence property in Bristol.
Susan Flora, The little nine-year-oid
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John z. Burson,
died this week of bronchial pneumonia.
STUMPING FOR REPUBLICANS
Hon 81 H Pettibone, of Bristol, for
| mer Congressman from the First Tennes-
see District, is slumping that district 1or
the Republican ticket. Mr. Petubone Is
a man OF much learning, and his addresses
are forceful and eloquent. The kepuoli-
cans have not a stronger man IN the
South to champion their cause on the
stump.
Mr.. Henry c. Kidd of Big Stone Gap
and Miss Emma Gotlia, a popular young
couple, We're married in Bristol this week
| DR.. Charles Q. Jones officiating.
The East Tennessee Medical Society
| held its semi-annual meeting IN bristo
on Tuesday and Friday of this week, with
Or. r. C. Smith, of Newport, in the chair
Various subjects relating to medicine
and surgery were discussed
Maurice, the little son of Rev. and Mrs
| J. Rutledge King, died this week Of ap-
| pendcitis, after being i'll only few days
| The little fellow died only few hours
| after surgical operation. which revealed
that his bowels had been perforated.
| Henry Caps, a Young Brazilian, who
came to this county with Rev w A
1 Tilley, has entered the Tennessee Medi
cal College, at Knoxville He was very
much impressed with the greatness Of
things American, after spending few
| days in New York city.
! Hugh M. Smith. former citizen Of
/ Bristol, died in Lancaster. KY, this week
Mr.. Smith married a Misc Brown. daugh'
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