The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-22

The. members of the ulton Baptist
/ Church held d business ting on Mon
! day night and elected following Of
| ficers for the next year: rin, Robert Fl.
| Talley; Assistant Clerk, George Mask;
i Treasurer. W Ernest Turner; Collector,
! George II. Duke; Chorister, Albert Sam
uels; fishers. Messrs. Harry Hudson. Will
| liam Clildress, Fred, kuester and Chas.
Childress; Finance Committee, Messrs.
Fred. H. CARRIER, Albert Samuels, W.
| Floyd Reams, George Pierce, George
! Mask, George II. Duke and r. l.. Harrl
| SON. AIessrs. Samuel a Bailey and
Raleigh N1inter were elected deacons 10
succeed George Scott, removed from the
city and Robert Mitchell, deceased. Tha
report of the officers OF the church show
| ed it to be in a splendid condition.
NEWS NOTES AND PERSONALS.
The new bell has been put in place in
| the tower Of the Fulton Baptist Church
| and will be 1uns at an cary hour
/ this morning. The quality of its tone Is
rich and clear and can be heard for miles.
| It is a gift of the Ladies' Aid Society to
| the church and is. said to be one ofejthc'
best bells in the city.
| Mrs. 8. r. Lester, OF Charlottesville.
! spent several days with her sister-in-
law, Miss Hattie Lester whiie en- route
| to Newport News to visit her mother,
Mrs. r. W. Atkinson
Cup Of Cold Water Circle Of Kings
| Daughters and Sons will meet on Monday
| night with Miss Love Rearns, of Nichol-
| son Street.
The Ladies Auxiliary Society and Build
| ers' League of Denny Street Church and
the Ladies Aid Society of Fulton Rap-
| tisL Church will not meet this week.
| Mr.. Beverly, Williams, the aged citizen
| who WIS assaulted and robbed last week.
| an account of which appeared in the
| Leader exclusively, it gstting along nice
! ~.
Tramps are making their presence
known in Fulton every day with a house
/ toulouse canvass for food.
RECORD OF THE SEASON.
Messrs. William Childress James Muck
| OILS, Peyton and Wesley Taylor returned
a. few days ago from a successful hunt
| in New Kent county. On one day dur
Ling their stay they bagged twenty-five
la.res and q. dozen birds. This is the
record for this season.
The last few days has been fine hunt
ing weather and q score of huntsmen can
be. seen daily passing through the vii
lage on their way to lower Varina, where
game is abundant.
Mrs. r., f. sBidgood, the aged aunt of
Mrs S. y. Bailey, who fell last week
and broke her hip, is doing as well as can
| be expected, considering her advanced
| age
The family of Rev. j. T. Oy1er, pastor
| Of Denny-Street NJ. E. Church. arrived
on Tuesday at noon after a visit to Mrs.
| Oyler's parents in Mathews county They
were met by a number of the ladies Of
| the church and given a. reception.
Miss Lucille Lester. Of Louiston. Va. is
the guest of her sister, Mrs. Blanchford
| Sweeney, Of No. So Louisiana Street
Mr.. Uucius Daugherty, of West Nor.
folk, spent several days in the city last
| week.
pr. lines, of Chicago, is the guest of
Mr.. William Hood, of Louis Street
Mrs. T: z. Enright has returned from
g. visit to relatives in Baltimore.
Mr.. Bruce Bew. of Portsmouth. is the
guest of his brother, Harry, Of State
Street.
The Q. x. Social Club will meet on
Monday night with the Misses NIeanleys.
Of TWenty-siNth and Marshall Street.
Mr.. w. s. Trent, Of Louisiana Street,
who has been quite sick for two weeks
Is improving:
Mrs. ". T. Creekmur is quite sick at
her residence. No. So Nicholson Street.
Mrs. NJ. e. Johnston and daughter. Miss
Margaret. OF Varina, will leave this week
for Washing ton. their future home. Mrs.
Johnston sold her elegant farm to Mr.
Edward Foster. of Iowa.
MIR. Anderson bennett, OF the navy yard
at Washington. is visiting his brother
". e. Bennett. of Homestead. on the
James.
Mrs. r. 7. Wilson, who has been i'll at
her home near Varina postoftlce, is able
to be out.
s Miss Hannah Bauer, has given up her
position as teacher OF Tree Fiji school,
owing to i'll health Mi SIS Mabel Frayser.,
dau ghter Of Supervisor ". B.. Frayser
has been appointed to fill the vacancy.
Rose coghlan is shortly to revive For
get-Me-Not,' and will, substitute 1t for
! "a Woman of No Importance.