The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-08
RESUME WORK OF
MERCY AND Love
Mary Washington Hospital is
Now Open Again.
EXTENDING PHONE SERVICE
Fredericksburg Soon to Have connec
ton WITH Entire Eastern Shore.
culpeper Farmers Pres
pairing for REUNION.
EXTENDING PHONE SERVICE
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-PEDERlCk So URG, VA, August T.
The physicians OF the city who have
managed the Mary Washington Hospital
for the past several months whilst the
building of additions and other improve
xneats were being made at the insttu-
tIon. have turned the hospital back into
the hands of the ladies composing the
association and the ladies have resumed
control. The trained nurses who have
been temporarily with the Mt. Wilson
Hospital IN Maryland have returned 10
their duties here. The work on the ad-
ditons Will not be completed before oc-
tober 1st
The laying Of the cornerstone Of the
chapel to be erected in Stafford county
near Brooke Station, as a memorial 10
the late Rev. ". 4. d. Moncure, "fhcn
was set for last Thursday. was poslPollsu
on account of the stormy weathef- az
date for the ceremony will be announces
later Rev. Joseph BiilinEsley viii De me
orator The lot for the chapel was donated
by Mr.. e. A. Graves, OF Stafford, ana
the material has all been paid for and Is
on the ground ready for the workmen as
soon as the cornerstone ceremonies ere
held.
BETTER PHONE SERVICE.
When the telephone line between this
city and Tappahannock is completed
which VIII be during the coming laii'
there will be direct telephone commu-
nications between this point and Norloih.
Portmouth, Barkley, Newport News,
Hamilton, Old Point, Yorktown West Point
and Virginia Beach. besides lftY-eight
Offices in Middlesex county, eighty-siX in
Gloucester county, iWenty-Seyen IN dath-
ews fourteen il Essex and two in York
making a. total OF one hundred and nine
ty-eight offices.
The interior Of the Baptist Church has
been greatly improved and beauuhed at
q consderab bic cost making II one OIL the
most beautiful edifices in the State Ser
vices in this church have for some months
been conducted in the basement or Sun
day-schooI room but on next Sunday the
auditorium will be used. when the pas
tor, Rev. Dr. J. S. Dill, will preach
special sermon appropriate to the oc-
casion.
Mr. E. West, of Stafford county, owns
q horse which. 1t is claimed, hauled
portion of the materials used in the
building of Rock Hill Church in that
county about forty years ago. This prob
ably is the oldest horse in the State.
CUDPEPER FARMERS PICNIC.
The farmers Of Culpeper county are
preparing for the big annual farmers
pcnic to be held in that county on Au-
gust Dist. These occasions are always OF
special interest. The farmers attend with
their families, each bringing q large bas-
ket containing the most substantial and
choicest articles. from the culinary de-
partments of the trifty households OF that
section, and at dinner hour, these bas-
kets are opened and the dinner spread,
and everybody is invited with true Viz
Eipia hospitality to help him and herself,
and there is always plenty to spare. Gov
ernor Montague and Commissioner OF Ag-
riculture G. W. Koiner are expected to
be present and other persons Of proni-
nence A number Of addresses will be de-
liVered.
Mr.. J. Henry Cochran. the wealthy
State Senator. of Pittsburg, Pa. who
several years ago purchased the fine old
estate Rose Gill; in Middlesex county,
extended thousands OF dollars improving
the property and with his family spends
his summers there. is now erecting a
large grist mill, which will have a capa-
city Of so barrels of -four and the same
amount of meal per day, for the conren-
fence Of the people residing in that sec
ton.
CoLORED BAPTISTS ORGANIZE.
A number of colored people Of Virginia
and Maryland recently organized an asso-
citation 10 be known as the Potomac Bap-
tist Association. the object Of which is
to bring about harmony and union among
the colored Baptist churches in Mary
land and Virginia. Officers We're chosen
rs follows: Rev. w. R. Ward, of Charles
City, Nd. moderator; Rev. ]. Grymes. of
King George county, va. vice.moderator;
Rev ]. II. Williams, of King George. Va.
financial secretary; Yancey Warren. of
Maryland, recording secretary; Anthony
Carroll. of Maryland, treasurer.
Dehtany Baptist church. IN spotsyivanla
county. has elected Messrs. Richelieu
Coleman, Robert Blanton and Carroll
Goodloe delegates to the Goshen Baptist
Association to be held at Walters Church
! In Spotsylvania county this month.
Rev l.. a. Spencer, a student Of Ash
bury College. of kentucky, is conducting
q revival meeting at Lebanon Methodist
Church. in Spotsylvania county, with
great success.