The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-14
PLANS FOR
ELKS' HOME.
Drawings Of Thomas E. Rad
Cliffe We're Selected.
AN $4,000 BUILDING
Rev. j. S. Foster, Pastor Of Tabb-Street
Presbyterian Church, Will Deliver
Baccalaureate Sermon at the
Southern Female College.
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PETERSBURG. VA, May l3-Ihe
OF Elks last night examined tho plans
submitted for the new Elks Home, to DC
built on East Tabb Street. In this city.
The drawings were submitted by MT.
Thomas L.. Radcliffe, of Petersburg; MI.
John X. PEBBLES. OF Norfolk. and Mr..
Carl Runner. Of Richmond. The com
irittee selected tho. plans made by ME-.
Radcliffe The building. as proposed by
him. will cost $4,000. Six thousand OF this
sum Is now In hand.
Rev. J. 8. Foster, pastor of Tabb-Street
Presbyterian Church. in this city. has
been selected to deliver tho baccalaureate
sermon before the pupils of the Southern
Female College, May 31st. On that day
REV. Mr.. Foster and DR.. Starr, pastor
of Washington Street Church, VIII ex-
change pulpits, In order that tho sermon
may DO preached at Washington Street
Church.
Mr.. Foster has been invited by the La
dies Memorial Association to deliver the
Grafton to the Confederate dead, Memo.
rial Day, June 9th He is q very able and
eloquent speaker.
The Chesterfield Manufacturing Com
rany, which owns and operates the Swift
Creek Cotton Mills, will soon begin the
manufacture OF bricks near their cotton
mills. The bricks will be made by ma
chinery, which Is now being installed.
The Petersburg Chamber or Commerce
will give n splendid banquet Tomorrow
night to mark the organization OF the
liewly consolidated body Tho entertain
ment committee has arranged an elapo-
rate menu with Mr.. John Henrahan as
caterer business session VIII be helo
at A. P. Hill Camp Hall ut halt-past .
o'clock to hear the reports of the COM
,nittces on constitution and bylaws and
on organizations An effort IS being made
to have present at this meeting as many
members as possible. After the business
session. the members. nth their guests
Will go to Library Hail. "here mo Dali
quct will be held
Tho Petersburg Telephone CDmpaey
has about completed arrangements for
direct communication with Richmond. ~
present there Is considerable time lost IN
getting telephone communication with
Richmond Under the new arrangement
subscribers will be connected directly with
Richmond subscribers. just as with SUD
scr!berS in this city.
Mcssrs, J. II. Gray and w. T. Pnrham.
the committee appointed for the purpose,
have visited the merchants IN petersburg r
O'clock during the Stuart meetings next
week Nearly every merchant agreed 10
comply with the request, and those VINO
did not agree to this said they. would per-
NIT their clerks to leave at this hour TO
attend the meetings.
1hes body of the late George II. Carroll,
WHO died in Prince George county lyester-
| day, was shipped from Petersburg to VIII
loughby, Ohio, to-day for burial. He went
to Prince George from Ohio several years
ago. He was seventy years Of age.
John Bailey. the negro recently SEN
fenced to serve eighteen years in the PEN
TERTIARY for attempted criminal assault
in Sussex county, was taken to the prison
to-day by George w. Graves, one Of the
guards.
Applications for liquor licenses will be
heard by the Prince George County Court
tomorrow. It Is reported that there VIII
be only one application
The Orpheus Quartette Will give their
entertainment at the Young Mems Chris
tIan Association Hall tomorrow evening.