The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-03
MECHANICS
BUILDING
Union Street Lot Purchased
but No Decision Reached.
CRAP JOINTS ARE RAlDED
Rev. George e. Booker is Preaching on
the Popular Sins Of Petersburg and
the Country at Large-'Worry"
the Subject Sunday Night.
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Especial to Tho T1mcB-Dlspatch.)
PETERSBURG. VA, February 2,-The
Benevolent Mechanics Association may
yet decide to Improve their building on
Sycamore Street. The lot on Union Street
was purchased by the association for the
sole purpose Of putting such building
definitely what will be done in the matter.
Many members favor remodeling Mechan-
les Hall by tho addition of one or two
stories. This would be decided improve
mcnt and very desirable Improvement
to Sycamore Street, and the citizens gen
orally hope that this plan will be adopted.
a committee having In hand tlh resig-
nation Of DIR. Battle has not yet reported
to tho church their action and will not
report until next Sunday. The First Bap
list Church held Its annual meeting yes
terday and tho report Of the Finance
Committee showed the church to be In
a prosperous condition. Officers were
elected as follows: Deacons-Messrs. r.
W. Collier, r. s. Gill. Simon Seward. b.
Roper. r. ]. ]. Spratley,J. 2. Whitehorne:
treasurer. T. B. AIaclin; clerk. r. I. judi
l.ins; musical director. q. A. Hartley. The
Finance Committee was reelected, with
Mr.. w. E. Lum as chairman.
A NATIONAL SIN.
Rev. George ID. Booker. pastor of High
Street Methodist Church. preached to a
large congregation last evening on Pc
tersburg's Most Popular Sim Mr..
Booker designated worry" as the most
popular sin. and did not confine 1t to
Petersburg, declaring that 1t Is a national
sin. Next Sunday evening no will preach
on Particular Sins by Petersburg Peo-
p,e.'
a subscription of $500 was raised at the
morning service yesterday toward the
payment OF the church debt.
The police 1aided a crap Joint on Boil
lingbrook Street in this city, yesterday
They took In charge eight negroes with
dice, cards and money. The game was
going on when the officers entered. VIII
litm Smith. the proprietor of the joint.
was fined $50, and each OF the crap
shooters S.
Sergeant Vaughan Saturday night raided
a similar joint on North Avenue. This
morning Sam Jones. tho proprietor, paid
S., and the other negroes were fined $3.50
each.
NEGROES CONSERVATIVE,
The better class and moro conservative
negroes of Petersburg do not favor the
utterances of Jim Hayes. The relations
between the races In this city are too
friendly to be aroused into hostility by
cratic negroes.
ISlSIlpp IhDUcl ESlDSOIlp VI AIlCiAIuONd,
attended tho funeral Of Mr.. w. II. Cole
In this city Saturday. The two We're
room-mates at Hampden-Sldney College
and had been warm friend since their
college days.
The Baptist Young Peoples Union have
arranged for series OF special addresses
on men Of the Bible. The meeting tonight
was held at the First Baptist Church.
Dr.. starr took for his subject Joshua"
anG DR. Rattle ,'Napoleon.n
Fire Saturday night destroyed small
dwelling house on Shore Street occupied
by Julia Ridley colored. 6The explosion Of
a lamp caused the fire.
Two small houses and some fen cling near
Appomattox Station were burned last
night about midnight. The loss is small.
The body of the late Isham r. Trotter
arrived in Petersburg this morning from
Iiynchburg and was buried from Bland
ford Cemetery.
T. p. A. ENTHUSIASM.
The meeting of Post c. Travellers Pro-
tective Association. was addressed by
several visitors this evening. The time
was devoted mainly to talks about the
prosperous condition Of the order and
the advantage it offers It's members. II
as much. enthusiasm is manifested among
all the posts in the State as there is In
the Petersburg post the State organiza--
ton will go to Indianapolis this spring
with more than q. thousand members.
Among those who spoke were II. G.
Burrows. Peoria, ILL.,, national business
manager: II. l. Harwood, Richmond.
State secretary; c. w. Saunders, Rich
mond, member national board OF direc-
tors; Joseph Wnllerstein and Horace
Smith, Of Richmond.
The Lower Appomattox Board re-
ported to the Council this evening that
they declined to recommend the appro-
priation Of $1,000 by the city for the pur-
pose Of dredging Appomattox River un-
til the Government had done Its work
Of dverting the freshet water. Mr.. Rob
ert Cabaniss. Of the Young Mems Bust
ness Association. appeared before the
meeting and at his request Mr.. Carter r.
Bishop was appointed to go to Norfolk
with committees from the Young Mems
Business Association and Chamber OF
Commerce, and ascertain from Major
Quinn what progress had been made
In the diversion plan.