The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-11
SOCIETY in
PETERSBURG
The Wednesday Music and
the Country Club.
! EVENINGS AT THEATRE
| Members Of the Literary Club Taking
AT THEATRE
Members Of the Literary Club Taking a
Deep lnterestin Professor Mitchelfs
Acknowledgements Appointed
for Sons Of Veterans
(snecial to The Tlmes-nisputch.)

(special to The spatch)
PETERSBURG. VA, Oct. 10.-The
meeting of the Wednesday Music Club
this week at the home OF Miss Laura ".
Jones, its president; the tea at the Coun-
try Club, and two evenings at the thea
ire. have mainly interested society in
Petersburg
The Country Club evenings are be-
( coming very popular. and there Is an
increase in attendance each Saturday
4 evening.
Harry Beresford, in the professor
| Love Story" and Miss Elizabeth Ken
/ nedy in LAS You Like 1t, were the at
! fractions at the theatre. While tho at
tendance at these two delightful plays
was not large. the audiences were seletE
! and cultured ones.
LITERARY CLUB.
The members of the Literary Club are
working very eagerly to assure good
attendance at the lectures to be delivered
In this city by Professor s. G. Mitchell.
of Richmond College. under the auspices
of the club. They will be delivered at
A. p. Hill Camp Hall. The general SUD
iect of the speaker will be The trenoh
Revolution" The first lecture Will be
delivered next tTludy cNollAh6t Wv sNo
tect on that occasion being "Mirabeau.'
Miss Rosa r. Stephenson. OF Peters
burg has been appointed by Mr.. E. Les
lie Spence, of Richmond as sponsor for
4 the Sons of Veterans. from the Fourth
Congressional District to the reunion
of Confederate Veterans. which will be
held In Newport News beginning Octo-
Der 2sth. Miss stephensons maid OF
honor will be her friend, Miss Mary Gee.
of this city Mr.. Spence could hardly
have made a better selection. Misses
Stephenson and Gee are two Of the most
popular young ladies in tho younger So
ciety set in the Cockade City.
PERSONAL.
Mr.. Knox, of Richmond, and his daugh-
ter. are now making their home in Pc
tersburg Mr.. Knox is connected with
the David Dunlop factory in this city
Mrs Harry Parker. of Newport News,
will be the guest of Mrs. Preston Roper.
In this city, during next week to attend
the Richmond Horse Show.
The Misses Roller of Harrisonburg.
will visit Mrs Leroy Roper next week.
Miss Jane Lovett, who has been staying
at the home Of her cousins, the Misses
Collier. in this city. has returned to her
home in Norfolk.
Miss Lillian Binford, Of Richmond, Is
tho guest Of Miss Josephine Budd. In this
city.
Captain Aston Hamilton. OF the United
States army who for the past two years
has been teaching In the military acad-
envy at West Point. Is visiting his bro
Their. Mr. Alexander Hamilton, In this
CITY. He Is accompanied by Mrs. Hamil-
ton
CONFEDERATE DAUGHTERS.
At the meeting of the Petersburg Chap
ter. Daughters of the Confederacy, held
last evening, officers for the ensuing year
were elected as follows: President, Mrs.
William R. Mckinney; vice-presdent.
Mrs Bartlett Roper: treasurer, Mrs. E.
J. Nixon; recording secretary, Mrs. r.
f. Hill: corresponding secretary, Mrs.
". Pryor Jones; registrar. Miss Cassie
starke; historian, Mrs. Mary E. Morri-
SON Delegates were appointed to the
State convention, which meets in Norfolk.
October 23d-25th. as follows: Mrs. ". r.
McKenney, Mrs. James W. Claiborne and
Mrs E. j. Nixon; alternates-Mrs. Bart
lett Roper, Mrs. W. E Badger, Miss Sue
Dever.eux and Miss Cassie starke. Del
eeates were also appointed to the con
ventton OF the United Daughters of the
Coufederacy which meets in Charleston.
| S. c., November 18th. as follows: Mrs
r. T. Meade, Mrs. ". r. McKenney
Mrs. w. Pryor Jones. Miss Kate Hall:
alternates-Mrs. William Beasley Mrs
James McCfevy, Mrs Sarah Wilson and
Miss Ankle Mann.
The Daughters are arranging to confer
crosses OF honor on the veterans OF A.
P. Hill Camp.