The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-05
NEWS GATHERED
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Congregation Of Cowardin Ave
hue Christian Church to Build
a Tabernacle.
DEATH OF MRS. L. A. WINFREE
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Unless Poll Taxes Are Paid To-
day Citizens Cannot Votcin
the Fall.
DEATH OF MRS. L. A. WINFREE.

Manchester Bureau, Times DispH tch
| lice Hull Street.
A tabernacle that will scat sovcn hun
dred people is being erected by the con
gregntion OF Cowardln Avenue Christian
Church, and services will DO conducted
in this while the new church Is being
built. The tabernacle will be completed
within the month and will DO large
enough to accommodate the large crowds
which come to hear the Rev. G. o. Wpod
ward preach.
Tho need for new place OF worship
was manifest not alone to tho members
Of Cowardin Avenue Church. but to the
members Of other churches who often
heard Rev. Mr.. Woodward preach. Every
Sunday the church Is crowded to tho
doors and the alses are filled with
ofajrs.
Rev. Mr.. Woodward has made host
Of friends since being In Manchester.
His Bible GLASS In the Sunday school con-
tains some OF the most prominent business
men Of the CITY, The Sunday school has
moro than three hundred members.
The new church Is to be erected as
quickly as possible and will be one Of
the handsomest in the city and will have
a seating capacity of more than a thous
and.
Mrs. Winfree Dead.
After an illness lasting five months,
Mrs. Lavinin A. Winfree fdied at her
home, No. 141O cambridge street, yester-
day morning at 9:3O O'Clock. she was
beloved by every one who knew her. AS
q member of Asbury Methodist Church
she was consistent and a devout Chris
tian. rs;
The funeral will take place this after
noon at four o'cocld IRON }Asbury
Methodist Church and interment will be
made YIN MaurN Cemetery. Rev Mr..
Cuthriel will conduct the ceremony.
Services Have Closed.
The revival services which have been
In progress in the Stockton Street Bap-
list Church closed last night with an
able sermon by the Rev. j. r. Doan,
pastor Of West End Baptist Church. Of
Petersburg. There have been twenty
conversions and many haye5 joined the
church by 1etter%gThe pastor, Rev. Or.
r. w. Crdlin, IS delighted with the good
work done within the past two weeks.
Rev. Mr.. Crldln will preach Sunday
morning and Sunday night after a short
service the candidates will be baptised. s
Must Pay To-day.
Manchester citizens who wish to vote
in the fall election must pay their poll
taxes before the day closes. The voters
have had plenty of notice that they would
have to pay their taxes in order to be
qualified to cast their ballot for their
ckoico of a man to fill a city position, and
to-day unless they take advantage of
the notice. the privilege Of voting will be
denied them this year.
There are about five hundred qualified
voters in Manchester, excluding the old
Confederate Veterans who, under the
Constitution, are not required to pay poll
tax.
Personals and Briefs.
Misses Miriam Robertson. AIyra Deshleld
end Mabel Hancock, Of Norfolk, are. visit
ing the Misses T1itzgerald u No. 1ols Porter
Street. 40 fss s.5Yg 3. =
Stuart Lodge, Independent Order of Odd
Follows. has sent $40 to the sufferers In
California. Mr., l.. r. Brown has been
elected delegate from this lodge to the
Grand Lodge, which convenes In Rich
mond next Tuesday. Mr.. George w.
Elankenship Is alternate.
Mr.. William Beck, of Manchester, has
been elected to the position Of mall car
rier In Richmond. Mr. Becks Acme is
al Glover EIill Pits. Chesterfield county,
hut he has been employed In the store Of
s. Ullman for some time
Mrs. Charles Arvin, Of Meherrn. is Wis
ting Mrs. Staples. on Portor Street, near
COwardin Avenue.
Miss Xelia Fitzgerald. of Eleventh and
Porter Streets, celebrated her eighteenth
birthday last night.