The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-29
Petersburg Presbytcrians Anx-
ious to Have Wayncsboro
Minister.
TWO EARLY MORNING FIRES
Large Audience Attends Eagles
Memorial Service
Sunday.
Times-Dispatch Bureau,
100 North Sycamore street.
Petersburg, Va, March IS

held on sunday AFTER the morning |
service, the object being to receive
the report of the commissioners sent
to Lexington Presbytery in the intn--
est Of the recent call of the Rev.
Charles r. Strihling, of waynesboro.
to Tabb street Church. Mr.. striblins
accepted the call TO Petersburg sub
feet to the action OF the Lexington
Presbytery, o: which he is member.
but when the matter came before that
presbytery, 1T declined to dissolve the
pastoral relations of Mr. Stribling
with his church in Waynesboro. The
attendance at the presbytery was
email, being only fourteen out of
about sixty members, but It's action
was llnal.
4 second Call to Mr. striblInE.
The report of the commissioners
yesterday. embracing practically tho
above facts, contained no recommen-
dntions. bur the congregation volun
tarlly took up the matter Of calling a
pastor. and as unanimously as In the
first instance. voted to extend anotfSr|
call to the Rev Charles r. striblinE
to take pastoral charge Of Tabb
Street Church and appointed commits
sioners 10 present this second call to
Mr. striblins at once.
These commissioners James p.
Banks and r.. Randolph Jones. left for
Waynesboro tonight and early to-
morrow morning Will place the call in
Mr.. stribllnE's hands, with an earnest
plea for his acceptance. As there
has been no communication with Mr..
Stribling since the adverse action of his
presbytery. st is, of course, not known
4 IT. to-.
sioners viii be.
Early Fires.
The small frame store on Halifax
street owned and occupied by Thomas
| II Dewell. was destroyed by fire about
| o'clock this morning, with its stock
! of groceries. How the fire originated
! is not known beyond the fact that it
| caught in some manner inside the
| building. The store had been closed
! since Saturday night. The loss IS some
500 or $500, which is covered by in
| surauce.
About / o'clock sunday morning the
/ roof OF the residence OF Mrs. Mary
/ Banister. on Franklin Street. was dis
covered to be aire. The department
was able to extinguish the flames be-
i fore any material damage had been
/ done This fire Is supposed 10 have
caught from sparks from some neigh
boring source.
/ New sunday school aud Parish House
4 Plans have been made for the cree
ton of a new building for Sunday
school and parish purposes, TO be
erected adjoining the Church OF the
4 Good Shepherd in Blandford. It is
understood that these plans will be
submitted TO the consideration of g
committee representing the church to-
morrow 1t is said the new building
will be OF brick and viii have seat
ing capacity of oSs, with rolling par
titons 10 divide the floor space into
rooms. or to use the whole as one
. room The cost OF the building. it Is
said, will be between $4,000 and $1,000
The Eagles Memorial
The memorial services held in the
Academy of Music Yesterday afternoon
by Petersburg Aerie of Eagles II
honor of the dead Of the order, were
witnessed Sy an assemblage that filled
the building. The full program fol
!, the occasion has been published IL
these columns. 1t was carried out Il
the letter. The memorial service!
proper We're very impressive. anc
the music. both vocal and instrumental
was of an exceptionally high order
The address by the Rev. Dr. Davic
: Klein was, in part, an eloquent tribut,
to the cardinal principles of the orde
: Liberty, Truth. Justice ond Equalit,
; which, he urged. should predominant,
the lives of the members.
General NcwS.
Sunday was as beautiful Easter da.
as was ever seen, and the churches o
every denomination were crowded wit
, worshipers and brilliant with beauti
| full millinery. In the afternoon tn
, streets We're filled with fair prom
enaders and their escorts.
William Brown and Martin Cole
man. negroes. We're given sixty day
in jail each by the Police Justice thi
morning for stealing meat from j. NJ
Newcomb's store. on Bollingbrool
Street
Excursion, fishing parties. picnic
: and baseball games We're among TIL
Easter enjoyments to-day. Nearly al
the industrial establishments in tn
city gave their employees holiday.
The two lodges OF Knight
Pythians and the Uniform Rank Com
: pany. of this city, have been invite
to attend the reception to be give
tomorrow afternoon and night by tn
Richmond lodges in honor of the su
preme chancellor of the order.
Deaths In Mntoaca.
Mrs. Mary Ann Moore, widow c
Joshua Moore, one of the Oldest resi-
dents of Chesterfield, died in Matoac
yesterday afternoon, after an Hines
r of one week She is survived by tn
ssters-Mrs. Harriet Madeira.
Manchester, and Mrs. Dolly Lynch, {
Matoaca
Joseph B. Lee and Miss Hettie Stat
both of this city, were married
- Halifax n. c.. this afternoon.
- Charles Wheehouse, who wa
+. thrown from the Belt Line trestle ov,
" the Cox Road. in Dinwiddie count
,r Saturday afternoon, Is In good cond
50 ton at the hospital to-day. His ii
ID iuries while severe, are not as serio,
as at first thought.
- On Wednesday morning in Richmo1
Ethe first Grand Temple of Pythi;
IN Sisters will be instituted. Mrs. Merria,
OIL of Muskogee, OKLA, the supreme chic
i'd VIII preside, Representatives from Il
III Petersburg temple will be present
rs The fine Franklin street show wi
10 dow of Lavenstein Bros, which HI
80 several times been smashed in al
~ robbed by burglars, was shattered til
n. afternoon by accident, some one lea
er ing too heavily against it,
lg Dismissed for, insubor,llnntinn.