The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-04
SUSSEX. SCHOOLS
HOLD REUN ION
Many Speakers at Convention at
Stony Creek Methodist
Church.
Times-Dispatch Bureau,
100 North Sycamore Street,

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Times-Dispatch Bureau,
| 1Os North Sycamore Street
Petersburg. va September 8.
| The fourth annual convention OF the
Sussex Sunday School Association was
| held on Thursday in the Methodist
| Church at stony Creek, with large
attendance. ]. z. Wilcox. of Waverly.
| presided There was scriptural read
ling by Rev. F. NJ Edwards, D. D., and
prayer by Rev. j. o. Babcock. Adj
dresses were delivered by Rev. H. E..
Rountree, Rev. j. O. Babcock and Rev.
F. M. Edwards. which elected much
interest.
Excellent music was rendered. The
! meeting adjourned to meet next year
in Antioch Baptist Church.
New Bank in Prince George.
| The Bank of Disputanta, with paid
I'D capital OF $4,000, will be opened
| for business on the 18th of this month.
| Senator A. r. Hobbs Is the president.
and j. H Binford. vice president. Its
present quarters are only temporary.
Disputanta has improved very rapid
| ly recently. and has grown to be a
village of considerable Importance. New
| residences have been erected and a
fine brick graded school house, cost
ing about $4,000, will be completed
by the opening Of the new school ses-
sion. Professor Mills will be the prin-
cipal of this school, and he will have
several assistants The house will ac-
commodate about $50 pupils.
DR.. j. NJ Williams has just erected
a $4,000 residence at Dfsputanta.
Quiet Morning Marriage.
Miss Hortense Kennedy. late of Cali
fornia. but moro recently of Warm
Springs. Va, and Joseph Relay. OF
h Rawlings, Brunswick county, were
quietly married this morning by the
Rev Father ]. T. OFerrall, at the
paraochial residence.
I The bridegroom Is a native Of Hun
! gary. but for some time past has been
engaged In the establishment of colo
MES of Hungarian farmers in South
side Virginia and North Carolina.
Police and Fire Patrol System.
Chief Of Police R. F. Ragland and
Chief of the Fire Department E. v.
Farley. accompanied by one of the
Police Commissioners and several
friends, will leave for New York City
tomorrow morning. The chiefs go
at the invitation of j. R. Corey. gen
eral agent of the Gamewell Electrical
; Company, to examine into the COM
pany's electrical police and fire patrol
systems, now generally established.
borough Hotel. and will be in New York
for several days.
The Common Council of Petersburg
has appropriated $4,000 for the In
stallation of an electrical police patrol
system, and the probability is that
provision will also be made for a fire
, alarm system with separate wires and
boxes.
. Opening of Public Schools.
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!, white children will be opened on Sep
TENDER 81, and II colored children on
September 10. The school population
of the city, as ascertained by recent
census, is a little over 500, nearly
equally balanced between the two
! races.
Death of Judge Barhnm.
The many friends of Judge George
p. Barham, former judge of the coun-
ty court of Greensville, and for many
years one of the leading lawyers OF
that county, are panied to hear of his
death, which occurred a few days ago
in New Mexico. where he had gone for
his health The judge was widely
/ known throughout this section. He is
survived by six children.
A telegram received yesterday an
nounced the death, of typhoid fever. OF
Miss Carry Smith youngest daughter
CT Mrs. Geurgte Plummer Smith, at
her home In Warwick county. She
leaves many friends and relatives in
Petersburg.
4 Six Months for Stealing.
/ Den Kary, a Greek, was sentenced to
jail for six months by the Police JUS
tice to-day for robbing a fellow Greek
of his watch and SIT in money. The
victim was j. G. Gonvas, proprietor OF
a lunch room, and the robbery was COM
mitted while the latter was asleep in
his room. Kary was arrested In South
1 Richmond. and the watch and most OF
the money were recovered A compan-
ion named Lyons was arrested at the
same time on suspicion of aiding In
the robbery, and HIS case will be heard
on Monday.
Personal and Otherwise.
4 Mrs. j. NJ. Edwards, OF Raleigh, N
c., is visiting her brother. Rev. "A. r.
Love, pastor Of West End Baptis,
i Church.
4 The Methodist Female Orphan Asy.
Il lum, which was closed during the
month of August in order to give fne
little girls vacation, has been re-
opened. The orphans We're given pleas.
ant homes In the counties during tht
month. and the matron, Miss Armen-
trout. spent the vacation with relative.
In the Valley.
4 Rev. f. M, Moore. pastor OF the sec.
ond Baptist Church, will preach hi.
seventh anniversary sermon to morrow
Rt Rev. Beverly D. Tucker, d. d.
Coad1utor- Bishop of the Southern Dio
cese Of Virginia. will preach and ad,
& minister continuation at Calvar,
Church, Dinwiddie county. Sunday
morning. and at Good Shepherd Church
near McKenney. in the afternoon.
The boys corn exhibits at the fai,
to be held In this city the latter part
4 of October will be one of the principa
features Of that exhibition. MANY 81
the farmer boys In this section are try
ing their hands this year at corr
N raising. a