The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-29
EXTENDS SECOND
CALL To MINISTER
Rivermont Presbyterian Church
Anxious to Have Rev. j.
Allen Christian.
PETITIONS IN BANKRUPTCY
Sunday School Association TO
Take Religious Census
OF City.
PETITIONS IN BANKRUPTCY
to The Times Dispatch.

Lynchburg, Va, April 2S.-Despite
the fact the West Hanover Presbytcry
recently by a large vote refused to
permit the minister to leave Scots
Vile to come here, the Rivermont
Avenue Presbyterian Church has again
extended q call to the Rev. j. Allen
Christian. An effort will be made to
secure the minister's acceptance of
this second call, and If he does, a
stronger effort will be made to Sc
cure a majority of the Presbytery to
vote in favor of his leaving the four
churches forming the Scottsville
group.
The Presbytery refused to dissolve
the relations of pastor and congrega-
ton upon the first call because it had
been hard to find suitable man for
that passionate, but it is believed action
now in another call would be favorable
to the change
The passionate here has been vacant
nee the former pastor, Rev. p. B.
Hill, went to Roanoke
Petitions in Bankruptcy.
The Payne Lumber Company. of
Nelson county, has flied in the clerks
office of the United States District
Court here a petition for voluntary
bankruptcy The debts are scheduled
at s2,763, and the assets. which con-
sist of sawmill outfit, are listed at
$1,S00.
Fl. DePriest, a merchant at EvinGton.
Campbell county, in similar petition.
is asking for relief from the payment
of debts amounting to S4S3.4l. His
assets arc placed at s4S3.41. The cred
its are in Lynchburg, Spring Mills and
Castle Craig.
toner, whose business was large, has
just fled petition in bankruptcy. In
which his debts are scheduled at S20,-
1861, and his assets at 500. The
creditors are scattered from Boston to
Miami. Fla, and from Sanduslsy. O.,
TO Atlanta. including number in Bal
timore, Roanoke and Richmond. as
we'll as Lynchburs.
May Day Exercises.
The students at Sweetbriar College
will hold their annual May Day exer
cises next Monday afternoon on the
campus. These exercises are always
attended by large crowds from the city,
and special train has been provided
to bring the people back next Mon
day.
The census enumerators are expected
to complete their work on Saturday.
1t is generally expected that the city
will show an increase of nearly 1901
per cent over tho 1900 census, or a
population of trifle more than 10000.
sunday School Census.
The City sunday School Association
has decided 10 begin work shortly on
the taking OF a religious census of the
city for sunday school purposes. The
committee to be in charge of the work
is composed of the following members:
George T. Caskie, John NJ. Otey, Rich
ard Hancock, Herbert +. Miley and L. |
Z. Wingfield. The association also has
a committee at work endeavoring to
send a large delegation to the worlds I,
in Washington in May.
At the Palace Livery CompanyS sta
bic yesterday hen egg was found in
side a bale of hay, the egg being in
tact and apparently as fresh as If laid
only a few days, Just how an egg /
could be handled in the hay, go through 4
the pressure of baling machine, and
still remain unbroken, is regarded as
very unusual. The egg was baled in
Indiana, and had been stored for some
,ime in the stable. and it is now in the
possession of John j. Hughes, president
Of the company.
Spring Cleaning Day.
The spring cleaning, from a NUM-
md pushed with customary vigor by
he Lynchburg Woman's Club, was a
success again this week, though not
nearly so much rubbish was hauled off
~ the Street Cleaning Department this
iear as last.
The local Young Mems Christian AS
ISOLATION on Sunday will begin week
Of evangelistic services, to be conduct
I'd at the association building by Rev.
Robert Stanley Bradbrook, of London,
England. The association is the larg
est in the South, having more than
1900 members, and great interest is
to be taken in the meetings.
Arrangements have been completed
for the spelling match TO be held Fri
day evening at the Young Mems Chris
tian Association auditorium between
pupils Of the city and Campbell county
schools, the contesting schools being
Fairview Heights, for the county, and
Monroe School, for the city.