The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-09
C[Os|hG OF SCHOOL
At FRANkT0Wh
Mayor Daniel Delivers Final Ad-
s'ress of Institution Which
is Growing Fast.
MISSIONARY SPEAKS
Rev. Peter Davis Woo On Tour
of Eastern Shore~Large
Potato Crop.

Especial to The Richmond Nirginian.l
TRANkTOwN VA. June s.~~The
High school at this place closed with
appropriate and Interesting exercises.
Hon John 7. Daniel. Mayor OF Cape
tsharlse. delivered the address. There
wax one graduate. Miss Rose say
age, Professor Dick, the principal
and an able faculty are successfully
snildsng up this important institution
Misses Nancy Pitts and sallte Lar,k-
ford have left for aSitimore, Nd, for
4 weeks scjourn at the homa OF Miss
Mar West in that city. From thence
shey will GO to Charlottesville, Va, TO
attena the sessions OF the Normal
school.
Misses Florence and Louise Walker
have returned home for the vacation
: ITorn Blackstone Female institute.
Mr.. Thomas =. Southgate, Of Nor
folk. Va. lay leader Of the laymens
movement ef the Virginia Conference,
et the Methodist Episcopal Church,
south. wilt address the congregations
Of Franktown and Johnson's Metho-
dist churches next Sunday, june IL
Rev. Mr.. Woo Speaks.
Rev. Peter Davis Woo, who Vas a
delegate from the China mission con-
lergnce to the Methodist General
Conference, lately In session At Ashe-
Nile. ~. C., is on the Eastern Shore
visiting the Methodist churches. lie
10 a modest. intelligent and deeply
pious Christian gentleman, and makes
i good impression wherever he goes
He attended the meetings of the Dis
trfct womans Foreign Mission So
Getty held last week at Temperance
willie, Accomac county. created pro
found interest by his very informing
address on The Life OF the Chinese
Woman
Mr.. Woo 10 a fuli.blood Chinaman
OF the higher class, He In graduate
OF soochow University, and a minister
Of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
south. and Ia twenty-six years OF age.
He vas educated by the iiberaiity OF
Mrs. VIII Copes, Of onley. His Chi
nese name was Woo KAT Noong. He
will visit the Franktown and John
sons churches next Sunday.
Miss Thompson, OF Linden, Va. Is
visiting friends at Nassa wadox.
Personal Notes,
tIvfiso- pqG odt1iw-'z' TnlOk L.lcNn " y
Miss Emma g. Butts has returned
from an enjoyable visit TO Norfolk,
Va.
Mr.. swepson Brock. OF Norfolk.
spent last Sunday at Franktown
among old friends.
Mrs. p. r.. Tankard and Barnard,
Jr. attended the reunion of students
at the Randolph Macon Academy AT
Eedfora CITY They returned satur-
day night.
John II. Roberts and family. oi
East Palatka. Fla. are summertng a
near Bridgetown.
Mrs. Robert Ssnderson. of Norfolk
will give a high class musicale at thu
y. III. C. A. hall at Eastville next weel
for the improvement fund of John
sons Methodist church.
Potato Crop Large.
The round potato crop in this par
OF the county Is very heavy, and TN
prices very tight,
Mr.. Linwood Claiborne Byrd. Of Ac
sss5YnaG visiting at Pfankfown, wii
reaurn home Thursday
Miss Ruth Fisher has returned from
an extended visit TO North Carolina
much TO the delight Of certain citizen
4 ct this vicinity
Autos Are Coming.
John f. Nottingham. Jr., Common
weeith's ATTORNEY has gotten an au
tomobile much to the comfort of him
self and family. and more TO the dis
may and confusion Of certain well
known individuals whose horses pro
test against such rivalry. II is sat
BY some that when Drs. Sturgis an
Downing obtain their 'go-quicks" tina
the above mentioned individuals wi
travel by the way Of rabbit paths alto
Eether. II the owners of these ma
chimes could hear what IL said O
them by certain ladies, not 10 ga
men, who cannot trust themselves {
their teams on our main roads, the
would be startled. II not ashamed
But the auto" has come to stay. q
II IL said, and poor folks must tax
70 the bushes.
The young ladies. Misses Jenni
Savage, susie Badger. Lila Roberts
Ellie Roberts and Myrtice Tankarf
Mho have attended the Randolph Ma
con woman's College the past session
are expected home to- day.