The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-09
GET READY FOR
STATE FARMERS
Institute Meets in Petersburg in
August-Large Crowds Are
Expected.
OTHER NEWS OF TOWN
Riverside Club Suspcnds Weekly
Hunts for Summer-Chester-
field Farmers Meet.
OTHER NEWS OF TOW

bout 400 farmers and those interest
ed In agricultural developement arc
expected to attend.
The Petersburg Chamber of Com
merce received this morning com
munioatioa from Mr.. b. Morgan
Shepherd. the secretary of the insti-
tutc in which he states that he witt
shortly have conference with r.
Gordon F1nney. relative to the plans
to be pursued preparatory to the
meeting In this city.
Saathsile Virginia Is fast develop
ing as an ideal agricultural district
and !. la believed that the farmers
institute will give Impetus to the
mnxement----
suspend Weekly Hunts.
! The Riverside Cfub has suspended
It's weekly hunts for the summer
months but will again resume. them
when the fall season comes. The
weekly receptions and hops viii con
tinue.
The reason for the discontinuapce
of the hunts is due To the crops of
the farmers which would be injured
in the runs across the farming lands.
In the neighborhaod Of the club
are located many large and Wen
titled farms, among them being
Discuss Wagon Tires.
A meeting OF the farmers OF Ches-
terfield was held Friday at Rudy S
store on the Hickory road to dis
ouss whether or III 1t is advisable to
adept wide or narrow tires to vehicles
on account OF road service. 1t is
thought that the old citizens favor the
narrow tire while the new settlers
from the Western States prefers the
wide
Read building in Chesterfield near
and the farmers desire 10 keep their
roads In best possible condition.
Insaruets Enumerators.
Mr.. w. A. Land. of Blackstone, su-
pevyisor OF census for the Fourth con-
| gressional district, was in the city
I Friday, giving personal instructions
! regarding the proper manner for TAX
( ing the census of Petersburg. He next
goes to Emporia for the same pur-
poge.
There are eighteen enumeratcrs 70,
this city. 1t IL understood that the
oolorsd appointaes work only amens
the negro Inhabitants.
| When returns are In Petersburg ex
poets TO show a population amounting
to so,hAe, without Its suburbs.
/ start Werk on Belt Lane.
Work has commenced on the Bel
Line of the Norfolk and Western
around Petersburg, which Is To Tui
from Addison, In Dinw!ddie county
10 Poe. In Prince George county, ;
distance of eight miles.
Excavating Is in progress on Col
1ier's farm. in pinwAddie, and also ;
ts
Store Ablaxe,
The Are department Was called GU
Friday night about o'clock to ex
tinEuish fire In the large agrtcul
tural implement house on Boiling
brook street Of MIR. Horace l. Smith
The flames were extinguiShed with III
chemical extinguisher of the depart
ment. At the fire Mr.. Arthur Cogl
had hand painfully burned. Ha
a nnt-tha department feseonde
; promptly this might have been q Sc
, rious fire, as this store 10 one of tn
largest of It's kind in this sactten @
, Virginia and is situated in an i'm
: portant business district.
' To Start RevivaIs.
Revival meetings begin Sunda
4 morning at the First Baptist church
r DR. William e. Hatcher will be tn
a preacher, He was encA pastor Of tn
church for seven years, beginning I
n / S6a. and many of the prominent mem
bers OF this church date the beginnin
: of their church membership to hi
/ successful and happy pastorate. H
! Is a preacher of striking originality
free from oil extravagaaee, apersa t
I excitement, Winning In his manner
sympathetic In spirit and convinein
r in argument. Many friends outside IN
church await with pleasure the comm
e. of Dr. Hatcher and will BIO delighte
to meet him again on his old field c
labor,
Mr.. Simon Seward 10 expected hon,
from Florida most any day. He
coming by steamer from Cuba to Me-
: York and from New York will corr
1 at once 10 Petersburg To be in III
meetings with DR.. Hatcher and to tax
charge of his large meas Bible elias
which occupies its new assembly rooT
A In the Woody memorial chapel
I Social and Otherwise.
Under the auspices of the Women
4 Christian Temperance Union d tern
= psranee rally will be held Sunday al
ternoon in the High Street churcl
: The pastor Of the church, Rev. VIII
: liam II. Anvil, viii deliver the ad
dress A large attendance will doubt
less be present Including many mel
as the Phoenix Mems Bible class AT
: much interested and win attend
large numbers,
Miss Julia Francis. daughter of Nj
and Mrs. ". J. Francis, is critically :
at the horne of hsr parents. on Jeffer
son street.
Captain II. III. Hunt. of parmvill'
was visitor to the city friday.
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