The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-20
Episcopal Church Organization
Convenes in Peters
burg.
CITIZEN STRANGELY MISSING
Sheriff Galust1a, of Dinwiddie,
Narrowly Escapes Drown
ing.
Times Dispatch Bureau,
100 North Sycamore street.
ta,argh,,rp Va Anril ~

Protestant Episcopal Church OF the
| Southern Diocese OF Virginia began
| it's spring meeting here to-day In the
| Church OF the Good Shepherd, the Rev.
! C. B. Bryan. the dean. presiding, and
the Rev. f. G. Rbble, secretary. The
| opening service was devoted to wor-
ship, prayer being said and the ser
mon preached by the Rev. G.. Wallace
Ribble.
a business session of the convoca-
I! ton was held this afternoon in the
| parish house of ST. Pauls Church, att
/ which matters Of interest to the church
! were considered. Tonight divine SER
! vice was conducted and a sermon de-
| livered by tho Rev w. G. Mcdowell.
The territorial bounds of the convo-
cation include the counties OF Amelia,
Appomattox. Brunswick, Buckingham
! Charlotte, Chesterfield Cumberland,
| Dinwiddie, Greenesville, Lunenburg.
Mecklenburg, Nottoway, Pittsylvana,
Prince Edward, Prince George, Surry
ana sussex With twenty-one clergy
men, nearly all of whom are in at
| tendance.
J A Citizen Missing.
! r. l.. Jackson, whose home is on
| ROME street, in the western part OF
the city, has been unaccountably miss |
1
| son was employed at the Seward Trunk
/ and Bag Factory, where he was paid
| for his weeks services saturday af-
| ternoon. 1t is said that he paid his
rent and rocery bill, left home about
4 o'clock, came downtown and visited
| his daughter, who is employed in a
| store. and since then has not been seen
kor heard from.
| Mr.. Jackson has a wife and several
children and numerous relatives, who
| are very anxious about him, and who
| have made every effort to find some
| trace of him. He is about forty-thrce
| years old
Narrow Escape From Drowning.
| Sheriff J. w. Galusha, of Dinwiddie
county, and friend, Mr., Briggs. got
/ a very cold bath and narrowly cscap-
ed from drowning in Saponey Creek in
that county yesterday. They attempt
i ed to ford the creek, which was much
swollen by reason OF Sundays rains
They miscalculated the depth and
force of the current. and their buggy
was swept away. Both could SWIM.
however. and they saved themselves
by grasplng the branches of tree
and cliuging thereto until rescued.
Robbery mt Wnycrly.
!, Livesays general merchandise store
at Waverly was broken into and rob-
|
entrance by smashing the front plate
I glass window and then made their
exit through the rear door. They
!, stole, among other things, ninetSen
pairs of shoes and a lot of clothing.
Bloodhounds were put on the trail
this morning, with tho result of the
arrest of one man who is suspected
of completely In the robbery.
The Proposed Officers Encnmpnicnt.
IL .,c 4 ! t,tt,
of Commerce; Major Benz. Harrison, OF
the Second Virginia Infantry. and
Capt. w. L. thinner. of the Peters
| burg Grays, went over to Richmond
yesterday to consult with the Adiu-
| tant- General in reference to the pro-
posed encampment for the Virginia In
fantry officers The Riverside Club
has rendered n portion of its beauti-
full grounds in Dinwiddie, near Peters
burg, for the camp. The Adjutant-
! General was out Of the city. but the
| visitors had pleasant and satisfac
tory conference with Colonel Dempsey,
| who will come over and inspect the
/ Riverside Club grounds.
i Personal and Otherwise.
/ Alfriend T. Tucker, of this city, and
4 Miss Mamie r Chappell, of Sussex.
were married yesterday at the home
Il of the brides mother, near Concord
- Church, IN tnat county, the 6eV. y. VI
\ Babcock officiating.
> William FL Cooper has resigned from
the Board of Police Commissioners.
, AT a meeting of the Police Commits
sioners yesterday afternoon leave Of
absence for thirty days was granted to
} Chief of Police Ragland, with the rec
concentration that he take a trip to
recuperate his health. The chief en-
> poets to take sea voyage to Boston.
and spend portion of the time in
that city.
!. The supreme Court has refused to
grant a writ OF error in the case of
. Mrs Alice Rogers against the City of
| Petersburg. Mrs. Rogers brought suit
| against the city for $4,000 for causing,
| as alleged. a nuisance on her prop
erty. The city demurred. the Hastings
Court sustained the demurrer, and the
plaintiff appealed to the Supreme
Court
At a meeting of the Civic League
yesterday afternoon the question of
"A Cleaning-Up Day" in Petersburg
appointed TO confer with the Mayor
for the purpose of designating spe-
cial day for a general cleaning day"
The Council Tickets.
There will be contests for seats in
the Common Council at The Democratic
primary on April IS in only TWO OF
the city wards-in the First Ward.
where there are four candidates, and
in the Second, where there are three.
and only two in each case can be NOM
mated. In these wards. therefore, a
primary VIII have to be held, but IN
the other four wards, where there Is
no opposition, no primary Will be nec-
essary, and the Democratic committee
will declare the men there Offering
to be the nominees.
Damage by the Floods.
The freshet in the AppomattoN has
fallen considerably to-day. and no
damage was done here. The volume Of
water was as great as in the disas-
trous flood of year ago last August,
but it's dangers We're relieved by tho
dam at Pocahontas .bridge and by the
diversion channel through Chesterfield
county. which carried off the surpluH
freshet water and turned it into the
river two or three miles below the
city. III the harhor the water has
reached a height hut little above the
high tide mark,
Bridges Washed Away.
Much damage was done along SWIFT