The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-26
CHAMBER FAVORs
FOREST RESERVE
Petersburg Business Men Urge
Congressional Passage Of
Weeks Bill
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OTHER NEWS OF CITY
Early Morning Fire, Boy Breaks
Leg-Churches Announce
Easter Programs.
OTHER NEWS OF CITY
Especial to The Richmond virsinian.)


PETERSBURG VA, March &c.
The Petersburg Chamber of Com
inerce has petitioned the Hon. Rober
TurDbuIi. REPRESENTATIVE In Congress
from the Fourth district that he will
support the Weeks bin in Congress,
providing for the acquisition by the
national government of a large ares
of hard wood forest in the Appala
chan and White mountain chain, Il
! be kept as a forest preserve.
The fire department was called out
early Friday morning in response to
an alarm due to a blaze at the resi-
dence OF Mr.. w. j. Brockwell, on
Halifax street.
| The fire Is supposed TO have
originated from the overturning OF
lamp in servants room,
Mr.. E. III. Blick, clerk for Mr..
Brockwe1l. came near being sufyo-
Gated with smoke and in order to es=
cape jumped from the window to the
ground distance OF about eighteen
feet. The loss, which amounted TO
about $1,000, was partly covered by
insurance.
George, the twelye-year- old son of
Mr.. J. G, Harrel. residing on Lom-
bard street. Ia Blandford, broke his
baseball Friday The youth was
treated by Dr. W. c. Powell
Easter Programs.
Special programs OF music have
been prepared for many of the
Petersburg churches Sunday.
At Grace Episcopal High Street
Methodist. Market-street, Washing
ton-Street and ST. Pauls Episcopal
beautiful musical selection will be
rendered.
At ST. Paurs there will be four SER
foes~-at 7 A. NJ. holy communion.
at IL a. NJ. morning prayer, holy COM
munlon anti sermon, at 4 r M. chill
dren's service and at r Nj evening
prayer. AT the morning service II
o'clock the following music will be
sung.
Gloria Patri.
Jubtlate fWooier).
intrvit Hymn 1l2. Jesus Christ is
Eisen To-Day from Lyra Davidica.
Gloria Tibi. 3S9 tHodges).
sermon hymn 122, Jesus Lives
{Carmiehael)
offertory anthem, Christ the Lord
is Risen To-Day.
Offertory sentence. Thou art worthy
- Lord colbert 400.
SanGtus AL tGarrestl --
Communion hymn, q Saving Nc
tim tUglow 227).
Gloria in ExceIsis (Old Chant
Recessional hymn, The Day of
Resurrection tMartinI
At Washington street Christian
church Prof Cario Mora has ar
ranged the following program OF nlu-
sic:
Prelude. Spring Song tMendelssonn)
Solo, Open the Gates of the Tenn
PIE ,'.'''..... ........ .,.,.,... tknapp) |
Prof Mora.
Christ is Risen .......... (stebb,n) !
Church choir
Solo. The Resurrection .........
I'll II. s;hellcyl |
Prof. Carlo Mora
Low in the Grave He Lay. U4owry) |
Church choir.
Easter Bells Are Ringing .....,..
tHacklemanD |
Church choir
Postlude. The Halleiujah Chorus.
from the Messiah :. =. . tfiHHdefJ t
The revival services at Second Pres |
byterian church and at the West |
Street Methodist church are being |
Mr.. George s. Bernard left Friday |
Easter holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs Il. NJ Holland, OF |
are visiting Mr.. and Mira. w |
r.. Moore. of this city
Mr.. Elmer r. Titus and Miss Mary |
NJ Flood, both OF Petersburg, were |
at the residence OF Rev. W. |
II. Atwill on High street Thursday |
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. w, r. Land. Of Ham
let. y, e., are visiting in Petersburg.
May Call Pastor.
A congregational meeting Of the
Tabb Street Presbyterian church will |
be held Sunday morning after SER
vices for the purpose OF calling u
pastor.
1t is thought another call viii be
extended Rev. Charles Il. Stribling,
Of Waynesboro. who was recently call
I'D to the passionate of this church,
but Lexington Presbytery refused 10
dissolve his relations with the church
n Waynesboro.
The attendance upon this presby-
.erial meeting was small. and IL Is
that, had the meeting been
more represe ntative, the chances for
the dissolution would have been
greater and that the congregation of
rabb Street would have been able To
Mrs. Elizabeth Thomas.
After a short illness Mrs. Elizabeth
!. Thomas. widow of the late Joseph
Thomas. died Friday afternoon at
ler home on Hinton street.
Mrs Thomas was in her s1st year,
md her death was due to Ills Incl
lent 10 advanced age. She is sur
lived by one daughter, Miss HARRIET
'vey Thomas. and one son, Mr..
'harles J.. Thomas. both of this city.
Mrs. Thomas was born In Ches-
erfield county. but she was one OF
he oldest residents OF Petersburg,
Iaving lived here since before the
'ivil War.
Tho funeral will be conducted Mon
ay morning from High Street Meth
dist church by Rev, w. Fl. Atwiu,
nd the internent will be in Bland
ord. I,
At the last meeting of the Peters
urg Chamber of Commerce the fol- .
owing new members were enrolled: q
,owman Bros, the Bowman COM
any. James M. Quicke, Jr., William
L. Talley. d. F.. Alley. Charles E.
NTH. John Mes. Buchanan, r. RAN
olph Jones, O. r. Hare Drug Co.