The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-02
NEW SYNAGOGUE
FOR PETERSBURG
Orthodox Birth Achim- !Congre-
grafton Buys Property on
North Market Street,
OTHER NEWS OF TOWN
Many Rivival Converts-Big Dis.
tillery Incorporated-New Sta
ton Greatly Admired.

Especial to The Richmond Virginian)
PETERSBURG, VA, April z.--Thc
Orthodox Hebrew Birth Achim con-
gregation of this city has purchased
from Mrs. Ella Is. Hinton the double
frame tenaments Nos. Is and 20 North
Market street. at a cost of so,0Vp. Ihe
necessary papers were signed to-day.
It is proposed to convert this prop
erty into q synagogue.
At an examination of the pupils
of the Sunday school of the congreka-
ton Of the Orthodox Birth Achim the
foe prizes were awarded:
First prize. gold watch for pro-
ficiency in the Hebrew language to
Lewis Cooper. Second prize, gold
medal for spelling, to Morton Leven-
son; third prize. gold ring for best
oratory. to David Cooper. A number
OF other prizes consisting principally
of books were awarded to other sue
eessful pupils.
store Nearly Completed.
The new store of the Petersburg
Dry Goods Company. now in course
of erection on Union street. Will be
ready for occupancy by the tenth in
slant. This is three STORY brick
structure and has been built at a
cost of $4,000.
Some twelve or more persons who
made profession OF faith at the re-
vival which has been held during the
past week at the Baptist church In
Ettrick, Chesterfield county, were
baptized in the Apponattox river yes
terday afternoon by the pastor OF
the church. The immersion was wit
nossed by very large crowd.
Big Distitiery.
The certificate OF the Pocahontas
Distillery Company. Incorporated. has
been admitted to record in the office
of the clerk OF the hustings court or
Petersburg. The purposes of the cora
pany are to manufacture. reetify.
blend, mix, buy or sell all kinds of
spirits distilled from grain fruits or
otherwise: to buy or sell wines and
malt liquors; TO erect, maintain,
operate, buy and sell plants for the
purposes of notwithstanding alcoholic
! liquors OF all kinds. In the city OF
| Petersburg and elsewhere. The capt.
| tai stock is to DO not more than
S20.G nor less than $4,000. The Of
ficers and directors for the first year
are:
/ President, p. C. Short, Rocky
Mount n. c.; secretary and treasurer,
H. e. Shore, OF Petersburg, Va. These
officers with j. w. Phillips, of Peters
burg. are the directors.
William Tarlton. colored. was fined
$50 in police court Monday morning
New Station Admired.
The new passenger station of the
/ Norfolk and Western Railway Com
lpany in this city Was formally opened
to te public last Saturday night al
I 8 o'clock and has been much admired
| by all who have seen IT. Several
hundred people visited the new station
/ yesterday A full description of the
/ building has been published in this
correspondence.
The closing exercises of the pub
lie grammar schools of Petersburg
viii take place on the thirty-hrst in
slant and those OF the high school at
the Academy of Music on the night
of June 3.
There are about $500 pupils in the
public schools. being about equally
divided between whites and blacks,
TO Dedicate Memorial.
The Woody Memorial building, a
brick addition to the First Baptist
church, erected to the memory OF the
late MIR. and Mrs. Thomas H. Woody
at a cost of about $1,000 win be dedi-
Gated next Sunday morning at IL
O'Clock with appropriate exercises
The dedicatory sermon will be preach
ed by Rev DIR. William f. Hatcher
and a historical address will he de-
uvered by Rev. Or. w. G. Taylor
pastor W tic 1ildiNi' NV hf'a44NAi
Seward Bible class Will render an In
teresting program, and there will be
special music by the choir of the
church, which viii be assisted by a
number OF Richmond singers.
A. M. Organ, Sr.
4 A. Nj. organ. Sr., for the past forty
years clerk Of the County Court of Din
widde. died at his home in that coun-
~ last night. He was a native oi
Brunswick county and was seventy
years Of age.
He served during the war between
the States in the Dinwiddie cavalry
and WIS wounded In battle.
Take Out Liquor Licenses.
or the 3s liquor dealers in Peters
burg, 20 retail dealers and 10 ship
pers. including one distiilery, hav'
taken out license. The former pait
sann each and the latter 1900 each.