The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-11
Monster Gathering of Virginia
Soil Tillers Scheduled for
Petersburg %.
OTHER NEWS OF TOWN
Successful Foreign Mission Day
At Baptist Church-Sunday
School Association Meets.

! President, Il, T. Bondurans. Rice. Va;
: vice president. Z. GordoI. Union
I Level. Va; secretary ii. l.. Petty.
Union Level. Va.
| Executive committee NppUm1ttox
county. }. w. Cawthorn, Appomattox;
brunswick, w. E. Smith, Ords0urg.
Buckingham county, ID. Al. Gamma
way, Guinea Mills. Charlotte county,
w. J. Martin. Charlotte: Campbell
county, j. J. Wood. Concord, Cum
| bertrand county. G. Il. Sanderson, Ash
! bY; r f. Blackwell, CHAIRMAN. Holly
dale, T. w. Evans, secretary. Com
cord Amelia county, r. 3, Iiogers;
&rnp iA, -nia@taa+e eea7tF,-S T.
SPAN. Church Road, L.unenhlirS
county. K. 4. Blackwell, HollydaIe.
ALT cklenburg ceunty, }. j. Cook, La
/ Crosse; Nelson county. J. w. Good
~yn. Arlington; Nottoway county, j
b. Weems, crewe: Prince Edward
county X. w. Fuqua. Prospect
The conference Will probably bring
1 together more farmers DIT ona time
/ thar has ever leen in SouthsIde Viz
girla before for the discussion of ag-
/ ricuItural interests.
| Foreign Mission Day.
! Sunday was foreign mission day at
! the West End Baptist church, on
/ Washington street. The Rev. A. X.
| Love. pastor. preached eloquent ser
mons morning and evening to large
! audiences.
! Both church and Sunday school re-
! sponded literally to the call for sub
scrtptions to the cause Of foreign MY
slons, the amount contributed being
$500. Tho mems Bible class, numbe
| ing i25, donated $50 This elass. of
which Mr.. J. w. Holt Is teacher. ave-
ru N "a Ia 81
day. and works enthusiastically in all
the matters which pertain to the up
building of the West End Baptist
! church.
Sunday School Assooi alton Meets
The regular monthly meeting OF the
Baptist Sunday School Association of
Petersburg and vicinity was held In
the Matoaca Baptist church Sunday
afternoon at $3.50 o'clock.
The following officers were elected
for the next twelve months ]. p
Stephenson. president. J. r. Suther
land. vice president: r. Eaton Adkins
secretary: John f. Seay. treasurer.
The following reports of the various
schools were submitted
West Fnd-On roll, 3Si; average at $
tendance. 34S; percentage of attend
ance. 81: new scholars, S; collections
s37.44.
(
age attendance $50: percentage of at.
tendance. "a: new scholars, 10. col
lections. s1G.2S.
First Church--On roll, 1856: averag,
attendance, 2T2. percentage Of attend
ance. 80; new scholars, 10. collections
$3.50.
Grove Avenue-On roll, SO; average
attendance. rs. percentage Of attend
anee, "a. new scholars, lo; collections
1858
WoedIawI--Qn roll. 81: average at
tendance, 40; percentage OF attend
ance. DC, new scholars. /; collections
s3.69.
Matoaca-On roll. 1fs. average at
tendance, Sc; percentage of attendance
IL. new scholars, ! COLLECTIONS $40. A
t Ben Greet Players.
= Under the auspices OF the Riverside
Club. the Ben Greet players appear IA
= the Academy OF Music Saturday after
= noon and evening. In the aiternool
will be played Shakespeare's "TaminI
OF the Shrew''; at night "Midsumme
Nights Dream"
: The patronesses of the occasion vii
e be: Mesdames h. II. Patterson. H. G
l Leigh. Nj. G. jackson. Harvey Seward
8 G. 7. LAssiter, M, (. Hall. II. l.. Nc
1 Gill. j, W. seward. T.. II. Drewry, \
t r. Patterson, Bartlett Roper, K. A
Mcllwaine. A. ID. Hun,lltou. c. Il
Plummer, r. l.. Roper, Mortimer VII
iiams and ]. Mel. Ruin.
Discuss Wide Tire Law
, A largely attended meeting of farm
ers and citizens of Chesterfield count
was heTd Friday night at Rudy
store. to discuss matters in oppositic
To the wide tire law.
a club WAS organized to be know
Il. A..
ed the following officers:
Chairman, Thomas Hewlett: Secro
I tary. james Clayton: Treasurer. v
: r. sherman.
If the wide tire law Is strictly On
forced they propose taking the matte
y up ia the courts
Ash Bridge subscriptions.
Subscriptions are being asked 10
2 the bridge which is to be built acres
r the Appomattox at Matoaca, The ne
cessity for a bridge at chs point
> urgent
e Citizens OF Matoaca investigated tn
! number crossing each day by ierr
10 connect for Petersburg with tn
: street cars and found that coo cross
D ed the river during one day.
Social and Otherwise.
Petersburg will be we'll representa-
at the Chase City Normal Institute
Z which opens in July. Mr. II. Ran
! dolph Jones superintendent OF publ
schools of this city, lis conductor o
exercises, and Miss Mamie Meyers
"a member OF the faculty. Other prom
inent teachers OF the Southside ar
numbered in the faculty of this insti
tute.
The trustees Of the public school
of Dinwiddie county have decided +
= build new high school at Reams, 4
. that county The building win cos
. about $4,000.
| Dr. William f.. Hatcher, of Forl
Union, who Is conducting revival ser
vices at First Baptist church, preach
} ed to large congregations Sunda
. morning and evening.
Monday is Tag Day in Petersbur
Z Tor the benefit Of the Petersburg hoe
, pital.
; Miss Eva Martinique. former traine,
nurse for the Kings Daughters o
Petersburg, has returned from Staun
ton. TO her residence I'm Washington
: ward.
MIR Sterling r. Bass. we'll know
young man of this city, who has beel
connected with the Metropolitan In
suranrs Company as agent, has beel
prol 4. ed TO the position of assistan
manager and transferred to Rich
mond4 ,..,,. ..,4.2a ,s-s..: -, ,..,.s
Monday night meeting OF tn
: Democratic City Central Commute
win be held 10 fix the date for tn
{ primary candidates for the board o
5 aldermen and council. DIR. JOSEPH
: NJ. Burke Is chairman OF the com