The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-06
REGRETS ARE SENT
To LOCAL CAMP
Petersburg Veterans Declines In
Nltation to Attend Richmond
.M.moriai Celebration.
III HEN NEWS OF TOWN
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ra4.. l;eaieTs Have Big Plans
ycWelrr buchanan buys sI6,-
0UU Property.
,IuEh NEWS OF TOWN

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I 4t,.,-..,. Veterans asa .AsL malt, tall
: 49,. -,.,..-4 iTCII s. r.. Leo Nemp "a
IsIG.4.u-4Iu was feao, lny.tAI.S t4.e sa-t.p
to s,arsAotss.t WIN tntn 4a the Geia-
( braHon vi AtemorlAI jJay oh the oot,-
instant 1he camp oeCHHea Win re-
srets TO accept tle tnsala-lon 40 at
tonu In a Douy. out Is many members
as CouId possioly 40 81 were uiseu
10 EAteAa and take part IN the eAer-
cases..
Grain Dealers Meet.
\ meeting Of the gram dealers OF
Petersburg was mead yesterday aver
noon iii me Itau OF tne InamoeT OF
( CoHificrGe to confer with JCnn T..
LourGten. secretary OF the grain deal
ers' AttlufIaI assoGIRaon, Wuose nead-
/ quarters are IN IoIeao, ONO, on tne
SUBJECT Oh UNIFORM graues and OF the
! extension Into tine PETERSBURG frtar-
/ ket OF the associations influence
! N4lA-f.-Al-sr-te to p+saes+Iis 8sFiataffS
q OF grain upon the highest posslpie
, commercial plan. 1t Is pe!leVed That
! by this process Petersburg, because
Of her national advantages AZ a GIs-
triouting center. viii pront largely oy
being brought into cIoser traternaI
touch with the great surplus pFoduc-
ing regions of the West.
The sentiment of the local grain
dealers US expressed at the meeting
indicates that d majority of the deal
ers will become members of the ma
. tional association before MIR. Cour-
| clan leaves the city.
Kings daughters to Meet.
The executive committee of the
! Kings daughters Of Virginia will be
held at the Epworth League Method
list church. Norfolk, MAY II. at IL
O'Clock.
Mrs. Clarence G.. Burton, of Rich
mond, is State president of the asso-
citation: Mrs. Robert w. Price, Of Pc
tersburg, is STATE treasurer ANA MASS
I Elizabeth Nicely. of Portsmouth, IL
State secretary. All of the above
named officers Will attend the meet
ing.
Social and Otherwise.
X. II. Mann, attorney for the Com
monwoalth, Ia quite sick at his home
on Adams street.
; on next Sunday morning at Il
O'Clock the Woody memorial building
, which is an annex to the FIRST Bap-
l fist church, Wan be dedicated with In
, terestiug exercises.
The program arranged Tor the oc-
, Casion Is as follows: organ volun-
tarly, anthem by the choir. reading
of the Scriptures, solo by Miss Lii
liam f. West. of Richmond. prayer by
Rev. Dr. w. c. Taylor. hymn, coro-
nation, introduction by Rev. w. &
: Taylor. colo by Miss Lillian f. West
; Of Richmond, dedicatory sermon b.
Rev. w, l.. Hatcher. of Richmond
hymn, How Firm Foundation,
benediction.
Rev. Thomas Rosser Reeves. who q
! the last session of the Virginia annua
conference was assigned to the pastor.
ate of Washington Street NJ. f. churcF
in this city 70 succeed Rev ]. b
VIM, viii soon sever his pastoral r..
latiuns with this church To accept tht
position of associate principal of tbs
Blackstone Female Institute. The
will be general regret at his leaving
t1r. William +. Drewry, superinten
dent of the Central State Hospital L
III Washington. Il. G.. attending the
American Association of Alienists, ant
J from there will go To Baltimore TO at.
r tend the National Association for the
Study of Epilepsy.
= Dr. Drewry is president of both o.
T these societies, one of the highest hon
= ors In the medical profession of tn,
) country. He is also vice-p president ex
. othcto of the Congress of American
Physicians and Surgeons. now in ses
sion In Washington.
the brick building on the corner O.
q Sycamore street and Courthouse ave
nue.. owned by A. u. Hamilton, of tht.
0 city, has been sold privately to Johr
. Mes. buchanan. a well-known few
r eler of Petersburg. The sale was con
l Summated yesterday afternoon wner
all the papers were signed. The pric,
psld for tho property was sI6.5o0.
Gray Radford.
cray Radford, we1l-known younJ
man OF this city. residing on pear
street. died Friday morning, after {
G protracted Illness of consumption. De
> ceased was twenty-eight years of ag,
q and unmarried. He was a nephew o
< Police Officer Hudgins
Mrs James i. Jackson, one of tn,
I most beloved ladies of Petersburg
+ died at her home on West Washington
- street, this morning at ESQ O'Clock
Tho deceased before marriage wa.
Miss Judith Freed Wilson, OF AmsIis
county. The deceased Is survived b,
two daughters and two sons. Amont
me latter 10 Robert F. jackson, teileI
or the National Bank OF Petersburg
Memorial Associ alton Meets,
The Ladies" Memorial Associa ton OF
Petersburg was I'm session for two
hbuiS TEluAy una ala not adjourn un-
I'll shortly after / o'clock in the after
noon.
Among other business transacted, II
was ecided to extend an invitation &c
Rev. ID. III. Ralston, pastor of the Sec
ond Presbyterian church in this city
TO deliver the memorial address al
Blandford cemetery on June O. Confed
crate Memorial Day.
The date for the unveiling of the
memorial windows In BlanGford church
wac fixed for tho Sd of June SO as not
= to interfere with the 9Th of June me-
mortal exercises.
, These windows were made by Tiff
: fanny. of New York. and were erected
by the States OF AFkahsaa, South 6Hro-
Lima. Mississippi, Alabama, Maryland
Tennessee. and also memorial win
dow TO the everlasting glory and honor
of tho Ladies' Memorial Association OF
Petersburg. The governor of South
Carolina 10 expected to be here TO take
part IN the unvailing ceremonies oil
the memorial window OF that State.
A committee, consisting OF Mrs, w
Il. Beasley. Mrs. K. +. Parham Mrs
Samuel Edwards and Mrs. !. +. Bird
song, was appointed to- visit Fort Ma
hone III Prince George county. and For
A!steadnan, in the same county, ON TIN
Goth day OF May--Nattonal Memorial
Day--Hnd place "a wreath OF flowers OF
the monument erected by the State OF
pcnrry gania at the first named place
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