The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-22
SUNDAY SCHOOL
UNION MEETING
Churches Show Excellent Attend
ance and Good Collection
for July.
WILL OPEN MILLS AGAIN
Residents of Sycamore Street OBJ
ject 10 Large Hole in Side
Walk for Water Vent
WILL OPEN MILLS AGAIN

| Especial to The Richmond virginian. }
PETERSBURG, VA, Aug. 22.--The
| regular quarterly meeting Of the board
OF managers of the Methodist Sunday
School Association was held Sunday
afternoon at Washington Street Meth
/ odist church, and the following re-
/ ports were received for the month:
! High Street--Average registered.
ssS; average attendance. 4f5; per
| cent, rs; collected, $3.50.
| Washington Street--Average regis
tered. 26T; average attendance, 14s.
per cent. So; collected, $z2.10.
! Market street--Average registered,
2is; average attendance. las; per cent,
/ SIS; collected, $3.50.
| West Street--Average registered,
22e; average attendance. 1873; per
| cent, 81: collected, $3.50.
! Matoaca--Average registered, 240;
average attendance, ITO; per cent, II;
collected. $3.50.
Wesley-Average registered, 1877:
average attendance. 1874; per cent. n;
| collected. sls.73.
! Ettrick--Average registered, 1872;
average attendance, 1I6; per cent, 81 :
collected. $S.96.
Blandford-Average registered, I0S;
average attendance. So; per cent, SO,
collected, s5.1s.
Totais-Average registered, 2,o02;
average attendance, 1874; per cent
Sc Ia; collected. $136.6O
The following meetings were arran-
ed:
Stated meetings for the third Sun.
day afternoon In each month. Sep
TENDER at High Street, October. Eft
trick; November at Wesley; Deeem-
Der at Blandfor2 church. II was dc.
cided to recognize third Sunday In
September as Blandford day, takins
up collection in every church In the
association for the building fund Of
the new church IN Blsndford, and thai
total report or the total sum col
iected be made that afternoon at the
union meeting in the High Street
church.
Saturday the school board of Eft
trick elected the following teachers TO,
the session; Miss Mary c. Whitehead
principal, and Misses Matte Condrey
Belle Carter, Mary r. Harwood and
Louise c. Couch. teachers. The ses.
sion commences September 10
Open Mills.
Pocahontas Cotton Mills of Peters.
burg, which have been idle for some
time. will shortly resume operations
me mills are being thoroughly repair.
ca, ana preparations are making 70,
WORK to commence. These mills EN-.
ploy large number of men and wo.
men.
The residents of South Sycamore
. street in the vicinity of Dry Branch
, are protesting against the proposed
digging of hole in the sidewalk te
De surrounded by wire netting into
; which the overflow water from tn.
! DFAnCn tr
neavy rains. Several property owner
IN the neighborhood already sufre
more or less. damage from fioodin,
when heavy rain occurs.
During the rains of last week ,
portion of the brick wall around tn,
property of the Masonic Hall fell in
excavations in an adjoining allie,
were said to be the cause of tn,
damage.
Mrs. James Gray, Mrs. r. H. Oxen
non and little daughter, Blanche. ant
Miss Efiie Brown left Monday To-
, crockett Springs to spend the re
mainder OF the summer. they vii
be Joined later by Mr.. James GRAY
Dr RI. Tucker Graham. presiden
OF Hampden-Sidney College. preached
Sunday In Tabb-Street Presbyterian
church.
Miss Julia Culbreth, a contralto O
1s"iFieu, ~. ~, sang at htgh- Stree
; Methodist church Sunday night
: Mr.. A. B, Murray who came Il
Petersburg some months ago to es
tsbfish creamery, Was taken TO tn,
Petersburg hospital. where he wa
operated upon Saturday for appen
dicitis
Mrs. John Roper. of Baltimore. re-
J turned home Saturday after spendinl
several weeks with relatives or
Liberty street.
The funeral of Mrs. Martha A
Andrews, who died Saturday morninf
at the residence of her daughter
Mrs w. A. Beasley, of West street
was held Sunday afternoon at
o'clock from st. Johns Episcopa
church.
Mrs. Andrews was 81 years OF ag.
and was the oldest member of st
Johns church. She Is survived by on.
son, W. G. Andrews. alderman from
the Fourth ward, and by two daugh
ters. Mrs. w A. Beasley. of Peters
burg, and Mrs. A. @. Hemingway, O
New York, also seventeen grandchil
dren and thirteen great-grandchil
dren.