The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-09

Christian church to-day. Services
will he suspended until the interior
of the church is painted and deco
rated and minor Improvements made.
Building Activity.
AT the Msrket-Street Methodist
church Tuesday night Mrs otto
Wright. gifted elocutionist OF Rich
mond, will entertain and delighi-
full evening Is promised,
w. Y. Burge and Company. clothiers,
will move into their new store in one
of the new buildings in the burned
district on Sycamore street to-mcr-
row. Eucker Dry Goods Company
will also move into their new quar-
tors early this week. GIN and Hoy
viii move from temporary quarters
10 the building vacated by Rucker.
The Rosen<tock stores will be moved
into the handsome new five-story
Rosenstock building some time this
month. The block On which the new
buildings are nearing completion was
swep; by fire December last.
other building activity IS that or
the Petersburg Savings and 1nsiif-
ance Company. which is building "A
aye~s;ory annex In the rear Of the
bank ard the work Of tearing down
the two-st0ry structure of the Me-
chanics' Association to make room for
the big seyen-story Mechanics build
ing Another week will see the COT
ner On which the big building is 10
60 M cleared and work OF construo-
ton begun. Contractor Davis has
.gntN October ! next 20 complete the
building SWt Il is expected II VIII
Ae~up snd tenanted before that time,
Mrs. Rofcrtson's Funeral
From the wess Street Methodist
church at o'clock this afternoon
Hes conducted the funeral of Mrs
Ida II. Robertson. who died Friday
al her home on Hinton street Mrs
Robertson was So years Of age ana
ss,survfvaa by two children. w. Thur
rran Robertson ana Miss Ethel l.
Robertson. The funeral was conduct
- AZ the W-est-S;reat Methodist Epis-
copal church. Rev. Lloyd c. Moore
pastor ~ the church. officiating. He
WIS asststed by Rev. DIR. George K.
y Booker. pastor of the Washington
street church The paIl-bearers were:
Active-R. F.. l.. NJ. l.. r.. A. A., M
Il. and c. Fl. Goulder. brothers OF the
deceased. Honorary pall-hearers were
James Duke and Ashley Potts.
nepnews.
The body OF Addie Layton. infant
daughter OF James and Adobe Lay
ton. who died yesterday afternoon AZ
the family home on Halifax street.
was sent to Henderson, n. c. TINS
morning for burial.
CoIored Boy browns.
Moses Mason. coiored. 20 years OF
age. was drowned in the Appomattox
river to-day, when boat IN which
he and A companion. whose name has
not been learned, overturned Mason
lived with his mother. Addie Mason,
on Grove avenue. but was employed
on ii dredge at Norfolk. lie was
home for over Sunday. Mason ana
another colored man, II is said, roweo
across from Pocahontas to tho re.
tersburg side at point near the
Union station.
Mason's companion jumped to shore,
II IA said. and Mason fell into the
river The body was recovered anu
taken to the undertaking rooms Oh
u. NJ. Wilkerson Mason's companion
has not been located, 1t was stateo
a., nnl,ce headquarters tonight. An
uthcr story of the drowning IS thas
Mason and the other had trouble OF
some kind and the boat overturned.
Mason could not swim, while his corn
panion could and saved himself inns
story Is being investigated
Death of David Bailey.
David Bailey, for several years a
prominent merchant, died yesterday
afternoon at his home Oh South ADAMS
street. after an Illness OF more tahn
I a year. He was 60 years OF age snu
| IL survived by two daughters MlS ;
Bessie N. Bailey. of PETERSBURG anu
Mrs. Walter G.. Walsh, of Jersey ivy,
N I The funeral win be conducted
at noon Tuesday from st. Joseph
/ Catholic church. 49,,
Rev. y. II. Rolston, pastor OF W.
Second PRESBYTERIAN church. was the
principal speaker at the meeting 10
tity-tf-the Baptist Sunday School AS.
! ISOLATION, held at the Grove Avenue
! Baptist church.