The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-26
PETERSBURG CLUB
WILL MEET FRIDAY
Call Issued by President for Dis
cnssion of Plans for
Next Year.
SERIOUS FIRE PREVENTED
Camp Of w. Q. w. Organized
at Reams-Othcr News
Notes.
Times-Dispatch Bureau,
Bollingbrook Street,
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NiclcDHpnC liSJl {.
AT the call of the president. a meet
ing OF the Cockadc City Athletic Cor
poratlcn viii DO held on Friday eve
INNS of next week MT the PETERSBURG
Ciub. The corporation is the owner
oi the Petersburg baseball franchise
,ie'ho busch. the manager of the
Petersburg team last season, has
signed for next year and is already
iookihs Tor some good players. in ad-
hltion 10 those of last scason's team
who Will return.
Serious Fire Prevented.
- nre which might have proved dis
aStfous but for timely discovery ana
fronhnt work was discovered this MORN
ms between and o'clock In tho
partition walls and ceiling of the Office
oil the Union Transfer Company. on
Hoiiingbrook Street Tho depart ont
VAS able 10 prevent serious damage
nN tho use of chemicals. On the ground
| moor III the rear of the Office arc many
carriages and vehicles OF tn, com
| pany. On the second floor rho borsns
are stabbed. Tho horses were all led
OUT as precaution. The fire liz sun
| Posed to have caught from a stove.
| and TIC damage was confined TO the
| office.
Wedding Announcement.
Ii. ana Mrs George Potts, of Mead
| owVil!e- on James River, have issued
| invitations to tho marriage OF their
| daughter. Leonora Elizabeth, to john
w titan Pierce. OF Buokin ham county.
inc wedding will take place at noon
| on cdnesdny. December i I'm The
homo OF the brides parents, at Mead
| owvilie Some $50 invitations have
zen sem out, and the event will be one
OF wide interest
Fine Camp Organized.
District Deputy Il. L. Mayes, of this
oltE' oFsenized finc camp of Wood
| men OF tho World at Reams In MIN
| "iddio county. night before last with
Jun charter membership. Officers
Tor the first year were elected. as fol-
lows: Consul Commander. w. L. Webb
Sdriser Lieutenant. Henry w. pan;sl
banker, James Halligan; Clerk, W. r.
iailigan; Escort. L. p. Perkins: Watch
man X; q. ChapPell: Sentry. @. Craw-
tord Physician, DR.. E. W. Perkins.
Managers-R. E. Chappeu, one year:
frank Aldridge. two years: J. II. wy
att, three years. The order is rapidlv
growing IN this section.
Pcrsonul md Othcr1rtsc
heV. j: 1. Bosnian, the retiring pas
tor OF Market Street NJ. E. Church,
WIN preach his final sermons there
TO- morrow morning and evening. and
VIII leave Tor his new charge Monn-
mental Church. Portsmouth, early i'm
the week. Rev. George H. Spooner the
new pastor OF Market Street Church
VIII arrive next week 70 enter on his
WORK ga ~"
D Hugh Jackson has returned TO
ING CITY from an extensive business
Trip through South America. Mr.. lack.
son spent several months on this trip
ana saw much of that country.
hapld progress has heen made in
iayiHg the concrete foundations for
uae seEeh-story steel structure to be
erected by the Benevolent Mechan ical
"a association at the corner OF Sycamore
ana iabb Streets. The cid Mechanic
building, which the now one Is 10 sun
plant, was erected IN 1899. and no cor
ner-Stone was laid for It,
FreSldin5 Elder ]. *. Joliff, of the
petersburg District, will begin his first
quarterly conferences Tomorrow az
Matoaca Church in the morning and
al Wesley Church. in this city, at night.
conference engagements extend
throughout December.
Wife-Murderers From, Petcr,hurr
TWO Petersburg men are now serv
inE time In the penitentiary for killing
their wives Emmett Poarch, a plumb
err who shot and killed his wife, was
given term OF eighteen years. Of
winch he has served sevcn or eight
years isaiah Cooper. colored. has just
entered on a term of ten wears for
the murder OF his wife.
'ohn Warrenton. painter Is In the
state prison for attempting 10 kill his
wife. lie was at one time released on
parole but broke 1t and was returned
to serve out his term.
a charge of killing his wife by
poison Is pending against Junius vii.
Hanson. but he was first conyicted md
sentenced for higamy, and the murder
charge is held until after the expira-
ton of that sentence
Market Rcorened.
The old" market house. in the lower
part OF the city. which has been closed
for several weeks for renovation. was
teopened for business this morning. It
has been made almost new and nrc-
SCENTS very attractive appearance.
granolithic floor has been laid, new
stalls put in, the, entire interior re-