The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-21
ACCIDENT FATAL
TO CARLO MORA
Petersburg Organist Is Killed
While on Automobile
Trip.
WIDELY KNOWN MUSICIAN
He Had Resigned Position to
Go to Church in
Elmira.
WIDELY KNOWN MUSICIAN

The Times-Dispatch Bureau.
Bollingbrook Street
Telephone 1850,
Petersburg. Va. October 90.
The. Rev. W. II. Atwill. D. D.. pas
tor Of High street NJ f. Church. at a
late hour last night received the fol-
lowing telegram from Baltimore:
Baltimore. Nd. october 10.
Carlo Mora was injured in an au-
tomobile accident yesterday near
Laurel. Md, and died in hospital here
Tonight. The body was shipped to
New York for cremation IntermeHt
ut st. Adams. VT.
(Signed) DR.. PAULO MORA.
The TELEGRAM caused much distresa
| in the congregation of the High
Street Church, of which Carlo Mora
had been the choir director and Or
Sanist for several years. The signer
, OF the telegram is brother Of the
/ organ:st.
Mr.. Mora came South for his health
from Vermont six on seven years ago.
He was a very accomplished musician.
and soon found employment to engage
him. He was for several years she
organist at the Washington Street
Christian Church. and for three years
had been organist at the High Street
Church. This position he recently re-
signed. his resignation to take effect
November /. He had accepted very
fiattering offer to take the position OF
organist at a large new church In
Elmira, n. Y. He left Petersburg last
week to visit his brother for few
days. expecting to return by to-day.
The High Street congregation was de-
votedly attached to Mr.. Mora and Is
deeply distressed over the news
brought by the telegram Every el-
fort has been made to-day to get
some particulars about the matter. but
without success
1t is sad that the mother and the
affianced OF Nh. Mora met death In &C
cidcnts.
Episcopal COnvOcation.
The fall session OF the Central Con-
vocation OF the Episcopal Diocese OF
Southern Virginia was held in "aVeriy
during the past week. contlnuinS
through four days. The Rev. Z. D.
Bryan D. D.. OF this city. is pres
dent and the Rev. +. q. Ribole, OF
this city. is secretary OF the confoca-
.tion which embraces seventeen coun-
ties and the city of Petersburg IN its
territory. The work OF the cohSo-
cation is mainly devoted to the IN
tcrests Of the church within its lim-
it's. especially the missionary WORK
The convocaton was well ATTENDED.
and five addresses were delivered oJ
a number of speakers
Boys and Girl Clubs-
While the boys corn clubs made
spIendid showing at the Sooths'oe
Fair last week. and very many prizes
for the excellence OF their exh1o'ts'
the Girls Canning and Tomato CLUBS
made a no less gratifying exhibit OF
their work Three sigf canning ana
tomato clubs mad exhioits-replesent
ing the Dinwiddie. Chesternelo anu
4 Jt,oway organizations kae DAhr
w,dd;e girls il is said, cultivated To-
natoes and put up over 5.oeo eahs "a
the vegetables. pronounced oy mer
chants TO be o. better quality than
those nut on the market from the
regular canneries. The work o. the
Girls in this line met with marked
success, though the dry season oPer
at.d against them. In the raising anu
canning work Dinwiddie was awarceo
IN. arst prize Nottoway second. and
Chesterfield third.
For the toest tomatoes grown. the
first prize was awarded TO Miss Susie
Royster: the second TO Miss Arie Har-
dy, and the third TO MISS Lucy L.
Scott-aIl of Dinwiddie
The merchants of the city have OK
ifECC 10 tdhS
canned by the girls clubs
General News Notes.
Arthur D. Virnelson. aged forty-hve
years. born and reared in Petersburg
died last week at his home at Lam
b.rt's Point He had been In oao
health for eighteen months. Deceased
was the son Of the late Mr.. and MIS-.
W. b. virneIson, and is survived D.
his wife
Joseph Ellington formerly with the
Leonard Hardware Company, has ae-
cepted a position With the br'ush-
American Tobacco Company.
Thomas B. Bond, of this CITY saieo
from, New York Saturday for Costa
E!ca. where he goes in the interest
OF the British American Tobacco Com
pany.
The funeral Of Mrs Anna K Don
nan. relic. OF Alexander Donnan. took
place this afternoon from the resioenee
on South Market Street. and was at
tended by large assemoiase oi
friends