The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-19
NEGRO CONVICT
MAKES ESCAPE
FORMER PETERSBURG MAN PASSES
!
AWAY AT HIS HONE IN NORTH
CAROLINA.
CASE OF SMALLPOX
REV. j. A. MccLURD TO BIZ IN
STALLED AS PASTOR OF SEC
oND PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH TODAY.
CASE OF SMALLPOX
Nirginian Bureau,

Law Bufidlng, Phone 1851
ETERSBCRtS, VA. May Is.~~~Eed
Daily, negro convict employed on
The road force in Chesterfield county
near Ettricls. escaped this morning
while at work, and is still at large
a reward OF s25 has been offered for
lis 1arresl- and the authorities expect
10 appfehend him
John Il. ChappeU. q former Peters
burger. died this morning at s O'Clock
Ut his home in Durham. \. &. He
was n son of the late snip" Chap
pell, a former weli-known resident OF
Halifax street. The body Will be
brought here for burial. .
The health department has located
n case Of smaIlpcx III Blandfnrd. and
has established a quarantine. The
case Ii that Of Charles Moody, Is
negro Sswiuiji hama VINO Recently
came here from Prince Georges ooun-
" Ii Is Iant believed the disease VITA
spread,
Jefferson Davis eonaiavc of Hepta~
sophs WAS visited last night by SUI
prene organizer Conito. Of Balti-
more. and District Deputy Kausa. o:
Richmond. a social session followed
the business meeting and several adj
dresses we're made.
Petersburg company No. Is. T.. H..
*. T., Last night elected officers for
ne ensuing term. II. Y. Parnarn was
chosen captain. Affair the instalia-
tiCn ceremonies the company marched
"a the Stratford hotel. aud were the
guests of the captain at an elegant
5saqlct.
The monthly naetiny of the Home
Mission society of the Second Pes
hyterian church VIII pe- held tonor-
raw morning immediately following
the church service. This will be the
ttrsi meeting Of the society since the
arrival of the new pastor, Rev. J. a.
Mcclure.
Rev. J. =. Mcclure viii be Ia
stalled aS pastor 81 tnts Second Pres
byt@ri@n church tomorrow morning
with appropriate ceremony. The In
sfa3Iafion sermon WIFI ha preached by
i}r J. ! FiN of South Richmond. This
charge ~ the pastor Will be delivered
by Rev. Charles r. Stribling, OF this
lily. aud the charge To the congrega-
iion viii bc delivered by Rev. DIR. r
= English. ot the Union Theological
seminary
Tue sales nT tobacco the past week
aggregated e9,35o pounds. and sales
.or the season 10 date are a.s0S.Ss5
pounds Prices have been good the
fsast week, and the farmers have
Irt.itet thereby
EfSS8%Gt LhAEtSBH A3Ap u number OF
Norfolk and Western railway officials
passed through sh!s eity this after
noon going 10 Roanoke. They were
on q. tu9r of inspection.
STUDENTS at tia Southern Female
COLLEGE vawe u daiightfui recital in
gns epiiess auditorium tnnignt, nnd
a large number y invited guests were
present.
.sy-tziszE.f s.t.r ts...ss dt-ti1a -tIry-ftAn-
list church begin tomorrow. and TWO
services wiz be held each day, AT
2 So 4, N anu F. NJ. The morning
service Will last exncElN one honE eAE.A
G1y, So that business men may attend
without loss % time.
Samuel 4. Hinton. afwideiy known
physician ~ this CITY. died last night
IT Week Island. Las. where he had
been for some months on account of
hts leaith. Ma was Il brother of the
iale Judge prcwry A. Hinton az this
city, afd was prominent here. He
was a Confederate soldier, and had
for the past thirty years pfacticed
medicine, here. He was head Of the
local health department several
wears, and ranked high in the ruedi-
cal profession. He WAS siSty-eight
daughter, Miss Catherine. and twin
sons. Ross and GIls Hinton. the fer
MGR Of Oklahoma and fbe latter of
Louisiana, He IN also survived 10y
one sister, Mrs. Mnhado. OF Norfolk.
The body viii be brough, here for
burial