The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-24

oinceFs OF the council are: Secretary,
the Rev. William a Brown. of Ports
IL. p. Miner. OF Norfolk. Treasurer.
Fortescue Whittet. of Petersburg;
Chancellor, w. W. Old of Norfolk;
Register and Histor!osl apher. the Rev.
{. 3. Bryan. of Petersburg.
Tho council Will open on Tuesday
with divine service AMI the admins
tration of the Holy Communion by
Tucker. followed by the appointment
! OF tho various standing and special
committees. and there will be no af-
ternoon session on that day. The real
business of the body will begin on
Wednesday, with reports from COM
, mittees. The annual reports and ad-
/ dresses of the bishops are always mat
tiers of great interest.
The council will have before II for
consideration the proposition to es-
| tablish a high school L. be conducted
under the auspices of the council as a
church school for the education Of
boys.
The parochtal reports made to tho
| last session of the council shows the
following diocesan statistics: Number
of clergy. so; number of families In
the diocese, 7.I07; number of baptized
persons 1888: number of communi-
cants, 1916 white. and 1898 colored :;
number of lay readers. SIS: Sunday
! school teachers. s71; scholars. s.Ss3;
| confirmed during the year, 1881; re-
! ceipts. siO2.2s4.
There are three convocations In the
diocese: The Norfolk. the Central.
which includes Petersburg. and the
southwestern. There are two arch
deacons-Rev John j. Lloyd. for the
southwest. and Rev James s. Russell,
for colored work
Bible Classes Organize
A meeting of the Baraca classes of
the city was held this week at Wesley
NJ. L. Church. and. Bible Class Union
was organized. with the following Of
ficers representing different churches:
President. S. L. Marks. of Ettrick;
First Vice President, +. w. Warning
ton Second Vice President A. T.
Ducll: Secretary, W. r. Duell: AS
sistant Secretary. Julian Magee;
Treasurer. c. S Warriner; Press Re-
porter, j. II. Perkins. The classes Will
have q rally Sunday evening at Wesley
Church.
sudden Death of Mrs Jordan.
Mrs. Mary Frances Jordan. aged
| sixty-eight years, died quite suddenly
yesterday afternoon, at the home of
| her son, Walter l. Jordan. on High
1 street. She had been In feeble health
| for some time, but her death was en-
tirely unexpected. The body was
taken to Crewe, her former home to-
day for burial. Besides her son she
is survived by daughter. Mrs Ash
worth. of Portsmouth, and three
sisters
Personal and Otherwise.
At the manse of the Second Presby-
terrain Church yesterday afternoon.
the Rev. ]. y. Mcclure officiating,
| Mss Bertha Ruby Howard and James
McCanady both of Richmond, were
married. Relatives OF the young
couple came TO Petersburg with them
a youth named Belcher while play
ing ball on High Street this after
| noon, was struck and knocked down
! by bicyclist and quite painfully hurt
and bruised. He was taken into the
office OF DR.. j. Boiling Jones, where
his wounds were dressed
Three stores 10 be erected on Syca-
| more Street by l.. A. Rosenstock, have
been engaged before a brick has been
laid.
| The Democratic delegates from the
Fourth District, at Norfolk to-day. re-
fused TO make any change In the dis
trict committee, with the exception Of
| elect'ng W. c. Winn, a member In
place OF Thomas Arvin, of LunenburG
resigned. j. Gordon Bohannon. Of
| Petersburg. was elected elector for
the district, and DIR. Jos. NJ Burke, of
Petersburg, and y. T. Palmer of
Greenesville. We're elected delegates to
the national convention.
College Commencement.
! The commencement exercises of the
! Southern Female College will begin
on Sunday. with the graduating ex-
ercises and art exhibit on Monday
night, and the final concert on Tues
day night at the college hall Miss
Margaret Beall Williams. of Maryland
has the distinction of being the only
full graduate this year but there will
be graduation in the various schools
as follows Miss Agnes Allen. Miss
! Lucie Drewry. Miss Katherine Primer
Miss Mildred Ribble. of Virginia: Miss
Marie Brown. of Massa chusetts: Miss
Lottie Stephenson. OF North Carolina
and Miss I.ora Siers. of West Virginia
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