The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-21
MEMORIAL WINDOW
PLACED IN CHURCH
TEXANS REMEMBER THOSE KILLED
NEAR PETERSBURG IN con-
FEDERaTE WAR.
MANY FUNERALS HELD
| HALF STARVED NEGROES ARE
! JAILED AFTER FEAsTISG FOR
! DAYS UPON Can or RAW
CABBAGE.
yirgisla Bureau,

!
PETERSBURG. VA. May 90
The memorial window erected by the
State OF Tesa. To the memory of its
| dead Confederate soldfr was uuveil-
| ed In old Biandford church this after
noon at o'clock
The unwilling exercises we're under
the auspices OF the Ladies' Memorial
association, whose members were
present In body. The Sons Of Con
I fedate veterans and the Daughters Of
/ the Confederacy also attended.
The veil was drawn by Mrs. j. r..
! Rosenberg, or Texas, who was astive
| in securing the memorial, and the
dedicarory address was delivered by
| DIR. c. Braxton Bryan. rector Of Grace
! Episcopaf~ church. His supjet was
THE Confederate Soldier DR..
| ttsryHn WIS eloquent TT rfnTHs and pail,
! a beautiful tribute to the valor of the
men who formerly wore the gray
! Two more memorial windows are
/ to lie plaed in the church--Jhose from
/ Florida and Georgia. These will be
/ unveiled June 3D. They will coui-
! plete the beautiful memorial chapel.
making the old church one of the
most beautiful memorial buildings In
! the country.
Hold Annual Meeting.
The annual meeting OF the Market
Street N. Il. Sunday-school was held
yesterday. Reports o. the years
work were submitted These, showed
! the school to be In excellnt condition.
| These officers were elected for the en-
suing year. President board Of man
ayers, j. L. Young: vice president. 7.
| r. Percival; secretary. Howard
| Wright: treasurer. j. ". Scoggin:
| board OF Managers. C. Il. NunnaIly, A.
| b. Badsher, Fl. r.. Wright. IT. r.
! Stroud. W. NJ Lewis, Roper Leah.
j. A. Binford r.. r. Wilson. Walter
| Sparklin: Representatives TO Sunday
school union. j. J. Prichard and Ar
! thur Sccggin.
By d rising vote. u. G. Wright wss
| recommended TO the quarterly con-
| ference for reelection 10 the office Of
Superintendent and W. Il, Harrison was
! recommended as assistant superin-
| tendent.
/ The annual meeting of the Sunday
| school OF High Street Methodist
| church was held yesterday. Reports
| showed the schoo, 70 be In frst-class
| condition. The following officers were
elected for the year; President. q. q.
| Harlow, yfce-president. e. IL. Lewis;
| secretary. t. l.. Allen assistants. Har-
| vey Baxter and George Rolte: treas
| urer. e. a. Balm; assistant, j. e.
| Green; librarians, Leonard Mayes and
| Isham Andrews: chorister. Carlo
| Mora; pianists. Misses Lena McNeely
| and Lucy Shackeiford; superintendent
| primary department. Mrs. Richard
| Bagby
| The following board of managers
| was elected: e. j. Hude4ns. j. e. NJ
| gent, A. NJ. Davis u. NJ. Collier and
r. RI. Short.
Tsiism Dyer is superintendent of this
/ school. and Chester Tucker and
| Charles Lanier are assistants-
Funeral OF DIR. Hinton.
The body of the late DR.. Samuel A.
Hinton reached the city from Louisi-
ana to-day. and was taken to the
residence on Washington street The
funeral will take place tomorrow at
ternoon at 6 o'clock in Grace Epis-
| copai church. Burial will be In Bland
ford cemetery The following COM
mittee from the Petersburg Medical
| association will attend the funeral in
a body: Drs. r.. A. Martin, ]. NJ.
Burke, william r HARDWOOD and Fl.
Aufick Burke.
The funeral of the late Joseph W.
Moore took place IN the Matoaca
Methodist church this afternoon at
2:30 o'clock, and was largely attend
ed. A. r. Hill camp OF Confederate
veterans and kecotan tribe Of Red
Men, OF which the deceased was a
member, attended In body Burial
was in the Matoacs cemetery.
A box car reached this city this
morning, consigned to uarweil~ Bros
loaded with cabbage from Charleston.
s. e When the door was opened
three negroes were found inside. They
said that they boarded the car in
Charleston Saturday and went to
sleep. and were locked in. They lived
on cabbage and drank several bottles
of whiskey, keeping drunk all the
way here. They were arrested, and
Will be given hearing by justice
Plummer in the morning.
Laying Gas Mains.
i The Petersburg Gas @eepse Esst ia
laying mains in the West End The
company has opened an Office in the
western part of the city.
| Funeral of J. J. Alley.
/ Tho funeral OF the late John julius
! Alley. who died suddenly yesterday
at the Williamsburg hospital, will
take place tomorrow morning at
1890 O'Clock in ST. Johns Episcopal
church, and burial Will be In Bland
ford cemetery. The body reached
| this city this afternoon and was taken
10 the residence OF Mr.. Alleys dauxh- |
| ter. Mrs J. d. Kirkland, on West
Washington street.
! The funeral OF the late Mrs Mary
I q. Hubbard. widow of the late John
IT. Hubbard. will take place tomor-
residence, 41s Shepard street The
burial will follow In Blandford ceme-
itery. ..
Briefs.
| Floyd Lufsey. for a long time a
fireman. stationed at the Halifax
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