The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-07
MAKE READY FOR
S0UIAS|DE FAIR
ALI. FORMER EFFoRTs Will NJ
FCLiPsED IeN ASSOCIATION
THIS YEAR.
NEW SUNDAY SCHOOL
nR. HArCHER NAMES ADDRESS
MD BREACHES SERMON.
NEW LIGHTS ON ~
City PARk.
Nirginian Bureau
Law Building phone 1873

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PETERSBURG, VA. oct. The
Southslde Virginia fair Win open mere
Tuesday week 1t viii far surpasS any
Of the former fairs held here General
Manager RefAr sir be- At the Sfato
fair in Richmond tomorrow and Tues
day. looking after the Interests ~ the
local fair lie VIII see the h0rsemeu
at the state fair. and get their entries
for the races here
The local track last year was one -
the fastest in the country. liorSem'
who have been on Il this fall. declare
that il is faster than ever before Four
horses. which have been training here.
were shipped To Richmond yesterday
to race at the state fair. They are tho
noted stallion. Judge Palmer, owned
by A. A. slasie, Ruth Palmer. owned
or j. y. PEBBLES, and Emma and Oriette,
owned by Brook curry. Judge Palmer
and Oriette raced on the grand cir
cult this season
The starter at the races here viii
be DR.. Kuhns, Of Wilmington, Del, Inc
Judges will be w. J. Carter, OF Rich
mond, and 4 Scott quentin, Of Peters
burg.
Judges already named are T. 9.
Sandy, Of BurkeviBe. on corn; Ashton
Gray. of Petersburg. on hay and
grasses; Mortimer williams, 81 Peters
burg, on peanuts j, W Shoosmlth,
of Chesterfield county. on horticulture;
w. A. Simmons. Charlotte, n. g., on
poultry. and Mrs. John ID. Blair aud
Mrs p. J. Archer, of Richmond, ON
domestic arts.
ffre Fair as~octatiet, h+ts atf6ea-t4qe
new buildings since thu last fair The
sheep building has just been COM
oleted and the show horse building
WIN be finished In a few days.
In New Sunday School Room.
Interesting exercises we're held at
Market Street Methodist church tssesas.'
Extensive improvements costing So,uoo
have Just been made TO the Sunday
school room Of the church. when was
used today for the first time since tne
improvements &pGssp 9sascs, ,s,..., -,
DIR. Samuel <, Hatcher, of A-hiana'
n former pastor OF the church. adj
dressed the Sunday school at 10 hcloeK'
A large attendance was present 3there
were twenty-threa conversions. Dr.
Hatcher also preached at both ra~ tar
services At the morning service a
collection was taken up for the hGiid-
ing fund, and a large amount secured.
All OF the $4,000 has been raised ex-
cent about 81 goo. The musical pro-
grams rendered were exceptionally
good.
Lights in Park.
The eighteen large electric lights re-
Gently 1pttt ip Central park were hsht-
ed last night for THE sfst time. The
mark Was so light that ~wspap"rs
could he read in any part of It. Cen
tral park has long been a rendezvous
for spooning couples Now they VIII
have. to seek some other retreat.
May Build New Club House,
The Riverside club will hold a meet
ing october 18th to take action on rhe
proposed sale of the present club it0lse,
and the purchase of new one The
meeting viii be held at the club house
a; clock. .'.y'.
Recital at College
The first of Il series OF menthIs re-
ritals hy the musical department Of the
Southern Female college was given IN
the college hall last night This was
a- fra first formal gathering 80 tire st'l--
dent body this year. II was a most
interesting and attractive occasion. TOT
all present
Colored Baptist Conference.
The coiored Baptist ministers CON
ference of Peters bnrg and vicinity wiz
meet tomorrow AT IL O'Clock at the
I~irsf rbenezer Baptist church, this
city The following are the officers OK
the conference. President. Rev. y. n
johnson: ce-president, Rev l.. =,
Davis, secretary, Rev f. Watts; treas
urer. Rev. J. Il. Rrosn. The public
Is invited 70 attend the conference
Real Estate Active.
Real estate hare continues actlye
and prices nod up we'll Desirb be
property is in demand. There Is con-
siderable talk here of the Organization
~ a real estate exchange. Nothing
definite has yet been decided upon, but
action in regard to the matter lnay ne
taken in a short time
Death OF Infant
Robert lee Tucker, infant son of Mr
and Mrs +. l. Tucker, of Etriek, died
Yesterday afternoon at the nome Of
his parents On Boisseau. street. The
funeral took place from the grave IN
Ettrick cemetery this afternoon st 3
o'clock.
Petersburg Wins.
TIL Petersburg high school football
team defeated the team Of the Ches-
ter high school al Mckenzie PARK
+4s;.artsssH afternoon by Il score of IL
70 o. A large crowd was present