The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-13
WANT PLAYGROUND
N COCkADE CITY.
MASS MEETING WILL DE HELD IN
n. e. LnE SCHOOL HOUSE
TONIGHT.
LITTLE GIRL BURNED
LOUISE sANDFORD NEAR DEATH
LAS RESULT OF ACCIDENT
BLIND TIGER oPERAToRs
ARE FINED. la
virginian Bureau,
Mechanics Building,
Room 81

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Mechanics Building, q!
Room 31S.
PETERSBURG, VA, May Ia
Louise, the little four-year- daugh-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs, James Sanford,
was burned yesterday afternoon at
the residence of her parents on Grove
avenue. The little girl had just left
ap upstairs room, where her mother
was dressing. and gone into an alley
running by the home. In a few min
utes she was heard to scream, at the
same time running into the house
with her clothing in blaze. Mr..
Sanford, who had been in another
part of the house, heard the screams
| OF his little girl and met her: tearing
the burning clothing from her body.
he probably saved her life. Little
Louise set herself on fire with
match she had taken from her
mothers room. She was burned about
the chin, neck, arms and hands. The
attending physician cannot yet give
positive assurance, but hopes for the
child's recovery.
Hold Mass Meeting.
A mass meeting will be held at
s o'clock tomorrow night at R.. Il.
Lee school in the interest of play
ground Improvement. T. s. Settle.
Southern field secretary for the
Recreation congress. will exhibit q
series of lantern views of sports and
recreations. The meeting will be
held under the auspices of the Pc
tersburg Education association and OF
the Civic league. The Most interest,"
ing feature Of the meeting will be
two or three five-minute talks, in
which reports will be made Of the
opinions expressed by recreation con-
gress workers on their visits to the
city last Friday and Saturday.
Raid Blind Tiger. ~
Lieutenant Donahue and Police Of
| ficer Aldridge yesterday raided a
| blind tiger on Lavender lane. The
officers found seven or eight men and
women In the house and captured a
quantity of whiskey and beer. which
was being sold. The blind tiger was
at the residence of Sarah Cousins, a
| colored woman, who. with her
brother, Will Cousins, was charged
with selling liquor without license
and on Sunday. In the Police court
this morning Sarah and viii Cousins
were each find 800 and given thirty
| days Imprisonment in the city Jail.
Hospital Receipts.
At the regular monthly meeting of
the managers of the Petersburg hos
pital receipt of contributions. amount
ing to $122, from the various churches
of the city was acknowledged.
Death~of Mrs. Adams. .'ds
Mrs. Lucy Adams died about $40
O'Clock this morning at her residence.
/ 210 Main street, Bradford. Her hus-
i band, w. B. Adams and four chill
Edren, two sons and TIVE daughters,
snrvive;s also her mother and father,
1 Mr.. and Mrs William Lufsey, five
sisters and one brother, Mrs Bette
Wanton, Mrs Ella HarrelI, Misses
Fife and Jennie Lufsey and Edward
Lufsey, all of this city. The funeral
will be conducted from the Good
Shepherd Protestant Episcopal
church, Wednesday afternoon at
o'clock.
John Il. Livesay.
John Edward Livesay died yester-
day morning about l o'clock at his
residence, 200 Liberty street. Mr..
| Eivesay was sixty-six years Of age.
He came to Petersburg from Emporia
thirteen years ago. He had been in
feeble health for several years. For
many years he was engaged in the
sawmill business, and was well known
and highly esteemed. He was an up
right citizen, good man and de-
voted husband and father. He is
survived by his wife and nine chill
dren--Benj. r. Livesay. OF Washing
ton; Lewis e. Livesay, OF Reno, New;
Mrs. J. p. Weiss and Mrs. w p. Stub
lin, of Emporia; Messrs. Lucy and
w. and III. Linwood Livesay. all of
this city: also by one brother and
one sister--William Idvesay and Mrs.
J. A. Harrison.
The funeral arrangements have not
yet been completed.
i Observe Mothers Day.
/ One hundred and nineteen NOM
beers OF the Junior o. u. A. NJ, OF
this city. responded to the Mothers'
Day proclamation Of State Councillor
Wharton by attending services at
Memorial NJ. E. church last night.
The entire service was in keeping
with the occasion. The pastor. Rev.
Lloyd c. Moore. preached from Psalms
1855. Patriotism" was the theme
Of the excellent discourse, and sew
eral appropriate selections were rem
dered by tho choir.
/ New Church Members.
A class Of eight adults was received
!, into the membership Of Wesley M. e.
+ church at the morning service yes
terday, one being man passed mid
die life.
Organize New Church.
A. The new Third Presbyterian church
IN this city was organized Sunday af-
ternoon by the commission appointed
for the purpose by East Hanover
i Presbytery at its recent session In
Richmond. Twenty three : reEsans
were enrolled by the commission az
charter members OF the church by
certificates and. profession of faith
Twenty OF this number were from the
Second Presbyterian church. who al
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