The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-13
WARTHEN HEAD
OF 0RPHANAGE
He Is Now Superintendent Of
Presbyterian Institution
at Lynchburg.
PLACE is WELL EQUIPPED
New Buildings and Various I'm
provcments Now Are
Under Way.

Lynchburg. Va. July &c. x. War
then. who for ten years was physical
director of the Lynchburg Y. NJ c.
A.. today took charge OF the Pres
byter!an OrphanaSe ns superintendent.
having severed his connection with tho
association work several weeks ago
to accept the orphanagc supcrinten-
dency.
Tho orphanage Is one of the best
equipped institutions of it's character
in tho State, and is probably the best
equipped OF any church orphanage In
the Southern states. II now houses
sixty children, equally divided be-
tween the sexes. but soon as two
additional cottages. now undor com
Dletion. are ready. tho number will be
increased 10 100. The orphanaBe was
founded ton years ago by the Vir-
ginia synod of tho Presbyterian
church, which includes all OF the
Southern Presbyterian congregations
OF Virginia, Maryland. District OF Co
lumbia and portion OF West VIZ
GINA. farm located milo west Of
the western corporate limits of Lynch
burg was purchased for the orphanage.
the property containing al5 acres. The
purchase price for the property was
$4,000. Since that time. or since the
destruction by fire OF the girls' dorIna-
tory several years ago. which Ave or
Elk llkl.c E4IS were 10 UedlI.
the frontage OF the farm, including
the remaining buildings were sold 10
a Northern syndicate for $4,000. This
contained exactly one-third OF tho
property Other sales apyrcgat!ng
about $1,000 bring the sales UP to
$4,000. and SIN there are 200 acres
in the property With the money de-
rived from the sales indicated, an ad-
min.strat!on building. super.ntendcnts
home. two cottages. barns and other
outbuld.ngs and necessary fencing
have been built. and to-day the or
phanage farm has been improved until
Il produces as we'll any other IN the
central Piedmont section. the crops this
gear being worth some thousands OF
donsrr.
When tho buildings now under con
struction. which include oold stor
nge plant and dairy. as we'll 10
additional cottages, abou; $4,000 VIII
have been expended In buildings. and
the property could hardly be moro
IDEAL
seny Lowest bidder.
y. seay,. a I.ynchbnrg contractor. IS III.
the post -ottce building In Bedford city,
for which bids were opened several
DAYS ago. The bids, however are IN
able for the building By about $500,
md II is probable that the plans Viii
De ADJUSTED 10 ti!tg lil' cost !l4SIA' liz
appropriation, and that the contract
Will be let in a short time.
Dogs Must re Muz1icd.
The IynChburC Common Council has
adopted an ordinance providing for the
muzzling % all dogs toing al iarge
November J. The ordinance goes 70 the
Aldermen for concurrence next Thurs
Gay night. and there. is no doubt as
TO It's passage. y similar ordinance was
In eject here last summer. II being
adopted after q naddog scare running
over period OF some weeks.
Going to Brn,i.
Bishop w Z. i.ambuih Of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church, passed through
York City, from whence he was hooked
10 sail for Brazil, from where he viii
20 10 Africa 10 fulhll promise made
sevcrnl years ago TO an African chief.
4 year ago while on a miss onary tour
rs 2 bishop of his church. BISHOP Lam
in Central Africa, which was IN charge
OF Rev. Robert Morrison. a native Viz
Els old home in Rockbridro County.
From there he penetrated the CONT
tinent some 500 miles. where he was
eraciously treated by the natives 1t
was while there that the chief OF the
tribe exactcd Or. Lambuth's promise
he would return TO establish "a mission
OF his church He Was SO impressed
with the possibilities that no SGT 70 work
ne goes with full authority 10 I'll his
promise with a mission After his trip
TO Brazil lpr. l4HnlDCtn goes 10 AiFlCa,
and he hopes 10 be able TO establish
work there before the close OF the pres
snt year or early during. 1914. Sailing
from New York 10 Brazil. we're Rev. J.
i. Kennedy, for more than thirty years
b missionary TO that country. his sister,
Miss Mollic Kennedy. and his daughter,
Miss Eula Lee Kennedy. who graduated
from the Randolph Macon Womans
College here last June. Mr.. Kennedys
other da' shtcr. Miss Ruth. remains
here to complete her studies at Ran
dolph- Macon next session.
Enforcing Ordinance.
Tho Police Department has been very
active for several weeks in an effort
10 enforce the traffic ordinance relative
to the sounding OF horns at street in
Der OF prominent citizens AS we'll as
others, have been fined. Now the au-
toists are sounding their warnings so
religiously that residents are crying
for relief from the noise. The police,
however. have instructions TO enforce
New Bunk VIII Open.
The Citizens Savings and Loan Cor
poration, which was formed to operate
Morris system bank for small Dor
rowers, will open It's doors here Tues
day. with +: NJ Wood as secretary
years cashier of the ,Cheesapeake and
Ohio Railway here. During the past
week he made study of the Morris
system banks In operation in Norfolk
and Richmond.
Turtle Drawn Into Pump.
One day this week a large pump.
which supplies water for n tank on
the island yard of the Norfolk and
Western Railway here. went out of
commission, and an Investigation de-
been drawn into the pump. The turtle
was badly mutilated before It's presence