The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-19
REVIVAL SERVICES IN PETERS
LARGE CONGREGATIONS.
ERECT MEMORIAL ARCH
WOMEN RAISING FUND BY PoPU-
LAR suBsCRIPTToN-wo
UNyEIL MONUMENT TO soyE-
REIGN HITCHCOCK.
Nirginian's Bureau.
Mechanics Rnilding. Room 81

+ The Bridges-Tillman revival con-
$finues to attract large congregation to
Market Street NJ. f. church. Last
Knight every available space within
Rthe building was occupied, and hun
dreds were turned away unable to
get standing room. Messrs Bridges
and Tillman sang duet, "He Lifted
re" The subject of Mr.. Bridges
sermon was, THE Fruits of Repent
| ahce," suggested in Matthew 3-11.
Mr.. Bridges, in his preaching is set
| ting up a high standard for the Chris
tian to live by, but he gives the
word of God as his authority, The
Sunday morning service Will begin
at fo:45 o'clock. and at 3 o'clock in
| the afternoon a meeting will he held
1 in the main auditorium for men only.
and at he same hour a meeting for
women only will be held in the lee
ture room. One of these meetings
will be addressed by MIR. Bridges,
and the other by Mr.. Tillman-
Memorial Association Acts.
The officers ,of the Ladies' Memo
! rial association of this city are send
ing out circulars asking financial
contribution 10 the proposed new
| Confederate memorial arch TO be
erected in Blandford cemetery IN
d place of The temporary structure De
| stroyed In a windstorm early IN thls
| contract
| been awarded to Burns x Camp
| bell Of this city. on bid Of $4,20o
for it's construction and erection. It
| sr announeed that this work viii
|sprobahly he the last. IF any eonsid-
&Scra bic magnitude that the association
Twill undertake.
Ifuxeiling of Monument
Il The Wondmen Of tho World me
morial erected by the order 70 the
1fitchrock. a member Of the camp
al Dinwiddie will he unveiled at :
o'clock Sunday afternoon In the fam :
siv burying ground at the home of
FLETCHER Hitchcock. about ten miles
from this CITY on the Roydtnn plank
road, and within about three miles
ESf DinwiddIe Courthouse Rev Geo.
H Schlek. u. u. Of Omaha Neh-.
&~ili deliver the Grafton, and the West
Street quartet Of this city vii! sing
Nj the unveiiiug, The poem. "oh.
ENhy should the Spirit of Mortal Be
%rroud 2" will be recited The camps
&cf this city and Ettrick and the camps
&at Reams. Sutherland. Cherry Hill
#and Mckenney Will attend
Wife Comes for Body.
III Mrs West. OF Sandusky, o, is on
her way TO Petersburg TO take charge
Mi the body Of her husband. ". O.
4onae In Prince George county yes
&ferday West called at the store OF
X#sV III Harrison Co, in this city. sew
&fral days ago and bought "A leather
strap about three feet In length. with
I'd n iron ring at each end and "a third
&ing could he slid on the strap from
&hne end to the other. He stated that
he wanted the strap 10 lift "a pump
@rom a we'll and asked II il would
-.
West jn hanging himself. The man.
who, with negro employed ny Mfr,
West. found the body had come here
from Ohio for the purpose OF pur-
chasing the farm. Had Mr.. West
known he had reached this city II is
not believed he would have COM
united suicide. The body was pre-
pared for burial. and is now at the
undertaking parlors of Badger a
Wood. awaiting the arrival of Mrs
West.
The Arlington Funeral.
The body of Richard Il. Arlington
who died at White Plains. y. Y,
Thursday morning. arrived in the city
this morning and was taken 10 the
residence of Captain T. Z. Heath
| Walnut nm The funeral will take
place from st. Pauls Episcopal
church at II o'clock tomorrow morn
Blandford cemetery.
Chief Ragiand Returns.
Cher of Police Ragland returned
from Jacksonville, Fla. this morning
bringing with him Frank Y. Lilly. the
young man charged with embezzle-
ment Of funds of the Old Dominion
Hide and Fur company, by whom he
was employed as manager.
Plum Falls Today.
INnETagsYla9 Walter Watson n
this district, was in the city today and
stated that he Will decide tomorrow
which Of the several candidates for
the postmastership he VIII endorse
lie has not intimated who the sue
'essful candidate will he.
Buys Ruth Palmer.
A. A. Slaeie yesterday brought OF
PEBBLES & johnson. OF Emporia, the
four-year-old mare, Ruth Palmer
by Judge Palmer" 214l-2, dam
'Millie Fipps," the price paid being
$1,000
Richard r Wilson, a young attor.
ney of Dinwiddie and Petersburg
whose home is at Cedar Heart. in
Dinwiddie, has announced his can
didacy for the house of delegates from
that county. and expect 10 make 8
close canvass of the entire county
Hon. Thomas +. Clarke. has repre-.
scented the county in the house for sew.
eral terms. and will probably he 6
candidate for reelection.
Personals and Briefs.
Tomorrow viii be the fifty-secont
anniversary of the departure of the
Petersburg companies for Norfolk e
enlist for the war.
" n Traylor a we'll known resi-.
dent of the West End. accompanied
by his wife and three children. lief
yesterday for Shelton, Neb, where
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