The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-29
SEMINARY GRADUATE
IN DANGER IN PERSIA
Fears Expressed for Safety of Mis-
Sionary Supported bv Peters
burg Church.
HAS son IN RICHMOND.
Rev. Isaac Yohannop Not Heard
From for Months-Tag Brings
1888 for Negro tuberculosis Sani-
toTiunn.


! Friday of oablegram from four native
I Christians at Tihis, Persia. three of
! them and perhaps all four, naturaiized
Americans. telling OF the prosecutions
/ inflicted on American missionaries by
! the kurds, much uneasiness has been
felt here over the safety of Rev. Isaac
Yohannon. Il foreign mission pastor
supported by the Second Presbyterian
Church of this city.
/ Mr.. Yohannon graduated from the
Union Theological Seminary at Rich
mond. and while there preached fire.
Fquently at the Second and Old street
/ Presbyterian churches in this city. Be
! fore graduating from the seminary
about ten years ago he obtained his
naturalization papers
! Rev. j. a. Mcclure. pastor of the
Second Presbyterian Church here. states
that efforts had been made through the
/ Sohannon Missionary Society OF his
church and through the State Depart
meut to reach MIR. Yohannon through
letters, but that since last September
no direct communication had been made
with him.
MIR Yohannon has a son who is now
q student at the Medical College of
Virginia at Richmond who will upon
graduation go as "a medical missionary
to his native land.
Negro Tag Day.
! Tag Day" observed by colored citi-
zens yesterday in Petersburg for the
benefit of a sanatorium for colored tn
bercular patients proved to be SPLEEN
did success. The amount raised was
fully up TO expectations, totaling
sSJs.35. Professor Candy, Of the Viz
ginia Normal and Industrial Institute
one of the promoters of the project
believes that If the response through
out the State was as liberal as Il was
in Petersburg considerably more than
the sum necessary for the purchase
of farm for tho site of the sana-
torium was raised.
May Annex Ettrtck.
I Since the recent offer of the Board
of Supervisors of Chesterfield County
of 1925 was made to the Citizens I'm
provement League OF Ettrick for their
electric lighting system. the sentiment
which has been growing for several
years past for the annexation of Eft
trick to the city of Petersburg has
been subject much discussed The
rapidly with which Petersburg is
growing and the character of extern
sive improvements being carried on
by the city seem to have attracted the
attention of Ettrick citizens.
The thrifty little village now boasts
of population OF about 1000, with
plpb5piS iS" OF tOipIeu fltiZeHS tnaH
any village of it's size in the state
Citizens OF the village believe that an
uexation would mean within FIVE years
much needed public Improvements
1t has been many years since the
corporate area OF Petersburg was in
creased. but it Is probable that the
matter will be taken up In the city
Council at an early date.
sunday school Association Meets
hn az 15at do4s Cob
Iciation of Petersburg and Vicinity held
Its regular monthly meeting in Ettrick
Church at $40 O'Clock this afternoon
Paul Petit presided and a special
program was given by the Ettriek
school An address was made by
Charles II. kruse, teacher of the Sc
ward Bible Glass of the First Baptist
Church. The reports OF the schools
for the month showed:
High -Street--Average register, 42s;
average attendance. 353; per cent. So:
collection, $3.50.
Memorial-Average register. ais;
average attendance. 34S; per cent, 81;
collections, 1851.
Market street--Average register. 37e:
average attendance, 2g2; per cent, rs:
collections. s40.72.
Washington Street--Averag &c re gfster.
S73; average attendance, .303: per cent,
) 81; collections, s2797
Ettrick--Average register. $40; aver
age attendance, 25S, per cent, 50 col =
lectfons. $26.03
Wesley-Average register, 262: aver
age attendance, 216; per cent, So. col =
lections sl9.Sf.
Matoaca--Average register. 1872;
average attendance, i50; per cent, rs:
collections. Sass
Blandford--Average register, 122;
average attendance, 104; per cent, SIS;
collections, $7,o5.
Totals--Average register 2,47s;
average attendance, 2023; per cent, So:
collections. $207.s1
Funeral of Mrs. Perkins.
The funeral of Mrs E. L. Perkins. of
Reams. Dnwiddle County, was con-
Quoted from the Oak Grove NJ E.
Church at 3 o'clock yesterday after
noon. The pastor, Rev. L. J. Phaup,
officiated and the services were at
tended by large number of friends
and relatives. During the services at
the church Miss Mayhem Nunnaily. of
this city. sang THE Home of the Soul"
and rendered at the grave THE Chris
tian's Good Night" The following.
7 grandsons OF Mrs. Perkins, were pail
bearers e, a. r.. j. H.. w. d. and
il. T. Wyatt. Willie and Edward Per-
kins. There were many handsome
floral tributes which attested the es-
TEEN in which Mrs Perkins was held in
the community
Funeral OF Mrs. scott.
Tho funeral of Mrs. Mary. E. Scott.
widow of DIR. Thomas s. Scott, and
daughter of the late Rev George A.
Balm. was conducted from the residence
at sos Halifax street. at 3 o'clock this
afternoon. Rev. George H. Spoouer,
pastor iof the Market-St NJ Il.
Church. of which Mrs Scott had been
a member for more than half q CEN
fury. offciated. and interment was made
in Blandford Cemetery.
Automobile On Fire.
The fire alarm turned In about noon
today was due to "A blazetn an automo-
bile belonging to Harvey Seward. The
machine was found to be on fire while
proceeding. along West. MasidnKtcn
Street and was run into an alley at
styles flower gardens In the West End,
where an alarm was sounded and
streams from garden hose were turned
on. Tho department responded prompt
" and the DANES wsre exting utEhea
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