The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-09
RESUMES
BUILDING OPERATIONS
Residences Being Erected and Many
improvements Made In
Business Section.
FIFTY DEATHS IN ONE MONTH
City Health Officer Martin Makes
His Repor--Forty- Births.
Other Cockade City News Gathered
in "a Day.

spring season has set in building OPP
erations in Petersburg have put on a
bold front There are at this time
many residences throughout the city
being erected and many improve
ments are being made in the business
section Of the city.
Work on the Center Hill Apart
mentss which were nearly completed
before operations were supended a
few weeks ago. will. be recommended
within few days and the building
will be rushed to completion
1t is reported from an authentic
source that work will be commenced
on the Hotel Petersburg. on the site
of the old Shirley, in West Tabb
Street. within the next sixty days.
The Petersburg Investment Corpora
ton Is said to have about completed
arrangements for financing the prof.
ect and the erection OF a modern and
up-todate hotel will be rushed to
completin at an early date
Health Officers Report
The report e. Health Officer Mar
tin for March shows total of fifty
deaths in the city. twenty-four
whites and twenty-six colored. in
Guiding three nonresiden,s Among
the decedents nine were under one
year Of age, ten between sixty and
eighty. and three more than eighty
years old
Among the causes of death were
peliaEra, one, tuberculosis. six; can
Ger. four; pneumonia. eight. Bright's
disease, seven. accident. one. Six
deaths We're certified by the coroner
The rate Of mortality, based on the
last report of population furnished
by the Census Bureau. was twenty
three per 1000 per annum; white,
twenty, and colored, tweuty-seyen
During the month sixteen bodies
were brought to the city for inter-
ment and seven bodies were shipped
away. Forty-two births were re-
ported during the month, twenty-five
white and twenty colored.
notwithstanding
Mrs. Pearl Jennings or Wax efieid
and William Bryant, foreman for the
Norfolk and Western Railway Com
pany at City Point, were married at
2:45 o'clock this afternoon at the
residence of the officiating minister,
Rev. f. W. Moore. The bridal couple
were accompanied to the city in auto
mobiles by a large party of friends
aud after the ceremony returned to
Wakefield.
Smallpox at City Point.
A report apparently from an
authentic source to the effect that
smallpox has been discovered at City
Point has reached Petersburg. There
Is only one case. however, and every
precaudon has been taken TO prevent
d further spread of the disease and
no uneasiness is felt here.
Hill school Honor Roll.
The honor roll for A. p Hill School
for the month of March is as follows
IA Grade-Margare Beasley.
lib Grade--William Falconer
Charles Ridout. William Powell
Agnes Lockett, Jipsy Sinclair, Alice
Ruffin, Doris Steere. Ethel Clements
Virginia Brown.
"A Grade-'Travis Eppes. Meade
Connolly. Eunice Connolly, Susie
Logan,
ward Eppes. Lillian Royal Verona
ga Grade--Iancie Connolly
THE Minister'S Marriage
There was large and interested as
sem blage present In the lecture room
of the West END Baptist Church this
evening to witness the presentation by
the young field OF The Minister'S
Marriage" and The Jolly Drummer"
A feature OF the entertainment was
the appearance of Mr.. S. T. Hodges. OF
lienucfsoDFliiss AZ S*s III LIS Tpi1 "a
The Jolly Drummer and several
violin solos by Miss Alberta Bowman.
Addresses Bibie Ciass.
Miss Seesee. of the Baraca and
Pnilathea Secret Service Society World
Wide Union, addressed the Baraca
and Philathsa Union meeting at the
Ettrick M h. Church at 8 O'clock
this evening. There was large at
tendance and the meeting was thor
oughly enjoyed,
Egg Hunt In Ball Park
There will be an egg hunt at Nc
kenzie Street baseball park COM
mencing at 4:3o O'Clock tomorrow af-
ternoon for tn benefit OF the Memorial
NJ f. Church. All children are in
vited and refreshments will be sold af-
ter the hunt.
With Ball Team.
Among those who accompanied the
New York American baseball team to
Petersburg today were Colonel and
Mrs. Houston and Ed Curley. the well
known sport writer Colonel and Mrs
Houston arrived here this morning
and paid a visit to the Crater and
other battle fields.