The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-23
ELABORATE PROGRAMS
FOR EASTER SUNDAY
special Music WIN BE Rendered To-
day In Churches of Petersburg
and Vicinity.
GOBLET PREVENTS HoLD-UT
Negro Tried to Rob Two Other
Dusky-Hued Individuals, and Is
HIT On Head with Glass-Mrs.
Cornelia Biick Dead.

Petersburg. va, April 27.--Easter
Sunday will be appropriately OBJ
served in many Petersburg. churches.
number Of them having arranged
special musical programs for the oc-
castor. The programs arranged by
several OF the churches are the most
elaborate In recent years, and doubt
less large congregations will attend
the churches of all denominations.
At st. Joseph's Church high mass
will be observed at 1880 A. M. and
vespers and benediction at p. nj.
Other churches that have arranged
special programs are St. Johns and
st. Paurs Episcopal Churches. the
Second Presbyterian and the Bland
ford Methodist Episcopal Church.
The Washington Street Methodist
Church and the First Baptist Church
have also arranged attractive must
cal programs.
The revival services, which have
been In progress in the Methodist
churches OF Petersburg and vicinity
throughout the past two weeks. have
resulted in many conversions and rec
lamations. and a. the result several
hundred additions in the churches
Three Services Today.
Rev. DR.. J. J. Wicker. OF the Leigh
Street Baptist Church. Richmond.
who is assisting with the evangelis-
tic services at the Second Baptist
Church, preached one of the strongest
sermons of tho series last night and
he and Mrs Wicker sang two appro-
PIRATE and impressive duets.
DR.. Wicker will conduct an evan
gelistic service in the Sunday school
at $3.50 o'clock tomorrow morning.
and will preach at IL A. NJ. $3.50 p.
be for men only, when DR.. Wicker
will speak on "a Real Man" The
services will continue through next
week
Closed For Holidays
The Dupont Powder Company.
through the officials of the Hopewell
plant, gave notice to its employees yes
terday In the guncotton department
that hereafter only one shift from 7
A. M. to p. M. with be worked on
Saturdays and that this department Of
the plant would be closed until A.
M. Monday.
department. was closed down at
o'clock this afternoon until Z o'clock
Tuesday rznorning In order that am
pinyes WHO wish to do 80 might make
o brief VISIT to their homes. such OF
them who do not i've at Hopewsll or
City Point !.
Goblet 20 the Rescue
At etoday's session of the Police
Court, enc OF the most interesting
Gases at recent weeks was heard by
Justice G. O. pleashnts Oscar Jor-
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Walter Harris and William Lee, coll
ored. at the point OF q pistol, was sent
on to the Hastings Court for, trial. Ac-
cording to the evidence of Harris and
Lee. Jordan held them up In the vicin-
| ity of the Seaboard trestle at West
High and South Streets last night and
demanded their money. Harris reach
ed Into his overalls and astounded the
Ihighwayman by pulling out . large
hotel goblet instead of his money when
Jordan turned his head to watch Lee,
Harris struck him with the goblet and
grabbed his revolver with his other
hand, the trigger catching HIS finger
and pinching a large blister upon it,
At this stage. Lee came to the rescue
| of Harris with piece Of iron bar and
Jordan was terribly beaten up by the
two. At a moment when Jordan was
not watching Lee. the latter threw his
ipOcketbook, containing apout tZo, into
some shrubbery nearby and the police
had to search sometime before finding
| It, Jordan confessed to having COM
mitted the hold-up and gave as an ex-
cuse that he had been drunk and
wanted more money with which to buy
whiskey.
T. r. Grigg. window cleaner,
whose home Is In Richmond, but who
! frequently works at his trade In Pc
tershurg, was sentenced to thirty days
lin tail for the theft of revolver.
| Fined for Shooting.
| Following pistol duel between two
negro men in Wilson Street yester-
day afternoon, a negro named Saun-
ders, one OF the dueiists. was arrest
ed and was fined $40 In Police Court
this morning. The quarrel between
the two negroes was the result of
! jealousy over q woman and the po-
! lice found 1t diff1cult to straighten out
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