The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-01
PETERSBURG REJO|CtS
OVER DRY" VIRGINIA
Great Meeting For Praise ana Thanks
giving Held Last Might In Market
Street Church.
ENDS MEMORABLE FIGHT.
Women's Christian Temperance Union
VIII Celebrate Today As Red Letter
Day In Annals OF Old Virginia.

| the largest and most representative
| gatherings of men and women that
has assembled in Petersburg IN many
months gathered at the Market-Street
NJ. Fl. Church at 11:45 O'Clock this
evening in a praise and Thanksgiving
service In honor of the closing OF the
| licensed saloon in virginia
| DR.. william Pitcher, one Of the
most active local prohibitionists In the
memorable campaign of 1914, presid-
| ed and introduced as the speakers OF
the occasion Rev. David Hepburn. OF
the Anti-saloon League; former Gov
ernor william Hodges Mann, patron
OF the Mann bill. the nrst effective
prohibition law enacted IN Virginia:
Rev. Frederick w. Moore, OF the Sec
! ond Baptist Church, and President A.
| b. Bradsher, OF the Y. NJ. G, a. Tho
addresses were tnterspersed with
! prayers and appropriate musical selec-
tons. dirges TO the demise or John
| Barleycorn. The service was closed
at 1910 o'clock. though IL Will lnger
long in the memory of many of those
| present as the most joyous occasion in
the history OF old Market-Street
Church, thus ended In so far III Pc
tersburg IS concerned, one Of tho most
memorable battles that was ever
fought. save the pledges of hundreds
who viii watch closely the enforce
Inent of the prohibition law.
| The Woman's Christian Temperance
| Union Of Virginia will observe tom or
row as Red Letter Day throughout
the State.
Another Meeting To-day.
At 4 o'clock tomorrow nftern Don
there will be a prayer and praise ser
vice at tho Market-Street NJ. f.
Church. to which the public is cor
daily invited. A feature OF the SER
vice will be the singing OF the world s
greatest temperance. song, John
Barleycorn. Good Bye" by the Junior
chorus The song, which Is dedicated
to the Rev. William -("BtllY''1 Sun
day, Is as followa
John Baricycorn, Goodbye.
Tho flames of righteous wrath have
blazed
Thstr omen to the skyj
We sweep the liquor sodden earth
/ The world Is going dry;
On every hand, in every land,
There rings a mighty shout,
John Barleycorn. we're going to
wipe you out,
CHORUS:
John Barleycorn,
You have been the curse OF man;
You stole his very soul, you fiend;
Deny it II you can.
Now every nation on the globe
Has raised the battle cry.
John BArlaycoru.---Goed-b
The hopes, tho homes. The heart,
you wrecked,
Shall not cry out in vain.
For just revenge upon tho mend
That brought them grief and pain;
With all those years OF bitter tears
We're done without g. doubt.
John Barleycorn. we're going te
wipe you out
The tribute you extorted from
Your slaves shall 70 instead
To soothe their loved ones aching
hearts
And buy the Riddles bread.
+. For that which thrives on broken lives
Please GOD. we'll put TO rout-
: John Barieycorn, we're going It
wipe you out
The regular monthly meeting Of the
; w. G. It, u. Will be held at o'clocl
at the Market-Street Church
!. In Hastings Court
A. today's session OF the Husting,
Court Judge Mullen presiding. Ar
thur Davis, convicted in the Polioa
Court OF the theft OF u watch from
Quincy Subling. was found not guilt.
by a Jury and discharged. Three ne
groes were subsequently arrested II
the courtroom. charged with beinl
! the parties who committed the larcen,
, with which Davis had been Charged
They were committed to Jail to avail
a hearing in Police Court tomorrow
morning.
the Police Court of running q gam
.. bling house In Pocahontss and sen
. fenced to six months in jail. wa
found not guilty and discharged.
The case of the Commonwealth
, against James T. Noel. charged with
the murder of Mrs. Lottie NJ. Robert
son on May 14th last win be callet
for trial tomorrow morning at II
o'clock.
Ooncurs in Bridge Appropriation
The Board OF Aldermen. at an ad
Journed session last evening. by I
vote of ten to one, ooncurred In TIL
|
priating An additional $4,000 for tn,
construction OF a concrete viaduct t
replace Bishop Bridge Tho estimated
cost Of the proposed viaduct witt b,
approximately 100000. of which
amount the city has provided $102.
600. The Norfolk q Western Rail
way has agreed TO appropriate $50.
= 600 and the A. C L. Railway $4,000
y The balance will DO raised by contri
buttons from Chesterfield County an,
- from other sources. Tho board ais
voted concurrence in Appropriation
of $3.50 for tho payment Of the sal
I, aries of the ten policemen who's
terms OF office expired today unit
a June 30 next; sl,7b0 for the purchas
I of a new police patrol and made ma
merous other appropriations for pub
lie improvement.
= 100 Halloween Party.
One of the largest and most repre-
4 sentative gatherings that has assem-
b1ed at the Y. NJ. &. A. since its com
:. pletion attended the Halloween part
Is this evening. Messrs. Brunyate. land
scape artist with W. II. Harrison .
Co, and Baroody, of the Rucker Or
e Goods Company, succeeded with deco
rations In making the interior of III
building witches fairyland with a