The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-12
: WILL CLOSE SALOONS
I'm PETERSBURG At 9P. N.
CIRCUIT COURT TO MEET
Two White Men Try to Saw Way
From jail and Are stopped by
Guard---Mr~. Whcary Dead.

especial 10 The Richmond VirSinian.)
Petersburg. Va, March ll.-Ihe
g Common Council met in adjourned
session last evening and after several
hours completed all the business OF
the regular session and adjourned
shortly before midnight,
go The most important item before inc
body wac the nmmendauon OF q
" special committee appointed SOM J
weeks ago to consider a petition OF
local ministers for an earlier ciosin
~ the saloons The committee held
a conference with committee repre-
Senttr1r the ministers Thursday after
moon and after thoroughly gong over
the petition and considering Its every
. phase deci3od to recommend that on
and after May ] the saloons shan ne
! renutred TO c.ose at =. NJ. instead OF
a, II p. N. as at present Its recon-
nendation pas made TO the Councii
accordingly.
The special committee appointed 10
t-yvastiEatn the cost of caring Ior the
citr's prisoners and the condition OF
I the City jail and Police Department
submitted it, report With reeommeh-
. dations for betterment OF CONDITIONS
. 4 resolution providing establish =
r,eut OF tho ONCE OF assistant city
auditor at a salary OF $1,000 annually
%uS adopted and goes TO the BoaFd
at Aldermen for concurrence.
The request of the Petersburg ma
Annor1attox Electric Railway for per
rrfssion 10 lay a spur track at Wythe
and Sycamore Streets was brought w
for discussion and resulted in the
matter being referred to the street
+ osrr1ittee for further consideration.
Commemorative Attorney Samuel
wv thinner and President r, H. Mann
OF the Petersburg and AppomattoN
y Comp a. peared q SAe interest OF
. the company, and Attorney 4, Boiling
wilcox. Rev Fred w. Moore. pastor
OF the Second Baptist Church, and
= Others. presented the views of the op-
position.
Opposed 70 Spur Track.
Chairman J. r. Jones, of the Street
Committee, vigorously opposed the
granting OF the request. characterizinE
It as useless and detrimental TO wor-
ship st the Second Baptist Church.
which will re annoyed especially dur
ing he Sunday services by the loading
and unloading of traffic directly IN
front of the church doors, which will
be composed largely Of q noisy and
Soreign element when the regular ten
minute schedule, which the company
proposes. N put into effect
An ordinance providing for two
sessions of the Police Court daily
at . A NJ. and p. M.---and Sunday
morning session at 10 A. M, when
necessary. was adopted, with Council
men J. Z. Young and Turner dissent
ing on account OF the Sunday session.
The reports OF all city officers
which were not read at the regular
session Tuesday night were made and
all departmental bills were ordered
paid ~
Methodist Rally Day.
Tire annual RallyNDay and the third
anniversary of Memorial Meth odis
Episcopal Church will be held tomor
row. Bishop Altheus w. Wilson. o
Baltimore, the honored senior prelat'
OF southern Methodism, will preacf
at IL A. NJ. The pastor. Rev. l.. T
HIT, has this 70 say of Bishop Wilson
LAS a thinker. he Is deep and origi
nal: a preacher. he 10 sptritua
and foroeful; as an orator, he Il
. equailed ~ few and excelled b,
none" Bishop Wilson 10 moro thar
1our-score years old and has been IL
tha Methodist ministry for SIXTY
] three years
-. DIR. Hatcher 10 Preach.
Rev. Samuel c. Hatcher. y. p.
former beloved pastor OF tho Mar
! kete streetMethodist Episcopal Church
! noF vice president OF Randolph
/ MHcon College, will occupy the pulpit
of the Washington Street Methods
Episcopal Church at both service
Ssinday. This information will be wei
! -rumed by Or. Hatchers many friend
-~f DR.. Colonna's Service.
!. Rev M. g. Colonna, pastor OF thl
Nsrket-street Methodist Bpisoopa
Church. will preach at both service
tomorrow. Al the evening service
y
/ Salvation Army, viii speak for tel
/. minutes preceding the sermon OF
/. what Know OF Moral Conditions II
!. Petersburg" The pastor will preael
! !. on "A cryout fthe Heart Of Hu
! rrAnity." The public is cordially In
I vsfed 10 attend this service,
s~-~~~- Pfanoforte School.
= Al the regular weekly meeting o
Y she Robertson Ptnsoforte School tht
: morning. IN addition TO the usua
= drills in hand culture. ear traininl
y and memory tests, Il recital was rem
= 6ered, in which the following student
9 took part: Misses Lou Dom Kidd
Z Marie Booth, Dorothy Seward ant
= pera sttth.
= At the afternoon recital the follow
: kng program was rendered:
4 Two-part invention ~. s. Bach)-
z Miss Pauline won Erickson.
! Kinderstucke tMend elssohn). Ka
= nennor-OstroY. No. 80 (Rubenstein'
~ ~-~Miss Pauline bowman.
Barcarol'4. Tales OF Hoffman COT
fenhach) MIR George Goudy
Romance (MacDowell) Miss Mar!
CREIGHTON.
-. valse Caprice Op, ss (Chaminade'
! Miss Virginia Meade Wake.
Circuit Court Adiourns.
The Circuit Court of Prince George
Judge Jesse r West presiding. I'D
tourned last evening TO March q
: Just before adtourning, Judge Yves
se. the dates for tho trial Of forty
4 nine cases.
Federals Were pes0a:ed.
Captain Beachy, wien f's P & p
team, defeated the Fedora tenn or
= the Y. NJ. C. A. bowling elletrs las
evening, after a close and eyr'tirs
fight. The scores were ~ follows:
n. e. r. Team.
King .........s. l22 80 los az
Riddick ..,--,. ia fTe i1S 4eI
Beachy ..-;... l4e LAG 1913 45j
Smith YAM. .175 100 1os 90.
Wake ....... 1872 100 1871 Al
Totals ....s. 7is 71s s21 2o5
Federal Team.