Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-09-15
ROANOKE NEWS NOTES

ROANOKE. VAl Sept. 1o.-An
automobile party left the city for
Lexington Va, September 2, con-
sisting of the following gentlemen Of
the city: Mr.. \. +. Brooks, Mr.. Green
Penn, Mr.. Charles Lawson, Mr. T.
II. Taliafcrro, DR.. Edwood Downing,
Mr.. Willie Patterson and Purcell
Cuff. The party went from Licking
ton to Natural Bridge and into the
caverns at two o'clock. They left
the caves at three o'clock and arrived
in Roanoke at six o'clock, having
had the trip Of their lives. Mr.. w.
*. Walker, OF Lexington entertained
tho Roanoke visitors royalty, 80
much so until the gentlemen will
not soon forget the Inequalities
shown them while in Lexington.
Miss Gertrude Lawson and sister,
Estclle, left Sunday night for. Nor
folk and Hampton, visiting the
daughter of Mrs. w. II. b. Williams,
Miss Z. Spinnie, Of Hampton, Va
Mrs. Emma Mickey, the daughter
Of Mrs. Catherine Miller, of No. 314,
died Monday after a long illness and
the funeral took place from the
home. Rev. j. J. Jefferson oiliciat-
cd, the pastor being out Of the city.
Funeral Director w. Il. Hughes had
charge Of the burial.
Mrs. Miller wishes to uso this
method In thanking tho many friends
who assisted her so nicely during
the illness and death of her daugh-
ter.
Mrs. Annie l.. Powell, go Walker
avenue, N. E. left last Saturday for
two weeks vacation visiting
friends at Rocky Mount, Franklin
Co., Va. She carried her little son
Master Edwin.
Sunday morning and night, Rev.
George G. Taylor, ID. D., Of Mt. Zion
A. NJ. Il. Church delivered two very
weighty sermons. At night the Rev
erend used as Il text, IL Peter, 9Th
verse, And besides this giving all
diligence, add to your faith virtue
and to virtue knowledge"
Mrs. James a. Swift, sos Eighth
avenue, N. Il. left for Columbus, o.
September s, to visit her sister and
brother, MIR. and Mrs. Frank L..
Roberts.
Miss Augusta Eggleston, sol
Tenth avenue, n. IL. has returned
from a visit to Columbus, o. and
Pittsburg, Pa.
Rev. w. r.. Robinson, of Washing
ton, ID. c. has been visiting his sister
Mrs. Ellen Crutchtield, of 245 Tenth
avenue, N. e. and was accompanied
W her TO Forest, Va, where lac
pte.iul,eU' Ii %UI3tIlTII .sviTu,np and -re-,
turned to Washington.
Mrs. lGjllie Furgerson, 90 Fifth |
avenue, N. W., who underwent n |
serious operation at Freedmen's a !
few weeks ago, is getting along fine. !
Mrs. Annie Brown and Mrs.
ne Do
visiting their sister, Mrs Berta |
Hoson and Mrs. Ida Bonds and Susie |
Farley, of Northeast Roanoke, TIC |
Ninth avenue.
Another father Of tho city has fall |
ell n victim to the great monster |
death, in the person of Brother IT,
G.. Kinsey, who died Saturday night
at nine o'clock and was buried OH
Monday with high honors by Kebar
Lodge, l. 0. 0. T.. The funeral was
from st. Paul's Memorial M. E.
Church, of which he was a member
for forty years and two months. He
never faltered In the fight for God
and the right. He died in tho full
triumph Of faith ard was solemnly
laid to rest in Midway Cemetery.
He lived to bless mankind and Sc
cured a homo in Heaven.
The Mt. Zion Baptist Church Sun
day School gave the children a truck !
ride and picnic at Kingstown last
Thursday. They enjoyed quite a !
pleasant outing with abundance of
tho delicacios Of the season. !
WANTS TO LOCATE SISTER. \
Any information Of the where
abouts of Mrs. Margaret Kinton will
be Of much comfort and great relief |
to her dear sister, Mrs, Angie Brown
OF 9l5 Ninth avenue, N. W., Roan-s
oke, Va. When last heard OF, two
years ago, she was at Winston-Saleml
N. c., on east Third street.
Miss Minnie Hay, Of Rustburg, Va,
the adopted daughter Of Mr.. Samuel!
jennings, was brought to Roanoke |
and placed in Burrell Memorial Hos
pital, for an operation under DR.. J.
B. Clayton.
Mrs. Annie Mitchell and daughter,