The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-03
WEDDING Of LARGE
SOCIAL INTEREST
Miss Mary Rcbccca Clayton Becomes
Bride OF Delegate Emmett Ice
Mann. OF Chesterfield.

StsiHiEtu IN the MalUdCa MctllSulsI
| Episcopal Church at o'clock last
Wednesday evening. when Miss Mary
Rebecca Clayton, daughter of Mr..
James T., Clayton, of Chesterfield
County. and Hon. Emmett Lee Mann,
member of the House of Delegates
from Chesterfield, were united in mar
riage. The ceremony was performed
by Rev. A. i. Franklin, of Norfolk.
assisted by the Rev. James L. Ed
wards, pastor OF the Matoaca Church.
The interior Of the spacious ediflce
was tastefuliy decorated for the occa-
sion with potted plants, ferns and
shrubbery. symbolical of the season.
the wedding was a full-dress affair.
Miss Elsie Pollard, of South Rich
mona, cousin of the bride, was maid
! of honor and Mr.. John w. Mann, the
groom's brother. was best man. The
bridesmaids were Miss Josephine
Mann. sister of the bride: Miss 1rma
| Pillow, of Richmond; Miss Katie
! James and Miss Annie Andrews. of
Ettrick. and Miss Florence Peers, of
Richmond. Mr.. Ivan Parkinson, OF
Chesterfield: James r. Harrison. OF
petersburg; ClaRgett Wells, of Mato-
AGA, and Edgar r. Eanes, of Ettrick,
were the groomsmen.
Mrs. Floyd H. Mann presided at
the organ and rendered the bridal
Chorus from "Lohengrin." Messrs.
Clyde Parkinson and Willie Chappeil
were ushers
The bride was becomngly gowned
In white messaline with train. Her
veil was draped with orange blossoms
and carried shower bouquet of
Brlde's roses and lilies OF the valley. |
The maid of honor wore a gown OF
marquisette trimmed In satin hands
ana hand made wreaths of pink roses .
and carried shower bouquet of pink
carnations. while the bridesmaids !
wore white marquisette with bands of
tatfeta and silver lace, with artistic |
head dress of pearls and crystals.
The .organist wore Il becoming |
costume of pink crepe de chine with |
chiffon oferdress. and trimmings OF /
gilt braid and pearls
Red torch lights burned outside the |
church while the members of Kecou-
| tan Tribe of Red Men. Of Matoeca |
entered the church In full regalIa |
These were kept burning until the
ceremony was concluded and the |
bridal party had left for the home of |
the bride.
The event was one OF the greatest |
that the people OF Matoaca and the
surrounding country had ever wit |
messed. no less than sixty auto
mobiles being required to carry the |
bridal party,
Health Record For Year.
Records of the Petersburg Health !
Department for the year 1916 show a |
total of 76S deaths and sac births in /
the city or the decedents. 321 were |
white and 447 were colored: 432 were |
males and 336 were females. or the |
infants born. All were white and 3Ia !
colored. The monthly mortality was: !
To sAE
April, III May Ell; June. 73; July, !
73; August, Az September, Sc: Oc-
tober Al; November, At; Deem Der. |
46.
Among the decedents, % were Con- |
| federate Veterans. members of A. +. |
| Hill Camp, and a number of the city's
most prominent citizens. The rate o.
| mortality was large, due TO the deaths
| of 1875 non neutrality-suspicious. brought
| to the Petersburg Hospital for treat
| ment
| Court, the first session of the now
year, George Jones and Mike Kanas,
white and Willie Haskins. colored.
| charged with bringing into the State
more liquor than the law allows, were
sent on to the Hastings Court 70"
! trial. All three of the men were ar
1 rested upon arriving here from Bal
timore and Washington with large
| quantities OF whiskey.
Little Boy Dies.
| The numerous friends of Mr.. and
| Mrs, Thomas NJ. Reams, Of the West
End. will sympathize with them deep
" in the death of their youngest child. |
| Charles Gale. which occurred at the
! home in North West Street this after
noon, after an illness of about two
weeks from pneumonia. preceded hy
whooping cough. Little Charles was
! in the sixth year of his age and was
among the community's best known
and most beloved children. Little
! hope was entertained for his recovery
| from the time he developed pneu-
| monia. though Drs. Boiling and Clai-
| borne Jones and f.. T.. McGll, with the
assistance of the most careful nurs-
ing, did everything within their power
| to restore his strength. The bright
| little fellow clinging tenaciously to
| the barest threads, remained conscious
until the end.
The funeral arrangements have not
| been completed
Mrs. Martha singleton
Following brief illness. Mrs. Mar |
tina Singleton, widow OF II. NJ Single !
ton, died at her home. the residence |
OF her son. r. A. singleton, at 427
ing. Mrs Singleton was a native of |
North Carolina. She was eighty-four |
years OF age, and besides her son. with |
whom she resided is survived by one I
daughter. Mrs F.. j Sherard. of OK
ford, n. c. The body will be taken |
! to oxford for interment
improvement at DUPONT Plant.
/ 1t Is reported here from authentic |
source that the DUPONT Powder Com |
pany has awarded to the Westing-
house Electric Company contract
for a mammoth electric generator for /
their nitrogen plant at City Point |
me generator will develop $4,000 |
horsepower, and will be used for ex-
tracing nitrogen from the atmosphere
for commercial purposes.
Hold Enjoyable Reunion.
Mrs. Anne Eliza Mann. widow of
the late Captain Samuel A. Mann. of
Chesterfield County. greatly enioyed
family reunion at her home near
Matoaca last Sunday, Mrs. Mann is
the mother of eighteen children.
fifteen whom ara