The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-03-04
POPULAR BEVERLY DAVIS
Dxxrg or A PnEacHER VINO KNEW
NOW 10 UiN ggAEIs.
lie Ministered to the Physical ms "e'' -
the Spiritual Wants OF HE feop'e No
Man Could Defeat uim for once

DANvILIE. VA. March S.-kev' beVcr-
~ A. Davis. one OF the best known citi-
zens OF PntsyIvanla county. died at the
residence OF his son In LynchDurs, this
week.
MIR. Davis was most remarkable man
and his popularity IN this county probably
exceeded that OF any other man. lie was
a local preacher OF the Methodist iai'h'
a uoliuclan OF rare Accomplishments
natural born orator, man OF slrons "''''
:, hard-,eor,,iuc. industrious farmer. 20
KIND hearted and ecLe'ous he never "0-
cumulafed anything. a good tracer,
lover OF the chase, d good story 'e''e''
and man Of PARTS generally.
spoke OF his popularity among "a,
ntonle. II was something wonderful ana
when Beverly Davis ran Tor an "he' ~
mas useless Tor an opponent 10 come out
lie uas u man of the people ana many
are the anecdotes related OF MN as W
The methods he used. 81 methods ihey
.ould Zoe called 10 win the hearts OF TIC
,,npie Il b. related OF MIN mat ne uie
more work for otncr people re""e'r'
more assistance TO the mccoy a"'. 5~Fo
more literally Of his means 10 cha'i'S
man any one man I'm the county. ne
has often been known TO stop az pfo'nei
farmers. and hndins him behind ia h's
farming operations Mr. Davis "ouid pD"
off his coat. 30 10 WORK ana MAKE ds
good hcadway as any idfm-h"hu' III 'iio
county Tor one two. three, or az many
days as might be necessary 70 pun i'S
friend out OF ihc hole.
Mr.. Davis knew the people IRON one
ord of this county 10 the other and ne
was ever ready TO serve them IN any
az the capa cities MS varied talents htlei
him FOR. II a neighb0rhOod wanted
religious revival. be would lead II Ioi
,hcnn and preach TIE old-time awakening
sermons. If political information vas
wanted he would mount the stump ana
stir up things nightly. III a new schei"e
Tor the betterment of the farmers CON
dltion was started Beverly Davis was the
man 10 whoop IL Up. lie was q man OF
The. people As a minister Of the 6ospei
he performed the ceremony when they
married.. comforted them when they were
In distress. nurscd them and prayed Tor
them when they were sick, and preached
their funerals when they died. and All
without price and without money.
with Weddings aud Funerals.
II Is said that ne married more couples
baptized more babies and preached more
!, the county. Thus ii came about that ,
when he desired TO run for an office he
always got there by any sort of ma
iorlty he wanted.
SON after the war and before re-
conetrucuou. when Virginia INDUCED in a |
Nons,,oeeional election without get
,,or any coneres smen. across the
threshold Of the National Capitol !
Colonel. afterwards Senator, Robert
Il AXithers, was the idol OF this |
election. or supposed 10 De- "heh /
the people talked about a congressman !
ali eyes turned 20 the gallant soluleI
whose many scars ana wounds tolu ol
the part he had played in the great war. |
of curse Withers was the man for Con- |
eress and he became a candidate. MI. I
Davis thought he would give the gallant |
Withers a tilt for the place and COM /
rnenced an active house TO house canvass. /
Much TO the surprise of those who ala
not know what manner OF man fafsoh
Davis was. he beat Withers badly. How
ever. Virginia had not been Reconstructed
tben and MIR. Davis knock at the door
of the House of Representatives. lel upon
deaf ears. 49,.
Nr. Davis has since represented Fi't-
svlvania ia the Legislature nuinpeV OF
times and / believe was the first Demo
defeating the famous little carpet-bagger |
7 .oyd. lie never failed of election when /
ne became a candidate before the people. |
Mr. Davis health failed year or more
,po and he went to Lynchburg for med |
zeal treatment.
DIR. shanks Ill.
Rev. DR.. D. ". ShanRs. a prominent |
minister, well known all |
hroueh Virginia, is critically i'll AT the 1
-esidence of w. Il. Brooks IN this CITY. /
DR. Shanks has been here several months !
1lling the pulpit of Rev. Dr. Martin az .
he FIRST Presbyterian church during the /
Illness of that minister
rem days ago ne was taken i'll, and the |
doctors now have 40 hope Of his re- |
rovery. indeed, his death is hourly expect
ed.
The body Of Josiah Reynolds, the aged /
who wandered away from !
his home last Saturday, was found to-day |
in the woods about q mile from his home. |
Louis Robinson (colored) was arrested |
here to-day, charged with being implicat- |
ed in the resent robbery OF the hardware /
store Of Schoolhcld Nass q Co. Robinson |
IS colored detective. and the morning /
after the store was robbed offered his |
professional services, which We're accept
ed. lie soon ran a colored man down and |
had him arrested. Some of the stolen |
had been found in his house. /
The police, however, had another ciew,
and they arrested Tom. Oliver also
colored. oliver to-day made a confession
10 Chief of Police Williams, In which ne
says Robinson Planned the robbery ana
stood at the rear door TO watch, whlie
Oliver went inside and stole the goods.
That they afterwards put the stolen goods
in the other mans house To put up a
job on him. fixing the robbery ON him so
that they might escape. Robinson IS now
in jail.