The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-04-04
BAPTIST BIBLE BOARD.
THEY ARE CALLED On TO META
FINANCIAL EMERGENCY.
Rev. Dr. w. L.. Edwards to Hold Revival
Meefings-lofton Mills Increasing
Their Machinery-Mayor Collier.

PETERSBURG. VA. April 3.-Special'--
The Petersburg board of the sunday
School and Bible Board of TIE General
Baptist Association of Virginia held an
important meeting last night They have
before them Tor the nrst time since lssv
a serious financial emergency.
The great Baptist publishing house OF
the world is located In Philadelphia. The
sunday scho ol ard Bit.e Board has oeen
buying from the Philadelphia house on
large scale. paying at Intervals, ana SET,
ting IN full at the close OF the hscal
year. At this season OF the year the
balance que the American Bapust fIoh-
cation Society is large. CONTRIBUTIONS
frCin the churches came In slowly ana
the Petersburg board uses its credit free
lv The largest part o. the income OF tht
board Is received Curing the summer ana
fall months. the fiscal year closing Octo-
on the morning Of Sunday. February %,
the property OF the American BAPTIST
Publication Society was destroyed by hIe.
This calamity nade II necessary Tor the
society TO collect its accounts very Closely
ORDERS STOPPED.
/. has notified the Petersburg board that
unless a~iarge payment Is made next
Monday the orders Of the board VIII no
longer be filed no more credit VIII Oe
extended.
nation last night whether to borrow
money and make the required payment OF
struggle along TIL June. when, from
CbndreBs Day and other sources. the IN
come Will he considerabie- ne CORE
spending secretary Rev. J. VI. Pitcher.
y. d., was directed TO pay as much "a
possible now. and the board tJourned to
meet a week hence 10 take further acton.
Captain X. G. Pcgram, OF Richmond
was In the city to-day.
Mr. II. V Parham has been appointed
a registrar for Fifth ward.
The Petersburg Cycle Club had run
through some of the principal streets OF
the city this afternoon.
THE TOBACCO MARKET.
The receipts Of loose tobacco at the
/. 1895. 10 April l. 1876 We're 4.422. l6o
pounds. For the same period last year
The receipts were 5.,r,. y, pounds rail-
ing off OF 1.llS,G4s pounds,
I-ls being GOOD Friday. appropriate
services were neld at tie Catholic and,
Episcopal churches, and were quite large
ly attended.
The Ett1ck and Mdtoaca cot.on-msnu-
featuring companies are putting some
valuable machinery I'm their mills.
Mr. George Armistead. of this city re-
ceived q letter to-day from his brother
Mr. John {. Armstcad. Of Norfolk, stat
ing that he IS getting along very nicely,
and that ne il now on the first floor .,
the Gladstone Hotel, and expects 10 be
able to 20 out in about four weeks. a.
before stated IN this correspondence IL
vas found necessary some time ago 10
amputate enc OF MIR Armisteads legs.
Mr. Armstead was FOR years clerk OF the
courts OF this cit. and at one time was
a chief clerk IN tie United States Internal
revenue office here.
Rev. J. ". Pitcher. y. D.. OF this city.
will preach at the Nenab.e-Street Baptist
church. IN Richmond. on next Sunday.
Rev A. J. FristOe. pastor OF the Second
Baptist church. VIII administer the orfl-
nance of baptism at his church on next
Sunday morning.
REV. DIR. ". +. EDWARDS.
Rev. DR.. Edwards. pastor of Washing
ton-Street VI. f. church, will begin a
series OF meetings at his church on next
Wednesday night. DR.. Edwards has re
ce.ved an invitation TO take part IN the
anniversary services of the Methodist
churches of Atlantic CITY and Norfolk
on the second Sunday in May next. DR..
Edwards told me to-day that he had not
fully determined whether or not he would
accept the invitation
Hon. Charles +. Collier announces him
self a candidate for reelection 10 the
Office Of Mayor which Office ne has held
for the past eight years.