Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1897-04-10
FROM BALTIMORE.
Reli SiOus Notes Other Items Of Interest
BALTIMORE. MD April 9Th.

BALTIMORE. ND April 9Th.
The Macedonia Baptist Church will
begin to erect it's new building on June
LIST. The edifice will be two stories
high of Maryland granite, trimmed
with red brick. The basemeua of the
new building will be used for enter
tainments and the Sunday school will
be on The first floor. The main audi
forum will be on the second floor, in
the rear Of which there will be n gale
~ for the choir. The style OF the
structure will be Gothic. The wood
work will. be of Georgia yellow pine
and the chand eliers and hinges will be
of antique iron. A towsr, sixty five
feet high, will DO at either side of tho
hSsr=ang, capped with a galvanized
cornice.
A large and enthusiastic meeting
was held in the hall adjoining Asbury
Nj + Church. Friday night of last
week, under the auspices of the citi-
zens committee of one hundred, The
object of the meet was for the pur-
pose of discussing the general condi
ton of the colored voters in the state
and to instrct them OF their plain dut,
The speeches and resolution were verI
appropriate and have caused a grea
deal OF uneasiness among the whit,
element OF the Republican party
DR.. Carr. one OF our most proficien
physicians. who a short while ago lef
this city for New York on account O
the strained condition OF his menta
faculties, has returned and resumed
his practice. 1t was generally though
that the doctor was q victim OF som,
young lady's filtration. but it has sine,
La a kn4 . a
fairs
There is a rumor afioat that Rev
Riley of the Delaware Conference will
in May wed Miss Mary Terry of Bed
ford City, Va. who is now residing il
this city Rev J.. Valentine, P. E., o.
the Alexandria District, is to be tn,
officiating clergyman and the wedding
IS TO take place in Bedford City Miss
Terry formerly was a student of Nor
gan college, where she met Mr.. RILEY
who Is a graduate of theology. The
attachment was formed while the,
were at school together
Rev. W. NJ. Alexander, a formei
Richmonder. is one of the most sue
cessful Baptist ministers. He ha
done considerable work for the demon
nation and is held in high esteem b,
white and colored of all creeds ant
walks of life. His church owns tn
largest church building of colored il
the city
Rev. j. G. Allen, pastor of the Firs
Baptist Church, has been confined t
his bed the past week with nervou
attack
Lawyer d. d. Dickerson is an aspi
rant for minister to Hayti. He prom
ises to make the writer his private sec
rotary in case he succeeds OF cours
we have hopes and our prayers for mir
go upwards. May the ali wise Provi
dence bestow success upon his manfu
efforts.
The social world is very much aliv
at present. Tea parties. card partie.
house warnings and weddings are tn
order of the day.
The Douglass Literary and Histori
cal Society held q very interestin
meeting on Tuesday night The 81
sayist was DR. II. j. Brown, the phre
nologist, who introd uced the following
Can Socialism be reached by evolr
ton or revolutioD7" While the sut
ject is somewhat stale. yet very pre-
ttable discussion followed. Anon
those taking part were Profs. Hand
and LOckermAn of Morgan Colleg
Messrs J (. Boad, d De Comsey an
w. Williams.
VIRGINIA.