The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-10-30

PETERsBIJRG. VA, October ee9--The
M gro uu,i ucal leaders IN petersburg are
doing wat they can to prevent me rs
goes from voting IN the sscuhsIeSsioiisil
e.ection next L ueoday. clfc.ll. slsheu
by B. K. Powell as pAesilent, a.1o
Inomas II. Brown as secretary IS OeanS
distributed among The uesro voters 10
this city. It says: ,.ax,,,.v
.ttI ia SINCE it is fact that there
fas heen no nomina ting convention IN
This q strict and no kepub.lcan cdnui-
oa.e nominated in this uIslr.c., a.d TO
show to the word that we Sa.e men tn1 ina.
wil nor he hood H.nned into the slL pct
ot . man VINO IL not q Democrat, Popu-3
list Rapuo1Ican, but w.-o ope.ily avows
that he is not q Republican. anu cares
nothing for the Republican party, oul
simply claims to be an independent.
since We cannot AFFORD To support an
fnt,cuendeut Leu us s,a...p oul TINS prac-
tice on the part of those who simply
grab at some one to put in the fed 10
make it APPEAR to TIE national Hepupi-
can party that they are DONG sreat
things In the interest OF Repsb ican1s.n.
when In fact they are doing nothing eA-.
cept perpetuating Their own stay IN ONCE
and behind clcssd doors are curslng tie
negroes.
"
but let MIR. Vaughan and the white Re-
publicans, so-cailed. fight 1t out
| PETERSBURG EXPRESS.
The gun known as the petersburg
! Express about witch inquiry was made
| recently, was planted on Battery y o. D.
Friends Farm in line with Lo1ub atd
| Street. 1t was a Parrott gun, carrying a
81 percussion shell about Is inches long
| This was tho gun that demolished the
| gas works and left the city in darkness
| for some time. Mr.. R. w. Stith said
| to-day that he was a member of Sturde-
wants battery. which had one gun in
| 1851. Battery No. 5. This battery, he
saws, was captured by the Feds.als
June 18th In tie fight sturdevant's
battery lost In killed, wound>d and cap
tured 1c0 men out Of 13S. There are only
three survivors OF the eighteen men VINO
escapsd After the capture CT B4tteHy
No ) The Federais substituted q Con-
! federate gun with the Petersburg EX-
press. This was the only gun Of any
size that could throw shells into the city
from the Federal lines. a Grand Army
veteran, who: was recently in the city,
says: Tho gun was placed on fat car
and carried along the railroad between
this city and City Point.
TFTE MORTALITY.
There were forty-three deaths in Pc
tersburg during the past month: white H.
colored 90
The case of Schmc'z Brothers against
Fred Moore Parker and More and the
Peninsula Printing Company has been In
I progress in tho Corporation Court in this
city. to day Schmclz Brothers are bankers
OF Newport News, and are suing for the
recovery of TIE value of certain notes
amounting to S1450, which had been dis
counted by them for defendants. Messrs
r. B. Davis. 0. E. Bachelor and l.. c..
Phillips are counsel for the plaintiffs and
AfeSsrs. r. II. Mann and r. NJ Lett
counsel for the defendants.
INTERESTING OCCASION.
Last night the pastors of tie city, the
board OF directors and a large number
of the members and their friends We're
invited by the Petersburg Young Mems
Christian Association to m ct luncheon
Mr.. Fred S. Goodman, one of the y. NJ.
G.. A. International Committees secre-
taries who is spending a few days witl
the Virginia Association III the interest
of the more distinctively religious aSen-
ces of the ASSOCIATION.
After a generous luncheon, provided by
the Ladies Auxiliary, Mr.. Goodman was
introduced and made an address, l.lus-
trated by charts. which showed ina
graphic way the marvellous development
of the Association movement in all its
various departments and especially in
the line of religious services and Bible
classes.
He stated that during the past year.
10000 young men had been engaged in
Bible study in the y. NJ. C. AS of North
America, and told many other interest
ing and encouraging facts.
Following the address Question
Drawer on the subject of Bible study
was conducted, in which those present
wera given #Oppc1.tunity to C,1.stinn5 tht,
speaker. Such interest was arosised by
the practical questions and replies that
one of the young men suggested that the