The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-15
.LEAVES.FOR
NEW CHARGE \ ! J,
DR.. Battle To-Day Becomes
Pastor Of First Church. 4.
IA NEW WALKING RECORD
n. Ross Hinton and William E. Turtnbu'l
Two Young Man Of Petersburg
Walk 10 Richmond In Less
& s8 Than Five Hours,
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+ ,,u,,,tsp sIarr1,G VA. March 14-RcV.
Dr.. Battle left this morning LOT ofce' =.
boro, N. G., where he goes 70 c'isol y.
h,s duties as pastor Of the flrse l'ape's. !.
r,hnrch II that city. Or. Battle expr'esseo =
,,,,,r, royrct ut leaving Petersburg, ana ana
- - '+bnt tHe eleven years speut ID y, .nl .
o,tv ware among tho happicst OF ms ne u }.
T1r. Dnttlc's family Will remain =. IL,
tersburg for about two 1WeeAs' ny ~ ~,
io!n DR.. Battle III dree el' : A',>' -
= ntessrs II. Ross Hinton and william
i, = ,r,,rnh,l, two we'll known young men l
T., thia cIty. established a new waking
re,nrd between Richmond and Peterspure
day Mr., Turnbull Is one OF the MANI =. :
3t,ers mt Dunlop's tobacco factory, IN tl !, ;
city, and Mr. Hinton Is the gover,a, ,,,,s 80 =
REPRESENTATIVE In the bonded warehouse :,
~ mat factory. The proposition to Walk
~ Richmond was suggested by one o., o.
Tho clerks, and for the past week me
voI,nr men have been training at west !
End Park. They left Petersburg ABOUT
O. o'clock this morning and were allowed SIX
and q half hours to walk to R1chmoha on
an. vow A telegram was received from
theIn This afternoon saying they had made
the distance In four hours and hity-liYe {.
minutes. They made the trip ny way Oh
tho Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. 9a
aftIN THE COURTS.
The trouble with Harrison street i in
It's, Church, colored. has not yet neeh 2
settled, and there will be no services at
~ ~ church tomorrow. The pastor, Rev.
sEl,is Watts, believes that the trouble
vii; be settled out of court, and says that
~. Is still In charge of the church anu
will remain as pastor until legally re.
moved Each side has employed legal
counsel to take charge OF the matter.
The liquor dealers In Dinwiddie county
are considerably stirred up over the pros
nect Of local option law in Dnwlddlc. Re-
norts from the county say that little else
is being talked OF there Darvlll District
has already voted against granting LIQUOR
licenses. Judge Epes will probably act on
n petition Monday, which has been pre-
scented to him. asking that no order a
local option election to be held In Narno-
zine District There are twenty seven
dealers In the county. A merchant Of Din
widdle county, who is liquor dealer.
said in Petersburg this week that u he
did not remove to this city to live he con-
templated establishing n still ms near the
county courthouse as possible
Rev DR., Starr will preach three special
sermons. beginning tomorrow evening or,
Ills subject OF the first sermon Will pc
''The Bond OF Brotherhood winch Blnds
the American People,
3 A BIG REVIVAL.
There is a big revival in progress at
Gilneld Baptist Church. conducted by
Rev. j. II. Prestley, a returned African
missionary, md the pastor, Rev. G., 3.
Howard. clifford Church celebrates Its
Tooth annivcrsarys&this year. It has
membership Of 1900.
The "sock Concert" given at High
street Methodist Church last night. was
very delightful affair, and was enjoyed
by a large crowd. Little Florence Couch,
the slx-year-old daughter OF Mr., j. W.
Couch, Of this city. deserves special men
ton. She is indeed wonderful and pos
sesses naturally the art of trained elo-
cutionist.
Mr.. Charles Hall Davis returned &c
Petersburg this morning from New York
where he has been for several days or
business.
Mr.. Fra nix Marks. Of this city who has
been in Culpeper for several weeks, and
who was recently taken III with pneu.
monia, Is still in critical condition and
shows no signs OF Improvement