The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-29
The SESSION
COMES 'rO.E:,.N N D
Epwortl1 League Conference ,t't Is; !.
Closes After Interesting Meet
Ing in Petersburg,
Fl KAPPA ALPHA CONVENTION i
Virginia Members Interested 6 in III
Approaching Meeting in
Atlanta.
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PETERSBURG, Va, March 2s-After
4 four days' session, which was largely
attended, the Virginia State Epwor l'l'
League conference closed at Washington
street Church last night. TO h no rs
next biennial session in Portsmouth. tol-
,atnp 1ho farewell service. Rev. Dr.
Seth Ward, OF Nashville, Tenn. preache
! Z missionary sermon. and the various
leagues pledged themselves to support Il
missionary to Japan for two years az d q.
salary OF $500 per year
The closing addresses were delivered
.by Rev. Messrs. Ward and Duor oir, ~ l3
Nashville. Is q,
4 large temperance meeting was h rl
by the leagues at Market Street Churcn3
Yesterday afternoon. Rev. Mr.. Hatcher
the popular pastor OF tile ehurci1. ana
Rev. f. T. Dadmun,5th retiring pr'esl-
dent OF the Epworth League conf e'c
werc among the speakers,
Rev. James Cannon. Jr.. OF blackstone,
explained the objects Of the antl-Snioon
Lea gue,3 and said he wanted the Epworth
LEAGUES to be as nearly nti-saloon
leagues a 5 they could be. and that ne
hoped the good people OF every denoml-
nation. Jew and Gentle. Catholic ana
Protestant. would enlist In the cause 20
run out the licensed saloon. \,
Rev George H. Lambeth. Of Dan 11 y
discussed local option, and the results Y,
that had come under his persona o.
'servation in Danvlle. He said there IS
more business, more money. less poverty
and less crime under local option than,
under the saloon regime. He said there
were 100 fewer arrests in Danvillo last last
year than during the preceding year
when there were twenty-five licensed sa
looms in Danvllle. Isl 533
PI KAPPA ALPHA.
The fifteenth annual convention OF the
p. Kappa Alpha fraternliay, en- l nrac.hs
cha oters IN twenty-five colleges OF the
south, will be held In Atlanta. Gas. April
9Th, 6tt, and 18th. The supreme officers of OF
the order are Hon. Floyd Hughes, su-.
preme 81 Councillor. Norfolk. Va: Dr.
Howard 3. Arbuckle. councillor princeps,
Agnes Scott Institute, Decatur Ca; Ro-
bert Adger s5mythe, grand treasurer,
Cha rleston. s. C.: ]. Pike Powers. Jr.,
grand secretary, Knoxville, Tenn: Hugh.
n. McAllister deputy grand treasurer,
Peters burg, Va; Rev. Theron q. Rice.
grand chaplain. Atlanta, Ca: Arthur z.
Jones, grand historian. Fairmount. .. q
The Virginia. chapters are located . q {
University Roanoke College. Among tho
Mary College. Hampden- Sidney College.
Richmond College, Warrington and Lee
niversity. Roanoke College. Among tho
active members OF the Richmond College
Cha pter are Walter G.. Tyler, Of Kappa
hammock. Va: R. Holman Willis, Lynch
burg: Cosby NJ. Robertson, Crozet; Dean
Hundlcy, Dunnsville; P. P. AZ Woodfln.@
Hampton Carter E. Talman and John
8. II arwood. Richmond: Marion 6. Willis,
Fredericksburg; Phillip N. Gresham.
Iancas ter, and IL s. Wright, Evergreen.
La. g5f 555,@
The ri Kappa Alpha fraternity was as
founded at the University OF Virginia,
March /, 1868, by julian E, Wood, OF
Elizabeth City, n. c.: L.S9W. Tazewell.
Norfolk Va, and the late Frederick
'southgate Taylor, of Norfolk: Or. Ro-
bertson Howard. Washington, D. 9" and
James B. Sclater, Richmond. Va. Residing
In Richmond are the following alumni
memb OF the order: Hon. B. B. Mum
ford, J. Aston Cabell P. H. ;Cabell. Ed
win p. Cox. Howard swineford, Clinton.
A. Boyce, Oscar swineford. E. L. Bemiss,
T. II. Leary, Jr. r. a. Stuart, John T.
Armstrong, Wexford B. Lorraine. Will
liam r. Martin, Robert Whittet, Jr.,
Harvey Gill, Samuel Lacy, E. s. Cowles.
In Norfolk are Hon. Robert NJ. Hughes,
W. C. Dickson T. II. WILCOX, Rev. Jo-
seph Rennie, BENJAMIN H. Marks; in
Newport News, Professor Willis A. Jen-4
5kins, Professor C. Vernon Spratey. r.
Randolph Jones, ]. W. Gulick, Professor
w. Elliott Jones: in Hampton. II. r.
Houston, G. Jockey Collier. Francis Col
Portsmouth, Goodrich Hatton e. G. Lee:
Petersburg. Rev. John s. Foster. Thomas
IL. Cannon; Charlottesville. Professor,
Francis P. Huntington, John w. Fish
burn; Judge W. y. Kilby, Of Suffolk: Dr.
George A. Hankns. OF Williamsburg;
Randolph Harrison, OF LynchburE: Rev.
Holmes Ralston, Staunton; Rev. ].
Justice Ballou. craigsville; Professor.
Thomas W. Hooper. Jr., Fredericksburg
College: Rev, D. ". Hollingsworth,
stonega; D. Comfort Watkins, brakes
Branch; James a. Bear. a. NJ. Bowman,
Jr.. Edward Robertson. Ronnoke; S..
blackburn Smith, Berryv!lle: A. W. Rus
sell. Farmville: DR.. Frank Hopkins, Hot
Springs; Hon..J. j. Owen. Green Bay;
Albert S. Higginbotham, TazeWell: Jul
Blacksburg.
The body of Mrs. Rosallnd c. Wllett.
who died January oath at her home in
Washington. p. c., will reach Petersburg
tomorrow morning. and the funeral will
be held In the afternoon from the resi-
3dcnce OF Mrs Josephine Ruffin. In High
Street, sister Of tho deceased,
S Charges have been filed against Super
intendent Williams, OF the almshouse.
The matter will be considered by the
hoard of overseers at their meeting
Thursday, Mr.. Williams is charged With
conducting q dairy at the almshouse,
ard he claims that permission for this
was given him by the oYerseers.
Late Saturday evening Miss Hattie
Thomas was accosted on Davis Street by
a negro man, who grabbed her pocket.
book and took to his heels, Several ar
rests were made upon q descriptlon fur
nlshed the authorities, but the suspects
proved their innocence. and the snatch
thief is at large,
Mr.. D. T. Whitmore Is very III at his
home In Jefferson Street.
John Finn, aged two years and six
months, died this morning at the home
of bIc ma ~ Mro A Him