The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-17
ADDRESS ON
TEMPERANCE
Dr.. +. o. Taylor Talks to Large
Audiences OH the Effects
Of Alcohol.
LARGE REVIVAL RESULTS.

{Specla1 to The Times-Dspatch.)
PETERSBURG, VA. May 16,-Dr u. ".
Taylor. the distinguished chemist ana
psychologist Of Boston, who mas nee''
delivering q course OF lectures at inc
First Baptist Church in this city on the
effect Of alcohol closed the course i's.
night with discussion of "Alcohol ana
Brains" Large audiences have hearu
him throughout the course, and last eve
ming extra seats had to be brought III 10
accommodate the audience. Members OF
ali denominations were there, among
them Mayor w. M. Jones. who has re-
Gently been renomnatcd for the ounce
lie has so faithfully filled during MS
present term.
Dr. Taylor made deep impression on
his hearers. who felt that they were being
given In language that they could UNDER
stand facts that scientists have long
been employed in finding out Dr. Iay-
or places alcohol In tho list OF poisons
with strychnine, mercury, lead and NOR
pfinc
CHARACTERISTIC OF POISON.
Every poison. he says likes some part
of the body best-strychnine, the spine
tobacco, the heart; mercury, the mouth;
alcohol, the brain. 1t depresses the
higher faculties and stimulates the lower
faculties, He quoted tho great frehcn
scientist, DR.. Mckay, who SAID llat IL
has been proven by experiment that AGO
hol in small doses depresses judgment :
and reason and other higher faculties OIL
the brain He said that statistics show
that nine-tenths of all crimes are the
result Of alcohol. In his State, Massa-
chusctts, there are 1900 persons IN penal
institutions, 10000 of whom are moderate
drinkers and 1900 only habitual drunk
ards.
DR.. Taylor came to Petersburg from
the Bahama Islands, where no had been
sent by a commission to instruct the ma
tives as to the bancful erect OF alcohol'
FINE REVEALS.
AS a result OF the REVEALS recently held
at tho Methodist churches IN TINS Guy
there have been reported 554 conversions,
and services are now going on at EttriolS
and Blandford churches. Rev. George %.
Booker closed a very successful re-
ylval at High Street Church last night.
There were one hundred and fifty con-
versions and reclaimatlons from these SER
vices.
Tho report presented at the meeting
of the Methodist Sunday School Associa-
ton, held at Washington Street Church
yesterday, showed that with total
register of 2,4l5 scholars, there was an
average Sunday attendance or 1881, or
50 per cent The report of President Dyer
showed that the register Of the schools
had Increased 1876 over last year. Mr.
gIsham r. Dyer was reelected presi-
dent with Mr.. Samuel A. Gantry sec
rotary.
The May term Of the Hastings Court
begins Thursday. The grand jury FOR
this term is composed of J. w. Wells,
C, b. Nunnally, e. G. Venable, A. e. M.
Martin, j. r. Turner, w. n. Jones, s. M.
Green, e. f. TITUS.
Mr.. George w. Olivier. who was re-
Gently nominated for Mayor of Char
.lottcsvillc, Va, was formerly well
known citizen OF Petersburg. and is q
brother OF Mr.. T. l.. Olivier, of this
city.
The Home Mission Convention OF the
Virginia Conference will meet in Lynch
burg on the 18th, 18th and goth OF this
month. Mrs Albert Mayo. of Petersburg,
district secretary; Mrs. Sheldon Chleves.
delegate from Washington Street Church
Miss Pearl Young, delegate from Market
Street Church. and Mrs. George p.
Adams, of Blackstone, will leave to-
morrow for Lynchburg to attend the con-
ventlon