The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-03
DR.. GRAY SPEAKS
ON GROWING WEST
In Earnest Address to Petersburg
Baptists on The Opportunities
for Mission Work.
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PETERSBURG. VA, March 2--Rev
Or. 3. D. Gray, of Atlanta, secretary
of home missions for the Southern
Baptists, delivered most interesting
tiaddress at n mass-ineeting Of the Bap-
1 ttst congregations of Petersburg at
the First Baptist Church tonight on
!, the religious educational and indus
| trial possibilities and needs OF the
| South and the West. especially Text
and the new state of Oklahoma. -.
Gray gave fascinating account of
| tile extent of territory and agricul-
turial and mineral wealth of these
two States. the magical rapidly of
| development of ranches and 5prairtes
Into cities and towns. the present i'm
p1ense tide of immigration, especially
of young men. from the Eastern States
into Oklahoma, and the wonderful pos
sibilities OF results from Baptist mis-
| sion work in all the country west of
the Mississippi River.
There are more young men and
young women in Texas ready to go
to the foreign field than in any other
State" said the speaker. who also
spoke Of the remarkably liberal con-
tributions of the Texas Baptists.
Dr. Gray's address was exceedingly
broad and comprehensive, touching on
the negro question, foreign irnmfsra-
ton, the Panama Canal, Improvement
Of inland waterways and other So
cial and economic subjects.
He was introduced by Rev. DR.. w.
G Taylor, pastor OF the First Bap-
tist Church. and Rev. ]. T. Routten, Of
the West End Baptist Church. offered
prayer. Rev. +. W. Moore, of the Sec
ona Church, offering the closing
prayer.
Out for the Council.
OF the six Aldermen and twelve
Councilmen whose Offices are to be
filled at the spring primary, only three
have SO far announced their candi-
dacy for e-election-Alderman p. III.
Hawking and Councilnren j. r. Quarles
and w. T.. Mulcaha, all of the Fifth
Ward. No opposition to them has yet
been announced The great majority OF
the others-prooably all-will be can
didates for reelection.
The l'inance Committee has decided
to recommend ID the Council that $500
be appropriated for the purchase of
new apparatus Ter the fire department,
of which sum $1,000 is to be used to
buy a flrst-rate truck. with aerial lad
ders. tho remaining $4,000 to buy three
one TO-. each of the fire stations.
A joint session of the Board OF AL
dermen and Council will be held next
Thursday night to receive the resigna-
ton of DR.. John NJ. Peasants as n
member Of the Board OF Police Com.
missionars, AMI the resignation OF Cap
tain BENJAMIN Harrison as a member
of the Board CT Fire Commissioners.
and to elect their successors.
rI,n ct ,,,t1 hal n,.ae. 49,,
monthly meetln;, tomorrow evening.
reports for February.
The February report of Chief OF
Police Ragland shows a total of 152
arrests, SO of which were for violations
of city ordinances.
The report Of DR.. r. A. Martin, city
health officer, for the month ending
February 26th, shows total OF SO
births. classified as follows: whites.
males, Is: females, 10; colored males,
II: females. Is.
Wallace Lufsay, young man from
Blandford was fined s25 and sent to
Jail for thirty days in the Mayors
Court this morning for assaulting An
drew Paviisco. an elderly German citi-
zen. on Bollingbrook Street last Sat
urday evening. Mr.. Pavlisco was
Knocked down and beaten.
AS previously reported in this cor
respondence. the Southsid e Virginia
Medical Association and the Peters
burg Medical Faculty will hold n joi,. |
meeting tomorrow afternoon and eveii-
ing at the Chamber of Commerce hall |
In this city. The sessions will begin
at o'clock In the afternoon and ut |
8 o'clock iii the evening. and are await
cd with great interest. The Petersburg
Faculty will give a banquet after tn, |
evening session In honor of the visiting
physicians.
Accident to Lady.
Mrs. Jones, mother Of DIR. j. Boiling
Jones, fell while descending the stone
steps leading to the entrance of the
Washington Sweet Methodist Church
yesterday morning after services. and
broke her arm. Her condition is re-
ported as very good to-day.
Lieutenant John L. TONNES, Jr, OF
the one Hundred and Fiftieth Coast
Artillery, United States Army, who has;
been in Petersburg on a visit to his
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. John E. Townes,
left this morning for Fort Monroe
whence he will go to his post at Fort
Ward. In the State Of Washington.
Miss Carrie Jlunsford died very sud-
denly about o'clock yesterday morn
ing at her residence, on Franklin
street. It is understood that Miss
Lunsford's briaf but fatal Illness came
on without any warning whatever. as
she had been IN her usual health up to