The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-14
Edwards. John ". Parrish. \. G. Blea-
soc. w, y. Thompkias,
to- Atiut%tcrS' Families,

70: Sttnt~scrs' Families,
Mr. j. t:ranch. addressing con.
ference ON tiAe subject OF the deceased
ministers beneficiary fund, said fns
he had a scheme. designed to incrcass
the fund for beneficiaries Of each
minister 70 $4,000. This scheme, ne
explained, was to have non -bencnrlafy
laSmen contribute 81 each AT the
death OF a minister TO his iamilE.
The fund ut present is ssoo Tor
beneiiciarins OF each minister
Mr.. J r. Catlin, OF t'anNilie, suH
gested that there Nc brotherhood
chapter In every church in the CON
ference to accomplish the end In view.
strike ut Distributing Centrrs,
Following the Presentation oi the
report III the committee ON temper
anre bs Or, Cannon. it chairman ne
addressed conference. saying among
other things that since large part
o.; the State had become dry there
had grown up certain distributing
centers from which liquor Is shipped
in large communities tu communities
which had voted themselves dry, thus
multiplying their action.
There Is a persistent effort on the
part Of the temperate people he
pointed out TO destroy these distrih-
uting eenters.
ION thing has been made clear III
there local option contests, he con-
tinued. and that Is that the liquor
Interests of the State have tried to
dehauch the electorate by putting ON
the poll books the names of illiterate
and vicious negroes. The election in
Danyilie was lost because the consti-
tuition Of the State had been trampled
under foot In this Respect The con-
fItf ~ iva, I.,t 10
protect the suffrage. but the iiquor, to
protect its own interests seeks to
destroy the constitution. | call to
your attention that Florida was lost
10 Statewide prohibition because thou
sands OF negroes had been placed
upon the poll books. In the city ot
Jacksonville the Increase In the mt
crate and negro vote was sufficient To
put one negro in the council from
every ward In the city. must In
sist that the judges who appoint the
registrars shall be very careful in Civ
ing the right Of suffrage 10 this class
of people"
Duty Of Church Members.
Or. Cannon WAS followed by Rev.
J. ID, McAlister. Of the Anti1Saloon
League, who addressed lie conference
1T some length saying that although
the church had created the league 1t
was fact that In every local option
election in Virginia in the last four
Years without a single exception where
the election went wet Il might have
gone dry had all the church people
voted in harmony with resolutions
adopted by their church bediesE
The church, he continued has
decided that 10 engage in tie liquor
traffic il a sin and that TIE member
n A. rrE "a In, In
the business for IL time votes 10 send
him 10 hell forever.
Ministers must not depend alto
gethef oh the Anti-Salnon League To
carry al this work. The prea chers
ththiSei IS must return 10 preach i1ih
the Oil fashioned gospel temperance
and create a public sentiment that viii
be all powerful
Mr.. MeAlister Incidentally recitea an
instance in which Richmond liquor
nous" sent a letter to "A teurteen- year
old boy in Isle of Wight county in
which It offered To give him six gal
Ions of whtskey and a gold watch if
/ the boy would send the house fifty
names and five dollars
. The will OF the majority Of the peo-
pie OF Isle of Wight county who had
voted down whiskey is thereby multi
fled, said MIR MeAiister, hY such meth
DDS AS that.
The only hope for the correction of
the jug evil he Went on, lis State
wide prohibition. / believe that the
white mant vote ought 10 go as
Tar as the liquor mans jug
He then called attention to the
gravity OF the situation by telling Of
an incident in certain city OF the
state where loo negroes had been
added to the poll books and IN the
election soon following the town went
wet ny sixty-nine ma iority. In other
words, he said these sixty nine Hitter
ATE ana VICIOUS negroes determine the
polio yot that eitA for the next fonr
years
The Anti-saloon League was
driven 10 tho position Of State-wid.
prohibition III order to protect the
dry territory of the State from tn.
Wet distributing centers Now what
~ u that we arc asking the legislature
:" Virginia 10 o Not to give us State
Woe pfohlnit1on but to give us the
right TO vote upon the question.
In conclusion, Mr.. McAlister an
nouneed that he vas leaving fnr
Lynchhurg To enter into the eamnaipn
] there
breaches Strong Sermon.
Centenary church Vas filled to over
! fowing Sunday morning when Bishop
Wilson preached the annual ordina :
| ton sermon, selecting as his theme
| THE Divinity of Christ From his
! text, what makest thou of thyselr"
the bishop delivered IA deep Thought
full and earnest discourse on the char
acter aud influence of Christ URGING
that men should fellow his examtg,e
! Though he preached for an hour ana
five minutes. the bishop was given the
closest attention throughout his ser
mon.
con ordination services including ,ha
reading of the ritual and PROFOUND
Ing Of questions 10 the candidates
Those who faced the bishop for or
dination We're Fleming w England.
Linton -. Stables. Granville Burruss.
Horace y. Read. Thomas r.. Rroot,s.
In the afternoon at Centenary m =.
mortal exercises were held. Rev. ].
Wiley Bledsoe occupying the chair,
white Rev. j. r Whitley officiate,i
as conductor. Memoirs of the fol-
lowing were read; II F. b. Martin Is.
II. VI. Beckham, Oscar LittIeton ny
w. w. Lear; Il. f.. !.edbetter by j. 4.
! Read. X. W. Watts by w w Lear,
Joseph A. Proctor by w. r. Wright
A. A. Jones by L. H. betty
The services were brought to close
with benedtction by Dr. Y3ledsoc
Elders Are Ordained.
Services equally impressive as
those at Centenary in the morning
were held at Union Station church
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