The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-12
annual ELECTION
Of D. A. B. OFFICERS.
Officers Reports Received and
Other Business Trans
acted.
ALL CANDIDATES CONFIDENT
Mechanic Association May Erect
Office Build
ing.
ALL CANDIDATES CONFIDENT
The Times-D Dispatch Bureau,
100 North Sycamore Street.

PeLetEDuTS, Va, JHnuhTy liz
Tho annual meeting OF Frances
Bland Randolph Chapter, Daughters OF
the American Revolution. was held
yesterday afternoon at the home of
Street. Alter receiving reports Of tic
officers and transacting business. Off
Gers for the ensuing year were elected
as follows: Regent. Mrs. 70. NJ. Finch;
second vIce-regent, Mrs. w. f. Drewry;
historian. Mrs. a. X. Davis; registrar,
Miss G. NJ. Bird: treasurer. Mics Mary
-. Jackson; corresponding secretary.
tary, MISS Bessie Stephenson; attor-
ney. William 3. McIlwaine; chaplain.
1;ev. c. 3. Bryan, D.. d.. Executive
board-Mrs. A. G. NJ Martin and Mrs.
Benevolent Mechanic Association.
The eighty-nf annual meeting Of
the Petersburg Benevolent Mechanic
sgSaesociation was held last night with
~ large attendance OF members. Reso-
lutions were adopted providing for
amendments to the charter. and other
business was considered. The follow
ing officers were elected: President,
Hugh +. Smith. yice-presjdept, VIII
liam i. Poole: secretary and treasurer.
William II. Baxter. Board OF direc-
tors-c. 2. Williamson. a y Glenn
r. j. Burgess. r. Z Campbell and
James Y. Branch. The W oldest
members Of the association are Lee
1ppcN, OIL NC" 1OTEs aseO CtHElty-
seven years. and William II. Baxter.
aged eighty yeara. Mr. Baxter has
been secretary and treasurer OF tbs.
association continuously for nearly
italf n century. The annuaI banquet. d
finc affair. was served after the bust
ness meeting. AS has been stated, the
association c~onteInplates the erection
on the site OF the present hal. OF a
of about 3i25.ooo. Ut will have four
handsome stores fSontinS on sycamore
Street. the floor above to be occupied
by the association and the upper floors
for Offices. The association has one of
tho finest and most valuable libraries
in the South. ana also u fine museum.
Death of Young Man.
William Hamilton Royal. n very
worthy young man. died this mornin.
ut the home OF a friend on Commerce
Street. He was returning from Rich
fuond. where he was employed at the
Locomotive Works. on New Years Eve
die county, when he was taken i'll.
and could get no farther than Peters
burg. His Illness developed into dou-
BILE pneumonia. The body viii be
burial. Besides bis parents. the de-
ceased is survived by eight brothers
and sisters.
Personal IptciIi Srrcc.
p. f. Booth, a wei known young
business man. member o. the firm Of
II. D. Booth & Co. OF this city, VIII
be married In 81. LOUIS, Mo- Ut IL
Z clock Tomorrow to Miss Cecil Evars.
daughter of Eugene Evans. I wealthy
dry goods merchant OF that city.
Mrs. Hatcher Seward wax the hostess
at . brilliant rsception siysn al ssr
afternoon in honor OF Misc F~norence
Larrabec and her sister. Mn. p. a.
Robertson. \ large number OF invita-
tions were sert out. Miss bee
was also the honored guest al q re-
ccption given several syaning5 z by
Misses Sarah and Marguerite Hail At
their home on Marahaii street. The
rariors were beautifully decorated IN
The color scheme OF red and green.
Joseph ~. Boyd is reported as criti-
caily Ill at the Petersburg Hospital,
mere ne was operated on seyeraiFdays,
ago for appendicitis.
1t may be noted, In passing. that
each OF the four candidates for Con-
Eress in this district expresses full
confidence hat he viii receive the
nomination at the primary on January
%. and the public is puzzled to know
The newly elected officers of Monroe
Lodge. No, 8. ]. Q. c. T.. were in.