The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-02
BROUGHTON WILL
SPEAK IN RALEIGH
Accepts Invitation to Deliver
Farewell Message to Amer
lea in Native City.
SOON WILL GO TO LONDON
Alleged "Blind-Tiger" Writes
Letter OF Confession to
Police Justice.
SOON WILL GO TO LONDON
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Raleigh. n. c., February i.NDr.' Len
q. Brougnton, OF Atlanta, who has nc
cepted the cal! TO the CHRIST Church
London, leaving his pastoral work with
the Baptist Tabernacle Institutional
Church in Atlanta. has written the
Raleigh Chamber of Commerce., accept
ing the invitation of that tody to de-
liver his final message IN this country
before leaving for London. III the big
auditorium here. lie writes that no
Will accept the invitation with especial
delight. because il comes from his ma
tive city, in which. during his boy
hood days, he received his first and
most lasting impressions OF the might
and majesty OF God, whom no has tried
to serve.
The North Carolina Society. Daugh-
tiers of the Revolution, las elected Mrs.
l., e. Motiitt, of Richmond, as honor
airy regent, and Miss Mary billiard
Hinton, as active agent. Mrs. Duncan
Cameron Winston, of EGenton was
elected viceregent; Mrs. Clarence
Johnson. of Raleigh, recording secre
tary and historian. Mrs. Paul Lee,
Raleigh, secretary; Mrs. Frank Sher-
wood. Raleigh, treasurer, and Mrs. Jno.
L. Ray, Raleigh. custodian OF relics
w. p. Mathews, one of the six par
ties declared to be Blind tigers by
!. =.
State Antisaloon League Sunday af
ternoon, is to have a hearing before
Police Justice Walter Watson on a
confession that he wrote to Justice
Watson soon after the sensational IN
cidcnt in which the exposures were
made by Davis. He wrote Justice
Watson admitting that the charge
against him was true, declaring his
intention not TO sell any more Justice
l,nc tate
$500 bond for trial The confession
was made before 1t developed that
Superintendent Davis would not sub
nit the evidence he had for the prose-
cution of tho alleged tigers. Mat
thews threw himself on the mercy OF
tho court in the letter.
series of revival services. con-
Quoted by DR.. George w. Mcdaniel,
pastor OF the First Baptist Church.
l,ichmond. closed here with the First
Baptist Church last night. with fifty
seven accessions TO the church and
II general qutcken!ng OF the spiritual
life OF the church to a remarkable de-
gree. The meetings have attracted
Very large crowds.
To Organize Farmers
At conference of prominent plant
crs In the office OF Commissioner of
Agriculture w. "a Graham this after
noon, II was decided 10 raise funds TO
put in the field an organizer to pledge
the North Carolina farmers to the plan
OF Commissioner Graham and the of
1lcers of the State Farmers Union and
Farmers Alliance for every farmer to
obliGate to plant an acre of some food
crop for every acre OF cotton planted
next year They have a man in view
20 make the canvass of the state but
be has not accepted the task, and his
name Will not be made public until he
does Commissioner OF Agriculture T..
J watson. OF South Carolina made an
address advocating the Rock Hill plan
for Is pc! cent cut In acreage but
Endorsed the North Carolina plan also.
AZ meeting OF the stockholders OF
~ E-aleiga Charlotte and Southern
Railroad held this afternoon In the OF
:-aE OF the Merchants National Bank
directors were elected, preparatory
ic- pushing right Though the con-
struc;ton OF sections and linking up
the ne wNorfolk and southern Inc
from Raleigh TO Charlotte. the latter
CITY having met all the demands on
which carrying the road on from Con-