The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-17
.STAUNTON WILL
ENTERTAIN UNION
President of Virginia Christian
Endeavorcrs Expects Big
Meeting.
BONDS FOR GOOD ROADS
Work Farm May Be Established
to Take Place of
Chain-Gang.
BONDS FOR GOOD ROADS
tspecia, TO The Times Dispatch ,


h'nchours' Va, March l6-Rev. u
Morgan Compiler. president OF the y,r-
GINA Christian Endeavor Union. 4,
confident that the State conyen,,o, =.
De held In Stanton April 20 and az ana
may l. Will be the best convention tha
union has held in u decade or more
air. Compiler paid visit to the Staun.
III 'oeictieS last week and he CANA
away impressed with the enthusias,r
W tHe EhdeaVorers. The program now
IN preparation. will be q stronr enc
Win three night sessions. DR. w Al
Forrest, or the Biblc chair at the Jni
Versity OF Virginia. will cond,,rt ono
hight service. which will probably be
heid ut the First Presbyterian Church.
TO which all OF the students y, ,ha
city will be specially invited. mr. WI
nam NJ. scott pastor or the Second
Presbyterian Church. Stanton vii,
preach the convention sermon ~
opening evening, and tho third ever.
ing service will be addressed by Mrs
iiortehse Rope, tho State oraanizer
oi me w: y. u the service being
III the nature of q temperance rally
The Staunton societies arc endeav-
orlng 10 arrange for the concert by
the famous Stonewall Brigade Band
Tor ono evening during the convention
convention chorus OF 100 voice. "a
being trained now by Professor "a.
neuousch' ana the music Is to be one
OF the features OF the Gathering.
All or tho convention addresso. wt,
DC made by state speakers, principal
among whom VIII be Row. A. y. 1eunt
nouser. pastor OF the United Brethren
ohurch, the convention church. State
president Compiler. Rev Ritchie War.
ana Rev. A L. Baker. OF Lynchbnrg.
ARD DR. James Lewig Howe or ~.
SHY. and trustee of the Unjted So.
clctE OF Christian Endcavor represent
ing the southern Presbyterian Church.
The stanton societies are tn cnt.r
tain the Visiting delegates and speak
ers IN their homes during their sta
IN the Valley city.
Bonds for Good Roads.
The AInssie Mills HfagistrriaI ~.
trfct in Nelson County has voted IN
FAVOR OF q bond issue for ss5 ono IN =.
used in the Improvement OF tho roao
between Arlington. on tho Southern
railway to Roseiand, u distance OF
ABOUT ten miles. Tho election did not
ring out large vote. the issue be-
ing favored by a majority OF about
zoo votes In II total OF about 900 cast.
petition is being circulated among
members OF the Lynchburg bar in
dorsing tho candidacy of John S. Bar
oonr ior appointment TO the Federal
bench for the Fourth judicial Circuit
to succeed fudge Nathan d Cor who
has resigned to be Senator from Wcst
Virginia. The paper is in tho hands
or state Senator H. C. fcatherstou.
who expects TO secure number OF
sisners in the Hill City.
FRANK Bell. siXtcenycar- old negro,
VINO halls from Amherst County, is an
inmate OF the Lynchburg smallpox hos
pital, this being the first case under
her Strnn ~
1911 Bell came to INnchburg from
Amherst several days before he waa
discovered by the health authorities.
May Establish WorI, Farm.
Thc CITY Council of Lynchburg is
taking the initial steps looking to the
estao llshment OF work farm to take
the place OF the city chain-ganE and
during last week John r. Pettytohn. A.
X Long aud James T. NOEL. Jr. wera
elected a special commission TO pro-
vide general plan to be suggested to
the City Council for the establishment
OF such an institution IN the past
three or four months committee rep
resenting the Council visited Wash
ington and several cities in North car
oiina to inspect similar institutions,
and this commission has been formed
10 carry out the committees ideas &c
is not known Yet exactly what sort
a. an institution will be suggested. nor
has IL been determined about what
the cost shall be-
An ordinance offered in the Commo:,
Council recently b. Councilman Manley
providing for the prohibition OF tina
custom of drug gists receiving prescrip-
tions from physicians over the tele-
phone has aroused much interest on
the part OF these two professions. The
ordinance has been referred TO oom-
mittee and hearing will be given
before the committee makes a report
TO the April meeting of the Council.
The druggist do not favor the re-
striction. and the physicians are to
have a meeting TO discuss the ord,-
nance and agree probably upon a sub
riouS error has ever occurred here by
stitute. AS far az is known no SC
the custom OF filling prescriptions on
telephone Instructions