The Washington times., 1913-02-27
WASHINGTON TIMES BUREAU.
ANACosrIA. d. c.. FEB. :

ANACOST1A, d. C.. FEB. q.
The Mems Club of the Congress
Heights Methodist Epicopal Church
and the Brotherhood of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, in Anacostia, have
agreed to hold their debate on woman's
suffrage in the Sunday school rooms
of the Congress Heights Church to-
morrow night, as planned originally.
The Congress Heights Club challenged
the Anacostia men to hold the debate.
The Brotherhood of the Anacositia
Church has named Charles Marshall
and Frank Dony as its debaters, and
they will take the affirmative side Of
the proposition that unqualified wom-
ans suffrage is to pe desired. The
Congress Heights debaters will be An
drew T. Mcnamara and John McGee.
They will uphold the negative side.
The judges will be named at the meet
ing, one to be chosen by each side and
they to elect the third one. The An
acostia debaters will be heard rirst and
then the Congress Heights men will
present their arguments. Each side
al, after which comes the rebuttal. The
clubs have invited many persons TO
attend, and general interest has been
aroused between the two communities
over the debate.
DR.. Edward E. Richardson. who has
been a medical practitioner in Wash
ington for a number Of years, and who
accepted a call to the pastorate OF the
Congress Heights Baptist Church a
short time ago, after a long service
with the Calvary Baptist Church Sun
day school, yesterday was ordained
minister Of the Baptist denomination
in the Calvary Baptist Church. A
council preceded the ordination cere-
mony, and DR.. Richardson was ex-
amined in theology and other tests for
qualifying as a minister OF the faith.
He passed in all the subjects discussed.
The Rev. DR.. Samuel H. Greene, pas
tor of Calvary Baptist Church, was
chairman of the council. and the Rev.
James W. Many, pastor of the East
Washington Heights Baptist Church.
was secretary.
The ordination of DIR. Richardson fol-
lowed Immediately at the close of the
council. The Rev. DR.. Greene presided.
The ordination sermon was delivered by
Prof. Milton G. Evans. Of the Crozier
Theological Seminary, of Pennsylvania
Ministers of the Columbia Association
of Baptist Churches who took part & were
land. who is the moderator Of the
Columbia Association: the Rev. ]. c.
Ball, of the Metropolitan Baptist
Church; the Rev. ]. J. Muir, Of the
Temple Baptist Church. and the Rev.
James w. Many. of the East Washing
ton Heights Baptist Church
The Baptists in Congress Heights
have built portable church, and have
in other ways developed the field pre-
paratory to calling DR.. Richardson
They will hold special services for one
week. beginning March 10. and ministers
from the city will occupy the pulpit at
different times.
A cocoanut of unusual size, shipped
by parcels post from Palm Beach, Fla,
is the latest nove.iy to be received In
this section through the new method OF
delivery. 1t was sent to Miss Gertrude
Bury for a souvenier by Miss Marie
Russell, who is a visitor in Palm Beach.
The cocoanut was not tnclosed, but
came through with the address written
on the shell.
Walter c. Many and Seymour B.
Many. students in New York University,
are the first visitors to arrive In this
section for the Inauguration. They are
stopping with the Rev. James w. Many,
their uncle in East Washington Heights.