The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-25
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Stroke Of PARALYSIS
FORMER Mayor OF Petersburg Is Now
Seriously III At His
Home.
oosnr1TEE AFTER LAND BANK
Arrangements Being Made for South
ern Sociological Congress Exhibits
to BE Held In Cockadc City October
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ekm SOCIOLOGICAL congress ExnDtS
to BE Held In Cockadc City October
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Petersburg. Va. Sept. z4.-General
OF the Confederacy. captain of the
famous Lunenburg Cavalry during the
War Between the States. was para
lyxed at his home here this morning.
General Boiling Is about eighty years
OF age and one Of the most prominent
ana esteemed citizens of this section.
He served as postmaster of Peters
burg twenty-one years. under several
] Republican administrations. While
his condition 10 not grave, on account
ct hts advanced age much uneAsiness
- fat among his scores OF friends
Warm Aver Land Bank.
Gratifying results attended the ef-
forts Of the special committee sent
out yesterday by the finance commit
To- Of the Petersburg Land Bank Com
mittso to raise funds to finance the
campaign to secure one Of the twelve
Federal land bAnles for Petersburg.
Each OF the four local banks gave
500. and other donations were re-
ceived totaling more than $500, bring
ing the fund up to about 1900. The
committee estimates that not more
than $1,000 will be needed to finance
the movement.
The fund raised will be used to pay
the cost Of making maps for the brief.
tor printing the brief, circular letters
and post cards and for mailing them
out. Something like 5000 circular
lettars have been gotten out and a
number Of them have been mailed to
chambers Of commerce. retail mer-
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merctal and financial organizations.
asking their cooperation in securing
the location Of onA OF the land banks
I hero.
In addition to contributing 500
each 70 the fund. the four local banks
agreed to mail out 1900 of the Cir
culAr letters.
Leroy Hodges. who is now In Wash
lngtou. has advised the committee
that the Farm Loan Board will return
there about September IS. and will
the arguments OF citIes making claims
for the banks. This win give the local
committee vary little time in which to
prepare the brief. but the work will
b pushed to completion a. quickly
- possible and the board will be
urged to hear Petersburg's claims
Oommlttcns Arc Appointed.
A committee of ll6 Petersburg
c3ttssns has been appointed a. a per-
mansnt organisation to make arrange
monts for the coming OF the 0duca-
tional exhibits Of the Southern Socio-
LOGICAL Congress and to work for its
success. The exhibits will be held
here from October 3 to ., inclusive.
Numerous addresses will DO delivered
by. experts and a social and sanitary
survey will be made of the city.
Tho original committee appointed
by the Ministerial Union to have
charge OF the work was composed OF
Rev. NJ S. Colonna, chairman, Rev.
c. r. Stribling and Secretary A. w.
Waich, of the Young Mems Christian
Association. This committee added to
itself a number Of the leading citizens
OF the community and later organized
by the election of Hon. William
Hodges Mann. president: Hon. Robert
Gillian, ST., vice-president- and A. W.
Walch, secretary.
subcommittee were assigned dif-
ferent parts of the work at hand and
the nominating committee has report
ed the addition OF 100 citizens TO Be
added at q meeting to be held within
the next day or two, as follows:
Members of the Council-Clerk. c.
B. Gil; w. l. Wheary. John r. Jolly,
James w. Wells, B. N Keys, j. r.
Jones, o. w Mattox. Bartlett Roper.
a. w. Gray. 8, A. Reinach. ". r Pat
terpon, Frederick Dalton. r. NJ.
Hatchstt, q. w. Watson, J. Z. Young,
81 r. Brown. J. w Brown. w. T.
slaughter. W. A. Ramey. w. A. Bax-
~. james BrockweIl. r. S. Chandler.
J. o. Webb. Lynn A. Andrews, J. A.
Mallory. Jr.
Members Board of Aldermen-wil-
ham KoeniE. J. E. HarreIl. p, g. Pugh.
u. D. J. whitmore. c. l. Guthrie. J.
J. W. Sutherland. J. @. Quaries. T. F.
KIDD, J. W. McCaleb.
Members School Board-Dr. W. E.
Harwood, E. p. cambridge. W. r..
Duoll. H. 8. Seward. r. r. Wilson f.
Eiesnbrun. Bernard Matthews e c.
Kent. +. B. Ivey. Il. r. Bowman, T. J.
Meredith. J. r. w. Smith.
q OMcers civic League-Mrs. Thomas
whyt1. MrH G. c. Wright Mrs. W. r,
Drswry. Mrs- Harvey Seward. Mrs. NJ.
Rahily, Mias Mary Patteson.
Omcers Mothers C1ub-Mrs- e. r.
Bowman. Mrs. r. Cy.wley Jones. Mrs.
n. Carter Myers.
TEACHER in City schools-Herbert
d. wol6, Miss Fay H. Leighton. Miss
Maude D. Hobbs, Miss l. V. Scott,
Miss Annie r. Baugh, Miss Annie
Cary.
salvation Army-Ensign Cuthbert.
Police Chief-Captain Reuben Rag
land.
Index-Appeal-w.E E. Harris. r. e.
walker.
Progress-E. M. Clements
Police Justice-E. F. Clements.
Juvenile Protective Association
Paul Petit.
Washington-St. Methodist Church
w. Y. Burge.
NArket-6t Church,. c. Wright.
High-Ht.-Isham Dyer.
Memorial Church,. e. Jordan.
wesley Church-George E. Mere
dith.
BlAndford Church--W. r. Duell.
st. Paurs Episcopal--Emmett Hoy.
Grace Church-Robert Prichard.
Jr.
st. Johns Church-Bernard Mann.
Good Shepherd Church,. w.
Wells.
Tabb-St. Church,. d. Hamilton