The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-02-13
ASSOCIATION WORK.
r.,,or conferences Were Hcld-N''' -
v,n.ydc Made an Iniofes''nI
secretary Dadmun said FAREWELL

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.... convection OF iae Young Mems
-.tan Association of Nirg ma opened
rrev ~ $50 o'clock Yesterday morning
+snT I. L. Narss. tao very Ike "nd soul
,o h,,1 o. Clio Petersburg Association
..-.o al tho frt part of the exercises,
~ ,f.rer orl testimony service.
Lean .ho sins.a. a. o hymn Captain Marks
...1 IN several volunteers for prayers.
"... ra. DELEGATES were present so the
service. but tle.r number in
...ol r.r.a.g. aai before ha't an hour had
...a tho 0.os budding was filed. The
T. Iasw we've again W." iet'o''"lo" ""0-- '-o
,.,.l.slel spectators.
4IU MUSIC.
.os~..ar was fro and spirited under the
-...u 81 Sir. I'd. 4. Smith. Of Richmond.
,te .... impairment WAS played by AIr
n.n.,t - this city. on she piano. and
,r James Atkinson, of Portsmouth. oA
.--.n. Both instruments wero knulY
- for the use of The convention oy
, Water ID. Moses a. Co..
....n Marks read "a passage from the
a..-es and then the meeting was tht ssh
f.r testimonies for tie next fifteen
-...-. and me fifty delegates Iesronde'
t.I o'clock Lieutenant Governor Tyler tooA
..r and announced tho following stsnd-
.r- committees.
Ire entails Committce-W. ID. voorhees,
llal. Norfolk, James hcf "i'' ',""n
s.. L. Baton. Raucolph-Aac 'o"vSc'
.. ness Committee A. Is Iali. c.aill'n'
r.-f-m.ath. a.. l.. Curtis. Fort Defiance; ~.
.t Hampton. ID. oil. WcirEt' NAAc"esloI'
q .als Cooper. Winchesier
....H0ual Commute. W.t b. McJaueheV.
.an. L"vncaIure. III. ]. smith, Idch-
.l D. III. Franklin. Iampin. w. j.. brlit,
.ll secretary. Richmond College. ID. E.
.ae.s. HlcAMnni-
vmItfoe on He-o'utlons-J. Calvin Moss.
imam IvnrFbnre o.. Hi Griffith. Jr..
,gl.al Seminary. j. D.. Alice. jr.. Dan
H. Wilcox. Portsmouth. II. NJ.
1 .nv. Stanton.
Dr.. -,.fe Committees Reports. 81. Quarles.
-.r. Richmond. T.. 49,. REYNOLDS. hoa-
Eunk Alexander. ~0taunton; W. W.
I. me. Berkeley. ). j.. Eastburn, Eredericks-
t.rta.n I. q. Morton was next called upo
.. r.re some al bis rec0ilectlons as to last
.,r midsummer meeting. He started out
.ar.rrt .st he seemed 10 be i'm bad luck.
f- LA. U.u.tued 90 be q little out OF season
e..rr time le WAS called upon to address the
er.e. Dn the previous evenlng L0 had
.. te Hfil substitute. n on the present
D. le had again been requested 10 take
t. . ..e n. some one who was not present
been selected T. speak on the mid
amor cacampment Of last year, and tie
..r Mentioning of It would at once interest
t...e who had taken part iu IT. Hampton
.n was the best place i'm the state %
such eucampment. Those who went to
.uHf.u Ou tlnt occasion called hlm Pa.
r0. much because he was old enough 20 DO
t father. but because be was big enough.
Ir F.. kIlE around DE noticed some old gray
beads who had the i~mpertlnence TO call
20 Il. while in fact they had been playing
marbles before he was born.
UNITED THEM.
The two weeks in Hampton had united
those who went more than anything else.
This could be said OF the religious as well as
f the physical aud sOci9l feature of the work.
3 was Is touching sight indeed 20 see all
these young and old men begin every new
day as they had closed the old One-in meet
ing their God. As "a recreation TO the body
sl sorts of 0thlercs We're INDUCED in, IN
charge III the best men ln The work. There
also boating. sailing and fishing. Ilsh.
and crabs were plentiful in season and
II season. There existed "a great deal of
-oea0ilty between the boys and with the
rrs. The little boats that could hold only
fw we're i'm great demand, and so We're the
ltte hammOcks that threw people close to-
-e.ler. The night talks. mosquito fighting
lld many other things formed irresistible ate
.ucti0us. The most edifying feature oil all,
.owever. was tho Bible reading. which was
.onlucted by such an able man as Ar. Dean,
Of New York.
A SOUTHERN C~HAUTAUQUA.
Tie question now before the convention
whether after the two encampments of
past years another midsummer meeting
Guild be had. and TINS question presented it,
.af lu several aspects. There mad been some
f about % permanent encampmeut and %
lv had offered for that purpose q tract OF
.l with q frontage of 1900 feet pa the shore.
bout one and % Lalf miles above Hampton.
Is would take sl1.50O o. buy the grounds, and
.a the associations would have 10 erect their
buildings. The proposition was still
open. and. IF agreed to, the associations of
0s State could have % sort of aC~hautauqua
D. tho South. Is home for their summer sports.
another midsummer meeting was 10 be
elI tne question would arise whether 1t
l.l.d be held Iu the mountains or on the sea-
.0le.
IS MOUNTAINS.
Professor ~. w.. Smith. chairman Of the
t4te executive committee. stated that If
ere should be any difficulty as TO the seIec-
Of q proper locality. lo could state that
up.e accommodations c0sld be offered i'm
"a Academy buildings at Bedford City and
.rt Royal.
Mr. 1empleton. OF Staunton. briefly al
led o. the benefit which Dee and the rest had
rived from the Bible readings in hampton.
le could NOT Say anything aa % tho ham
Jocks. a5 had been lntlmatei. but no was
q % tell something about three foot
.elclcs.
IrNNY NIGET sCrNEs.
SIR. Curtis. Of Fort Defiance. alluded 10 the
,lt scenes. which bad deeply impressed
. M.f..uun Nn WAS UunnIa ~ Iauorfho