Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-11-17
WILL MEET TONIGHT.
BAPTIST GENERAL ASSOCIATION
CoNvENEs At SECOND CHURCH.
MANY DELEGATES ALREADY HERE.
Every Trnin Yesterday brought
Thcm-Camc to Attend Exercises ut
hichmond College TO-Dny-Pro-
Ernmme for Day ana Night.

The Baptist General Association Of Vir-
ginla convenes in IT'S seventy-slxth ses-
sion at o'clock this evening OF the Sc
cond Baptist church.
4 few delegates to this meeting came
in as early as Thursday evening. A
large number came yesterday The
Chairman and secretary Of the Committee
on Hospitality. Messrs. W. H. Sadler and
Frank T. Crump, and other members OF
the committee. were at the Second church
nearly all day, engaged IN registering the
visitors and assigning them to homes.
THE DELEGATES ALREADY HERE
The following Is q complete list of those
who were given homes up TO the time the
committee left the church last night:
J. T. Anderson, Or. r. T. Armstrong.
Rev. +. u. Brown, Rev. Thomas j..
Brown. Rev j. II. Barnes, r. S. Bar
bour, Rev. John u. Bagby, j. S. Buck
ston. Rev. G. Y. Bradley Jr., W. s. Bass.
Rev. j. A. Beam. Rev. T.. W.
C.aybrOok Rev i. G.. Council.
Rev G. r.. Cruikshanks. J. d. Cary. j. ".
Coon, Rev S. y. Christian, judge $. u.
Cole, Rev 5. ". Cole Rev. j. y. Chill
dress, Rev. G.. W. Cox. Rev. w. T. Duna-
way, Rev j. NJ. DoGermyer. O. l.. Daven-
port, Rev. i. c. Davis Rev Richard Ed
wards, G.. T. Eubank. X. a. East Rev.
u. G.. Elsom, Rev. j. H. Edwards. Major
j. W. Flood. T. y Fletcher. Rev. W. 4.
Gaines, Rev. S. L.. Grimsley, Rev. @.
Gray Rev. y. A. Hail. Rev. G.. ". Hurt,
WestwOOd Hutchinson. Rev. j. i. Luck.
r.. W. Lawson u. III. Lane, W. u. Lewis,
VI. NJ. MOrnss, Rev. Or. II. c. Mcconnell,
Rev. II. II. Musseman, Rev. II. Il. Morris,
Rev r. $. MOnds. G. c. Massie. John a.
Hickman j. Hunt Hargrave, w. S. HOl-
land, w. l. Jordan. Rev T.. b. Jackson,
Rev. j. J.. King. DR. William Mckirk,
Rev. O. r. Kemp. Rev. Julian NJ. Luck,
O.. w. Mercer, Rev. s. j. Massie, j.. j..
Mason, Rev. j. H. Martin, G. L. Mar
shall, Dr. G. 7. Neblets. Or. a. +. owen,
Thomas J. Preston, Rev. J. j.. Poteat,
Rev. a. D. Reynolds, Rev. j. y. Riddick,
Rev. j. w. Bowles, r. p. RiXey. Rev.
John IT, Randolph, w. j. Ruckcr, John
Peter Saul, Rev. y. o. Seasons, Rev. $.
Saunders, W. c. Stout, A. W. Sinclair,
Rev. G.. j. Thompson. Rev. G. a. Thomp-
son. Rev. John O. Turpin. W. r. Whites
carver, Rev. Willis j.. Wayts. J. W. Wade.
Rev. D. NJ Willis, George y. West, and
j.. S. Willis.
OTHERS HERE WITH FRIENDS.
A number Of others came also, who
have not registered. but are stopping
with friends Among these arc Rev
George j.. Truett and wife. u Washing
ton. j.. c.; DIR. j. j.. Nj. curry and Dr.
l y. -. Sampcy, the latter of the southern
Baptist Theological Seminary; Professor
Charles J.. Cooke. Hollins institute; Rev
-. i. B0atwright Buckingham. father
of President BoatWright. of Richmond
College; Hon. william Campbell, Essex
county: Rev. Walker Decker Rev. W. A..
Gaines. Rev. o. ElysOn, ana Rev. 81. j..
Cook. OF GOrd0nsyille.
At least five hundred delegates are exc
pectcd, and they Will be coming in all
day to-day. The Committee ON Hos
pitality will be I'm session AN day up 20
O'Clock at Richmond College. Alr. sad
led said last night that an delegates who
came before . O'Clock to-day were cX-
pected 10 come directly 20 the college and
be assigned homes. After o'clock the
committee VIII be 40 the Second church
TO compete its work
THE OPENING SESSION.
The association viii De called TO order
no o'clock this evening by Or. s. T..
! owen OF Berkeley. the president. Socrc-
tary Hugh c.. Smith. Of Martinsville. has
been in the city since Wednesday, and
is arranging 90 have the roll Of dele
eIl-S compete Ut possible, so as TO Ctll
It. This has not been customary for the
past few years. The next business viii
be the election Of officers for the next
year.
The Introductory sermon win be preach
ed by Or. George Cooper. Of the First
church
COLLEGE BUILDINGS OPENED
II is not usual for $50 large a number
ol delegates TO come in the day before the
association meets The extraordinary
exercises of opening two splendid build
ings at Richmond COLLEGE to-day IS the
drawing card. Science Hall will be form
ally opened at - o'clock. The address
on this occasion win be delivered by JO-
seph s. Ames, Pm D., i. r. s., Of the
Chair Of Physics Johns Hopkins Uni
versity At $3.50 o'clock the Memorial Hail
will be opened. Dr j. i. NJ Curry win
be the speaker At 10 o'clock this morn
ing the trustees Of the Baptist Orphanage
VIII meet al the Grace-Street church.
THE MISSING MIR. ALVEY.