Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-11-01
SUFFOLK.
Proceedings Of the Eastern vir-
GINA Christian Conference.
Presentation to Norfolk Minister of Gavel
of Historic Value Democratic Local
Campaign Injured Mon Doing Well
Sacred Concerts -PorsonaI.
Especial to virginlan- Pilot.)

Barrett. Of Norfolk, the newly chosen
president of the Eastern Virginia
Christian Conference, now in session at
New Lebanon Church, Surry county,
was to-day presented with gavel
which has much historic value. 1t was
made of timber taken from old Leba-
non Church, five miles from the pres
ent site. and in which structure the
Christian denomination South : that
branch founded by James o. Kelly
was formally named in 1894
Kelly and his followers had split
away from the Methodists two years
before. There was later an amalSama-
ton with Northern and Western Chris
tians. The presentation speech was
made by DR.. Staley, of Suffolk.
The Committee on Education recon-
mended the ordination of Rev. DR.. J.
+. Barrett. of Norfolk, who will be sent
as foreign missionary to Syria.
The report on moral reform condemns
in the usual way the manufacture and
sale OF liquor. and goes still further by
condemning the renting of property by
church members for whiskcy traffic.
Cards and dancing were denounced too
a sermon was preached at noon by
ReV. j. G.. Bishop of Dayton. o.. sec
rotary of the Mission Board of the
American Christian Conference.
The conference will tomorrow visit
oAA A@tDeiiioI III IL DONy. ABDUL twenty
nVe persons from this vicinity are at
tending the conference.
DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN.
The local Democrats will wind I'm
their campaign this week. There has
oeen no great amount of activity dis
played by either Democrats or Repub-
leans. nor has there been n large dis
play of spell binding.
Friday night the BRYAN Stevenson
MAYNARD Club will have n rally in the
OLD Town Hall, when local speakers
will make addresses.
saturday at noon the County Execu
tive Committee will have a final meet
ing in the City Hall.
The election tickets were bainc
printed to-day.
inc chances for the Democrats car
rylng Nansemond county seem better
than they were two weeks ago. There
is really very little interest compared
WIN previous years when there were
ia f eioIi az eiections. 1t is expected that
maybe more. 81 iioih'
INJURED MEN DOING WELL.
me men injured in the wreck at
Green Siding. N. c., yesterdav -
getting on nicely to-day.
me wreck at Nurney's is suppose5 IN
nave oeen caused by n broken truci,
unuer Norfolk and Western coal oar
n no ~, SO DoiiiS puiled. The wreck
age had not all been cleared AWAY to
aay' but trains are going all ripbt IN
TIC temporary track built around it
BIG YEAR FOR MARRIAGES.
Inc number of marriages. in No.,
Inonu county In this closing wear of r.
elu,y promises to surpass anv since
records We're kept I'm the clerks ofiico
MI octoDer there were 81 events-six
white and fifteen colored. All told ,Sin
year there have been 205 marr,o ms
1899. iioiths In
FREE SACRED CONCERTS
Inere VIII be another in the series of
sacred concerts at ST. Paurs p n
I next Sunday evening.
MISS Frances Quimby, organist u.,,,
be assisted this time by Miss ita Mi,
Quimby. vloinist; Miss Virginia In
dan, soprano, and A. II. Garret+ of
Norfolk. baritone. The concert is free ~
tne public. 1t will take place at a
TAKEN SUDDENLY III,
Miss Viloa Saunders was taken end
denly Ill to-day at Suffolk College and
mad to be carried to the home or hnr
father. MIR. B. l.. Saunders. on Svno.
more street. There are different ac-
counts as 10 the cause of her illness
tor at the college. said the young lady
seemed 10 have Mysteries. Her father
say 1t was a case of headache. and she
was lnuch better this evening.
"a SPRING CHICKEN"
car sixty feet in length is used In
transporting the scenery used in "a
Spring Chicken the ot,ctrfr1r- art I'M
PRODUCES the audience TO the Neptune
House, staten Island N Y. on n pleas
ant summer afternoon. The second
act is the same hotel by moonlight and
the last act shows Concy Island in tha
distance. There are many amusing Sit
uations encountered curing the per-
formance. The various characters that
are introduced to the audience are a
bunch of gay souhrettes, n nniky old
maid. Rube sheriff charming Vounp
widow. susceptible old gentleman. q
young lady newsgather and n
peculiar person by the name of Chick
weed. He has every license to be ne
culiar. Popular prices will prevail. "a
Spring Chicken" will be here Monday.
November g.
PERSONAL.
Mr.. Ham Mcclellan left to-day for
Bethel. n. c.. where the Nanscmond
Truck Package Company has branch
plant.
Among well-known people from this
section in town to-day were Messrs.
G.. n. Minton. l.. NJ Roberts. John VI.
Holland. Willis J. Lee, Is. HeninGton
and J. O. Lancaster.
DR.. y. s. Cheek has returned from q
trip in North Carolina.
CREWE.