The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-11-11
Great Crowds Of Them Expected
to Arrive To-Day.
Will HAVE FINE MEETING.
Every Indication That the Session vii
Be ore ofthe Best in the History
ofthe Conference-lnter-
est,ng Topics.

line one ~ ulldfeQF ana twentieth SeS-
! sion Of the Virginia Conference Of the
n. E. Church. South, will begin in this
city tomorrow morning.
Delegates to the big meeting will be-
gin TO come in early To-Day and conua-#
ually during the afternoon and evening
the list of arrivals Will grow. The same
will be the case Tomorrow until finally.
a total of some six or seven hundred per-
sons, Including visitors. among whom
will be seee-a, distinguished ministers.
VIII have gathered
Then Tor TIE ensuing week this large.
body viii sit considering such matters
and transactiag such business may
come before it
ENTERTAINMENT or THE BODY.
The local NIethodism. the one item OF
paramount interest just at this n1cinent3
is the entertainment of this big gather
ing of the clans. Every nerve is being
strained to get things into shape, but
It is a big undertaking and one that re-
q1ires a vast deal of3worll. Committees
of various sorts are working day and
night that no item that may conduce to
the pleasure and comfort OF the confer
ence may be overlooked. And now on
the eve OF the meeting 1T looks as If
these efforts Will crowned with success.
w liiie al IOCS1i Ec!lHICN-S ana HILLS LIZ
will Contribute TO the entertainment of
the conference the brunt of the matter
will naturaiv fal! uoon the pastor ard
4congraea+i tier Of he #R-nad Street Church
where the sessions will be held The
church. however, is we'll prepared to-
arise to the occasion. t. looked at one
time as though there would he a scar
city OF coal, but even this difficulty has
been removed. From one source or an.
other the church has succeeded in OBJ
tanning six toras-four of anthracite and
two Of colle-and this will be sufficient
10 Keep the furnaces aoi,,c. during the
week So there is no further apprehen-
sion that the conference will be frozen
OIL.
The matter of getting homes for all
the Delegates finally has been accom-
plished. The long list published in The
Times of Sunday gives the result of the
work Of the committees in this direction.
Among the items on the prSgrs nine OF
entertainments VIII be two or taree lite
side trips fer the Confer ence. There will
be. for one thing. an outing to the Or
pila,la Se-thc first inspection by4ti.e Con-
ference of one Of its most important in
sstltut.oas. Much is expected for the
orphai.ase rs q re .ult OF tbs VS.. An
outing to RaaGGlph-aIacon College is
also bsing q sous SD. For six or seven
years tie conference has not seen The /
College. aid q trip there now, just after
tic various improvements to grounds,
and improvements. would be in
order. Finally. the Conference vii. in
al pcobali ity insp ct some % q the mere
important business and indus. ial enter
#prises about the city
PRELta1IN-ARIES TO-DAY.
q The majority OF the delegates who
come ifis8to-day will be those ministers
Who have to appear before commit sees
for eSa1ilinatin. Solar as is known none, |
or very few OF tn m. arrived last night. |
They viii drop IN all during the day,
some seventy-fve OF them. They will |
nearly al! attend the committees VIII CHI |
VIII begin work today. Five of them |
viii hold meetings as follows:
Committee for the Examination Of
Candidates for Adnlission-7:sl P. NJ. in |
the stewards ro4msNcf@ Centenary.
Committee and Class of the First /
years P. NJ, in the steward room OF /
Broad Street.
Committee and class of the Second
Year-7:SO P. NJ. in the Bible class room
Of Centenary f
+ Committee and Class of the Third
Year: 90 2. NJ, in the primary room OF
Committee and Class Of the Fourth
Years P. Al. at the Broad seet
Church.
SESSIONS PROPER TOMORROW.
The sessions proper vii! not begin until
to-mcr.ow- morning about 8 Q clock
Bishop Duncan. who will preside. viii
be back from York. county to-day. and !;
by tomorrow the major portion OF the
delegates will be here. Among those who
viii attend viii be the Rev. G. 5. ~ in
ton. D. D, zedi'or Of the Nashville Chris
tan Advocate. thu organ Of the MstLo-
dist Episcopal Church. South; the Rev
T. j. Tisert. D. D.. editor Of the BIZ
Monthly Review, and one CT the most
distinguished ministers in the deno:lina-
ton, and the Rev. c.. f. Reed. D.. D.,
superintendent Of the Korean Mission.
The conference will probably be here
Until Tuesday evening of next week The
ocular order of business will be observed.
ind reports, memorials etc., etc. will be
eceiyed and discussed s usual. There
VII. Of course. be many special matters
which Kill develop as the meeting pro-
i Il