The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-22
DAUGHTERS
In SESSION.
Two Branches in Virginia
Now United.
METHoDlsTs IN SESSION
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Holds Annual Meeting in Norfolk.
Negroes Tryto Register by Hav-
ing Assessments Increased.
METHoDlsTs IN SESSION
(spec,al 10 The rlmes-Dispatch)

Especial to The Tlmes-Dispatch)
NORFOLK. VA, Oct 1.-THE United
Daughters Of the confederacy OF Wiz.
GINA are in session here to-day. Miss
Ruth Jennings. OF Lynchburg. vice-pres-
ident for Virginia, presided In the abb
sence of Mrs. William A smoot who Is Ill
lat her home, in Alexandria The large
assemblage Of delegates was called to
order at 10 o'clock. and Rev. Carl r..
Grammer, rector of Christ Episcopal
Church, offering prayer
4 Mrs. Charles G. Elliott, president OF
Pickett Buchanan Chapter, OF this city,
made the address of welcome. She referred
to the fact that the two branches OF
Daughters Of the Confederacy In Vtr-
cinia are now united, and declared that
only through force Of circumstances.
could they ever have been divided in their
great work. Miss Jennings responded in
kind and welcome words. and forty chap
tiers answered to the roll call.
AS 3 o'clock the convention heard the
reports of Mrs. Charles NJ. blackboard.
and Mrs. Charles G. Boiling, treasurers
OF the former separate organizations.
FOREIGN MISSIONS.
Tho woman's Foreign Missionary So.
ciety of the Virginia Methodist Confer
ence convened here to-day Miss Jennie
Scott, OF Portsmouth, presented the presl-
ident, Mrs. w. C. Ivey, Of Lynchburg.
with a gavel made of wood from the for
mer Spanish warshp Reina Mercedes.
Eighty delegates and all the State Of
fcers are present. The secretary's re-
mort showed that there are 1867 MEM
bcrs. in ISL auxiliaries. The treasurer's
report showed S1,1s1 has been raised In
the ono district of the Eastern Shore,
which Includes several Maryland coln-
ties, Nine Bible teachers and twenty
seven scholarships are supported by the
organization.
President-Mrs. w. c. 1vey. of Lynch
burg.
of Petersburg.
Lynchburg.
Corresponding secretary-Mrs. Fl. G.,
Cheatham, Of Norfolk.
Recording Secretary-Mrs. Lee 6ritt'
of Suffolk. Is,
Frank Scott, OF Norfolk, was to-day
awarded an absolute divorce from his
Wife, Mary Elizabeth Scott on statu-
tory grounds. =,
here a 100000 brewery, ..4.,.
NEGROES REGISTER.
Slxty-One negroes, VINO were NOT per-
mitted to register under the privileged
clause OF the new Constitution, applied
to Judge Prentis at special term OF
the Circuit Court to-day for man
damus to compel the registrars to place
their names on the books The negroes
testified that they had voluntarily had
the assessments on their property In
creased. to $3.50 each, In order that they
might be entitled TO vote under the
property qualification The registrars
rejected the assessment tickets as not
bona nde. Those of them that could
establish the genuineness OF the assess
ment the Court to-day allowed to reg
lister. other cases were taken under
adyisement. while in most OF them the
registrars were sustained.
j. Fl. Whitley (colored). charged with
poisoning the entire family OF William
Perry with rough onrrats, Is held for
the county grand Jury without bail,s p
: Mr.. David Lowenberg, capitalist and
director general OF tho Jamestown Ok
position reported married In the West
last night, Is away from home for that
purpose and will bring his. bride back
with him, The family withhold her
name as yet,