The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-06
! 1|i'.A|.|EA.DvENT|sTS
CLOSE Meeting / !.
Three Services Held Sunday and
Sermons Preached IS Large
Crowds.
the WooDMlE:N MONUMENT ID !! i |: 4
Unveiled ii Bland1for.dts Cemetery
With Exercises by Il the ra.,
a5 Order.
me ii WooDMEN MONUMENT

s{3 ESPECIAL to rho Times Dlspatch.> &
Nj PTrl5nsB I1RG, VA, August p 5.--Thc
5encampments OF the Seventh Day Advent
lists at 5yVest End Park, in this city, some
ten days ago. closed with tho services OF
to-day ana tonight. There was preach-
Ing by different pastors morning, after
noon ana evening. with an address N
tho afternoon by Pastor w. a. Colcord
on Ieelgl ous Liberty; or, The Relation
or civil Government to Religion, hnd an
address by Pastor NJ. $. Y 13abcock on
B"Christinn Temperance. 5 i;55 {3E
$f6 Saturday was o day OF meetings, be-
ginning as early as 6 o. clock, and a NUM-
Der of4people were given opportunity to
testify to tho benefits they Ind received
I'll, attending the meetings, and to their
confidence and faith I In the truth they
profess. 3s5 ss IS. & IA IA X "
The 2Advcntists firmly believe tlatSmany
OF the condltionsand events now transpir-
Ing on the earth are signs OF the end.
Among those tokens as foretold blythe
SnYiour}are wars, famincs and pestilences,
and K earthqunkos6 in divers places {; the
Increase and corruption az riches; the
coming Of 4pcrilous@ times. !" with their
record OF graft and greed and unnatural
crimes the increase OF poverty and the
gathering OF riches In the hands OF the
few; strikes, discomfort, crime and strife
Astounding; the love Of pleasure, growing
with Il every passing year; extraya guncc
and pride scramble for position and
power; fires and floods; droughts and
$tempests and earthquakes These things
%all bear witness that the day Of the
Lord Is near. These signs are II every
Were preached by the AdYen lists.
Mrs. Mnry Corling Dunlop and children
and Mrs. Lottie Lemornc Johnston left
yesterday for New York, where, It is
said, they will sail this week for Paris.
l lakewood Camp, No. j, Voodmen OF
the World, this afternoon publicly un-
yelled a handsome monument in Bland
ford Cemetery, erected II to the memory
or r. Z. Cam, prominent member
( of the camp and officer OF the order. late-
sly4 deceased. The address was delivered
BY State Manager s. B. I.atham.o OF Nor
folk. There was az large gathering OF
Woodmcn to witness tho ceremonies. q
number coming over from Richmond. 8s
S$f5 William Gates, alias Red Murray ar
rested in this city yesterday for the Nor
folk authorities on the charge Of tho
larceny Of 81, ooO was taken down to that
city last night&in the custody OF a spe-
Scial officer. Gates denies the robbery.
~ The body Of Mrs. Virginia Ann Martin,
4 a former resident OF this city. who died
4 III Portsmouth at the advanced age OF
Eelghty-tWo years, Will be brought to Pet
ersburg tomorrow morning for inter-
ment in Bandford Cemetery The funeral
services took place in 3 Portsmouth this
afternoon.
Z a colorcd man nd9iled Townsend, an
sernploye in tho saW-mlll OF the NIcKcn-
/ ney Lumber Company. In Dinwldde coun-
ty, was caught in the betting while at
Work yesterday, and narrowly escaped
death. lie was whirlcd around several
times before tho machinery could %
stopped. One Of his arms was 80 crushed
4 M to 3necessltato anputntlon. h