The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-29
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state Conference Being Held ti3 "; II.
Connection WitlliiS3.t11,1!es88g Camp Gan
Meeting
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Y GREAT GROWTH. oF CHURCH Ct !
Printing Houses Have Been IS
tablished Throughout the the Al
Civilized World. III
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special to The Times. D-'isIratcll.
N PETERSBURG, VA, j uly Sin con se!n.
nection with the caGp etang g u l.s
IT sevca,th Day Adynntists Of Virginia n oS
81 s,ejnss cid at West END Parlt, In tliisi city,
n MO State Cont erence Is in sesslon Pcs s
AZ + s.. Hotel, OF N ewS Alal,rke a1- .s
S' .,,.,sar 1ent, b,resides ut tire con- ference,
n M co,nr1attees representing the different
Edana,-tt,,ents Of conference work ID VIII
"a s,1b1nit reports for con 81 deratl on.
a Tho growth OF the "A dHen lists Chu re
II; !. "A 4 Sc It's work has been almost phe-
,rSnn,enalI The first church was organized
81 xboirt q llalf-century ago, and IN 1865 tine
n snventh Day Adventtsts numbered about
VA mn, ALI in this country Since then re-
v ts-n,I.t7 show the number Of conferences,
Vi churches. members, missions and money
IS sustain the work has doubled every
Il ten years. "A IN 19o3 there were =, ~ y
churches, with q m enlbershp OF "a 9, \, os y;
II that year 1854 600 was given 70 & ~, y
Ss a,,pport Of the ministry and S2l g S4z 20
81 ,siss,ors, The church has four printing
rs t,n,ses IN the United States, two In AVS US
&{ trs,lia.$ ana one each In Canada, Mexico,
gS South n Africa Great 3 RI tain, Germany
81 indie. South America and scandinavia
these publishing plants require tile en-
# tire services Of 200 persons. Nallety 7lpeI
Il ara published weekly and MONTH y.38I'h .,
III Adyentists have also 80 I well 5 eql lppe'l
u e ,,jtariuns In the United States nnd
$50 I'M ii, Il foreign countries with 8 alDou "
81 10 aphyscdans and i, 200 nurses conn ected
d ;wita1 them. ,nhe denomination has 10 col
w feres and academies, with an en- rolrnent
81 81 2.10O Students 80 ntermediate schoois
4, md 40 church schools, with q total o.
"A 100 students and TAO teache rs. MI ssiofi-
NJ aries are at work in every country :;
sE The Seventh Day vent SITS bel leye We We
M ara living in the last days of the earth
III rItaaS ea11rn meeting now being held is for
the purpose OF receiving fresh inspil'atlon
iSS Tor the great work the church has TO 70.
IN .91 RIVERSIDE GUN CLUE n
The Riverside Gun Club was organ
# Ted by young mon Of this city at meet
81 Ing held last night, whose purpose is .to
M llave weekly shoots at the yers Eltlt
a: Club, and thus add to the nnlusements
3 there. The club will invite matches sot
AZ n, III N with clubs from other cit les. 4 q
Nj EXECUTIVE lconnnittae twas elected q La st
\ hight composed OF Il. ". ] ones, chai s
man; J. Holden, H B. Hunter, J ose'ph
Is Smith and Joseph Pl1immer. Il \, ;l ;H
agS aAhnong other damages caused by the
& heavy rainS OF yesterday II fternoon Was
the temporary destruction OF the Ibeallfl-
y full lake In West End Y Park. The over
flow Of water Il caused the giving way
the flood gate and the practical n empty
II Ing Sof the lax e, VIII ch has been SUCH
" 3 a arm to the park. The la Ike was we'll
I'M Stocked with club and other game fish,
& many Of which escaped in the out-rush OF
IA ihe Nv alter. I day, it4is said, quanti ties
q De III ne fish left behind in the shall oWs
were caught and carried away
The examine ton last III light In the case
ST HE negro fireman, Julian "a Galloway
E pllarged Biwi TIL sinking the steamer Polka.
VI hoket, devel oped such strong clrcumstsln.
II lial 4 evidence Of guilt that the accused
3SSsS va s4S committed for trial without bail
SS! Nhere seems to be no dou bt of the man $
n quilt, even from his own statements Fie
s was w the first man 4 to declare that the
All fessel dad been sunk by the opening
ia IL her sea valves, and this While the
Understand crew We're at a loss to account
!or the tiisaAeer.5 He had given trouble
VIZ ,heg day before while the steamer was
eS,rntrlg up James River by cutting off
e Water from the pipes feeding the engine,
~ and he was heard to say here that 'sif
$5 ne had followed his mind he would have
u gone down with that steamer IN James
s. River, 1t was probably for fear Of de-
lection in the act, or of losing his owl,
t life that he did not try to sink r. the
4 Gamer in deep water. ii 35l3Sl
335ss The report OF the Board 4 OF II ealth
81 shows a record OF sixty deaths in this
\, city for the month ending July 26th. an
unusually ~ heavy morality. There were q
deaths among the white and IS anloas
Suhennegroes, and spf, the total number q.
Il 81 nearly one-h.alf at .uhs decedents were
tender Infants. D1ri1Ag the anonth ~
4 births were reported to the Board OF
Il Health-21 whites and II colored. rs Il III
ss Rev. DR. p. B. McCluer. OF Richmond,
$sWill preach at Tatb Street Presbyterian
1. kChurch Sunday morning. I'll 4,
y S8{sss h PERSONALS AND #ERIEFS,
5ss5 The many friends OF Mr.. Samuel Y.
xGilliam, Treasurer OF DinWiddie county,
I fREo is under treatment in the Memorial
sHospital In Richmond, are rejoiced to
s1proved. Mr.. Gillian went to the Hot
= lEprings for the benefit of his health,
q Hbut few days ago 1t was found neces-
4 isary to remove him TO the Richmond
\ hospital. i5 g
We D inWtddie county Is to have two high
" grade public schools, but the Board Of
/. Supervisors has not yet definitely settled
ki their locations, One OF them, It is thought,
will be built at the courthouse.
q Tho number OF excursions that have
N taken place. and are announced to take
u place this season from Petersburg and
vicinity to the seashore greatly exceeds
"A the record OF any previous summer. t
X "a estimated that the money expended
Esn these outing trips viii aggregate 49,
a 900 or $4,000.
n /, internal Revenue Collector Lowry was
~ u visitor to our city yesterday. lie in
4, epected his branch office here and found
y itgia good condition.
III DR.. D, N. Brown, Superintendent OF
Public Schools In this city. Will hold sr,e-
4, cial examinations for teachers cert!fl-
IN Gates on Monday and Tuesday, open to
ltx-ay, ty
good anywhere in tho StdM
Ashland Postmastership.
Il Especial to The Tin1es-D lsIalcl.)
4 ASHLAND, VA. July 8-Ths Ashland
lsis ms tina SrersllIr, has been Rnally sat}f.a