The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-29
level FORT Malone
As monument SITE:
Pennsylvania to Erect Memorial
on This Historic Spot-Pcters-
burg Prisoners Act.
Times. Dispatch Bureau,
10s North sycamore street.
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Petersburg. Va July %.
PE =; i ,II !, VA. July ss.-Th ,a
Confederate lines in Prince George
county. near petersburg, las been
leveled. and II is understood, is to
be made the site OF q splendid mon,i !.
Iin memory Of the soldiers Of that State
who fell In battle in that vicinity In
the last days OF the Siege OF the city
a beautiful monument was erected z
year ago. very near this fort; BY tn the
yania Regiment. in memory Of the
dead OF that command, and the unveil-.
Ing ceremonies were attended and t
partIci pated In by Governor Stewart.
lol Pensylyania. and other proGminen
ond Massachusetts Heavy Artillery
iilong ago raised a massive monument
on the field near Fort Stcadman. IN
Prince George COUNTY IN memory r, 81 Fl
battle On that field TIE new Penn
sylvanla monument at Fort Malone.
when in position. will be dedicated
With impo.shins cer ,sasa. . Fort Ma Ma
Fort Sedgewick, on the Federal lines,
were near each other. and were known
during the war as Forts "Damnation''
and FesPee1 Gohnr f fofwn pe9pe e
the day when the historic. fields and
forts in Its near front will be ems
braced in a national battlefield park.
Methodist Clergy on Rando II1 nn,cos
burg and vicinity at their meeting
to the neutrality-suspicious. system OF
schools. which may be presented; in
.trict conference, now In session at
Trinity Church, In Dinwiddie county.
These resolutions declare:
/, Inasmuch as the Randolph.
Macon system o. schools .ao,s,.S vas ~
ncered. knitted together. enlarged.
endowed and widely and universal:
~ proclaimed and understood and
reeognzed N The exstus1ye gpopi
Church, South. we reafflrm and de-
clare that the moral ownership OF
all Of the property and interests or
each and all OF the schools and col.
2. That inasmuch as the recent
failure Of the board OF trustees 70
BY the church in explicit terms
has provoked widespread distrust
our our earnest earnest conviction that this
distrust and discomfort win not
| abate until the charter OF the sys-
tenn is 80 amended that the trus-
tees shall hold this property as
other church property Is now held,
and that the Baltimore ana VIZ
1i1ia Conferences be given the
election or nomination OF trustees.
8. That we urge the Virginia
Conference. at It's ensuing session.
to take such steps as are necessary
sorting to the courts only after all
reasonable efforts to these ends
have failed.
Seven preachers were present. and
the resolutions were adopted by a vote
OF ( to 8. as follows: Ayes-Revs. j. I.
t ngs and r. p. Lumpkin. Noes.Revs.
j. B. VIM, ". T. A. Haynes and G. E.
| Johnson. Presiding Elder Dr. J. G.
Reed and Rev. J. O. Babcock were not
at the meeting.
Personal and Brief Items.
The Rev. John Francis Ribble. rec
tor OF st. Johns Episcopal Church, In
| this city. will be married in st. ] ohn's
Miss Bessie Goodwin, formerly Of Cal
| ifornia. Mr.. Ribble is now on his va
cation, and will not return to Peters
burg with his bride until the LIST OF
September.
Judge ]. NJ. Mullen. OF the Corpora
ton Court OF Petersburg. Is In Powhl-
tan county. holding court for Judge
Hundley. He will return to the city
| in time to hold his own court on Thurs
Mr. George Cannon. sr. and Mr.. A.
D. Hardine left yesterday on visit
| TO New York.
Heavy rains fell here to-day. and
there was much more general retotc.
| ing to see the rain than disappointment.
in not seeing the scheduled ball games.