The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-03
. EGINNING to-day with the OPEN
ing of the National Conference
of the Society OF st. Vincent de
Paul. Richmond, for the next

IN EI1NN1NG to-day WITH the open.
IL ing Of the National Conference
IN of the Society OF st. Vincent de
~ Paul. Richmond. for the next
few weeks. will be visited by
as notable a series of great gatherings
as have made a Southern city their
meeting place in many years.
Sometimes succeeding each other
Immediately, In other cases coming
simultaneously. and occasionally over
tapping in dates, will be as
Ing men from all parts of North
America, and even from abroad to con-
suit on various topics. During the
next few days Catholic and Jewish
church workers meet to plan their
various methods Of charitable effort.
and then a larger and more general
gathering from all America VIII sit for
week to consider charities and cor
rcctions from the viewpoint OF the
broadcast humanitarianism. Eminent
surgeons from every section of the
United States meet tomorrow to con-
fer as to the progress OF their spe-
sly advancing branch OF the great sci-
-ence Of healing.
Convention City of South.
III So1ilS LuISo SlcdL 5COH-s
ventions of supply and machinery
manufacturers and dealers, who this
year meet In joint session to discuss
business conditions. the principles OF
trade and manufacture, OF labor and
capital, supply and demand. Then
gathers an organization almost un-
equaled in this country for its COM
mercial Importance. the American Cot
ton Manufacturers Association. in
which. as members. are the mill man
Of New England, the capitalist of ths
North and the West. and the cotton pro-
ducer Of the South. who will sit to-
gether to discuss the progress Of an In
dustry which, from the earliest days.
has been one OF the greatest sources OF
Americas wealth. and which is to-day
the greatest factor in the commercial
and manufacturing Development OF the
Southern States
That Richmond is now the conven-
tion city OF the South. no one will
doubt. Thousands of out of State
visitors to the Jamestown Exposition
during the past year made this con-
venient stopping point.a a crowd rarely
If ever before equalled In Richmond
gathered here from all the South at
the Confederate reunion to honor the
memory OF President Davis. In the
fall the great assembly Of the. Episco-
paians of America. with its distn-
guished delegates a aCain filled the city
With visitors, Various smaller organ
izations came before. between and az
ter, and all have go:.e with good
word for the city which gave them
such hospitable entertainment. and in
which they were SO cordially received.
able succession of national gatherings
~ Ia a nd n "a alSn
Richmond will offer an open door and
hand Of greeting.
Conference of st. Vincent De Paul.
First IN the list is national con-
ference of delegates from the local
States direct the distribution OF the
charity of the Roman Catholic
Church--the National Society of II.
Vincent de Paul. Organized in Paris,
France. in 1888, by a small band OF
college students, under the leadership
OF Frederick Ozanam, the association
or conference OF these societies may
claim precedence over any other char
liable organization in America.
Even at the time of It's formation the
objects and the means OF obtaining
them were not new in the catholic
! Church, being formulated after the plan
of various works of charity instituted
centuries before bySSt. Vincent de Paul.
laferwhom the society was named. The
headquarters Of the society are IN
Parts, and branches OF 1t are estab-
llshed In all civilized parts OF the world.
1t is with the seetinn located within
the United States that tho conferences
in Richmond, opening Tonight, haN 70
do The American society OF 81, VIM
cent de Paul has over 5000 branches
and a membership of over 900 ae.
tive workers, NJ naArubas - allowed