The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-02

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his home on West Street. He is sur
vived by his wife He was :. member
OF West Street Methodist Episcopal
Church, from which his funeral viii
! take place on Sunday morning.
! The coiorcd Conferences.
The Virginia and Albermarle annual
conferences of the y. NJ IL. Church. III,
lolnt session In this city, to-day elect
! ed delegates to the General Confer
encc of the church, which will meet
In Charlotte, n. c., next May. The
General Conference will elect two
bishops. and the Rev. c. w. WjnpaeId
presiding elder of this district, is the
leading candidate for one of the posi-
tions.
This Is the last joint session of the
old Virginia Conference division
( has been made BY which all the terri
tory in Eastern North Carolina will be
known as the Albemarle Conference
with Bishop G. w. Clinton presiding.
Bishop J. w Hood will continue as
presiding bishop of the Virginia Con-
ference.
Inc delegates to-day elected TO the
General Conference are as follows:
Mlnisterial-Rev. b. i. Boldine ID.
D.. Rev r. II. Riddick. Rev. B. II. Pet
tisrew, Rev. w. n. Levey. Rev. NJ p.
Hawkins, Rev. n. d. King, Rev. Z. S.
Williams. Rev. n. D. Bailey
Lay Observation-Disclosures r. T par
sons. r. e. Rice. w. II. Hathaway, w.
Il. Butler.
Conference VIII hold session to-
morrow at the Normal and Industrial
institute. The appointments Will he
| announced Sunday night in Oak Street
church, after which there will be final
adjournment. About 100 delegates ar.
IN attendance at the session
Interesting Personal Intelligence.
AIRS. William Wood Einney, of Pow
hatan county. has issued invitations to
the marriage of her daughter. Ethel
Howard. to Paul Petit, of Petersburg
on Thursday, December IL, at noon, In
Powhatan AIR. Petit IS one of the
leading members OF the Petersburg bar.
marriage OF interest TO large
circle of friends was celebrated at &
o'clock last evening in the parlors OF
The officiating minister. Rev f. w.
Moore. when Miss Carrie Velines and
| John Lewis Crank, both of this city.
| We're united in wedlock A number of
, friends were present. and the attend
ants We're Miss Frances Hargrave and
Il. j. Major.
Last evening at $3.50 o'clock, at The
residence of Rev. +. w Moore, the Off
ciating minister, Miss Connie Payne,
| daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs w. 3. Payne,
was married to William Leigh Eanes
Miss Elizabeth Tasker attended as
bridesmaid, and a. NJ. McCauley as best
man.
Miss Blanche L. Spain and John w.
livesay, well-known young couple
of this city, were married in Richmond
on Wednesday.
Protest Against the Saloon
Rev. T.. o. Taylor, d. D., of Boston.
Mass, field secretary and special scion
tihc lecturer OF the National Temper
ance Society. of New York. ana the
Scientific Temperance Federation. OF
Boston. will preach at one or more Of
the churches in this city on Sunday.
In the afternoon in High street NJ. 4,
Church. he will lecture In scientific
protest against the legallzed saloon
with chemical demonstrati tons of facts
regarding alcohol.
Death of Mrs. Parrish,
Mrs. Annie T.. Parrish, widow OF
Walter Il. Parrish, died last evening
shortly before o'clock at her home on
Pearl Street She had been In declining
health for five months. She was good
woman, and the sick and needy OF her
neishborhood will greatly miss her.
of this city: Leonard A.. Grover f.,
Howard H. Violet T., Clifford A.. Ora
Gle g., Gladys G. and Raymond L. Par
rish
General News Notes.
J. i. Wilson, a young farmer of
l'rlncc George county, while engaged
In tbreshing peanuts yesterday had one
of his hands badly cut and injured by
being caught in the threshcr. lie was
brought TO Petersburg for attention.
state taxes in this city have not been
paiG up so freely this year as they were
last year.
The Salvation Army is planning 10
give 200 baskets of good cheer TO needy
families on Christmas Day. and will
ask the churches and charitable people
OF the city to cooperate in carrying
out the plan.
interesting Unwilling.
~ the vesper service at ST. Joseph's
Catholic Church Sunday afternoon in
tercstins unvclling exerciaes will take
place. Three beautiful paintings, lust
placed on! the walls OF tho church. will
be unveiled These paintings represent
The Resurrection,, thirteen feet six
inches BY five feet in size! "The lncre-
dulity ofThomas" and Christ Deliver
ing The Keys TO Peter each nine feet
two inches by five feet.
"The Resurrection" painting has
been placed on the west wall OF tho
church, neur the Blessed Virgins altar.
This painting was the gift OF tho con-
sregation, in eonmemoration OF the
twenty-fifth anniversary spf Father
|iO'Farrells 9 pastorate, and designed also
TO be n memorial of his faithful work
The other two pictures nres placed! ono
on the 3Hest wall and the otlierEon tho
east wal ~ over he Isl do doors * ,ha