The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-30
BROAD FIELD HERE
FOR MISSIONARIES
uouE VISITATION MOVEMENT DE-
vELor< TRtE RELIGIOUS
sfTs ALTON.
FINAL, FIGURES TODAY
Returns Will NOT PLsoT THE
CRY or RICHMOND IN FRONT
RsNk or caIREH-cotNG
COMMUNITIES.
FINAL FIGURES TODAY

visitation move rent have not Vet peen
completely ta63F@ted Sufficient Pr0ErTSs
has been made toward that eud to >aev
that I. Si,reve- lJrbara' = estimate EsN-
en- in The Vire5piaa TuesdaY njght .
was ultra conscrtA t,se-upes Aa}eA
side MIR. Durham prefers 80 err
Instead of 47eoo homes visited. IT
Was carefully and again ronserNariv !
ry--est7r1a1ed last night thai 900
homes were. visited Tuesday sing I
the mpniple Of q '-2 persons f. he /
fegnc-Nhlch scs}crda}s estimate
chow sd u IL 777E-T
Richmond an3 IT'S suburbs house 4
population uf t1a e1o people inst What
optimistic folks have claimed mr. H.
The multiple - in realty nearer IL
the home A. amusing ins'dent III
This connection occurred Yesterday
when the Highland Park district chair
man calling Mr.. Durham over tn" u =
phone for some instructions 20 70 the
multiple to he used fer tahulatng
concrete report when told that =
was conservative, renarked~-"Nh ny,
six TO tbs, famik would DE nearer
right ont here" Mr. Durham and those
assembled had hearty laugh over
Richrnouds prosperous, Ro7seYe1tiaii
annex.
Not q Commercial Census.
From
the district chairman submitted in con-
crete form figures showing the num-
Der Of homes visited, religious pref
ercnce. etc. OF their district. tue I'M
preston gained ground that similar re-
ports were 10 he expected from every
one of the nineteen districts. thus CIV"
ing a complete census Of Richmond
Such however lis not the ease, Mr..
Durham sxplA hing that this move
rrent was in no sense cofnTnefGfitt
work and he had not demanded ~uca
reports Of this chairmen because OF the
labor involved. The oniT concrete fg-
gHs given wIll be those resulting
from the tabuiation Of the number ei
r.eople az each religious faith repre-
sentcd in the city. and those haF ING
neither religious belief nor preference.
The cards In themselves are colupiet'
ard. as repeatedly stated. have been
turned over to the pastors. priests 'ifd
rabbits for their use and benefit Jhe
interdenominatipnal committee - ae@
hard al work "a oulatlnE the nu@4ber of
people each faith as gatheyed by the
census takers and these figures show
ing lust how many EPiseopaliaus tath-
ciics. Preshyterians. etc, Richmond
enlhadies IN it's phpnlation-~Ri III be
made public tomarroN.
Interesting Comparisons.
The two districts which did take
The time and trouble TO compile ia
FplCTSfG form CDEaFfieI CisAt4t baFsh
eensus. however. are interesting fer
comparison, The report from the
fifth district. which was given in yes
terdar's }iFgtnian, showed d, +ht
names enumerated, of which 4.44
were church members or expressed
preference for some denomination,
while Sfs were neither church mem
bers nor had any preference The
chairman Of the six district yesterday
dn tahs4f4ftHn
4sl2 names Ia ken, Of which 32S had
TO religious connection nor perfer-
ance. Both Of these districts are III the
very heart of the city and therefore
representative. There are, therefore,
s4T persons, living in the center OF
the citys who are not connected WIN
any church, do not attend religious
SERVICES. and have no part NOR in
terest in religion. II this percentage
holds good thropgoDt the nineteen
districts there are in Richmond ana
ats suburbs. 6,l4G people Who nave
no religious afiiliatien, people whom
las on. Of the workers expressed II
yesterday-occ the same relation
TO the church as DO the heather in
Africa This II exactly tho target
aimed al in the religious census 10
get at the people the church wants
to reach
Many Different Beliefs.
Another htefes'ilE tea'H'F e
oped by the census 's IN" NUN 'ef "'
religious hebefS fepfeHehte" ~ II
population % HlcHhoh", Sh""'Hs -
coslnop0litan isn' ''he Hlst''S' SI,'" :
twenty one ohtet"ht demon" li't tt''4''3,H
In the people enGlntralc! ny llle 60
sus takers ana another i""' ~ a
- fersni- re!Agl4i4sz l4sslls.l :! :. lttAi s1s2'
among these various iaithS are
ersi HOE Jph1pefs oiH @'' -.
- assis efe attl1sslftas'51 ,3's' v ~ y
tabulated report OF the t"tSi !t0'''-
tnaiionai eofnm1uee "Itl kNe '"''''
ngures cofnpi'tF'F t"'li', Wv
Whiie M effiat" n"ts ~
gard dhe census az peFlf''' ~
neVes II Is on" ot the MIS- ~ vs.,
fnl and coinpfctt ne mas ever alte
ed Nhlie the tAa'' "s'' ga "'F ""'
IN his hahos ~ 0rueFeA 'h8t Wv
VIII STOW tf'ft ''f'-ffffl''ffr' - -
Or active oh"fNh mem neiNstP "H!
possibly reAch ~ FrI VeH' ne 'tS'
rhnrcn H8efn petSfA'' 8@i ~
SHOWN ny stiF trfH ~ "'ftch
home Elsaatloh hl"Nffhen' nav = oFeh
cpnCutltd Va H,fttS "' ''''''9f - =
Ky, which Sh"Neu ~ PEI CENT ''S
next pest wac Nv ~ 1Fh~
Nfsoie SLAVE ih''f"-''d'
IN the paSS te" a.s iH4n''FS ,iR' ="
oe1h coming M" "a 'It A1lis ~"