The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-13
MINISTER'S LEAVE
FOR CONFERENCE
Several Pastoral Changes Will
Be Made in Petersburg
District.
PRINCE GEORGE SCHOOL FAIR
Will Be Held on Friday--Regu.
lar Meeting OF Board OF
Aldermen.
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Petersburg, Va, November -.
The westbound trains on the Norioik
and Western Railway carried up 10
L,nchburg a large number OF Memo
tiist ministers and iaymeE 10 LEheh
burg 10 attend the one huEHred anu
q th.r;ieth session of the Virginia An
nf,al Conference which meets IN that
city tomorrow. Among those VINO
bearded the train AT Petersburg "as
Bishop A. w. Wilson, Of Bait.iao'"'
who viii preside over the conference.
Tn, Rev ]. K JoliY. presiding cider
OF the Petersburg District. Is prevented
f~an attending the opening sessions
of nc conference becaEse of his pres
sact 1T the bedside Of the Re". }. l. NY
Tor. a.. Newport News, father OF mrs
io.In who is reported as extremely
ii MI and Mrs. Jolif are both WIN
pr. TAYLOR DR. Booker, Of this ci.!'
4 vii act as presiding eiHer during MT
Ioiif's absence.
The lay delegates fo- the re'ei
burg district TO conference axe t. W.
Ruteh@r of Petersburg: W. A. irot-
Yer, of LawrenceNiile; J. ii. Mali Vi
south Hill. and W. n. DAVIS, or pih-
w-d>ic Representatives from the as
trict on the various conference boa'us
are: board Of education d.. W. r
Drswrs: sunday school boare. L. D.
Hartley. OF Stony Creek: church ex-
tension. Il; H. O'Kennon. Petersburg; !
Epworth. LeaGue. / f. Dyer. Peters
burg: missions, Walker sparkIn, ie- /
tessDurg.
The opening sermon will be preached ,
b. the Rev 7. A. Smoot. l.. D.. OF
Norfolk. and tie ordination sermon
BY the Rev. T. J. Mastin, of Rich-
nom.
Several pastoral changes will be
mad. in the Petersburg district. IL
is expected that Presiding Elders j. h
loliF. Of Petersburg and w. A
caristiar. of Richmond, Will be given
an exchange of districts Among the
pastors who will be transferred to
new charges are the Rev. ". T.
HAYNES. OF Wesley Church, PeteTshurs
ths Rev. ). W. Eure. Of East pinwid-
die: the Rev W. f Grant. Of Din
viddie: the Rev. R. :. Bausnn. of
West Dinwt.die: the Rev. n. B. Fou-
shee. of Wakefield. and the Rev. John
r. Payne. Of Brunswick !,
Best Rep0rt In Its History.
The fourth quarterly conference OF
High Street NJ. r. Cnarch was held
last night ana the best report In the
History of the church was MADE. The
total collecti rs during the year ioE
all purposes were ST.. an average
per capita of sl3.":J. and the amount
donated to missions was $3,S2. Every
obligation Of the church was promptly
met
Prince George school Fair. !
The Prince George School Fair will
be held in the new High School build
ing. at the county courthouse. on FRI
day. and the occasion is expected 10
be u great event Governor Mann
has accepted an invitation TO he pres
ent and deliver an address. Jackson
DAVIS. State Supervisor OF schools: r.
:. Farrar. in charge of corn Gemonstra
ton work, and others will also speak.
The school exhibits will be of grea,
excellence, and fine program of eX-
srcises has been prepared. embracing
parades. music, declanations. recita-
tons. games. etc
TIVE Deaths.
Mrs. Martha Susan Phillips aged
Efty-six years. wife OF Quincy A Phil
lips. died last night at her home in
Matoaca. after an illness Of ten months.
Besides her husband. she is survived
by two sons. James W. and William A
Phillips: two brothers. Sidney II. and
John D. Womack: and two sisters. Mrs
Roberta Phillips and Miss Ida Womack
all Of Matoaca
Mrs Clarence Bryan. aged twenty
seven years. r<sd at.An early hour this
morning in, tlTe Petersburg Hospital
She was the daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Colin Neal OF this city. VINO survive
her She is also survived 10y one son
and by two brothers and five sisters
j. II and Colin Neal. Mrs. Ida V Lee,
Mrs- B. I. wflkerson. Mrs f. W. VIII
kerson. Of Richmond: Mrs. j. Z. Drewry
and Miss Eva Neal. OF this city.
RaPtsst :. :. Association.
At the meeting Of the Baptis; sun
day School Association of Petersburg
and vicinity neId in Ma,oaca on sun
day afternoon. reports for the past
month were submitted showing the fol-
lowing figures: Av--as. register 1861:
averas. attendance. l.i26: per cent o:
attendance. SIS. new scholars enrolled.
81: conversions :.
0oard ~ ADAerMea.
Seven OF Ihe twelve MEMBER attend
ed the regular meeting % the Board
az Aldermen last night. The business