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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Sep 16, 1902

Virginia Conference Session

By R. D. Hottel; A. M. Neff

THE nineteenth annual session of the Virginia Conference convened at 9 A. M., Aug. 10, 1902, at Westover Park, Lynchburg, Va., in connection with the camp meeting. There were present thirty delegates, representing twelve churches, and ten delegates at large. Two new churches were added to the conference. There was a net gain in membership of eighteen.

The officers for the coming year are as follows: President, R. D. Hottel; Secretary, A. M. Neff; Treasurer, O. F. Dart; Secretary and Treasurer of the Tract Society Department, A. M. Neff; Secretary of the Sabbath-school Department, Mrs. B. F. Purdham; Conference Committee, R. D. Hottel, H. W. Herrell, A. C. Neff, F. L. Whitehead, W. F. Davis; Board of Incorporation, R. D. Hottel, H. W. Herrell, A. C. Neff, F. L. Whitehead, W. F. Davis, O. F. Dart, A. M. Neff; Custodian of conference property, B. F. Purdham.

Credentials were granted to R. D. Hottel, B. F. Purdham, A. C. Neff, H. W. Herrell, Lee S. Wheeler, M. S. Wooding, T. H. Painter, and I. E. Kimball. Licenses were given to George W. Lewis, J. A. Strickland, and missionary credentials to Mrs. I. E. Kimball, Mrs. M. S. Wooding, T. Marie Mohr, and Rebecca Clayborn.

There will be three tents in the field during the remainder of the season,—one at Lynchburg, B. F. Purdham and T. H. Painter in charge; one at Norfolk, R. D. Hottel and Lee S. Wheeler in charge, assisted by J. A. Strickland; one at Alexandria, H. W. Herrell and George W. Lewis in charge.

R. D. HOTTEL, President.

A. M. NEFF, Secretary.