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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1876-06-03
METHODIST GENERAL CONFERENCE.
Twenty.third Day-Friday.


The Conferences was called to order ut Q
i. NJ, Bishop James presiding.
\ communication from the Evangelical
Association was read. and the Committee
on Fraternal Correspondence was instruct
ed to reply to it,
Certain reports of the Commute on Mis-
sions, relative to the annexation OF districts
to the South Indian conferences, were read
and adopted.
THE COLOR LINE QUESTION.
The Committee on the State of the
Church presented two reports, majority
and minority report, on the color line ques-
ton After the usual preamble, the major
ity report recommended that there Shonid
be no division Of any Annual Conference
in the Southern work of the Church, and
that there should be no division OF such
Conference. unless it would appear that
the interests of the work would be pro
NOTED by such a division. Rev. W. j..
Muir tcoloredl moved the adoption OF the
report. On motion of Rev. }. VI. Walden.
the minority report was next read. which
recommended that no new Annual Confer
ences should be organized, or new confer
ence lines established. because OF any diff
ference existing between persons OF African
and Anglo Saxon origin, and that the Com
mittee on Boundaries be so instructed. On
motion of Rev. NJ. l.. Scudder, the reports
were made the special order for Saturday.
PRESIDING ELDERS.
The majority report Of Committee No. i
on itinerancy was read. The proposed
change of the Discipline so as to allow OF
the election of Presiding Elders by the
Annual Conferences they did not recon-
mend for the following reasons: The eiec-
ton of Presiding Elders, whether simple
or avowed, or in the form of 4 nomination
by the Annual Conferences, is Inconsistent
with the spirit of the Constitution, and
with fair construction Of its letter greater
evils would occur than under the present
system. The making Of the Presiding
Elders an Advisory Council with the Bish
ops in fixing the appointments OF the trav-
cling preachers is a proposition which they
deem unconstitutional, ineXpedient and
incapable of being tremendously adjusted
to the peculiar principles and machinery
of the Church. and therefore they recon-
mend no change in that particular. The
minority report was next read. The Com
mittee stated that there was widespread
and growing desire for some modification
of the Presiding Eldership system. The
principal change recommended was that
Presiding Elders shall be appointed by the
Bishop on the nomination of a majority OF
the Annual Conference by ballot, without
debate provided, however, that in case the
Bishops shall deem the interests of the
Church demand that any person SO nonl-
mated be otherwise employed, they shall
communicate their Judgment to the Con
ference, which shall then proceed to make
other nominations until the required num-
Der is obtained. That if any Annual Con-
ference shall decline, or fail to nominate,
the Bishop presiding at that Conference
shall choose and appoint the Presiding
Elders. These resolutions were debated
at length and without reaching vote the
Conference adjourned.
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| cate, and 50, 600 year to the Methodist
Christian .1dr0c0te at Atlanta. The report
was adopted.
a DIVISION UNDER TIE COLOR LINE
QUESTION.
Dr. F.. .. Fuller. of Georgia. presented
IA resolution for division OF the Georgia
anu Atlantic Conferences into two Confer
ences each. The resolution, which was
presented 1T the request of those Confer
enceS, was adopJed
EVENING SESSION.
The Conference met in the evening at s
p. NJ, Bishop Bowman presiding.
The report Of the Committee on the
American Bible Society reported that the
receipts during the last four years had been
Si59, 80 10 less than the preceding four
years, ii fact which was to be attributed in
a great measure to the financial depression
under which the country has been labor
ing. The receipts during the year ending
May |, 1910, amounted to S5t1. 500 and the
expenses of the district Superintendents
and at New York during that time to : ll3. =
3Sl. The parent society had also sustained
serious losses through the auxiliary society,
and the committee believed that through
the adoption Of cheaper aud safer methods
OF business, public confidence in the opera
lions Of the society would increase. The
report was adopted.
The Committee on Temperance reported
that inaSmuch as iatemperauce is pro6uc-
| tive OF many public AMI private evils.
brings about vcualty in legislation and
civil service, and cndangers the perpetuity
o. :" free nation. they recommend that
| members Of the Church should not counte-
nance the liquor traffic in any way, either
by signing petitions for those engaged in
it, or renting buildings for the purpose of
carrying on The business. That they arc
| i'll favor Of spreading temperance literature
and organizing temperance societies. That
they viii continue to advocate legal total
prohibition, and the use OF unfermented
wine for sacramento purposes.
That they have bad before them certain
resolutions on the use of tobacco, and he
lieying that the use OF that weed DESTROYS
both soul and body. they recommend that
all candidates for the ministry be advised
against the practice, as being one that will
impair their usefulness and acceptability in
the Church.
AS to the resolutions opposing the use of
tobacco, it was moved TO add tea and cof-
fee to the list This was rejected. and it
was next moved to apply the cenSu!e to
ministers as well It's members of the church,
which motion WAS carried.
The Conference then adjourned.
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THE COLOR LINE.


The reports Of the Committee on the
State Of the Church on the Color Line
Question, were taken up. The ma iority
report provides that no division shall be
made among the Southern Conferences,
unless majority Of the Conferences desire
il and the interest of the Church demands
it. The minority report recommends that
no new Conference be established on the
question of color under any consideration.
Rev. DR.. Fowler moved to amend the ma
Iority report by striking out the words
larger part of the Conferences and
insert the words . if majority OF white and
colored members of any Conference demand
that such Conference be divided into two
or more Conferences, it is the opinion Of
this Conference that such division shall be
made" The amendment was accepted by
vote of 1875 to 81 Dr. Hitchcock moved
to further amend by adding that in such
case the presiding Bishop he authorized to
organize such Conference. This was ac-
cepted by vote of 200 to 60. The two
! amendments were then incorporated in one
general resolution, and yeas and nays were
called for on the acceptance of the resoiu-
ton. The vote was announced as follows:
yeas pa, nays 10.
The report now reads: THAT where it
Is IHt 8eItidl teSlit 81 the nitulDt ot an
Annual Conference that there should be no
division Of such Conference into two or
more Conferences. and where it is not
clearly to be seen that such division would
favor or improve the state of the work i'll
any Conference, and where the interests
and usefulness of even u majority OF the
members of such Conference, and of the
members of churches in such Conference
might be damaged or imperiled by division,
it is the opinion of this General Conference
that such division should not be made.
That whenever it shall be requested by
a majority of the white and a majority of
the colored members of any Annual Con
ference, that such Conference shall be di-
Vided into two or more Conferences; and
whenever it shall appear that the interests
of the work would be promoted by such a
division, without damage to any part there
| of, it is the opinion of the General Confer
ence that such a change should be made,
and the presiding Bishop is authorized to
organize such Conference or Conferences. =
APPROPRIATIONS FOR OFFICIAL. PAPERS.
The report of Committee on the Book
Concern was read. 1t recommended that
800 be appropriated now, and $500 an
nnally during the next quadrennium, for
the support Of the Pacific Christian -4dco-
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THE EPISC0PACY

reported that they had made inquiry and
found that the present number Of Superin-
tendents Of the church were fully able to
oversee the work Of the church. The COM
mlttee reported adversely to petitions for
CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE.
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Twenty.iifth Day-Monday.

Conference was called to order at Q A. NJ,
Bishop Ames, presiding.
The Committee on General Conference
Expenses reported that the total expenses
of the delegates amounted to seq, 100, and
the receipts to SIS, 800, leaving :. deficiency
of S4,4S2. They recommended that the
committee be authorized to draw on the
Book Concern for 5000, two-thirds on the
New York, and the remaining one third
on the Western Book Concern. The reso-
luton was adopted.
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PRESIDING ELpERSHP.

PRESIDING ELDERSIIIP.
The adjourned debate on this question
was opened by the Rev. DR.. Newman. In
his opinion the question was one of law.
The necessity of unity III the Church was
apparent to every one. The Church is a
unit: the election power should be a unit,
and the Bishops We're better fitted for
knowing the men who could fill the position
of Presiding Elder etlectually.
Judge Reynolds spoke on the constitu-
tionality of the proposed change. If
Presiding Elders We're to be elected by the
annual Conferences laymen would lose all
the power they now possessed. True, they
did not have much voice in matters, but
they would then be completely shut Oft
from joining in any deliberations. He
moved, as Il substitute to the minority
report, that if two.thirdS OF the General
Conference recommend and three fourths
Of the Annual Conferences concur, the third
restrictive rule should be suspended for a
modification of the system of itincrancy.
That no annual Conference should embrace
less than two OF more than eight districts,
and that no district shall have more than
sixty pastoral charges.
Rev. Granville Moody obtained the floor
and said: THE combat deepens, on We
braves" | am in favor Of the minority
report for the following reasons: 1t gives
the regulating of the various districts to
the Annual Conferences, and entrusts them
with power to elect men. 1t recognizes
the coordinate right of Bishops to whom
the nomination is referred for ultimate APP
proval or reversion. Il gives a legal exist
ence to the suspended legislation of the
year 1920. If it prevails it will show the
invulnerability and Immortality of truth.
Mahomet's coffin was suspended between
two magnets, which kept it in position,
and so the Presiding Elder will have the
Conference on one side of him and the
people on the other side, and such coequal
and cooperating responsibilities will pro
duce greater circumspection on his part in
the performance of his duties in what
might be styled the cabinet councils of the
church. The consent Of the governed
legitimately expressed is a popularity OF
this ocean bound republic, and is dis.
tinctive feature Of American Methodism.
Methodists know their rights, and, know
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DR.. F. O. Fuller, of Georgia. presented
Il resolution for a division OF the Georgia
anu Atlantic Conferences into two Confer,
ences each. The resolution, which was
presented 1T the request of those Confer
ences, was adopted.
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Twenty-SiXth Day-TIeslay.

Bishop Harris presided at the morning
session.
BY vote of the Conference the Bishops
were requested to appoint Il commission Of
six clergy and SIX laymen to confer with
other Methodist churches on the subject of
fraternity and union.
The Committee on the Rivision of the
Hymn Book reported in favor of a revision,
and recommended the appointment OF a
committee of fifteen, to whom the revision
shall he entrusted. Adopted.
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THE LAST COMMITTEES.

The rules Of order were suspended for
the appointment of the General Book Conn
mittee, the Mission and Church Extension
Committee, and Committee on freedmen
one membe: being nominated from each
district on the first two committees and
two On the third. The district delegations
were allowed to retire, and the nominations
returned and affirmed were as follows:
Book C0mmittce-Ammi Price. J. b.
Graw, 5. Hunt, 7. Mitchell, l.. c. Matlack,
+. c. Halliday, VIM. Brush, ]. L. Smith,
Vim. p. Stowe, Wm. 5. Prentice, Wm b.
Slaughter and VIM. Koenecl,e.
Mission and Church Extension Commit
tees-Dr. ]. Cummings J. y. Bates, E.
Bennington, George ". Cheshire, d. H. r.
Dix, j. VI. Trimble, ]. J. Marker, d. +.
Barnes, Il. Mitchell, Bernard Kelly, III. X.
Hines, c. \. Loeber.
Committee on Freedmen--L. d. Bar
rows, \. NJ. Diclley, Thos. \. Griffin, JAS
\. Barnett, l.. c. Queal, f. Occumpaush,
|. c. PershiRg, c. Altman, W. ". Fore
man, VIM. Il. Jervey. n. II. Phillips, \.
c. De PAW, L. W. Hamett, Graham Bell,
VIM. \. Smith, D. McWiliams, VIM. Ham
i!ton, y. b. Moore, J. NJ. Sullivan. JAS Il.
Weaver, b. +. Crazy, J. p. Mckane, J.
Rothweiler, G. \. \. Noisle.
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Twenty.fourth Day-Saturday.

The Conference was called to order at 9
A. NJ, Bishop Harris presiding.
Rev. Mr.. Perry, of Newark, moved that
two extra sessions, lasting from 3 to i and
to 10 P NJ, be held to. day and Tuesday,
and that the Conference do adjourn mme-
diately after the morning session on Wed
nesday next. The motion WAS adopted
unanimously
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AFTERNOON SESSION.

The Conference reassembled at 3 o clock,
Bishop Foster presiding.
The Committee on Missions submitted a
long report containing plan for mission
work. The changes made from the plan
now laid down in the Discipline consist in
the provision that when mission is estab-
iished i'll Il foreign country, the Bishop
having episcopal jurisdiction over the
mission shall appoint a superintendent
of the same, whose duties and functions
shall be similar to those of Presiding
Elder i'll his district: also in an amend
ment striking out OF the Discipline the
paragraph requiring each Annual Con-
ference TO Fix upon month or months in
which the annual collection for missions
shall take place; also in the provision
that the Board of Managers of the Mis-
sionary Society shall have power to suspend
IA Corresponding Secretary or Treasurer or
Manager for cause to them sufficient, and
time shall be fixed for a trial upon the
charges against person SO removed be-
fore the members of the General Mission
airy Committee, at which trial one of the
Bishops shall preside. The report was
adopted
4, -.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-01-31
CO-PARTNERSHlP NOTICE.

ON THE 22ND OF DECEMBER, 1875, l
associated with me in tie Livery
business Mr.. ]. V. Mendel, the style OF the
firm 10 be hereafter Husemen & Mendel;
The bust, ess is to carried on at the old
those having claims AGAINST Fred HuSe-
men will please present them, and those
knowing themselves indebted TO him Will
please call and Settle. ,
ja3la FIXED hO9EMhN'
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DIED.

TALLANr-At Denver. Colorado, on
"Wednesday, JANUARY 10th, lS1e, HELEN
EpIIH, wife OF William Tallant, in her
forty-ninth year.
Funeral AT 10 O'Clock this morning, from
the residence of B. NJ. Eoff, No. 2l2G Market
street. Interment at Mount Wood.
DCNN-At Tire residence OF p. T.. linn.
January ~, lSs6, ALBEIT r. DUNN, liz the
forty-fltth year OF his age.
Tie funeral will take place Tuesday
morning, at O'Clock. The remains will
be taken TO the Cathedral and thence 10
the new Catholic cemetery.
SCHUPBACH--At hts late residence in
East Wheeling, RCp1LPa SCHuPRACu. last
evening, between and o'clock, aged
thirty seven years.
Funeral Tuesday afternoon. Notice Of
hour of services hereafter.
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DISSOLUTION.

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i editors and proprietors OF the REGIS,
TER has been THIS day dissolved by mutual
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Tue To the office are payable to the new
nun, LEWIS BAKER,
JAMES b. fancy,
WIN. j. JOHNS
WIN. III, TANEY.
WHEELING. January l. 1876.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
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CONCLUSION OF THE BtRDETT
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COPARTNERSHIP.

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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-11-24
Murder Will Out.

A few yea = ago "Aug1st F'owe," WAS
discovered to be certain Gaze fo-
Dyspepsia and Liver complaint, a few
thin Dyspeptics made known to Their
friends how easily and quickly they had
been cured by its use. The great meri-s
of GREENS AUGUST FLOWER became
heraled through the country by one SUI
ferer TO another, until, without adver.is-
ing. it's sale has become immense, Drug
gists in EVERY TOWN in the United
States are selling it. No person suffer
ing with Sour Stomach, Sick Headache,
Costiveness, palpitation of the Heart,
indigestion. low spirits etc. can take
three doses without relief. Go to your
Druggist Skinner d Bro. and get a bot
tie for IS cents and try it, Sample bot
ties 10 cents.
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Manners in Business.

There are ways of attracting custom,
as there are ways of repelling it; and we
are reminded of the value of manners in
business by an incident of our own e1-
perience when we accompanied some la
dies shopping in quiet country town.
The shop-keeper's manner was well cal
culated to drive people from his shop.
He was alovenly, bushy-haired man,
with smileless face, and suspicious eyes
that seemed to regard every passerby as
a burglar, and every customer as pos
sible swindler. His till was fitted with
patent burglar alarm, which gave a
clang every time he opened it to change
ten cent piece. He watched with the
glance of detective ever lady who
handled piece of goods, as if she pur.
posed slipping whole piece of Hor-
rocks cetton under her cloak. Indeed,
his entire manner made the party feel
uncomfortable, and impatient to be out
of his place. Finally, when one of the
ladies gave him five dollar bill to pay
for her purchases, he put on his glasses
to examine it slowly and carefully, then
pulled out the burglar proof drawer
with its ring of alarm, closed it on Sec
ond thoughts with another clang, and
hied away to the further end of the shop
to make sure from an old bank detector
that the note was not counterfeit, after
which he moodily made change. The
party have never called upon him since,
and no member of it ever will. The
whole conduct of the man said, as in SC
many words, "Look here, you people
you can't cheat me, and you can't have
my goods until am satisfied about you
1 have every device for swindlers, SC
keep your distance" The result was
that he lost custom, for no one cares te
be suspected obviously of being thief
) 1t is possible to please a customer by
) your manner and your business arrang
ement, and also to disgust him or hel
} by pettiness or discourtesy. Propel
caution is good thing, but it need no
be e1aegera ed, as in this case, into uni
versal distrust and offensive suspicion
: A shopkeeper, to attract customers
must see that the looks, as we'll as tn
ways of his shop are inviting Fanc,
3 Goods Record.
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She Was Reyenged.

They neglected to invite an elderly
lady on Narrow street to the wedding,
but she succeeded in effecting an en-
trance when the presents were exhibited.
and took a fearful revenge, as follows
She adjusted her spectacles, took a sill
yer cream-pitcher forming part of a set,
read the card attached, coughed and
frowned: A neighborlng spectators at
tention was attracted: "Solid silver
Yes. saw it first when Hattie Towker
was married, and the Wheelers gave her
the set. That was in 1864 Then / met
it at Clara Sims wedding, and the jew
eler vowed he would never let it out
again because the Podgerses-who hired
it to present it-didn't pay for the use of
it, and Cru bbs seized it and all the 9TH
ers present because the wedding supper
wasn't paid for; Presented by her affec-
tionate friends Henry and Josephine
Plummer! Humph! Anybody with a
grain of sense might know that. Why,
the Plummers could not 20 to church on
Sunday fortnight because the washerwo-
man kept their things, and they couldn't
raise money enough to pay her." In
this pleasant manner the dear old lady
-, :,
with the privilege of age and near friend
ship, passed all the articles on the table
in review, and let the guests know rath
er mere about every body and everything
than they could have found out by
spending fortune at Snodger's Com.
mercial Agency.