The news and herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1876-1881, 1876-12-28
THE METHODIST CHURCH,
Proceedings Of the South Caroline
Conference.
from the News and Conricr.

This body convened for ;ts ninety
first annual session in Chester, S
! g., ut 10 o'clock, A.. M., pcce1nbe
l3, 1916, Bishop Hubbard II
Kayanaugh presiding. The attend
ance Of members, lay and clerical
was good; nearly as large as or
former occasions, though the de
pressed financial condition of ou,
people it was feared would kee,
many at homo. The sossion was 4
harmonious one, delightfully."- 80, and
the members of the Cons brence will
long remember the gene}ous hosp;
tality dispensed by the citizens .ot
Chester.
The following persons were aG-
mitted Oh trial into the Conference
r. Herbert jones': erwin q. Price,
Allison B. Lee, Thomas Il. Gilbert,
Joseph F. Masingo, LeGrand q.
Walker, Armand G. LeGette, Henry
B. Brown and VIM. 7. Neadors.
On Sabbath morning, efter ser
mon by Bishop Kavanaugh, thirteen
young ministers wore, ordained
dcacons, and after sermon by DR..
McFerrin, ut 7 z. NJ, nine others
were ordained elders. A pleasing
incident connected with the ordina-
tion services was the presence OF the
venerable Rev. DR.. Plumet, Of the
Presbyterian Church, WHIP assisted
in the imposition Of hands in tue
ordination of elders, and delivered
an earnest end eloquent ad dress to
tue class. The Doctor's2 presence
and address were q benddiction to
those who listened to bis gcdly
counsel.
Among the reports and rssolu-
tions adopted by the Confer rence the
following may be mentioned as Of
general interest
A resolution requesting the
College of Bishops to grant this
Conference the second "Wednesday
in December of each year as the
first day of its annual meeting.
A resolution directing the COM
mittees Of examination to cell their
classes together on the TUESDAY
before the first day Of the session at
6 o'clock, A. NJ.
The committee on fraternity sub
mitted the following report, which
was unanimously adopted
Whereas the commissioners Of tho
M. E.. Church and of tho M. T.
Church South at their meeting at
Cape May, n. j., in tho month of
August, did, in tho most excellent t
Christian spirit and with entire
unanimity, adopt basis of fraterni
ty alike honorable to both churches,
therefore,
Resoi1etl, That the South Curoi
ma Conference hereby expresses hor
grat' tication at the happy result of a
commission for tho appointment of
which she formally made petition TO
the last General Conference, and
accepting MS entirely satisfactory
the above named basis of adjustment
VIII endeavor to fulfill the condi-
tons of the same in the like Chris
tian spirit that led to it's unanimous
adoption.
Nesotved, That tllis Conference
has heard with deep SORROW of the
death Of Rev. E. II. Myers, D. d.,
chairman Of our commissioners, and
hereby tender IL sincere coincidence
to the family of our deceased and
beloved brother.
DR.. a. NJ Shipp was appointed to
prepare history OF Methodism in
the bounds of the South Carolina
Conference.
The report Of tho educational
committee represented Woffortl
College at Spartanburg as having
enjoyed gratifying success during
the past year. The faculty is fully
orgenized, composed of nble men,
and no institution in our country is
better o0icered than this.
Columbia Female College, under
the Presidency of DR.. Jones, is ns
prosperous us, under tho financial
depression of the times, could be
expected. The president has intro
duced new features in the curricu,
lum of this institution, which will
add much to it's usefulness, md IL
bright f,,t..re is confidently expect
ed. Cokesbury School, i. A..
Connor, A. NJ, rector, liz also moy-
ing forward in it's work, contributing
it's share towards educating our
young mon. These three institu-
tions of learning, under tho care of
the South Carolina Conference, call
for the special support of our peo,
pie. An assessment of four thou
sand dollars, to bo equally divided
between Woford and Columbia
Female College, was ordered to be
made upon the churches of this
Conference.
The Appointments.
CHARLEsroN DIsrR1cr IT. F. WANEA-
MAKER, p. E..