The Wichita city eagle., 1877-03-15
FOURTH SESSION
South Kansas Conference Methodist Episcopal
Church.


Church.
The Conference was opened at nine
O'Clock a. m, of Wednesday, March q,
1877, with a delightful Sacremental
service, conducted by Rev. NJ. Simp-
son, DID,, Bishop presiding, in the
First Methodist Church of Wichita,
Sedgwick county, Kansas.
The roll of the Conference was call
ed by the assistant secretary and the
following brethren answered to their
names:
On motion the Conference proceed
cd to the election of a secretary by bal
lot, aud Henry j. Walker was duly
elected. He nominated III. W. Chafie
as assistant and ID. A. Perrin record
ing secretary, and James Murray sta
tistical secretary, who were elected.
On motion the time for meeting was
fixed at a. H., and of adjournment at
IL IN.
A committee of one from each dis
trict was elected TO nominate standing
committees: Committee-B. Kelly, j.
B. Lee, Z. T. Rhodes. J. I. Hanna and
Il. &. SwartZ.
The bar of the Conference was fixed
on a line with the first row of seats
west OF the stoves.
j. w. Warlield was elected Confer
ence Missionary Treasurer.
The Bishop announced the transfer
of the following Elders to this Con-
ference: J. l.. Rushbridge, from the
Western New York Conference j. q.
Eckles. from the Des Moines Confer
ence; f. b. Cherrington, from the ln-
diana Conference, and Thos. 5. Hunt.
from the Southeast Indiana Conference
He also annouced the transfer of Spen-
Ger S. Steele, probationer of the first
year. from the West Texas Conference
to this Conference. They were intro
duced by the Bishop.
Z. O. Edwards, who represented the
western branch of the Book Concern,
was introduced to the Conference and
made short address.
The Bishop then presented the re-
port of the book committee, together
with the annual exhibit of the Book
Concern, which were read and ordered
on file.
c. w. Blodget of the Colorado Con
ference, and &. Martindale transfer
from the Northern Indiana Conference
were introduced.
The Bishop reported $50 as due The
Conference from the chartered fund
and Oh motion draft was ordered foi
the amount.
The sth question, "Who are the gu
pernumerary preachers?' was takei
up and under it the relation OF j. Rob
inson was changed to "superannuated'
tha: of J. n. Bartels TO effective
and J. II. Ross was located at his OWL
request.
The cases of j. Paulson and B. Lowe
were laid over until tomorrow.
The 9th question "Who are the su
peranmuated preachers" was asked
and under it S. Parker, NJ. Robertson
j. Brodhead and j. III. Leard were rep
resented and their rotation continued
j. S. Wilson was granted location,
no repert from him being at hand.
Tho 10th question, "Was the charac
ter of each preacher examined?" wa'
called and ID. p. Mitchell, the Presid'
ing Elder of Fort Scott District wa
represented and presented written
report of the work of God in his dis
trict.
The committee on nominations o.
standing committees then presented
their report which was adopted ano
the several committees were elected
w. IL. Stephens was appointed Il
take charge of the accounts OF the New
York Book Concern.
The following additional officers fol
the Conference missionary society
were elected: President-A. III. Wal
ter: Vice President. McAnulty
Secretary-D. l.. Sommerville.
The 10th question was resumed anc
under it the following effective Elders
of the Fort Scott District, their char
acters passed and their collections
were reported: b. Kelley, j. Lalerum
w. Sibley, j. Murray, &. a. King, w
j. McWhirt, w. I. White, Thos. Auda'
A. Hartman and j. Il. Boon.
p. Milligan was granted leave tt
withdraw from the church, and he
was announced as withdrawn unde!
censure.
Emporia District was called. A. X
johnson, the Presiding Elder being
called, his character passed and de-
tailed report Of the work in the dis
trict was read.
The following effective Elders were
then called: A. ii. Walter, j. S. Kline
ID. S. Baldwin, G. r. Rice, j. McAnul
ty, w. Bristow. III. X. Meetb, j. B.Lee
n. S. Buckner. w. NJ. Robertson, S. S
Weatherby, j. Z. Bryan, &. II. Pome
roy, their characters passed and those
present made reports of collections.
S. K. Pendletcn, the Presiding Elder
of the Independence District,w was call
ed, his character passed, and he read
his report of the district.
The effective Elders were called a;
follows: p L. Rhodes, G. w. Rigby
L. A. Graham, A. b. Walker, j. w
Warlield and b. +. Smith, their char
acters were passed and the collection.
of those in attendance were reported
A. Sleeth was announced as trans
ferred TO the Des Moines Conference
and z. A. Pierson to the Tennessee
Conference.
Wichita District was called. A
Buckner was called his character pass
ed, and he made statement of Tho
work in the early part of the year, to.
gether with statement of the condi
tion of his health that had caused his
resignation from the district. G. w
Pye, The Presiding Elder, then present
ed a written report, and his charactel
was passed.
IL. w. Reed, Of the Kansas Confer
ence and j. Dennison, President O
Baker University, were introduced.
The Secretary was authorized Il
draw on A. Sleeth. the Secretary o
the last Conference, for the sum o.
$90.20, the amount III his hands due tn,
Conference on the minute fund.
Announcements were made and the
Conference adjourned with the bene
diction of S. Parker.
SECOND DAY.
Thursday, March s, 1877.
Conference opened at 9 o'clock a. m
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