The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-11-20
,,pGYNTx ANNUAL CONFERENCE
ME. CHURCH SOUTH.
Eishty-rourth Session.
rrsHop PIERCE PRESIDING.
REPORTED for the Dispa;ch.l
SIXTH DAY.

Conference met at 9s ciock-Dlsnoi
Pierce in the char.
Religious services were conducted b,
pny, j. W. Howard.
Thc minutes OF the previous days session
nere read and approved.
IN motion OF Rev. l.. S. Reed, Rev. II
r paulclt was granted location at his OWL
request. ~
Tbn Board submitted report OF appro
,-,o,ons to the widows and orphan:
dind superanuuated preachers. aggregatinG
sG oS5 subjcctt TO scale. and $t05 Of specia
snnroprIations not subject to scale.
The children OF Rev. T. c. Jennings de
c,inrd TO be longer beneticiarieS on the Con
frrpore fund, and expressed their grateful
annreciation OF the kindness OF the Confer
once. and hoped hereafter that they could
hr contributors to this fund.
The report was adopted.
Rev, A. &. Brown, chairman OF the joint
Rnard OF Finance, offered the following
preamble and resolutions:
Whereas it has come 10 our knowledge
tha, in regard 10 the claims for travelling
cynanscs. under our law, the action Of dis
trict stewards and OF stewards on circuits
and stations has differed in different sections
~ the Conference; and whereas we deem ii
important, as far as may be, to secure uni
formity OF administration in the matter
therefore
gesolred, That it is our opinion that
the travelling expenses, whether OF pre-
siding elder or a preacher in charge OF
circuit or station, are the expenses which
muSt necessarily be incurred OH going to
and returning from Conference. and in re-
moving MS family to his field OF labor.
. EeSolred. That the expenses OF travel
ling on his field Of labor, whether as nrcSi-
ding elder or as preacher in charge, should
be included in amount allowed for salary.
The resolutions were adopted.
QUESTION AND ANSWER.
Rev. 4, G. Brown, from the Joint Board
O; Finance, submitted the following ques-
ton. which came up from M honored stew
ard Of the Church in Chesterfield county,
and the answer NJ the Joint Board thereto ::
Question: If preacher should be sent to
m appoin,mcns which is Judging from the
pas, and present surroundings unable TO
place him and his family in circumstances
Of comiolt and above want. should the
stewards assess all amount sufficient 10 meet
ali such demands. or should they, in their
Judgment. according 10 the ability OF the
church only:
AnSrcr: The stewards shall assess. all
amount sufficient 10 meet all necessary en-
pen>cS. and place the preacher and his family
IN such circumstances OF comfort and pro-
lection as will enable HIM to serve the
church 10 the full extent Of The require
mcnts OF The Discipline.
The answer was approved by vote OF the
Conference.
Remarks appropriate to the subject were
made by I. VI. Lcith, OF the Fatmyille dis
;rict. who thought the people were not SUI
tcientlv informed on this matter, or 4 better
support would be given the preachers and
their families.
THE BIBLE SOCIETY.
Rev. NJ. W. Staples, secretary Of the Fir-
gina Bible Society, addressed the Confer
cncc. He said within the last seven years
our missionaries in the State bave visited
about 105, 900 families; called at the homes
OF more than one half OF the people in the
State; supplied over 100000 people with the
Word OF God; distributed 100000 copies OF
the Bible. Since April LIST last have dis
tributcd 10000 copies OF the Bible, at a cost
OF $4,000 Fave received from cooperating
churches for this work about S400. We are
largely indebted TO the American Bible So
ciety for assistance, and have assurances
from that Society OF further assistance in
carrying on our work. He asked the con-
tri5utions OF Conference.
The matter was suspended in order to
take up the
CASE OF REV. J. l.. GARRETT.
Rev. j. W. Blcdsoe, chairman, submitted
tie following report, which was approved ::
1--WE. the committee 10 whom was re-
fcrreG the case OF Rev. j. l.. Garrett, with
instructions IL inquire into the facts and
report, beg leave to submit the following:
After careful investigation Of the case we
lind, in reference TO the charge OF malad-
minist:ation, that the said j. L. Garrett,
acting on the decision OF Rev. 3. f. Wood
ward, presiding elder, that Il complaint OF
the official conduct OF j. NJ. Whedbce, SUI
pcrIntendent OF the Hartford Sabbath
school, made at the Second Quarterly Coz
ference for HEREFORD and Edenton circuit,
held March %, 1878, had been sustained,
did attempt TO remove the said j. n. Whed-
bee from Office by announcing to him that
he was no longer superintendent and re-
curing him to withdraw.
Question Of Lnlc.-When q complaint
against the official conduct Of Sabbath.
school superintendent is made in a Quar-
terly Conference, and sustained according
TO the decision of the presiding elder, but
not by the action Of the Conference itself,
does it invest the preacher in charge with
the right to remove said superintendent
from office:
We also find that the Fourth Quarterly
Conference for Hartford and Edenton cir
cult. held September ID, 1877, adjourned 10
meet on the Sd Of November following, and
was presided over by Rev. j. l.. Garrett,
for the purpose OF attending to unfinished
business, and that this adjourned Quarterly
Conference did again adjourn to meet on
the 18th OF the same month, rs the record
states, "to finish up the business OF the
Conference year." without specifying the
business, and was again presided over by
Rev. j. l.. Garrett. -,
Question Of Lqu.-Has Quarterly Con-
ference the right to adjourn 10 distant
day on pending business, and ii so, should
not the business be specifically stated in the
minutes:
We also find that Rev. J. l.. Garrett, pre-
sided over what purported to be an adj
journed meeting OF the Fourth Quarterly
Conference for Hartford and Edenton cir
cult, held at Hartford November 6, 1873,
when Rev. L. S. Reed, presiding elder pro
tem., by appointment OF Bishop Doggett,
was present and officially declared that such
a Conference could not be legally held.
Question Of Latv.-Has the preacher in
charge the right TO preside over what he
assumes to be quarterly conference, the
elder being present, and declar-
lns that there is no legal quarterly confer
ence over which to preside? E.@ on
In reference 20 the second charge, that Of
sinful words and tempers, we find that on
several occasions such words were'used and
tempers displayed by the said Garrett as are
utterly inconsistent with the spirit and re-