The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-11-27
,xY. ANNUAL CONFERENCES
W r. tHURCH sOUTK.
.r,,,.s,r,n Annual Session.
LAST DAT.

ron!eFehe@ na;r
s:ss,,,an in the chair.
A. G, Brown submitted question
y, from the Joint Beard OF Finance,
I 9..N the Board had decided IN the mega
q ft, ~ Of Law: Has board of stew
= Y0.,tb rho close Of the Conference year, the
So, r;cht under our law to determine or IN
ssm 'ar 70 influence the action OF their sue.
30! w. in office in regard 70 the salary OF
cs:.o ,ss,ors or any other item OF caurch
ae'' Cor the next ensuing Conference
N'S",, the answer OF the Board was ap-
we'd by The Conference;
Prov" Erancis NJ. Edwards read The report
. NV ,,nmmittcc on Publishing Interests.
q '"C cave review Of the financial
i w al The various papers published
COW. ;,,eresis OF the Church, and recon-
i 10 t"s ,hrm to the patronage OF the Meth
m mr. After some immateriai amendments
~t no rrport il was adopted.
4 ..' .Sa suggestion Of the Rev. A. G.
~ y, the committee to consider the
II ",p,,;oo az the date OF the ealliest session
,Me VIRGINIA Annual Conference, and
n,n submitted The report in reference to
", matter published in yesterdays issue),
y, laid reg>crt was laid over to the next
".,,ai session and the committee contin-
c3. = r ., :, No.
,wG Mrs. D. F. Hodges, OF keySrjle,
y '-szs orphan children; whereupon col
h<oa was taken up and about 500 raised
IA her reiic!.
r;ncalional Committee submitted on Mon.
IT. IpubliShed Yesterday. being now The
4 s1jer OF the day. the matter was taken up,
! end Rev. John Z. Edwards proceeded to
s,;sb his speech in reference to Randolph
wsron College; which was interrupted on
tho day previous by the panic among the
.rd;rnce. Rev. Mr.. Edwards's speech was
ernest and eloquent, and his appeal in be-
Sal, NJ the College very forcible and az
,nn,;nr When he had ceased the Kew.
Il ", Bennett offered n proposition Tor
rni.ipg funds for RaLdolpb-M Macon Col
iega which, he laid, was originated by
nrominent lay member OF the Church,
ond proceeded 10 speak in earnest adVo-
rsry Of the support by the Church OF the
Cnlere. He read letter from gentleman
resi6,nc at Clarendon, Orleans county, New
!. york contributing $3.50 for Randolph Ma
4 cor College and So to the Duncan-moau-
mon, fund, and alluded to the noble con-
Jnr, oi other lay members OF the Church,
proi.ssor Francis ii. Smith among the
number. in contributing for the support OF
the College. He then proposed that their
"xample be followed by the members OF the
Cnn,rrcDce and such others as felt sufficient
ir;eyest in the institution to do so.
Subscriptions were then taken up and a
considerable sum, though not sufficient
one ral,eG.
TIE report OF the Educational Committee
was then adopted.
haf n
certificate Of location he granted to 3. w.
Dlughtcrv, and that his name be returned
in answer to Minulc-question Is.
The Joint Board OF Finance reported the
following answers 10 Minute-GuestionS y
and %:
Minute question IS: "Wbat amount is
necessary for the superannuated preachers
and the widows and orphans OF preach
cs:" Answer: S6.1I0.
Nnutc-queStion %: what has been
collected on the foreign account, and how
has it been applied?" Answer: Amount
collected, So, 20; applied to superannu-
s,ed preachers, 81 ,55t; applied TO widows
and orphans OF preachers, % 05l.
, The following statistics were reported in
answer to Minute-questions 81 and 26 !:
Number Of local preachers, ISL; number OF
members, 1924; number Of colored men,
tcrs. 147; number OF infants baptized,
1868 number OF adults, 2.439; number
Of Sunday schools, GAL number OF Sunday.
school teachers, 7.047; number Of Sunday
school scholars, 1851.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Rev. W. 9. Lumpkin, chairman OF
The Committee on Sunday Schools, then
read The report OF the committees.
Rev. J. II. Crown. from the Committee
rtbe Bible Cause. offered the report.
Rev. J. II. AmisS submitted q resolution
prohbiting the use Of tobacco by the men,
beers oil the Conference in any building in
which they may hereafter meet in annual
session. The resolution was adopted.
Rrv.W. II. Christian moved that the place
Of holding the next session be then decided.
The motion was carried, and Richmond
aud Danville were both mentioned. A vote
was taken, and Danville finally decided
upon-Joseph A. Proctor to preach the
opening sermon, with W. T.. Walden alter
nate; w. p. Wilson to preach the ordina-
ton sermon, with w. Il. Starr alternate.
EVENING SESSION.
The following was adopted:
Resolved, That Rev. A. &. Brown be, and
| is hereby, requested 10 edit and publish
a l,500 copies OF the minutes OF the Confer
y ence, and after collecting the money for the
same, as far as practicable, from the preach
ers TO whom they may be sent-any deficit
That may exist shall be paid by George NJ.
Balm, treasurer-divjdIng the same equita-
bly, among the several funds in bis hands.
The Chair announced the following as the
joint Board OF Finance for 1879 and 1880 4:
A. g. Brown, Oscar Littleton, John d.
SOuthaIl, J. W. Blincoe, Francis j. Boggs,
Joseph ii. Riddick. John G. Rowe, w. +.
Balm, F. e. Woodward, S. D. Turner, E.
3. Brown, J. r. Pace, Il. NJ. Leitch, Louis
L. Marks, George NJ. Balm, l.. d. Traycrs,
L. Cockrel, c. Y. Winfree, IT. w. Mason.
The financial exhibit OF the various dis
lricts within the bounds of the Conference
was read by the financial aud statistical Sec
Fetary. slowing Il very gratifying result.
The Bishop here read the Board OF Mis-
sons for the next Conference year, as fol-
lows: Richmond district, w. E. Jndkins,
Or. Garnet Anderson; Charlottesville dis
trlct, +. NJ. Edwards, II. ". Murry; Lynch
WrS district, A. q. Bledsoe, Richard Pol
,SEd; Danyiile district, J. w. Tucker, H.
~ Guerrant; Farmvile district, James C..
heed, L. Il. Crowder; Petersburg district,
D. Powell Garland, r. b. Hamlin; Muir
ireesboro' district, james G. Martin, H. C..
Williams; Norfolk district, Z. Nj. Jordan,
george l.. Neville; Randoph-Macon dis
Elci, Richard Irby; Eastern Shore dis
ltict, j. D. Hank, James Cannon.
APPOINTMENTS FOR 1879 AND 1880.
Richmond D,Strict.-L. NJ. Lee, Presiding
Elder.
Triui'y-W. Z. Judkins.
Enthusiastically. q. Starr.