Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1881-03-12
9th SESSION.
BALTIMORE CONFERENCE NJ. E.
CHURCH.


Methodist Episcopal Church, now in
sess ion, is composed of fne-look-
ing body of men. They range in age
from young men of twenty-five to
fathers in Israel, whose heads are
bowed with the weight of more than
three score and ten years. This con-
ference has among it's membership
many able and eloquent divines, and
men of business tact, and the pro-
ceedings are conducted in strictly
parliamentary and business-like
manner.
WEDNESDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
The Baltimore Annual Conference
of the M. E. Church commenced it's
ninety-seventh session in the M. e.
Church in this place Wednesday
morning.
Bishop Mathew Simpson, Presi-
dent of the Conference, read the
ed chapter of Isaiah; announced
the 79Sth hymn, commencing:
"And are we yet alive"
which was sung, and prayers offered
by Joseph France and Maberry Go
heen.
In the absence of the secre
tary of the last conference, w.
f. Ward, one of the assistant secre-
taries, by request of the President,
then called the roll, and one hundred
and twenty-one members answered
to their names as follows
j J Largent, A s Hank, III G
Mcdaniel, Il ID Heron, j II
Wheelr, B p Brown, II Meme
mar, r r Murphy, ] A Price, w
S Edwards, B g w Reed, G V
Leech. j w Cornelius, Sam'l Shan
non, J f Ockerman, S M Hart
sock, T l. Poulson, w F Ward, S
V Leech, ] r gladden., j G Hagey,
] Z Amos. A III Ames, John w
Smith, III Nice, III r. Naylor, G
w Hobbs. G w Feelmyer. r M
Baer, d w Carroll, @ III Mytinger,
Joel Brown, E Richardson, L Nj
West. ] d Moore, l. t Weider
man, T B Vanmetre, J FL Marsh
Watson Case, G 0 Cook, G w
Baldwin, G d Smith. w II Reed,
w E Bird, T p. Wilson, 3 Silt,
G G Baker, t J Cross. W 4
Koontz, j j G Webster, Z Ii
Smith, M f B Rice, D G Miller,
WI McKenney, J S M Haslup, G
FL Richardson. j f Goncher, w
M Ferguson, ID M Browning, II
+ Bishop, OC Marriott, w G Her
bert, G + Maydwell, A w Rudi-
sell, Reuben Kalb, ID B Winstead.
JSTC Neal, John Edwards, J p
. Wright, A M Courtney. l. G Null
Ter, III S France, j G Starr, II Il
Savage, w nj Hammack, s Nj AL
ford, G E Young, w G Griffith,
Thos Wood, G T Weede, E S Fort.
il Walsh, f Ii Havenner, f w
Shriver, Solomon German, ID A
Foard, VIM Rodgers, w E Curley,
N Rawlings, "A Bielaski, w w
Vanarsdale, G A Jones, III B0ggs,
Page Nilburn, l. b Wilson, q +
House, Il f Peters, w B Edwards,
Maberry Goheen, l. f Morgan, L
Myers, T..A.Moagan, James Gam
BILE, John Lanahan, w I'll Laney.
w II ID Clemm Joseph France, g
A Reid, John w Start, w M O4.
borne, Samuel A Wilson, w II
Chapman. Geo w Cooper, a 4
Gibson, G G CroniD, J A McCan-
lev, j III M Lemon. Thos Daugh-
erty, Robert w Black, MILFORD
Downs and Thos Guard
On motion of j. A. Price, j. II g.
G.. Dosh was reelected secretary,
and on motion OF w. 5. Edwards,
w. f. Ward, j. j. Co. Webster
and q. G.. Baker were elected
assistant secretaries, and VIM. Fer
guson, statistician.
On motion, the following were APP
pointed to report a plan of appoint
i. ing standing committees hereafter,
viz: l.. F. Morgan, Joseph France,
J. ii. Dashiell, John Lannahan and
A. w. Rudisill.
Rev. A. J. Kynett, ID. D., secre-
tary of the church extension of the
NJ. F.. Church; Rev. John Williams,
ID. D., President of the Wesleyan
Female College, Wilmington, Del. :,
and Rev. Geo., II. BriStor, of, Will
mington conference were introduced.
Thomas Myers moved that the
rules of the last conference be adopt
ed for the government Of the present
session, and after amendment limit