The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-10-09
BOONVILLE.
A Brief Summary Of the What
Was Done at the Meth
odist Conference.
A Batch of Interesting News
from the Vine Clad
City.
SPECIAL ID the BaZoo.
BoONvILLE, Oct. 4.

Now that conference has adjourned,
brief summary Of what was accomplished
and some notice of the more prominent
ministers may not be devoid OF interest.
The Southwest Missouri conference was
organized in Boonville in 1870, making its
meeting that has just CLOSED the thirte enth
annual S. ssion. 1t was formed by divis-
ion Ut the st Louis conference, and EN-.
\ braces all that portion Of Missouri bounded
ty Kansas on the west, the Missouri river
on the north, the Gasconade and Big Piney
rivers and range No. ii On the east, and
the state Of Arkansas on the south. The
growth of Methodism during the twelve
years since the Southwest Missouri confer
ence was organized, has been wonderful.
In 1871, at the first report, there were r..
900 members, now there are 1900; sixty
two preachers spread the glad gospel It'd
iugs then, uOw there are one hundred and
six. The missionary funds tEen were q
little over seventeen hundred dollars, while
this year Rev. I. NJ. Cobb, the missionary
secretary, reported nearly seven thousand
dollars raised. The value of church prop
erty was increased $4,000, and $4,000
worth of school buildings have been added
The attendance at the Sunday schools was
more than doubled. Only twenty-five of
the original sixty-two ministers remain
within The bounds OF this conference. Thir,
teen of the missing ones have died with
their names on, going at once from the
} field o. battle to the e'ernal reward in the
! city of many mansions.
The number Of churches has been doubled
while the number of psrsonsges has been
quadrupled. The material condition of
Missouri Metbodism was never more sat-
isfactory. Well may they "thapk God and
take courage" AS to the personal of the
conference, while, perhaps, there ale no
great men-Do silver-tongued orators who
cen move a multitude with one glowing
sentence,no men with the knowledge of
ages at their tongues end-yet there is a
high order of talent and zeal and ability
in the membership. There is DR.. Mat
thews, of Kansas City, probably the finest
preacher In the conference, with Irish wit,
true southern chivalry and the old-fssh-
toned Methodist spirit, which sways an au-
dience as a reed shaken by the wird.
Charles NJ. Hawkins, also from the busting
village at the mouth of the Kaw, whose
4 bOyieh appearance does not betray the ire
amendous brain force and gospel knowledge
that lies latent back of his flashing eyes
{: c. Woods, presiding elder of the Kansas
City district, the most perfect word pointer.
In the conference, generous-hear;ed and
Eberal-minded, with the faculty of saving
pleasant things on any and every occasion
Like Woods In many respect, and yet as
far from him as the antipodes in others, is
Ben Deering. whose talent and
merit force themselves to The front
alike in journalism and the gospel ministry
II. \. Watts was here and the name of this
good cd patriarch is almost a household
word all through the great southwest. W.
NJ. Prottsman, not "Prettymsn," as some
irreverent proof reader styled him, is anoih-
er standby. Born in Virginia, but trained
in Missouri, he has all the dash OF Vir-
ginia cavalier with the hard logic and de-
sire to supervise characteristic of the true
Missourian. T. NJ. Cobb, the missionary
secretary, was one of Joe Shelby's brav.st
soldiers. Tall as sycamore, with the good
humor and SOLID sense inherited from his
North Carolina ancestry, Jefferson City
may we'll he pleased with him. Cobb is a
brother-in-lsw of the editor of the Jefferson
City Tribune.
w. b. Palmore. assistant secretary of the
conference, could well carry off the
palm for manly beauty. He. |
TOO was a confederate soldier Rich and
bachelor, the Dung ladies all enjeavor 10 |
captivate him. But there is romance |
away down in his heart which, is 100 sacred i
for human knowledge, tits said, which does |
not allow him to respond to the allu.ing |
smile of tie fairer sex. He wears lis coat |
constantly buttoned up to his chin and |
moves with the tread Of colossus.
Others there are whom time and space |
forbids our mentioning. Pugh, alive with
the itinerant system; Lawrance, bringing TO
Missouri the gallant push and grand gospel |
training of Mississipian, +, Poage. Cooley,
Norteei and host of others equally as
" Jrthy.
Conference did good work while here and
| 1T a lasting impression. The body was
very cosmopolitan but intensely
in thought and feeling. A
hard struggle over the advisa-
bility OF inserting prohibition in the reso-
lation was the nearest to a real acrimoui-
Gus debate Of any. By tbirty-eight to thirty
the resolution carried, however.
Rev. Palmore breaches at the Metho-
dist church Sunday.
"A heavy rain fell here this morning.
1t was greatly needed.
About one hundred Boonvillians at
tended the St. Louis fair this week.
There will be agrand formal opening
of our watefworks on Tuesday, October Is.
The new hose cart purchased by the
city for our fire department has arrived. 1t
is beauty.
"A protracted meeting, conducted by
the Rev. Edward James, commenced at the
Baptist church last night.
The largest number of stamps ever
sold in one day at our postofice were dis
posed OF Monday, SO Postmaster Epstein
informs your correspondent.
WIN. Dengolesky took the model of
he big brick machine, described in the
BAzoo some weeks ago, to the st. Louis ,
air this week for exhibition.