Daily Republican., 1884-03-11
FOURTH EDITION,
METHODIST CONFERENCE.


Conference 10 be held 1t SnO,
Hill.
Conference resumed proceedings at
o'clock this morning, with devotioni
exercises conducted by the Rev. j. j
Quigg. The journal Of yesterday
proceedings was then read by the SCI
rotary and approved.
following report Number of probf
TONERS, 1878, decrease, 50 member.
26, 857, increase, 234 Local, preacher.
llS, decrease, 5; deaths, 365, decrease
8; baptisms, children, 2,0S9 increase
2O4, adults, 1856; number of churches
81, increase, 5 probable value G
property, 81 ,270, OPS, increase, SO, 500
number Of parsonages, 70, increase, 8
probable value, Sl63.35O, increase sic,
450 building and inprovil g churche
and parsonages, $53, 1850, increase
81 1884. 80 paid on old debts, 81, 24S. 20
indebted ness, $3l, 346.37 ; number o.
Sunday schools, 1874, increase, 10
officers and teachers, Ash ; scholars
80, 70S amount of money collected dur
ing the year for missions, from church
es, 81, 2l1 II, increase, Sl,0O2 SO from
schools, S9,904,33, increase, 81, 429. So
W. F. NJ. S., s., 245.1l, increase, $4l9.
o. church extension, $l,57620, in.
crease, $7l9 80; tract, 1907. 81, decrease,
$ll3.27; S. S. Union, $324.0G, increase
$3.50 Freedman's Aid Society, 1872.
81, decrease, $235.45; for education.
S536. 10, decrease, SS3.lG Bible Society
$446.23 decrease, SOFA other collec
tons, s., 546.04, decrease, $693 60 ; min
isterial support, So, 3o7.0O; Conference
claimants, $,95l Il for current ex
penses $40, 6O575. General Conference
collection, Wilmington District, $l08.
SO ; Easton, $l22.5O Dover, $93.15
Salisbury, 81. 70; total, $39733.
In answer to the question Where
shall the next Conference be held 2"
Port Deposit, Milford, Snow Hill and
Easton were named, and the claims OF
each earnestly urged.
When the vote was taken at least two.
thirds of those present voted in favor
OF Snow Hill, and on motion il was
made unanimous. The credentials of
Alfred q. Melvin formerly minister
in the Methodist Protestant church
were presented. and he was adm tilted to
Tha f,,In,inn ,,oro aI,n;,,.d -, trial
w W." Is,noN Wei VIII
r Dawson Robert A Tnst wilma
.Iaoyers and nannie, + McHaul Tba
last named was a priest in the Roman
Catholic church for Q years. and when
m his home friends and al and nod
not ayen .e.r his wn,har .;nna ,ha,
,;ms i ''' 'N0''' 'A"'' '""'
The Rev A w n;,hr prss;d;no
Elder snnhe bighIv nf H. McEani
and al tho, hs co,ld nraaoh nn ax
rallsnt Sarmon n,.s o anx;pr s" ~ sa aN s;n
rars nonnan,"a a"J an,'iI sh ~ ,o1 en- ',n
IN Goa an hs n,;dY', ' san U mb., a,ss
was asleI Of Methn'I;s, ' nrsa "hau e'''
r. nasa "s,ha We p n' Wo p,J", n Ct,
who ye.te . .ofarad III. mi.b6 rn,.n
From tha Ma,Iod;., '.hnrnh " a"I ""n
sepanca uas hon ,,tan r ~ amu , Uon
M Sn,ith mra;n, ~. anao nr' """ "pon a
w no,;on IF ,ha pa 1 p " n,;r ~ wa" Va.
lared " hs .,,ar.d ~, ,La ~ ;n Tnse o W,
y" WV '1'A'''''' ""'
The f.,,,ow;, oaa;.;oo, a,,;,.
yara aG,n;,tsd =, ,r;ai rn,nran nn" 70
p oh.r,s EJ,n,nI II nouu;'ilaa son ~
- SIT A'''''A 'o'' 'oo'
,rha par IN uoc,,ronn D:
,.n,of D;nl;"sc Cai,as' 49, n' ,esi
"nSS' niIhin m. c''ieee' WAS lh'fo-
Tn r uy ort &c ,ha ..o =. a.. ~.
faranca 4 adam u,ns .ooJ h.,p .no IL
nr;no ai,n";,n y mao . 100" w my. ! d.
~ Ms,nh ,s, 'o su coo zoo o., .nuoo'e'ness
1ata So ,;pa ~ ~ haS ba. vo'" ,"l ~ 'la'
~ hOcr; n 80 n a,ao, b0.n 'o nc VI
;nnal cpli o w ' annro az" oao eu'.a,
1;on sar s|'1 ~. "p apnSp ny tne
"A 80 "a ~. ,n,,I .xn"nG,. ",no tn ~, ~
,ntsrnr U 10 ca ta Co.,, - 'n'''''io ioi 'ne
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# nround ra,na n' ~ sor . no3 nate iot
nae and fnrnitmra ,,aI ,uUT' WIN 80 u'' ann
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'ormar ,na,Dn.r ~ ~, i hnIo, u'o ,,s'
A cadamy Isa,ou w, ~ 90 o"n ~ ''a. o, .ne
ion that .hou go ,a;.o - S-,Voo, vi y. .oH.i'
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ieht otherwi.a tha he"usu, ''ioI r. VI ,a, W.,
n other nnrnn.au Tba H"n 70 lI IL r SerIi'
,nrv prev;dant nf ,ha pon,d ~ p Tn.a
ees also aorees " nav s,no" ,un W i U.s.
leh, if ,bs renoirI.r oo on 'J w. r", 1ns
y;th;n ,wo rannn oi '"' NC i"'seu
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,eal for avs;,t.nna ~ fraa ~" 90. n noS. ap-
Srn,n doh, ''''"''N' W '''o 'Ae Ac"ueiny
rho Comu;,,sa IN r,,o,,;o, .o
o.,,''a .Lo;n '.'oo vi ,'u"'",'oh pre-,
w. ia o,' al 49,, io' "n,1'n
n tba snnn"rt nf Tnnfa no "onio 1.
hat nort;pp ~ ia Go nnr, .aio Pon
n;cL in.on rn,,o no tpo'' ioiaus W
,ls u no." 'ho ~ w
ev n n p,o .iS - ,,a a. ;,a mtoau
n.aa on aarn .a o ~ 'no ~ ,s
nd urnad ,hn .oo "pa1", - '.a uenah,
III ,ha ;n, W." HoUo's,ts -, suppoflne
,act.I r;,h ,ho n, - 'e"in'ps wi
Tha p ",A tN9 'n m.; !,
.oaai,, tlo' -, D. Su'ss ths'i lea'' the
.am fo. pIooGlVou AZ ioieie'''e 'othe
." 49,. onSe Aoaoeiny' "nlch were on
. Iaroa a "tTp.eu' MI Mi. Suiss ureea lof
i",se coiiectlon from conference, anu
no i'eV. ~ .. W Inns sad tliat ne would
:. ~ 'a'oi vi eHiehu'ns an the the az.
' h"., IN ms power IL nc was certain
'HnI lhe Wbole amount would De raised.