Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-02-19
THE N. !. CONFERENCE.

WHO ARE NG-DIsTINGUIsHED VS.
1ToRs-PRoMINENr CLERGYMEN AND
LAYMEN
&C., SC. &C.
The ore hundred ard second annual
session of the Baltimore Conference of the
M. E. Church, South. will begin in Staun-
ton on Wednesday, March 10th. will
consist of over 200 members and he presld-
ed over by Bishop H. n. McTyeire. The
membership of the conference at its ses-
sion last year was 33 5l3. but it has large
ly increased since The body will hold its
session in the Methodist church. on Lewis
street, of which Or. Gardner is pastor.
Besides the clerical and lay delegates to
conference, there viii. be many
DISTINGUISHED VISITORS
who are not members of it. Among them
is Bishop McTyeire, the presiding Bishop.
He is q native of south Carolina, about
sixty years Of age. Of commanding person
and strongly marked features. He was
elected Bishop in 1866. He presided at the
session of conference held In Harrison
burg, a few years ago. He is the Presi-
dent of the Board of Trustees of the Van
derbilt University of Tennessee, position
to which he was appointed by Commodore
Vanderbilt in his lifetime. His home, by
the arrangement of the Commodore, is
located on the grounds Of the University.
Rev. j. b. McFerran, the Agent of the
Coutboru PnhIishinu H,uan ar Nashville
will be another of the visitors. He ls one
of the best known men in the church,
North or South. He was prominent in
the Centennial Conference held at BAlti-
more, Chris mas 1884. He is nearly eighty
years Of age and is a noted orator.
will be more familiar to our people. as he
is son of the late Norval Wilson and is
connected with the Poage aud other fam
lilies in Augusta county. He Is about
fifty years of age.
DR.. R. A. Young, Missionary Secretary
OF Nashville. and at present minister OF
the Tennessee Conference, will be here.
He is fac preacher aud a superb plat
form orator.
Rev. Dr. Dunlap of Atlanta, Ga, agent
of the Paine Institute in Georgia, will be
here. This school is supported by the COL
ored Methodists of the South tor the min
isterlaI education of candidates of their
own color. The school belongs to 1.-The
Colored Methodist Episcopal church of
America" an organization OF colored
Methodists of Georgia who after the war
declined to join the Northern Methodist
Conference. but proposed to maintain a
friendly alliance with the white Metho-
dists of the South. Their church was Or
ganized by Bishop Geo. F. Pierce. and
while separate from and wholly indepen-
dent of the M. E. Church South, is on
the best terms with it. At a recent Gen
eral Conference one of its bishops, COL
ored man. Bishop Holly, said to the Con-
ference that it was all The more important
that the Southern Methodists should set
good example as his colored church had
taken them to follow.
DIR. Bennett President of Randolph
Macon College, and Prof. w. W. Smith.
of the same Institution, will be here.
DR.. Lafferty, the famed editor of the
Richmond christian Advocate" will
also be among the visitors.
DR.. J. B. Morton of Louisville, KY,
the General Agent of the southern Church
Extension Society and prominent men,
Der of the Kentucky Conference, will be
among the visitors. While the MOI them
church has for many years han a society
of this kind, the Southern church only
established one four years ago. DR.. Nor
ton was put at its head and has made a
remarkable success of it.
DR.. D. G. Kelly. Treasurer of the South
ern Methodist Missionary Society, and
formerly missionary to China. will be
here.
FORMER PASTORS.
Among the delegates Will be several of
the former pastors OF he >tauntOn church:
DR.. r. r. s. Hough, Presiding Elder Of
East Baltimore Dis; riot; DR.. John s.
Martin of Winchester. Secretary Of tie
Conferences; Rev. j. E. Armstrong, md
Rev. Rumsey Smlthson of Alexandria.
The other pastors since the wal, are Rev.
Mr.. Kennedy, now in the Florida Con-
ference; Rev. MIR. Clarke, now If Il e Vii
ginia Cunteience. and he late Rev. DR..
RosZell.
THE PRESIDING ELDERS
who will be here, art: Rev. Thos. E. Car
son, of the Baltimore District; DR.. R. R. s..
Hou gh, of the E. Baltimore District; DR..
s. Rueers, of the Washington District g;
DR.. P. Fl. Nhisuer. of the Winchester Dis
trict; Rev. j. e. Dice, of the Rockingham
District: Rev. George r. Zimmerman. of
the Roanoke District 4: Rev. DAVID Bush,
of the Lewisburg. W. Va. District. and
Rev. W. G.. Hammond, of the Moorefeld,
W. Va. District.
LAY DELEGATES.
Among the well known lay delegates who
will be in attendance, are /: E. b. Pretty
man, of Rockville, Md, Clerk of the Mary
land Senate; j. B. " ilson, prominent
business man of Washington city; T. j.
the we'll known Sabbath School
worker of Baltimore; T. X. Harnsberger,
of Rockingham county r. HI Palmer, Of
Greenville, Augusta county; ] o. Hobbs,
of Highland county; J. P. Houck, of H r.
risonburg; Capt. j. H II. Figgatt, M m
Der of the House of Delegates from Bote.
tourt; W. ". Ballard, of Roanoke, and
Gus Law, of Lewisburg, W Va.
Maj A. u. Smith. Principal of the fam
Gus Bethel Academy, in FAuquier, is an
other of the lay delegates, as is J. II. Mel
son of Warrenton, who was a well-known
member of Mosby's command during the
war. Another is s. G.. Fergus IN who,
during tie war. captured the noted
Union ranger "BlaZ3r." Soldiers are not
scarce. either, long the ministry, for