The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1886-12-16
THE METHO rs.
FIFTIETH SESSION OF TIL 3
STATE CONFERENCE.
Bishop Cranberry FresiG5ng--The
BagweII AIatter--Trinity College
Endowment--The Appointments.

Endowment--The Appointments.
The North Carolina Annual Con-
ference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South, convened in It's Fiftieth
Session in the town of Reidsville, n.
c., on Wednesday morning December
1st, 1886. at 10 o'clock, Bishop John
c. Cranberry, presiding.
Owing to crowded space 1t will be
impossible for THE SENTINEL to give
a detailed account of the proceedings
We only notice some of the most inn
portant points of general interest
that were brought before the meeting.
Resolutions were passed to endow
Trinity College to the amount of
100000 and to put such agencies into
operation necessary to secure the en-
dowment and that each member of
the Conference use his individual in
fuence to send one Student to Trinity
College.
The following is the report of the
committee on the case of DR.. j. T.
Bagwell;
We, the committee appointed by
Bishop J. G. Granbery, Dec End,
1886, to try the Rev. ]. T. Bagwell
d. D., on a charge of immortality, beg
leave to report, that after a long,
searching and impartial hearing Of
the evidence and circumstances Of the
case, with much prayer for Divine
guidance, do unanimously find the
charge and specifications sustained
and, therefore, declare the said J. T..
bagwell expelled from the ministry
and membership of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South. P. l..
Hermon, W. G. Norman, J. w. Jenk-
ins, A. r. Raven, w. S. Bone, T. J.
Gattis, T. A. Boone, G. w. Ivey, IT.
Gibbs, J. D. Arnold, J. N. Cole, J.
J. Rem; B. B. Culbreth. L. w.
CRAWFORD, President.
The Bishop declared the said John
T. Bagwell expelled from the
ministry and membership of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South,
W. M. Robey, counsel for the defense
reserved the right of appeal, subject
to its action hereafter.
RALEIGH DISTRICT.
n. III. d. Wilson, p. E.
Raleigh, Edenton street, w. G..
Norman-Person street, r. B. John
Brooklyn and Macedonia mission, 1.
F Butt; Cary circuit, J B Martin
Rolesville circuit, Philip Greening
Smithfeld circuit, Solomon Pool
Clayton circuit, B. G. Alfred; Tar
River circuit, j J Wren Youngsville
circuit, D A Watkins; Louisburg
STATEN, Alpheus McCullen Oxford
station, w L Cuninggim; Oxford cir
cult, N E Coltree; Henderson station,
j D Arnold; Buckhorn circuit, j E
Thompson, 1 w Avent; Earpsboro
mission, ] D Pegram; Newton Grove
mission, E Pope; Raleigh Christian
Advocate, F l. Reid Henderson Fe-
male College, j M Rhodes.
DURHAM DISTRICT.
" s Block. P. E.; Durham, Trim
ity, w S Creasy-Main street, Amos
Gregson, Carr's Chapel, J H Hall
Durham circuit. w S Davis Hills.
boro circuit, J G Wilson; Person
circuit, M III Hovle and M T Best
Leasburg circuit, L L Nash and E 81
Davis; Alamance circuit, L L John
ston; Haw River circuit, B r Hall
Pittsboro circuit, r T N Stephenson
Granville circuit, J f Underwood
University of North Carolina, A w
Mangum, professor Chapel Hill, J
r Griffith; Missionary to China
Charles Jones Soon.
GREENSBORO DISTRICT.
j 4 Cuniaaggian, p. E.; Greensboro
station, j E Mann; Guilford circuit
T II Pegram; East Guilford circuit
j A Bowles; Pleasant Grove circuit
G F smith; Winston station, L s
Burkheard; Forsyth circuit, M ,
Hunt Stokes circuit, G G Little anC
S III Helsabeck Ruffin circuit, G T
Round; Reidsville station, P F "
Stamy and d r Bruton, supernumer
ary; Yanceyville circuit, j D Buie
Kernersville circuit, r G Barrett.
SALISBURY DISTRICT.
W II BobbiH, p E.; Salisbur,
circuit, L A Stone; Mocksville cir
cult, w G Wilson Salisbury station
CIV Byrd; Rowan circuit, G "
Fisher; Concord station, w L Girls
som Mount Pleasant circuit, G
Oglesby; Albermarle circuit, j
Rowe; Stanley circuit, q Rush
Big Lick mission, j A Green; Noun
Zion station, J w North Euochvill
circuit, G w Smith.
sTATEsvILLE DISTRICT.
r A Wills, p E.; Statesvill
station, j S Roam, James Wilson, sur
ernumerary; Statesville circuit, "
M Bagby; Mooresville, L E Thomr
son Iredell circuit, G w Ivy; Roc
Springs circuit, T A Boone; Newtol
circuit, G M Gentry Catawba circuit
NJ " Sheriff.; Alexander circuit,
A Gaul; Lenoir circuit, 7 ~ Daily