Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-06-11
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Hot Words Between the Congregation
and the Presiding Elder and the Finale
Not Reached.
neutrality-suspicious. Of Gazette and Journal
FELToN, June 6.-The first quarterly
conference of the NJ. +. church, held here
yesterday, was a warm affair. II was a
big hoodoo, interspersed with singing,
praying, crying and then more quarrcling.
Upon Presiding Elder Wilson taking the
chair he first hurled u decree of eXcommu-
nieation of the five stewards present from
Manship and Willis chapels those churches
having refused to abide by the change
made at the last session of the general
conference, which cut them off from the
FELTON, charge. The stewards present from
those appointments were William Jester
and Alfred Dill Of Manship, and John
Hevd Andrew Holden and Robert Fredell
of Willis chapel.
Thomas Case, one of the official board of
FELTON, church, instantly arose and told
the stewards to stay where they we're, that
their good old fathers before them had
contributed to the building of that edifce
and that they had as much right there as
Presiding Elder Wilson had, and that the
church would live after Mr.. Wilson was
gone; that he for one was going TO stay
there and assert his rights as long as there
was one brick piled upon another. To all
this TRADE the elder curly replied that he
was not addressing Mr.. Case and wanted
nothing to do with him whatever. Though
he did admit that he desired the intruding
| representatives of the two neighboring
churches to remain, and told them he
would place their two churches and Mas
ten back on FELTON, circuit provided they
were willing to support young man to
| assist the Rev. Mr. Hams in filling their
pulpits for HE year. lie also told them
that this was all the concessions on his
part they need expect to get.
Their reply was that II Manship's and
| Willis were set back to FELTON, as they were
formally, they would vouch for 800 as
| before towards MIR. Hams Tor whoeI er
might be the FELTON, preacher,s) salary
| They would not under any circumstances
| be saldled with the responsibility of pay
| ing an extra preacher. And said: If their
reasonable demands were not granted they
would go over to the Methodist Protestant
| body and breeches. So they stand and
| who will give way remains to be seen.
| such cutting sentences from the stewards
TO the elder as ~ don't know whether to
| call You brother or mott and from the
elder to the members as Where is your
| obligation of allegianceg' was frequent
| Throughout, Thomas Cases religion APP
| peared to be tried worse than it was by a
whole session Of lobbying at the last Legis-
lattre. q. w. Killen and Jacob Fredell
two members of the official board, ten
dered their resignation. j.. b. Conner with
| big tear drops chasing each other down
| his furrowcd cheeks made a touching ap
| peal i'll the interest of harmony and said
| a disrupted church here would be stroke
! to him such as he did not believe he could
| bear up under. Thus ended the first act in
| the drama and the preachers salary not
settled upon yet. This will necessitate
another meeting as that is one of the i'm
| portant matters for action at the first
| quarterly conference each year.