Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-01
COLORED METHODISTS CLOSE.

The Session of Their Conference Ended
Bishop Paine Announces His Appoint
ments for the Various Churches-WiI
Appoint Board of Education.
AT the afternoon session yesterday of the
A. NJ L. Conference Rev. j. w. Lavatt,
j. w. Williams, Rev. r. Brown, Rev. Car
ter Wright and Rev. d. c. Ashbury read
essays on the the subject. "Morality-Re-
ligion. What Is It?" Afterward a CON-
mittee was appointed to decide which essay
was the best. The committee will report
this morning.
The ninth annual statement of the Core
spending Secretary and Treasurer, G. s..
Smith, on Sunday schools showed that the
Sunday school department was free from
debt; that the value of its property is $50,
900; that the ChiIdren's Day contributions
for the last year were Sc, 800, the total for
the last four years being S24, 107 65, an in
crease of So, 1SS 46 over the four previous
years. The total receipts for the last
four years amount to $4,000. The report
was adopted.
The conference adjourned finally at IL 30
o'clock last night The reports of commit
tees were acted on favorab1y as to the ap-
pointment of Board of Education and Sun
day School Board. That in relation to the
establishment of separate conference for
West Virginia, however, was voted down
after some two hours discussion as to its
practicability. The assessments of the
churches and missions to defray the ex-
penses of the next conference footed ND
more than 5000, of which fund Rev. D. S.
Bently, of the Wylie street church, was
made treasurer.
A resolution was passed that a petition
.be sent to the General Conference asking
that $500 be given to the fund for super
animated preachers. Thanks were rendered
for favors to the visiting delegates, the
pastor of Brown Chapel and to the press.
The place ofnext meeting was decided in
favor of Oil City. Bishop Arnett then, on
behalf of the congregation of Brown Chapel,
called the pastor, Rev. 1. N. Ross, to the
platform and presented him with a hand
some gold watch, a gift from his people,
The appointments to pastorates were
then announced by Bishop Arnott, as ar
ranged by Bishop Payne, and were as fol-
lows:
Wheeling district-C. A. Magee, Presid-
ing Elder; West Middleton, w. V. Young;
Parkersburg. T. D. Scott; Clarksburg, G.
Williams; Waynesburg. T. A. j. West;
Charleston, P. A. Scott; Wheeling, j. J.
Jones.
Pittsburg district-Rev D. S. Bentley,
Presiding Elder; Milton, S. D. Christian;
New Haven, r. Brown; Tyrone, c. Cover;
Wilksbarre, j. w. Till; Scranton, A.
Smothers; Bloomsbury, Hutchinson John
son; Bedford, H. G. Thomas; Bellefonte,
S. G.. Johnston; Altoona, J. J. Norris;
Phillipsburg, H. Johnston; Mcdonald, j.
w. Amiss; Lewistown, o. T. Davis; Mont
rose, c. Woodson; Braddock, Benjamin
Wheeler; Williamsport, Robert Toner;
Greensburg T. j. Simmons.
Allegheny district-W. A. Brown, Pre-
siding Elder; Brownsville, G. w. Webster;
Monongahela City. W, H. Palmer; Oil
City, w. S. Lowry; Uniontown, Carter
Wright; Franklin, J. w. Stacy; New
Brighton, A E. Walker; Erie, w. H.
Pride; Bradford, r. NJ. Henderson; West
Newton, j. w. Riley; Bridgewater, j. w.
Jeffreys; Meadville, j. w. Leavitt; Eliza
beth, C. H. Brown; CHARTERS, D. A Call
am; Southside, r. H. Morris; st. James,
East End, G. C. Sampson; Wylie avenue,
c. Asbury; Brown Chapel, I. n. Ross