Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-03-29
their work well under way. Their re-
port will contain tho following figures

WILMINGTON DISTRICT.
Sundav-schools, "a; officers, 476; teach
ers, 1913; scholars, 2a,8l5; library books
l3,4lT; conversions in Sunday schools this
year. 100; current expenses of Sunday
schools, S6,U12; contributions for missions,
SlS627; for Board of Church Extension,
SSl5; for Sunday-school union, Sl45; for
Tract Society, Sl52; for Breedman's Aid
and Southern Education Society, S50i; for
children's fund, S332; for other ednca-
tional objects, S2l6; for American Bible
Society. SlSl; for WOman's Foreign Mis-
sion Society, S752; for Women's Home
Missionary Society, s20d2; for episcopal
fund, S6lG for conference claimants,
S2,O9S; for General Conference Expenses,
Sl2l; for Conference Educational Society,
S1lS; for ladies hall, S28I; for stewards
endowment fund, $50; probationers, l,555;
full members, Is, 747; deaths, 1853; children
baptised, 793; adults baptised, 1S7;
churches, 63; probable value, SI77,3 800;
parsonages, 29 probable value, ssS,6OO
paid for building and improving
churches and parsonages. Sl7, 1873; paid
on old Indebtedness on church prop
erty, S3,2l0; pastors support claims,
$50, 426: pastors support, receipts, $3S, 73l;
apportiUnment for support of presiding
elders, 5000; paid for support of presid-
ing elders, S2,00S; paid Tor support of
bishops, S576; current expenses of
churches Sl0,3
DOVER DISTRICT.
Schools, 1874; officers, 700; teachers, Ills;
scholars, II 256; library books, S.2Oi; con-
versions in the Sunday-school this year.
9O7; current expenses OF Snnday-schools,
$685. pastors support. claims, S33,69S;
pastors support, receipts, S32.939; appor-
tionment for support of presiding elders,
81, ,S63; paid for support of presiding
elders, Sl,S2l; paid for support of bishops,
1922 current expenses OF churches. SO, $40;
contributions for missions, S5,0O6; for
Board of Church Extension, $40; for
Sunday school Union. Sll3; for Tract So
ciety, Sl07 for FIeedmun's Aid and South
ern Education Society, $3.50; for children's
fund, S30l; for other educational objects,
S236; for American Bible Society, SlSO; for
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society,
S26i; for Woman's Home Missionary So
ciety; SIT; for episcopal fund, 1901; for
conference claimants, sl.23l; for Confer.
ence Education Society, Sill; for ladies'
hall, s5O for domestic missions, S2Si; for
stewards endowment fund, SO; proba-
tioners, 2,2l6; full members, 9,3l6 deaths,
145; children baptized, 100; adults baptized,
2O5; churches, l2s probable value.
S2S7, 1872; parsonages, 36; probable value,
So, 200; paid for building and improving
churches and parsOnages, Sll, SIG paid on
old Indebtedness on church property,
$5,2l6.
SALISBURY DISTRICT.
Sunday-schools, 109 officers, $40; teach
ers. 95l scholars, II ,406; library books,
1880; conversions in Sunday school this
year, .s76 current expenses of Sunday
schools, 81, ,5l3; contributions for missions,
S6,097. for Board of Church Extension,
S6S4; for Sunday-school Union, $l20; for
Freedman's Aid and Southern Education
| Society, S434; for children's fund, 1859;
| for other educational objects, $3.50; for
American Bible Society, Sl42; for Woman s
Foreign Missionary Society, Sl0l; for
| Woman's Home Missionary Society, Sll3;
| for episcopal fund. 1854; for conference
| claimants, 81, ,13l; for General Conference
expenses, $40; for Conference Education
Society, 1885, for ladies' hall $50; for do
mestic missions, S2O7; for stewards en-
dowment fund, so; propationers, l755;
full members, 9,5l3; deaths, 126; children
baptized, 1923; adults baptized, 9S; churches,
| l07; probable value. S229, $780, parsonages,
81; probable value, S53, $50; paid for build
ing and improving. churches and par
sonages, S1S,045; paid ON old Indebtedness
ON church property, S2,057; pastoral sup.
port, claims. S33, 2O4; pastoral support, re-
ceipts, S32, ,473; apportionment for support
of presiding elders, Sl,90l paid for sup
| port of the presiding elders, 81, 7l3; paid
for support of bishops, 1854; current ex
penses of churches, S4Si5.
SALISBURY, ND, March a4.-This
mornings session of Wilmington M. E
| Conference opened with devotional ex.
ercises conducted by Bishop Vincent
FOR THE GENERAL CONFERENCE.
Immediately after the journal had
been read, the Rev. A. j. Palmer, D. ID.
pastor of st. Paul's Church, New York
was introduced and delivered an ad'
dress on the question of entertaining the
General Conference. He spoke of the
trouble experienced by that body al
Omaha, when the delegates from Viii
mington Conference had to go to Coun.
Gil Bluffs to secure hotel accommoda
tions, and other delegates were com
PEELED to go five miles down the Mis-
souri, river. The next session of thu
General Conference will be held a
Cleveland, Ohio. Hereafter it will pay
the expenses of its delegates, allowing
them So per day. This will increase thu
expenses of the General Conference
about $4,000. The apportionment oi
Wilmington Conference is $1,736 ant
this sum is expected to be raised thi
year.
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At the conclusion of DR.. Palmer's re
marks Bishop, Vincent introduced
Bishop Fitz Gerald, who arrived yester
day afternoon, and asked him to presid,
until ii o'clock. Bishop Vincent retired
and Bishop Fitz Gerald took the chair.
The characters of the following wert
passed. They reported their collections
for missions and conference claimants
and they were advanced to the class o
the fourth year: Edwin Gardner, F
Burgette Short, j. II. Geoghegan, Henry
Clay Turner, Elmer L. Cross, Aloysiu
Green and ]. w. Fogle. Their genera
average in a scale of 10 was as follows
Mr.. Gardner, q Mr.. Short, It; Mr.
Geoghegan, 8; Mr.. Turner, So; Mr.
Cross. "; Mr.. Green, 6a; Mr., Fogle, 64
George P. Jones was continued in tht
class of the third year, as was also j. p
West. Effort was made to advance
George w. Bounds to the class of tn,
fourth year, but the attempt failed. HI
had not stood examination in all tn
studies of the third year, but had stool
high in an examination in the studio
of the fourth year. A motion to con
tinue him in the third year class AM
give him a certificate for his examina
ton in the studies of the fourth yea
was adopted by vote of SO to AS.
The question "Who are Continued oil
Trial" was next taken up and the name
of William p. Townsend and II. g
Westerfield, o. w. Devenish, j. z
Outten, Clarence w. Strickland AM
Frederick L. McKinsey were called
The character of persons named wa
passed and their collections for mission
and conference claimants were reported
The reading of their examination aver
| are was DOStDOned