The Monticellonian., 1894-12-21
THE METHODIST BRETHREN.
Gossip from the Meeting of the Little Rock Conference of the NJ. F. Church, South, Held at Prescott.

Gossip from the Meeting of the Little Rock
 Conference of the NJ. F. Church, South.
 Held at Prescott.
 The Little Rock conference of the NJ. E. church, south, has assisted 6s churches in the last 12 years and contributed sl3, ,76s.2O. The general board at Louisville, Ky, has aided l6 churches in the Little Rock confer ence, donated S11.SOO and loaned money to the churches to the amount of Ss,600.
 The statiscal report for the past ye : presented at the recent session held in Prescott showed: Number of local preachers, l6s; number members, 30,- 354; infants baptized, 764; adults, 1,691; Epworth leagues, 24; members, 76S; number of churches, 391; value Of churches, S317, SOP; number of parson- ages, 76; value of parsonages; S47, ,55O; number of Sunday-schools, 341; num- Der of Sundays teachers. 2.13t; number of Sunday-school children, 16,- 34S; amount paid presiding elders &c., 39.99; amount paid pastors, S40, 271 34 amount paid bishops, S907; amount for conferences claimants, 2,656
 In answer to the question of Rev ]. k. Cason: 'Did the board of trustees have right to sell the college prop erty without instructions from the con. ference?' the bishop replied in writ ing: 'The board of trustees has no such right"
 Andrew Hunter and ". c. Radcliffe were elected trustees of Vanderbilt university.
 T. II. Ware and A. o. Evans were elected trustees of Hendrix college, and J. R. Moore and ". c. Boggs were elected members of the board of con- trol of the preachers institute.
 The following preachers were ad- mitted into full connection:
 William W. Christee, ". Caldwell Watson, Lewellen c. Woozeneraft, Ru- fus L. Woozencraft R. Luther Brade and Walter W. Nelson.
 Elders elected-E F. Wilson. Frank lin P. Dock, John W. Vantreon, Wm. C. Hilliard, Jerome J. Colson, John A. Henderson, Robert G. Rinland, Gran vile E. Gamtron and Robert H. Poyn- ter.
 Deacons elccted-W P. Haynes, w. C. Watson, R. l.. Broach, ". ". Chris tee and W. w. Nelson.
 During the session a motion to recon sider the vote in the case of one of the ministers was lost by vote of 35 to 35.
 Pending the consideration of this motion it was urged the reason for re- admitting the brother was that he might be transferred to another con ference. The bishop, with great em- phasis, said;
 Brother, stop right there; never urge that reason again. Do you thi nix l will transfer discontented brother to another conference? You would not like for me to transfer such man to you. and l would not. 1t is no business of the episcopacy to restamp men and send them into aew fields when they are not acceptable at home
 Dr. J. D. Hammond. president of Central college, Missouri, addressed the conference in the interest of the board of education provided for by the last general conference.
 After an address of power and elo- quence by Bishop Hendrix, a class of six young men, Reverends Christie. Wootson, two Woozencrafts, Broach and Nelson, were admitted to full con nection.
 By q unanimous vote Lonol1e was se- leeted as the place for the meeting of the next conference.