The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-09-20
ho DIST CONFERENCE.

! The Missouri conference of the
sodthern Methodist church was in
seAlon in Carrollton last week.
The committee on church extension
reported. Extended to churches In
the form of loans $3e7O, remittance
to general board 1921. Woman's
Parsonage House Mission Society
reported disbursements of $3.50. .28.
The committee on education reported
the outlook for Central College as
never better, and recommended DR..
j. ID. Harmon as president for the
ensuing year and J. H. Pritchett and
P.,S. RAIDER as curators. DR.. H. d.
Groves was appointed president of
Toward Payne College. The COM
njftee ON temperance reported, in
dorsing acts Of the last general
conference, condemning the whole
liquor business. The following as
sessments Of the board of education
on the different districts was then
read: st. Charles district $78. .75; ;
Mexico, s1O2.5O; Fayette, $12.50;
Plattsburg, s1O2.5O; st. Joseph,
$1O2.5o; Gallatin, $15.75; Chillicothe,
s1O2.50; Macon, s97.5O; Hannibal,
s1o2.5O; total, 1867.
The board of church extension was
read as follows: C.I. Vandeventer, II.
Sbackleford, T. D. Woodson, w. F.
Packard, Lloyd Herring, w. H.
Younger, H. @. Garrett, J. A. Snarr
and j. w. Wright.
A resolution was passed appoint
ing J. W Gibson editing reporter for
the following year.
The following is a list of super
anuated preachers: s. G. Cope, s.
w. Adderbury, r. A. Austin, G. w.
Colbit, J. Penn, Walter lool, Charles
Babcock, Daniel Penny, G. T. Sher-
man, j. P. Nolan, VIM. Penn, j. S.
Todd, r. F. Johnson, E. L. Rush, G.
!. Vendeventer, L. M. Carlisle, w.
E. Dockery, ]. d. Hudson, w. w.
McMurphy, Geo. Miller, Geo. Bell.
Macon City was selected as the
place for holding the next confer
ence.
There are 173 preachers and Al ,276
members in the conference, with GAL
infant and 2,726 adult baptisms; 400
Sunday schools, 1926 Sunday school
teachers, 1855 pupils; contributed
to support of presiding elders, $9,-
66S.40; preachers, sS5, ,771.45; mis-
sions, s15,011.82; 4,411 societies;
425 churches, with value of $780,
1852; 10 parsonages, valued at
bsEopz bs 2zs sohSosfga,D hs osfaDDqEh sinst St
teachers, ninety two; Students, L.
1926; value of property, s3O6, 900;
endowment, s115,0O0; contributed
to church erection, $25, ,420. The
appointments are:
Fayette district-J. X. A. Vaughan,
presiding elder. Fayette station, b. w.
Fielder; Fayette circuit, John Holland;
Franklin circuit, Fielding Marvin; Hig-
bee circuit, X. Wilkinson; Glasgow
station, G. NJ. Gibson; Glasgow circuit,
n. A. Whitmer; Armstrong circuit, V.
J., Mills; Keytesyille circuit, c. X.
Shilling; Salisbury station, j. w. Ram
sey; Prairie Hill circuit, X. NJ. Neal;
Clifton Hill, X. n. Dameron; Huntsville
station, j. NJ. Dempsey; Rocheport
circuit, q. w. Nollner; Columbia station,
T. E. Sharp; Ashland circuit, II. T.
Leeper; president Central college, J. d.
Hammond; president Howard Payne, II.
ID. Groves; district superintendent Amer
lean Bible Society, IL. p. Bond.
Plattsburg district-R. II. Cooper,
presiding elder. Plattsburg station, G.
j. Warren; Osborne circuit, j. II. Hagler;
Cameron station, J. IL. French; Platte
City and Weston, supplied by A. B.
Sanderson; Hardin circuit, d. M. Proctor;
Richmond station, w. F. McMurry;
Richmond circuit, 1T. Winstead; Edger-
ton circuit, W. J. Parvin; Parkville, L. b.
Madison; Kingston circuit, T. G. Petree;
Lawson circuit, X. W. Howerton; Liberty
circuit, Ii. l.. Davis: Cowgirl circuit, II.
NJ. Patterson; Camden circuit, supplied
by j. c. Kirby; Grayson circuit, ]. NJ.
Sitton; Lathrop circuit, w. r. Weakley; ;
Farley circuit, supplied by M. Swofford.
Chillicothe Districts. II. Milan, pre-
siding elder. Chillicothe station, j. S.
smith; Chillicothe circuit, 8. II. Renfro;
Carrollton station, II. G. Bolen; Bruins
station, j. d. Hunt: Norborne circuit, W.
A. Smith; De Witt circuit, G. w. Hurley;
Triplett circuit, j. M. Settle; Linneus
circuit, e. e. Boswick; Hale circuit, g. T.
Nash; Bogard circuit, ]. II. Hubbard |;
lhaymer circuit, L. II. Parker; Milan,
NJ. l.. Alicehouse; Browning circuit. Thos.
Wheeler; Harris circuit, j. r. Kincaid /;
Greencastle circuit, N. It. Matthews;
Humphreys circuit, Il. c. Swaine.
Mexico district--E. X. Miller, presiding
elder. Mexico station, j. IL. Pritchett; /;
Mexico circuit, W. o. Medley; Moberly
btation, Robert White; Montgomery sta
lion, A. F. Smith; Madison circuit, j. G.
Carney; Auxyasse circuit, E. W. Rey-
holds; Wellsville circuit, L. P. Siceloff;
Centralia circuit, e. L. Kendrick; Cedar
City circuit, J. Y. Blakey; Readville cir
ciit, J. T. Kimsey; Hallsville circuit, ]. 8.
Booker; Millersburg, @. G. Hill; Hams
Prairie circuit, c. d. Sipple; Fulton sta
ton, w. F. Packard; Sturgeon circuit,
I. B. Rice,
81. Charles district-D. @. O'Howell,
iresiding elder. St. Charles station, ].
! F.Penni o'Fallon circuit, w. H. Lewis;
fechanicsville circuit, j. W. Garvin
Farrenton circuit, w. 8. Rocker; jones'
burg circuit, j. W. Owen; New Florence
&rcuit, j. r. Shores; Troy circuit. j. g.