Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-21
THE FINAL SESSION
End Of the District Conference of tho COL
ored Methodist Episcopal Church.
The City Mission Work Discussed
Licenses Issued to Elders and
the List of Ministers.

The concluding session of tho district
conference Of Washington district, Wash
ipston conference NJ. e. Church, which be-
gan at Asbury Church, corner Of 18th and
K streets northwest, Thursday last, was
held today. commencing at am.
After devotional exercises, which were
conducted by Rev. NJ. w. Robinson Of the
Woodville charge, Rev. W. H. Brooks, pre-
siding elder, took tho chair. The minutes
Of yesterdays session were read by Secre-
tary Griffin, and after some slight cor
rections were unanimously approved.
Reports from local preachers were con-
tlnued from yesterday. after which reports
from presidents Of Epworth League chap
tiers were taken up. Mr.. Oscar Fendall Of
Pisgah reported as follows: King William
Chapter Of Mt. Zion Church, % active and
1e associate members; since July 20 have
Prices Chapter Of Prices Church, so ac-
tive and 80 associate members; Perry Chap
ter of Emory Church. 20 active and 10 as
ISOLATE members; religious meetings 8. So
cial meetings 1.
Mr.. J. F. Chestnut Of Central charge re-
ported "a active and Ii associate members,
total, 81; religious meetings held, II; So
cial gatherings. 1. The league will resume
the meetings this month which were sus-
pended during the warm weather.
Miss Ida Charity, Gilbert Haven Chapter
of Bowie charge. reported active and %
associate members; total.30; religious meet
tngs held. 1: average attendance, 20; Sum
day school scholars brought in, 4; visits
made, Z; entertainments, 1.
A request from the local preachers was
presented, asking the conference to allow
time in the program for one service dur
ing the next district conference. to be held
at Shiloh Church. September. 1896
Mission Work I'm Citiea
The subject of city missions was next
taken up and discussed at length by Mr..
I. A Ross. Rev. q. D. Johnson, Rev. Mr.
Williams Rev. J. T. Reed. Rev. J. H. Grit
fin. Rev. w. A. Shannon. Rev. s. A. Lewis,
Rev. John A. Jackson. Rev. Thos o. Car
roll. Rev. Benjamin Myers, Rev. Mr.. But
Ter and Rev. A. w. johnson.
Elders Licensed
The character Of the following elders
was passed and their license as local
preachers renewed: J. H Butler. Henry
Baker. B. ]. Cant, Edgar Murphy, ]. T..
Reed. W. A. Shannon. Joseph A. Sims. g..
R. Jennings. William H. Budd. H. B. Mat
thews, William Bell, Washington Jones.
Jackson Deveale. Charles E. Jackson, j.
NJ. Butler. Noble E. Stewart. John A.
Clark. Joseph s. Armstrong. D. T. Johnson.
s. P. Watts, A. g. Dillon. William H.
Brown, James Hawkins, William 1. Haw-
kins, William H. Stewart. Lemuel jackson.
B. H. Watts, Richard 7. Medley, J. Harry
Brown, Carroll Hughes. Jacob Young, Will
lam Vincent, James Mackall. John Wesley
Docket Henry Douglass, Alfred Travis.
Thomas Watson, John w. Kicks. JEFF.
Mackabee. Nicholas Mackabee. Isaac John
son. Isaac s. Johnson. Robert Allison.
Isaac P. Waring. R. s. Fisher. Benjamin
w. johnson. James H. Scott. Wilson A.
Thornton. /. M. West, Samuel Coe. J. H
Jackson. Owen Dawson. Richard Cook,
Philip Diggs, H. T. Simms, J. NJ. Bell,
Francis Hall, 1. c. Ross. T. C. Define,
George Washington. Alfred Crockett. J. w.
Dorsey, Thomas King. John T. Dorsey. Hen
ry Dorsey, Basil Harrison. Frank Duckett,
John Fleet. jeremiah Brown. James Young.
Robert Green. Henry Holland, Moses Wood.
Mason Banks. ]. c. Robinson. r. L. Watts,
Major Turner, Moses Foster. c. L. Lloyd,
J. w. Yeates, John Thatcher. Henry
Brown. Jesse Waller. Emanuel Dent.
Frank Newman, NJ. w. Dyson. ]. H.
Brown. c. A. Sims. w. T. Martin, w. H.
Byer Joseph Conway. Melvine Lewis, Jas.
Hepburn. Charles E. Williams. David
Duckett, James H. Murray. Thomas Lee.
James H. Nicholson. George F. Bemey,
George Douglas, William Taylor.
The following were recommended by the
committee for advancement to the grade
of ministers: ]. ]. Chilcote, Arthur Locker
man, Lorenzo Snowden and Henry Butler.