Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1895-09-20
The Missouri Conference.

4 The Missouri annual conference
OF the NJ. +. Church, South, convened
in the Methodist church at Macon
on Tuesday night OF last week.
Rev. George j. Warren preached
the opening sermon to large and
attentive audience.
On Wednesday morning an organ
ization was effected. Bishop W. W.
Duncan, Of Richmond, Va, presided.
Rev. Jno. ID. Vincil was elected secre-
tsry and Revs. Pritchett, Bailey and
Sharp were named az his assistants.
Dr. Yincil has been secretary OF the
conference for % years or more.
With the new recruits and trans
fsrs from other conferences the cleri-
cal membership continues full. There
is q workman for every field of labor,
and tho aggregate accessions to the
church during the past year
amounted to 5000, which the bish-
oe thought was phenomenal
gtopth.
The financial reports, while not
fuil, noted an improvement over last
year. There Vas the largest attend
apce upon the conference this year
that we ever saw. 1t eclipsed all
formeys sessions in this particular.
Ministers iaymen and visitors were
thsrs id force. The city OF Macon,
however, proved herself adequate to
ths task OF taking care OF the vast
crowd drawn thither from a sense of
duty, or on pleasure bent. As to
ourself we were assigned, with three
ministers, to the hospitable home OF
Captain and Mrs. Days, who,
with their bright and promising son,
Master Willie, and their lovely little
Lucy, did all they could to make the
stay of their guests delightful and
pleasant. And quite well did they
succeed. We are satisfied that no
one, not even the bishop, had a
more enjoyable home than we. We
dined once with our former fellow
to~nepeople, Mr.. and Mrs j. A.
Hudson. Mr.. j. A. Merchant,
OF Brunswick, and several other per-
sons were their guests. The many
friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Hudson, in
and around Keytesville, will be glad
to learn that they have a nice home
in Macon, which has been blessed by
the addition of three children, two
sons and one daughter, since they
left our town. Miss Ethel, who was
born in keytesville, has grown 10 be
comely and beautiful youLg lady.
On Saturday evening we took tea
with "Uncle Dick" Sharp, who, in
our boyhood days, was a highly es-
teemed citizen of Shelby county.
"Uncle Dick" and his good wife, who
is a daughter of Rev. James Dysart,
grow old gracefully. The 'frosts OF
many winters" sit as lightly upon
them as npon any couple of our ac-
quaiutance.
On Sunday evening, in company
with Judge l.. IL. Herring, we called
upon our old friend, Judge Brock,
and took tea at his hospitable
board. The Judge and his good wife
have an elegant home, over which
they preside with a grace and hospi-
tality that are known only to good
people. Judge Herring was their
guest, but the fact OF the honorable
official position he holds in Charlton
county had not been revealed to
them, till we called him Judge" in
their presence, which led Judge
Brock to make inquiry as to his Of
fetal relations, and whsn told that
he was the presiding justice OF the
Charlton county court, they at once
reached the conclusion that he was
certainly a very modest gentle
man.
We also had the pleasure OF calling |
upon the family OF Rev. Walter
Toole, who has for several years
past sustained a superannuated r~la-
tion to the conference. Both before
and since the war Brother Toole was
q travelling preacher in Charlton
and is well known as a good
and true man by the older Metho-
dists hereabouts. His wife is still
among the salt OF the
EARTH" and is still ready for every
good word and work. Rev. j. z.
Nolan, who did bis last preaching in
fingers on the shores OF