Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1896-02-25
Baltimore Conference.

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The 10TH annual session OF the
Baltimore Conference of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church south WIN
begin in Green Memorial Cnurcn'
Roam oke, Va, March 20, ana con-
Time for about one week.
The president of the body viii be
bishop r. x. Hargrove, of Nashville,
Tenn. and there will be present, it
Is expected, 1871 ministers and forty
two lay del egates, whose constituent
cies are loo ated in the states of Mary
land, Virgi MIA, West Virginia and
the Di strict of Columbia. The con
ference is subdiyided into eight dis
~tricts, which are termed Baltimore,
East Baltimore, Washington, Win
chester, Rockingham, Roanoke, Lew
isburg and Moorefield, and the min
listers under whose superintendent
the congregations attached thereto
are Revs. j. S. Hutchinson, James
E. Armstrong, Rumsey Smithson,
David Bush, p. II. Whisner, B. F.
Ball, w. G. Hammond and George
n. Zimmerman.
1t is not anticipated that there will
be more than two changes among the
above named presiding elders, as
the terms of service of but two,
Messrs. Hammond and Bush, expire
under the f~our-year limitation.
1t is thought that Bishop Hargroye
will appoint Rev. w. H. D.. Harper,
pastor of the church at Winchester,
to the presiding eIdership of the
Winchester district, which will be-
come vacant by the retiring of Mr..
Bush, and it is the impression that
the latter will succeed MI. Harper as
pastor of the Winchester church.
Rev. George T. Tyler, now
in char ge of Loudoan circuit, will,
it is thought, he appointed presiding
elder to succeed Rev. w. 6. Ham
mond, whose term as presiding elder
2 will, as before stated, expire, accord
r ing to law, but the latter will doubt
less be given q good charge.
The Baltimore conference contain
: ed at the time of the publication OF
3 the last report one hundred and
!. twenty-five local preachers, 47,717
white members and 81 colored mem
bers. During the preceding yeal
there had been 1,478 infant baptism:
and 1889 adult baptisms. There
; were also "a Epworth Leagues, $40
o Sunday scho OILS, with 1924 teachers
!, and SO, 1892 scholars.
The contributions for the supper
v of superannuated ministers and thu
widows and orphans of preacher
, amounted to S11. 800: the contribu'
e ton for missions were SIS, 590,SS
o for church extension, S2,051,0 2 ; fol
e support of presiding elders ant
preachers in charge, S121, 1923; fol
the support of bishops, 81, $3.50.
J The conference also had 619 socie'
ties and owned 496 church edifces,
e valued at 81, 142, 070. The number
: of pastoral charges was 158, having
1913 parsonages, valued at S212, 200
Bishop Hargrove, the presiding
{ officer of the conferen ce, while o
: mature age and great experience a.
e a man of affairs, is in point of service
: one of the younger ministers of thu
: Methodist Episcopal Church South
He was ed ucated as q lawyer and TO,
a number of years practiced before
the Tennessee courts. In the decade
of $1,000 he entered the misistrJ
5 of the NJ. E. Church in the Tennes
4, see conference, and being very at
: tractive as an orator and earnest a
q a pastor served some of the mos
important churches in the south il
the latter office. He was elected
I bishop at the session of the genera
conference of 1884, although he wa
t not at the time a member of tina
body. He is at this time presiden
of the board Of trustees of Wander
, biIt University, having been elected
to succeed the late Bishop McTyeire
: and is also president of the Epwortf
J League of the Methodist Episcopa
! Church South.
: He is regarded as one of the
best parliamentarian $ in the United
States.