Smyrna times., 1896-03-25

crowded, and many could not obtain |
admission. At Wesley Church, the
seat of the Conference, Bishop Warren
ordained the Deacons. He preached a
forcible and eloquent sermon, taking
as his text Ephesians, iii, Ia.
The Deacons ordained were H. A. G.
Westerfeld, John H. Beauchamp, F.
Z. Mckenzie and John W. Wiley. In
the afternoon the Bishop ordained the
Elders, being assisted by Revs. A. S.
Mowbray and W. L. S. Murray. The
sermon was preached by Rev. c. S.
Payne, of New York. The Elders or
dained were George W. Bounds, W.
H. S. Loller, Theodore F. Beauchamp,
George P. Jones, O. w. Devenish, J.
W. Fogle, Thomas B. Cooper, W. O.
Hurst and Van p Northrup. j. H.
Simms and Henry G. Budd were or
dained local Elders.
The anniversary of the Church Ex-
tension Society was held, when Rev.
A. J. Kynett, of Philadelphia, made
an address.
MONDAY.
The question of women as well as
men delegates to the General Confer
ence was decided favorably, and the
Hamilton amendment, calling for only
men delegates to the General Confer
ence, was defeated.
Rev. w. r. MOwbray, the statistical
secretary, presented his report, which
was as follows: Number of probation
ers, $3.50; members, 36,51G; local
preachers, 121; schools, 1872; officers
and teachers, 6,342; scholars, 44,397;
churches, 3SS.
Presiding Elder Smith introduced a
resolution calling attention to the cleo
ton of delegates to a Constitutional
! Convention in this State next fall, and
! pledging the members of the confer
ence to use their efforts to have men
elected who will put a clause IN the
constitution prohibiting the manufac-
ture, sale and importation of intOxlca-
ting liquors in Delaware. The resOlu-
ton was adopted amid great applause.
The report of the board of trustees
of the Wilmington Conference Acad-
emy was presented by William Sauls-
bury, the new president. OF the trustees.
| The academy has 1873 scholars, 10 more
|
| since 1876.
At the afternoon session the reports
| of various committees were received
On motion of Rev E. G. Macnichol, of
the Sunday school Observance Com
mittee, a vote of thanks was given to
Hon. Theodore B. Roosevelt, of New
York, for enforcing the Sunday laws
At night the missionary anniversary
was held, when DIR. A. B. Leonard, of
New York, made an address,
Clifford p. Futcher, VIM G. Chance,
Luther Z. Poole, George p Smith and
Clarence E. Hastings were received on
trial
For the next conference seat w. p.
Compton nominated Chestertown,
Md, and L. w. Laytield nominated
EpwOrth Church, Wilmington Ches-
tertOwn was selected by a three-fourths
vote. The vote was made unanimous.
, The appointments are regarded as
extremely satisfactory. The session
just ended was one of the most inter
esting and peaceful in the history OF
the conference. Most of the ministers
left Dover Tuesday afternoon. The
appointments are as follows:
WILMINGTON DIsTRICT-LoUIs E. BARRETT, P.
Wilmington:
2 Asbury, NJ l.. Gates.
BrandyWine, Asbury Burke.
Goodman, John France
Eastlake and Elsmere Supplied by j. II
Wiley.
Epworth L. W. Layfield.
, Grace, Merritt Hulburd.
Harrison Street, f. B Short.
Kingswood and Edge Moor, J. E. Amos
! Madeey. G F. Hopkins.
l Mt Salem, S. M. Morgan.
q st. Paups W. l. S. Murray,
Scott, 5. N. PilchaTd.
= SilverbrOok, E. E White.
| Swedish Mission, +, SOdeTman.
i Union, J. D. c. Hanna.
Wesley, w. w. Sharp.
Bethel and Summit, chesapeake City)-w. H
q BenfOrd.
Charlestown, T. H. Harding.
2 Cherry Hill, George P. Jones.
Chesapeake City, H. A. G. Westerfeld.
Chester, Booths Corner)-Wilmer Jaggard.
n Christiana, G. S. COnoway.
Claymont, Supplied by F. NJ. Dougherty.
!, Delaware City, H. S. Thompson
Elk Neck, W. II. s. Loller.
ElktOn, A. S. MOwbray.
HOekessin and Ebenezer, o. S. Walton.
7 HOpewell and Asbury, (Woodlawnl, ].
y Marshallton and Stanton. E. H. Collins.
Mt. Lebanon, (Rockland), William P. Taylor
d Mt Pleasant and Union, (Bellevue) c. H. Wi
|. Newark and Wesley, F. C. Mcsorley.
New Castle, V. s. Collins.
Newport Julius DOdd.
Northeast and BOulden, w. A. Wise.
l. Perryville, G. H. Budd.
~ Port Deposit, H. W. Ewing.
b Port Penn, Supplied by S. o. GibbOn.
Q Red Lion and Glasgow, W. o. De Vehish.
= Rising Sun and Sylmar, W. g. Koons
IL ROwlandville and Mt Pleasant, Supplied b
-. w. Z. Greenfield.
u St. Georges, J. o. Sypherd.
l. St Johns, (Lewisvllle, Pa, Van P. Northru
Zion, A. P. Prettyman
DOVER D!sTRIcT-R H. ADAMS, P. E
10 Beckwith, (COnnersville, Md J. T. Van Bur
le allow.
Bridgeville, S. J. Morris.
Burrsville, Supplied by A. g. Jones.
~ Cambridge, w. j. Du Halfway.
u Camden, l. 6. FOsnoeht.
s, Cannon. George E. Wood
III Church Creek W. f. West
Crapo, w. r. McFarlane.
Denton, z. II. Webster
III | Wesley, (DOver,) w. Z. Avery.
20 Armory, (DOYer) c. Stengle.
ce East New Morket J. P. Outten.
III Glendale, Supplied by ]. r. Campbell.
IN Elliott's Island, Supplied by c. W. Clapham.
Pennington, F. J. Cochran.
Fredericksburg, W, L. White.
of FELTON,, D. F. Waddell.
Frederick T. A. H. 0Brieu.
~ GalestoWn, G, w. Bowman
n Georgetown, G. A Grise.
Georgetown Circuit, j. A. BreWingtOn.
Greenwood, E. II. Miller
Harrington, Thomas +. Terry.
ne Hooper's Island. Supplied by H. f. Truitt
.oI Houston, W. (. TOmkinson.
al Hurlock, T. F. Tabler.
e. Lakesville, G. P. Smith.
Leipsic, c. P. Futcher
q. Lewes D. H. Corkran.
/; Lincoln, T. s. Williams
IL Little Creek, =. E. McKinsey.
of Magnolia, E. II. DeTiQkson,
- Milford, T 7, Martindale.
he Milton, w. 4. Valiant.
20 Nassau, G. K. Neese
y" Preston, j. NJ, Mitchell
ed Salem, supplied by Eben Weloh.
, SeafOrd and Bladesville, r. X Stephenson.
he Vienna Supplied by L. +. McLain.
bo Williamsburg. d. H. Willis.
HO WillistOn, J. ID. Reese
WOodsde, Supplied by G. b. Fisher.
Wyoming ]. L, Graham.
We Zoar, (GeOrgetown) Supplied by J. W. Talley
zoe p. II. Rawlins, agent of Stewards EndOwmC
'0o Fund
nv EAsTON DIsTRICT-ALFRED SMITH, P. f.
he Bayside, To be supplied.
oo CeciltOn, K. Irving Watkins.
7O Centreville, J. w. Easley.
Cheswold and Bethel, j. W. Fogle.
Chestertown, w. p, Compton.
Ter Church Hill, J. II. GeOhegan
IA Clayton, w. o. Hurst.
'lu COrdova, L. s. Mace.
ow CrumptOn, W. w. Chaires.
Easton, G. A. Hill
Ter Galena, Frank Fletcher
40 Greensboro, J. A. Arters.
20 HillsborO, r. f. Carpenter
i'm Ingeside, J, NJ. Collins.
Kent Island, e, II. HYnaQn.
IN KentQp, r. FTouse
,.al Marydel, e. F. sheppard.
l"l Middetowu, ]. L. Wood.
he Mlllugton, T. c, Smoot.
Odessa. E. +. Roberts
led oxford, Il. r. Van Dyke,
,.te Piney Neck, William G. Chance.
-" Pomona, =. b. Cooper.
a Il Doll