The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-11-19
WESTERNN. c. CONFERENCE
BISHOP GALLOWAY CALLS THt
BODY TO ORDER IN SALISBURY.
Office g Elected and Characters PasseC
Those in Feeble Health Who
Were Retired.

Salisbury, N. c., Nov. 1s.-(SpeciaD-
At the First Methodist church here this
morning promptly at nine o'clock Bishop
Charles b. Galloway. OF Mississippi
called TO order the seventh annual ses-
sion of the Western North Carolina con
ference. Devotional exercises were con
ducted by the Bishop, who read for the
scripture lesson the fifth chapter OF First
Peter. The church has been recently
remodeled and elegantly furnished at
cost of about FIVE thousand dollars and
this is the third annual conference held
in the same building The first in
eighteen sixty and the second in eighteen
seventy-seven. But the first conference
held in this historic city was in seventeen
cighty-six, when Bishops Asbury and
Coke presided. The attendance at the
present session is very large, there being
only about twenty absentees at the open
ing session and most Of those were de-
layed by wreck which occurred on the
Western road last night. Rev. w. l..
Sheriff., Of Elkin, was reelected secreta-
ry OF the conference and John G. Staple,
of Reidsville, assistant secretary; Rev II.
nj. Taylor, statistical secretary The
presiding elders Of the ten districts, Revs.
G. w Byrd, John X. Brooks, Thos H.
Wagg, i. j. Carroway, Robert FL. Hoyle,
Ill. M. Blair, J. R. Scroggs, J. ]. Rem,
j. g. Rowe, Frank FL. Wood submitted
their reports and passed the examination
Of character. Committees were appoint
ed on books and periodicals, church prop
erty, temperance, bible course, district
conference records, memories and con-
ference. relations. Communications were
read from the different correctional Of
ficers and referred to proper committees
JAS. Wilson and ]. r. Long were re-
ferred to committee for supernumerary
relation. s. M. Davis and r. l.. Trip
lett whose health failed this year were
referred for superanuate relation and S.
II. Helsabeck, w. w Albea, G. NJ. An
derson, j. W. Bird, w. III. Cooper, j. G.
Hartseli w. B. LYDIA, s. D. Peeler. r.
w Pickens, u Rush, M V Sheriff., 7.
G. Thomas, j. G. Troy, j. w Wheeler,
j. A. Wiggins, III. +. Wiley were referred
for q continuance in said relation. The
conference joined in special prayer with
Rev. DIR. j. w. Weaver, OF Greensboro
for these brethren on the retired list and
especially for Troy and Hartgell, who
are in very feeble health. Lay delegate
]. s. Martin, Of Shelby, made an appeal
for aid in behalf Of Rev. j. G. Hartsell,
and the liberal amount OF fifty-five dol
lars was quickly given. III. +. Bailey
was located ut his own request. Revs.
Yates, Cunningham, Belts, Black, John
and Willis, Of North Carolina con-
ference were introduced to the body. Five
local preachers were elected to deacons
orders and one to elders orders. The
committees of examination not being
ready to report as to grades OF under
graduates the bishop resumed call of
question twenty: Are all the preachers
blameless in their life and official admin
istration?" And the following were cali
ed, made their reports and their several
characters were passed: III. IT. Chritz-
berg, ]. M. bowman, l.. Il. Stacey, J. e.
Clark, +. T. Cordell, j. A. Scronce, J. w.
Jones, G, @. Harley, L. A. Falls. James
A. Atkins, w. w. Bays. S.B. Turrentine,
il. l.. Atkins, T. w. Smith. H. Paris.
Parker Holmes. II. r. Bryan, w II.
Ware, j. ]. Brooks, J. Bowman, ]. r.
Stover, T. f. Gibson, s. S. Gasque. J. G.
postell, r. b. Shelton, r. D. Sheriff., ].
ID. Buie. Ira Erwin, j II. Thompson. r. !
s.. Ellington. w. p. Giles, NJ A. Smith,
j. III. Weaver. ]. &C. Gay. w. 8. Hale. i
T.. w. Crawford, S. II. Hilliard and
thirty-six others. The reports were ex-
celleat considering the depressed condi- |