The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-31
CONFERENCE GOES TO S7AVaToH
Clifton Forge Was Her Only
Competitor.
Plans Co Maintain the Wesleyan Female
Instituts-Two Sessions Yesserdsy-The
This Afternoon, and Tonight May be
the LRst-servfces Last Night.

The annual conference held two ses-
sions yesterday, and will, it is UNDER
stood. complete its work to-day. II is
now believed that the work has suff1.
ciently progressed as to enable the
bishop to announce the various appoint
ments at the close of the afternoon ses-
sion to-day.
The work yesterday was rushed along.
The most important business to be dis
posed of to-day IL the action which will
be taken this morning Immediately after
the reading of the minutes regarding
the Wesleyan Female Institute.
The conference was called to order
promptly at O'Clock with Bishop Har-
grove in the chair, he having recovered
sufficiently to be able to be In his place.
The opening exercises were coaduc ted
by Rev. Isaac w. Canter, of Washing-
ton, by reading the t5sh Psalm and sing
ing hymn 1914, which was followed by
prayer.
The minutes Of Saturday were then
read and approved.
A certificate WAS read from Bishop
Granbery stating that he had ordained
the following travelling ministers to des-
cons orders: Chos. w. Moore, Frederick
r Gaines, Daniel M. Brown and Lin wood
Hammond; and e. A. Edwards, j. J..
Ringer and j. e. McCollooh to deacon's
orders az local preachers.
The following were ordained to descon's
orders respectively at night: Travelling
preachers, Alfred B. Sites, VIM. s.
Hammond, John n. Schooley. Henry l..
Hout, -gohn w. Mcneil and John L..
Grant; local preachers, David L. Blake
more and John A. Brumbaugh.
Owing to the non-sction taken by the
conference on the question Of the Yves
leyan Female institute Rev. P. 81.
Whisner requested that the sugges ton
OF Rev. ID. T. Hsmill.concerning plan
to perpetuate the school and another
from K. 8. Conrad be read, which re-
quest was granted, after which Mr..
Whisner offered the following:
Resolved. That a committee of flye,
consisting Of Rev. I'll. p. Hamlll, 1. W.
Oanter. G. 8. Conrad, DR.. Kern and T.
L. FisEburne, be appointed. to whom
shall be referred the papers just read
with the request that they formulate q
plan for the perpesuasion of the Yves
leyan Female Institute, by means of a
joint stock company or otherwise and
report to the conference, and that they
have leave to sit during the session OF
the conference"
1ho commlttee, ee soon az they were
appointed retired
The report of j. L. Shipley. secretary
OF the boEcd of n iseions WAS read, show.
Ing that about sky charges received
an appropriation from the board. These
charges report 12,7I4 mem bers, a net
increase OF $50; 19s Sunday-echools;
lie44 officers and teachera; I'll churches;
S2s5,49 valne Of churches; S2I, 4s3 psid
ON ministerial support S1,509 contrib
uted for foreign missions and S9l4 con-
tributed to domestic missions; some of
these charge8 will henceforth be self
sustaining.
DR.. Carson then appealed to the con-
ference for aid to assist the members of
the conference who receive meagre sala-
ries.
Rev. j. G. Jones at this point asked
that this supplementary fund be ap-
propristed only to membesa who have
received less than $500 during the year.
DR.. Chapman then made . powerful
appeal In behalf of the heroes who had
received mere pittances. and stated q
few cases in which the pastors had re-
ceiFed ONLY little over S20S. A COLI
lection was taken up, which amounted
to something over $500 for their benefit,
Rev. w. K. Marshall, Of Lewieburp,
read his report and asked that his name
be Withdrawn from the conference and
from membership in the M. E. Church,
South. Ills Withdrawal wss allowed,
but Bishop Hargrove announced ia at he
was sorry to see him take this action.
He Was also requested by q number Of
the members of til 9 conference not TO do
this and who expressed their regrets
that the step should be taken. Il is
understood that Mr.. MARSHALL will 60
to another church, but he is not yet
DR.. ALBERT A. CAkMADAY,