Evening star., 1896-02-19
BALTIMORE CONFERENCE
It Meets This Year at Roanoke, Vir-
ginia.
Local Churches Will BE RepresenteiI
This In the 112th Annual
Session.

| The 18TH ennuai session of the Balti-
| more conference Of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church South, Of which the churches
| Of that denomination In the District OF
Columbia form a part, will begin in Green
Memorial Church. Roanoke. Va, March 25
and continue for about one week.
The president Of the body will be Bishop
| r. K. Hargrove of Nashville, Tenn, and
| there Will be present, it is expected. 19I
| ministers and forty-two lay delegates,
| whose constituencies are located in the
states of Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia
| and the District Of Columbia. The conference
| is subdivided into nine districts. which are
termed Baltimore, East Baltimore, Washing
| ton. Winchester, Rockingham. Roanoke Lew
| isburg and Moorefield, and the ministers
| under whose superintendent the congre-
cations attached thereto are are Revs. J. S.
| Hutchinson. James E. Armstrong, Rumsey
snithson. David Bush. P H. Whsner.
b. F. Ball. w. G. Hammond and George
/, Il. Zimmerman.
1t is not anticipated that there will be
more than two changes among the above
tanned presiding elders, as the terms of
ser ice or but two. Messrs. Hammond and
Bcsh, expire under the four-year limitation
1t IS thought that Bishop Hargrove will
! apr int Rev. w. Fl. d. Harper, pastor OF
, tn hurch at Winchester, to the presiding
e'dersnip of the Winchester district, which
VIII become vacant by the retiracy of MIR
Eush, aud 1t is the impression that the
/ later Will :cceed Mr.. Harper as pastor
of the w. hester church, which is re-
sirded as one of the most desirable charges
IN the er-ire conference. Rev. George L
Tyler, no.. ~ charge of Loudoun circuit
elder to succeed Rev. W. G. Hammond
whose term as presiding elder will, as be
lore stated, expire, according to law, but
the latter will doubtless be given a good
charge.
The baltimore conference contained at
the time of the publication of the last
report one hundred and twenty-five local
preachers, G,7l7 white members and n
colored members. During the preceding
year there had been ATS infant bsptisms
and l $50 adult baptisms. There were also
q Epworth Leagues. so Sunday schools,
with o,624 teachers and 39SS2 scholars
The contributions for the support of
superannuated ministers and the widows
and orphans of preachers amounted to
We're SIS. 530.Ss; for church extension,
$2,o5l.O2; for support of presiding elders
and preachers in charge, $12i ,S2;; for the
support of bishops, s1,.sU.
Inc conference also had 613 societies and
owned 4s6 church ediices, valued at
charges was 15s. having 12S parsonages.
valued at s212.2GO.
Bishop Hargrove the presiding officer of
the conference, while of NATL age and
great experience as man of affairs is in
point OF service one of the younger min
listers of the Methodist Episcopal Churc h
South. ieoNas educated as lawyer and
| for q number of years practiced before
ti'e tennessee courts. In the decade of
lSto-So he entered the ministry of the NJ
f.. Church in the Tennessee conference.
and being very attractive as an orator and
earnest as pastor served some of the
most important churches in the south in
the latter office. He was elected bishop
at the session OF the general conference of
1881, although he was not at the time a
member OF that body. He is at this time
president of the board Of trustees of Van
derbilt University, having been elected TO
! succeed the late Bishop Mc.4ycire, end is
also president of the Epworth League of
the Methodist Episcopal Church South,
ne, ne IS regarded as one of the best parlia-
| mentarIans in the United States,