The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-11-25
THE WESTERN CONFERENCE.
Notes of Special Interest to People of
This Section.

Notes of Special Interest to People of
! This Section.
The eighth session of the Western
North Carolina Conference was called
i to order by Bishop J. s. Key promptly
at O'Clock Nov. II, in Central M. E.
church, Asheville.
The devotional exercises were con.
Quoted by Bishop Key. Rev. w. L.
Sheriff., who has been Secretary of
the Conference for several years, call
| ed the roll when nearly all of the
| preachers were found to be present.
MT; Sheriff. was reelected Secretary.
| Key: ). Z Scroggs announced the
Standing Committees. Rev. DR..
| Greasy is member Of the committee
on books and periodicals and memoirs;
G w. Hinshaw on church property.
Rev. w. M. Curtis was elected a
| member of the Epworth League Com
| mittee, succeeding Rev. S. B. Turren-
tine, resigned.
All OF the Presiding Elders made
encouraging reports, which were
gratifying to the Bishop. He had
heard so much of low priced cotton
that he feared the preachers would be
hacked, but he saw nothing to indi-
| cate this either in the reports or in
the faces of the members of the Con-
ference.
f. 81. Wood, presiding elder of Win
ston district, reported that the preach
ers had worked faithfully, successfully
and harmOniously. Six churches have
been repaired and five new ones built;
100 conversions, and the accessions
over 500: Sunday schools IN every
church. There had been great up
lift in the spiritual condition.
Rev. S. III. Helseheck, of German
ton. venerable superanuated preach
er, made touching talk.
A voluntary collection was taken
among the ministers of the confer
ence to aid S. g. Peeler, superan-
uated preacher OF Kernersville. The
preachers placed their contributions
on the table. The collection aggre-
gated S37.01.
Bishop Key announced that II there
was preacher In the house who was
chewing tobacco he would suggest
that he spit In his hat, and not on the
carpet or in the registers.
Rev. II. M. Blair presented series
| OF resolutions concerning the publica-
tion Of the minutes OF the conference.
1t provided for printing 5000 copies
work in preparing the minutes for the
printer. Each preacher will be fur
| nished with 20 copies Of the minutes.
They are to be sold at cents copy
SUNDAY SCHOOL ANNIVERSARY.
The anniversary meeting Of the
Sunday school was held last week and
was in charge of Rev. j. w. Jones. d.
b. Coltrane, treasurer CT Sunday
| school board, reported $50 Sunday
| schools within the bounds of this Con-
ference, but that Of this number only
| 236 responded to the request to report
! before the annual Sunday school and
| Epworth League Conference. Only
90 Sunday schools observed children s
| day. The contribution from the chill
dren's day exercises amounted to
| S22l.19 and most of this was expended
in aiding 81 needy Sunday schools.
| Rev. DR.. Atkins, Sunday school edi-
tor, delivered an able address on Sun
day school work, stressinga new plan to
| keep in connection with Sunday school
superintendent; Sunday school litera-
ture; the qualification for successful
| Sunday school teacher, and children's
| day. He stated that there are now
| $4,000 Sunday schools in the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church, South, and
| 1,012, 900 copies of Sunday school lit
erature distributed each month. He
reported large increase in the copies
OF literature issued this year.