The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-23
METHODISTS At WORK
GREAT INDIANA CONFERENCE BE-
GINS AT ROBERTS PARK.
Officers and Standing Committees
Missionary Society and Freed
mems Aid Anniversaries.


men from out of the city in attendance. A
ing session. and in the afternoon. when the
Women's Home Missionary Society ami
versary was observed, the church was
crowded with the fair sex.
A song and prayer service, with a number
of the good old-fashioned" Methodist
hymns, opened the morning meeting, Pre-
siding Elder E. L. Dolph, of the Moore's
Hill district leading. After a prayer by
Rev. w. NICK. Hester the sacrament of the
Lords supper was administered. The bishop
was late in making his appearance and the
conference organized with Elder Dolph as
president pro tenn. Bishop Fowler entered
the church shortly afterwards, amid hand
clappings, and proceeding at once to the
pulpit, he called for nominations for con-
ference officers. r. A. Kemp, of VeVay,
was chosen secretary and l.. d. Moore, of
Rockport; l.. B. Johnson, of New Lebanon
and F. M Westhafer, of Greenwood, as as
sistants A. r. Beach, of Liberty, was
named as statistical secretary, with the fol-
lowing assistants: w. b. Crimes of Tay-
louisville; H. H. Allen, of Odon; j. L.
Shroyer, of Butler; C. M. Kroft, of North
Milan; w. H. Wylie, of Bedford; S. G..
Benham, of Tunnelton; II. H. Sheldon, of
Freetown; J. w. ]. Collins, of indianapolis,
and M. Heaton, of Bowling Green The
treasurer is e. p. Jewett, of Morristown,
with f. A. Steele, of Evansville; Monroe
Vayhinger, of Moores Hill; William New
kirk, OF Connersville; G. H. Murphy of
Lawrenceburg; S. S. Penrod. of Blue Grass,
and j. w. Johnson, of North Vernon, as
sistants ]. T. Jones, of Whiteland, is post
master. The following conference commit
tees were appointed:
American Bible Sooiety--F. A. Lester, john
Clouds f. l.. WINNER, c. w. Whitman,
L. n. Jones. w. F. Smith, Willis Wininger,
Auditing-T w. Northcutt, Grant Fer
guson, j. l.. Funkhouser, w. P. Barnhill,
j. F. Harvey L. B. Johnson, E. o. Thomas,
]. M. d. Hudleson, r. l.. Kenner.
Amusements-J. T. Scull. Robert Earring,
r. w. Fish, N. F. Denny F. A. Hester, f..
L. Priest
Church Extension = S. S. Penrod. J. N.
Thompson, II. NJ. Elwyn, John Rover G. S.
Mckee, E. P. F. Wells, A. N. Elrod, I. j..
Anthony, s. w. Troyer.
Church Periodicals and Literature : w.
b. Grimes, F. S. Tincher. B. A. May, f..
G. c. Bonneli, J. S Tevis, II. S. Headen.
]. s Washburn, j. b. Smith. {. F. Nc
Naughton, E. l.. Butler, F. s. Miller, H. n.
King S. o. Dorsey, Charles Tinsey, Joseph
Claims of the Book Concern--A. NJ. Low
den, j. W. Robinson, J. II. Strain. w. F.
F. Smith, S. G. Benham, Jesse Miller, F.
M. WeSthafer, III. j. Black w. G. Crawford.
Conference Relations-A. M; Couchman,
w. S. Biddle, c. H. Pinnick F. H. Wood,
J. r. T.. Lathrop, W. r La tttip, B. w.
Conference Stewards-James Hixson, w.
T. Davis, ]. L. Perry, j. D. Hartsock, Har-
yey Harris. J; A. Sargent, ]. A. Ward j. II.
Education-J. W. Baker, v. w. .Tevis, G.
c. Lasby, G. D. Wolfe, ]. M; Baxter J.
II. Martin, A. Hurlstone, W. H. Grim, c.
district Conference Records : c. w.
Crooke, F. w. Davis, w: S. smith Mer-
Epworth League-C, w. Tinsley, G. NJ.
Smith F A Steele f. d H. Chambers Mon Mon
Family Religion = r. A. Guthrie, w. S.
RAIDER, y. G. Abbott J. L. Perry, F. G.
Raaf, G. E; Asbury 7. j. shrode, $. l..
Freedmen's Aid and Southern Education
Society-Isaac Turner, G. +. Hester, G. {.
McKown, L. S. Knots, w. o. wykoff. T.
Memoirs-G L. curtiss, w. W. Snyder,
w S. NcCallister, J. NJ. Wines, 1. A. Sar-
Missions MILLER fund)-Presiding elders.
bolt, c. N. Sims, e. B. Rawls, j. T. O'Neal.
F. Anderson. Byram Garter; 4. I. Ben
nett W. N. Fletcher Robert Roberts, Sam
uei Reid T. G. Beharrell, c. w. Lewis.
State of the Church-John Poucher, W.
NJ. Earring, A. n. Marlatt, "; w, Reynolds,
r. r. Bryan, j. D. Currant. B. F. Rawlins,
w. Nick. Hester, d. w. Denny.
Sunday schools-W. S. McMichael, J. L.
BrSwm - r. s N HYde w. n Furry Furry j. n
Blue. ". E. Edg insOe' : -
Temperance--T. l. Brown, r. H. Moore,
H. c. Ashcraft, e. L. Sanders. W. c. Wat
kins, S. J. Shake, G. Heavenridge, j. l..
The Sabbath.M. l.. Wells, A. A. Colby,
]. D. Crane, J. w. ]. Collins, T. K. Willes,
w. r. Plummer.
Traets.G. p VIM j. x, K C r J GIT WI, 4.
lam Teller, w. j. Ellis, G. H. Reiboldt II.
veterans Home society-T. G. Beharrell,
Alonzo Murphy, c. w. Dobson, H. II. Allen,
j. L. Cooper, j. b. Likely d. A. Wynegar,
j. A. Sargent, ]. w. Gunner.
Woman's Home Missionary society,". B.
Smith, J. c; Boone, L; M Grigs sI3 4 a a
Edwards. ]. I. Shroyer J.. G. Jeffery; =,
w. Maupin, L. D. Youngbood w. A. Fox,
J. w Maxwell, E. e. Urner, c. A. Ward,
H. Q. Frazier. V. I. Vancleave, Daniel
Ryan.
DR.. Curtis, senior book agent of Cincin-
natl, was introduced to the conference fol-
lowing the transaction of the business of
the morning, and spoke of the work of the
Western branch Of the Methodist Book Con-
Germ. He said that thirty-six new religious
books had been published by the house dur
ing the last year. He urged better sup
port of the publication house of the church,
saying that more and better literature
could be purchased for a given sum from
the Methodist Book Concern than from any
other publishing house in America.
A TRACT ON SUNDAY CYCLING.
DIR. Freeman, representative of the SUR
day-school Union and Tract Society, adj
dressed the conference on the interest of
the society. He recommended to the per-
usal of the members of the conference a
tract on Sunday bicycling which the society
publishes. He was followed by Rev. j. W.
Hamilton of Boston, corresponding secre-
tary of the Freedmen's Aid and Southern
Education Society. In speaking Of lynch
ings, he said the records at Washington
showed that a colored man had been muir
dered in the South every day since the war
He declared himself opposed to lynchings,
whether il occurred in Indiana or Alabama
Under the thirteenth disciplinary ques-
ton Rev. T. H. Willis presiding elder of
the Bloomington district, called up the
district, whose characters were passed"
by the conferences: L. FL. Willis, j. A. Ward
l.. S. Knots, ]. II. Doddridge, w S: Nc
Michael w. S. McCallister, j. NJ. ID. Hudle-
son, j. T.. Sidebottom, ]. b. Likely +. A.
Lester, c. H. Pinnick, w. NJ Earring, S. L.
Welker, w. ]. Ellis, Zachariah Selby, j. H.
Carnes, A. n. Elrod. A. l.. Bennett and j.