Evening journal., 1898-03-07
COMING CONFERENCE
Considerable Conjecture as to
the Possible Outcome.
TWO NEW PRESIDING ELDERS

TWO NEW PRESIDING ELDERS
TO BE NAMED THIS YEAR AT
LEWES-SONE OF THE PAS,
ToRAL CHANGES LIKELY TO BE
MADE-SHCW1NG OF THE LAST
JOURNAL.
The thiitieth annual session OF the
Wilmington Conference OF the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church will be held at
Lewes, beginning March % next. The
session will continue about one week.
The conference embraces the State OF
Delaware and the Eastern Shore OF
Maryland and Virginia. The coming
session of conference will be an inter
esting one, and among other business
Cf Importance to be transacted will be
the naming Of two presiding elders, one
for the Wilmington district and the
other for the Dover district. The jour
nal OF the last convention shows the
number of probationers to be $500;
full members, 37,093; local preachers,
ilS; Sunday schools. 391; officers and
teachers, 6.140; scholars, "A $40; num-
ber Of churches 800; probable value
sl,57S,S00; number Of parsonages, 1888;
probable value. $27S,7OO; paid for
buildings and improvements, S38, ,884;
paid on old Indebtedness, S14. .686; pres
ent indebtedness on church property.
$ll0S77; church extension, $2.005:
missions, s23.1S7; Womans Foreign
Missionary Society s15S7; woman's
Home Missionary Society s3,343
CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDING Ell
DBRS.
Much interest centres In the new pre-
| siding elders and for the positions a
number OF prominent clergymen have
been mentioned. For the Wilmington
| district the names mentioned are those
of Hev. Ezra Tinker, OF Asbury; Rev.
| W. L. ). Murray, Of st. Paul's, and
hey. John ID. 9. Hanna, OF Union. II is
| probable, however that the bishop will
not appoint any OF the above three. as
there Is considerable opposition to Rev.
DR.. Tinker, on account OF his being
| practically new member In the con
ference and not being we'll acquainted
among the territory which he would
have to cover.
| For the Dover district those named
Tor presiding elder are Rev. Vaughan
s. Collins, OF Georgetown; G. A. Grise
OF Chestertown; 4. A. II. O'Brien. oi
Frederick, and S. M. Morgan, of Snow
Hill.
During the past year Rev. DR.. Wal
ter p. Avery, who was appointed las
conference year as presiding elder O
the Salisbury district, was compelled /,
resign his Office, owing to poor health
He was succeeded by Rev. Thomas h
Il Martlndale OF Milford, Delaware. an,
II Is likely that no change will be mad
until Mr.. Martindale has served out lhi
term Of six years. Rev. G. III. King. o
New England Conference, has bee,
hlling the vacancy at Milford cause,
, by the appointment OF Mr.. Martindalt
; and the congregation has asked him /
, return for another year. Mr.. King
! not a member OF this conference. an
I states that he will not set a transfel
Z but will return to his conference In tn
! Spring.
SOME PASTORAL CHANGES.
Rev. John France will not retire. a
reported, but will return TO Cookna,
Church. Those Who will retire tn
coming year are Rev. r. s. williams, o
Red Lion, who Will settle at Nor-b
East, Cecil county, and Rev. E. II. Hyn
son. OF Kent Island, who will renov
70 Smyrna Rev. II. H. Adams. there
tring presiding elder of overldistrloi
= VIII 90 to Easton, Md, having accept
ed q call TO that church. Rev. l. =
Barrett, the retiring presiding elder o
the Wilmington district, has not as We
| accepted a call, but in the event OF MI
= Murray being made presiding elder Mi
Barrett VIII succeed him at st. Paul
Church, Wilmington.
But few pastoral changes are liloel
? TO occur in the Wilmington distric
Rev. L. p. Corkran will leavesNew Cas-
tie, II. G. Budd will go to Berlin, Re,
, 70. g. Atkins will go to Centrevill,
Z Rev. w p. Dawson win so to Chester
I and Rev William Mowbray will 30 L
! Zion, Cecil county. 4
4 Bishop John p. Newman. who wi
Z preside, Is a native of New York, an
was born on September /, 1926. II
graduated from Cazenofia Seminar
and Joined the conference In 1S4S. n
Travelled in Europe for some years, an
! IN 1864 went TO New Orleans to estal
j | llsh the Methodist Episcopal Church, /
e | the Southwest after the Civil war. III
r | three years he served as chaplain in th
r United States Senate, and was pastor {
s the Metropolitan Methodist EpiscOps
Z | Church, Washington, d. c., for thrt
e years lie was appointed by Prosider
IS Grant in 1873 as inspector Of America
q consulates. He was elected bishop /
}. 1880.
4 Rev. A. S. Mowbray, of Elkton, Is sc,
y retary OF the conference, which positio
r he has filled for several years.
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THE FINAL SCORES.
These are the final scores OF the Wi