Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1898-12-02
N. G. CONFERENCE.
It's Sixty-Second Session,
Bishop Fitzgerald,
Presiding.

Church South is being he!d III
Elizabeth City this week, hay
ing convened at 0:3o O'Clock
We dnesday nornining, Bishop
O. P. Fitzgerald presiding. The
session was opened with devo>
tional exercises and singing the
conference hymn. "And are we
Yet Alive and See Each Others
Face" On declaring the con
ference opened and ready for
business Bishop Fitzgerald made
short address and feelin2ly re-
ferred to his early life in Old
North Carolina and the pleasure
it gave him to be present Oh
such an occasion.
Rev. DR.. +. A. Yates made q
telicitous reply to the Bishops
cordial greeting, assuring him
that it was equally pleasant to
the members OF the North Caro-
lima Conference to have Bishop
Fitzgerald with them as presi
ding officer.
Rev. w L. Cunninggins, the
secretary of the last conference,
call the roll and nearly one hun
dred preachers and twenty~thrce
lay delegates responded. Rev.
w. L. Cunninggin was re>elec>
ted secretary and Revs. N. II. D,
Wilson and G. 7. Simmons were
chosen assistant secretaries.
The name of r. E. Pittman
in place of c. P. Dey, lay dele,
gate from the Newberne district
was announced.
On motion Of Rev.W. S. Rome.
a committee on admissions was
appointed, said committee to
hold office for four years.
The usual committees and
boards Of missions, education,
church extension, Bible cause,
Sunday schools and temperance
were appointed by the confer
enCe.
On motion of Rev. DR.. F. D
SWindell, the Presiding Elders
were requested to nominate
chairmen of the various COM
mittees on examination for the
ensuing four years.
Rev. G. A. Oglesby offered a
resolution, which passed, that
special prayer be offered during
the conference tor re-
vival of religion throughout the
bounds of the conference, and
that the committee on public
worship be requested to arrange
for preaching at least once every
day or night during conference
On motion Of ReY. J. N. Cole
a commission was appointed to
confer with the commission of
the Western North Carolina
Conference on the paper ques-
ton.
Rev. D. A. Yates offered a res
olution strongly censuring the
methods of the book agents IN
securing the publishing house
war claim, and demanding that
the sum of money collected be
immediately refunded to the
United States Government. Sew
eral spoke Of offering substitutes
and L. L. Smith, Esq, moved to
make it the special order for the
day on Friday at II O'Clock.
Rev, G. A. Oglesby moved to
amend by appointing a special
committee to consider the pubs
fishing house claim and report
at that hour, which action was
finally decided upon
The report from Rev. Drs.
w. r. Lambuth and J. H.
Pritchett, Missionary secretaries
was read and referred to CONS
mittee Oh Missions.
Reports from the agents of
the Church Publishing Honse,
Thepe1s, Barbee s. Smith, and
report from from DR.. J. D. Ham
mond, secretary of the Board of
Educrtion, were referred to prop
er committees without reading.
Reports from Board of Trus-
tees of Louisburg Female Coli
lege, was presented and referred.
DR.. John c. Kilgo. president
of Trinity College, read report
of Board of Trustees of that in~
which was also referl
red.
On motion Of Rev. i. r. Hall,
a telegram of sympathy and frat
ernal greeting was sent the
venerable Jesse Cunninggim,
who is very sick at Greensboro,
and missed the roll-call this
for the first time during
his S. years active service in
the ministry. The Conference,
at the request of Bishop Fits
gerald, sang Together, Let us
Sweetly Live" and old Father
Belts, who joined the Conference
when DR.. Cunninggim did,
offered special prayer for his
comrade and the other inhrn
ministers.
Questions IS was called. Who