Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-03-23
WILMINGTON CONFERENCE
Opens at Cambridge, Yesterday, With
Bishop Cyrus D. FoSS Presiding.
DETAILS OF THE ORGANIZATION
announcement of the Stand
ing Committees.
REPORT OF PRESIDING ELDER BAKER

Cambridge, Nd, March 22.-Zion
Methodist Episcopal Church, in which
the 3lst annual session of the Whining
ton Conference began today, was
thronged last night. when the MEM
bers of the conference were given. a re-
ception by the Epworth League. The
three hours. Joseph L. Carr, superin-
tendent of the public schools of Dor
chester county. made the address of
welcome, and the Rev. w. L. s. Muir
ray, d. D., responded. Miss Edith
Halbert of Baltimore reeited several
selections and Miss Edna Phillips and
Miss Brown sang duets. An orchestra,
directed by Luther Andrews, was in
attendance A committee of young
women served refreshments. The Rev.
L. G. Macnichol, ID. D., the pastor of
the church, assisted in receiving the
visitors.
CONFERENCE ORGANIZED.
\ The Conference session this morning
was preceded by the sacrament of the
Lords Supper, the presiding elders
officiating and DR.. Macnichol assisting.
Organization was effected at $40
O'Clock, Bishop Cyrus ID. Foss of Phil
adelphia presiding. One hundred and
thirty-one members of tho Conference
responded to roll-call. The following
officers were elected:
Conference secretary, A. S. Now
bray; assistants, w. A. Wise and u.
II. Webster; journal secretary, j. ID.
Rige; biographical secretary, p. II.
Nelson; statistical secretary, w. X.
Mowbray assistants, III. A. G. West
erfield, w. w. Sharp, V. p. Northrup,
q. P. Jones, G. p. Smith, j. ii.
Geoghegan, L., Il. Poole and j. L.
johnson; Conference treasurer, G. A.
Grise; assistants, r.. X. Stephenson,
H. M. Budd. Edwin Gardner, w. b.
Copper, +. g.. MacSorley, j. M. Lin
dale, Julius Dodd, Theodore f. Beau
champ. Aloysius Green and E. @. At
kinson; stewards, p. II. Rawlins, j.
A. Arters, J. S. Wickline, John France;
Conference postmaster, j. L. Prouse.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
The following standing committees
were elected:
Public Worship--C. S. Baker, e. G.
Macnichol and u, Fl. Miller.
Education-W. r. Compton, T. b.
Cooper, L. r. Sidell and II. G. Turner.
Bible Society,". II. Vandyke, j. II.
Beauchamp, 9. W. Strickland and W.
p. Taylor.
Sunday school and Tracts-C. II.
Williams, d. f. McFaul, L. T.. Poole
and j. p. Outten.
Temperance-Asbury Burke, James
Grove, s. P. Shipman and Alfred
Smith.
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Fl. G. MacSorley, Robert Roe, Adam
Stengle and o. p. Swain.
Woman's Home Missionary Society
| d. II. Waddell, j. d. Kemp, G. l..
Hardesty and f. S. Mace.
Freedman's Aid and Southern Edu-
cation Society-R. X. Stephenson,
Warren Burr, il. p. Harris and +. f.
| Carpenter.
Missionary Statistics-D. j. Givan,
+. X. Moore, G. S. Conaway, L. III.
Harding, G. X. Ellis, w. o. Bennett,
W. II. Kenney and Harry Taylor.
Sabbath Observance-F. B. Short,
| A. 2. Prettyman, l. G. Fosnocht and
Periodioals-C. A. Grise, f. J. Coch-
ran, Wilmer Jaggard and r. FL. Der
rickson.
Epworth League-W. G. Rooms, G.
W. Bounds, W. Il. Avery and w. O.
| Hurst.
Stewards Endowment Fund-C. w.
Prettyman, John France, j.. A. Arters,
G. f. Sheppard, W. Fl. Jackson, IL. S.
Goldey, W. II. Thompson and Harry
| A. Roe.
Ministerial Qualifications G.
Atkins, George W. Townsend, John
France, j. W. Easley, +. II. Nelson,
W. j. DuIIadway, II. S. Thompson
Auditing o. Sypherd, J. NJ.
Mitchell, G. p. Smith and W. S. IL.
| Williams.
Conference Relations-C. A. Hill, L.
E. Barrett, @. T. Wyatt, w. l.. S.
Murray, j. NJ. Lindale, j. III. Beat
champ, S. M. Morgan and j. d. @.
| Hanna.
| PRESIDING ELDER BAKERS REPORT.
The Rev. G. s. Baker, d. d., pro-
siding elder of the Dover district, read
his report. The following is an extract
The district embraces nearly all Of
Dorchester and Caroline counties,
Maryland, and most of Kent and Sus-
sex counties, Delaware. Within these
limits, Methodism has "A pastoral
charges, which have been served the
past year by 35 conference members
and nine supplies.
None of our effective preachers or
their families have been visited by
death or serious illness during the year.
Declining health compelled the Rev.
Eben WEIGH, supply for Zoar Circuit,
to resign his charge at the end of the
third quarter. He removed to Barclay,
Md, where he died on February LIST,
After years of disability and much
suffering, the Rev. j. III. Caldwell, d.
D., superannuate, passed away on
March 18th.
The Rev. Y. II. Webster is the only
pastor on the district completing the
full term of five years.
fredericksburg was among tho appoint
ments left to be supplied at our last
session. The Rev. T.. II. Sidell. a
supernumerary member of the West
Wisconsin Conference, was secured ia
fill the vacancy. Later, his relation
was changed to effective, and he was
transferred to this conference, the Rev.
M. II. 1Iackman going to the West
Wisconsin Conference in exchange.
EARLY in the year, the Rev. W. NJ.
Green was transferred from Woodside
to Hooper's Island
The Rev. G. |. Stongle, on August
LIST, resigned his charge, at Leipsic,
and withdrew from the ministry and
membership of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church. During the remainder of
the year, the Rev. j. IL. Gardner served
as supply at Leipsic.
The Rev. A. II. Convey was released
from Little Creek in September, to at
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