The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-09-25
GOT A PUBLIC
REPRIMAND.
Rev. s. w. Mcclure, OF Monroe,
Was Called to Account
AT EAST OHIO CONFERENCE
The Charge A gatnst Him Was immortality
Pastors Urged to- Increase
Collections at the Con-
ference.

Youngstown, Sept. A.-At the open
ing of Saturdays session of the East
Ohio Conference the first business to
claim the attention was the public rep
rlmand of Rev. 8. w. Mcclure, Of Mon
roe, against whom charge Of i'm
morality had been preferred. Rev. Nc
Clure was called to the chancel and
Bishop Fitzgerald reprimanded him.
Several matters were rushed through
hurriedly, including the reconsideration
of the motion made a day or two ago
relative to the placing Of the name Of
Rev. T. J. Post. of Akron, on the super
numerary list, and he was given a
transfer to the Colorado Conference.
The names of Rev. w. N. Webster, OF
Newton Falls and Rev. H. H. West
wood, of Solomon, Nd, were placed on
the supernumerary roll u
The venerable Bishop Bowman, Of
East Orange, N. j., took his seat on
the platform and was given an enthu-
siastic welcome by the members. Sum
day he delivered the sermon at the
dedication Of the Belmont avenue Meth
odist Episcopal church in this city.
Reverends w. e. Boettcher. of Anti
och; L. o. Eldridge, of Painesville: II.
c. Grover, Of Cleveland; r. w. Martin,
of Stafford; r. X. Norris, of North
Bloomfield; r. Sullivan, of Berne; r.
p. wykofY, Of Morristown; w. E. Faith
erly, of Madison, and w. w. Bering-
ton, of Cleveland. were received into
full membership, the ceremony being
of a very interesting character, Bishop
Fitzgerald delivering a most eloquent
address to the candidates.
Hon. F. A. Arter, Of Cleveland, pre-
sented the report of the board Of stew
ards, recommending that the pastors
use every effort to increase collections
for the conference, and that day be
set apart to be known as "Old Folks
day" during the conference year and
the cause Of superannuated ministers
be presented and collection taken for
them. The report showed that $6,679.SS
had been received and disbursed. h
The following were elected officers of
the Southern EDUCATIONAL Society for the
ensuing year: President J. w. King;
vice president, c. w. Harshman; man.
ayers, T. II. Armstrong, Professor j. A.
Leonard, A. A. Brown, Hon. J. M. Stull,
D. c. Grover, H. c. Hornbrook, H. w.
Denver, ]. s. Dram, w. p. Starkey, j.
w. Moore, w. H. Dye, Frank Roller,
c. S.McKine, and w. ]. Wilson.
At the session of the Itinerants' Club
Rev. H. s. Jackson, of Warren, said:
"In reference to the question of amuse-
ments, which attracted SO much atten-
tion in the late general convention,
was from the first from the standpoint
OF conviction in favor Of leaving amuse-
ments to be determined within the light
of personality; within the influence OF
the pastor and the church"
The anniversary Of the Woman's For
eign Missionary Society was held Sat
urday afternoon, the leading address
being delivered by Rev. Frederick Hay
ner, who has just returned from China
and who took for his subject Personal
"Reminiscences of the Boxer trouble"
At the anniversary Of the Church Elk.
tension Society Saturday addresses were
delivered by Rev. w. A. Rec, and Rev
". B. Neely.
HOW SUNDAY WAS SPENT.
The conference love feast Sunday
morning, at $3.50 at Trinity church. was
conducted by Rev. d. c. Osborne and
participated in by many members Of
the conference. At 10:30 Bishop Fitz.
gerald preached forceful sermon upor
"Self sacrifice for the glory Of God"
All the pulpits of the city were sup
piled by members of the conference. Al
the close Of the services the impressive
service of ordination of deacons was
conducted by the bishop and the fol-
lowing ordained:
r. J. Norris, John r. Hartry, William
e. Boetticher. E. e. Wyffoff, A. e
Yeager, Delo C. Grover, and Ross Sulli.
van.
Another special event Of the day was
the dedication Of the Belmont Avenue
Methodist church. The services were
conducted by Bishop Thomas L. Bow
man, d. D., l.. L. d., of Newark, N.
At o'clock was the conference memori'
i. al service in honor Of the following who
have died during the year: Rev. j. 8
Youmans, d. D., Rev. N. c. Worthing'
ton, Rev. Louis Paine. d. d., and Rev
Hiram Kellogg, Mrs. washington
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