Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-07-26
RAPPAHANNocK CONFERENCE.
Report or Meeting Held at CIarks.
bury Church, July 1918.

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was held at Clsrksbury church, Mid
dlesex circuit, on July 1919, 1901.
The presiding elder and sixteen pas
tors and about thirty lay delegates
were present. Rev. j. II. Mastin.
general agent of the Virginia Con
ference Orphanage; Prof. T.. Stump.
ter Smith, principal of Bedford Civ
Academy; Frank q. Newbill, princi.
pal of the Chesapeake Academy, Iry-
ington, Va, and George z. Adams,
representing the Blackstone Female
Institute, were present in the in
terest of the institutions they repre-
sent. The people of Middlesex
showed their usual unbounded hos
pitality and rendered our stay among
them exceedingly pleasant. The
session occupied two and one-half
days, and the proceedings were un-
usually interesting and, we trust,
profitable.
Reports were made from all the
twenty-five charges in the district,
which showed the condition of the
district to be on the up grade in
many ways. Numerous committees
had In review the various subjects to
be considered and made generally
encouraging reports, which often
elected interesting discussions. Lii
censes to preach were renewed for
Brethren G.. II. Forester, G. Il.
Thrift and 9. o. futile, aud G. II.
FORESTER was recommended for adj
mission into the annual conference.
The following were elected lay dele
gates to the annual conference: r.
o. Pea.ross, w. r. Stoakes, l.. Cock
rell and j. w. G.. Davis; the alter
mates being j. G. Grinels, j. f. Bel
lows, j. w. Minor and j. It. Minor.
The place selected for the next
session of the conference is Carmel
church, Westmoreland circuit. The
conference parted from the good peo-
pie of Middlesex with the earnest
desire to meet with them again as
soon as possible.
The following papers adopted are
OF special interest Your committee
appointed with reference to re-es-
tablishiDg a female school, under
the care of the church, at Bowling
Green, Va, beg leave to report that
after full consideration of the matter
we recommend as follows:
First-That this District Confer
ence proceed to elect board of trus-
tees, who are hereby directed to Sc
cure a charter from the State for
the Bowling Green Seminary at
Bowling Green, Va, said charter TO
limit he number of trustees to thir-
teen, the thirteen herein named and
their successors; and TO provide that
they shall hold the property for tie
purpose of conducting a female
school under the control of the NJ
Il Church, South, aud of the Dis
trict Conference in whose bounds il
is located, and correlated with the
Randolph-Macon system of schools:
and that the successors of the pres
ent trustees shall be elected. bv the
trustees and confirmed by the Dis
trict Conference, and that the char
ter shall prohibit the trustees from
ever going into debt so ms TO encum.
Der the property or the school.
Second-The trustees are directed
to use their best endeavors TO secure
the property of the old Southern
Seminary or other property at Bow
ling Green, Va, aud to reopen a
female school there this coming fail.
Thrd-That the people of Bow
ling Green, and our whole church
throughout this district and the adj.
joining territory Of other districts,
are urged to contribute literally in
funds and patronage to the success
of this school.
The conference duly elected the
following TO constitute the board of
trustees Il. .. Peatross, ]. w. G..
Davis, Revs. j. Il. Mastin, j. II.
Amiss, Q. ID. Crawley, w. G.. Starr.
ID. d., DR.. Garrett Anderson. O.
Eastburn, Il. L. Cooke, Atwill Bur.
russ, j. IL. Wheaton anu j. +. Bel.
lows.
This board met and organized and
took steps at once to open the school
In September next. Suitable per-
sons desiring the place of principal |
can correspond with Major II. O. |
Peatross, Bowling Green, Va,
The committee ON the Virginia
Conference Orphanage made the |
following report:
In November, 1898, our Annual
Conference appointed committee
20 look into the ACCESSIBILITY Of es-
,ablishing Conference Orphanage.
At the conference of 1899 this conf
nittee reported that they found
widespread desire on the part of our
people to put the church in position
o take care of the homeless aud
helpless children in our midst, and
idsised that board of trustees be
and the work be pushed
Q completion rs speedily as possible.
" hereupon the board of trustees
vas appointed and charter was Oh
AIMED from the legislature and the
york of raising funds was begun.
progress has been made.
farm OF seventy-five acres of land,
coated about one mile west of Rich
nond, has been purchased and there
sufficient money in hand to paw
or two buildings, work upon which l
NIL begin in about two weeks, and
bout $4,000 additional has been !
ecured in cash and subscriptions.
This institution is not for the I
enefit of the children of Methodist |
minister's alone, as some suppose. !
ut there is an effort on the part of
ne church to put itself in position I
take care of every homeless and I
elpless little child that comes I
thin its reach. One hundred thou 4
md dollars Is peeded r., finch 49, q