Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-21
WASHINGTON CONFERENCE


THE COMMITTEES APPOINTED
For h Coming Yea and the Various
Reports Heard-A Number Of Adj
dresses Delivered LAST Evening.
ASummary Of the Day.
Yesterday morning at 9 o'clock the
Washington M. e. Conference opened
their second days session in the Fourth
Street NJ. e. Church, with devotional
services conducted by the Rt. Rev.
Bishop Fowler. At the conclusion OF
these services the Bishop assisted by
the presiding elders, administered the
sacrament of the Lords Supper to the
conference.
At 10 o'clock the conference took up
the work Of electing secretaries. On
motion the Rev. ]. III. Holme, Of Bal
timore, was chosen for this Office, with
s. A. Vergil, G. E. Gunby and c. e.
Hodges assistants. J. M. Naylor, OF
Lynchburg, Va. was elected statistical
secretary, with c. G. Cummings, ]. M.
Bean, ]. w. Carroll, VIM. Smith and
w. H. Gaines assistants. The Rev. ].
H. Griffin, of Washington, D c., was
elected financial secretary, with the
Revs. Elijah Ayers, j. H. e. Carter, G.
S. Lawrence, w. P. Ryder, c. G Key
and C. C. Brown as assistants.
The next business taken up was the
appointing of the various committees
as follows:
American Bible Society,". A. Read,
A. f. Bell, A. Dennis, Eden Hammond,
A. B. Dorsey and Daniel Aquilla.
Annual Conference Committee. H.
Goodrich, Alfred Young, w. NJ. Nor
man, C. e. Hodges, w. H. Gains and C.
w. Mathews.
Auditing Presiding Elders Accounts
c.. G. Key, w. M. Brown. J. H. Brice.
L. w. Briggs, Samuel Aquilla and A.
Hoysett
Board of Stewards-H. A. Carroll, S.
H. Norwood, G. S. Lawrence, P. G.
Walker, ]. B. Gibson, ] ". Galloway,
j. w. Beam and T. B. Snowden.
Church Extension-T. o. Carroll, Ed
ward Moore, w. S. Jackson, A. HI.
Telghman, C. H. Arnold and J. H. Wat
son.
Conference Relations-W. H. Draper,
Elipah Ayers, G. D. Nickens, T. H.
Dansbury, w. R. j.. Williams, E. S.
Williams and ] w. Waters.
Education-J. A. Holme, B. w.
Brown, T. B. S%nowden, T. W. Booth
and E. d. Venture.
Examiners of District Conference
R~ecords-B. F. Meyers, Joshua Burner,
Moses Lake, C. G. Cunening, A. Beck
and Joseph Wheeler.
Epworth Lacquer. P. Lawson, ],
w. Jackson, VIM. Smith, L. A. Carter.
J.. e. Gunby and D. W. Shaw.
Freedman's Aid and Southern Edu-
cation-R. r. Biggs, J. III. Watson, J. G.
| Norris, j. B. Gibson, Samuel Brown and
B. B. Martin, Jr.
Memoirs-Joseph Wheeler, T. H.
Brooks, J.. H. E. Carter, ]. W. Titus. ].
W. Carroll, e. S. Williams
Missionary Society," L. Evans, j. w
e. Bowen, J.. w. T. Wilson, Nathan
Ross. G. D. Pinkney and D. L. Wash
ington.
Missions-The Presiding Elders
Periodicals and L~iterature-B. T.
Perkins, W. H. Jones, J. n. Jackson,
w. r. Davis, ]. l.. Brown and S. P.
Haskins.
Public Worship. w. Waters and
S. T. Westhafer.
Temperatures. P. Haskins, G. R.
Williams, j. w. Meredith, Eden Ham
mond and C. c. Brown.
Tracts. W. Galway, Bosley
Boyce, ]. H. Jenkins, J. w. Jackson
and r. H. Robinson.
Twentieth Century Movement.
H. Griffin, c.. G.. Cummings, George
Stephens, G. r. Hughes, Ernest Lyons
and D. w. Shaw.
Morgan College and Annex. l..
Thomas, ]. A. Holmes, G. |. Withron,
N. j. Naylor, c. G. Keys, c. S. Will
liams and Ernest Lyons.
Parsonage and Furniture-J. w
Dansbury, John Barnett, j. G. Lore, A.
C. Steptol, l. G. Nash and G. D. John
son.
P~ostofice of Local Preachers-The
Presiding Elders.
Conference Postmaster. A Car
ter.
Qualification of Applicants for Ad-
mission. l.. Thomas, w. Colbert,
Daniel Ceilings, Washington Murray,
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