The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-19
class Of fourth year: % additions: salaries
of pastor and presiding clderip;:il o per
..,fi or,s

W. e. Moore. Grace Church, cEF ort
News-Advanced to foura:i{ Ses - me r.
port; net increase. 20 per NY ea a.:
in Epworths I<eagu a0V No. =
crease in Sundays school, lSS iel l., ,Ssh.-'
air collections and assessments Is. 1's. .i,
We. GI,,lrch. West Hanover-Advanced
to fourth year; 10 or 80 conversions s ~
increase. 10; finances fair
j. a. Harry Franklin Circult-7D,io no.
stand examination: continued IN Grass >. %
third year; net increase and aiT;iiices oe.
ter than last year -
i. Hunter Early. Kockfsi2-Advancea;
30 conversions: 81. accessfons; wv ca eis
completed and dedicated.
Daniel T. Merritt. Port Nortolk-Ad-4
vanced; 60 professions;,-69 net Increase
collections au assessments all PAID
John u. Scwell, Central Church, Ports
uloi1th-Not before committee on account
OF sickness; :. 65 conversions; continued AZ
class Of third year.
p e.. McSparran, Surry Circuit--Ao-
vanced work on an grade; pastor pau
90 per cent advance on coflect!ons' iie>
decrease CT members, 9.
]. B. Lavender, East HalifaI-AoVa'lIsu,
net increase reported and advances ".s
all lines. .+,,d
]. +. Oiler. Hyco Circuit-Did. not staha
eyamina t;on: continued in class OF thlfo
ye,r. vas called to bedside OF ms Sich
Wife, reported decrease along all ines
+ p Peerman,i student atsVanderoAt-
Did not stand examination.
l.. c. Shearer, West Point-Sos oeAoi
committee. ,,,,e
,phe conference accepted WITH l.laiins
AN invitation from the Newport news
and Old Point Railway and EleceIicoi
Company to go to Fort Monroe lueaous
afternoon. The cars will leave at
o'clock and will put the party pack ~
Newport News at o'clock.
Pending the announcement OF the re-
a,,it of the third ballot. nr-s2loss was m
reduced and the incident described IN the
beginning or this report, occurred!
THIRD BALLOT.
The third ballot was announced at the
close of DR.. Lafferty,s remarks. II oe-
veloped that 208 votes had been cast,
Rev. DR.. A. Coke Smith receiving lo4 anu
Rev ]. c. Reed, Ill votes. thus oelns
elected. Other votes received were: Ut.
w. G. Starr 81; DR.. ]. Powell Garland
Sc; Dr. ]. W. Young. 63: Rev. II. Al,
Hope. IS; Rev R. T. Wilson, q; DR..
John Harmon. l. When the last was an
nounced, DR.. Harmon said. amen.
This ballot left one delegate TO De
elected. There was no election on the
fourth ballot; I'll votes were cost DR.
Starr. As.
The fifth ballot was likewise futile; ia
votes were cast DR.. Garland received
1o4; DR.. Young, 81; DR.. Starr, 20
The sixth ballot was close. but there
was no election. It resulted as follows:
j. P. Garland 1o2: W. J.. Young, 50; W
G. Starr, Z; II. NJ. Hope, ". A. Chris
tian l.
The seventh ballot was taken and col
lected and placed in a sealed envelope to
be announced after the memorial eXer-
cises in the afternoon, but which was not
done for the reason before stated.
RADICAL RESOLUTION.
Considerable business was transacted
during the balloting. a radical resolution
was introduced by Rev. w P. Wright
and c. D. Crawley memorializing the
General Conference to legislative III favor
of creating districts that shall embrace
not more than twelve pastoral charges.
the presiding elder to be pastor of one of
those charges: the number OF bishops to
be increased to thirty; no Episcopal dis
trict to embrace more than two confer
ences. This memorial was referred.
DIR. ]. c. c.. Newton, G. W. Jones and
r. H Bennett introduced for-reference a
memorial asking the General Conference
to change the law, in regard to missions
so as to amend paragraph $40, so as to
insert the WORD general" instead of
# foreign" also to authorize the general
board to organize mission work within
the bounds of any conference.
Rev. J. z. DeShazo introduced a memo
rial having for its purpose the lengthen-
ing of the pastorate in home mission fields
and providing a method for collections
from mission charges.
The conference invited Prof. ii. II.
Hamnil to deliver an address a Trinity
Church at 1880 o'clock tonight
SEPERANNUATED.
The following names were referred for
the superannuated relation: f. ". Proc
tor, James Q. Moss ana c. w. Cain. In
connection with Mr.. Proctor, who is seri-
ously i'll, a. collection was taken up net
ting S17S.47. Mr.. Moss is the Oldest mem
Der of the conference. having entered into
full connection in 1856 and been engaged
in active work ever since.
Dr. ]. p. Lafferty was called to the
chair during the consideration OF he re-
port of the Trustees of the Virginia
Methodist Orphanage,s read by DR.. ]. w.
Eledsoe 1t was reported that though the
work on the buildings had been retarded
by difficulty in getting lumber ana other
material, contracts had been let for two
cottages and an administration building.
Rev. J. T. Mastin. the financial agent,
has secured during the year $4,000 in
cash and. SuDScrlpt!OIlS IltS .iSppil was
adopted AMENDED SO as TO ask for the re-
appointment OF Dr.. Bledsoe to be super
infenGent and Mr.. Mastin to be financial
agent.
INTERESTING REPORTS.
A number of pastors were called and
their Echara cters passed. The following
reports will be interesting:
j. 7. .Routten, Dcnny-Street, Richmond
Splendid year: Sunday-school membership
outnumtcrs church membership lo &C
cessfons to church
w. W. Royal. Observation-Disclosures
along all lines.
George E. Booker, Wright Memorial.
Good year: sixty conversions and :ecia-
nations.
]. c. C. Newton, Owens Memorial,
Portsmouth-Good year: % accesslons;
church Handicapped by large debt
S. S. Lambeth, Liberty-Strcet Berll-
ley-Gcod years work and harmony pro-
noted.
Il. Y. Chatham Haygood and Lynn
acknowledgements OF, 10 owing to flow Of
population 70 Norfolk.
J. n. Latham, Park View. Portsmouth