The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-04-11
METHODIST CONFERENCE.
List Of Appointments

Monday nights session of the Balt-
more Conference of the Methodist Church
South, ut Roanoke, proved to be rather
stormy. Ii was occasioned by the report
of the committee on education, which
recommended that the claim Of Miss Mat
tie +. Harris against the conference on
account Of the Wesleyan Female Institute
for over s. 900 be not allowed. IA the
committee did not believe that the debt
was Just and the conference was neither
legally nor morally bound to pay it. \
spirited discussion followed.
The conference voted almost unani-
mously tn ''repudiate' the claim on the
ground that il was unjust
The report Of the committee ON confer
ence relations was submitted The list
OF opportunities will number at least
One-iiith Of all the members Of the confer
ence.
Rev. DR. 5. X. Cox was endorsed ~
editor of the Baltimore and Richmond
Christian Advocate.
Trinity Church, Baltimore, was selected
IA the place Of holding the next confer
ence A collection of about $500, mostly
in cash, was taken up TO rebuild the Gal
weston churches.
4 report from the Joint committee on
finances showed atotal collection 1915
6SS.Oi, Of which all but eli had been
paid over.
The statistics show an increase in mem
bershp within conference bounds within
the past year of ( BIS an increase OF 433
over the previous year.
Conference adjourned Tuesday
An important Episcopal decision was
rendered by the bishop to the effect that
an elder cannot join another conference
unless his application and recOmmenda-
ton be addressed To n particular confer
ence
The Rev. Homer r. lleironimus, Of
Monterey who had the charge II heresy
pending against him early in the session,
and who was completely eXonerated,
Withdrew from the conference and sever
ed his connection with the church.
The statistics concerning Sunday
schools show that the conference has so
schools and Hop scholars. This il u
gain Of COG. The schools have raised for
missions 81 .3SS. There are 22l league
chapters aud D.G3G members, a gain Of
2D2. This il the largest League mem
bcrship in the whole Southern church.
| There have been 1 1876 infants baptized
aud $73.O6S has been spent in building
aud improving the church property OF the
conference. which X valued at 81 49,
| SSl.
The Epworth League report showed
membership OF 9.636, n gain over the
preceding year of 2g2 The Sunday
school membership is II ,jl2, gain Of
GOG: collected for missions, : ,3SS i'm
proyemcnt in churches and parsonages,
$73.OG The value Of churches in the
conference is 81 ,237 .53l and parsonagcs
$25O,3j
The following are the appointments Tor
Washington district: J. W. Dufiey, pre-
siding elder fredericksburg, &. 7. Tyler;
Falls Church, J. II. Boyd Leesburg, ;.
c. Ferguson LoudOun, e. Sydenstricker,
l.. H. Kincaid; Middleburg, e. y. Sutton;
Hillsboro, e. II. Buchanan; Hamilton,
W. II. Woolf; Warrenton, II. 5. Coo;
Bethel, b. d. Harrison; Marshall W. j.
COe +: Fairfax, d. l.. Blakemorc, one To he
supplied Sterling, s b. Dolly, one To be
supplied by Selwyn, b. Cockrell; Deco
guam, j. ". Balm Fauquer, W. I. Cover;
Remington, W. H. Marsh; Sudley, J. X.
Gilbert. Manassas, W. G. Hammond
Stafford, c. l.. Potter; Morrisyille, W.
A. Sites.
Rev. J. =. Stump goes TO Calvary
church. Baltimore Rev. l. ". Canter, to
stanton. Rev. Rumsey Smithson, Trim
ty church: Roanoke, Rev. W. ID. keene,
Blacksburg; Rev J s. hutchinson. pre-
siding elder of Lewisburg district; Rev.
j. f. Armstrong presiding elder OF Rock
ngham district