Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1901-03-30
First Session Devoted Largely to
Preliminary Work.
THE COMMITTEES APPOINTED.
One to Obtain Exact Age Of the Conference
Standing Committees -Reports Read by
Presiding Elders.
Presiding Elders.

Annual conferences EplScD-
pal church, convened In St. Paul's
M. Il. church, this city, Wednesday
morning, Bishop Earl Cranston, OF
Portland, Oregon, presiding.
Following devotional services the
sacrament Of the Lords supper was
administered by the presiding elders.
AS usual the first session OF the
conference was devoted to the pre-
liminary work, such as electing off
GERS, appointing committees, Teceiv-
ing reports, etc. The roll call showed
100 ministers present.
G.. e. Maydwell, of Washington,
was elected secretary, but as be is
sick and unable to be present, the
duties Of the office will fall upon AS
sistant Secretary w. G.. Herbert,
whose assistants are r.. M. Moore,
Hagerstown +. G.. Peter, Waverly
FL. f. Downs. Baltimore.
Charles E. Guthrie, Baltimore, was
elected treasurer and +. r. Mobray,
Baltimore, statistical secretary. The
latter has six assistant as follows G..
w. Evans. A. III. Thompson, G. w.
Mcdaniel, J. w. Sumwalt, J. +.
Stiles, f. E. Marshall.
The presiding elders Us a commit
tee were empowered to appoint the
usual standing committees. which
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Book Depository and Baltimore
Methodist-W. A. Koontz, Woodbury.
G. w Heyde, Joseph Dawson, G.
w. Hobbs, Baltimore; A. J. Gill,
Cumberland f. III. Havenner, Wash.
ington.
Bible Society and the Sabbath.
r. Wheeler, Reisterstown r. w. Fl.
Weech, Aberdeen; H. G. Smith.
Hyndman, P a., @. O. Isaacs. Ana.
costa G.. q. Bacon, Baltimore.
Church Benevolences-W. E. Bird,
Baltimore; Il. o. Eldridge, Win
chester, Va, G. S..:Biggs, Kensington,
Md, E. Fl. Lamar, Arlington, Md.
Conference Claimants-W. M. Fer.
guson, j. B. Silt, Watson Case,
Baltimore; j.. Edwin Amos; Aber-
deem, Nd, S. M. Hartsock, Page,
Milburn. Washington.
EDUCATIONAL Institutions-Joseph E.
Smith, II. +. Downs, G. l.. Pate,
Baltimore; r. M. West, Fremont, w.
Va. II. M. Bristol, Washington.
Memoirs-W. NJ. Ferguson, j. ST.
Clair Neal, Baltimore; L. 20. Thrill
KEEL, Keyser, w. Va, jill. Marsh
Laytonsville G. E. Durear Taylors-
vile, M.
Temperance and Prohibition-W. w.
Van Arsdale, Annapolis; Harry Bogls
Sparrows Point j. M. Gillum, Bruins
wick Ell Watson; A. f. Campbell,
| Baltimore.
Epworth League-John T. Ensor, j.
@. Nicholson, Baltimore X. q. Muir
ray, Dublin, Hartford county A. III.
Zimmerman, Cumberland J.. f.
Heisse, Washington.
Sustentation-L. T. Wilderman M,
+. B. Rice, James P. Wilson. A..
Biolaski, H. d. Mitchell, Baltimore,
@. T. Weede, Hereford, Baltimore
county.
Rev. V. II. A. Havenner, OF
the Virginia conference was trans
ferred to the Baltimore conference
and assigned to Middletown, Md,
station. Rev. Henry Mann was al
lowed to withdraw as a minister and
member of the conference.
The conference adopted a resolution
presented by j.. r. Wheeler Of Reisters-
town, providing for the appointment
of a committee of three to ascertain
nual Conference. This is a question
that has agitated Methodism for years
and one on which writer's of Metho-
dist church history fail to agree. The
resolution asked that the Baltimore
Conference, M. E. church South, APP
point a similar committee and that
the joint committee make a thorough
investigation and report the result of
its researches to the conference in
1902. Bishop. Cranston appointed j.
r. Wheeler, W. $. Edwards, G. n.
Richardson the committee.
w. /. McKenney. presiding elder of
the Frederick district and Lucien
Clark presiding elder Of the Washing
ton district, read their reports follow
ed by the reports of the ministers of
these two districts. The hours for
the business session were fixed at from
. to ~ o'clock a motion to make the
time IL 80 being lost.
Devotional services will be held
from s 80 TO 9 90 a. m.
Communications and reports from
various organizations and activities
were received and turned over to the
respective committees.