The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-04-11

ADJOURNMENT
Contributions for Benevolent Pur-
poses in Excess Of Last Year.

Hurlbut Returned to rlOrriStOWn
Church = Liberal Collections for
Twentieth Century Fund = COM
mittee to Locate loo3 neeting.
The 45th annual session of the Newark
Methodist Conference closed in Eliza
beth on Tuesday afternoon.
DIR. John A. Gutteridge, secretary of
the commissioners of the Newark Con-
ference Twentieth Century Thank
Offering and Endowment Fund, created
April II, 1899, reported that the COM
mission bad distributed 10000 souvenir
books and 10000 contribution cards.
The returns have been for Centenary
Fund and Preachers Aid Society, $24,
900; Centenary Collegiate Institute. $7O,-
900; Drew Theological Seminary, $1O,-
900; Wesleyan University, $4,000.
The amount paid on church and par
sonage debts during three years, was ::
Elizabeth district, $44,565; Jersey City
district, $56 1884; Newark district, $751;
1893; Paterson district. $35,854
In addition to this there was con-
tributi of $142 for the M. E. Hospital,
Brooklyn, making total of $348, ,567.
The conversions during the three years
were: Elizabeth district. 1,725; Jersey
City district. 3,572; Newark district,
,944; Paterson district, $685. Total
10,910.
The secretary announced that the ag-
gregate for collections for benevolent
purposes as ordered by the discipline
for the past year was $40, an in
crease of 81, ,2O6 over the year previous.
Bishop Joyce on Tuesday night an
nounced the appointments in part as fol-
lows:
JERSEY CITY DISTRICT.
J. R. Wright, presiding elder. Grace,
Joseph F. Andrew.
NEWARK DISTRICT.
W. L. Hoagland, presiding elder.
Basking Ridge, w. M. johnson. Ber-
nardsville, G. H. Won Claim. Bloom
field: Park Church, G. S. Woodruff;
Watsessing, P. G. Blight. Caldwell,
Arthur Lucas. Chatham, D. F. Diefen-
dorf Denville, T. E. Gordon. East
Orange: Calvary, f. G. Baldwin Ferry
Church, Richard Johns; Park Avenue,
R. B. Urmy; Sanford Street, T. g.
Spencer Franklin, Elbert Clement.
Green Village, F. E. Adell. Madison, j.
B. Faulks, Mendham, George Mooney.
Montclair, J. Y. Dobbins. Morristown,
j. l.. Hurlbut. Newark: Centenary,
Henry Spellmeyer; Central, W. FL.
Morgan; Church extension charges.
Grace, j. L. Anderson; Montgomery
Street, G. J. Hoyt; st. Andrews, w B.
Ways; st. james, W. w. G. Walker;
West Orange, to be supplied; Dashiell
Memorial, D. d. Eaton; Davis Memo
rial, G. F. Hull; De Groot, w. E. Pal
mer; Eighth Avenue, Wesley Martin;
Franklin Street, F. S. Simmons; Halsey
Coultas; ST. Luke's, w. p Ferguson;
street, G. S. Dawson; Summerfield, W.
S. Robinson; Trinity, A. R. Crovel;
Union street, j. A. Owen; New Provi
dence, A. Van Deusen; New Vernon to
be supplied, Orange Frank MacDaniel;
Parsippany, Fl. M. Temple; Pine Brook
and Clinton, q. F. Apgar, G, S.
Thomas; Rockaway Valley, H. K.
Ebright; South Orange, Fl. F. Randolph; ;
Springfield. j. H. Egbert; Summit, A.
H. Tuttle; Verona, j l. Boswell; Whip
pany, j. M. Potter. a.
H. A. Buttz, president of Drew Theo
logical Seminary, and member of Madi-
son Quarterly Conference.
S. l.. Baldwin, recording secretary of
the Missionary Society and member of
Montclair Quarterly Conference.
J. F. Dodd, assistant recording secre
tary of the Missionary Society," and
member of Roseville, Newark Quarterly
Conference.
G, F. Sitterly, professor in Drew Theo-
logical Seminary, and member of Madl-
son Quarterly Conference.
j. A Gutteridge, financial secretary
of American University and member of
Roseville, Newark Quarterly Con-
ference.
PATERSON DISTRICT.
G. S. Ryman. presiding elder; Boon
ton, G.. G. Moulsdale; Dover First
Church, William Eakins and Grace. M.
T. Gibbs; German Valley, S. B. Dar-
nellie; Hackettstown, j. &. Johnston;
HibernIa, M. S. Lambert; Hopatcong
and Hurdtown, Samuel Jones;.L Lafayette,
William Burd Mount Freedom and Mill
brook, A. G. Covey; Mount Hope and
Richard Mine, j. W. Dodson; Mountain
View, A. M Harris; Newton, A. B..
Richardson, Port Morris. j. Ii, E.
Schultz; Port Dram, w. E. Blakeslee /;
Rockaway, w. j. Hamton; Waterloo,
G. w. Demming.
Alexander Craig; corresponding Sec
retary of the Conference Board of Edu-
cation, and member Newton Quarterly
Conference.
]. ii. Robertson. conference evan
geltst, and member of the Market Street
(s.aterson) Quarterly Conference.
w. II. Mccormick. conference tenn
perance agent and member of the First
Church (Dover) Quarterly Conference,
G. d. Morris, missionary to Corea.
John Krantz. general sales agent of
the Methodist Book Concern, New York
and member of the Wesley Church
(Paterson) Quarterly Conference.
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