The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-04-02

SO. Grace (NosaOkel 5000. Ashwood
loo. Central Cumberland 5000 La
addition "a the above amounts the kos-d
paid ca the Parent Board Sl3.49O br
4. III. Nh'sner. Secretary Of the pa-cot
Hoard OF Church Extension. aiirrssel
the Conference lie humorously r, lerr,.l
20 the unusual breeziness OF the pr.s,,,t
session. which he said broke the record
nd made TITS body close akin toits n,s-
nelSepoT, the Virginia Conference lie
urg Il that more attVntiOn b. pRii TO she
arm of service which he represents a.
secretary al Church Extension
RESOLUTIONS OF sympathy Tor De ! ]
A4ah'rty m his sickness were passed
4 motion encouraging the builtinc OF a
new church at Blscb shurg Wa passed
\ motion was made providing for the
appointment of p committee OF five 10
consider the Rdvisihility Of estahli. hing
q paper eNclusie ely dev 0te,i To the B1l.i.
more Conference Rev " NJ. Hone. man.
aging ecitor Of the Baltimore ard Rich
mond Advocate. was invited TO addrtss
the conference. setting forth his RELATE as
20 toe paper aad the paper attitude to-
ward the Baltimore Conference After
further discussi N Of the motion it WAS
laid on the table
A report from the Epworth I.e2cse
Board was read. which Indicated pros
perity in this line of church work. "A a
offered various Recommendations :
the future The paper was adopted
ID W. Griffin was located on account
OF ineticiency
The Conference opened its final sessi "A
az % clock Tuesday night Sometime
before the hour standing room WAS ut a
premium. every avaiibie space in aisles
gallery. pulpit and pews being occupied
The interest that had been rising for
some days reached its climax : the men,
bers of the Conference RuNiOusly await
ed the word from the bishop that should
determine their field of labor and plsre
OF residence for another year While the
the audience was assembling several
hymns were sung in an informal way.
a. though % suhdue the rising tile.
Formal religious exercises were conduct
Cd by Rev. Rev. I q hewitt Bish. o
smith presiding
RESOLUTIONS oi thanks were passed aa-
preciatiye OF the services of Or q.
Hyde IN securing transportation pri,i-
ieges, also similar resolutions OF thanks
TO the people oi fredericksburg who en-
tertaiued members Of the C0nieren,-e a. 4
90 the various pastors Who gave the rse
Cf their churches
The secretary oi thc JDi1t Buarl At
finance read the report of that board
which was adopted
\ rtsoietion common iing the effort to
raise great endow.menJ fund for 81
peranuate- was heartily passed by the
toui--eu-e
Among the statistics presented were
the following.
school scholars. tl.112: collections Tor
!erti-n missions. SiOgiS: collections
ior nome missions - 1871. collections
For church extension - .j37. collections
for i b!e cause. 5000
Resolutions 81 thanks q the various
Zines ot railroads were passed.
list uf APPOINTMENTS
Bishop smith then. after a few intro.
ourtory remarks announced his appoint
ments a- follows.
Baltimore District-W. n - Harper.
Presiding tlie-. balyim ore City. Central
i Anderson taernarvon. l. : Shiies.
81 Pau. IT, II sherman: Wiikens Ave-
nu". =. 4. TYLER L. W Ha-iup supply
tm menrei. J : Eagle; Frederick Avenue.
q Best. Arlington. ! L. Andrew
0llnr1oS. g.. / M ooi'. keisterStnwn. =
Bangs. + IT Slip.-v. lsupplv1 Free.
dom. M. 4. Nhir--al. Howard e. II Dr.
Lacey Li-ganore. " = Miller. one 10 BE-.
-npp l.i by e. Maddox Frederick. \.
~N4tzer. Brunswick. George Hs--i. Pools.
Yiif. j Davidson. Ciark-hurg. ! q
Michael, GairLershurg i T. Lambert. &.
smith, Rockville ~ i Locke. q n
Fielding. Emory. %. g.. Beal. Hyattsviile.
". tarkley, Beitsvi'l-. a. Parrott.
Laurei. W. J. smith. Wesley Grove. "
II Sanders. Student in Vanderbilt Uni.
ver-Ity. j.. H. Balthi-
~ Baltimore District-R " Bond
Presiding Elder; Baltimore City. Trinity
r h yest-T, Calvary. p ". Jrffriee.
Ias ior-. ) B Henry + Barber; North
Point. r. bay. West Hartford J K.
Jacobs, 40. rdeen, H. Y. B1rruss: Kenr
J. Ryder; Church Hin. II NJ Strickler.
Queen Anne's. l. Hammond: Golisbnro.
W H. King; Hilsboro. G. r Mays; Eas.
ton and Caroline. ". +. Henry. one to be-
supplied; Trappe, II " Reed. ROYAL
Oas and Iilghmans. H. L. Myerly: sew
ern, &. ". Moore; West River. Thomas
cooper; Chesapeake. c X Millican: Cal
vert. e. W Richardson, h T. Baker:
fatuxent, A. Nelles; Forest Grove. e..
W Mark; Prince George g. j. II Scboolev;
Charles and st. Mary's. r. g. hewitt. 4
n. hewitt; Student IN Randolph Macon
College, j. r. Hupman.
Presiding Elder; Washington City. Mount
vernon Place + j Prettyman; Epworth
ID l.. Biakemore. Marvin. ". l. Dolly
West Washington. j. H. White: Del
Ray. Homer WEIGH; Alexandria. j p
stump; fredericksburg. J :. Hutchinson.
Fails Church, ". II Wool: Leesburg. s
T. ferguson; LoudouD, J. l. KILLER l..
H. hlncaid- supernum erary; Middlebur0
j. HI kuhlmann; Hiilsboro, ". ". Waters
one 20 be supplied by J II. Watkins;
Hamilton. +. 4. Strother; Wsrrenton.
". IL. Ballangee; Bethel. j. W. Smith:
Marshall, W p G. Coe, 6. W. STAPLES:
Fairfax, }. {. Hawk; Centrevile. W. G
Hammond; Sterling, J. W Mitchell. G
W. Gather; o, coquaD, W. b. Dorsey;
Fauquier, ". T. Cover; Remington. VI
II. Marsh; Sudley, 5 '. Hildebrand.
Manassas. ;. X. Cockrell; Stafford. c. l.
Potter: Worthwhile j. NJ Hawley
Winchester District H. L Hamsll
Presiding Elder Winchester, Charles d
B1'la; Frederick, y n. Hall; Stephens
City. II A. Brown; Middleton. W :
Hammond. Strqshuro " AZ xVhooto-