Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-07-04
District Conference.

gave you in a preceding article
a statement of the report from the
Virginia part of the District. AS your
paper may not have a large circula-
ton in them aryland part OF the work
l will be less minute about that. The
work as a whole though 10 In gooo
condition and the pastors are hope
full of good results. Waterfeld, Heath
and Bradford, of Accomac, are all
doing finely in their Maryland work
Those that known the men do not
expect any other than faithful WORK
and fine results from them. Hosier,
who did four years good service in
Pocomoke, is rendering like service
on the Cambridge Circuit. White,
with his Northampton, wife Is ever
true, ever faithful, ever worthy and
is succeeding The work in Sails
bury is taking on new life. They
are building a mission Chapel and
are thinking of building $3O,OOO or
SAC, 900 church to take the place OF
the present Trinity building. Rev.
DR.. ]. c. @. Newton is in charge
there.
The report on Finance was written
snd read by Mr.. j. w. Grandy, a
wholesale merchant in Norfolk. AS
business matter printed by bust
ness man, it was success. Dr..
w hitehead said THAT with few ex-
ceptions the financial condition OF
the Church on the district is remark
ably good" 1t Is questionable, II
any other part of the entire Virginia
Conference, can make as good show
ing in this, as Accomac and North
ampton made.
Howard b. Shenton, Lawrence A
Smith, of Dorchester Co., Md, and
]. Galloway Robertson, OF Norfolk,
Va, were licensed as local preachers
The Conference confirmed the &C
ton of the committee in the sale OF
the District parsonage at Bloxom
and ordered that after paying the
debt on the same and also restoring
certain funds, that the remainder be
loaned to Cape Charles Church, with
out interest. 1t also ordered that
$500 be assessed to the various
charges of the District to help that
church.
Ex-Gov. E. E. Jackson, of Sails
bury, Md, 6. L. Stevens, of Norfolk,
Va, P. B. Tankard, of Franktown,
Va, aud ]. w. Grandy, of Norfolk,
were elected to represent this district
in the next Annual Conference
which meets in November, in Char
lottesville, Va. L. J. Hyslup, Keller,
and A. s. Matthews, Temperanceville
are their alternates.
The Conference passed the charac-
ter and renewed the license of the
unordained local preachers OF the
District. 1t was found that in Acco-
mac and Northampton, where in
former years there were many local
preachers of power and usefulness
that there is now but one, the Rev.
Henry Hunt, of Northampton-a
worthy successor Of those of yore.
The writer was pleased to find the
Rev. DR.. Charles Hill, the pastor OF
the Nj. E. Church at Salisbury. Be-
fore the NJ. E. Church, South, was
organized on the Eastern Shore, Rev
Charles Hill, the father Of the pres
emit DR.. Hill, as preacher of the III
E. Church, was pastor in Accomac
At that time he married Miss Yves
colt. Thus the blood of Virginiani
flows in the veins of the present Hill
He has many relatives here. Hi
father, a man of power and principle
showed the highest type Of fraternity
The son not only inherits the ability
but the same sweet spirit, thai
characterized his father.
The Conference was cordially ano
unanimously entertained. Il.