The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-08
MANY WILL
HAVE TOM0VE,
Great Upheaval Expected When
Conference Meets This Week
in Charlottesville.
in Charlottesville.
kELLAM. CHRISTIAN MATTER
This, Among Other Things. Will Will
Serve to Make Session Live
lyMany sRumors Afloat.

Six Methodist pastors OF Richmond will
leave the city Tuesday afternoon cwithtn
certaintysof not returning to their pres
ent charges. Each OF. the others will be
prepared for change that may sweep
them away, too. Both OF the presiding
elders OF the two districts into which
the city Is divided will also come under
the law OF the church that compels the
itinerant minister to change his field at
least once in four years.
The party OF ministers will be bound
for the annual conference OF Virginia
that assemblies Wednesday morning in
Charlottesville for. a regular session. For
the next week or ten days LEY will be
.busily engaged in the work OF the body,
while the Methodists of the State look
on from all quarters. The. attendance
promises to be very large. Every Meth
odist minister In Richmond will be there,
snd there will be lay delegates, besides.
Trains Will leave in the afternoon and
at night on Tuesday. Special conference
transportation arrangements have been
made. Tickets at reduced prices will be
on sale for four days. beginning TO-
morrow, and will be good until November
Gd.
The Changes.
At each meeting of the conference the,
matter OF paramount importance is. OF
course, the appointment Of ministers for
the next years work. There aree always,
several incidental issues, frequently very
lively ones, but the appointments como
always, and are always of the greatest
interest. Particularly will this be true
this year. 1t Is the talk of the confer
ence that there will be great upheaval.
with some sweeping and unprecedented
changes. Nearly every big church In the
tyf-t11 h a
Both presiding elders will move from
Richmond Rev. r. II. Bennett, of Rich
mond District, will go to Randolph Ma
con College DR.. w. Y, Tudor, OF West
Richmond, will take Mr.. BENEFITS place
at Richmond District. and Rev. DIR. r. T.
Wilson, OF Petersburg. will probably come
to West Richmond. The vacancy In the
system caused by the removal OF Mr..
Bennett will probably be filled by the
to the eldership tbs now generally felt
that the proposed revival of two old
districts will not occur,
Six local pastors will certainly change,
Five OF them have served four years:
Rev. ". B. Beauchamp, Of Broad Street;
Rev. George H. Spooner OF Trinity Rev.
y. IT. Bosnian, of Park Place; Rev. r. NJ
Mayey, of Asbury, and Rev, l., b. Betty;
II Clay Street. The sixth man Is Rev.
X }, =,
asked to be changed, Mr.. Babcock Is
what is known as a ''two-year man.
ard he has already served three years at
Pa irmount, and he. now wenislto move,
Who will succeed these six pastors
is now the question. Seyeral.of the 9th
ers may change ALSO, of course, but these
are bound ia go. There is very strong
Il, obabilty that DR.. W. ], Young, Of
Iynchburg,. will succeed Mr. Beauchamp
at Broad-street. This runor has bean
laughed at time and again, but there
have been things doing within; the past
week or so, and 1t is now very likely that
rr. Young will come here. Rev, p: 4.
Dadmun, OF Norfolk. Is prominently men
toned for Trinity, and Rev George Wes-'
ley Jones for Paramount, Among those
mentioned for clay-street Is Rev. 7,
McN. Simpson of Danville; for Park
Place. Rev. j. N. Latham is mentioned.
and for Ashury, Rev w. r, Proctor OF
.Hcrfolk,
Great interestyis felt here In the mat
Tor of the Methodist institute A superln-
tendent Wiley has served four years, ana
Under the laws of the church will have
10 move. His case,s however. Is an ex-.
ceptional, one, and II Is believed that
his removal at this time would be dis
,strous to the best. Interests OF the I'M
stitute. a Widespread movement has
Ihken set afoet TO keep him here. Peu-