The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-03-28
The CONFERENCE.
The Second Days Session Sees
Good Work Accomplished.
INVITED TO VISIT ASHLAND.
list OF Deceased Ministers Read
conferences Hears Address Of COL
0'ea Minister and Takes Up
Collection For CoIored
Churches in Baltimore
Visitors Introduces
During the
Session

re report Of the Board OF General "a
Hcntion was made--by Rev. J ID. Ham
.a'hu' anc the reports of the Publishing
tnu-e ~ Nashville and OF the SnndaV
Schooi Board were-receive-f "Wednesday
evening
Miss Nina Wilson, Of Baltimore. made
the report of the Conference Basrd n,
oman Foreign Missions. and dir. !
Is Perry .oi Westbrook. Nd the Woman.
Home Missions.
Inc report of the sunday League oil
Ainee ica was referred 70 the Commit &c
on sabbath Observance.
The Committee on sabbath ohsa-va,cs
was appointed as follows
hevs o. G. Rean. J II. Henry N II
March, II. Wells e. =. Weikle F. A
Gains, 4. \ L. Neal. j. q. Wagner Inv
men, N. Walls. g. F. Roy. W. n. Daklee.
Il. ". Hill, J. A. Calhoun. IL NJ ,Jine,ier,
list
The following committee on oroha,a qe
was named -
h-vs }. Anderson, l. Hammond
W q hammond. b. F. Ball. / " Can,
Ter > ; Engle. y. Stevens. w. y. Wau-
ner, Lay men l.. W. Davis. G.. NJ. Arm
strong, +. Weaver, j. b. Rocer NJ
Sessler, A. f. Huddleston, Al 4 patr;ct
communication from toe tr1stees ri
the endo~nment fund for suDeranuated
preachers was received and referred TO
the Joint Board of Firance
coniinlttee composed of presiding
eiders Of the Baltimore aud East RaIti.
districts, Rev. ". II. D. HarDer and
Kev . W. Bond, re spectiSeiv. and Rev.
r. Is Frettyman, If Baltimore. was ap-
Po'n,eo 10 eonifr with the conferences
U 1 tne Metho6ist Episcopal and the
Me.nocist riot <sStanr churches of Balti-
'noIe :" rsg,H0 10 the booth anniver-
stry ol Jobh Wesley's birth, with the
same '"e
The 2Jth question was called and the
. II ing presiding elders responded and
their characters passed:
.Sieimore District, ". II. ID. HARPER.
East baltimore. b. w Bond; Washing
ton j. W. Duffy; Winchester. IA. p.
hamill; Rockingham. David Bush; Roa-
hoke, j +. Armstrong. Lewiston. j :.
hutchinson; Moorefield, J. T. Williams.
IN the afternoon many committee
meetings were held
Thursdays PROCEEDINGS.
The second days session of the Metho-
u'st Conference was opened at $50
a. IN. on Thursday with Bishop smith
presiding
The opening services were conducted
by j. ii. Dnlaney, of Beltsyile. Md. The
ron call developed the fact that a number
OF ministers and laymen had arrived in
the cfty since the roll call OF Wednesday
ana Were present in the church. At the
conclusion OF the roll call the class of the
hrst year was called and the following
were reported as having been examined
and characters passed j. II. Hupman
Jas I: Letter. :. X Uockren. G. VI. Sta.
pies, }. NJ. Kline. W. ID. King. G. W
stump, l.. s. Rudasiil and J H. Haley
Al OF them were advanced 70 the second
class Edward W Brubaker's examiaa.
ton not having been approved. his char
acter was passed and he was continued
IN the class of the first year.
j. Fred Peake was discontinued a. ..
preacher and will take up the work of
teaching. Under the call OF the Goth
question the names of superannuated
and dece ased ministers wascalled. Char
aeters OF the former were passed and the
names OF the deceased read as follows
Nelson Head, Il. n. \ Hough. Rumsey
Smithson. John W. Canfer. W. A. Me-
Donald, Thos +. Carson and Larkin
Crenshaw.
The following were referred TO the
Committee on Superanuuted Relations:
W. G. Eggleston, Robert Smith, Chas
q. Linthicum, John II. WHITMAN. Jas