Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-09-10
THE CONFERENCES CLOSES,
Came to a Close Tuesday Night, After
Appointments Being Read by
Bishop Galloway.

The Methodist Conference closed
Tuesday night when Bishop GALLOWAY
announced the appointments, the fol.
lowing from the Mexico district being
among them:
Presiding Elder, J. H. Pritchett.
Mexico station, John Anderson.
Moberly station, R. f. Campbell.
Fulton station, A. B. Culbertson.
z. I. Britt, superenumerary.
Montgomery City station, ]. s.
Smith.
sturgeon circuit, J. M. O'Brien.
Oentralia station, Fl. e. Stout.
Hallsyille circuit, w. s. Booker.
Wellsville circuit, 7. B. Middleton.
Readsvllle circuit, ]. s. Rocker.
Cedar City circuit, W. N. Pape.
Williamsburg and Calmore, @. S.
Lewis.
Mokane circuit, W. A. Chapman.
Fulton circuit, J. W. Ramsey.
Mexico circuit, @. G. Hill.
Auxvasse circuit, W. B. Llewellyn.
Madison circuit, supplied by v.
Davis.
Rowena circuit, @. l. Flory.
THANKS THE PEOPLE AND THE PRESS.
1--WE give thanks to God, the Father
of our Lord Jesus Christ for the *
ceeding richness Of His grace in His
continued watchcare and blessing upon
our church, and His very evident
presence and blessing during this, our
eighty-seventh annual session.
sour sincere thanks are extended
to the good people Of Mexico for their
gracious hospitality and efforts to
make our stay among them SO pleas.
ant.
"Our thanks are also extended the
Presiding Elder, DR.. ]. H. Pritchett,
and the pastor, Rev. John Anderson,
for their untiring efforts, convenience
and religions ediication.
"We also thank the railroads of the
Western Passenger Association for
favors and reduced rates on the certi-
ficate plan. Our thanks are due the
local papers for their excellent &C
counts of conference proceedings.
&c. o. RANsFoRD.
rs. P. CREsAP."
The Conference was one OF the most
successful and largely attended within
the history Of the Conference, which
is 81 years old.
The reporters Of the Conference pro-
ceedings desire to thank the telegraph
operators, Miss Lizzie Burnett and
her assistant, Mr.. W. p. Lewis, Of st.
Louis, for their prompt and efficient
handling Of the Conference matter.
They handled some "tough" copy and
they deciphered and transmitted it
with the Swiftness and accuracy of
artists, They handled about 5000
words Monday night before IL o'clock.
To'MEEr NEXT YEAR IN COLUMBIA.
1t will meet next year In Columbia.
The session here has been a great one.
The attendance was large and a great
deal Of important business was trans
Sunday was a great day In the Mex
leo churches. The different pulpits of
the city were filed according to an
nouncements In Saturdays issue. The
Bishop and DIR. John Vincil preached
at st. Luke's M. e. Church, the latter
in the morning and the former In the
afternoon.
The meeting Saturday evening was
grand one. After the speech on the
missionary question by Bishop Gallo
way, a collection was taken for the
wainwright College, China, s6,515
was raised In a short time. All the
collection Of the church for foreign
and domestic mission we're reported in
full, the best report In the history of
the conference. The deficiency of
$500 was raised at the Saturday even
ing meeting, will go down In the his
tory of the church as a great one.
The following report on missions
was read by Rev. S. P. Cresap, of
Columbia, the Conference Secretary of
Missions:
FGN. MIS-. DOM. MIS-.
Districts Assessed. Paid. Assessed. Pd
Chillicothe 81, 100 8 ,242.00 S700 $4,000
Fayette 1900 1,415.S5 $50 726.00
Mexico 1,4OO 1,402.55 700 7o5.OO
st. Charles 1000 1,007.O 90 500 5O4.0 Q
Gallatin 1000 1882 10 500 1890
Macon 1900 1,015.00 900 10000
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