Evening journal., 1903-10-14
LOCAL PREACHERS THINK
TOBACCO NAUGHTY BUT
Fail to Pass Resolutions
Abolishing Its Use-Last
Session in Union Church

Most Of the delegates to the forty
fifth annual convention Of the Local
Preachers Association which has been
in session IN Union NJ. r. Church for
several days past, bade farewell TO
Wilmington this morning
The last business session was held
yesterday afternoon at which these
officers were elected:
President. G. b. Stemen. Fort Wayne.
Ind; Vice presidents, frst John r..
Wright, Washington, y. a.: second,
George W. Finlaw, New Jersey Com
ference' third. n. u. Walker. East
Ohio Conference; Fourth, r.. J.. Dlckey.
Baltimore Conference; NTH Cotton
Amy. Embury Association sixth. John
Corbitt, Philadelphia Conference.
seventh. w. 4. Hammond. Wilmington
Conference; eighth. w. L. Boswell
Philadelphia Conference: ninth. S. r..
Sherwood, New York East Confer
ence; secretary. George b, Jones
Philadelphia Conference; assistant
secretary, John Flint. New York East
/ Conference; treasurer, James North.
Baltimore Conference; corresponding
secretary, W. A. owen, New York Con-
ference.
Directors-Ro Robert Dickey, James
North. j. T.. Ingam. w. II. Thomas
William W. Barnes. MD. j. w. Hack
ney. j. w. G. Seitz. Baltimore Confer
ence; c. d. Stemen, NJ. d.. North In
diana Conference; John II. Wright u
d., Washington d. c.; N. u. Walker
ID. D., East Ohio Conference; Georg,
B. Jones, Philadelphia Conference
Daniel Green, Wilmington Conference
The Rev. w. l.. Boswell. OF philadel-
phia. the Rev. John Corbitt OF Phila.
delphia. the Rev. w. 4. Hammond. oi
Wilmington and the Rev. G. A. Me.
Lauchten Of Chicago We're elected tc
nh vacancies in the board OF trustees
The greater part Of the session was
consumed with the discussion Of reso-
lutions. Among those passed was one
of thanks to the trustees OF Unior
Church. Wilmington people FOR theii
entertainment the press the pastor
and choir of Union Church and to the
Wilmington Local Preachers Union.
Condemned But Not Abolished.
A resolution condemning the use OF
tobacco was presented but the motion
for its adoption was not seconded. Tn,
members were unanimous in the opin-
ion that the use OF tobacco Is filthy
habit but anyway the resolution Zee
through.
Money For University.
The association decided 10 rails,
S2.500 for Taylor University and ap.
pointed "a committee TO visit the schoo
at its annual meeting next May. Th'
lcommittee consists OF Bishop John M
Walden. the presiding elder OF IN
North Indiana Conference. the Rev. W
L. Mcdowell, secretary OF the Boar
OF Education. the Rev. J. II. Kirkbrid,
ihe Rev. W. Weyand. the Rev. Joscp
Derrickson, the Rev W. w. Vanzan
and the Rev. James North.
p The committee ON camp meeting
was also appointed as follows IN
Rev. s. John r. Wright. s. r. shei
> wood, Daniel Green. Charles A. Foste
r W. T. Hammond. r. l.. Dlckey. Cote
l. Amy and Henry Williams.
2 The last meeting was held I'm Unic
% Church last night The closing sci
; mon was by the Rev. j. r. Kirkbrle
. OF Camden. n. j.. and he took his te,
from the first eight verses OF the 55t
chapter of Isaiah. dwelling mostly upo
, the 9TH and sth verses. During the n
vival services that followed there wa
a conversion.