Evening journal., 1904-03-18
Two Lay Delegates viii
Be Elected This After
noon When Report of
Vote viii Be Made to
Bishop
Gossip About the Changes
to be Made in Churches
in This Cfty-Much
Business Transacted
This Morning

star Correspondent Evening Journal.
Dover. March 1s.-The agony is only
half over. only two delegates to the
General Conference in, California were
elected this morning. They were the
Rev. A. S. Mowbray. of Port Deposit,
and the Rev. w. +. CorlSran, of George
town.
Shortly after Il o'clock the bishop
announced he was ready for the cleo
tion If the brethren were. The breth-
ren were and this board Of canvass to
receive votes were named: 7. e. Mar
tindale, G.. p. Jones, e. l. Hoffecker,
f, w. o. Bennett, f. 5. Carpenter, I. E.
Terry, G. w. Townsend and G. T. AZ
derson. At 1890 o'clock DIR. Martindale
came in with the ballot.
A hush fell and the vote was read as
follows: A. S. Mowbray, 81; Adam STEM
gle, IS; w. F. CorlSran, 81; w. c..
Koons, "A: Robert Watt. 20; c. f..
Baker. 6S; c. T. Wyatt, 81; L. i. Bar
rett. 50.
Eighty-one votes were necessary to
a choice and therefore A. S. Mowbray
and w. f. Corkran were elected.
Two more delegates are to be elected
and the conference Immediately went
into another election.
The body, however, voted to adjourn
until o'clock this afternoon when the
result Of the last ballot viii be made
known.
Conference in Good Humor.
The Rev. DR.. Forbes. of the Board of
N Church Extension. put the conference
in a good humor this morning prelim-
mary to voting for delegates for Cen
eral Conference. He is fat and jolly,
and genuinely funny.
The conference has not laughed so
much since the session began. He said
that though this conference has given
$500 to the board that S279S had been
expended thereby receiving about one
half of the amount given right in the
conference. The average amount per
capita is over four cents. The price OF
two postage stamps the Doctor said.
In speaking of the church organization
DR.. Roberts said there should be no
change. He says that there are enough
societies, too.
Hard on Epworth League.
The Epworth League was the last to
be organized and he hoped there would
be no more. He said he felt like the
boy did about the new baby in the
house. The boy said, 1--WE have a new
baby and would not take $4,000 for it,
but we would not give ten cents for
another"
New Preacher Received.
Under question three the Rev. Earl
. B. Taylor of the NJ. p. Church, was
favorably reported by the committee
i on conference relations, was called be-
fore the conference and asked the usual
questions and received into full mem
bership.
Help For Dickinson.
N DR.. Gooding. for twelve years presi-
Il dent Of the Conference Academy, and
81 a teacher for seven years previously
and now Of Dickinson College. made an
address.
He was warmly welcomed. He con-
graduated the conference upon the out
look for the annihilation of the Con-
ference Academy debt and made an APP
Il peal for help for Dickinson, a building
of which was destroyed by fire. DR..
Gooding asked that on the fourth Sun
r day in April that an emergency sub
ID scription be taken in all the churches
for the purpose of rebuilding Denny
Han. On motion of the Rev. V. S. Col
n Inns the conference voted unanimously
q TO do this.
Anniversary Well Attended.
Dover women turn out in numbers
20 attend the anniversaries in the af-
ternoons and evenings Yesterday af-
tern9on the anniversary Of the Wom-
ans Home Missionary Society was
held, the address being made by the
"a Rev. DR.. O. W. Gallagher. In the even
ing the Epworth League anniversary
& was held in charge of the Rev. Ralph
5 I. Coursey. In the afternoon T. n
'6 Rawlins, Of Seaford, was elected presi-
lent and Richard Dobson, of st. Mi
y sheals, Nd, secretary and treasurer.
Every afternoon evangelistic service.
IF are held by the Rev. J. II. Smith, D. d