The San Francisco call., 1904-10-13
MANY PASTORS
IN CONFERENCE
Bishop Morrison Presides at
Fifty-FOurth Annual Con-
claYe of South MethOdiStS
LARGE NUMBER ATTENDS
First Session Is Devoted
to Appointment of Com
mittees and Other Business
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
1Ol6 Broadway, Oct. II.

Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
10l6 Broadway, Oct. u.
The pastors Of more than sixty
churches OF the district of Northern
California are attending the fifty
fourth annual conference of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church South, which
was called TO order this morning at
Ashbury Church. corner Of Fifteenth
and Clay streets. by Bishop H. c. Nor
risOn Of New Orleans. Immediately
after the opening exercises the con-
ference was formally organized by the
election Of the following officers: Sec
retary William Acton; assistant secre-
1aries, r. 8. Webb, W. P. Andrews;
statistical secretary, /. P. Shearer;
assistant, ". A. Orr.
AT the close OF the election Bishop
Morrison, who will act as chairman
during the conference, appointed the
following standing committees:
Public worship-Rev. J. z. Moore. Rev. W.
J. Baird and J. c. Hunt.
MemOirs-Rey. J. c. Simmons, Rev. W. A.
Orr, Rev. J. E. Moore Rev. J. Z. squires and
J. w Goad.
District Conference records-Rev W. A
and Rev r. E Num-
Conference relsti tions--Rev. J. z. squires.
Rev. II. n. Mcknight. Rev. ]. W. Horn Rev.
Joseph Emery. Rev. +. A Lark. Rev. J. J.
N Kenny, Rev. W NJ. Armstrong and Rev.
A. AdkissOn.
state Of the work-Rev. Joel Hedgepeth.
Rev. 7. Thomas, Rev. L. c. RenfrO and Rev.
j. c. Robertson
Sabbath and temperance-Rev. G. H. Frazer.
Rev. c. c. Black. Rev. W. W. Mum. Rev. w
p Phillips. F. Ledford, John Potter, J. c.
Sparks and Solomon Light.
Rocks rrprfOffra1S-RpV- I q Woofon
Rev. ". F. BOOher Rev. A. p Noble. Rev.
H. L. Darby. E. n. Rector and J. w. Goad.
After the appointment of the confer
ence committees a class Of FIVE new
clergymen were admitted to the minis
try on trial. The rest of the session
was devoted to the reading Of the an
nual reports Of the conference boards
and the reports Of ministers on the
work Of the past year.
The regular sessions of the confer
ence. which viii continue for four days,
viii be held in the morning, opening al
$3.50 o'clock and closing at 1890 p. m.
The afternoons will be devoted to the
work Of the women's organizations of
the church. This afternoon the
Women's Home Missionary Society
began its annual meeting, which Will
continue tomorrow afternoon. On
Thursday and Friday afternoons the
annual meeting Of the Women's For
eign Missionary Society will be held.
The following pastors answered to
their names at the opening rollcall:
William Acton Petaluma: A. Adkisson,
Smelling; ". NJ. Armstrong, Los BsnOs; ]. A.
Bachelor, Fresno G.. G. Black, Healdsburg.
". A. BOoher. Princeton: J. NJ Brown. Cor
della: s Q. Long Lemoore: g Todd Clark.
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II. Currin, Carriers: A. s. Cecil. Woodville:
Joseph Emery. Hollister; W. J. Fenton. Selma:
q. H Frazer Gait; 3. H Green, Arbuckle;
Joel HedSepeth, Academy; J. W. Horn, Bak-
ersfeld; J. c. Hyden, Fresno; Mark HodgsOn,
Stockton; J. J. -. Kenny. Fresno; F. H.
Lark. Sulphur Creek; L. B. Davidson, Wheat
land. W A. Lindsey. Upper Lake: ]. z.
Moore. Ukiah; II. N. Mcknight. Gilroy: II
Neste Cathsy; z. J. Needham. Mereed: J. B.
Needham. MADEIRA; A p. Noble. Orosi; W. w.
Nunn. Anderson; r. F. Mum. San Francisco:
A Odom, Le Grand; W. A. Orr. Maxwell; p
F. Page, Nisalia; E J. Pare. Hsnford A /.
Paul, Dinuba: ". r. Phillips Clovis: s. J.
Thompson Sacramento: L. c. Renfro. Potter
Valley; F. Roberts. Orlsnd: J. c Robertson
Modesto; o. l. Russell. Clcverdale: J. c. Sim
mons. Salinas; C. r. ". Smith, Yuba City; J.
j. Squires, Colusa: L p. Shearer. Gridley: L.
T. Smith, Dos Paios; T. Thomas. Knights
Landing J. G Thomas Sutter City; Claude
Thompson, Red Bluff; ". z. Vaughan, editor
Advocate: ". o. waggoner, Chico; J. A.
WALES. Santa Rosa; r I. Webb. Elmira r.
=. Wilson. Shanghai China: J. C Wooten
Berkeley: Jesse Wood. Berkeley; G W. Huf
Cooks d. Harrison, Bonneville; P g FTetch-
-. Alameda: =. p. Millington. Yorkvflle; W
p Baird. Oakland. and A. c. Cottage, Mill