The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-12-05
Meeting Of the Sixty Ninth Annual
Session.
A. w. Wilson Presiding-One Hundred
Clerical and Seventeen Lay Dele
gates Present-Rey. w. l.. Cunning
GIN Reelected Secretary-Assisfant
Dointed-HisforicaI Society Meets.
Rev. p. j. Carraway. OF Greensboro.
Delivers Address.
Especial to The Aessenger.l

ing at $50 O'Clock the North Carolina
Conference was called to order in les
sixty-ninth annual session, with A. ".
Wilson Of Baltimore. in the chair.
bishop W..Scn co:ru ed the lie 10
':o,.al exercises aLn0urclng as tie
opening hymn, "Blest Be the Tie
that Binds" At the last session of the
conference a resolution was passed.
which ordered that the sacrament OF
the Lords supper be administered on
the first day of this session, before
the beginning of the business of he
con.e1 ence. in accordance with this
resolution, Bishop Wilson asked Revs.
j. H. Moore, r. A. Mills, E. A. Ya.cs
and w. S. Rome to assist him in this
service. After the distribution of the
elements, Rev. E. A. Yates, D. D.. led
the conference IN prayer. At the close
Of the prayer Bishop Wilson called the
conference to order for the business
session.
The secretary who has served the
conference in this capacity for the
past thirteen years, Rev. w. L. Gun
ninggirn, called the roll Of the CON
ference and more than one hunirea
clerical n seventeen lay delegates
answered to their names. On motion
of L. L. Nash, w. L.. Cunninggim was
reelected secretary of the conference
and he nominated the following as
sistants: Assistant secretary, N. H. ID.
Wilson,; recording secretary, G. y
Simmons; statistical secretary, r. H.
Broom; assistant statistical secreta-
ries, W. G. Merritt, H. G.. Stamey. E..
r. WEIGH, S.. E. Mercer and C. l.
Reid.
On motion of F. D. Swindell. the
hours for meeting and adjournment Of
the sessions of this conference were
fixed at $3.50 a.. m. and 1 p. m, respec-
lively.
The following standing committees
were nominated by the presiding eld
ers and were confirmed by vote of the
conference: These COMMITTEES are nomi-
mated from a to year on the day
preceding the opening Of the session
and announced at the opening session:
Books and Periodicals-C1erical, w.
H. Pickett, R. W. Barley, J. T. Ora
per, w. S. Rome, A. j. Parker, M. T.
Plyler, J. w. Bradley, J. w. Potter,
and E.. E. Rose; lay, T. r. Hood, w.
r. Hambrick, J.. NJ. Lamb, F. w. Har-
gett, j. T.. Flythe, L. L.. Smith, K. M.
Barnes, W. j.. Hades. Paul Jones, e.
B. Adams, D. II. Hood, J. S. West
brook, Wiley Brown, D.. w. Evans, =.
Perry, W. L. Parsons, G. C. Edwards
and G. w. Davis.
District Conference Records-Cleri-
cal, C. l.. Read. J. C. Humble, J. NJ.
Culbreth, E. C. Sell, J.. Y. Old, M. D..
Giles, S. T. Moyle, J. P. Pate and j
H. Bridgers.
Memoirs-Clerical, R. B. John and
A. J. Parker.
Sabbath Obse1 vance-S. A. Cotton.
D. E. McKinnie, E. M. Whorter, A. p.
Belts and B. F. Stanfield.
Temperance-Clerical, J.. H. Shore
D. H. futile. c. w. Smith, W. Y. Ev-
erton, H. M. North, R. A. Mills, II.
M. Eure and J. IL. M. Giles; lay, J. X.
Morris, B. Cole. R. v. Leonard, w. K.
jacobson, w. J. Worley, J. o. Fitzger-
aid, H. A. Page, J. w. Thompson and
J. H. Exum.
Conference Relations-Clerical, T
IA. Bishop, L. H Joyner, D. c. Geddte,
r. c.. Craven, A. 2. Tyer, w. H. Kir-
ton, J. H. Hall, J. NJ. Benson and 3. c.
Alfred.
Church Property-G. B. Startling, j.
Fl. Frizelle, w. D. Sasser, D. L.. Earn
hardt, F. L. Church, J. B. Thompson
q. Paris, P. Greening, and G. B. Per
ry.
QUESTION 20 CALLED.
Bishop Wilson called question 20
"Are all the preachers blameless in
their life and official administration?
And the nine presiding elders made
their reports, which showed progress
along all lines in the districts.
The names of preachers sustaining
the supcrnumerary and superannuated
relation were called and their charac
tiers passed. When the name Of I. j.
Gattis was called, his presiding elder
J. H. Moore, said:
1.-THE character of Brother Gattls
has been virtually held up since the
institution of his suit in the civil
courts against DR.. J. C.. Kilgo and
other members of the M. E. Church
South. We desire to express our CON
| demnation of his curse in going to
law with his brethren before he nad
! made any effort to settle the matters
icomDlained of in the church; but in
consideration Of his long service to the
church as a minister, his feeble health
and the near approach of that tribu
nal before which we all must stand
at last in judgment, I move that his
character pass
YOUNG MEN ADVANCED.
The following young men in the class
of the second year in the conference
course were advanced to the class OF
third year: G. nj. Lance, s. F. Nicks,
W. r. Royal, V. A. Royal, D. A. Flu
trell, r. E. Hunt, L. E.. Sawyer, and
IC. o. Jones
DIR. LAW SPEAKS.
Rev. T. n. Law, D.. D., agent of the
american Bible Society. addressed the
conference in the interest of the Bible
lSociety and urged an increased D
port from this conference. He spoke
|of the decrease in gifts to the society
and of the great need for more money
in order to carry on the work or the
society.