The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-12-28
THE WEST VIRGINIA CONFERENCE
Its Rounds, Districts and Other His
tJriCal Hatter.
FRIEEDSVILLE, MD,

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Nh. Editor Having been ask
ed to write an article concerning
our conference and the location of
our work, I gladly consent through
your kindness by publishing a few
thoughts that may be of some in
terest to your many readers.
The West Virginia Conference
has the following boundary BE
ginning at the southwest corner of
Pennsy lvania. thence along the
west line Of Pennsylvania to the
northeast corner Of Ohio county,
West Virginia, so as to include
Dallas Circuit and Triadelphia
Circuit; thence by he most direct
way to Short Creek, so as to in
Clude Short Creek and Liberty
Circuit; thence down Short Creek
to the Ohio River; thence down
said river to the mouth of the Big
Sandy River; on the west by the
State line; on the south and east
by the Virginia and Baltimore Con.
ferenCes to the Pennsylvania State
line; thence westward along said
line to place of beginning; embrac-
ing Buckhannon, Charleston,
Clarksburg Fayetteville, Hunting,
MorgantoWn, Oakland, Parkers-
burg, and Wheeling as its nine
Districts, with Revs. Albert Cam
erOn, John Beddow, VIM. Ander-
son, N. E Resseger, Asbury Mick,
J. S. Robinson, R. B. Ward, S. P.
Crummett and c. H. Graham as
her Presiding Elders in the order
as named.
We have forty-one superannuat-
ed ministers, five supernumerary
and thirty-two widows, all OF whom
are claimants and who were remem-
bered at Our last conference by hav-
iugS5, sos distributed among them.
We have two hundred and thirty
ministers serving the same number
Of charges and circuits, who were
paid last year the aggregate sum
of SI29, $50, gain of S5,543 more
than was paid to the support Of
Our pastors the preceding year.
This conference covers a noun
famous country, grand in scenery,
fertile in soil, rich in coal, mineral
springs and springs of pure and
sparkling clear drinking water,
which makes this territory one of
the most healthy within the
bounds of American Methodism.
This fact, together with the rapid
development of the natural re-
sources that God has blessed us
with fully explains the rapid adj
vancement the Conference is max
ing that places her in the front
ranks Of the Conferences of our
beloved church which God has
so wondrously blessed in her
mission in seeking and saving the
lost.
We were returned to this circuit
for the second year, our parson-
age home being located in Friends
vile, Md. This is a beautiful in
coporated town situated in the
valley of the Youghiogheny river,
improved by a four-room school, a
National bank, several halls, first
class stores, fine side walks, a rail
road station and twenty miles from
Oakland, the seat of Garrett coun-
ty.
Friendsville is divided into cas-
tern and western sections by the
beautiful Youghiogheny river
which flows through the town. It's
name was given many years ago
when Indians were numerous in
these parts. An Indian shot a
white man who fell pretending
that hs was dead, when the Indian
said: "Yough", and started tow
ards his supposed victim, who sud
denly arose and killed the Indian
and said. "a ha, you will 'Yough'
again will your" These words
combined in English are pronoun-
ced "Yough-a-gain-ny". This
all occurred many years ago, but
still