Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-12-19

body judgment against the said pre-
siding elder.
Minute Question 90. Are all of the
preachers blameless in their life and
official administrations?
Answer. Rev. w. P. Meadows, pre-
siding elder of Rock Hill district. as
aforesaid, is not.
Charge No. 1.
He is guilty of maladministration of
and in the office of presiding elder, In
that
ID While holding the fourth
quarterly conference of Trinity sta
ton, Rock Hill district, South Caro-
lima Conference, NJ. e. Church, South,
in the Sunday school room at York
vile, S. c., on the evening of the
18th of November. 1905, the said pre-
siding elder did violate his sacred and
solemn duty and obligation i'm the
premises, in that upon the call
of Minute question No. 26, he did
without reason, justification or legal
excuse, and in a dictatorial and
arbitrary manner refuse to con-
duct the proceedings of the said
quarterly conference in accordance
with the true intent, meaning and
spirit Of the discipline "by declining
to submit to said quarterly conference
nominations for the office of district.
steward until an election to said office
should be had by said quarterly con-
ference" although said quarterly con-
ference was willing and anxious, and
so informed the said presiding elder,
to proceed with said election, and to
elect from among the stewards or the
said charge, a steward In all respects
conforming to the disciplinary re-
Of
steward
(2) In that while admitting at the
said time and place before mentioned,
that no objection lays against the
steward who it was likely the said
quarterly conference would elect" to
the position of district steward, the
said presiding elder continued to re-
fuse, in spite of his plain executive
and ministerial duty in the premises,
to nominate said steward or any other
of the stewards not nominated for
the position of district steward, and
in the manner ard by the means
aforesaid did unlawfully. wilfully
arbitrarily and without any legal or
disciplinary justification or excuse,
deprive the said Trinity station, and
the quarterly conference thereof of
their due and proper representation
on the board of district stewards for
Rock Hill district, to which under
the discipline OF the Methodist
church, the said Trinity station and
the quarterly conference thereof are
justly entitled.
Charge No. 2.
He is guilty of the use Of improper
tempers, words and actions in that
Cd While holding the fourth
quarterly conference Of Trinity sta
ton, Rock Hill district, South Caro-
lima Conference OF the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, at the time
before mentioned, the said Rev. W..
P. Meadows, presiding elder as afore-
said, did without justification or ex-
cuse, "wrongfully accuse the members
of said quarterly conference OF i'm
proper actions and intentions by re-
ferring to the action of the members
of said quarterly conference In Vot-
ing against some of the nominations
for the office Of district steward, ana
in designating said actions as ca
pers" on the part OF said quarterly
conference.
(2) In that while holding the quar-
terly conference at the time and place
before mentioned, the said presiding
elder did, without cause or excuse,
wrongfully accuse the members OF
said quarterly conference, or a ma
iority thereof, of wilfully and wrong
fully laying a trap for the said pre-
siding elder.
(35 That while holding said quar-
terly conference at the time and place
before mentioned, the said presiding
elder did violate his plain Christian
and ministerial duty in the premises
by failing and neglecting and refusing
to endeavor to effect settlement OF
the differences between said presiding
elder and the said quarterly confer
ence and the members thereon, In the
spirit of the Master and according 10
the rules and doctrines of the Metn-
odist church, although such settle
ment was desired by the members or
said quarterly conference. and the
said presiding elder, at more than
one time during said session was as
sured that they desired such a set
tlement of the matter, and further
repeatedly assured him that the dif-
ferences arising out of the election
of district steward, were not
brought about through any improper
motives on the part of the said con-
ference, but for good, sufficient and
disciplinary reasons.
We respectfully submit the fore
the prayerful and earnest considera-
ton and judgment of your honorable
and reverend body, assuring the
brethren that the same are brought
through no spirit Of caprice or NAL.
ice, but to the end that the law OF
our beloved Methodism may be vim.
dicated and enforced, the rights or
your complainants in the premises pc
protected. and that the great church
to which we belong may be saved
blameless against that great day.
We further petition your honorable
and reverend body that we may be
represented upon the floor of the con-
ference and before committees OF IN
vestigation and of trial. if any. by the
chairman of our board of stewards
and superintendent of our Sunday
school, who is also one of the ac-
cusers herein, w. w. Lewis.
And we will ever pray, etc. w. W..
Lewis, ]. G. Dickson, Chas. w. Smith,
F. E. Smith, ]. P. White, Marion b.
Jennings, John c. Allen, H. II. Beard,
J. A. Sherer, D. L. Shielder, r. E.
Montgomery, M. ]. Walker H. G..
Strauss, ]. j. Keller. Members of the
quarterly conference, Trinity station,
Rock Hill district. S. c. Conference,
NJ u South