The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-09
one Hundred and TWen.
ty-third Annual SeS-
sion at Danville.
BISHOP GALLOWAY
PRESIDED OVER BODY
Or. Pay<Whitehead Elected Sec
retdfy for the Fiftieth Time.
Interesting Reports BY the
Various Boards-Dr.
Whitehead to
Preach.

Preach.
tFrom Stan correspondent.)
DANN1LLE. VA. Now s.-The ono
Of the Virginia Conference. Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, commenced In
the Min Street Methodist church at 9:l5
o'clock this morning. a half hour OF de-
rotonal exercises were conducted by
Bishop Charles B. Galloway, OF Mlsss-
spp after which Conference proper was
called to order
The roll was called by the secretary,
Rev. DR.. Paul Whitehead.
tGshowed 2l0 preachers and thirty-o odd
lay members present. This Is regarded
as a splendid turnout for the first morn
Ing session. there being 2s6 clerical and
forty-one lay members Of the Conference.
Dr. Whitehead, who has been secretary
OF the Conference for forty-nine years,
was Unanimously elected secretary for
the ifticth time, and he appointed Rev
Dr.. S. S. Lambeth and Rev. George F.
Greene. assistants
Several standing committees, enough to
map out work for the Conference to-
rs morrow. were appointed.
The Lords Supper.
Conference proceedings were then sus-
pended and the ordinance Of the Lords
Supper was administered by the Bishop
who was assisted by Drs. Whitehead,
Tudor and BIedsoc.t and. iRevs. Littleton
and Campbell. After this interesting and
aseaasenl service the business OF the Con-
fereiScG WIS sresun ed. @
Much OF the morning hour was taken
:, fr{rp f,fy
Z heads of General Conferences boards. The
sT; General Conference board of8trustees, TO
Whom was committed the care and man
agement Of the endowment fund for su-
perannuate ted preachers and widows and
orphans OF deceased ministers. reports
Sl73GS7.95 received. the board urges
that the church contribute more literally
to this fund. expressing the hope that in
time the fund may reach five millions
The superintendent, OF the General Con-
ference correspondence school. located ut
Nashville, reports a hundred members on,
the roll, tlilrty-tliree OF whom are within
the bounds Of the Virginia Conference.
Education.
The general education boEfd reports
thirty.two new school and college bulid-
iEgs erected during the year at cost OF
$i3i,5Ss. Other interesting Items In the
report are: Value OF grounds and build
inEs, IS, 237 SS. Invested In q improve
ments during year. Sls5.735 Value Of
science equipment. s3Is.s31. Gifts and
legacies received sz3l,573, Total endow-
ment, $500. 462. Number OF teachers
1854 students 2907s: free tuition students
100: ministerial students. 276. The In
sttutions. IT'S In number, snow an IN
come OF $1,lS7,1l5
The general church extension board re-
ports payment Ito its fund from forty
conferences, was $1OO,l3s. The foreign
mission conference more than doubled
amount they were assessed Value OF
church property in bounds OF general
conferen nee Is valued al million and \
half dollars more than 1t was the year
z lrevious. .ssi
The publishing house reports shows
gross sale Of books and periodicals. slS7
69I an increase OF sales Of SIS, Total
astets OF publishing house, $9sss sS96, with
liabilities at only s27,455. &
y The Sunday school editoran the agent
o, the Epworth League also make OK K
ct'en reports however, the only item
in al! the reports which shows de-;
cease is the item OF Sunday school
teachers. There has been falling on
Of fourteen hundred. These reports are
,ead merely for, general Information.
This conference does not act upon them.
Church Extension.
pr. p. M. SwhIsner, general agent OF
church extension board, addressed the
conference in strong and stirring
speech. At the close of the speech
collection for the church and school
building at Yama Guchi was taken. The
bishop asked for $3.50; he got II. John
r. Branch, Of Richmond, heading the list
With 500. The remainder of the morning
.osslon was taken UP with receiving an
swers to question 20; Are all the
preachers blaneless.s The characters OF
superanuates and presiding elders were
passed, and the call Of elders was not
completed at l O'Clock, the hour OF ad-'
journment OF the morning session
At 1880 o'clock the Main Street Church
was packed to Its utmost capacity with
members of Conference and others to
hear the annual sermon ny Rev. DR.. Paul
whitehead. The sermon was something
of an innovation m the usual annual
sermon, y. that Y was in the nature Of
celebration of the fifty-th!rd annlyer-
sary of Dr, Whltehead's entrance into
the Conference MS a young minister. Ills
text was the seyenty-flrst Psalm, sev-
enteentll md eighteenth verses: 20 God,
thou hast taught mo from my youth;
and hitherto have 4 declared thy Won
drous works; now also, when l am old
ana bFdSlIcaNS', y. 'N'S', 'oI sthe me not,
until have Showed thy strength unto
this generation and thy power to every
one that Is to come.'
The discourse, aside from It's power as
a sermon was Intensely Interesting in
that the Doctor reviewed briefly but
eloquently his fifty-two years In the min
istry.
The committees appointed this morn,
Ing got to work In the afternoon. and
the Conference will have a plenty to do
tomorrow, outside of routine.
Many Visitors,
All the trains entering tho city yes
tsrday, last night and this morning
lcontiausd on Seventh PaSs.l