The news & observer., 1905-12-03

oE Is VEN
minister of the gospel ffty-five years.
He sleeps in the cemetery in Thomas
| vile with his aged companion by his
side. though she survived him several
years. He was a good man and true.
Rufus Il. Hcfiin.
One of the brightest young men in
the Conference was Rufus T. Hehin.
A man of fine address and 1 think, had
! read law, but turned away from that
profession to become a preacher of
the gospel. He was considered a
good preacher, an able debater He
was the first editor of the North Car
| olina Christian Advocate, of which
paper he was largely the protector.
mean no reflection on the numer-
Gus good and able, men who have
| filled the editorship with honor to
themselves, and profit to the church.
when l say that in my opinion, all
things considered, he stands at the
| head of the list. He was transferred
! to the Texas Conference. in 1868,
where he became associated with
Audreal Female College as his name
appears in the general minutes of the
Annual Conference for 1865. In a
few years he passed away from
| earth.
William BarrinGer.
William Barringer was a native of
| Cabarrus county North Carolina. He
was born in 1876. joined the South
Carolina Conference in 1914, and came
to the North Carolina Conference by
transferring, in 1850.
He was a safe man, a good preach
| NJ 1ccfrr on1
him with great acceptabilty He
was elected a delegate to the general
! Conference of 1862, which did not
! meet. owing to the war, and was q
! reserve for 1866. No man stood
, higher as a well venerated man than
| William Barringer.
While serving the church in the re-
! building of the Greensboro Female
! College he fell from a stage over
which he was passing, and received
! injuries from which he died in a few
days, leaving the reputation behind
| him of spotless life of great use
| fulness.
MEASURES OF THE CONFERENCE
OF these. the first | notice was the
enlargement of territory.
The North Carolina Conference had
! been set off from the Virginia Confer
/ ence i'll 1886 and was small of neces-
| slty. A. good portion of the State of
! North Carolina belonged to the Nir-
/ ginia. IIolslon and South Carolina
| Conference.
a strong effort was made in 1850
to get part of what belonged TO the
South Carolina Conference transfer
rcd TO the North Carolina Conference
which prevailed and Wilmington ana
| Fayetteville became stations in the
North Carolina Conference and sever
al good circuits were also obtained.
None of the Younger members of
your Conference know anything about
| the excitement this created Some
damage was done the church. but
much good was done the Conferences.
We got by this transfer Wilmington.
with two churches, and Fayetteville
| with one which made quite a differ
! enCe in territory and we also received
| several good men. one of them Joseph
/ Wheeler. who did good service for sew
eral years. and gave the Conference
| three good preachers; Joseph, James
and William Wheeler. Father and
sons have all died except James. who
i has not been able to do effective ser
vice for quite a number of years. Will
| liam Barringer also was transferred
and remained with us.
: This measure was before us for
years until 1890 when the present ar
! rangement was effected and two Con-
! fercnces are now our boast, and per-
haps three Conferences in the State
may be imminent. We shall see!
Education
| Education, owing to circumstances
| which we have not time to discuss
now. had not received the attention
which was due so important a matter,
but was now giving. much thought
! to the church. DR.. Bangs says in 1928
'"The cause of education was now ad-
vancing with more rapidity than here
| tofore."
established 1881. Stephen Olin was the
| first President 1t went into Oprea-
tion under circumstances highly
f! promising to its patrons and friends.
! having about $60,000.00 pledged 20
begin with After the North Carroll
| ma Conference was established in 1886
the college was patronized by both
| conferences.
In 1855 and 1856 the need of a
college for our Conference was felt at
! the session of the North Carolina
| Conference of 1856 Trinity College was
turned over to the conference and
became the conference college, and at
a later date was removed to Durham,
n. G.. 1t now, in 1905, stands as
monument to the wisdom of the faith
ers, and to the great benevolence of
it's friends. and is an honor to the
church and the State. High schools
were projected in different parts of
the conference and recommended to
the patronage of our people.
These schools were under the man
jagement of good laymen of our church
who were well qualified and success
full instructors, whose labors contrib
ute largely to the progress of Method
ism in North Carolina. Their memory
should be preserved lin a durable form.
Female Education.
Female education had been fearfully