Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-02
VIRGINIA DISTRICTS
TO BE ANNEXED TO BALTIMORE
CONFERENCE.
Ten Charges to Be Taken Over-Result
Of Appeal Made in This
City.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md, July IA commission
appointed at the last session of the Balti-
more conference, Methodist Episcopal
Church, held in Washington In April,
has decided to report favorably to the
next session of the conference to be
held in this city, on the subject of the an
nexation of almost the entire Alexandria
district of the Virginia conference. This
report will carry with it the actual annexa-
ton of this district. with its ten charges
and at least twelve pastors. This commits
sion Of the Baltimore conference, which
consisted of the presiding elders. met other
members of the commission from the Will
mington and Virginia conferences at the
home of Presiding Elder II. F. Naylor sew
eral days ago. and it was there that the de-
cfsion was reached
Decision Unanimous.
The decision unanimous, and while
nothing of definite nature can be accom-
plished until next March, preparations will
be made by the Virg:nians to join the Bal
timore conference.
The ten charges which will be taken over
by the Baltimore conference are known as
Berryville, Hillsboro, Waterford Herndon
Falls Church, Arlington, Alexandria, Ma
nassas, Garrisonville and Accotink The
only other charges left in the Alexandria
district will be Claremont and Phoebus.
The charges to be annexed will bring into
the Baltimore conference membership of
LOGO persons. 100 probationers, church prop
erty valued at $4,000, with a total indebted
ness of $40, and 1900 Sunday school schol-
ars. The two remaining charges in the
Alexandria district will probably be an
neXed by the Wilmington conference of the
same denomination.
One of the telling features in the entire
matter is the fact that Bishop Earl Gran
ston. the presiding bishop of this territory,
advised the annexation.
Appeal of Virginians.
The matter came up at the last conference
in Foundry Church, Washington when a
delegation from the Virginia conference
consisting of Revs. w. A. Lyttle, J. H. JEFF
fers, w. F. Miles and J. F. Feltner, ap-
peared before the body and presented their
appeal. The Virginia conference has only
three districts within it's bounds, and the
annexation will leave it but two, and both
of these are said to be the weakest in the
conference. Mr.. Jeffers was the spokesman
for the delegation from the Virginia con-
ference, and some of the facts which he
presented to the ministers present were
startling, in that they made out the Vir-
ginia body to be in dire straits.
He asserted that in some of the districts
Aol oNeI S%oo d year was pdlu the ministers
by the congregations. The missionary soci-
ETY., however, assists these weak churches.
Mr.. LETTERS stated at the time that unless
the Baltimore conference took them under
it's wing the congregations would drift to
other denominations, and thus force the
closing of the churches. The facts were
presented very forcibly at the time, and it
was made very plain to the members of the
Baltimore conference that annexation was
the sole safety and perpetuation of the
churches in the Alexandria district
The Baltimore conference commission was
appointed by Bishop Moore, who presided
over the last session of the body in WASH
ington, and it follows: Revs. c. Herbert
Richardson, ]. Fred Heisse, II. F. Naylor,
II. S. France and w. L. Mcdowell.