Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-04-07
|OR CANTER IS Returned
Popular Martnsburg Minister VIII
Be Here Another Year.
WHERE MINISTERS WILL GO
List Of Appointments For Winchester
District Statistical Report Made
at Cumberland.

The appointments Of ministers to
charges in the Baltimore conference
Of the Methodist Episcopal church.
south. were announced by Bishop
Gambler at Cumberland on Monday
night Rev l. W. Canter has been
returned to Martinsburg, which will
he a source Of pleasure to the mem.
beers OF Trinity church. Many of the
congregation were expecting to hear
of the transfer Of Or. Cdnter to another
field, aud Will feel greatly relieved at
his return to his former charge. Rev.
@. d. Harris has also been returned
to Emmanuel ehurc Baltimore
Rev q. ID. Bdlla, of Winchester, Roas
10 Alexandria in place of Key. J. p.
5 ump, the latter going tc Luray,
Rev d. H. Kern is sent to Winches-
ter The appointments for the VIM
chester district are as follows
Presiding Elder-W. H. D. Harper.
Winchester-D. II. Kern.
EIcuSllCh ~. L OltcI.
Stephens William Stevens.
Middletown-W. S. Hammond.
Strasburg-W l.. Smith.
Woodst ck-H. M. Canter.
Woodstock Mission-A. r. McGaha
and H. q. Bitner.
Edenburg-T. G.. hewitt.
Front Royal and Riverton-D. E.
Berry.
Warren-N. N. Hall.
Linden j. M. Kline.
Page-W. ID. Eye.
White Post-H. M. SUrickler Nv.
A. Lynch supply
Berryville-J. II. Smith.
Brucetown-C. II. Buchanan and @.
r. McClintock.
Martinsbu,g-I. W. Canter.
Berkeley-I. G.. Michael.
Charles TOWN.. 7. Williams,
Jefferson-C. Sydenstricker.
epherdstown-H. l. Stephens.
Bakerton and Shannondale-T @.
JONES anu H. ~. NtNltt.
Professor in Vanderbilt University
J. A. Kern.
The committee reporting on e Sc
lection of the place of the next con-
ference session, said that invitations
had been received from Trinity
church, Roanoke, Va, Rev Harry
Canter, pastor, and the church at
Staunton, Va, Rev. H r. HamIll,
pastor. A vote was taken and Stauu-
ton was selected as the next place of
meeting.
The statistical report showed the
condition Of the conference as follows
Local preachers, IS -; members, 55,-
4l9; infants baptized, 1.542; adults
baptized, /, 1885, EpwortA Leagus. 20S
membership of Leagues, $500; Sun
day schools, 597 teachers in schools,
5.522 scholars in schools, 45, 042; for
foreign missions, SIP, SIS; for domes-
tic missions, $40. 1896; societies, $50;
houses of worship. 577; value of
houses, s1,423.1S2; Indebtedness on
houses, S54, 9SS; patoral charges, 1876;
parsonaaes, Isl value of parsonages
1894. 030 indebtedness ON parsonages,
SS,672; districts, s; district parson-
ages, 5 value of parsonages, $21. 900 !;
churches damaged, 4 loses sustained,
SlS, OBS; collected on losses, S1S. 035
insurance carried, $685. premium
paid, SARA.
At the Methodist conference in Bal
timore, Rev. DR.. A. ]. Gill, of Mar
tinsburg, smoke on the status of tenn
perance in West Virginia, and Mr..
John J. Hetzel was appointed menu
Der of the committee to raise $50, 900.
toward paying the debt on the Wo-
man college. The appointments will
probably be made tonight.
MEETING IN BALTIMORE.
Center Street church Cumberland.
was chosen as the next meeting place
of the Baltimore conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church, which is
IN session at Baltimore. The invita-
ton, which was extended by the pas
tor. Rev. W. w. Barnes, was accepted
by an overwhelming vote, though
West Baltimore Station church made
fight tor the meeting.
1t is stated by members of the First
Methodist church, this city, that DR.,
Gill will not be returned TO Martins
burg, but will lie given another good
charge. 1t is said that the change
will be made at the request of DR..
Gill.