Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-11-20
BISHOP LECTURES MINISTER'S.

BISHOP LECTURES MINISTER'S.
Conference Decides to Take Part in
ssanseiistic Services at jamestown
PORTSMOUTH, Nov. l9.--ln opcnin.
tho religious exercises OF the confer
Hnce today. Bishop Hendrix cnioincd
tn" preachers who were to uuit old
charges and 20 tn new ones 10 sturI
| miserable" letter writing to former
charges ANA discrcditing the influence
! OF their successor.
Some preachers have Il habit of
discussing their predecessors" the
Bishop continued IF YOU are called
10 your old charge 10 marry n couIle.
remember that there is another man
IN the field. and if yon get fec SEQ
To 1t that the new minister gels fee.
too. for he Is entitled 10 it,"
Presiding elders ami conference sec
retares will hereafter lie excused
from preaching at conferences.
Rev. C. II. Green and Rev. DUNES o.
Moss were placed on the super an.
niIated list.
Rev lanes Cannon. of the com.
miitee for cvangelstic work n; James.
Town. made n renort endorsing the
proposition TO hold evansclistic ser
vices during the exposition. the con
ference acccntinn no liability for any
| fixed sum. and the following commit
!, tee is named To lax" charge ri the
work Of the mart of the Methodist
church: w. J. Young. II. Fcldcn Tnv.
Tor. Claude 4 Swanson. George W.
Jones. w. McDce. the Drcsi,in. elder
lof Rappalannock district: Bruce r.
"nr'c !. w. IIlrlsn". \ H. Pcttiinhu.
| R. NJ. Brekham, l.. G.. Mosclcy w. H.
Ntw"E j. l.. .Iarmln. James Cannon.
y. +. l.ipsromb August Wright. II. T..
Johnson. w. II. Vincent. w. J. Starr.
l. l.. Roger Y. n Potts and p. b.
Cankard The report was adopted.
Membership Of Churches.
! The membership Of the Methodist
church in Virginia is 99424 Memo
rial church. LvnchhurG. IL the banner
Rosebud church while Rannahannocl
/ histrici is The banner district
Rev. B. L. Lipscomh. chairman of
the Joint hoard Of finance. submitted
th" following figures:
| Conference collections. sl4.451. 73:
increase S111.26.
bishops fund, sa.2o1.oo; increase,
Education. s5.Oaa74; increase. s214
Church extension, SG.4o1.i4: in
| crease $221.
Conference entertainment. sl,254.
a. increase. $40.
Bible cause, sl.9l5.7G: increase
$40
Domestic missions. si2,ssG.a5; In
crease. SIS.
Foreign missions. s25Sa5.17; in
crease. s217.
children's day, sl.iG4l7; decrease.
s177.
Confer"""e minutes. si1o.G5; in
crease. si05.
| The report on education was sub.
mittcd II recommended that Rev. IT,
| II. Burnett he continued as professor
| Of moral philosophy iii Randolph Ma.
con College Rev. James Cannon as
nrasidcn' { Ria"kstnnc Female Insti.
tutc AMI Il; ~ Rowe as principal Of
the Southern Seminary. ut Bicna Wis.
| IA. That Il collection for Ran.loluh-
Macon COLLEGE FOR 81 400 ana n Gollcc-
| ton Of S3.l0S for educational extern
sion l." taken That Rev. James Can
non be madc conference education
secretary The several denomination
schools were endorsed and recon-
mpndcd
The value of grounds and buildings
ana the number of students al each
institute is as follows
Randolph Macon, SlO3,20o: students
| IN.
Randolph Macon Womans College
S30S,000: students. $50.
RanhoIDh-Macon Academy, 5000 900:
s:n:lentS. ISL.
Randolph Macon Institute. $4,000:
students. Ia
Blackstone Female Institute. 500.
600: students. CSC.
Bowling Green Seminary. $5G0,0Oo;
students. IS
Total vnlrc nf buildings. sGG,5OO:
)'ntnl Hnmhar nf stnh9nts. 1923
/ NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. COLLEGE, has $l711t
ila cndnw," whiin the Waman'e
! Coll, SO has s210no0.
New Churches.
I, The board nf church extension r."
Richmond, 5000: Epworth work. Rich
Imond, S35o: Has kcr-Memoiial. $500:
total for all district IN the State, So.
nnrted rs follows: Branch Memorial,
| 23n,sO
4 Row w. II. Tillett dean of the
III faculty cf Enndpr1,ilt sJrnivnr.ity 49,, Il