The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-12-07
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especial TO The MeSSenge
Rocky Mount, December 5.-Witn
ideal weather, a large attendance, a
brisk, cool December morning usnered
in the opening of the 10th annual
session of the North Carolina confer
ence Of the Methodist Episcopal church
South, in this pretty town, in the au-
ditorium of the First Methodist church
there being good sprinkling of towns
people and visitors present with the
lasge membership of ministers and lay
delegates to witness the opening cAer-
cises
Bishop Alphcus NJ. Wilson, of Balti-
more, the senior bishop of the denomi-
nation, and a man whose very looks is
Il benediction, was present and prompt
fly at 8 a. m. let the gavel fall and
called the session to order, reading Il
selection from Romans 23rd chapter
and announced hymn 20S. 81 Love Thy
Church o Cod; following which the
bishop descended to the chancel and
called Revs E A. Yates, w. S. Room.
J. T. Gibbs, and JnO. n. Cole inside
the rail to assist him in the admins
tratiCn of the sacrament Of the Lords
supper as an opening exercise, which
was impressive indeed, and q scene one
seldom Witnesses, a company of a
couple of hundred ministers who them
Eselves are in the habit Of officiating On
(the sacrament, coming to the church to
partake of the elements.
Rev w L. Cunninggin, secretary o.
the last conference called the roll Of
conference, an unusually large numEer
sv1p- to G,=cf ,rJl Of ,s-if
composed of both ministers and lay
delegates.
Rev w L. Cunninggin was reelected
secretary.
OH motion OF Rev w. S. Room, the
Aours of meeting and adjournment
were fixed at from 9 Il. m. to l2:30
p. N.
The bar of the conference was fixed
at front edge of two windows near the
front door.
+. B. John, chairman of communities
on hFonlt nations was iauthprized TO
report the committees for the year,
which ne did, all of whom were Enan
im0usIy elected, and committees on
Temperance and Sabbath Observance
were by order of conference added tO
them
Onimotion of the. secretary, Rev. =.
H.. D. Wilson was elected assistant
secretary, and Rev. Geo. T. Simmons
recording secretary, and also nominal
ed nine statistical secretaries, one from
each district, as follows: G. l.. Read,
E. NJ Hoyle. r. H. Brown, J. W. Brad
ley, w F. Stanford, W. T. Constable,
r. c. Craven, w. F. Craven and w. H.
Brown.
The report of the board of trustees
OF Trinity and Greensboro colleges
were presented, and at request of the
conference was read by Rev. n II.
d. Wilson, as was also report of Pub
4 fishers Missions and Education from
Nashville, also Church Extension, Cor
! reepondence schools and Superanuated
preachers.
Rev. w. F. Tillett Nashville. DR.. T.
TX. Law, American Bible Society, D.
II. Comon, A. w. PIyIer, Il. A. Boone,
and w. NJ Curtis. of western North
Carolina conference, and j. r. Moose,
missionary, and Dr. Stuart of Nash
wire, were introduced to the confer.
ence.
Revs. w. S. Room, r. e. Hunt and
R. B. John were appointed a commit
tee on public worship to which were
added two layInen.
The long reading of the reports by
Rev. N. II. D. Wilson was hard task,
which he accomplished in good Tolce
and temper.
Rev J. NJ Rhodes read the report
of Lttfeton Female College, and ad-
dressed the conference.
On motion Of ]. T. Gibbs, Bishop
Wilson was asked and will deliver one
lecture each day ON the book of Ro-
mans "The Pauline Lectures. For
today the hour for lecture was set at
11:40.
Question 20 was called and the fol-
lowing supernunerary preachers names
were called, their character passed, and
names referred to committee for some
action: R. w. Townsend, III. II. Tuttle,
J. o. Guthria e. Pope, w. Fl. Town
send. T. e. Dixon, of this list, wants
work.
The names of the following super
anuates were called, their character
passed and referred to committee for