The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-08-22
FAIRMONT MAN
IS President
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CONFERENCE NOW IN sEs
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Il EEKfSs. AUG. 4! . O'Clock res
A terday morning at the Tirst stresi
4 Methodist Protestant Church n q
4 kin5 the SD session Of the West Wiz II
ginla annual conference was calledstac
lorder and the business Of that great
Ibody started which viii occupy 't q z
1 rest 81 me Week to complete There
.Itwere present at the session yesterday
Imorning s5 ministers and SO delegates
out Of a membership Of 81 ministers
Including superannuated ministers and
.lIs7 aymen. President q. W. Morrison
reported collection on presidents sal
|.ary TO be 81, 4s7.27. which was ss7.s7
lin excess OF the assessment. His re-
port as a whole was very encouraging
Ito the conference and was well recety,
d,but while the report was favorable
and acceptable from the standpoint Of
progress in general Christian work, It
carried with 1t a wave of sadness when
lit brought to mind that the reaper Of
time has passed his hook through the
body and claimed for his heritage some
members who have been for years
present at every roll call. Among
those mentioned was eQe name Of Rev.
NJ, i. Smith, who was known in near.
IIy every, section Of the Stat e Some
Of the well known ministers present
are Drs. M. D. and D. G. Helmick, G.
L. Queen, George R. Brown, Reys. D.
s Boggs, E q. Chips, G. c. Douglas,
A. F. Hess, w. H. Hart, T. j. Hickle,
j. N. Holt, G. A. Isner, D. G., Jes.
sic R. and s. c. Jones, A. L. Mckee
yer, G. P. Mcneil, j., ]. Phillips, NJ.
Steel, G. B. Steward, and in the dele
gate ranks we notice such characters
as R. "A. Hall, editor of the Weston In.
dependent; T. E. Hodges, a well
known business man Of Buckhannon;
H, "A. Abbott, assistant postmaster Of
Grafton; L. w. squires, a well
known farmer Of Greenbrier: DR.. j.
B. Watson, Of St. Marys; W. w.
Tapp, well known banker Of Graf.
ton; John Moore, of Montrose, and
many other well known business men
Of the State. The Methodist Protes-
tant Church is unique. In Its policy
which is that of equal representation,
that u.s., for every minister, there is a
layman who holds the same powers
and privileges as the ministers which
justifies the claim that 1t is the only
full representative Methodism in the
United States. The government Of
the church is a complete Republican
form Of government. The laymen who
support the church and pay the bills
thus share in full with the ministers
the power to legislate and regulate
the affairs Of the church.
Officers for the ensuing year were
elected yesterday afternoon. The new
offers are: D. s. Boggs, Fairmont,
president; c. L. Queen, Grafton, sec.
retary; R. Ad Han, Weston, statisti-
cal, j. B. Stewart, steward of the con-
ference; T. E. Hodges, Buckhannon,
treasurer.
There are about 175 delegates at.
tending the conference which will be
IN session until next Monday.
The following committees were ap'
pointed:
Conference programme. - J. /, Vim.
cent, N. D. Helmick and R. Ad. Hall.
Foreign MissionsT. W. Ireland, G.
L. Queen, Geo, R. Brown, G, ", Smith,
Mrs. Lucy Batson.
Credentials-w. H. Hart, G. H. sny-
der
Unfinished Business-I. L. Jackson,
9. L.. Hall, U. G. James.
Pulpit service-F. T. Kelley, B. NJ.
Mitchell, NJ. D. Helmick, Glen Butcher.
Home Missions-C. P. Butler, W. H.
Hart, L. B. Douglas, Frank Outright,
Prof. r ]. Cunningham.
Church Bxtension-T. j. Hlckel, D.
G. Helmick, R. R. Rice, "A. D. Williams,
Thos Barrett.
Faternal Relations-A. L. Mckee.
yer, M. ireland, DR.. ]. B. Watson.
Official Character-D. S. Boggs, ]. H,
Moosburg, A. B Hinzman, Matthias
Crenin, Irving Waggoner
Sabbath observance-R. R, Rice, 3.
G. Chips, W. H. simenton, VIM. Rut'
itencutter, Lemuel Dennis.
state of the Church-M. D. Helmick,
j, N. Holt and T. E. Hodges.
Christian Endeayor-s. G. Jones, a.
F Hess, s. G. Yoke, R. Ad. Hall, Ira
Brewer.
colleges-c. L. Queen. M. D. Hell,
mick, G.. B. Stewart, ]. I. swtndler,
Harry A, Abbott.