The Washington bee., 1907-04-27
100000 |NDORSE HIM
APPOINTMENTS MADE BY
METHODIST CONFER
ENCE.

Philadelphia and Washington Annual
Conference of the c. NJ. E. Church an
nounced the following ministerial ap-
pointmentS:
I Washington District-G. T. Long, P.
E; Israel Metropolitan Church, J. W.
Smith; Miles Memorial Church, L. E.
B. Rosser; Lane Chapel, c. a. Lett
wich; Hillsdale Station, J. l. Carroll;
Gallilee, Baltimore, Md, R. K. D. Bar
rett; St. Luke and Fairfield, Baltimore,
Nd. A. Martin; Front Royal Statien'
F. L. Boney; Bentonville, Browntown
and Strausburg, c. E. Hillery; Mount
Olive Mission. Baltimore, Md, G. Cole
man; Mount Pleasant and Edwards
Mission, Baltimore, Md, w. H. Viii
more; Bakerton Circuit, William Bur
rell; Tenleytown and Seneca, w. NJ.
Ivey; Holsey Station, Philadelphia, Pa,
N. 7. Watson; Union Station, Philadel-
Ohia, Pa. A. E. Ferebee; Sheron Hill
and Chester S. Womack; ST. Paul Sta
ton, Philadelphia, Pa, J. B. Bowser;
Joint board of finance, J. w. Smith and
]. w. Boston; examining committee on
first years studies, L. E. B. ROsser, J. l.
Carroll and R K. D. Garrett.
Petersburg District. W. P Lees
wood, P. E; Union Station and Gillian
Mission, T. H. Allen; Lawrenceville
Church. E. P. Sterling; Bethel Station,
Richmond. Va, P. P. Ballou; South
Boston and Mount Sinai, H. L. Johnson;
Danyille Circuit, Neuse Ferry and Wes-
lev Chapel. L. w. Hilery; Brooklyn
Circuit Union Grove, Meadville and
Mount Pleasant, H. A. Pettis; Halifax
Circuit (to be supplied), w. T. Woods;
Evanton Circuit, G. P. Jones; St. James
Station, w. c. Coleman; Hillsville Mis-
sion. William Ivy; Horse Creek Mis-
sion. L. A. Hancock; Good Hope Sta
ton, J. H. Anderson; joint board OF
finance, P. P. Ballou and O. w. Woods;
examining committee third and fourth
years studies, c. H. Tobias, I. H. Allen
and C. a. Leftwich.
Alexandria District-R. B. Robinson,
P, E; Alexandria Church, James Hill
erv; Auburn and BigwoOd, H. Robin
son; Madison Circuit, to be supplied;
Fredericksburg Mission, to be supplied; ;
Charlottesville Mission, to be supplied
Joint hoard of finance, c. H. Tobias and
Letchie Coleman.
Jersey District-F. A. Burkhalter, pre-
siding elder; Hickstown Church, ?. ,.
Woods; Camden Station, H Frazier;
Burlin and St. John, J. J. Sanders;
Spring Lake and Manasquon Station, A.
A. Hopkins; Woods Tabernacle, Pitts
burg, Pa, H. c. Woods; ST Luke
Pittsburg. Pa. I. S. Williams; Paine's
College. c. H. Tobias; East Camden, J.
G. Hardy.
AbbedI to the Church.
The bishop then made an earnest ap-.
peal to the ministers and the Woman's
Missionary Society to do their whole
duty to spread the gospel, extend the
Church and to build up healthy moral
communities of God-fearing and law
abiding citizens.
Rev. G. T. Long, who built the fine
c. NJ. E. Church at Fourteenth and
c streets northeast, this city, was pro
NOTED to the position of presiding ell
der of the Washington District, which
is the largest of the four districts IN
the conference.
The adoption of the report on the
state of the country, submitted by j..
w. Smith, put the conference, with over
three hundred thousand members, on
record for Senator Joseph B. Foraker
of Ohio for President.
The conference adjourned sine die at
2.2o pm.
The ministerial reception, with s. 1.
Craig presiding, opened at 8 pm, with
the rendition of Coronation" by the
audience. Mrs. NJ. E. Booze, pianist, and
the invocation was by Rev. N. J. Wat
son; piano solo, Madame BOOZE Ihe
welcome address was delivered by John
F. Genus. Rev. ]. l. Carroll made the
response, followed by a solo by w. ].
Jones
Following this DR.. J. w. Smith said
the connection has over three hundred
thousand members, seven colleges, and
property in the District of Columbia
alone worth $4,000. He said the local
churches have large representation in
the departments and twenty-seven teach
ers in the public schools of the Dis
trict.
DR.. J. w. P. Leewood, newly ap-
pointed presiding elder of Petersburg
District, responded. Then followed a
select reading by Madame Henrietta
Vinton Davis, an original poem by a
colored author. DR.. G. A. Leftwich, a
candidate for bishop in the c. M. E.