Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-15
Sheffield Church Urges Promi-
nent Citizen For General Con-
ference Representative
CLAIMS STRONGLY PRESENTED
Modest Man of Ability Put Forth as
Candidate to Represent Upper Iowa
Conference, at Baltimore Meeting
Basis of L. b. carhart's Claims for
Recognition.
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Sheffield, June 15.-The Methodist
church of this place will have can
didate for lay delegate to the next gen.
eral conference OF the church. to be
rc!d at Baltimore, Md, in May of next
year. The quarterly conference of the
local church unanimously voted to an
nounce the name OF Mr.. l.. B. Carhart
as an IDEAL candidate. 1t is seldom that
the smaller churches put forth a cam
d.date for these honors, and 1t is the
first time the Sheffield church has I'M
der.aken to do So altho 1t has long
cree in missionary enterprise and has
well earned the recognition. Together
with the good record Of the church's
work she is most solicitous, in the can
didate she has named, for man more
worthy could not be named by any
church.
Mr.. Carhart was born near Syracuse,
N. Y, Jan. l. 1850, and is therefore
JUST IN Tue prime VI IKE eiiio VI hipS
Judgment He comes from long line
of loyal Methodist, ancestry. He came
to Iowa in the pioneer days with his
parents, settling near Davenport. At
the age of II he entered Cornell col
lege, and in 1872 was graduated with
the degree of bachelor of arts, and lat
er received the degree-of master.
After leaving college he became the
principal of the Eldora public schools,
but his natural bent soon drew him
into the business world. He entered
into the book and music business with
his classmate, L. B. Taylor, at Hamp-
ton, meeting with success in this and
in the lumber business at Grinnell He
launched the first bank in Sheffield,
Jan. /, 1880. With such honesty and
strict fidelity has he managed the bus
mess all these years that he has
maintained the confidence of the en-
tire community. Nor have the people
failed to express their appreciation of
the man. He has been IL member OF
the school board for many years,
served several terms as its treasurer,
has been honored several times with
an election on the town council and
also served as it's treasurer as we'll as
its mayor for several terms.
His business associates over the
state have honored him with both the
secretaryship and the presidency Of the
bankers group Of his district, and he
has also served on the executive COM
mittee of the State Bankers associa-
ton Of Iowa. To the church his serv-
ices have been pronounced with 10y
atty and faithfulness He has been a
Sheffield Methodist church for twenty
seven years, having helped sGild the
first NJ. E. church of the town and dur
ing nearly all of this time has served
the church as class leader and stew
ard, and number Of years as the
superintendent of the Sunday school,
has also been lay delegate to three
annual conferences. He is one of the
trustees of Clear Lake Camp Meeting
association and one of the directors
and on the executive committee of
the same and of the Clear Lake as
sembly; also treasurer of that asso-
citation at the present time.
The following resolutions were I'M
animously adopted by the quarterly
conference at it's last meeting:
Whereas, Mr.. l.. B. Garhart has
been for more than thirty years a
faithful member and official of the
Methodist Episcopal church, having
rendered most efficient service in every
office Of the local church, and being
broadly intelligent as regards the spir-
1t and history of Methodism, and,
''Whereas, He is man Of devout
Christian character, loyal to the church
and its polity, generous to hts benevo-
lences. constant in attendance upon all
the means Of grace, and untiring in his
devotion to every phase of church
work, and since he is business man
of wide experience and fine abilities
and modest as he is faithful to every
trust,
Therefore, Resolved, that we, the
members Of the quarterly conference OF
the Sheffield charge, do most heartily
endorse aid enthusiastically announce
the name OF Mr.. L. B. Carhart as
candidate as, lay delegate to the next
general conference of the church to be
held in May, 1908, at Baltimore, Md,
and that we commend him to the fav-
orable consideration Of our next lay
electoral conference"