The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-12-13
New ministers tor Grace and Mar
ket Street Churches
Conference Was Highly Successful i'm
Every Way-Number of Important
Changes-Interesting Synopsis of
the Strength of the Denomination
With Summary of it's Successful
Work
qBy G.. w. Hunt.)

Newbern, n G. Dec. 8, 1907.
The session of the North Carolina
conference is now in the past and
today sees the clearing out, for home
of the many men who since last
Tuesday night have been the guests
of the city; in the home of New
bern's many charming citizens and
the hotels that have SO handsomely
entertained. AS stated before, the
conference knew what to expect, and
they found all and even more than
they expected.
OF the decisions OF the body, those
who have kept pace with these dis
patches know enough, but it will be
proper to say that the brotherly
love that has been displayed here,
has been something to think of for
body, the size of this, with SO
many things to call for differences
of opinions, it is nothing short of
remarkable, that all the business Of
the body should be done without
even a lively debate, and all the diff
ferences of opinion that even showed
themselves were caused by extran-
eous things being brought in by the
zeal of some well-meaning man, that
wanted to hit the devil the last lick.
NeWbern has had the conference
often before, in the old building but
this time she had the finest church
i'm the state for the ministers to
assemble in, and SO spacious is it,
that all the committees could meet
at the same time, and have all the
room they needed, and each a room
to itself. That for having a church
that is built for time, convenience,
and the better work in that line.
And the appointments, which are
so often delayed, could have been
delivered Saturday night, if the case
would have justified, but the work
of Ordaining deacons and elders has
always been done on Sunday, and
the sermon by the Bishop on that
day, the conference could not will
close SO early, though the work was
all done at the Saturday evening
session, and the minutes read, which
meant that the work was done, so
far as business sessions were con-
cerned, which must have broken the
records.
The going next year, to Durham
is a good selection, as this is a great
place for Methodists, and a good
town to stop at as well; handy to
the railroad connections of the
state, and Methodists will go there
as they came to this old Methodist
place, with gladness in their hearts.
GENERAL MINUTES.
Number of local preachers, 108;
members 1880.
Infants baptised, 994. Adults
baptised 2,46O.
Epworth Leagues, So, Epworth
members 2,127.
Number of Sunday schools 6S2,
Sunday school scholars, 54,542, and
5,452 officers and teachers.
Amount raised for support Of
superanuated preachers, widows
and orphans $6,414.93.
Amount raised for missions, for
eign SIS, ,654.22; domestic $780,
3S; raised for church extension, $5,-
H39.21; raised for American Bible
Society, $673.06; raised for support
of the presiding elders, SIG, ,144.45;
paid for support of pastors, $129,-
67S.05; paid bishops fund, s2,40O
Number of church society organi-
zations 723. Houses of worship 72O.
Number of pastoral charges, $50;
number of parsonages, 159; value
of parsonages, $2SO,173. Indebt-
edness on same $19,922.5O.
Number of presiding elders dis
tricts. 8; parsonages, 8; value of
parsonages, $41,25O; Indebtedness
thereon, $9,725.
Number of churches damaged by
fire or storm, 2; amount of damage,
$6S3.00.
Insurance carried, $4S5,7S +;
premiums paid, s2,236.OO; losses
$685. collected $3.50.
Educational Statistics.
Trinity College, professors, 25;
pupils, 2S7; value of property,
s732,OO6.07; endowment, SAL
339.2S; Trinity Park School, profes-
sors, 8, pupils 160,
Greensboro Female College, pro-
fessors, IT; pupils, $50; value of
property $206,12279.
Louisburg Female College, pro-
fessors, IT; pupils $50; value of
property, s206, ,122.79.
Louisburg Female College, figures
not at hand.
This sthe sum total of the figures
for the conference year closing.
The appointments as read out at
the Sunday night session of the con-
ference were as follows:
Wilmington District.
W. L. Cunniggim, presiding elder.
WIImin gton-Grace, T. A Smoot
Fifth street, X. D. Holmes; Bladen
street, w e. Hocutt; Market street,
W. L Rexford.
SCOTS Hill. T. Stanford.
New R1ver-D. A. White, Supply.
Ons1ow-D. &c. Goddie.
Jacksonville and Richlands-J. c..
,Whidbee.
Kenansvflle- E. Dixon.
Burgaw-J. J. Barker
Magnolia-W. E. Brown.
CIinton-S. E. Mercer.
Whiteville and Vineland-Y. e.
Wright.
Vale