The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-03-08
WILMINGTON CONFERENCE.
To Meet At Smyrna This Month
Probable Changes.

The annual meeting of Will
mington Methodist Episcopal Con-
ference will be held in Asbury M.
E. Church, Smyrna, DEL, begin
ming March 10 and extending over
March %. Bishop Joseph I.
Berry, of Buffalo, N. Y, will
preside.
1t is IL years since the Confer
ence met in Smyrna, 1895, with the
late Bishop Hurst presiding.
Bishop Berry, who is to preside
this year, is said to be one of the
most popular men in the Episcopal
College. He is comparatively a.
young man.
Among the probable changes
which will take place this year, the
Wilmington Every Evening men
lions the following:
Rev. G.. P. Jones, who has
received a unanimous invitation to
Middleton, is finishing three sue
cessful years at Milford, during
which he aided IN closing all the
hotels in that town.
1t is thought that in the event Of
Mr.. Jones accepting the call to
Middletown, Rev. E G. Macnichol,
who is in his ninth year at Cam
bridge, Md, will succeed to the
Milford pastorate. 1t is rumored
that Milford. which is an old
charge of Rev. Robert Watts, and
which has wanted him returned for
some time, may make a demand for
DR.. Watt to serve them next year.
In this event there will be a lively
time, as Mr.. Watt has accepted d
call to remain in Smyrna.
Rumor of a we'll defined sort con
meets the name of Rev. l. E. Bar
rett, of Dover, with Cambridge,
but it is possible that in case the
Milford folks fail to secure Mr..
Watt they will make an effort to
get Mr.. Barrett, former pastor.
Rev. w. r. Mowbray of Bridge
vile, brother of the presiding elder
of the Wilmington district, has
accepted call to succeed Rev. T.
A. II. O'Brien at Lewes. 1t is
said that Mr.. O'Brien may go to st
Michael's, Md, and that Rev
George Bounds, who is on his
fourth year at st. Michael's, will
probably go to Harrington. 1t is
not known, in that event, where
Rev. j. I'll. Beauchamp will land,
He has stirred up pretty serious
opposition at Harrington by his
attitude on the liquor question.
Georgetown will also be open and
Rev. Fl. T. Quigg, who leaves
there, may be transferred to the
Philadelphia Conference. In this
event Rev. L. E. Barrett may go
to Georgetown and a new man to
Cambridge.
1t is said also, that there will be
a change at Crisfeld, where Rev. j.
p. Outten is on his first year. 1t
is rumored that a committee has
been named to secure preacher,
as they are somewhat disgrauntled
over the attitude of the presiding
elder, Rev. Adam Stengle, who
took the responsibility of the ap
pointment last year. If this i'm
portant charge becomes open, as
seems likely, there is a strong prob
ability that Rev. John M. Arters
of Madley Church, Wilmington,
may go to Crisfelu; though Mr..
Arters is-said to he slated for Ep
worth church, Wilmington, and
that church will put up strong
fight, as this is the second time ii
has sought to obtain the services of
Mr.. Arters. Rev. Il. P. Corkran,
who is at Epworth, will, it is said,
leave Wilmington and be exchang
ed with some appointment on the
Salisbury district.
These are only a few of the
changes that will take place at the
conference session. There are
many others, and some of them
will raise a breeze, for they will be
entirely unexpected and may cause
other unexpected changes.
There probably will he no change
in the presiding elders unless they
desire it.
Property Transfers.