The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-09-24
Park Ave. Minister Returned for
Another Year at the Closing
Session Of Conference
MANY CHANGES IN COUNTY
The Rev. William Rollins of Racine
is Named as Superintendent of
the District Comes as
Big Surprise

The Rev. wv. w. Stevens will return
to Kenosha to serve for another year
as pastor of Park avenue M. E. chufch
and there is great rejoicing among the
members of the church on account Of
the decision of the bishop and the dis
trict superintendent which was reached
at the closing session of the eastern
Wisconsin conference at Neenah late
Monday evening. Mr.. Stevens will,
however, be one Of the few Kenosha
county Methodist ministers to return
for the new year as many changes have
been made in the churches in the out
lying towns of the county and there
will be a new minister in nearly every
pulpit in the county next Sunday.
Up to a late hour the Kenosha min
lister is known to have been slated
for the place of superintendent Of the
Milwaukee district, Notwithstanding
the fact that he had declared that he
did not want the position and that the
members of the Kenosha church had
declared that they were unanimous in
their desire for his return to this city.
AT the last minute the Rev. William
Rollins, former pastor OF First church in
Racine was named by the bishop as the
superintendent for the district. This
choice came as great surprise as up
to a short time before the appointments
were announced the name of Mr.. Rol-
Inns was not even mentioned in connec-
ton with the position. The result will
give general satisfaction as the Rev. J.
d. Tippett of GAINESVILLE, is returned to
his post and the other leading candidate
Mr.. Stevens, returned to Kenosha. The
following is the list of appointments
for the Milwaukee district:
William Rollins, superintendent, Ra-
cine. Bristol, A. Burnink; Burlington,
T. w. Sprowls; Franksville and Ives
Grove, J. w. Perry; Genoa Junction,
Frank Nillar; Kenosha, w. w. Stevens ;
Menomonie Falls, r. Robertson; North
Prairie and Eagle, G, J. futile; Ocono-
mowoc and Monterey, L. E. Shanks
Pewaukee and Brookfeld, J. G. Smith
Pleasant Prairie and Wesley, supplied
by M. J. Rarick; Port Washington and
Cedarburg, e. S. McChesney; Racine
First church, w. P. Leek; Racine
Union and Berryville, E. V, Fisher
Salem, Wilmot and Silver Lake, sup
piled by J. L. Schroyer; Somers, H. A.
Wood; South Milwaukee and Cudahy,
j. Schneider; Sussex and Merton, @. w.
Haywood; onion Grove, w. J. Perry;
Waterford and Caldwell, F. M. Pratt;
Waukesha and Vernon. A. J. Benjamin;
Wauwatosa, S. r. Williams; West Alis,
@. J. Bulley; Yorkville and Raymond,
supplied by G. R. Hall; Milwaukee AS
bury, E. D. Kohlsted; Epworth and
Adkins, w, Bennett; Grand Avenue, G..
A. Scott; Kingsley, j, S. Davis; Park
Place, HI. @. Logan; Sherman Street, @.
W. Turner; Simpson, H. Coleman; Sum
merfeld, M. J. Trenery; Trinity, w. A.
Peterson; Wesley, Enoch Perry,
Special appointments Samuel Plantz,
president of Lawrence University, mem
Der of Appleton quarterly district; W.
j. Patton, president Memorial Univer-
sity, Mason City, Ia, member James
vile quarterly conference; S. w. Nay
Tor, professor Lawrence University,
member Appleton quarterly; A. A. Ire
yer, Lawrence, member Appleton quart
erly; M. S. Terry, professor Garrett
Biblical institute, member Grand Aven-
ne, Milwaukee, quarterly; G. III. Ire
yer, professor Cannon Theological
seminary member Grand Avenue, Mil
waukee, quarterly; F. G. Brayton, field
agent Wisconsin Children's Home So
ciety, member Appleton quarterly; o.
P. Christian, field agent Idaho Child
ren's Home Society, member Kingsley
Urging that the conference do every
thing in its power to relegate to per-
petual political obscurity, Speaker Can
non of the house of representatives,
the committee on temperance of the
conference made its report to the con-
ference. That part of the report which
was adopted by the conference, con-
corning Cannon follows:
"We have also been greatly en-
couraged of late by the ringing ut
terances that have come from our be-
loved bishop and which have been
published in the church papers, urging
that we relegate to perpetual political
obscurity the one man in Washington
who for more than five years has OBJ
structed the passage of what is known
as the interstate liquor shipment bill,
on the fimsy pretext that it is uncon-
stitutional. We humbly submit that such
decision is not his prerogative, but
inhere in the Supreme Court of the