Evening journal., 1910-03-16
Early Talk over District
SuperinfendencY APP
poinfmenfs Includes
Mention of Dr..
Corkran
BISHOP HAMILTON
WARMLY GREETED

Special TO THE EVENING JOURNAL
SALISBURY. Nd. March 16-With
most of the pastors present, and with
Bishop John W. Hamilton presiding.
the forty second annual session Of the
Wilmington Methodist Episcopal Con-
ference began i'm the NJ Z. Church, Of
which the Rev. DR.. r.. E. Martindale
is pastor, this morning. Bishop Hamil-
ton, tail erect, and OF commanding ap-
pearance. arrived last night. He has
been spending sometime in Porto Rico
in making episcopal visitatious and
came direct to Salisbury shortly after
his arrival in this country. He is ac-
companied by Mrs. Hamilton. and is a
picture Of health. The Bishop and
his wife are being entertained at the
home of William p. Jackson member
of the well-known Salisbury family.
Salisbury, a town Of business activ-
ity, bitulithic streets and automobiles,
also leaves no doubt that it is brim-
ming with hospitality. The entire town
was at the station to meet the Con-
ference visitors last night. and it SEEM
ed that every one of the sixty auto
mobiles owned by Salisburyites was
drawn up in procession at the station
10 whirl visitors away to hospitable
homes awaiting them. At the NJ. r.
Church. the Conference seat, strings
Of electric lights stretch across the
street at night. District Superinten-
dent G. P. Jones, the Rev. Or. Martin
dale and a committee assisted in as
signing the visitors to their Salisbury
homes.
The Rev. DR.. w. il. Morgan, d. D..
who was to have conducted evangelistic
services each afternoon, did not arrive
Yesterday. He was a close friend of
Bishop Speilmyer, who died suddenly in
Atlantic city, and wasso affected by the
Bishops death that he could not come
here. DR.. Franklin Hamilton, chancel-
Tor of the American University at
Washington. will conduct the service
this afternoon in DR. Morgan's place.
The Rev. DIR. r. c. Macnichol, of
Laurel preached a stirring missionary
sermon as preliminary to Confer
snce last night, his text being Ezekiel
a.. o
Bishop Hamilton and District Super
intendents Mowbray, Stephenson, Nor.
gan and Jones had their first confer.
rnoe last night Speculation is riff
as To the appointment of suDerinten
dents for Dover and Wilmington 8is
tricts Dr. Hill is most actively mon
toned for Wilmington district, while
the names Of DR.. Robert Watt and DR.
Wilbur II. Corkran are frequently hear'
Tor that appointment. The Rev tt. T.
Homecker, of Dover, is being boomeS
for Dover district superintendency.
Bishop Addresses Conference.
Bishop Hamilton addressed Confer
ence and everybody in the church file'
by the platform and shook his hand.
"I come to you absolutely fair
minded" he said. IT know nothing
against any man I'm the Conference
and ! believe every man I'm the Con
ference is my friend. You have ha'
some difficult things In this Conference
You ought to see the bundles OF letter
] have received. Some I read while oi
the way to Porto Rico and have for
gotten most of them. Another bil
bundle ] received yesterday on arriva
I'm New York 1 have not had time Z
read I have heard you have tw
district superintendents to be appoint
cd Every preacher here knows a
much as / who they will be. max
II a rule never TO name the superin
tendents until after Sunday; not eve
my cabinet will know until then. If
don't do what you wanted me to d
pray God to send some bishop who viii
- Maybe your prayers will be answered.
The boom for DIR. Corkran for sup
erintendent Of Wilmington district ha
been given much impetus by III
friends.
1t is intimated that he may hav
powerful influences behind him. an
much pressure for and against his az
pointment is looked for.
Amend the Rules.
on motion of the Rev. r. L. Hoffeclke
the rules were amended so that tn
secretary. on request of the distriC
superintendents. shall furnish any mir
lister desiring a transcript Of an
record Of Conference between annu'
sessions.
An executive session viii be held o
Friday morning to consider question