The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-10-20
DOBS0N Was:
KINDLY REMEMBERED
MINISTER'S ON HIS DISTRICT
GAVE HIM A TYPEWRITER Ar
THE CLOSE OF HIS GOOD
WORK.

The devotional exercises of the Con-
ference Saturday were conducted
by Rev. G. w. Rosenbury OF Huron.
--e business session was opened
with the bishop in the chair and the
reading of the minutes of the previous
day.
r. j. Norton vas placed in the SUI
perannuated relation.
/. P. Potter and Paul Gardner were
placed in the effective relationship.
o. W. Butterfield was continued in
the supernumerary relationship.
The committee on Conference Re-
lations accepted the withdrawal of H.
l.. Hastings, and recommended that
he go forth without Enforcement of
the Conference or without recon-
mendation to any sister church, and
that he surrender his ordination pa
pers when found. $
The following were named as car
didates for admission ,iato the minis
try on trial: J. G. Richardson, j. w.
Hartley, Carl W. Skinner.
Fred James was continued on trial
in the studies OF the first year, as pro-
bationer.
T. I. King was discontinued as a
probationer in the Conference.
John L. Walsh was passed to the
studies of the second year.
Ordination RS Descons.
The following were elected to full
membership in the conference and to
'deacon's orders: Jno. N. Oakley, ].
H. Brown, Fred Rawlinson, e. +.
Matthews and Joseph sSnowdon.
L. W. Darling, G. d. Lockridge and
F. G. Page were continued in the
studies OF the second years.
L. A. Mcdonald was continued on
on trial with studies Of the third
year.
Joseph snowden was passed to the
studies of the fourth year.
Nels Fanebust was continued on
trial and passed to the studies OF the
fourth year.
Missionary for South America.
J. f. Washburn was elected for or
dination as deacon, and as elder un-
der the missionary rule as he is under
appointment to go shortly to the Mis-.
sion field in South America.
Recognition as Elder.
NJ w. Baldridge had his elders
or ''H.'on which he received in a sis
ter Methodist church recognized and
hes the standing of a local elder.
The Children's day collection is
m ans Of giving and through loans to
" rthy students of the colleges Of the
church to aid them meet their col
le~e expenses said DR.. Nicholson.
"'rhe Board granted aid to eight stu
dents of Dakota Wesleyan University
and to ministers of the Dakota Con-
ference who are in other educational
Institutions"
Uniting OF Dakota Methodism.
DR.. ]. NJ. Brown of Sioux Falls pre-
scented a resolution asking that a COM
mittee be appointed to meet with a
similar committee from the Black
Hills Mission with a view to the uni
fication of the Mission with the Con-
ference.
Delegates to Theological Schools.
The official visitors selected to the
principal theological schools of the
Church we're: G.. v. Gilliland to Gar
rett Biblical Institute, Evanston Ills,
A. y. Carhart, to Boston, and DR.. S.
i , xACl lOOI " DLOW 1AtOlOklCdl 0clllc
mary, Madison, N. ].
delegates to Dakota Wesleyan.
A. c. Shearer, o. E. Boyce and C..
E. Wilcox were appointed as visitors
to Dakota Wesleyan University.
Presentation to DR.. Dobson.
The session of the Conference has
been unique in that at this Confer
three District Superintendent
close their term of Office. The third
presentation of the Conference was
made to the superintendent of the
Mitchell District. DR.. j. o. Dobson,
upon closing six years of efficient SER
vice upon the district. Rev. A. P.
james of Geddes bore the expression
of gratitude and appreciation Of the
ministers of the district to the retir-
ing officer and in token OF that esteem
presented him with a typewriter.
In reply DR.. Dobson thanked the
preached of his district and said that
for twenty-four years he had labored
a minister of the Gospel in South
Dakota. In speaking Of the problems
of his superintenIency of districts
upon the Conference he said he had
sought to settle them upon his knees.
A large porto of the morning was
spent in the reading Of various re-
ports which we're presented to the
Aid to Conference Claimants.
The sum of $3,717 was apportion-
ed to the Superannuated preachers,
widows and orphans of the Confer
ence.
Aid to Minister'S Wife.
The Conference made a special col
on behalf of Mrs. r. T. Mich
OILS, t lie widow OF one OF the deceased