Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-19
METHODIST MEETING ENDS
Conference at Mitchell AdiOurns and
Appointments Made.
CHURCH FINANCES LOOK GOOD
Pastors Are Named for Charges
which They Are 10 FIJI
During the Ensuing
Year.

MITCHELL. s. o., oct. 1s.-CSpecial)-
Before the reading OF tho appointments az
the final session OF the Methodist confer
ence yesterday the secretary and the
treasurer made their reports. Members Of
the church in the state are 1564S, with
1904 children in the Sunday schools. There
are 206 churches with valuation OF {Si9. $50
The number OF parsonages is 126. valued at
$25Sl13. The church property. exclusive OF
the university amounts to over &i.l0O,0OO.
In the way Of benevolent contributions
the conference gave to foreign missions dur
ing l9o9-iO sl65S6, and Of this amount the
Mitchell district led all others with 1853
me total amount contributed to home mis-
slons was 1886. For the support OF the
Dakota Wesleyan the conference contrib
uted 5000, which applied on the current ex-
penses. The amount contributed 10 ali
! benevolent collections was over SIS 900. or
an average OF 1906 per capita for causes
outside the local churches interests.
No Location Ordered.
Near to the closing hours OF the session
the location Of the Methodist hospital was
presented through the committee which
has had charge Of It during the last year.
No action was taken on the proposition.
Inc committee in charge was continued
for another year.
DeacOns Ordained.
At the ordination service the following
were made deacons: George 7. Matthews.
Bristol; J. Clarence Greene, Elk Point;
John n. oakley, Oldham John II. Brown
Frederick; Joseph Snowden, Burdette; Fred
Rawlinson, Rockham; j. e. Washburn,
Mitchell. The following were made elders:
Jacob M. Hunter. Worthwhile: Calvin IL
Bryan, Philip; Joseph f. Franklin, White
Rock.
j. e. Washburn was advanced 70 tho
orders OF elder and has been given an ap.
pointment to missionary work in Paraguay,
South America. His first years expenses
were raised during the meeting OF the lay
mems missionary convention held in this
city last March, and he has been prepar-
ing since that time in the university to
further fit himself for the work, having
graduated in June
Appointments Are Made.
The followir~ are the appointments for
the Dakota conference read by Bishop
Nuelsen at the close Of the conference
session:
Aberdeen District-J. S. Hardness, dis
trice superintendent; Aberdeen, J. w. Tay-
lori Andover, f. +. Morrison; Ashton e.
10. Vernon; Big Stone, o. M. Hyde; Bath
larry Lee; Bowdle, J. r. Mckinney;
Bradley f. C. Page; Britton, ]. A. Wllity
Claremont, ID. w. Moore; Cresbard, IL O.
Ozannei DeNoe, +. l.. Bromaghin; Cor
onna, John Wood Frederick, Joseph
SnoWden; Groton, 8. f. Brown; Hecla, ].
II. Brown; Langford, NJ. T. Hapgood;
Melette, j. S. Ellis; Milbank Ernest Hol-
gate; Worthwhile, j. Nj. Hunter Roscoe G.
}. Richardson; Selby, Albert Hart; Sisse-
ton, r. c. Shearer Westport Thomas
Davies; White Rock, ]. f. Franklin; Web
ster, NJ. r. Crisp
Huron District-Blunt, G. w. McEldow-
neyi Gettysburg, G.. 7. Matthews; Hitch
cock, John Clayton; Huron, @. w Rosen-
perry; lroquots, Paul Gardner; Lane and
Viola, l.. r. Kechler; Miller y. e Iom-
bard; Pierre, A. d. Thibodeau; Redfield,
d. ]. Roush; Seneca, G. p. Bullock; Wes-
sington Springs l. N. Hardett
Sioux Falls District-A. c. Shepherd
Canton, A. r. Buriff;
Chester, G. b. Thomas; Sioux Falls, first
church, j. N. Brown.
WATERFOWL Observation-Disclosures w. A.
Black; Bruce, A L. Gathers; Castlewood,
z. c. Bosaugh Clear Lake, M. K. Nick
erson; Elkton, G. w. Skinner; Garden
City, John Kaye; Gary, L. w. Darling;
Hazel, E. r. Little Henry, H. c. Riley;
ID. Rifenbark; WATERFOWL j. N
Greene; White, w. Il. Hartung.
Mitchell District-Artesian c. II. Graft;
Chamberlain, F. V. Fisher; Colome cir
2uit, A. b. Whitman; Dallas, A. c. Greene;
Fulton, G. d. Egner; Gregory, w. T. Fer
guson; Mitchell, ]. s. Hoagland; Presho,
A. 9. Smith; Springfield, r. d. Hughes;
Scotland, @. e. Wilcox; Vivian circuit, ].
T. Quincy