The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-10-20
At Aberdeen.
A Visit to the Hub City and Methodist
Conference.


Conference.
While attending the lay elect
oral conferenc of the Methodist
church at Aberdeen last week
the editor enjoyed visit with
number of former Milbank peo-
pie. Among these were Henry
Neill. the grand recorder of the
A. o. u. w whom we found
hard at work ia matters pertain
ing to the order. and as he is also
editor of the Workman paper,
and superintendent of the Pres
byterian Sunday school he man
ages to keep busy most Of the
time We were the guest Of Mr..
Neill's family during our stay in
Aberdeen. Another former Mi
bank man We also had the good
fortune to run across was O. Il
Antelmap, who was exercising
his auto, and with him we visited
all the different parts Of the city
and points of interest, and we're
surprised at the marvellous
growth Aberdeen has made since
our last visit there, several years
ago. The Milwaukee railway
company is erecting fine large
passenger and freight depots,
aud expendlng great sums of
money on other conveniences
and have recently put in some
twenty miles Of sldetrack. The
International harvester company
is also erecting a large ware
house, and although the crop
shortage of the past season has
tended to affect business condi.
tions, nevertheless Aberdeen is
certain to soon become one of the
important cities of the northwest.
We also met Wm. Brandvold,
formerly employed in the Pott
store. He is imployed as price
clerk in a wholesale hardware
store.
At the conference we had the
pleasure of meeting two of the
former pastors of the church
here, Rev. o E Boyce. who was
accompanied by Mrs. Boyce and
who was returned as superin-
tendent of the Watertown district
Also Rev. E E. Hunt, who for
the past year has been with the
Hot Springs church in the Black
Hills mission. but is again in the
Dakota conference and has been
appointed to Canton for the com
ing year.
At the conference proper but
few changes we're made this year
in pastoral appointments, the
churches in this vicinity all re-
tanning their same ministers, as
follows:
Milbank-Ernest Holgate
Big StOne-O. NJ. Hyde
Corona-John Wood
Sisseton-R. G. Shearer
Summit-Chas. E. Mcdonald.
Waubay-L f. Brown, supply
The delegates elected to the
general conference VIII lch will
meet at Minneapolis next year
are DR.. Thos. Nicholson, G. T.
Nottson, A. q. Shepherd, with
S. F. KertOot, j. P. Jenkins aud
J. S. Hoaglsnd as alternates.
The lay delegates are Gov. f. s.
VesseY. William Carpenter, of
Andover, aud S. E Morris of
Mitchell, With f. S. Brown Of
Doland, Philip Lawrence of Hu-
ron and j. M. Johnson of Brad.
ley as alternates.
STATISTICS
The statistical report of the
conference shows the following
items of interest to Methodists
of the state:
Practitioners, 8O2; mem bers,
1886; local preachers II; deaths
137; children baptised 626; adults
baptized 594; sunday schools
s54; officers and teachers 2,545;
Epworth Leagues 108; mem bers
3,457; JUNIOR Leagues Al; mem
bers 1,244; churches 200; proba
BILE value $975,650: parsonages
127; probable value S254, $40;
paid pastors 1859, 936.
A summary of the treasurer S
report was as follows:
Foreign missions, $ll,201;
home missions and church ex-
tention, Sc, O64; general education
$267; children fund, 1852; board
of Sunday schools, SS43; connec-
tional fund, 1881; permanent
fund, $3S; Freedmen's Aid
society, S772; American bible
society, S24O: W. f. M. S., $4,000;
w. H. M. S.. S435; d. ". U
81, 467; miscellaneous, S9,213;
e. l,s. n.