Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-03-30
ORGANIZATION
OF CONFERENCE
Eethodist Preachers Settle
Down to Work Today.

ence at Central Methodist Episcopal
church. The election of officers and
confirmation of standing commit
tees appointed last year were in or.
der. This business session followed
the sacrament OF the Lords supper
which Bishop Warren administered
assisted by the members of the cab
met. Bishop Thomas B. Nicely, who
two years ago presided at the confer
ence held in the Centenary Metho.
dist Episcopal church, was present
yesterday.
BY unanimous vote the Rev. Fred
erfck Bloom. pastor of Embury
church, Paterson, was elected sec
rotary of the conference for the
third time. His assistants. by his
appointment, will be the Rev. Wal
lace B. Fleming. Maplewood Metho-
dist church; the Rev. Warren r.
Coon, Cedar Cliff Methodist church;
the Rev. Austin K. Armstrong. Rock
away Methodist church; the Rev,
Bergman II. Mccoy, Sanford Street
church, East Orange, and the Rev.
George P. Dougherty, of Wood
bridge.
The honor of acting as conference
treasurer was conferred upon the
Rev. Jacob A. Cole. of Passaic. who
named the following men as his as
s~istants: The Rev. John w. Ryder,
of Watsessing; the Rev. John o.
Sparmon, pastor of the First church,
Orange, and the Rev. Warren r,
Neff, Of DeGroot church. this city.
The office of conference statisti-
clan Was filed b. the Rev. John a.
Gutteridge, financial secretary OF
the American University. Assistants
to the Rev. Mr.. Gutteridge will be:
The Rev. Samuel X. Doolittle, pastor
of the First church, Hackensack; the
Rev. Whitfield G. Timbrell, of Cald-
well Methodist church; the Rev.
Frederick G. Mooney. of Union
Street church, this city; the Rev.
Arthur Lucas. of the Montgomery
Street church; the Rev. Harry p.
King, of Grace church, Dover. and
the Rev. Archibald N. Smith, OF
Paterson Avenue church, Paterson.
Standing committees were an
nounced as follows:
Foreign Missions-The Rev. A. B.
Richardson, chairman; the Rev. w.
S. Coeyman, the Rev. G. P. Apgar,
the Rev. F. l.. West and the Rev. N,
P. Champlin.
Home Missions and Church Exten-
sion-The Rev. II. s. Molyneux, the
Rev. w. c. w, Walker, the Rev. S.
P. Hammond, the Rev. w. A. Knox
and the Rev. e. NJ. Compton.
Sunday Schools-The Rev. J.. Fl.
e. Schultz, the Rev. w. H. Carson,
the Rev. $. e. Davis, the Rev. ]. H.
Frazer and the Rev. T. T. Crawford.
Temperance-The Rev. w. j.
Hampton, the Rev. f. A. Mason, the
Rev. s. H. Jones, the Rev. C. s.
Woodruff and the Rev. F. B. Curry.
Bible Cause.-The Rev. J.. B.
Faulks, the Rev, D. H. Murdick, the
Rev. p. c. Bascom, the Rev William
Burd and the Rev. M. Y. Bovard.
Campmeeting-The Rev. w. G.
Kfnsey, the Rev. H. M, Simpson, Tia
K. Boyd and the Rev. q. #. ulmats
Freedmen's Aid-The Rev. j. r
Maschman. the Rev. w. S. Galloway,
the Rev. John Boyenizer, the Rev. G,
H. Won Claim and the Rev. C. aC.
Cain.
Sabbath Obseryanee-The Rev.
Enoch Meachem, the Rev. Frank
MacDaniel, the Rev. c. II. Powers,
the Rev. Ebert Clement and the
Rev. #. s. Simmons.
Epworth League-The Rev. o. L.
Joseph, the Rev. Samuel P. Lacey,
the Rev. Wilbert Westcott, the Rev,
j. r. Wright and the Rev. o. M.
West.
Education-The Rev. Ralph d
iITTnU thu n aU II nA1xat ~
Rev. P. g. Blight, the Rev. r. I.
watkins and the Rev. A. Fl. Lucas.
Conference Program and Anniver-
saries-The Rev. Frederick Bloom,
the Rev. DR.. William II. Morgan. the
Rev. DR.. Thomas !. Coultas, the Rev,
7. G.. Spencer and the Rev. G. r,
Barnes.
The nominating committee for
standing committees next year was
appointed as follows: The Rev. J
B. j. Rhodes, chairman; the Rev.
William Trumbower, the Rev. r. NJ.
Aylsworth, the Rev. Warren r. Neff
and the Rev. r. b. Collins.
Letters were read to the confer,
ence from the Rev. DR.. William FL,
Morgan, the Rev. p. @. Murdiek and
the Rev. r. l.. West bearing to the
ministers greetings from Palestine.
The Rev. Frank Mcdaniel, presi-
dent of Pennington Seminary. ex-
tended the invitation to the confer
ence to visit the institution, and the
entire body went to Pennington by
special train this morning at 1890
o'clock on the Central railroad.
Six ministers of the Newark Con-
ference who died during the year
We're eulogiZed yesterday. Memoirs
to each were read. The deceased
ministers names follow, with the
names of those who delivered the
eulogies: The Rev. S~ylvanus d.
Harris, whose memoir was read by
the Rev. Perry @. Bascom; the Rev.
John e. Hancock, whose biography,
written by the Rev. A. H. futile,
was read by the RAY. William M.
Nesbitt; the Rev. Frederick O. w.
Ramoth, by the Rev. G. M. Ander-
son; the Rev.Amzi l.. Smith, by the
Rev. s. X. Doolittle; the Rev. Will
liam M. Johnston, by the Rev. s. D.
Decker, and the Rev. NJ. B. Wigg, by
the Rev. Enoeh Meachem.
Bishop Warren notified the con-
ference of the receipt of a draft for
$2,724. representing the Newark
conferences share In the dividends