The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-05-25
Congregationalists Pay
Editor and Governor
High Compliment.
IS LOSER
Next Conference Sent to Belle
Fourche = Layman is
Made Moderator.

Chamberlain. S. D.-The forty
first annual conference of the Con
gregational church for South Dako
ia adjourned at a late hour las
evening, after a banquet given il
the church basement by the mem
bers of the local church, in homo
of the visitors.
The last day was filled with bust
ness, and it required a lot of hustl
ing to clean up all the matters OF
hand for disposition. The day be
gan with a magnificent discourse b,
President Davis of the Chicago Theo
logical Seminary. Rev. A. B. Keel
err of Watertown, spoke on desirable
ity of employing a state evangelist
but no action was taken along this
line. Rev. R. D. Hall of Rosebud
who has just been elected interna.
tional secretary of work among the
on the subject of Congregational
Brotherhood. The discussion was
led on this question by Rev. 1Mac
w. Cassill of Geddes, who has been
selected as the chairman of the
brotherhood department, for the
conference of South Dakota, and who
promises to push energetically this
work. Rev. G. P. Squire of Hum
bolt told of many interesting ex-
periences he has encountered which
go to prove that he has come just
ly to the title of fighting parson."
The election of officers remaining
to be selected resulted in the election
of Lyman A. LOOMS of Redfeld, as
moderator to succeed Rev. D. M.
Brown, of Lead. Among the new
directors elected were: Rev. w. ].
Olfield of Milbank; Rev. A. L. Cur
tbs of Estelline; B. z. Beach of
Huron, and Rev. MI. Gross of Rose
bud.
Entertained by Sanitarium.
The conference in a body were en-
tertained at dinner by the Chamber
lain sanitarium. Some splendid
music was furnished by a male quar-
tet at the conclusion of the dinner.
composed of Messrs. Jameson. Nc
Ginnis, Warner and Hall, after which
the party was returned to the city
by a number of autos in waiting.
To resume the afternoons work
DIR. Davis gave another of his really
great addresses, at the conclusion
of which the conference su%perinten-
dent, DR.. w. H. Thrall of Huron,
made his annual report. He showed
that there are at present 21O
churches in the state, an increase
OF 10, with a membership of prac-
10000, a gain in the latter
OF about 1000 for the year. Rev. p.
Jenney of Yankton, general mis-
sionary for the conference, made
his report, showing a satisfactory in
crease in all branches of his work.
The annual report of general mis-
slonary Rev. Emil Dietrich of Belle
Fourche, who has charge of Sunday
School organization work. showed
that he has during the year estab-
lished a total of fifty-seven new Sun
day Schools, necessitating $4,000
miles of travel. Rev. Geo. E. Green.
who has been stationed at the new
town of Newell, shows substantial
progress. Rev. Alec Russell, who has
also been engaged in the new town
of Carter in Trip county, reported
many interesting experiences, among
them being a snow shoveling contest
last winter between himself and a
saloonkeeper in which he won out,
resulting in his apparently having
made a place for himself and his
work in the community.
Another report, showing that
church work in a new country is any,
thing but a summer holiday, was
made by Rev. A. G. Miller Of Wendt.
who during the year organized two
new churches and a number Of Sun
day Schools in the counties of Arm
and Dewey, travelling $4,000
miles on foot to accomplish the
work.
South Dakota Lea s.
An address was made by Rev. R.
P. Herrick of Minneapolis, national
School worker, in which he
produced statistics showing that dur
ing the past two years South Dakota
has led all states Of the Union in
the number Of Sunday Schools or
ganized. Rev. John Hull Of Huron
deplored that fact that changes were
made SO frequently in the assign
ment of pastors, contending that
too frequent changes deprecated
the effectiveness Of the work.
The contest for next years con-
ference session disclosed three can
didates, vermillion, Mitchell and
Belle Gourche. Owing to the fact
that the two first named towns had
entertained the conference recently
Belle Fourche was selected as the
next meeting place.
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