The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-11-11
many To attend
Bis CONFERENCE
Coming Session of Metho-.
dists At Salisbury Is
Important One
CHANCE TO SETTLE
COLLEGE QUEsTION
This Is the Great Moving
Year and Many Pas
tors Will Be Given
New Charges

The first session OF the Virginia
Annual Conference Of the Nstho0st
Church was held In Brunswick ooun-
ty, Va. In May, 17Sb. Bishop Francis
Asbury presiding. Since then the itln-
Grant preachers OF the Methodist
Church, with thu lay delegates haYe
met each year TO render reports con-
corning the condition and progress
OF the church. to paas upon the char
acters and administration Of tho
preachers and to receive the appoint
manta for thu new year. II Is the
high time" Of the year tor the Meth
odist hosts. full Of interest and Inn
portance. touching in a most vital
manner the lives md welfare Of the
preachers and the churches.
On next wednesday. the 18th. the
one hundred and twenty ninth Sos
sion OF the virg1niA Conference Will
assemble in Salisbury. Nd. in the
magnificent new church. which was
the gift OF the late Governor e. q.
Jackson, OF Maryland. ana II q me-
mortal to his devotion to the Mstho-
dist Church and his consccr6tion to
her causes. Bishop John c. Kilgo.
d. D., OF Durham. n. c.. will pre-
side.
Bishop Kilgo y ye, young man,
having bsen born in 1854. He Is a
native OF South Carolina. and was
Identified with the itinerant minis
try and educational work OF the
Methodist Church In that State until
called to the presidency Of Trinity
College. Durham, ". G.. In 1894. His
career at Trinity was conspicuously
brilliant. he having wonderfully In
creased the resources and patronage
Of that institution and developed its
influences until ct the time OF his
election ~ bishop, It stood in the
forefront Of Southern educational In
stituuon& On May l; 1910. he was
elected to the btahopric. md comes
this year to prselAe for ths nsat time
ovsr the vi1g1nia ConfeFence. Bishop
Kafgo = = maa o. splaadid sxscssfve
and administrative ability. Of broad
platform speakers and preachers In
the country.
TIA Ron Can
On "wednesday morning the roll Of
the conference VIII BE- called by the
for nearly forty year1 continuously
served the conference 1t tho score
tarys table: from 1879 TO 1907 as as
sfstAnt to the lamsntsd Paul White
head. and since that date ~ his sue
cessor. Dr.. Lambeth II . n1tive Of
Richmond and has been 4 member
at the conference Tor nfty-four years.
during which period he has served
many Of the most important churches
IN the conference. having been twice
stationed In his native city. once at
Clay Street church and again At
Bro9d etreet.
The virginia Conference embraces
the larger portion Of the territory OF
and the Holston Conferences havine
fields In the North. West and South
west portions Of the State. with . con-
siderable mbsrship In each. The
territory OF the Virginia Conference
extends from the sea to the Valley Of
virTinia and emhruces 263 pastoral
charges. with q membership OF 1os.-
$50. and includes STA sunday schools.
with $3.50 officers and teachers and
S0.s17 scholars
Some idea OF the Importance Of this
ecclesiastical organization and the
vastnsss of Its resources may be
gathered from the following statis-
tics, reported at the last annual con-
ference. In 1910 the conference held
church property valued At nearly
three and a half millions Of dollars.
not including the Orphanage at Rich
mond, which il worth $160.o00. or
the Randolph Mscon system of
schools and colleges, the Ownership
OF which is technically In tho hands
OF a board OF trustees. but which h
really and morally the property Of
the church.
The churches represented in the
conference raised Tor all purposes In
CONTINUED on second Pags.)