Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-04-13
OPE MING OF THE
. 9th CONFERENCE
Dr.. A. L. Cooper of Randolph
Answers Roll Call for the
Gath Time.
BISHOP T.B. NEELEY PRESJDES
Does Not Like the Secular Term
District Superintendents-
Memorial Exercises Held
Officers Elected.
BISHOP T.B. NEELEY PRESIDES


Waterbury. April 12.--Under smi1inp
skies the G7th session OF .he Vernon,
annual conference opened this morn.
ing Mt g.16. RiShop Thomas u N,.Icy
| of New Orleans in the chair. 1>olIov
ling the celebration of the sacramon,
of the holy communion bv the bisbor
and the dIstrict supcrintendant. ,bs
former gave a short address
The roll of m. conference was than
called. and Ga answered to their rer,e.
this being nm unusually largo nu,nhor
| for the first session. Nina probati,,
ers also r.sponded 70 the roll AND ,be
entire conference ,.tood in solamn sil-
ence while the sccre+srv ce1lea tho
nan1es Of ,b..a ,vbo had disd dur,,,
the previoi.s v.ar tho po,, c.
w Hunt. St Albans. the Rev Abren
NJ. Wheeler Massachusetts and tho
Rev Geo ! wolfe u,rdu,oL III
Rev Wiular, Sbow ~ q A,hors 40
clirirc ~ r,.i,.i.r 80 . -,
Paw v,i,ar = r,o,..,.
Ea,,.
a..,',.....,. 90 MS
'"' ,|'nS' IRVING y. H'hhey
" Johnson ana clarence ID Pierce of
f.rerce yro. ,,,an oa,,,,,,a.o, 49, ~
following oIections.
St.,is,ic,,, .ho d. r. \,
of South p,,.o,., ,
bis o.gi,.a. 49,, ~,
-, "'' '''e NoN' VI Leon
- W al uHooio' treasurer the
nov &c! ''i"ur - Hnhi'n or "hlte RIVER
'""''io'' VINO appointed as his asso-
cla'eS the ReN Fred e. Blodgett of
hsSrA ana the Rev. Arthur w. Hewitt
or Flalnfeld; the Rev. William y. Rob
erts OF WilliamstOwn. railroad secre-
tary. and the Rev. A. L. Cooper D. d
OF Randolph biographical secrotarv
1t was significant fact that Dr
Cooper has been nrosor+ -, .,o oo,
ference 70 answar ia his ,,o,, . -,
call 81 tinoe on, or .,o g.
b.y,r to rroo.h ~
foro ,,,,,,,i.,
1,,o .,,
exa, '''c was theh
t, n " ''e Stco"u WINDOW
,n,,, "'"7 P'"ce |" serve
,.,.tt, ,, ''''o' "i''' "u' 'n' me
- NV ',e''""r ~ 'Ne con
,o.,-,',. .'' "''' N''' ""''hS con-
TRANSFERS ANNOUNCED
The secretary of the conf,,.,.cs ,b.,
anuOunCcd the following transfers. -rba
Rev John 4. Dixon to mo ol,rabo,na
Io''i e"ce, iho heN' 'rlo T.. Barnard 10
rao,tn,, . !" 'h's con-
..,.ar,i o.,a ,.,, we ''V' '"at
,Y.ro lonLin,, ,a,,',i,,.,,.. ''-' o'' ie"',
fa,tsr oa,d, -, ,,,,,,. ,,,.,,.,. anu
suece.ted ma, IVA .,,,,l.N '''' "'9'''P
too ge,srous f., o,,l.,,.. NC
confarencee 20 s+ooi ','" ''' So
and mos, usaf,L ,.,.,,,,,, - ','''
vere sadly roodod ,a,.o '''''
In tbo ob.aroo -, g.. ,'t,,
who was sob.d,,1ad 10 ,I,- nam
volcone tho po, U.oI,or - ,t W
a former n.etor ,,,o,o n.o.a,, -, .I.,, ;,
eu,opiysd tho Dil,,,,bor, .,,,.
voiced tho ,ratteca,;on -,
Watorhurv in haviro ,bo o.,.ei. =,
their ,nids, for weel, ~ nlair ,,,.,n. oa,
high thinking An ant r.snorso wv, 80
by the bishop. who invitod ali n,ra,tl.
cIeryv or 1aItv ia n,oo, ava -. -.
his room in the inn" nnd consult him
upon anv matters Of innortanc. rn.
bishop did not like the term "dis.r,,,
superintendent" as that was a sacuIor
not an ecclesiastical term, and. as an
other speaker facetiously suggested. might
he applied 10 section boss" as well as
to "A ub-bishop Of Methodist preachers
,-ncr r.-,, ,,,
ne rev III =" - N'rihenS oi Ch'cago'
"Ss'S'""' secre'aiE OF the h""rd or con-
ie'o o"'o ''''',""'@' was h'roou'eo ana
'''u" 'ous"s SPee'n concerning the
supreme 'n"1"toh OF INC church TO bet
'ei care '"' us veterans VINO under
lle"kre 7a'"rI'S' ma" spent 'heir ives IN
l's service ana are now In their old age,
uefe"ue.' "Po" 'no 'n'"b'e bounty or
i"rE''in' p'"p'' we pr's'H'ed inc confer
nee win che'k Tor w" toward the sti-
pehdS pain th'r ""rn-"ut preacher and
I.'.'. t''' "''n s'''' '"'N SUM m'fht
conference IN Methodisr, 1ono -. ,
This sum was further swelIeJ by ,b. al
drion of SIS from the chartered tun1 and