Henderson gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1911-19??, 1911-05-25
THE DISTRICT CONFERENCE.
The Thirty-First Session Held With
the M. e. Church In Scotland Neck.

the NJ. E. Church In Scotland Neck.
/ The Warrenton District Conference of
the North Carolina Conference of the NJ.
/ E. Church, South, convened in its thirty
/ first session in the NJ. E. Church, at
Scotland Neck, May 9th, 1911, with
Rev. j. +. Underwood, p E., in the
chair. Rev. Rufus Bradley, of Williams
/ ton, was elected secretary.
/ Rev. J. e. Johnson, Of Windsor,
preached the Introductory sermon
Tuesday night.
The District is composed of twenty
one pastoral charges. Every preacher
was present and one or more delegates
from the various charges
! The first business session OF the Con-
| ference was held Wednesday morning
! The roll was called and reports were
read from several of the preachers. Rev.
| ID. l.. Earnhard t. preached at IL O'Clock
+ from Psalm 9:34.
| The afternoon session met at 3 clock.
! The religious services were conducted by
Rev. S. J. Fitzpatrick. of Henderson. The
following committee on quarterly con-
ference records was named Revs b. H.
Black, f. n. Harrison and Mr.. r. l..
Hardy. The committee on missions was
appointed by the chair as follows: Revs.
W = ". llOJ IL. IL w HIS, j. w. JoHu-
son and Messrs. NJ. j. Grant and j. T.
! Flythe.
TUESDAY-SECOND DAY.
Religious services were conducted by
Rev. b. G. Thompson, of the Warren
circuit. The question, 'How may we
deepen the spiritual life of the church
and more effectively reach the unsaved?"
was discussed by Revs W. B. North, W.
r. Royal, j. G. johnson, +. f. Eure and
s. +. Mercer.
Rev. Il. w. Bailey, in short, earnest
talk, represented LOuisburg Female
College and emphasized the need OF
another building for that institution.
The afternoon session. met at eight
OF clock, and religious services were con-
Quoted by Rev. d. A. FutrelI The Ep-
worth League work was taken up and
Rev. b. c. Thompson, district secretary,
submitted his report which was accept
ed. Mr.. Thompson then introduced Rev.
W. II. Brown, president OF the North
Carolina Epworth League Conference,
who delivered a very earnest and hel p
ful address on the work the League is
doing. He urged the Importance of or
ganizlng the young people of the church
and training them for Christian service
Rev. j. Nj. Rhodes, president of Little
ton Female College. addressed the Con-
terence in the interest OF the college and
called attention to the scholarships of
fered by that institution.
Rev X. Fl. Willis submitted the report
OF the committee on missions and made
strong appeal to the pastors to carry
out the policy of missions adopted by
the Missionary Institute held at Enfield
in the early spring. The report was
adopted by a standing vote.
The question, "Where shall the next
Conference be held?" was called and
Weldon was chosen by n unanimous
vote.
FRIDAY-THiRD DAY.
The morning session OF the third day
was given to the discussion of the lay
mans movement and the work of the
Sunday school,
At11:30 o'clock Rev W r. Royal, of
Henderson, preached from Joshua 24:15.
The afternoon session met at 3 O'Clock
and religious services were conducted by
Rev. f. +. Eure, of Hobgood
On motion Of J. 7. Flythe the resolu-
ton passed at the last District Confer
ence with reference to DIR. d. B. Zollicof-
fer's salary as lay leader in 1910 was
iChCNCu anu Tue Dlebufeu were uTSeu CC
put the resolution into effect.
Mr.. W. f. Moss, of Henderson, was
re elected district lay leader.
Rev. d. n. Caviness submitted and
read the report of the committee on Sun
day schools, which was adopted
The folluwing local preachers passed
examination and their license were re-
newed: j. G. Webb, W. G. Lowe and j.
l.. Cherry
The following local deacons passed the
examination of character: Rev Ray
mOnd Browning, j. b. Aiken and W. E.
Nicholson.
Messrs. j. T. Fly W. F. Moss, J. c.
Hardy and DR.. d. B. Zollicoffer were
elected delegates to the Annual Confer
ence that meets at kinstOn this year
Dr. Nj. Bolton and Prof. j. B. Aiken were
elected alternates.
On motion by the chair the Conference
elected a district board of church exten-
sions as follows: Revs D. N. Caviness,
J. Z. Holden and Messrs. K. B. Boyd,
W. A. Connell and H. c. Spiers.
The chair named Revs. r. Ii. Willis d.
n. Caviness. B. c. Thompson and S. E.
Mercer as a committee to examine can
didates for license to preach.
Rev. d. n. Caviness, of Warrenton,
preached at s O'Clock and the Conference
closed it's thirty-frst annual session.
To Increase Paw of Carriers.