Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-04-06
NEW METHODIST
MINISTER'S COMING
Rev. 8. w. Meeks Comes to First
Methodist Church and Rev. q. v.
Switxer, Southern Methodist.

Z
switzer, Southern Methodist.
The one hundred and twenty-eighth
annual conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church closed Tuesday
night in Baltimore. Before adjourn.
ment Bishop Cranston announced the
ministerial appointments for the en-
suing year.
Rev, DR.. J Paul Wright, for the past
four years the esteemed and success.
ful pastor Of the First Methodist
church in this city. was assigned to
BroolSland, pretty suburb OF Wash,
iagton, and he and his family will re-
move there in the near future.
AS will be noticed In the list below
Of the appointments for the Fred.
erick district, Rev. p. W. Meeks has
been assigned to Martinsburg. He
comes from the Ryland II. r. church,
Washington, and is said to be an able
preacher.
The following is the full list of APP
poiatments for the Frederick district
George c, Bacon, district superin-
tendent; J. A. Gross, Barton; c. Il.
Ely. Berkeley Springs: nloominston
! to be supplied; J. l. Winger Bruins
wick. J. w. Fleming. Bunker Hill;
Joseph Dawson, Centre street; f. A.
Kilmon, Grace; a. Il. slagle, Kingsley.
Cumberland: J. j MaTlaney, supply.
/ Doubs, w. s. Jones, Eclxhart: ]. A..
Shockey. supply, Elk Garden: n. G..
Piles, Ellerslie; G. c. Archer, supply,
+ Elinstone; e. H. Lamar, Frederick;
d. II Martin, Frostbnrg; U. s. Land
street. supply. Grant: G. L. Pate. st.
Pauls, and e. G. Powers. Washington
Square, Hagerstown: G. w Lanham
and V. ]. Munger, Hancock; William
Rogers, Harpers Ferry; d. 3. Gates,
j Hedgesyille: j. A. Haugh, Hillsboro;
D. A. Foard, Hyndman; F. H. Hav-
ener. Keyser: w. L. Lynn, Lonacon-
ing: B. w. Meeks, Martinsburg; W.
r. Bird, Midland; ]. l. Bart, Mount
Savage; Mark Day, supply, Oldtown;
w c. Brian, Paw Paw; William Har-
ris, Piedmont; +. II. Showacre, SUPP
ply, Rawlings; J. p. Feltaer, Shep-
herdstown; j. r. Creek, supply.
Smithsburg; William Pierpont. sup
ply, Union Grove; w. A. Lytle. Ur-
bana: II. d. Stewart, Williamsport;
c. D. Taylor, Winchester.
Southern Methodist.
The one hundred and twenty-eighth
annual session Of the Baltimore Con
ference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, adjourned Tuesday
noon at Roanoke, Va. Bishop Murrah
announced the appointments for the
year, among which were the following
comprising the Moorefield district:
i G.. d. White, presiding elder. Moore
field, J. 3. Henry: Petersburg, Fl
Lawson; Franklin. w. Lawson: Key.
ser. NJ II. Keen. w. e. Woolf. super
numerary: Cumberland, J. H. Balthis
South Cumberland, A. Lee Barrett;
Elk Garden, w. w. White: Piedmont
II. " Wheeler: Frostburg. w J
iProut; Flintstone, A. II. Snapp; Rom
ney, j. H. Biningsley: Burlington. A.
A. p. Neel; Springfield. G. G. Oliver,
c. W. Yost, supply; Martinsburg. p
V. Switzer; Berkeley, G. II. Cannon
Morgan, II. L. Myerley; Gainsboro
Wendell Allen; Wardensville, s. G
Thomas, supply; Capon Bridge. c. w
Stump; Listonburg, II. B. Smith. sup.
ply; Hampshire, j l.. Thomas; Hardy
G. X. Heydrick; North River and Au-
gusta, G.. e Kerchevat, supply.
AS will be seen in the above lists
Rev. b. v, Switzer comes to Martins
burg, succeeding Rev. w f. Locke,
who goes to Lexington. Va, as pre-
iviously announced in this paper Rev.
Mr.. Switzer comes here from Balti-
more and is highly spoken OF as a
man and preacher.