Smyrna times., 1912-03-20
SMYRNA IS NOT AFFECTED
BY CONFERENCE CHANGES
REV. WILLIAM D. PARRY COMES
BACK TO OLD ASBURY CHURCH
Rev. w. E. Matthews Returns to Snnyr-
ma Circuit and Rev. I. G. Fosnocht
to st. PauPs Church, Clayton

10 81 Paufs Church, Clayton
The forty-fourth annual session
of Wilmington Methodist Episcopal
Conference came to a close Monday
night after an interesting session.
Bishop Wilson read the appoint
ments showing but a comparatively
few changes in the Conference Dis
trict. Smyrna is not affected. Rev.
W.D. Parry returns to Asbury M. E.
Church; Rev. W. E. Matthews to
Smyrna Circuit; Rev. l. G. Fos-
nocht to st. PauPs, Clayton; Rev.
L. /. McDougle to Townsend and
Rev. G. W. Townsend to Cheswold.
Kenton is the only place in this
vicinity which will have a change of
pastor. Rev. j. F. Anderson goes
to st. Georges and Rev. G. P.
Smith succeeds him. The closing
session was featured by a debate
over the -as-you-go plan or con.
ference entertainment, proposed by
District Superintendent E. L. Hof-
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five ministers and four laymen to
make a pro rata assessment upon
the different churches to defray the
expenses of entertaining the minis
ters and official visitors. This is
to be done only in case conference
does not receive an invitation under
the old plan of open-handed hospi-
tality. No invitation was received
for a meeting place next year for
the Wilmington M. E. Conference.
The place for the next session will
be decided by the newly created
bureau of conference entertainment.
Against Dancing and Gard Playing
Following a discussion, the Will
mington Methodist conference Fri
day morning took stand against
lowering the church stan 1ards
against card playing, dancing and
attending theatres. This question,
supposed to have been pretty well
settled eight years ago, came up
when the Rev. Dr.. Vaughan S. COL
Inns offered a memorial asking the
general conference to strike out of
the discipline paragraph 260, which
prohibits Methodists indulging in
dancing and card playing and from
attending the theaters. This pre-
cipitated a discussion, with most of
the ministers expressing their dis
approval, and the memorial was
lost. Conference also adopted the
Rev. G. T. Alderson's resolution,
instructing the Wilmington confer
ence delegates to vote against any
lowering of the discipline bars.
After holding lengthy debate con-
ference laid upon the table the me-
mortal of Doctor Collins to ask the
general conference to provide for
the members of conference to elect,
or at least nominate district super
intendents. Action was taken after
a discussion and after amendments
had been offered. The action on
the memorial and the attitude of
conference in other respects shows
tendency to adhere strictly to the
practices of old-time Methodism.
Elect General Conference Delegates
The election of the ministerial
and lay delegates to the general
conference took up much of Friday
afternoons session. 1t was ex-
pected by many that the four dis
trict superintendents would be
elected ministerial delegates, but
surprise was sprung, for DR.. c. A..
Hill, pastor of St. Paul's Church,
where conference was in session was
elected as a delegate in the place Of
District Superintendent E. l.. Hot-
feker, of the Wilmington district.
The other district superintendents,
Robert Watt, R. K. Stephenson
and George P. Jones were chosen
delegates, however. The lay electoral
conference elected the following
delegates: Joseph W. Coley, Will
mington district; William Sauls-
bury, Dover district; John G. lows
end, Selbyville, Salisbury district,
and Charles H. Jefferson, Chester
town, Md, Easton district. Mrs.
William Field, of Wilmington, and
Colonel A. w. Liske, of Preston,
Md, wers elected alternates.
Roll of superannuated Ministers
When the roll of the superanu-
ated preachers was called there was
pathetic response in nearly every
case. Many of them told OF the
struggle they have been through,
but in every instance they declared
that they were still strong IN the
faith and put their trust in GOO anc
Jesus Christ. Tears streamed dowr
their tima-creased faces and they
said they were ready and waiting
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