Evening journal., 1912-03-13
METHODISTS TO WAR ON
POLITICAL CORRUPTION

mented by other members of the Con- |
ference, absent this morning.
The statistical secretaries gathered !
in statistical reports from the pastors
and retired to begin compiling of the
statistical report which will require
several days.
District Superintendents L. l.. Hof-
fecker, of Wilmington District. and
G. p. Jones, Of Salisbury District
were called upon by the Bishop and
read their reports, which will be
found in other columns.
Conference received a dividend Of
S2,517 from the Book Concern.
Dr. Hill. pastor OF St Pauls apol-
ogized because some details of the
church had not been completed. He
Landed the architect. LOen w. Craw-
ford, for his great assistance and re-
suits. DR.. Hill pointed out that there
was a checking room where hats.
coats and umbrellas could be checked
with reasonable certainty" of getting
them back. He said there was sta
tionary for the use OF the Conference
members. also telephone, and the
young wome nof the church will pro-
vide luncheon at noon each day at
very low cost
The following nominations were
made for ministerial membership of
the board Of stewards: Revs. w. c..
Koons. c. w. Townsend. l.. w. Lay
field and w. l.. S. Murray. There
is no contest
Committees Named
The following committees we're
named:
Public Worship-E. L. Hoffecker.
c. A. Hill, w. G. Koons, W. f. Cork
ran. w. T.. Greenfield, George e
Reed
Education-w o. Hurst. W. d.
Parry. W. e. Hobart. J. p. Otis.
Bble--C W. Strickland, w. n,
Revelle, J. w. Brewington, l.. b. Nor
gan.
Sunday-school-F. n. Faulkner, J.
r. Bicking, c. w. Moore, +. H. Der
rickson.
Sabbath Observance. w Lindale,
f J. Corkran, }. L. Sparklin, J. NJ.
Mitchell
Periodicals. w. Colona, e. g.
Sunfeld. J. NJ. Kelso, j. j. Bunting.
Epworth League Milton Mccain.
J. Howard Gray, Leolan Jackson, L.
Il. Poole, w. G. Harris
Temperance e-Leonard White w. L.
White. c. p. Keen, f. f. Carpenter,
e, w. Mcdowell
Stewards Endowment-E. p. Rob
erts. II. $. Goldey, c. r. Wyatt. r. n.
Rawlins. V s. Collins, w o. Hoffeck-
or. w. l.. S. Murray. J. f. Ellegood.
Woman's Foreign Missionary So
ciety-E. w. Jones, T. +. Beauchamp,
G W. Townsend, J. A. Buckson
Woman's Home Missionary Society
F y. Moore. L. p. Corkran, d. J.
Givan, J. W. Fogle.
Freedmans Aid Society Wilmer
Jaggard. Harry Taylor E. e. White.
Daniel Wilson.
Missionary Statistics. Local Preach
ers and Post Offices. W. Sutton. !.
II. Geoghegan, II. N. Given, J. r. Can
non
Ministerial Qualifications -1912-
II. S. Thompson, G. r. Wyatt H. c.
Macnichol 1913-S. NJ. Morgan. ] w.
Colona. II. y. Quigg. 1914-W. ].
White G. T. Anderson, T. r. VanDyke.
Conference Relations-T. A. II.
O'Brien. w. F. Dawson. r. +. Carpen-
ter, L. E. Barrett, r. H. Adams. w. r.
Mowbray J. p Otis, r. IT, Lewis. r. L.
Martindale.4 W.lG Hoons. I. c. Fos-
4 nocht H. A. G. Westerfeld. S. n. Pill
chard. J. r. Richardson. c. W. Pretty
man
Philadelphia Hospital-W L, Green
field, W. W. Chaires. W. W. Sharp, W.
e. Gumby.
Auditing Commttee-O. T. Baynard.
G. w. Bounds, L. ]. McDougal. G. w.
Dawson.
Memories-W L. S, Murray. ". +.
Dawson. w. G. Koons.
General Conference Memorials-T.
E. Martindale, V. S. Collins. II. T.
Quigg.
DIR. Barrett breaches.
The Missionary sermon by the Rev.
l.. e. Barrett. ID. d.. Of Chestertown.
which was given in st. Pauls Meth
odist Episcopal Church last night. as
a preliminary meeting Of the Confer
ence session. was delivered before
large audience which had assembled
in spite of the cloudburst. DR.. Barrett
spoke of the awakening in oriental
lands, China, Japan, India, Ethiopia,
which was now Offering to Christian
missionaries golden opportunities for
/ converting the pagan world. He said
| these peoples we're knocking at the
/ door OF the Christian countries, ask
| ing for the light.
Pastors and lay delegates were ar
irving all of the evening and a pleas
ant feature was the renewal Of old
acquaintances and exchange OF greet
/ ings DR.. Charles A. Hill and St. Pauls
congregation were given the hearth
est congratulations upon their hand
some new church, which the delegates
were greatly interested in inspecting.
Bishop Luther b. Wilson conducted
his first cabinet meeting at the home
Of Joseph Marvel. where he is a guest
last evening. Plans for organization
Of the Conference and other matters
were discussed by the Bishop and
District Superintendents Hofeckeri
Watt Stephenson and Jones.
This afternoon at o'clock, the an
niversary OF the Board Of Education
: will be held. with Dr. c. w. Pretty
man presiding Tonight's meeting will
be the anniversary Of the Freedman
Aid Society, with Dr. Vaughn S. Col
7 Inns presiding and addresses by DR.
J J. o. Spencer and Dr. NJ. c B Mason
IN MEMoRIANi
In sad but loving remembrance Of n 10
voted wife and mother. Katharine a. Woo,.
! ward. who departed this life March 18Th