The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-08-31
By Methodist Protestants on
Recommendation of Sta
ttoning Committee.
DAY rs A BUSY ONE
Considerable Business Trans
acted in Disposing Of
Committee Reports.


various charges OF the conference
district for the ensuing year npon
recommendation Of its stationing
committee Saturday afternoon by the
annual. West Virginia Methodist
Protestant conference in session in
the local church Of the denomination
on Locust street. The rest OF the
day was devoted to the receipt of
committee reports and action there
on.
The appointments we're under
consideration and nearly com
pleted when this edition of the Tel
egram went to press but they had
not been announced.
Pastor for Giarksburg.
The board of church extension
recommended that a pastor be regu-
larly stationed at Clarksburg at a
salary of $1,1OO a year, of which the
board shall pay $500 and the congre-
cation $500. Heretofore the local
charge has been maintained entirely
by the board. The payment of $3.50
to the Beverly charge was recon-
Tended. A balance of $465.79 was
reported in the treasury.
The appointment of the following
members for the ensuing year was
recommended: ]. A. Selby. N. P.
Turkelson. G. H. Snyder, j. EG.
Cunningham and A. D. Williams.
The report was adopted.
To DE Ordained.
The Taculty reportd that W. H.
Hodges, of Morgantown, and L. G..
Weese. of H%arrisville. had success
fully passsd examinations for elders
orders and recommended that they
be ordained. Ordination services
were set for Sunday morning at the
Methodist Protestant church and the
report was adopted.
The report OF the committee on
boundaries was adopted. ut pro-
vided for the change OF the name
OF the Montrose charge to Parsons,
a division of the Ronceverte circuit
with the creation of a new circuit to
be called the Greenbrier circuit, and
the addition OF Salem to the Miletus
circuit.
Set Over n Day.
Hereafter the annual conference
will begin on the fourth Thursday
in August instead Of the fourth
wednesday in that month as the re-
suit of adopting a report with that
recommendation from the commit
tee on manual.
An assessment of $4,000 a year
for homie missions by the general
conference was ratified, and the OBJ
servance OF the week of Noveh3~t
II to "a as home mission week and
Ithe devotion of Easter DAY to home
missions were recommended in the
report Of the committee on home
missions; which was adopted.
appointments Authorized.
The president Of the conference
was empowered to appoint a fra
ternal messenger and a representa-
tive whenever necessary, two trus-
<sees to the state board of the Anti
: Salon League and two delegates to
the national convention of the Anti
Saloon League.
Cooperation Of the conference
with the Rev. H. Il. Elderdice in his
EFFORTS to raise d4.and Tor the con-
struction Of a west Virginia cottage
on the campus Of Westminster Col
1ege at Westminster, Nd, and the
expenditure of $500 for colleges
we're recommended by the commit
tee on colleges. The report was
adopted.
New Faculty Members.
]. ]. philips and w. H. Hart were
chosen members of the conference
faculty upon the Recommendation OF
a special nomina- :ng Committee con,
sisting of G. H. Snyder, B.. NJ
Mitchell and A. D. Williams.
C. L. Queen, .. R. Jones and E
W. Swan we're appointed on the
committee on presidents salary.
The chair ruled that all ministers
on the un%stationed list have the au
thority to administer the ordinace'
of the church.
DR.. A. F. t. Tagg, of Baltimore
gave an interesting account of the
writings Of Dr.. ]. j. f. Cowan, ;
member of the west Virginia confer
ence, who is at present editing a pub
llcation in Hawaii.
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