The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-18

United MI. E. Conference VIII
Hold Session There
Conference Appointments An
nOunced by Bishop.

lleln ana last session or the South Kan
sas Conference of the Methodist Epis-
copal church closed here yesterday
The unification of the South Kansas
and the Kansas conferences was COM
pleted at this session and received the
approval of Bishop William o. Shep-
ard, who presided at this session of the
South Kansas conference, and two
conferences, which were divorced
forty years ago, are again united. The
next session of the united conference
will be held at Chanute in 1914.
Bishop Shepard announced the fol-
lowing conference appointments to the
various churches in the conference this
morning.
Emporia district, Bascom Robbins
superintendent, Emporia; Americas,
Buffalo, B. F. Ray; Burlington, c. L.
Hovgard; Elmdale, A. w. Way; En-
poria, First church, H. W. Hargett;
Emporia, Grace church, J. B. Mac
kenzie; Emporia circuit, c. H. Cram
ley; Eureka, S. l. Chase; Fall River,
J. E. Stickney; Fredonia, R. E. Nc
Clean; Halls Summit, L. j. Gillian;
Hartford, C. T. Rice; Howard, T. A.
Nicholas; Howard circuit, A. Cullison
Lebo, J. N. Funson; Melvern, B. A.
Silverthorne; Reading. c. A. Budd /;
SaffordviIle, Ira E. Bula; Cedar Point,
Eugene Kramer.
Fort Scott district. c. W. Bailey,
superintendent, Fort Scott; Arcadia,
c. 1. Rose; Baxter Springs, Q. w.
Brakebill; Beulah, F. o. Hesse; Co
lumbus; Harry Gordon: Crestline, A.
Goodrich; Erie, W. H. Mulvaney; Fort
Scott, First church, George E. Satter-
lee; Fort Scott, Grace church, P. B.
Knapp; FTontenac, Edwin Judd; Full
ton, o. G. Mitchell; Girard, .. c. Bren-
son; Hallowell, Robert Brown; Hepler,
NJ. E. Eells; La Cygne, J. H. Hoop
ingarner; McCune, r. E. Keys; Mound
City. A. D. Wood; Parsons, First
Washington avenue church, George E.
Tiff; Pittsburg. First church. L; M.
Potts; Pittsburg Mission. J. E. Nor
gan; Pleasanton, o. U. McPround; St.
Paul, Roy E. Burt; Savonsburg, A. M.
Mahaffie; Scammon, ]. c. Bergeson.
Independence district, A. S. Freed.
superintendent Independence; Alta
Allen; Chanute, ]. r. McFadden; Cha
mute circuit, J. J. kindly; Cherryvale.
c. w. Odom; Cherryvale circuit, Ira
Glenn; Chetopa, o. K. Hobson; COT
feyville, J. D. Smith: Edna. c. B. Lit
Teton; Elk City. Rollo ]. FisheI
w. P. Wharton; Jefferson, Osa Dewey;
Longton, G. W. Skinner; Moline, I. A.
Foster; Neodesha, A. D. Wagner, Os-
wego, F.. M. Bailey; Peru, j. w.
H w. Todd; Tyro and Ha-
vana, ]. w. Bolton.
Ottawa district, T. E. Chandler, super
Ottawa, Kan. Baldwin, r.
D. Kester; Blue Mound, M. r. Moles-
worth; Colony, Franklin Rist; Fontana,
5. P. Cullison; Garrett, I. M Benham;
Gas City, r. M. Cullison; Greeley, Ira
D. Beamer; lola, First church, B. M
Powell; lola Trinity, IA L. Sampson;
Kincaid. c. V. Shulenberger; La Harpe,
A. J. Morton; Lane, Floyd Sampson;
Leroy, J. P. Hankins; Lone Elm. r. E.
Gordon; Louisburg, c. F. Johnson;
Mount Ida, w. H. Bunting; Moran, H.
G. Kephart; Neosho Falls, c. T. Cot
ton; Ottawa, First church, John Mac
ean; Ottawa, North Side, H. A. Cook;
Paola, E. w. Spencer, Princeton, L. E.
Dobbs; Richmond c. E. West; Selma,
e. B. Ermey; Waverly, j. S. West;
Ashley Rocksteel; Will
mSburg, F. H Taylor; Yates Center,
W. L. French.
Special appointments:
Bernard Kelly, chaplain United States
army, retired, member of the Emporia
First church conference.
J. H. Hill, president State Normal,
member of the Emporia First church,
quarterly conference.
J. NJ. Payne, chaplain in the National
Home, member of the Grace |
hurch quarterly conference.
J. Coker, field secretary of the board |
# home missions and church extension, |
member of the Chanute quarterly con-
erence.
L. S. Jones, conference evangelist, |
member of the Coffeyville quarterly |
conference.
F. H. Flickinger, conference evange-
ist member of the Baldwin quarterly |
difference.
II. G. Mackenzie, chaplain State Re-
ormatory, member of the Mound
ALLEY quarterly conference
r. S. Gault, chaplain of the Soldiers !
Orphans Home, Normal, I'LL, member Of
he Richmond quarterly conference.
F. L. Lee, missionary to Hawaii.
P. w. Keys, missionary in Africa
C. T. Durberaw, field worker of the
PREACHERS Aid society, member of the
Baldwin quarterly conference.
H. A Church, financial secretary of |
Baker university, member of the Bald
vim quarterly conference.
The following were placed on the
list: Martin Armstrong,
:. E. Creager, J. N. Mason, J. E. Lar +
rent, J. c. Gordon.
Forty-Three on Retired List
The following were placed on the re-
ired list of the conference: A. B.
3runer. NJ. 9. Bramha1l, ]. r. Black
urn, William Bristow, J. T. Beach. H.
". Chaffee. r. NJ. Cullison, B. F. Car /
". Fem, w. T. Farley, ]. D. Faulk, S.
". Gamble, c. H. Gamley, James
Hunter, Guy Hamilton. w. A Howard,
\. A. Horner. Salem Hedges, J. E.
Hopkins, J. NJ. Tiff, A. McDole. ]. r.
IcNabb, Hugh McBirney, S. S. Murphy,
,. S. Morrison, NJ. V. Moore, L. Martin,
2. E. O'Byrne, c. V. Penn, ]. W. H.
7yke. c. R. Rise NJ. U. Ramsburg,
Joseph Robinson, R. NJ. Scott, r. H.
Sparks. T. c. Stephenson. E. H. Spen-
.er. V. Sta1ey, S. S. Weatherly, ]. E.
w. T. Yerk
Vandals Burglarize Churches.
Harrington, Kan, March 18.-This
.ity has been infested recently with
-andals who pick the churches to ply