The Sentinel=record., 1913-11-25
C. Nj. :. ANNUAL CONFERENCE IS
 CLOSED.
fRy M. Conway smLLh.l ]

tBy W. conway SIlltn.1
 The twenty-fourth annual session Of the Little Rock annual conference of the Colored Methodist Episcopal church in America closed a very in- teresting and successful five days ses- sion at Cottrell Chapel, C. Nj E church. Hot Springs, Ark, last night The ministers and lay delegates seem 10 have been in the best of spirits during the entire session Bishop Cottrell presided to the satisfaction of the whole conference. The minis ters and laymen almost as a whole are anxious that after the general conference, which meets in St. Louis May, 1914, and the meeting of the college of bishops that the Rt. Rev Elias Cottrell will be returned to Ar kansas for another four years.
 The ministers all made good re- ports and there were progress along all lines of church work, education- ally. spiritually and morally. The joint board of finance was composed of men of experience. They han. dled thousands Of dollars during the conference and when they read their reports showing the disbursements and the amount on hand, it evidenced he fact that they were competent for this task assigned them. Instead Of Inc educational totals being as real in our report yesterday, they are as follows: On education, as reported al this conference by districts: Wash lngton district s52; Texarkana dis trict. s90; Prescott district s75, Lit- tie Rock district $63o5; Camden district, s2O.35; total by districts at conference. S35040. total al the mass meeting at Pine Bluff last Septem- Der, $3,000 total during the year on education, S9,350.40; amount on mis- sion raised are as follows; Prescott district, s73; Texarkana district, $75: Washington district $50; Cam. den district s44
 At II am Bishop Cottrell conduct. cd the opening services by sing.nF as the first hymn No. 253 Welcome Sweet Days of pasC' Prayer by Rev. w. w Williams oi he Missolri and Kansas conference Second hymn, No. 596. And Must l be 10 Judgment Brought" The bishop se. lected as a text the fourteenth chap ter of Eccleslastlcs. verse l9: Fear God and his commandments. for this is the whole duty of man. Subject, This is the conclusion Of the whole matter" The bishop preached strong, logical, spiritual and common sense sermon All present enjoyed the sermon.
 The general conference will meet before the next annual conference meets, and as a toekn of ihe high re' spect the ministers have for Bishop Cottren they made up purse of s70.05 and gave 1t to him as an eyi. dence of their respect. After this the following ministers were ordained deasons: Davle H. Scott, Albert M. Wade, Julius H. Utsey and Nathan Holyfield. elders: George W. Jones, Major Brame, John c. Harris4 Elisha Walker. Joshua s. Washington, John H. McDonen George Lewis. Mack Jones. Burton D. Smith Thomas Jef- fries. Albert Jackson, Alex H. Row lett and David Soufhali
 Rev. ! A, Hamlet, D. D., of To- peka. Kan, editor of the Western In dex. preached a strong sermon at 3 pm. After the sermon the following appointments were read, assigning the preachers to their charges for an other year. Before reading the ap' pointments the bishop exhorted the ministers to go to their work, live hon. est lives, trust in God, do your work well. and God will bless you and the community will love you. God wants good men to lead His church. and II ,,.ea ,rn,, fo live lives thaf will he