The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-10-09
DR.. Nicholson Makes
Request of Dakota
Conference.
GROWTH
In Watertown and Sioux Falls
Districts Are Reported by
the Superintendents.

Redfield, S. D.-Thursday morn
ing at the Dakota Conference of the
VI. +. church, progress. on the dis
tricts was shown by the superintend-
ents' reports.
Or. o. f.. Boyce reported for The
Watertown district. During the year
over $4,000 had been raised for mis-
sIonary work and other benevolences
OF the church, exclusive OF support of
the local churches. He made a brief
reference to The Dakota Deaconess
Hospital at Brookings, which since
January last had treated 200 patients
and has a plant worth about 1000.
The treatment is offered 10 minis
tors and their families no matter 10
what denomination they may belong.
MIR. Royce also said that The aim
of The district is to give a minimum
salary OF $500 exclusive of house rent
10 every pastor on his district. y
FUND is also being pro-
vided for.
During The year The membership
OF The WatcrtoMn district, after all
deductions. has been raised iroia
BAH to 1861. an increase of 200.
y new parsonage has been erected
Chester where Rev. c. h. DeniSon
is pastor.
The ladies aid societies OF the dis
trict have raised $6,S56 during The
mod l,,ra -, l,...1 O. 4 % II re
Ter the report the WatertoWn preach
ers chorus in charge of Mrs. O. II.
as director. rendered excellent
which was highly appreciated.
For Church Consolidation.
The Conference voted TO exchange
the church interests at Mckling and
Worthine for those All Garertson With
The Congregational church. Or.
Nicholson said that the elimination
OF overclInrching in towns over
rhurched would better serve the in
OF the church and comnnuni-
ties affected. The bishop also high
" endorsed such movements.
Heroic Dakota Missionaries.
The Misses Alice and Marie Bre-
of LennoX. missionaries to
China, and Miss Hilda Holmbory OF
C~enterville, missionary to Malaysia.
introduced TIC the conference.
All of them are about to sail TO The
lands in q few days. They addressed
conference in the afternoon.
Greetings were sent 10 the state
Presbyterian synod meeting at Gro
on. !
Official Church Paper.
DR.. Robb Earring. editor OF The
Christian Advocate. of
chicago. represented that paper. He |
stated that Dakota Conference leads
VII the ~patronizing conference ic the
of circulation TO the Adyo-
ate. 1t is the only conference that
doubled its circulation. The in
'rease OF circulation OF the Advocate
N all its territory has recently been
'aised from 10000 to $4,000.
Sioux Fails District.
Rev. G. w. R%osenbury the present-i
ri the report OF the Sioux Falls dis
Tict. He spoke OF the helpful visits
Vi the bishop to some OF The local
'hurches.
He also told of the laying OF the
'orner stone of the new $9G, 900
.hurch which is being erected at
'louN Falls. He also mentioned the
ampaign of new church buildings TO
'e erected in the district. The Salem
huTcfl has been enlarged and suited
o the social needs of the community
nd recently reopened. The mem
of the district has been in
reased from 1900 to 4,G0a. after
II proper deductions.
The Canton camp meeting assoGia-
ion with itS nrn,;r,,,ar, =: ~-- ..-.l
1 debt and the best equipped of any
the northwest.
DIR. Nicholson Talks.
DR.. Nicholson addressed the conf
renee on Education. Incidentally |
e referred 10 the fact that the conf
in the last ten years had made
n increase OF 12S per cent in church
ssets and property; 81 per cent on
unday school scholars: &C per cent
, church membership aud has re-
lived an average of 76 cents per
Iember for missions whereas the I
for the whole church is but I
6 cents. Me testified that after !
sreful study of the educational in ]
itutions of eMthodism, Dakota Conf {
'rence could be called a great insti- q
ltlon and is soon to be a greater.
e spoke of the need of increasing
re endowment and property of D. w.
from 100000 to a million dol
rs. =
Greetings and congratulations We're h
MT to the Dakota Missionaries in :
eSico who refused to desert their y
,st of duty in face of great peril. :,
these are Rev. and Mrs. Jay Haus- !,
!, and Rev. and Mrs. Ray Carhart, =
| of whom are graduates of Da- d
TIA Wesleyan University. d
Mitchell is justly proud of theseis" q.
lssionaries who graduated from her ;,
Mrs. Carhart was former !,
lown as Miss Edith Noble and Mrs. n
inser as Miss Gold Corwin. y
Honor the Dead. =
Memorial exercises were held in :,
nor of the Rev. r. J.. Norton and ;,
NJ. Springer, deceased ministers of -
2 conference who have served mi az
nth Dakota many years and have !.
during the year. Rev. +. j.. u
rton spent his later years in Nit IL
where he was a faithful at W
ldant AT the services of the local OF
lrch.