Evening star., 1915-04-14
MP. CONFERENCE
ENDS ITS SESSION
Plan of Appointments Affects
But One Local
Congregation.
REV. J. R. WRIGHT NAMED
FOR MT. TABOR CHURCH
Rev. E. L. Beauchamp Is Sent to
Parksley. Va.-0nly Nearby
Change Is at Cherrydale.

With the reading of the plan of ap-
pointments affecting but one local minis
ter the cigIlty-seventh Maryland annual
conference of the Methodist Protestant
church came to a close in the Rhode
island Avenue Church last night. after
a seven-day conference, called by Pres
fdent John s Bowers an unusually sue
cessful one.
Rev ]. X. Wright succeeds Rev. z. l.
Reauchamp at the Mount Tabor Church,
The latter going to Parksley. Va There
was one nearby change, Rev. ]. 9.
Wooden succeeding Rev. W W. Coe at
cherrydale, Va.
II is said that only the usual number
Of changes were made by President
Bowers Eut two Baltimore churches
were affected. The conference re-
ceived no invitation for its entertain
rnent next year. and the matter will
have to be settled later on by the dis
frict standing committee. This was
tho situation which prevailed last year.
Church Gains Reported.
The statistical report was one of the
last reports submitted. 1t showed
great advance in all the church activi-
ties for the year. Chief among these
was in the church membership. which
made a gain of $50 during the year, the
total membership of the denomination
now being 3o,564. There We're during
the year 397 adult baptisms and 4,422
conversions. There are in the confer
ence 2ss churches and 124 parsonages.
The church property is valued at 81
1926; parsonage property, S3S0.100.
The financial report showed $3S,261
used for the general interests Of the
church, and s320.3l2 for local interests.
For Washington District.
The Washington district appoint
rnents are as follows: Cherrydale, ].
5. Wooden; First Church. ". A. Mel
win; Georgetown. j. ". Balderston;
Mount Tabor, ]. r. Wright; North
Carolina Avenue. f. a. Sexsmith: Park
Road. G. NJ. Clayton; Rhode Island
Avenue. Louis Randall.
Other Appointments.
The other appointments follow;
Special appointment p r e 8 dent,
Western Maryland College. T. H. Lewis;
vice president. Western Maryland Col
lese, A y. Ward; professor, Western
Maryland College, E. \. Warfield; edi-
tor of Methodist Protestant, F. T. Tagg;
corresponding seer tary-treasurer,
board of foreign missions. F. c. Klein
president, Westminster Theological
Seminary, II. l. Elderdice, and church
extension superintendent, J. NJ. Holmes.
Loaned-Board of home missions, j.
II. Gill, and board of foreign missions,
Z. H Van Dyke.
Superannuates-J. A. Weigand, ]. G.
Sullivan. W. D. Litsinger, w. NJ. Stray
er, j. l. Straughn, ]. w. Gray, j. l..
Mather and ]. w. Norris.
Left without appointment at his own
request-W. Il. Judefnd.
Plan of observation-disclosures Va.
c. NJ. Zepp; Alexandria. Va, Edward
kirkley: Amelia, Va. W. c. Munford
Baltimore: Alnutt Memorial. F. T. Lit
tie. Bethany. c. L. Mccullough: Broad
way. J. N. sheridan; Brooklyn. S. ".
Coe; Calvary, II. S. yohnson; Christ
Church. L. y. Smith; East Baltimore.
D. L. Greenfield; Eutaw. J. L Nichols;
Evergreen. W. S. Hanks. Hempden. E.
D. stone, Keen Memorial. A. S. Beane;
Lauraville, c. c. Day: North Baltimore.
w. Fl. Litsinger: Payson Street, D. W.
Anstine: South Baltimore, ]. +. Bryan;
Starr, G. W. Haddaway; St Johns. ].
w. Kirk: st. Paurs, J. A. Dudley; Vio-
letville, F. II. Mullineaux; Waverly, f.
d. Reynolds; West Baltimore. G. l.
Humphreys; Wilton Heights, Ronalds
Taylor.
Baltimore circuit. S. F. Casson: Bed
ford, Pa. W. F. Bauscher: Belair. B.
W. kindley: Bivalve. /. S. Owens;
Buckeystown. r. L. shipley: Cam
br1dge. H. L. Brown. Cannon. Del, u.
F. Earring: Caroline. c. ]. Burdette;
supply: Cecil, +. NJ. Cliff; Centreville,
9. J. Hill; Chesapeake. II. W. u. John
son: Chestertown, w. r. Graham: Chin
colleague. Va, NJ. f. Hungerford, Clay
ton. Del. z. II. Jones; Concord, Pa,
II. E. Norris. supply: Conquest, Va. A.
w. Ewell. Crisfield, +. T. Benson; Law
sonia, to be supplied, Mariners, A. H.
Green; Crumpton, J. E. Medling, sup
ply: Cumberland: First Church. j. L.
Ward: Melvin Chapel, w. NJ Snyder;
Mapleside and Fairview, to be sup