Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-03-28
CONFERENCE
CLOSES SESSION
Pastors Appointed to Diff
ferent Charges Yester-
day Afternoon
PLEASED WITH VISIT
Ministers of Southern Church Have
Pleasant Experience During Meet
ing in Alexandria
PLEASED WITH VISIT

With the announcement OF the
appointments of the various pastors
to their charges for the coming year
the 132d. annual conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South
was brought to close at 4.3O O'Clock
yesterday afternoon.
The most interesting change in
this section was the transfer OF the
Rev. DR.. D. H. Kern presiding elder
of the Alexandria district to charge
of the Baltimore District with head
quarters in the Monumental City.
His place here will be taken by the
Rev. DR.. B. w. Bond Of Baltimore.
who has been on the superannuate
list for the past year.
While DR.. Kern's friends here will
regret to have him leave this city
they are pleased to know that no
has been called to place OF greater
responsibilities. He will preach in
Baltimore on Sunday but has not de-
cided the time that he will move
from this city to his new headquarters.
IL will be several weeks or even long,
er before the change is made.
The Rev. DR.. Bond who takes his
position here as presiding elder mas
had some of the most important
charges if the church and this will
make the fifth time that he has serv.
cd as presiding elder. He was plac-
ed upon the supperannuate list for the
mast year and has since resided IN
Baltimore. Previous to that time no
was pastor of the church in Lceburg
and before that was presiding elder
of the Rockingham district. He has
also been the presiding elder of the
Baltimore, East Baltimore and Win
chester districts.
The Rev. DR.. NJ. D. Mitchell, who
has been presiding elder of the Bal
tim6re District for the past fou1
years goes as pastor of the church
at Staunton The Rev. J. &. VIM,
ID. D., who has been in charge OF the
Greene Memorial, Roanoke one Of
the strongest churches in the con-
ference, is transferred to the Vir-
giniu conference, going to Washington
Street Church, Petersburg. The Rev.
U. G. Foote, transferred from the
Louisville Conference, is appointed
pastor of the Greene Memorial to sue
ced DR.. Vim. The Rev. G. D. Kid
ner, assistant secretary of the con-
ference, who has been at White Sui
phur Springs is transferred to Fred
crick City, Md.
The Alexandria Methodists are
pratifed that the Rev. Dr.. J. W..
Dufrey, pastor of the Washington
Street NJ. E. Church South, is to re-
main in Alexandria. The pastorate
at Del Ray, filled last year by the
Rev. r. NJ. Swami is to be supplied
and it is understood that the Rev.
+. V. REGISTER, D. D., of this city
who is on the retired list, is to con-
tinuc to hold services in that place.
: the Rev Dr.. c. D. Bulla, of the
city is continued as superintendent OF
the Wesley Adult Bible Class with
headquarters in Nashville. Tenn.
The appointments for the Washing
ton and Alexandria districts are as
follows:
Washington district-H. M Can
ter, presiding elder; Beltsville, G. T
D. Collins; Brunswick, W. L. Smith
Calvert, A. B. Sites; Charles and st
Mary's. J. w. Beall. Chesapeake, 1.
B. Atkins; Clarksburg, G. R. Mays
Colesville, j.. W. Mitchell; Forest
Grove, A. B. Sapp; Frederick City
G. D. kidner; Gaithersburg, NJ. Fl
Keen; Goshen, F. F. Neal; Hyatts
vile and Brentwood, G. L. De Long
Laurel, j. P. Wiley; Patuxent, H
E. Weissner; Poolesville, NJ. 7. Tab
Ter; Potomac, B. l. Parrot. Primo,
George, L. V. Ruckman; Rockville, J
H. Schooley; Savage. S. J. L. D,
Laney; Calvary. H. L. Hout; Emory
T. NJ. Richardson; Epworth, B. V
Switzer; Marvin, j. ]. Ringer; Mour
Peasant, F. J. Prettyman; Mour