The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-09-28
D.: SIXTEEN
CALLS LAST YEAR
COMMITTEES FOR
CONFERENCE WORK
ARE APPOINTED
OPENING SESSION WAS HELD YES
TEEOAY FdORNING AT THOM-
SON CHURCH
Rev. S. B. Hart Of Elm. Grove Elected
Secretary-Raineile Minister
Made Treasurer

Bishop Franklin Hamilton. D. d.,
liz. D.. presided ut me opening SEES
sion Of The srTenIicih West Virginia
Methodist Episcopal conference !rster-
day morning al The Thomson NJ. r..
church, Island. Nothing Of importance
other than The completion Of prellm-
lrarlrs in preparation for the business
uf the conference was transacted at
he session. Committees were appoint
ed.
Following the formal opening Of the
conference. Bishop Hamilton assisted
~ district supcrinrendents. Dr.l..
Banmgardncr. Dr. q. D. King, Dr.. Ar
chibald Moore. IDr l.. b. Bowers. DR..
X. &. Backus aid Dr.. NJ. +. Compton,
administered the sacremrnts OF the
Lords Supper 10 the ministers and
laymen. numbering fully six hundred.
The Rev. S. B. Hart OF Elm Grove,
was elected secretary Of the confer
cnce and the Revs. 2. L. Flanagan of
Mt. Lake Park, p. ". Matheny. of
Ruckhannon. {. c. O'Neill of Chclyan,
as assistants. The Rev. William Cole
man Of Rainelle was elected treasurer,
and the Rev. w. G.. StrOhmcyer Of Jol-
lytown. statistician.
Routine business, the appointment
'of committees and arranging for pro-
gram Of the week S services consumed
considerable time, after which the con-
ference went into executive session I'm.
Til noon.
Committees OF Conference
The following committees were named
yesterday:
ruhlic wcrshiD-M. +. Compton, w G.
iIartinrcr ". VI. Shultz
state OF tho Churchill. w. Ens!c, g
II. Smith. :. *. .Arhulhnut. {. L. Good
win. (. &. Slater. ~. y. Byus. z. l.. Bent
t. =. Ri<srll.
l'r"cdmans Aid society,". l.. noison
K. Shackrltord. II. NJ. Law, y. NJ. Bar
low, Richard Asphalt. y. y. Craig. W
w. Sutton. Arthur Mcrrclls.
Iishop; II. 5; Chapman. X. o; Phillips,
W. ". buckley. +. T.. Connolly. NJ. l..
nrarin. Il. X $kuggs. Stcerer, Z II,
King, and X. W. Roberts.
Periodicals. and Books accounts. T.
send. /. +. EicKc,i *. + sheppard d." ",
II. HAMPTON. &. W stephen. and Z t.,
UNcin.
Foreign Missions--C. r. Allen. NJ. f,
Lritchnrd, J. {. Scott, y. VI. ',rahtrr". H.
X. Riffec. J. {. Buckley. W. RI. Hcnder-
son and {. f. Anderson.
E.ducation-li II Clark e.. T.. HamcriCk
+. Y. DcBn!I; w: Is. King. J. r. Bird am
Harry Blackhurst.
Observance. Of the. sabbath-t. H.
Garfield. w. M. Frasure.
Parsonage and Furnlturc-R. D. Hal:
Gregory, Rlcaki"E. +. T.. Fisher. G. =,
johnson. y. +. Barnes. II. NJ. S,rader. C.
y. Smith. and W. \. Sharp.
Publishing conference Journal Roy
McCuckcy. j. r. Hickman. 5. 3. Hart
{. E; I.eathcrby. J. Il. Rupert. !. :. Wick,
line. I. l.. Flanagan, y. Il: Robinson.
Mcmoirs-E. j. WcstfHll. W. r. Craig
{. i. slater, i. I. scott, p. L. Reed, Ar
Morris.
ilbl" causc-J. 5. Thornburg. T. ~
Meredith. l.. y. McNcmar, G. t. Yates. +
V. Arnolt, Joseph vanSickle, ]. II. Hess
| and II. W. Walter.
Gros". =. Il. llamerick. j. 3. Cook. F. W
Strader. John E'cddow. q. D. Sampson
and Lloyd Fast
Epwnrth Lcague-J. L. Wells. F. A
Lowthcr. II. y. Tragardcn, G. w. Wise
9. l. Marplo.
District Conference" .lnurnal--p. L,
; Carder. ". NJ: S;tt"rhGns, W. II. Branhan
j. e. Buckley. j. 3. Cardcr
! by. 7. y. Smith. II w. Ewing. d. l.. Ash
r.. NJ. Riddle: T.. :. Harwick. J. X. Bias
kc;. and J. II. Howard.
District snrcrtntcnd"nt ncconni-nli. 3
Fred Mcclure, and T. II. Taylor.
!. W. Dawson, i q. Bolton. W. u. Reed
Th"o. Mccoy. y. NJ. Grimes, William
Coleman. ". +, Mc!ta!n.
Expense iund--W. Z. craig. j, {; SRA
der. Il. L. Newman. t. Polling. f.. J. Hell.
irr. =. J. Price, l.. Is. Orr. Walter SIN,
clair.