Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-09-27
STATE NETHOD|STS'
CONFERENCE OPENS
Officers Elected at Gathering
I. at Springfield Yesterday,
Bishop Hughes Speaks

Springfield, Or, Sept. 27.-The Ore
gon annual conference of the Metho
dist church opened here yesterday with
the Sacrament of the Lord 8 supper
This was followed by organization
election of officers, the annual memor
ial service, Women's Home Missionary
society anniversary, board of home mis-
sions and church extension, board OF
church claimants and addresses by
noted Methodist ministers.
| The administration OF the sacrament
of the Lord 3 supper was led by Bishop
Matthew Simpson Hughes. The bishop
introduced this service by an address
intended to impress the minds of the
misisters with the solemn importance
of this sacrament.
Memoirs are Read
The conference. organized for busi-
ness by the election of the following
ol44cers:
Secretary, C. c. Rariek; assistants,
Frank James, f. G.. Drake, H. N. Aid
rich.
Statistical secretary, David L. Field;
assistants, c. b. Harrison, Thomas. At
kinson, G. B. Rees, T. De- Yarnes.
Treasurer, c. o. McCulloch; assist
ants, F. $. G. Clemo, G. A. Gray, R. C.
Young, W. E. Ingals, A. b. Calder, Mr..
Carlos
Railroad secretary, w. D. Moore.
Postmaster, Stanford Moore.
The following memoirs were read:
Rev. Nelson Clark, born in Decatur
county, Ind, October 2S, 1893, died at
Oakland, Cal, December 81, 1916, me-
moir by Rev L F. Belknap. Rev. VIII
son s. Holcomb, born February IA, 1857
in Perry county, o., died at Salem, Or.
June IS, 1917; memoir by Rev. Joseph
Knots Rev. Robert Booth, born in
Lancashire, England, August 4, 1920,
came to America in 1880, served in the
Oregon conference from 1855 to 1895,
and died in Eugene July IL, 1917; me-
moir by Rev. Melville T. Wire. Rev.
Sanford Snyder, born at Blenheim, On
tario, Canada, October II, 1851, died
at Coburg, Or, July 25, 1917; served
in the Michigan, Kansas, Montana,
North Dakota, Minnesota, Arkansas
and Oregon conferences; memoir by
DR.. R. N. Avison. Mrs. Mary E., wife
of Rev. D. o. Eldridge, born in Calvert
county, Maryland, March 2S, 1860, died
at Mount Tabor, Portland, September
l, 1917; memoir by DR.. w. w. Young
son. Mrs. Sarah M, wife of Rev. Dom
aid --aclachlin, born at AltmOnt, Mich
in 1898, died in Portland, Or, May IL,
1871; memoir by Rev. G. l.. Hamilton.
A memoir of Mrs. Q. b. Skipworth was
presented by DR.. George H. Parkinson.
Mission s Work is Large
The Women Home Missionary So
ciety held its annual meeting at 2:30
p. III. Mrs. Joshua Stanfield presided.
The chief features of the meeting were
reports of the local societies and an
address by DR.. Joshua Stanfield. The
Old Peoples Home at Salem was repre-
sented by Mrs. Seely. 1t was brought
out that the Woman 3 Home Mission
ary society had gathered and disburs-
ed nearly $l,000,00O last year.
Rev. lynn Harold Hough, d. D., of
Garrett Biblical institute, Chicago,
gave the first Of series Of addresses
to be given daily throughout the ses-
sion. His theme yesterday might be ex-
pressed as STRATEGY in the pulpit"
Two anniversaries occupied the eve
ming. DIR. McCulloch presided The
board of home missions and church ex-
tension was represented by Rev. Ed
ward Laird Mills of Salt Lake City.
His theme was announced as "The inn
plications of home missions and church
extension" +" The evening session came
to close by an address by Rev. Sam
uel ]. Greenfield, d. d., Of Utica, ".
Y, on Conference claimants.