The daily times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1902-1936, 1918-11-21
.7'I1E WESTERN n. {.
CONFERENCE
Bishop Darlington Presiding.
Service Flag With SO
Stars Presented
$500 FOR PAYNE COLLEGE

Charlotte, N. c., Nov. 2l.-TGe
opening day of the Methodist Con
ference proved to be a busy and in
teresting one with the reports of the
eleven presiding elders reports tha,
showed gratifying progress in the
work of the year, the election of a
secretary and of the Conference
Committees, the presentation to w.
T. Sheriff. a gold healed cane in rec
ognition of his twenty-five years OF
service as conference secretary. Add
ed to this was the raising of S 300
for Payne College, in Augusta Ga.
the presentation OF the service fiae
with ninety-nine stars, the meeting
of the Conference Historical Society
when Bishop Kilgo delivered a greal
address upon Francis Asbury, and
the Sunday School anniversary in
the evening when Miss Minnie Ken
nedy and Mr.. o. V. Woosley deliver
ed most interesting aud illuminat
ing addresses upon the Sunday
School work.
When Bishop Darlington at g
o'clock opened the Conference by
announcing Hymn No. $50, which
begins, "Are We Yet Alive Bishop
J. c. Kilgo, of Charlotte and Dr.,
Dan Atkins, of Asheville, were with
him on the platform, and the great
conference rapidly filled the lower
floor of the Tryon Street church.
The presiding Bishop led in prayer
after which heread the 18th chapter
of Gnesis and delivered most time
ly and impressive address upon spir-
itual power and the supreme and ur-
gent need of the Church of God. The
Conference joined in singing "A
Charge to Keep I Have" DR.. At
kins led in prayer.
w. l.. Sheriff. was unanimously
elected Secretary, this being the
twenty-fifth time in succession. The
secretary announced for his assist
ants A. w. Plyler, w. F. Sanford B.
G. Brinkman, L. B. Alternately and
]. B. Carpenter
]. S. Barnhardt for the presiding
elders, nominated the committee for
the session, and these nominations
were confirmed by the conference.
AT this juncture the commission
on finance, new commission Great
ed by the last General Conference
and one that will determine how
much shall be apportioned to each
board out of the total assessed upon
the conference, was elected upon
nomination of the presiding elder
This board cinsists of e. L. Balm, w.
l.. Wood and H. Parish, ministers,
and the following laymen: j. B.
Ivey, c. W. Brown, D. E. Coltrane,
Dorman Thompson and James A..
Gray
The following visitors were intro
duced to the conference: DR.. ]. S.
Jenkins, of the North Carolina Con-
ference; DR.. w. P. Few, president Of
Trinity College; Dr.. j. w. Kilgo, of
the Upper South Carolina Confer
ence; DR.. J. S. Hunter, of the Pub
fishing House at Richmond, Va,
and DR.. Eugene Blake, president OF
Weaver College.
The Conference Just before ad-
journment entered into the exercis-
es Of unfurling a service flag which
carried 80 stars that represented
the sons of preachers of the confer
ence who were enlisted in the SER
vice Of the army and navy. The ex-
ercises consisted of a presentation
speech by Albert Sheriff., a speech
Of acceptance by the secretary of the
conference, singing OF the national
anthem by the congregation and
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