Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-20
NO"STAR CHAMbER"
To FIND FAVOR At
THIS CONFERENCE
p;shop Bristol Informs M. f. Min
listers at Dover That Everything
Will be in the Open.
MARRIAGE LAW UNDER FIRE
specia, Dispatch to Every Evening

Frank NJ. Bristol of Chattanooga, Tenn,
opened today
ifter the administration of the Lord S
supper by Bishop Bristol. assisted by
District Superintendents Watt Mowbray,
Wise and Collins and W. T.. Gunby.
pastor Of Wesley Church. the conference
roll was called. and many members and
probstioners responded.
The conference elected the following
officers:
Standardization W Jacobs; as
sistants. ! II. Bcking and Tilghman
smith
Satisfactorily L. Gunbv; assistants,
]. II. Geoghegan, A. W. Goodhand. |. :.
Whitaker. ". NJ McCaun, G. Il. Fills,
q. s. Thomas, N c. Benson, X. T.
Nichols, A. r. Brown, George Sterling.
! w. Wooten and r. T. Thawley
Treasurer. W. Colona. assistants.
V. T.. Hills, J T. Richardson. 7. W.
Mcdowell. W. II Rcvelle, w I. Taylor,
J ! hunting. r., G Prettvman, Daniel
Wilson. ! L. Sparklin. Omar Jones. J.
Morgan. L. I. McIain and T. T. Taylor
The conference elected standing com
mittees as follows
Public worship " T. Gunby, William
X. Mowbrav, Henry G. Budd and Ralph
r Coursev
AllnfEffFlAl fleiSiiAE1tiFU- = - N-N'i-
ma. J. L. Outtcn, Howard i Quigg, WI
liam l. White. George l. Aldersot, s. n
PIlchard. Louis I. Barrett, q. T.. Jones
and J. T. Herson.
Conference relations George I. Jones,
Frank L. Carpenter. T. &. Smoot T. \.
Moore, George White Dawson, l.. W.
T,av6eld. 4. y Faulkner, '. T.. Hills.
{, W. Hastings. Robert X Stephenson
and Clinton L. Wyatt
Periodicals E II Derrickson. ]. I.
Price. ! c. b Hopkins and NJ. y. Nutter,
Bible Frank White William W Sharp.
A. W. Goodhand and Luther NJ. Broad
way.
Auditing-W o. Bennett, George r..
Ncese, II. b. kelso. J. ]. Bunting and
t. II. Collins.
Epwcrth Ieague-W, G Harris. Milton
McCann. Robert Il. Stephenson. Leonard
SUNDAY schools. III Webster, Henry
$. D1ilanv. ". L. Greenfield and l. ".
Jones
Sabbath observance-D J. Givan, G.
\. Jones, G. L. Sterling and Ivanhoe
Willis
Temperance and prohibition-F G.
NaeSorley, Clinton T. Wyatt, l.. l..
Poole. T. ] Cochran and L. G. Pretty
man
Freedman Aid L. Sparklin. " W.
chairs. W F. Dawson and George W.
Bounds
Wornans Foreign Missionary Society
q. T.. Jones, g. : Thomas. @. L. Bay
nard and T. Y. Moore.
Woman's Home Missionary Society
r. C. Srnoot, J. w. Prettvman. j F.
Outten and II. +. Reed
Missionary statistics-J. II Wilson,
- - A 1nch .,l L 4 1orIc
Memoirs T. Beauchamp
Herbert +. Randolph and Wilbur +.
Corkran
Hospitals Harry Taylor, NJ T. Wheat
lev, L. B Morgan and W. L. Habhart
Education-Robert X Stephenson.
George c. Williams, J ]. Hcrson and
George T. Anderson
Thanks-Frank f. Carpenter r. p.
Nichols. " H. Briggs and " O. Bennett
Opening devotions and conference or
ganization took ono and three-fourths
bours and prclininarics were not con-
cluded before l0.45 O'Clock.
DR.. Watt announced that Rev DR.
George Edward Reed. residing at Harris
burg, Pa. would not be present. owing
to a slight accident Greeting was sent
to Dr. Reed.
Announcement also was made that J
W. 1s03DtfU anu ItaNitiDiltl A~NN3kt are
IN military training camps
RESPECT roR THE DEAD.
The conference arose and stood when
the names Of deceased brethren-Iohn W
Poole, Asbury Burke and II. A. g. West
erfeld-were called. and the gathering
sang "In the Sweet BY and By.
II was resolved to sit each morning from
$50 TO II O'Clock, and to hold devotions
during the first half hour
No 'srAR CHAMBER WORN
In a brief address. Bishop Bristol told
the ministers there would be no star
chamber proceedings during conference.
Every minister had as much right to
know what was going as the bishop had
He would tell ministers where they were
likely to 90 next year, but the Slate might
be changed the next day after he told
them. He did not want any ministers TO
lose sleep concerning pastoral appoint
ments
J. " Jones, ". Q Hurst. 4. ". Jones
and l.. l.. Layfeld were elected con
ference stewards.
The character Of William II. Mowbrav.
superintendent of the Dover district
was passed and he read his annual report
The report Will be found elsewhere in
this issue of Every Evening"
AGAINST RACE TRACK GAMBLING.
The conference telegraphed To the
Maryland Legislature asking it to mass
the Crothers Anti-race Track Gambling
bill
ASKS MARRIAGE LAW REFORM
George Z. Jones, pastor al Elkton.
proposed that the conference ask the
Maryland Legislature to pass q marriage
law confirming to the marriage laws Of
adajacent States.
v s. Collins hoped Maryland would
not enact a marriage law patterned after
the Delaware Marriage law, which MIR.
Collins said is the worst in the United
States He said it is outrageous with
respect to ministers, putting all the oblo-
guy on them, but it puts no safeguard on
the man who issues the marriage license.
DR.. Collins contended it was unfair TO
take man $ money for marriage license
and defer use OF the license for 90 hours.
The conference had no right to ask Mary
land pass law that would hold up min
listers. He suggested an amendment
hMng is years rs the minimum age of a
woman marrying in Maryland.
Robert Watt said DR. Collins remarks
d'd not touch on the non-residence fea-
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