The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-10-09
NJ. {. CONFERENCE
ON At MITCHELL.
bishop Wilson, of New York,
to Preside-Laymen to Seek
Recognition at Worlds
Conference.


Mitchell, 8. D.. Oct. 6.-The layman
will be one of the most important sub
jects to come for discussion at the 35th
annual South Dakota Methodist Epis-
copal conference.-the layman and his
relative Importance in the councils of
the church. For, in common with all
other Methodist conferences. which
nave ben held this year, the question
of whether laymen will be given the
same status OF representation at the
world conference to be held next May
in Des Moines. will be decided as far
as this state is concerned when the
state conference opens here this week.
Heretofore laymen and ministers
have held separate meetings in the
world conferences, which are held ev-
cry five years. Now there Is an eff
fort on the part of the laymen to OBJ
tain for themselves a standing in the
world conference equal to that Of heir
; ministers.
Delegates from both the ministry and
he aymen will be named at the con
ference here for the world session.
Among the ministers mentioned as
possible delegates are: DR.. ". d.
Schermerhorn, president Of Dakota
Wesleyan university; DR.. ]. S. Hoag-
land. Sioux Falls district s~uperintend-
emit; DR.. ". D. Shepard, WATERFOWL;
DR.. q. T. Notson and DIR. J. P. Jenkins.
both of Mitchell, and DR.. o. e. Boyce,
Huron.
Bishop Luther Wilson, of New York,
will be present n preside at all the
meetings Of the conference, which Is
the sixth to be held in this city, where
1t was organized IS years ago. AT the
%ipo1 ~ to- tlo,N -~l,,
q few more than 1000 Methodists in
the state. Now there are more han
$4,000. Bishop Charles Bayard Nit
chell. Of st. Paul, will also be present
for some time during h conference,
The sessions will open Tuesday and
continue through to Sunday evening.
Examination OF certificates to the min
istry will take place Tuesday ard the
regular conference sessions will begin
Wednesday.
There will be only two women speak
ers at the conference this year. One of
them is a returned missionary, Who has
been on duty for several years in west
China, Miss Marie B%rethorst, a sister
Uf captain Peter Brethorst, a South
Daokta soldier, who was killed in
France. The other woman is Miss
Gertrude Becker, who will leave on a
similar mission shortly after the close
of the conference.
The first four days of the conference
will be taken up principally with the
discussion of plans for the continuance
Of the work Of the centenary campaign
Of the church.
P1ERRE-Three boys of Pierre, who
were hunting In :he rough hills north Of
the city, foun an old cast iron she'll,
about an eight-pounder in size. 1t was
filled with black powder, and plugged
with a cedar plug, both the shell and
plug showing that they had heen exposed
to the weather for many years. Just how
this shell, which those used
about civil war times got into the loca-
ton where It was found, Is q subject OF
speculation. as there is no record Of any
fight between whites and Indians in this
locality.
FARMER-Walter Witt, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. August Witt, of Farmer, was shot
In the knee by the accidental discharge of
q revolver which he was handling and
which he did not know was loaded. He
was rushed to a hospital, where surgeons
worked over two hours striving to find
the bullet, which, is believed to have
lodged in the knee joint.
SIOUX FALLS-A young man named
Swanson(, of Page county, Iowa,
traced to Grant county, South Dakota.
I'D recovered an automobile which
was stolen from him on July 10,
and incidentally Frank McKernan, a
Grant county liveryrnan. is out $40. the
prizes he paid for the stolen car at Mime
apolis.
ALLIE SPRINGS-Arrangements are
being completed for q homecoming cele-
bration. to be held here November II, in