The Washington herald., 1920-04-13
PASTORS GIVEN
new NJ. E. POSTS
Appointments for Ensuing
Year Are Announced
By Conference.


year were announced yesterday at
the concluding sessions of the Bal
timore conferences OF the Methodist
Episcopal Church and the Methodist
Episcopal Church South. Appoint
ments in the Maryland conference
of the Methodist Protestant Church
will be made this morning.
Comparatively few Of the changes
announced affect Washington
churches. All the ministers in the
Washington district OF the NJ. e.
Church South were reappointed,
with the exception of the Rev. l..
b. Bobbitt, of the Marvin Church,
Tenth and b streets southwest, who
goes to Louisburg, W.. Va.
Eight Changes I'm District.
Eight changes were made in tn {,
Washington district of the M. Il.
Church. The most important of the
changes is the appointment of the
Rev. II. =. Fox, formerly of Fayette
Street Church, Baltimore. to the
pastorate of Hamline Church, to
succeed the Rev. DR.. Lucius G..
Clarke, who has become executive
secretary of the Washington Fed
Grafton of Churches.
The Rev. A. T.. Spielman was
transferred from Alexandria to the
North Capitol Street Church. He is
succeeded by the Rev. p. w. Rey-
nolds, who comes from the New
Hampshire conference.
The other changes announced are
as follows: The Rev. w. B. Elliott,
of West Virginia, succeeds the Rev,
Bert Constance at Burtonsville; the
Rev. L. NJ. Brashears succeeds the
Rev. F. Y. Jaggers at Montgomery;
the Rev. Paul c. Filly. who has
been a sea captain until recently
succeeds the Rev. G. w. Sheridan
at st. Mary's: the Rev. ]. l.. Neff
of Boston, succeeds the Rev. Lucier
Clark at Chevy Chase. and the Rev
C. s. Cole succeeds the Rev. E. O
Pritchett at Brightwood.
Fewer Changes Mnde.
In each of the conferences, fewer
changes were made in the Wash
ington district than in any of the
other districts.
Both conferences increased the
minimum of salaries paid. The
guaranteed minimum in the NJ. p
conference was increased from $500
to $1,000 a year and the require
ment of five years service before
being entitled to this minimum was
abolished. In the NJ. E. conference
the recommendation of the Lay
mems Association that the mini
mum salary be made $1,000 was ac'
cepted and salaries of $1,000 for
single men and $500 for married
men were guaranteed. The South
ern Methodists took no action on
this matter.
Block Vote on Amusements-
In the NJ. Z. Church, the resolu-
ton on lifting the ban on dancing
and other amusements did not reach
the floor of the conference, the COM
mittee being evenly divided. Mem
bers of the committee stated that
the opposition in committee was
due to the fact that the resolution
had the Endorsement Of the National
Dancing Teachers Association. AL
of the committeeman favored the
prorosition but didn't like the Idea
of Joining hands with the dancing
teachers. 1t was reported that
nearly all of the delegates to the
general conference would suppor
the resolution in that body.
The NJ L. Church Conference
voted to establish a weekly organ
to be published ir Washington and
to be known as the washington
Advocate" This newspaper will
supplant the Southern Methodist
row published in Baltimore, and will
be larger in its scope.
A touching scene marked the
close of the conference. When the
customary resolutions expressing
thanks were reached. the vote:
were taken in the usual perfume
tory manner until the resolution
thanking Bishop w. F. Mcdowell
of Washington, for his services and
requesting his return for another
four years. was reached. So much
enthusiasm was displayed that the
bishop momentarily lost his custo-
mary poise.
The Maryland Conference of the
NJ =. Church passed a resolution
deploring the increasing number OF
divorces in this country and pray
ing for a Federal divorce law.
The Rev. G. 1. Humphreys OF the
Rhode Island Avenue Church and
J. P. Dodge, a layman OF the same
church, were the only Washing
tonians Included in the thirty-four
delegates elected to the General
Conference which meets in Green's
boro, N. C., next month.
A resolution indorsing unifcation
of the Methodist church was re-
ferred to the delegates to the Gen
eral Conference without recon-