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M. E. CONFERENCE
NEARING ITS CLOSE
Monday Likely To BE Last Day OF
The Session. Not Expected That
There Will Be Many Changes In
Ministerial Assignments.

Crisfeld Md, April ! Especial -
The third session of the Wilmington
Methodist Episcopal Conference con
vened this morning during a heavy
doWnpOur of rain. During the quiet
hour preceding the morning session
Bishop Mcdowell made brief ad-
dress.
HancH l.. Cannon presented 10 the
conference 4 resolution congratulate
ing Dickinson College on the advan-
ceS made during the year and also
on the fact that the college had
liquidatcd its entire Indebtedness.
The resolution was unanimously
passed. The Rev. J. H. Morgan. ID.
d., president Of Dickinson College.
was introduced, and spoke on the
work being accomplished by the col
lege
For the purposes OF considering
ministerial qualifications the con-
ference went into executive session
at 9:45 o'clock.
Seven Elected As Elders
During the executive session the
following were elected as elders;
Charles H. Atkins. Claude w. Clarke
Alpha B. Frye, William F. Goodwin,
William 5. Grant, Blanchard P.
Moore and William F. Anderson.
Generalization was then given to
Edmund NJ. Henvis R. High Adams
and Charles f. Davis, who were
elected deacons. John C. Bolton,
Wade H. Cummings, William F. Ma
guire, w. V. Moore, j. T. Rowlenson.
H. D. West, John W. Wooten, Ralph
c. Jones, Roy T. Thawley John w.
Chappell Earl NJ. Shockley, Charles
Hamblin. John H. Whedby, ]. Bur
ton McCabe. Robert S. Hodgson. H.
F. Zimmerman, Raymond w. Cooke,
w. S. Hess and Ralph L. Minker
were continued on trial and advanced
in their studies.
Those newly admitted on trial
were clarence Gilbert, Webster Gill
bert, NJ. Spray Andrews and H. w. !
Gallon. Cryus p. Keen was grant |
ed certificate of withdrawal from /!
the conference. The relation OF
George y. Cooke was changed from |
retired to effective.
Action On Laymen Deferred
The following ministers relations !
We're changed from effective to re-
tired: William B. Gutherie, F. Y.
Moore, Z. H. Derrickson, S. n. Pei
chard G. w. Castings and Frederick
J. Cochran. Because of ill-healtn
the conference granted F. n. Faulk
ner year for rest.
BY vote of 1913 to 8, Whining ton
favored the proposed con-
stitutiOnal amendment to reduce the
of the General Confer
ence. On the proposed constitu
tional amendment changing the term
''Quarterly conference" to local
the conference non
concurred by vote of 1913 to 2. Ac-
ton was deferred on the third pro-
posed amendment admitting laymen
TO membership in annual confer
ances. II. s. Dulany. Leolan Jack
son and j. II. Richardson were elect
I'd conference trustees. and the
members elected to serve on the
of conference relations
Jones, J. Wheelington Jones. and .
Carlisle L. Hubbard.
a large crowd filled the ImmanueI
Church this afternoon when the vet :
arans anniversary was observed. :
The Rev. f. H. Dashiel presided and .
he address was delivered by DR.. J. :
B. Hingeley. of Chicago.
The Rev. F. Watson Hannah .
spoke tonight at massmeeting.
The Lay Electoral Conference .
opened in Mount Pleasant Methodist .
Protestant Church at 10 o'clock
morning with large number of lay .
men in attendance The love feast !
vas conducted by w. ]. Downing. OF
Salisbury, at the opening of the con- .
erence. The business of the Lay
conference was finished this after
loon and majority of the. delegates !
to their homes