The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-04-06
M. P. DELEGATES READY
FOR CONFERENCE TO-DAY
About 75 Arrive At Newark, Del,
Representing Maryland, Delaware
And Washington. Church Re
grouping Topic.

Newark, Del, April 5.-MOre
than IS preachers and laymen Of the
Maryland Annual Conference of the
Methodist Protestant Church arriv-
ed here from Maryland, Delaware
and the District of Columbia this
evening.
In the morning the conference will
meet in the First Methodist Protest
ant Church, of which the Rev. Dr.
E. c. Makowsky is pastor. The con-
ference sermon will be preached by
the Rev. George NJ. Clayton, Of Will
ton Heights Church, Baltimore.
Memorial services viii be held for
the late Rev. Jesse w. Norris, OF
Brooklyn Anne Arun del county, Nd.
and the late Rev. f. L. Beauchamp.
former pastor of Christ Church, Bal
timore. The Rev. Dr.. James H.
Straughn, president of the confer
ence will preside at the conference,
which will not close until the read
ing OF the pastoral appointments on
Monday night Of next week.
Minister, 81, Iii Delegation
In the delegation from Maryland
is the Rev. J. w. Gray, 81, years OF
age, of Brooklyn, Baltimore, sup
erannuated minister, who celebrat-
e dthis year the siXtieth anniver-
sary of his service in the ministry.
He was ordained at the Maryland
Annual Conference meeting in New
ark in 1861, and said today that OF
all the clergymen attending that
conference only three are now lIV-
ing. They are himself, the Rev. n.
M, Strayer, of Oxford Talbot county.
Md, and the Rev. J. L. Mills, of Bal
timore, father of ]. Bibb Mills. at
torney for the Anti~saloOn League.
Surmises regarding the outcome
of the conference are many, especial
" in relation TO the regrouping OF
the country churches so that each
church will have at least one preach
ing service on Sundays. 1t is eX-
pected that this regroupinE plan
will bring forth much lively debate.
The tricOunty association OF
Frederick, Carroll and Howard coun-
ties, Maryland, of which the Rev. n.
C. Clough is president, has been
working on such a plan and will pre-
sent findings at the conference: The
Rev. J. Leas Green of Hurlock, Nd
who has five churches under his
pastorate, said today that those five
churches are as five members OF a
family and that he is lOath to part
with any member. AT present ne Is
only able to visit each church every
other Sunday.
Changes in pastorates. are discuss
ed, and several names were men
toned as likely successors to the pull
pit of Christ Church, Baltimore
made, vacant by the recent death OF
the Rev, Beauchamp. The Rev. II,
Y. Nicholson of Cambridge, Nd;
the Rev. E. L. Bunce. of Pocomoke
City, Nd. and the Rev. William r.
Wright, of South Baltimore. are
rumored as possibilities.
It is further rumored that the Rev.
J. Franklin Bryan, of North Caro-
lima avenue Church. Washington,
will go to Wilton Heights, Baltimore.
Other rumored changes are at
GEORGETOWN Church, Washington,
where the Rev. George E. Brown IS
pastor; at Alexander Church, where
the pastor, the Rev. G. ]. Hill, it Is
rumored will ask to be superuan-
mated because of i'll health; at Brook-
lyn Church, Baltimore, where the
Rev. s. w. Coe. is pastor, at, First
Church, Wilmington. Del, where the
Rev. w. H. Hodges is pastor, and at
Dover, Del, where the Rev. Phlllp
w. Crosby is pastor
1t is expected that the Rev. DR..
G. W. Haddaway will be returned to
Starr Church, Baltimore; the Rev.
w. H. Litsinger, to North Baltimore
Church; the Rev. L. F. Warner. to
ST. Johns Church, Baltimore.