Norwich bulletin., 1921-04-08
(special to The BuIletin)

(Special to The Bul1etin)
 Providence, Apru 7.-Fdaowing the communion service Wednesday morning the New England Southern Conference. preceded to organize.
 Rey. Jacob Francis Cooper, D. D., who has been secretary for the past eighteen years was unanimously elected for the 18th year and accepted to the great sat- isfacticn' of the conference. Next to the presiding bishop,. this officer is the most conspicuous and important one in the conference organization and 8 man usually is sought who is well known and who knows the men and also man with extra ordinary secretaria1 ability. Dr. Cooper is popular and meets these requirements.
 Rev. John s. Bridgeford was unani- mously reelected as treasurer having served in this capacity twenty years. MT. Bridgeford was pastor of the church in Danielson In 1s93-95 and was for several years conspicuous figure at the Wfllimantic camp meeting, who will be well remembered by people who were at tending the camp meeting 25 years ago.
 Following the organization of the con ference the annual memorial service was held. Rev George A. Grant presided and prayer was offered by Rev. G. G. Scrivener Two fine selections were sung by the following clergy1nen, Geo A. Grant, Leonard c. Harris, Clayton E. Delameter and William T. Carter. This year begins a new plan to this service. Instead of having an obituary of each one of the deceased ministers and their wives at this service the plar 1 is to have a memorial address given eacf year by a member of the conference. IT accordance with this the address thi! year was given by .Rev. Robert S. Moore of New Bedford, Mass.
 I Following the memorial service thu | superintendents' reports were made thu 1 order of the day and the name of Johr I H. NewTand, superintendent of the New Bedford district was called and the ia ,mffiar 'Nothfng against him. was heart ] in reply to the usual question and tht same question being answered sin1flarl! 1 by Dr. Newland in reference to the eff i fective elders on his district he was per mitted to read his report, which was ful l of interest.
 i Improvements in property and addition 1 al purchases have been made to the ex tent of $33,510 on that district the pas
 year. $30,400 has been received in be l quests. mere nave been at least 40
 additions to the church membership on tn district. In g of the churches salarie | have been increased to the extent o S2fOo There are 506 subscribers t zion's Herald. Thirty-two of the pastora
 charges are definitely committed to tn
 program of evangelism endorsed an
 urged by the bishops.
 -S> Following this report few minor mat
 ters were attended to, the notices wer given and the conference stood adjourne till Thursday morning.
 The devotional service at S30 a. T was in charge of Rev. G. G. Scrivenel The bishop was in the chair and tn
 conference opened it's business sessio about a. m. Rev. W. H. Bath, super l intendent of the Norwich district; wa f passed in, character and read his rt port.
 Rev. Ira W Le Baron. superintender
 of Providence district was passed
 character and permitted to read his r, port. This is MT. Le Baron's first veg
 in this position and the general impre sion is that he has earned a reappoin
 ment. His report included among man
 other interesting things, an-.increase preachers salaries reaching total ! sS.250. Seven women on this distri have been licensed to preach. Speci attention was given in this report
 the churches in the city of Providenc
 special mention being made of Wasl
 ington Park, Asbury Memorial Tabe nacle, Matthewson Street and Trinit Onion churches each of whom. are col 1 spicuous by peculiar progress and tr, success. The membership of the Ma 5 thewson Street church has reached u figure 1.035 and 1t is now thought to I
 the largest membership in the confe !, ence. TT The present editor of .Zion's Heral pr. l.. O. Hartman was introduced l Z the bishop, who DlayfullY deplored swh
 he called his one defect which the b;sh q was willing to remedy and charge j. fee-the fact that Dr. Hartmansfs
 bachelor.
 Dr. Hartman in opening his speech e