Evening journal., 1922-03-23

yet so impaired that Brother Mat |
thews will ask for retired relation |
at this session Of the Conference. |
Su0h a list Of sick ministers I have |
never known on any district during |
my connection with the Conference. !
II has necessarily affected the efii-
Client working OF the district.
Pastors Changing.
when Conference adjourned at
| Crisfield a year ago I was happy In
the fact that AT last Salisbury Dis
trict had a pastor for every ap-
pointment-the first time since my
appointment TO the district. In Sep
tember things began 10 happen.
Rev. 4. A. Blchel. supply al West
over without asking my consent 70
the arrangement. notified me that
he was leaving westover as he had
already accepted another appoint
ment In the Centra Pennsylvania
Conference. The same mail that
brought me tidings NJ Brother
Bichelrs desertlon brought me a re-
quest for work from Rev. G. W
. Hastings who was placed on the re-
tired relation At the last session OF
the Conference. So Brother Hastings
; accepted the work thus dropped by
Brother Bichen. and has greatly en-
desred himself to the people
Brother Hastings will ask that ne he
restored TO the active relation AT this
session Of the Conference.
About the same time Rev. W. A.
Wright. pastor at Claremont, sent
his resignation. Withdrawing from
4 H..s 4 fr.
of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
10 take effect on October %. 1 ask
that his case he referred 10 the Com
mittee on Conference Relations.
Rev W. f. Tomkinson. our own re-
tired veteran Of four score and four
years. was sent TO work In Decem-
her 10 nh out the Conference year.
and right nobly has he accomplish
ed that difficult task.
I'm October. also. the wife NJ Rev.
NJ. n. Smith. supply at Pocomoke
circuit. was pronounced a sufferer
with tuberculosis and her physician
ordered her 10 the mountains.
Through the kind liberality Of the
laymen on the charge and a gift Of
$50 from the Domestic Missions
fund Brother Smith was enabled to
move his family TO the Catskin
mountains. and letter from him
states they are doing well.
District Stewards.
For fve years ! have. preached
10 the pastors that they should nom
mate for District Stewards only the
very best ~ their official men. A man
disioyal 20 his pastor will be disloyal
also 20 his District superintendent
q Five years Of this kind Of preaching
70 pastors has borne fruit. II has In
Il some measure changed the character
q n the Board Of District Stewards.
. Most Of the Board were already
Q picked men-the very cream Of their
respective charges with these as
2 the backbone Of the orga nization,
and with iudicious but conservative
p elimination and filling vacancies
I with picked men. we now have as
d District Stewards as fine a represen-
n tatlve body Of intelligent, Meth
IL odlst laymen as you will likely nnd
Is anywhere.
d ION April 21. 1921. was held the
Is last meeting Of the District Stewards.
u After earnest devotions, in which all
2 Joined, business proceeded In a way
- 10 gladden. my heart. Discussion was
n conducted in a frank, manly, broth
IS erly way. hut every vote taken was
a unanimous.
p "Tt was discovered that while the
e charter Of the Conference Stewards
j. saws that a stewards term is four
Al wears. through some ones careless
ness or worse. there had been nc
is election for twelve years. There
u upon they proceeded TO elect Broth
J. er John H. Dulany. OF Fruitland
= Nd. as conference steward from
" Salisbury District. No wiser selec'
'e ton could possibly have been made
n as Brother Dulany is loyal liberal
p. sweet tempered. and tower OF good
'e in his local church.
p' "Appreciating the work the Dis
lr trict superintendent is trying to do
" for the district, they made a liberia
'' increase in his allowance. They ad
" vanced the District superintendent
OF allowance $500 averaging SIS cent
per member per year. out OF whicl
J" he Is 10 pay to the District Trus
tees $40 per month to help finance
y the district parsonage.
1T was found that although IT,
,r l.District Stewards had purchased m
- district parsonage nearly three year
In before. the property was still hell
hi by a board Of trustees as individ
us uals, and that they had never beei
AT incorporated; that some Of the trus
H. tees we're members OF the Board o
81 District Stewards. and some wer
We not: and some wto were no longe
~ District stewards were taking tn
Sc position that the District Steward
a had nothing whatever 10 do wit
es the district parsonage as that mat
ter was solely in the hands OF tn
trustees.
,rs Acting on the legal axiom tina
he the body that elects can also rejec
F the District Stewards proceeded {
er' declare vacant the surviving eigh
members OF the Board OF Trustee
ne and to elect nine trustees. all q
M whom we're District Stewards; an
ily If al any time a trustee ceases t
'st be a District Steward his Office
"a automatically vacated.
%" They also elected Jay Williams.
- prominent attorney OF SALISBURY
~. - and District Steward from Asbus
,os Church as treasurer Of the Distri'
~ Stewards. and ms secretary OF I'll
40 newly elected trustees and as attoi
10 ney for the District Stewards an
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