The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-10
Topeka IN LEAD
Makes Best Record in vi. E..
Lincoln Conference.
Membership Nearly Equal to
All Other Districts.
EANcLe pLeTnpe AecIeNEn
KANSAS PASTORS ASSIGNED
Next Conference Session Will
Be in Fort Scott.
Pueblo Pastor Appointed Min
lister at Asbury VI. E. Church.

The Topeka district Of the Lincoln
conference of the Methodist Episcopal
church is the most progressive in the
conference according to the report of
the conference statistician presented
at the closing session Of the annual
meeting today, at the Mount Olive
Methodist church.
The membership is nearly equal to
that Of all the other districts. The
membership by districts follows: To-
peka, $50. Muskogee. 1880. Guthrie
S11. Altho the Topeka district has
only nineteen Sunday schools as COM
pared with twenty-one in the Guthrie
district it has the largest total en-
roIlment. The enrolment in Sunday
schools by districts follows: Topeka,
1853. Muskogee. 779 and Guthrie,
Leads in Value Of Property.
The Topeka district is also far in
the lead in the value of church prop
erty, and the amount Of salaries paid
the pastors The pastors's salaries by
districts follow: Topeka. SIS, 391; Mus
kogee. $500 and Guthrie. So. SAG The
total value OF church property by dis
tricts follows Topeka. S13S.6O0; Mus
koEee. $4,000: Guthrie. $4,000. The
total value of the parsonages in the
district is SS1,4SO- improvements were
made at a cost of S2O,742 in the va
rious churches during the last year
To Meet in IT. Scott Next Year
81 The members of the conference
voted to meet at Fort Scott in 1928
G. w. Walton Of the Pueblo Meth
odist church has been appointed pas
tor of the Asbury Methodist church,
Topeka. to succeed the Rev s H
johnson. who was appointed pastor
OF the Pueblo church.
Conference Appointments.
The conference appointments made
b. Bishop Charles L. Meade of Den
Yer. presiding bishop of the confer
ence, follow:
Topeka District
The Rev. c. G. Logan. box S24, To-
peka. superintendent.
Alma Mcfarland. the Rev. r. G.
Collins; Bonner Springs. the Rev. w
III. Hamilton; Burlingame-O Usage City,
the Rev. o. c. Russell; Chanute, the
Rev. J. J. CabbeI: Clay Center, the
Rev. r. J. Turner; Colorado Springs,
the Rev. II. G. Kirkpatrick: Denver,
the Rev. $. A Stripping: Dunlap, the
Rev. 3. J. Donnell; EldOradO. the
Rev T w Rice; Fort Scott. the Rev
W H c. Rowe; Hastings and Grand
Island, Neb-, to be supplied; Kansas
City, EpwOrth church-Armourdale
the Rev J. II. Streeter: Mason Me-
mortal. Kansas City. the Rev. P. A
Morrow; Hinton Mission, Kansas City.
the Rev F. B. SchoOler. ROsedale, o.
c. Moss; Lincoln. Neb-. the Rev. A J.
McAllister: Manhattan. the Rev. f.
G. W Cox; Mound City, the Rev. A.
" " nlles OIld ma NrFONe CnurCn. the
Rev T. s Saunders; Omaha. Emmett
street. the Rev. Mary +. Jones;
Omaha, L Street and Williams, the
Rev. A. J. Nash; Puebyo. Colo, the
Rev s J. Johnson; Salina, the Rev.
Charles Sims; syria cuse. the Rev. Dud-
ley Smith: Topeka. Asbury. the Rev
G. w. Walton; Topeka. Mount Olive,
the Rev. \. J. Johnson: Valley Falls,
the Rev J. ]. Johnson: Wabaunsee
the Rev. Ethel Morgan; special dis
rict appointments, J. d. Rice. secre-
a.. quarterly conference. Mount Olive
church, Topeka; J. f. Williams. con-
1trence evangelist, Independence.
Guthrie District.
The Rev. c. r. Ross of Guthrie,
Okla, district superintendent.
= AnadarkO. the Rev. w. f. Smith;
Ardmore, the Rev J. d. Gibson;
Caldwell, Kan, the Rev P. NJ. Jordan;
Chandler. the Rev Nathan Coburu:
Chickasha. the Rev. \. G. Thomson;
Cleveland, the Rev. d. F. McFau;
Crescent the Rev. L. s. Shaw; Dud-
Icy, the Rev. Arthur Johnson;
Guthrie. the Rev. E p. Geiger; Hen
nessey and Trueiight. the Rev. a. L.
Woodward. Jones circuit Arthur
Jackson: Meridian. the Rev Paul Pre-
witt; oklahoma City. OuayIe church,
the Rev. B. +. Whiteker: Ponca City
and clifton. the Rev Mrs Peachie
ECton; Purcell and Winnewood. the
Rev R d. Gibson; Seminole and
Lima, the Rev. H A. J Brown; Shaw
nee and Earlsboro. the Rev. H B.
Hubbards Depew, the Rev. J. E Aus
tain; Wichita. the Rev. Walton
Brown; Wellston. the Rev. r. d. Gate
wood; Waurika and Henton, the Rev.
G s. SAWYER