Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-03-23

the laymen on tho charge and gift |
OF $50 from the domestic missions
fund Brother Smith was enabled to
move his family to the Catskill Noun |
tains, and letter from him states
they are doing well.
These are some of the difficulties
we have faced during the past twelve
months--hard times sickness, broken
ranks. Now let us turn to some things
accomplished.
District Stewards.
the pastors that they should nominate
FOR district stewards only the very
best of their official men. A district
steward should not only be man
deeply and sincerely spiritual, but he
ought also to be a man OF good busi-
ness ability and one who is thoroughly
loyal to his own pastor and to his
own church. Five years of this
kind OF preaching to pastors has
borne fruit. 1t has in some measure
changed the character OF the Board
OF District Stewards. Most of the
board We're already picked men-the
very cream OF their respective charges.
District Stewards Meeting.
"On April 81, 1921. was held the last
meeting OF the District Stewards. II
was discovered that while the char
acter of the Conference Stewards says
that stewards term is four years.
through someone's carelessness or
worse. there had been no election for
twelve years. Thereupon they pro-
ceeded to elect Brother John II. Du-
lany of Fruitland, Md. as conference
steward from Salisbury district. No
wiser selection could possibly have
been made. rs Brother Dulany is loyal,
liberal. sweet tempered, and a tower
for good in his local church. He comes
from good old Methodist Episcopal
stock, and is n brother of our own
brother II. S. Dulany, member OF
this conference.
"Appreciating tho work the district
superintendent is trying TO do for the
district. they made n liberal increase
in his allowance. They realized that
as the district is now run that the
expenses Of the office are largely In
creased. Also in times past the stu
perintendent depended largely upon
ministers and laymen To haul him
around the district. Then. too. the
salaries of the pastors on the district
have advanced so that there are now
four pastors on the district who are
receiving a larger net salary than the
district superintendent. So they ad-
Vanced the district superintendent s
allowance $500. averaging SIS cents
+ per member per year. out of which
/ he is 10 pay to the district trustees
sac per month u help finance the
district parsonage. After such a dis
I play of confidence In. and appreciation
Of, the administration Of the writer
he resolved. God helping him, to give
he district the very best that is i1j
him. and all that is in him.
1T was found that although the
District Stewards had purchased tho
district parsonage nearly three years
before, that the property was still
held by a board OF trustees as indi-
viduals. and that they had never been
Incorporated that some OF the trus
tees were members OF the Board OF
District Stewards. and some were not
and some who were no longer dis
irict stewards were taking the posi-
tion that the district stewards had
nothing whatever TO do with the dis
trict parsonage, as that matter was
solely in the hands of the trustees
Acting on the legal axiom that IN,
body that elects can also reject, the
district stewards proceeded To de-
clare vacant the surviving eight mem
hers of the board OF trustees and L
elect nine trustees. all of whom wer,
district stewards; and II at any tim,
"a trustee ceases 10 be distric
steward his Office is automaticall,
= vacated. They elected Jay Williams
a prominent attorney of Salisbur,
. and district steward from Asbur,
Church. as treasurer OF the distric
stewards and as secretary OF the new
ly elected trustees and as attorne7
for the district stewards and trustees
With brother +. G. Elliott of Delma
as president and brother G. w. Cord
rey Of Snow Hill. treasurer Of IN
% trustees. the new board was soon ef
fectively at work. Although useless
ing the accounts from the forme
ly and provokingly delayed in secur
treasurer, Brother Williams within
! few weeks had secured the articles O
I. Incorporation, and within a fe,
months had prepared, had execute
: and recorded a new deed. so that no,
, the district parsonage is legally, a
well as morally. our Very own. To
i much praise cannot he given Brothe
= Williams for his devoted and unselfls
work in this behalf. It is a pleasur
, 10 work with him. Following is
= statement Of the charges OF the dis
n trict as they are related 10 the dis
h trict parsonage:
r From this tabulation il Is see
y that 12 charges have paid their quota
{ In full. viz: Berlin. Bishopvin
It Chincoteague. Asbury (CrisfieId
Dagsboro and st. Georges. Marion
Parsonsburg, Princess Anne, SHARP
town and Snow Hill. Thirty-three ar
n pointments have paid varyin
t amounts, and only three have not "
- started to pay. They will doubles
L all do their full share, and l trust wi
s do it this year so l may report II
!, district parsonage clear of all del
x at the next session Of Conference
r District Conference.
= Starting as an annual, our distri
! conferences have proven so helpful
Ii the personnel of the district that it
II now semi annual affair. The Ma