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It ,also made another" recom endation that'. the 'collections for *dlqieetia-and foreign' missions be na'de by;April 1s, following the r " ""' ,noetinglof Conference. ev. Martin, from the com , ee;on Bibled, read a report " dealing mainly .with th"e forma toia t4he Bible Association of South Carolina recently organ r ,.i.z.1t d oolumbia giving the gen Qal cope -of the work proposed. This society will work in connec tion with the American Bible So cietyi The report was adopted. some charges which were de liiiuent. in 'paying for minutes and which. had made no report on education were called out and explanations were made as to the ., ,'. ,cause. The next question, are all the ministers blameless in themselves and official administration, was taken up. The nanies of all the ''" "'preachers were called, their char csactors examined and ptssed. The,report of the Board of Ed uca;tion ;was read' by Dr. 0..,A. Darby. The report dealt first - Avith Wofford College. It showed that the institution was in a vig orous condition. ' Reports were :made, on the Columbia Female ' College, Payne Institute and oth oetc ducational institntions under the care 'of the Conference, all of which were peculiarly gratifying. D r. Smith spoke of the work at 1 eOggog);Iqrn tfr ''nationage, the ex aellent order during the year. There vere eighty students in col le o per. thirty of .whom are e;lysupport the Institution. Abopit $7,600 had been assessed, aot$3,200 not being paid. This Ciary. The training school matter led to .an intesting dis cussiio of the "est manner of collecting this au unt. Various, plans were suggested T by different one, the one finally adopt'ed being, that this amndunt ~k'~ be divided-pro.rated among the different Districts, and that'every District :shal' be credited with ~ ~+""' 'hat has, been paid, and that the Presiding Elder's be responsible ,or the collection of 4ho money. Dr.' 0. Darby rie orted for' Co himbia Female Co o ighty-two i7~i boar'ding pupils in he colego but can easily aocomnmodato one hun that vountary subscriptions , be taken "up . this donference for the Paynd and Lane In'stitutes, which needed $250, was adopted. 4ev. G..W. Walker spoke on the work and at the conclusion said that he would start the ball' with $25. Other brethren , ca1lfor ward and contributed various amounts, at the conclusion -which it'was found that the .sum of $1, 50 had been collected. The joint Board of Finance read their' report showing that over $8,000 had been donated to vari ous beneficiaries and estinaatilig that it would take $11,000 for this work during the next year. :The report as a whole was adoptod. The distributions of the varjoi sums was then entered upon... It was resolved that there -should be ali afternoon session at 3 30 o'clock. Dr." Jones, the Bishop announc ed, would preside, when the con 'sideration of the character of members would be continued. After the singing of the long meter doxology and the benedic tion by the Bi4hop, Conference adjorned until the afternoon session. At'3 80 o'clock in the afternoon a-Woman's Missionary Mass Meet ing was held at the Baptiat church at which Rev. J. W. Wolling, Missionary to Brazil, and Dr. J. W. Carlisle delivered appropriate. addresses. The whole of the afternoon ses sion was taken up in the consid eration of character. At the 7 30. o'clock session the Conference Brotherhood met. This is a kind of insurance asso ciation, all the ministers belonging to it. When one dies all are as sessed $3. At the time of going to press this body was in session. We understand that only one minister has died during the year. Monme Conference PersonaIs. Bishoi John Cl%ristian Keener, the president of the Conference, was elected to the office of Bishop at the General Conference, held in Memphis in 1870. At the time of his election he was' editor of the New Orleans Christian Advo cate. His successor in the edito rial chair, Dr. Linns Parker, was chosen Bishop .at the General Conference, hold in Nashville in 1878. Dr. C. B. Galldv v was wir,made edito'r of the N v Or lean' Ad -' ato . and at the 4en oral Cor erence,' 'held in "Itich ipond it 886, Dr. Galloway was elected ishop. There seems to be a kij d of E piscopal' fatality about t e editorship of this,paper. Bishop eener is a man of thor ough F holarship and large in formnati a in all,departments. As a preachpr he stands in the front rank of his denomination. He is tho founder of Missions in Mex ico, and 'is greatly interested in thsimportant field. Bishop Keener presides in the Conference with ease and grace,.and nothing seems to escape his watchful eye. Cokesbury District has over it as Presiding Elder, R1ev. A. J. Cautlben. Mr. Ciuthen is in his second quadrennium as Presiding Elder having been on the Ch6s ter District for four years previ ous to his appointment to the Cokeslaur~y District. H le is a goqd. presiding officer inmi one . of 'the sw~eetst stgt in ther M~ethodist Israel. The R1ev. J. S. Beasley is Pre siding Elder of the Sumter Dis trict.. Mr. Beasley has just closed his second year in this office, and has proved himself in. every way worthy of thisl igh pcsition. Beasley is 'one of the handsomest members of the Conference, Rev. W. C. Power, Presiding Elder of the Florenco District has served on several Districts be fore. He is - looked upon by- his brethren as the best financier in the-body, and whenever any pro ject presenting of special financial difficulties presents' itself Mr. Power is looked to help it.out. The Conference is divided into ten Districts, and over each a man of ability. and experience is appointed as Presiding Elder. These Presiding Elders are gener ally chosen from among the lead ing preachers of the Conference and are* selected with reference to their - ability in the pulpit. and, business talent. Rev. J. Marion Boyd is Presi ding Elder of the Churldston Dis trict. Mr. Boyd presided over the Marion District for four years and wis appointed two years ago to the Charleston District' He is one of the best presiding Elders in the Conference. He preaches with great unction' aid 'inanages carefully all the- interests of the Church. Rev. Tlos. J. Clyde presides over thae -Oniigebrg+ District. This is Mr. Cly.4e's first District, and he is. now closing his second year on the District. He has shown himself a worthy man and the interests of the Church have all been advanced under his ad ministration The Columbia District is pre sided over by Rev. S. B. Jonos,, D. D. Dr. Jones is vell .known in Winnsboro and his praise is in all the churches. Rev. A. J. Stoke, of the Marion District,; has served as Presiding Eldei- for two terms before he was appointed to his present charge. He is an active and use ful member of the Conference. Rev. A. M. Chreitzberg presides over the Chester District; He has been longer in this office tin any other man iii the Conference. He is an able preacher and an efficient officer.. The 'Presiding Elder of the Spartanburg District is Rev; T. G. Herbert. Mr. Herbert has served four terms in this office and serves the Church well.' Rev. J. Walter Dickson- is the youngest man on a District in the' Conference. ' Te is active, ener getic and watchful in all his work preaches with great power: He is a host in himself at a camp-, meeting. Rev. R. N. Wells, of Trinity, Charleston, is the bcst dressed and apparently the best fed preacher in the Conference. Revs. A. Nettles, D. W. Scale, C.-. W. Patterson, S. Leard and S. -H. Browne, Superannuates of of the Conference, are in attend ance on the-Confer~ence. The'- Conference, as a body, seems to be wvell paid, if wve judge from tlge way the preachers dfress. ~The Bishop' has. to make fro &eluent use of his gavel to keep the preachers from talking. Then, too, a good many ladies.were pres ent, and they-welil, you knowv. Genm. Win. Stokes, Dr. H.. Baer, Dr... Jas. H. Carlisle, Dr. RI. Y. McLaeod, J. F. Everett and Be3n jamin Greig 'are among the lay men pioseut Iat th? session of the Coifoi'ence. Revs. -J. B. .Tiaywiok and J. W.* Brown'iar6 tho'Aarons of the Con foi-enc; so far as boards are con cerned4hfoy go dowii toivards the skirts of their garments. 1Woodward News. Sinco my last letter there has been a marriage in the injiediate ncighborhood of Woodward. The colitracting parties wero Mr. J. K. Johnston, the polite and efficient clerk of Messrs. 0. Brice & Co., and Miss Annie ,16wney. They were iari-ied by Rev. ames Douglass at the bride's home. There was an attempt to wreck tho south-bound passongar train nea- - hero, which passes 0Wood ward at 4.5 A. M., on last Tues day morning, but the obstruction was seen by the engineer in' time to prevent what might have been a great . disaster. ' Two cross-ties were placed upon the rails of the track, but' tho pilot knocked them' off. No clue has been discovered as to the intended wrockers. Dick Caldvell, an old negro living on Mr. C. Brico's pl,ce, died last Tuesday at the advanced age of ninety-five years. Thanksgiving was observed -by both stores at this place, and the clerks got a wevll earned 4ay, 9 A fe v pi-rties took advantago of the low excursion rates to Charleston. 'Uliose who went re ported such unplesant weather that little could be seen of the city. Woodward still leads in 'ligh prices for cotton, but indeed, therd is no place like Woodward. BOZ. PER1sONAT.--Mr. Chas. A. Calvo, Jr., proprietor of the Columbia Register paid this office a pleasant call on Saturday afternoon. . Mr. Calvo is in attendance upon. the Conference on business. --The colored man who acci dently shot hhnisolf on Mr. Pres ton Rion's plade, died on the same day. -The latest sensation of the State is the decision of the Su-' premo Court that the act of the Legislature making townships, corporations, and authlorizing, them to issue railroad bonds is unconstitutional. Unles, some way of getting around this deci sion is had it kliocks in the head for the time being our railroad projects, for that was the scheme by which wo-hoped to build them. RELIuGouS NoTICES.-Services at tho ,Ojiera Hlonse to-mo rrow at 9& A. M., Conference love ,feast, by Rev. 8. Leard. 11 A. M., by Bishop J. C. Keener, -qrdination of elders. 3 30 P. M., by" Rev.' J. *A. Clifton. Ordina Presbyterian. Church--1 A. M., A. Coko-8mnl , Di. D.; 7 30 P. M., J. W. D)ick son. A. JR. P. Chuch-11 A. M., WV. D. KIrkland; 7 p0 P. M., .J. M. Pike. TOE ia hereby given that apj>lIea Lton wlli be mado to the next Legis lature for a.charter for the Winnsboro &. Fish D)am Railroad, which willi run frzoi the noIlhborho'od of Fish Damn, Union Counity. . to Winnsboro, and thence to Camdien. 8. 0. .G. H McMASTER, A. S. DOUdLA$'S. AuAnhatnx3