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f r; ' 1tapo ' ' p6ceedIng: n
* ' ' '? <<Conferenc convened .about 10
o'clock and after the usual pre
limiziary devotional exercis'e con
ducted by Di' 0.' A. Darby, the
ninutes. woe read' by the Secre
S;"tary'and adopted by .the Confer
6nce; with\soie corrections.
Rev. G. G. Smith, of lorth
Geor'gia Conferene was intro
duced and made a short talk. He
informed the Conference that he
had th'e life of Bishop Geo. Foster
and, other books vhich he thought
every minister ought to have.
Rev. 1ir. D.,dge, of Georgia, was
introduced.
Committee on Missions mado a
reo'ommeidction' that the $1,000
bequest of Mrs. Watson be ac
cepted. Conference adopted the
motion.
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.
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