THE DISTRICT CONFERENCE
METHODIST IN SESSION
ROXBORO
AT
Proceedings of Two Days Session
Able Sermons rind Interssting Pa
pers -
The 37th annual session " of-1 the
Durham District Conferencett con
vened in the Methodist church here
last Thursday morning at 9:30
o'clock.
After Dr. J. T. Gibbs; Presiding
Elder of the District, : called, the
Conference to order, "How Firm a
Foundation' ' was sung. Hymn No
221 was then announced.
Dr. Gibbs offered prayer and read
as the Scripture lesson a part of
the 2nd Chapter of Second Timo
thy. The Presiding Elder made a
.brief expository talk, pa - Paul's
exhortation to Timothy. The man
who is called to preach shoujd be of
the deepest piety. One of the su
preme needs is to be strong in the
grace of, Jesus Christ. The preacher
should be a great worker. The pul
pit has aptly been styled the preach
er's throne. A preacher should
visit from house to house, but he
must have some time study. Youn
ger men should not risk too much
on inspiration, but prepare their
sermons, and when they grow older
they will be better preachers by -so
doine. Dr. Gibbs said that he was
most anxious to get every preacher
son the District deeply interested in
the work this year.
Then hymn No. 229 'Jesus tne
Truth, the Power Devine," was
sung.
Rev. W. L. Cuninggim, pastor of
Main Street church' Durham, was
asked to act as temporary secretary
of the Conference while ?n organi
zation was freing effected.
The first roll call showed nearly
every church in the Conference was
represented either by the pastor or
by delegates. Rev. F. B. McCall,
pastor of Car r church .'East Durham
was chosen as permanent secretary,
The rear of the second windows
of the church was designated as the
bar of the Conference.
Two letters were read to the
Conference, one from Rev. R. H.
Willis, of Elizabeth City, secretary
of the N. C. Conference Missionary
movement, and the other from Mrs.
J. E. Underwood, of Elizabeth
City. ,
The following were dtsignated
as the hours for meeting of the
Conference: Convene at 9,a. m.,
preaching at n a. m,, after which
adjournment will be taken. Re
convene tit.3 p. m., and adjourn at
will. Preaching at 8 p. m.
Reports of pastoral charges -were
called for, and at the morning ses
sion Trinity and Main Street,? Dur
ham; Carr church and Branson,
Durham Curcuit, West Durham
Cuninggim andN Chapel Hill 'all
made excellent reports in regard to
the work of the church. ' -
Rev. Dr. E A. Yates preached a
soul stirring sermon at 1 1 o'clock
to an immense congregation. : His
text was John 17 3, "And this " .'is
Jiie eternal, that they might know
thee the only true God. and ; Jesus
jurist, whom thou -has sent. ry . .j
The afternoon session was devot
ed to discussions r'of' uHe Sunday
acnool cause; The program, for
program
ihis
was prepared ; by 'H. 'N. 'Snow
Durhpmand was .:most ..htlpful
aad interesting u- Talks were made
by several present, as follows: On
Some ..Sunday School Hindran
ces," by Rev. F. B. McCall, of Carr
church; "Some School Helps,"; by
Rev, C P. Jerome, of West -Dm-ham
v church: "Some Primarv
Work," by Mis Blanche Whitmore,
of Trinity church; "The pastor and
Sunday Schools, " by Rev.AW.r t,.
Cuninggim, of Main Street church.
After this slips on- "Sunday School
Management' and "P r i m a r y
-Work," containing a number of
questions, were .distributed, and
several were answered by Keys. W.
Iy. Cuninggim, F. B. McCall and C.
Jerome and Miss Blanche Whit-
more. - -
At night, Rev. N. M. Watson, of
Chapel Hill, preached an excellent
sermon on "How Methodism pro?
vides for the spiritual training of
her ebildren."
" Friday morning, after the open
ing exercises conducted by .Rev-R.
F. Taylor, of the Le&sburg Circuit,
the minutes of Thursday after
noon's session were read and ap
proved. .' ' -
When the roll was called several
delegates who had arrived were en
rolled. "
The report of pastorial, charges
were then taken up. , f After these
reports . were iq Dr. W. J. Cran-
Tor'd, of Trinity College, ; addressed
the Conference on full Conference
College.;; , -is
' Ad 1 a. m. i Rev, W. 1 Cuning
gim, of Durham, preached to a
a very, large audience. Hu text
was selected from 1st Corinthians
roth chapter and 14th verse 'Even
so hath the Lot d ordained that they
whicfi preach the gospel should live
of "the gospu."
Rev. B: B. -Culoreth. who at' the
last session of the Annual Confer
ehce was appointed to the Durham
City Mission, has been transferred
to Buckhorn Circuit. Rev. CM.
Lance, of Trinity College, who has
been appointed in Mr. Culbreth's
place, was unable to be present at
the Conference, by reason- of his
accident bv lumping- from a street
carr in Durham a few days ago.
The reports from the various cir
cuitsand stations showed that the
work or tne emiren is
encourag:-
ing. -
Rev. J.' M. Rhodes, president of
Littleton Female College, and Rev.
Dr, ;T. N. Ivey, editor of the Ral
eigh Christian Advocate, were, in
trbduced to the Conference.
Rev. J. M. Rhodes addressed the
Conference on behal. of Littleton
Female College.
. Rev. Dr. T.: N. Ivey conducted
the opening religious services at the
af ternoon session.
Minutes of morning session read
and approved.
Dr.- Kilgo introduced a resolu
tion signed by Dr. E. A: Yates and
himself to request the stewards of
the Various char ares to collect the
assesments, an not leave, that to
the preacher in, charge to do. This
resolution provoked spme 1 discusr
sion and opposition, after which Dr,
Kilgo -withdrew it. : ,
A letter was read from James H.
Southgate in regard to theTDurham
District jpatsonage,' located in D ur-
ham: vThe lot has:88 feet front
and is ioo feet deep, and is the gift
ot B. tVDufce.' ' ,The leport was ao
cepted ana tne , commiucc wuuuu
fered and unanimously carried:
"Resoleed, That the thanks of this
District Conference are. hereby ex
tended to Mr. Bi L. Duke for the
generous'gift of sucti a -desirable
site in the town of Durham for the
rerectionof the Durham. District
parsonage, and the secretary of this
Conference is hereby requested to
forward to Mr., Duke a copy of
hese resolutions,. (Signed) N. M.
Watson, M. D. Giles, J. A. Dailey.'
The fdllowing were elected as
delegates and alternates to the next
Annual Conference, Jas. Southgate
G. W. Anthony, -R. I. Feather-
stone and J. T." Ware. Alternates,
O. R. Hinton and General Julian S.
Carr. -
Rev. R. C Beaman, of Durham,
preached a very.nne sermon at 8
M. "
Saturday morning . Conference
met at 9 o'clock. After religious
services, conducted by Rev. J. A;
Dailey, the Conference was declared
open. The first thing to come up
was the report of the examining
committee. Revs, S. F, Nicks, L.
P, Howard, C. M. ctance, '.W. BN.
ureen ana is. otanneia were re-t
commended fo; admittance - to -the
North .Carolini Conference.
After. this came the. selection! of
the place 'fofr, the : next! meeting.
West Durham1 HvasV nominated 1 by
Rev. CP. Jerome ind Graham1 by
Rev. W. B. Green" "After a vote
was taken itas liind tatr.-Gri
ham was selected. A: :', .1
At 11 c:clock Dr.;W, Pran-
ford, of Trinity College,; delivered a
very able address on education.
The Conference adj ourned x Sat
urday evening. Many of those jpre.r
sent said this was the most interest
ing session ever held in the Dur
ham district. The speaking and
preaching: was all of a very high
order.
Two of the ministers,; Rev. N. C.
Yearby, of Mebane, and "Rev. D
N Caviness, of Burlington, were
unable to be on hand on account of
sickness in their families.
Among the visitors here were
Rev. T. N. Iyey, editor of the Ral
eigh Christian Advocate, and Rev.
J. M . Rhodes, president of Littleton
Female College. ,
Dr. J. T. Gibbs makes a model
presiding ofiicer. Altnough j us t
recovering from an attack of the
grip, there was not a harder worker
at this session, of the Conference
than he, T
When nominations .were , being
made for the place of holding the
j next Conferencr, Coli B. I. ;Feath
srstone placed Roxboro before the
Conference. - We are sure that the
people of Roxboro would have been
delighted to h've had the 'Confer
ence to come again next year. , ; v
; While the Conference adjourned
Saturday evening, quite . a number
remained over to ' hear Dr.v Kilgo,
! President of TrinityJ College preach
Sunday morning. 1 :His "subject iwas
the Preeminence ot feTi$' Christ
and his sermon was. eloquent and
full of good sound doctrine. ;
The passage of the Watts and
many local temperance &cti by -the
legislature was bat the first Jgun ,iu
the battle to Bhiat 'np. the saloons and
dry up the stills inVbrth Ciirolihai
A great Anti-Salobif : State- CzAy&X'.
tion will be held on July 7th, and.
plana matured for a vigorous cam-
naign in, scores pi town in ne state
this .Euniiaer and ,lai STewsJ and
Observer
TWO FARMERS KILLED
iAn Eastbonnd Pa
Crashes Into Their Wagon. . .
Durham, N. C. March, 27. A
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Train
horrible accident occurred yester
day afternoon, at Scarlett's cross
ing, on the Southern, railway, some
seven miles west of Durham. Train
No. 136, was' behind about : twenty
minutes, and was - coming at a
lively rate. The road curves there
and the crossingis upon a steep
grade Just as the train turned the
, v
curve, ana too close to stop, two
farmers from , Caswell - county,
Messrs W. A. Cooper and R, L-
Bowland, from near Ridgeville, in
a covered wagon drove upon ihe
crossing. The engine , struck the
wagon about midway and dashed
it into splinters. The bodies of the
men were found near the crossing
in. a horribly mangled oonctition.
One had his head crushed, and; the
brains were l exposed. The other
had both legs broken .and was bad
ly . mangled, ' It . is probable that
they never knew what struck them.
The mules in a miraculous ' way
escaped injury.' 1 i ;
tXhevwere brought Durham
on the-train that:killednthemjMand
carried to. HbWerton' & Son's lih
clertaking :?! estabslimenif--v::whefe
their bodies were prepared.,-? for
burial, and Tcarried itb.-Mebane bil
the ,;early: ' tnorning ' 4 train Frofif
there they- were carried to their'
nomes
near.
is.iugevme,
some
twelve miles, ' and were burried this
afternoon. "uW- t "
. These gentlemen ;, were ' in Diif-
ham Thursday and sold tobacco fat
the Banner Warehouse'.) and were
on their way home with some ? four
bi; five other wagons, iti line. Mr,
Cooper is said to be about 44" ears
of age, and leaves a wife, andVone
daughter. He is said to, be 'a weir
to-do : farmer MrJ Bowlaiid," ' his
r nephew, who lived? . with i him, was
about 2 1 years of age : Both ; are
said to be scber and very -indus-trious.
Although a ' pint ' flask' of
iqtior'was' found on the pilot of the
engine, it is saia . tnat tney were
not under the ; influence of ..liquor.
The cause of the ' accident v is" at-
tributed to the fact that they in a
covered .wagon, and could not hear
noise of the train, or. see its ap
proach around the-.sharp curve. It
is reported to be a very : dongerous
place. : . ' - --. 1 : -;.
Squire Sittin Trying to Sell His
Petrified man. r " " :i -r
Asheville, Marcn - 27. 'Squire
Sitton is here - from -Henderson
county negotiating with' an Ashe
yive gentleman Jor the sale of his
petrified man. 'Squire Sitton says"
he has refused a : thousand . dollars
for his. flinty find.- ; . .;,
v" " "Only f eHable goods give satisfaction." ' That is the kind you
?'findliere; ' We realize the fact'that a pleased and satisfied cus
tomeris the best advertisement,1 tH&efore rivef tovv sell v only
fffgi such as .wilVplese,arid satisfy; yduV This is: one
reason why bur trade has grovvxi so and. another good . draw
u .ivg card is our pHces, They are always as, low and generally
! lower than our competitor's.on of
dress sobSs; both woolen and wash .fabrics, is superb. rYott
eat It. ' 1" lOWrCUU SUUC), VYC SUUH IMS i.tiiv.ot ttiiu wow
.WWdf t&J largest stoclis'iii tlje ace;' " ' ' '
Osborne
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Buckeye"
V Brain
Drills
and
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. Chicago-Rockford . ?r
Hosiery Compw R. P. BROOKS,
Kenosha, WiSr ' .
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