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MINUTES

OF THE

KENTUCKY ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE

METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

THE

SEVENTY-SEVENTH MINISTERIAL

AND THE

NINTH LAY ELECTORAL CONFERENCES,

HELD AT

COVINGTON, KY., SEPTEMBER I6-2I, I903.

OFFICIAL JOURNAL.

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MINUTES

OF THE

KENTUCKY ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE

METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

THE

SEVENTY-SEVENTH MINISTERIAL

AND THE

NINTH LAY ELECTORAL CONFERENCES,

HELD AT

COVINGTON, KY., SEPTEMBER I6-2I, I903.

OFFICIAL JOURNAL.

CINCINNATI: WESTERN METHODIST BOOK CONCERN PRESS

CONTENTS.

Act of Incorporation of the Board of Education, ..... Act of Incorporation of the Preachers' Relief Association, Appointments, . . . . . . . . . By Laws of Board of Education, Calendar of Conferences, . Certificate of Ordination, .. Conference Anniversaries, . Conference Boards, .... Conference Societies, . . . Constitution of Preachers' Relief Association, Disciplinary Questions, District Conference Records, . . . . . . . . Election of Officers,.. ......... . Election of General Conference Delegates,. . Election of Lay Delegates to General Conference, Journal, ............. . Memoirs, ............. . Minutes of Lay Electoral Conference, Missionary Appropriations, Official Certification, Officers of the Conference, Plan of Studies,. . . . . . Preachers' Relief Association, Register and Directory, .. . Reports of Committees, .. . Report of Board of Stewards, Report of Book Committee,. . . Report of Publishing Committee, Report of Treasurer, .......... . Report of Treasurer of Board of Education, Report of Treasurer of Preachers' Relief Association, Resolntions, . . . . . Roll of Deceased, ... Standing Committees, . Statistics, ..... .

ADVERTISEMENTS.

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237 267 21 7 236 239 2II 212 258 220 272 222 229 285 222 281 285 240 216 2II 218 256 214 271 242 280 280 241 265 263 274 284 213 243

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PUBLISHING COMMITT~~.

210

OFFICERS OF THE CONFERENCE.

PRESIDENT.

REV. BISHOP ISAAC W. JOYCE, D. D., LL. D.

SECRETARY.

E. L. SHEPARD.

ASSISTANTS.

REV. E. B. TIMMONS. REV. J. F. HOPKINS.

STATISTICAL SECRETARY.

REV. A. H. DAVIS.

ASSIST ANTS.

REV. J. L. SPENCE, REV. J. S. YOUNG.

TREASURER.

REV. G. N. JOLLY, D. D.

ASSISTANTS.

Rev. G. C. MOSHER, REV. L. R. GODBEY.

RECORDING SECRETARY.

Rev. w. H. DAVENPORT.

CONFERENCE BOARDS.

EXAMINERS.

Thomas Hanford, D. D., Chairman; C. W. Sutton, Registrar,. A. Boreing, F. W. Harrop, G. N. Jolly, J. G. Dover, Cyrus Riffle, Bird Hughes, F. L. Creech, W. H. Calvert, J. A. Colledge, G. C. Mosher, E. L. Shepard.

STEWARDS.

C. W. Sutton, E. B. Timmons, Bird Hughes, C. A. Fellows, W. F Sheridan, W. H. Crain. Laymen-R. T. Miller, J. W. Henderson, Harold Means.

TRUSTEES.

A. Boreing, D. D., President; J. p. Walsh, Secretary and Treasurer,. J. S. Taylor, G. C. Mosher, F. W. Harrop.

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212 KENTUCKY CONFERENCE.

EDUCATION.

FIRST CLASS,. . . . J. W. Henderson, L. B. Piersel. SECOND CLASS, . . . C. W. Sutton, C. B. Nordeman. THIRD CLASS, . . . J. D. Hearne, R. Irving Watkins. FOURTH CLASS, . . . . . J. H. Tinsley, J. D. Walsh. FIFTH CLASS, .' ............... A. Boreing, Harold Means.

CHURCH EXTENSION.

J. G. Dover, President; J. D. Hearne, Vice-President; John A. Johnson. Secretary and Treasurer .. A. Boreing, G. C. Mosher, L. H. Wilson, E. L. Shepard, G. H. Beaman, R. 1. Watkins, John Venn.

DISTRICT CHURCH LOCATION.

ASHLAND DISTRICT.-J. R. Howes, W. T. Atkinson, M. D., Harold Means, W. H. Davenport, A. H. Davis.

COVINGTON DIS'l'RICT.-F. W. Harrop, H. B. Asbury, 1. M. Lane, E. L. Shepard, J. A. Colledge.

LEXINGTON DISTRICT.-E. B. Hill, G. W. Shadoan, Joshua Shaw, T. B.. Stratton, C. 'r. Stump.

LOUISVILLE DISTRICT.-J. D. Walsh, C. B. Nordeman, C. C. Stoll, W. F. Sheridan, J. B. Perrymab.

DISTRICT MISSIONARY SECRETARIES.

Ashland, F. T. Kelley; Covington, G. C. Mosher; Lexington, J. P. Faulkner; Louisville, J. M. Ackman.

TRIERS OF APPEALS.

T. B. Stratton, Isiah Cline, J. G. Dover, W. T. Dunn, F. L. Creech, Cyrus Riffle, E. B. Timmons.

DBACONESSES.

A. Boreing, John A. Johnson, R. T. Miller, J. D. W.alsh, Mrs. A. Robson,. Mrs. Amos Shinkle, Mrs. P. Youman.

SOCIETIES.

HISTORICAL.

J. W. Zimmerman, President; L. B. Piersel, Vice-President; J. D. Walsh, Secretary; J. S. Taylor, Treasurer; C. W. Sutton, Custodian.

MISSIONARY.

F. W. Harrop, President; --- Secretqry .. G. N. Jolly, Treasurer.

PREACHERS' RELIEF ASSOCIATION.

J. D. Walsh, President; A. Boreing, Vice-President; C. W. Sutton. Secretary .. R. T. Miller, Treasurer.

MANAGERS.-J. D. Walsh, term expires 1903; R. T. Miller, term. expires 1904; C. W. Sutton, term expires 1905 : G. W. Hamilton, term expires 1906; J. W. HendersoU', term expires 1907; A. Boreing, term expires 1908; J. A. Johnson, term expires 1909.

ST ANDING COMMITTEES.

Auditing Accounts.-J. H. Brown.

American Bible 5Qciety.-W. H. Crain, Cyrus Rime, Eli Wesley, C. S. Jupin.

Book Concern Accounts.-W. H. Davenport, R T. Laslie, D. F. Kerr, W. G. Bradford.

Books and Periodicals.-F. L. Creech, F. T. Kelley, W. H. Calvert, J. F. Hopkins.

Church Extension.~T. B. Stratton, J. G. Dover, A. L. Williams, J. B. Perryman.

Conference Relations.-D. F. Kerr, Thomas Hanford, N. G. Grizzle, J. G. Reagan.

District Conference Records.-J. L. Sturgell, G. P. Jeffries, William Jones.

Education.-J. P. Faulkner, W. F. Sheridan, R. 1. Watkins, F. T. Kelley.

Epworth League.~J. S. Young, J. M. Ackman, John Cheap, C. A. Fellows.

Freedmen's Aid and Southern Education.-E. L. Shepard, J. W. Cantrell, T. H. Conrey, E. S. Wilson.

Memoirs.-A. Boreing, E. L. Shepard, J. S. Cox. Missions.-The Presiding Elders.

Ministerial Fitness.-The Board of Examiners.

New York Book Concern Accounts.-W. H. Davenport.

Public W.orship.-The Presiding Elder, Pastor.

Resolutions.-J. W. Zimmerman, Cyrus Rime, W. G. Bradford.

Sabbath Observance.-H. J. Ramey, J. H. Hayes, G. R. Frenger, H. D. Burnett.

State of the Church.-A. Boreing, C. W. Sutton, F. T. Kelley, E. B. Timmons, W. T. Dunn, F. L. Creech.

Sunday~schools and Tracts.-G. C. Mosher, N. H. Young, John A. Colledge, P. H. Ebright.

Temperance.-G. W. Howes, G. R. Frenger, William Jones, J. L. Sturgell, W. H. Calvert;

To Publish Minutes.-E. L. Shepard, F. W. Harrop, J. G. Dover, Joseph Luccock, J. A. Johnson.

Missionary Cause and Forward Movement.-N. G. Grizzie, J. S. Young, J. B. Perryman, J. L. Sturgell.

Woman's Foreign Missionary Society and Woman's Home Mis~ sionary SocietY.-G. C. Mosher, V. T. Willis, J. M. Cook, J. G. Dover, W. L. Spence.

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H.

REGISTER AND DIRECTORY.

NAME.

I Ackman, J. M., . 2 Black, W. H., . 3 Boreing, A., . . . 4 Bradford, W. G., . 5 Brown, J. H., . 6 Burnett, H. D.,. 7 Calvert, W. H., . 8 Cantrell, J. W., 9 Cheap, John, ..

IO Childers, W. H., . I I Cline, Isaiah, . 12 Colledge, John A., 13 Conrey, T. H., . 14 Cook, J. M., . 15 Cook, W. E., . 16 Cox, J. s.,. . 17 Crain, W. H., . 18 Creech, F. L., . 19 Davenport, W. H., 20 Davis, A. H., •. 21 Dover, J. G.,. . 22 Dunn, W. T., . 23 Ebright, P. H., 24 Elliott, E. D., 25 Faulkner, J. P., 26 Fellows, C. A., . 27 Felts, A. F., . 28 Fields, Jasper, . 29 Gibson, J. W., 30 Godbey, John, . 31 Godbey, L. R., . 32 Grizzle, N. G., . 33 Hanford, Thomas, 34 Harrop, F. W., . 35 Hays, J. H., 36 Hill, E. B., 37 Hopkins, J. F., . 38 Howes, G. W.,. . 39 Howes, J. R., 40 Hughes, Bird, . 41 Jeffries, G. P. 42 Jolly, G. N., .. 43 Jones, Wm., . 44 Jupin, C. S., . . 45 Kelley, F. T., 46 Kelley, S. F., 47 Kerr, D. F., 48 Laslie, R. T., 49 Lennin, J. H., 50 Luccock, Jos., 51 Maltbie, W. F., 52 Moores, Robert T. 53 Morris, G. V., .. 54 Mosher, G: C., .

-"~5 Newton, J. M., . ~56 Oliver, J. M.,. .

57 Perkins, U. S. G., . 58 Perkins,- T. J., . .

C. Northoott.

I Year of I Entering Confr'ce.

1892 1902 1867 1881 1893 1886 1886 1897 1888 1874 1894 1885 1887 1869 1883 1866 1887 1893 1895 1896 1885 1892 1882 1868 1896 1902 1896 1886 1903 1866 1890 1888 1877 1890 1889 1876 1894 1891 1886 1893 1868 1878 1888 1897 1897 1879 1882 1899 1859 1901

1884 r897 1903 1897 1898 1877 1897 1888

PO!;TOFFICE.

Louisville, Washington, D. C., Bellevue, Midd~eburg, Onton, Science Hill, Hardinsburg, . Beda, .. Louisa, . Pineville, . Greenup, . Dayton, ... West Bend, . Highland, .. Beda, . Bremen, . Sardis, • Oddville, . Ashland, . Vanceburg, . Latonia, .' . Bowling Green, . Riley, ..

EXPRESS OFFICE.

Louisville. Washington, D. C. Bellevue. McKinney Station. Slaughtersville. Science Hill. Hardinsburg. Hartford. Louisa. Pineville. Greenup. Dayton. Hedges Station. Kingsville. Hartford. South Carrolton. Maysville. Cynthiana. Ashland. Vanceburg. Latonia. Bowling Green. Riley. Slaughtersville. Barbourville.

Onton, Barbourville, . Somerset, . '. Somerset. Russell,. .. Caddo, . Quincy, . Bethel Ridge,. . May,sville, . Advance, •. Augusta, ... Latonia, ..

Russell. Foster. Quincy. Ewing. Maysville. Russell. Augusta. Latonia. Dawson Springs. Somerset. Ewin:g.

Dawson Springs, " . Somerset, .. Bethel Ridge, . Tolesboro, .• Russell, . .

. Maysville.

Mt. Olivet, . Greenville, . Barbourville, . . West Covington, . Leitchfield, . . . Catlettsburg,' .. College Hill, ., . Tampa, Fla., . Germantown, . Hardinsburg, Newport, •. Lima, 0., . Barboursville,. . Lexington, . . . Covington, . . Covington, . Milton, . Madison, N. J., Silome .

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Russell. . Maysville.

Greenville. Barbourville. Covington. Leitchfield. Catlettsburg. Richmond. ' Tampa, Fla. Brooksville. Hardinsburg. Newport. Lima, Ohio. Barboursville. Lexington. Covington. Covington. Madison, Ind. Madison, N. J. Williamsburg

REGISTER AND DIRECTORY-CONTINUED.

No. I Year of I

NAME. Entering POSTOFFICE. Confr'ce.

59 Perryman, J. B., .. 1888 Greenville, 60 Piersel, L. B., 1866 Bellevue, 61 Ragan, J. G., · 1887 Williamsburg, . 62 Ramey, H. J., 1865 Catletts burg, 63 Riffle, Cyrus, 1884 Olive Hill, . · · 64 Roundtree, M. M., 1890 West Bend, . · 65 Shepard, E. L., . 1870 Ludlow, .. · 66 Sheridan, W. F., . 1901 Louisville, · 67 Snead, W. B., · 1884 68 Spence, W. L.,. . 1898 Louisville, 69 Springer, R. W., . 1895 Ft. Washington, Md. 70 Stratton, T. B., 71 Stump, C. T., 72 Sturgell, J. L., . 73 Sutton, C. W., . 74 Taylor, J. S.,. . . 75 Timmons, E. B., . 76 Walsh, J. D., . 77 Watkins, R.1., . 78 Wesley, Eli, ... 79 Whiteman, B. F., 80 Williams, A. L., 81 Willis, V. T., 82 Wilson, E. S., · 83 Young, J. S., · 84 Young, N. H., · 85 Zimmerman, J. W.,

PROBATIONERS.

I Bretz, J. A., . . · 2 Bunton, G. W., . 3 Colyar, C. C., · 4 Connell, Arthur R. 5 DeBord, James B., 6 Holland, Robt. T.,

No·1 NAME.

I Bullock, Edward, .. 2 Cannon, G. H., .. 3 Carrier, S. M., . . 4 Chaffins, William, 5 Cummins, R. A., . 6 Darragh, E. H., . 7 Davidson, L. M., . 8 Embry, J. R., ., . 9 Embry, W. M.,. .

IO Gillespie, T. R., .. I I Hollar, E. S., ., . 12 Horn, J. M., . . . 13 Holtzclaw, D. P., . 14 Hunt, W. R.,. . . •

1884 Nicholasville, . 1890 London, .. 1887 College Hill, .. 1885 Ashland, . · 1866 Middleburg, .. · 1890 Earlington, .. 1869 Louisville, . · 1900 Covington, · 1900 Foster, · 1866 Science Hill, 1893 Paintsville, . · 1877 · 1903 Corinth, . 1903 Maysville, . · 1896 Salt Lick, . 1866 Dayton, . · · 1902 Middlesboro, · 1903 Cold Spring, · Holly Hill, . 1902

190 3 Hickory Grove, . 1903 Gradyville, . 1903 Arlington, ..

SUPPLIES.

POSTOFFICE.

Valley View, . Kingville, . Pineville, . Calf Creek, Paducah, .. Noah, ... West Bend, Beaver Dam, . Olaton, ..

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Salyersville, Scottsville, . . Tompkinsville, .. Wallingford, .

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I EXPRESS OFFICE.

Beaver Dam. Bellevue. Williamsburg. Catlettsburg. Olive Hill. Hedges Station. Covington. Louisville.

Louisville. Ft. Washington, Md. Nicholasville. London.

Ashland. McKinney Station. Earlington. Louisville. Covington. Foster. Science Hill. Paintsville.

Corinth, Grant Co. Maysville. Salt Lick. Dayton.

Middlesboro. Newport. Pine Knot. Mayfield. Columbia. Arlington.

EXPRESS OFFICE.

Valley View. Kingville. Pineville. Inez. Paducah. Vanceburg. Hedges Station. Beaver Dam. Olaton.

Pain tsville. Scottsville. Glasgow. Flemings burg.

REGISTER AND DIRECTORY-CONTINUED.

NAME. POSTOFFICE. EXPRESS OFFICE.

IS Johnson, Harvey, . Travelers Rest, .. Beattyville. 16 Judd, W. C.,. Booneville, .. Beattyville. 17 Lambert, A. M., . Waitmans, . Owensboro. 18 Lanham, P. M., Walden, . Williamsburg. 19 Martin, T. J., . Corbin, Corbin. 20 Mills,. F. M., .. Albany, Monticello. 21 Morris, B. D., . Hunnewell, Hunnewell. 22 Pendergrass, J. B., .. Primrose, Beattyville. 23 Potter, A. B., Elizabethtown, .. Elizabethtown. 24 Purcell, S. J.,. Clarkson, Leitchfield. 25 Reynolds, M. C., . Coal Run, Piketon .. 26 Smith, A. P., Science Hill, . Science Hill. 27 Walker, W. M., . Flat Gap, White House. 28 Walsh, W. B., . Jennings, Sulphur Station. 29 Wilder, Lewis, .. . Whitley Station, Whitley Station. 30 Wright, G. W., Narvell, Monticello. 3 1 Wyatt, W. M., . Deer Lick, . Dunmore.

OFFICIAL CERTIFICA TION.

COVINGTON, Ky., September 21, 1903.

The Reports and Proceedings herewith published, were pre­sented in due form, according to the Discipline in open Confer­ence, and were adopted by the Kentucky Annual Conference as its official work, at its session held in Covington, Ky., from Sep­tember 16-21, 1903.

By the rules of the Conference these printed Minutes to­gether with all the reports were made the Official Record of its proceedings. ISAAC W. JOYCE, President.

E. L. SHEPARD, Secretary.

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1821 1822 1823 1824 1825 1826 1827 1828 1829 1830 1831 1832 1833 1834 1835 1836 '1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842

1843 1844 1845 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868-186g 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1880 .r881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 18g0 1891 1892 1893 1894 IS95 1896 1897 18g8 1899 1900 Igo(

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SESSIONS OF KENTUCKY CONFERENCE.

SEAT.

Lexington. Lexington. Maysville. Shelbyville . Russellville. Louisville. Versailles Shelbyville . Lexington .. Russellville. Louisville. Harrodsburg Greensburg . Mt. Sterling. Shelbyville Louisville . Frankfort. Danville. Russellville Bardstown. Maysville. Lexington. Louisville. . . Bowling Green Frankfort ... Covington .. Germantown. Maysville. . . . . .. . Wesley Chapel, Ohio County Augusta ... Covington .. Alexandria .. Germantown Maysville ... Asbury Chapel Covington. . ; Augusta. ,Newport .. Covington. Lexington. Newpert. Harrod~burg Maysville. Louisville. Covington. Lexington. Covington. Louisville. Newport. . Lexington. Covington. Somerset Danville .. '. Hardinsburg Maysville . " . Louisville, . . Barbourville

, Catlettsburg .. Covington. Lexington. Greenup .. Louisville. Ashland. Barbourville Newport. Louisa .. Hardinsburg Louisville. . Covington. Vanceburg. Pineville .. Maysville. Newport. Somerset Ashland .. Louisville. Covington,

PRESIDENT.

E. George. E. George. E. George ... R. R. Roberts. R. R. Roberts. J. Soule J. Soule J. Soule R. R. Roberts. J. Soule ... E. Hedding. J. Emory .. R. R. Roberts. J. Soule J. O. Andrew. J. Soule R. R. Roberts. B. Waugh. J. Soule .. Thomas A. Morris .. J. Stamper ..... . B. Waugh ... , .. ,Thomas A. Morris. E. S. Janes .. J. Soule ... E. S. Janes .. 'Levi Scott. . Thomas A. Morris .. E. R. Ames .... . M. Simpson .... . Thomas A. Morris .. Thomas A. Morris .. ),\1. Simpson . E. R. Ames. Levi Scott ..... . Thomas A. Morris .. M. Simpson ..... Thomas A. Morris .. D:W. Clark. E. Thomson c. Kingsley. Levi Scott .. B~. Thomson D. W. Clark. Levi Scott. I. W. Wiley. S. M. Merrill R. S. Foster. I. W. Wiley ... Thomas Bowman. Jesse T. Peck Levi Scott .. M. Simpson. E. O. Haven. S. M. Merrill E. G. Andrews .. R. S. Foster. J. M. Walden W. L. Harris .. C. D. Foss. E. G. Andrews .. J. H. Vincent S. M. Merrill W. F. Mallalieu . R. S. Foster. C. D. Foss. H. W. Warren. S. M. Merrill .. C. D. Foss. John F: Hilrst .. W. F. Mallalieu. W.X. Ninde J. N. FitzGerald ;Earl Cranston . E. G. Andrews J. M. Walden I. W.Joyce,

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SECRETARY.

W.Adams. W. Adams. W.Adams. W.Adams. R. D. Neall. W.Adams. W.Adams. W.Adams. W.Adams. W.Adams. W.Adams. W. Adams. W.Adams. W.Adams. W. Phillips. G. McNeeley. G. McNeeley. G. McNeeley. '1'. N. Ralston. '1'. N. Ralston. '1'. N. Ralston. T. N. Ralston. '1'. N. Ralston. '1'. N. Ralston. T. N. Ralston. J. M. Gatch. J. M. Gatch. J. M. Gatch. S. F. Conrey. S. F. Conrey. S. F. Conrey. S. F. Conrey. S. F. Conrey. S. F. Conrey'. S. M. Mernll. S. M. Merrill. G. W. Johnson. G. W. Johnson. G. W. Johnson. 'G. W. johnson. 'G. W. Johnson. D. Stevenson. D. Stevenson. D. Stevenson. B. A. Stubbins. B. A. Stubbins. B. A. Stubbins. Duke Slavens. Duke Slavens. J. W. Muse. J. D. Walsh. J. D. Walsh. J. D. Walsh. B. A. Stubbins. B. A. Stubbins. C. J. Howes. C. J. Howes. J. D. Walsh. J. D. Walsh. J. D. Walsh. J. D. Walsh. J. D. Walsh. J. D. W~lsh. J. D. Walsh. '1'homas Hanford. Thomas Hanford. Thomas Hanford. Thomas Hanford. Thomas Hanford. Daniel Stevenson. Thomas Hanford. E. L. Shepard. J. D. Walsh. D. P. Holt. F, W. Harrop. F. W. Harrop. E. L. Shepard.

STUDIES AND EXAMINATIONS OF KENTUCKY CONFERENCE FOR J903-4.

PERIODS.

From Conference

to Dec. 20th.

From Dec. 20th

to Mar. 10th.

BOARD OF EXAMINERS.

REV. THOMAS HANFORD, D. D., President, Augusta. REV. C. W. SUTTON, A. B., Registrar, Ashland. I. THOMAS HANFORD, Augusta. 5. G. N. JOLLY, Barbourville. 10. G. C. MOSHER, Covington. 2. A. BOREING, Bellevue. 6. J. G. DOVER, Latonia. II. F. L. CREECH, Oddville. 3. F. W. HARROP, Latonia. 7. CYRUS RIFFLE, Olive Hill. 12. W. H. CALVERT, Hardinsburg. 4. E. L. SHEPARD, Ludlow. 8. BIRD HUGHES, Mt. Olivet. 13. J. A. COLLEDGE, Dayton.

9. C. W. SUTTON, Ashland.

CLASS AND PLAN OF WORK.

FIRST YEAR CLASS. SECOND YEAR CLASS. THIRD YEAR CLASS. FOURTH YEAR CLASS. FOR ADMISSION.

Joseph A. Bretz. Edward S. Wilson. Eli Wesley. George W. Bunton. Newell H. Young. Charles C. Co1yar. Arthur R. Connell. James B. DeBord. Robert T. Holland.

WORK OF CLASS: WORK OF CLASS. WORK OF CLASS. WORK OF CLASS. WORK OF CLASS.

5. Dis c i p 1 in e , 1900. I!. Harman, pp. 448-770. 13. Exegetical Studies ill 9. Christian Ethics. 10. English Branches. Parts I-V. 7. Essay. the Pentateuch.

TO BE J;l.EAD. TO BE READ. TO BE READ. TO BE READ. 1. Larger Catechism. 12. Wesley's Sermons, 12. Wesley's S e r m 0 n s, 5. History of the M. E. 1. Life and Epistles of

Vol. I, i-xxxiii. Vol. I, 34-58. Church, Vol. IV. St. Paul. 13. Doctrinal Aspects of 10. Asbury's J 0 urn a 1, 10. Asbury's J 0 urn a 1, 9. Hymn Studies. II. Protestant Foreign Christian Experi-

Vol. 1. Vol. II. Missions. ence. 13. Methodist Review. 13. Methoc1.ist Review.

8. PIa inA c c 0 u n t of II. Harman. pp. 1-447. 5. Dis!:ipIille, 1900, Part 9. Extemporaneous Ora- 2. The Foundations of Christian Perfection. 10. Rhetoric. VI, ,to end. tory. the Christian Faith.

9. Life of John Wesley. TO BE READ. 9. Logic. 10. History of the Chris- 13. Exegetical Studies in

tian Church, Vol. 1. Isaiah. 5. History of Methodist TO BE READ. 6. Smaller S c rip t u r e

Episcopal C h u r c h, 9. History of Met h 0- TO BE READ. TO BE READ. History. Stevens, Vol. II. dism, Vol. 1. 2. The Su pe rnat ural 9. Supplementary His-

9. Christian Sci e n c e- 3. Future Retribution. Book. tory of America n 5. History of M. E. Buckley. 2. Digest of Methodist 10. Asbury's J ourna 1, Methodism. Church, Vol,!.

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7. Written Sermon. 3. Preparation and De- 7. Written Sermon. ology.

7. Essay. History. livery ofS erm on s,

9. English and Ameri-From TO BE READ. Parts III.-V. TO BE READ. can Literature.

Mar. loth 12. Ecclesiastical Archi- TO BE READ. 9. History of Metho- TO BE READ.

to tecture. 6. Introduction to New dism, Vol. II. 4. ButIer's Analogy. 7. Written Sermon and' June 1st. II. From the Himalayas ·restam~nt. 13. The Methodist Re- 3. History of Rational- Essay.

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Progress. 8. The Modern Sunday-S. Discipline, 1900. School, Edi t ion of

1900. 4. Tongue of Fire.

8. Ch ri stian Purity, I. Systematic Theology, 3. Outlines of Descrip- 10. History of the Chris-II. Revival and the Foster. Vol. II, Miley. tive Psychology. tian Church, Vol. II.

3. Preparation and De- 6. Outlines ot Universal 4. The Land of Israel. Pastor. From livery of S,rmons, History.

June 1st TO BE READ. 3. Short History of the Parts I, II, Broadus. TO BE READ. 9. History of Metho· to TO BE READ. 12. Introduction to Polit-

English People. Aug. 20th. TO BE READ. dism, Vol. III.

1. The Governing Con-ference in Methodism,

S. History of the M. E. Church, Vol. III.

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8. The Son of Man. 2. Selections from Writ-13. T. he Methodist Re- ings of John Wesley.

6. History of the Ritual 4. The General Confer- S. The Historic Episco- VIew. of the M. E Church. ence and Episcopacy.

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Examiners for Local Orders: J. The directions to be observed by Examiners and students are as

follows: 1. The numbe-rs I, 2, etc., indicate the division of work among the

Examiners. 2. Examiners and students should be prepared on every subject

within its own period. The student, when' fully ready, not before, will notify the Examiner, who should have his questions (not fewer than 10 nor more than 25) written out beforehand, with space under each question for its answer by the student.

3. The answers shOUld be written by the student in the presence of the Examiner alone, who should afford no help himself, nor allow any to be derived f!'<lm any other source whatever, whether of person or of printed or written matter.

4. When impossible for the Examiner to be with thestudent, he may send the questions, under seal, to a third perSOll, Preferably a member of the Conference, or anyone whom he may approve, not of the student's family, nor an undergraduate, and never to the student himself. He should direct, by postal card, two or three days beforehand, by way of precaution, and again on the back of the envelope containing the questions, that the envelope is not to be opened, nor allowed out of the possession of the third person, till the student is ready to answer the

pate.

W. Zimmerman, P. H. Ebright. questions. Inclosed with the questions should be a certificate to be signed by the third person when the student has completed his work, showing that no help whatever was afforded the student. Any substan­tial departure from these directions should vitiate the examination.

5. As soon as the papers are received.and graded by the Examiner, he will notify both the student and C.W. Sutton, Registrar of the Board, the result. The minimum grade for passing shall be 70.

In grading, not only the correctness of the answers must be consid­ered, but also style, syntax, orthography, chirography, and neatness.

6. On the back of every written sermon or essay there should be a statement, signed by the ,Person presenting it, that the conception, composition, and handwrit1l1g are his own work.

7. The grading on sermons or essays, and on "books to be read," will hereafter be on the same scale (from 0 to 100) as on books to be stud­ied, with 70 as the minimum grade, for passing.

8. Candidates for local orders, when it is impracticable for them to be examined previously, will be examined on the day before Conference convenes, beginning at 9 o'clock.

9. Except in extreme cases, and for highly satisfactory reasons, no examination will take place after Conference has convened.

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DISCIPLINARY QUESTIONS.

I. Who have been Received by Transfer, and from 'What Conferences? Revs. C. A. Fellows, Ohio; J. S. Young, Des Moines; G. V. Morris,

Cincinnati.

2. Who have been Readmitted? Rev. Robert T. Moores.

3. Who have been Received on Credentials, and from 'What Churches? Rev. J. W. Gibson, received on his credentials as an Elder, from the

Baptist Church.

4. Who have been Received on Trial? (a) IN STUDIES OF FIRST YEAR.-Revs. George W. Bunton, Arthur

R. Connell, James DeBord, John J. Giblin, Robert T. Holland. (b) IN STUDIES OF THIRD YEAR.-None.

5. Who have been Continued on Trial? (a) IN STUDIES OF FIRST YEAR.--Revs. Charles C. Colyar and Joseph

A. Bretz. (b) IN STUDIES OF SECOND YEAR.-None. (c) IN STUDIES OF THIRD YEAR.-None. (d) IN STUDIES OF FOURTH YEAR.-None.

6. Who have been Discontinued? Revs. Harry H. Bowman and John H. Davis.

,. Who have been Admitted into Fu'[l Membership? (a) ELECTED AND ORDAINED DEACONS THIS YEAR.-Rev. Edward S.

Wilson. (b) ELECTED AND ORDAINED DEACONS PREVIOUSLY.-None.

8. What Members are in Studies of Third Year? (a) ADMITTED INTO FULL MEMBERSHIP THIS YEAR.-Rev. Edward S.

Wilson. (b) ADMITTED INTO FULL MEMBERSHIP PREVIOUSLY.-None.

9. What Members are in Studies of Fourth Year! Revs. Eh Wesley (to bring ~p The Land of Israel), and Newell H.

Young (to bring up the Christian Church; and Methodist Review to be read).

IO. What Members have Completed the Conference Course of Study! (a) ELECTED AND ORDAINED ELDERS THIS YEAR.--Revs. James M.

Newton, elected to Elder's Orders; also Reuben T. Laslie, Alexander F. Felts.

(b) ELECTED AND ORDAINED ELDERS PREVIOUSLY.-None.

II. What Others have been Elected and Ordained Deacons! (a) As LOCAL PREACHERS.-Revs. Ernest H. Darragh, W. C. Judd,

JB;mes B. DeBord, W. D. Smith, G. F. Thompson, L. R. Robinson, and S. A. Llghton.

(b) UNDER MISSIONARY RULE.-Rev. Robert T. Holland.

I2. What Others have been Elected and Ordained Elders! (a) As LOCAL DEACoNS.-Rev. Enoch S. Hollar. (b) UNDER MISSIONARY RULE.-None.

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I3. Was the Character of each Preacher Examined? This was strictly done, as the name 9f each preacher was called in

open Conference.

I4. Who have been Transferred, and to what Conferences? Revs. W. C. L. Correll, Ohio; Leonard F. Powell, North Dakota; W. W.

RaI?say, Cincinnati; W. H. Thompson, Indiana; C' H. Woolley, Des MOlDes; G. M. Burnett, Michigan; G. R. Frenger, Cincinnati; John J. Giblin (first year), Cincinnati; C. S. Markin, Oklahoma.

IS. Who have Died? Abraham R. Crislip.

I6. Who have been Located at their Own Request? None. I7. Who have been Located? None. I8. Who have Withdrawn? None. I9. Who have been permitted to Withdraw under Charges or Com-

plaints! None. 20. Who have been Expelled? None. 2I. What other Personal Notation should be made! The orders of Stephen M. Carrier, an Elder in the Methodist Epis­

copal Chnrch, South, were recognized. Also the orders of N. B. Gillespie, as a Deacon, in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, were recognized.

22. Who are the Supernumerary Preachers? Revs. M. M. Roundtree, W. B. Snead, V. T. Willis, and D. F. Kerr.

23. Who are the Superannuated Preacher.~! Revs. W. H. Black, H. D. Burnett, W. H. Childers, J. M. Cook, W. E.

Cook, J. S. Cox, E. D. Elliott, Jasper Fields, John Godbey, J. H. Hays, S. F. Kelley, J. H. Lennin, W. F. Maltbie, H. C. Northcott, J. M. Oliver, H. J. Ramey, J. S. Taylor, L. B. Piersel, and B. F. Whiteman.

24. Who are the Triers of Appeals? Revs. T. B. Stratton, Isaiah Cline, J. G. Dover, W. T. Dunn, F. L.

Creech, Cyrus Riffie, and E. B. Timmons.

25. What is the Statistical Report for this Year? See tabulated Statement.

26. What is the Aggregate of the Benevolent Collections ordered by the General l;onference, as reported by the Conference Treasurer?

$8,326. 27. What are the Claims on the Conference Fund? $4,185. 28. What has been Received on these Claims, and how has it been

Applied? $2,86I.I8 which was applied under order of the Conference.

29. Where are the Preachers Stationed? See appointments.

30. Where shall the Next Conference be held? Barbourville.

JOURNAL.

DAILY PROCEEDINGS.

FIRST DAY.

COVINGTON, KY., September 16, 19<>3.

Opening.-At nine o'clock A. M., the Kentucky Conference convened in the Union Methodist Episcopal Church, at Coving­ton, Ky., Rev. Bishop I. W. Joyce, D. D., LL. D., presiding The Bishop read the fifty-third chapter of Isaiah, and from the seventeenth to the thirtieth verse, inclusive, of the twenty-sixth chapter of Matthew. He aunounced the two hundred and four­teenth hymn. After this was sung, assisted by the Presiding Elders of the Conference and the pastor, he administered the sacrament of the Lord's Supper. When it was concluded, he offered a prayer that especially petitioned for the welfare of the wives and families of the preachers.

The Secretary of the preceding session, Rev. F. W. Harrop, called the roll, marking the absentees.

E. L. Shepard was elected Secretary, and named as his as­sistants, Rev. E. B. rrimmons and Rev. J. F. Hopkins.

Rev. A. H. Davis was elected Statistical Secretary, and named Rev. J. L. Spence and Rev. J. S. Young as his assistants. ,

Rev. G. N. Jolly, D. D., was elected Treasurer, and named Rev. G. C. Mosher and Rev. L. R. Godbey as his assistants.

Mr. H. K. Lindsey made the address of welcome, and Bishop Joyce responded.

Rev. R. I. Watkins presented a telegram of condolence and sympathy concerning the death of Hon. Vincent Boreing, and, by order of Conference, it was forwarded to his family and Rev. A. Boreing.

Revs. H. N. Ogden, Field Agent of the Book Concern; A. N. Spahr, F. G. Browne, assistant editor of the Western Christian Advocate; C. W. Blodgett, and J. T. Bail, of the Cincinnati Con­ference, were introduced. The following were also introduced

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to the Conference: Rev. U. V. W. Darlington, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, city; Rev. E. S. Dunham, of the Central Ohio Conference; Revs. G. V. Morris, transferred from the Cincinnati, and J. S. Young, transferred from the Des Moines, Conference; Revs. T. C. Iliff, of the Church Exten­sion Society; and W. L. Davidson, of the American University.

The Presiding Elders reported the nominations of the various Standing Committees, which were confirmed.

Two drafts, one from the Book Concern for $436, and one from the Chartered Fund for $22, were accepted, and referred to the Board of Stewards.

It was moved to fix the hour of meeting at 8.30 A. M., first half hour to be devoted to prayer-meeting, and that the hour of adjournment be at I2.I5 P. M.

The bar of the Conference was fixed at the sixth pew from the chancel.

A communication, concerning the support of Bishops, was referred to the Presiding Elders.

The Revs. T. C. Iliff, W. L. Davidson, and F. G. Browne de­livered brief addresses.

The Bishop then called the The Thirteenth Question: " Was the character of each Preacher examined if"

Rev. F. W. Harrop, Presiding Elder, his character having been passed, presented the report of the Covington District.

The character of Rev. J. R. Howes, Presiding Elder, was passed, and he presented the report of the Ashland District.

Rev. W. H. Davenport was appointed to collect the New York Book Concern accounts.

Rev. W. F. Sheridan presented a paper against lifting collec­tions for general benevolences during the session of the Annual Conference, which was adopted.

The different Committees were called, and the times of meet­ings arranged.

Rev. J. D. Walsh, D. D., placed in the charge of the Secretary the official books of the Conference taken out last year by agree­m,ent of Conference.

Rev. W. H. Davenport was elected Recording Se~retary. The Statistical Session was appointed to meet at 2 o'clock P.

M. The Bish0p appointed Thomas Hanford, D. D., to preside. On motion, the Conference adjourned; benediction by W. L.

Davidson.

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AFTERNOON SESSION.

THE Conference was opened at 1.15 P. M., Rev. Thomas Han­ford, D. D., in the chair. The devotions were led by Rev. G. R. Frenger.

The roll was then called, and the Statistical Reports of the various charges were put in care of the Secretary and his assist­ants.

Upon motion, Conference adjourned.

SECOND DAY.

THURSDAY, September 17, 1903.

PRAYER SERVICE was conducted by Rev. E. S. Dunham,. Rev. Bishop I. W. Joyce in the chair, business began at 9 A. M.

Minutes of the preceding day were read and approved. In answer to the Twenty-fourth Question: " Who are the

Triers of Appeals tt" the Bishop presented the names of Revs. T. B. Stratton, Isaiah Cline, J. G. Dover, W. T. Dunn, F. L. Creech, Cyrus Riffle, and E. B. Timmons, and they were confirmed.

By action of the Conference, Revs. S. F. Kelley and D. F. Kerr were added to the Board of Stewards.

The Statistical Secretary and the Treasurer called the names of those who had failed to report.

The Thirteenth Question was resumed. Rev. E. B. Hill,. Presiding Elder, was called, his character passed. and he pre­sented the report of the Lexington District. The authorities at Middlesboro, through him, presented a request for the appoint­ment of Trustees of the Hospital at that point. Pursuant thereto, the following were appointed: Rev. J. R. Howes, of Ashland' , Rev. E. B. Hill, Lexington; Rev. G. R. Frenger, Covington; Rev. T. B. Stratton, Lexington; Rev. W. F. Sheridan, Louisville.

Money secured by suit for sale of the Methodist Episcopal Church property at Irvine, Estill County, amounting to $270 ,

was, by general consent, placed in the hands of the Treasurer of the Board of Conference Trustees.

Rev. J. D. Walsh was called, his character passed, and he pre­sented the report of the Louisville District. He also presented a resolution concerning the appropriation of money by the Parent Board for the benefit of missions in the bounds of this Confer-

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ence, which was referred to the Committee on the State of the Church.

Rev. Levi Gilbert, D. D., editor of the Western Christian Advocate, was introduced, and addressed the Conference.

Bishop Joyce introduced Mrs. Mary Carr Curtis, who spoke briefly in the interests of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society.

Rev. ].1. Blackburn, D. D., of the First Presbyterian Church, of Covington; Rev. J. H. Schimmelpfennig, of the Central Ger­man; Revs. 'F. C. English and E. Burdsall, of the Cincinnati; Rev. Lon Robinson .and Rev. Strother, of the Kentucky Meth­odist Episcopal Church, South; and Rev. C. A. Fellows, of the Kentucky Conference, were introduced.

Rev. R. Irving Watkins, D. D., introduced a resolution re­ferring to the long and distinguished service of Hon. Vincent Boreing, which was referred to Revs. E. B. Hill and E. L. Shep­ard as a Committee to represent the Conference.

The following effective Elders were called, examined, and their characters passed, and they made their reports:

W. H. Davenport, N. G. Grizzle, V. T. Willis, John Cheap, G. W. Howes, Thomas Hanford, J. G. Dover, R. 1. Watkins, J. W. Zimmerman, F. L. Cre'ech, J. S. Young, C. W. Sutton, Cyrus Rime. Isaiah Cline, A. L. Williams, A. H. Davis, Amon Boreing,

G. C. Mosher, J. A. Colledge, William Jones, E. L. Shepard. G. R. Frenger, Bird Hughes, W. H. Crane, G. N. Jolly, J. L. Sturgell, L. R. Godbey, W. G. Bradford, C. A. Fellows, C. T. Stump, U. S. G. Perkins, E. B. Timmons, W. H. Calvert, W. L. Spence,

J. M. Ackman, J. W. Cantrell, c. S. Jupin, Joseph Luccock, R. W. Springer, J. F. Hopkins, T.]. Perkins, T. B. Stratton, P. H. Ebright, J. G. Reagan, J. P. Faulkner, W. T. Dunn, G. P. Jeffries. D. F. Kerr, W. F. Sheridan, J. B. Perryman, J. H. Brown.

The Fifth Question.-" Who have been Continued on Trial?' -was taken up. Charles C. Colyar and Joseph A. Bretz were reported.

The Sixth Question-" Who have been Discontinued ?"-was called. H. H. Bowman and John H. Davis were, on motion and action of Conference, discontinued.

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The Eighth Question-" What Members are in the Studies of the Third Year ?"-Eli Wesley was advanced to Fourth Year, with condition that he bring up one study, "The Land of Israel."

The Tenth Question-" What Members have completed the Conference Course of Study 't"-was taken up. J. M. Newton hav­ing been passed in all the studies, was elected to Elder's Orders.

G. B. Johnson, Esq., was introduced, and addressed the Con­ference.

Two communications from the Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church, after being read by the Secretary, were re­ferred to the Board of Stewards.

On motion, it was ordered that the Order of the Day for the election of Delegates to the General Conference be fixed at 10.30 A. M., to-morrow, (Friday.)

On motion, by Rev. J. D. Walsh, the Conference recommended that the Board of Managers of the Preachers' Relief Association be requested to refuse to let a member pass longer than the first five years without having paid the regular dues. Adopted. (See resolution and action of Board of Managers of Preachers' Relief Association.)

THIRD DAY.

FRIDAY, September 18, 1903.

THE Conference opened with Penteeostal services at 8.30, led by E. S. Dunham.

Bishop 1. W. Joyce took the chair at 9 o'clock. The Minutes of the preceding day were read, corrected, and approved.

Rev. R. 1. Watkins was appointed Railroad Secretary. Rev. J. W. Zimmerman was appointed Reporter for the Wes­

tern Christian Advocate. Rev. J. G. Vaught, of the Northwest Indiana Conference; Rev.

J. W. Hughes, President of Asbury College; Rev. G. T. New­comb, President School of Theology of U. S. Grant University, were introduced.

Question Ten-" What 1I1embers have completed the Confer­ence Course of Study't"-was resumed. Reuben T. Laslie and Alexander F. Felts were represented by their Presiding Elders, their grades of studies reported, and they were elected to Elder's Orders.

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Question Nine-" What Members are in Studies of Fourth Year f" -was taken up. Newell H. Young continued in the Studies of the Fourth Year, and requested to bring up the " History of the Christian Church," and also two books to be read, " Rationalism" and Methodist Review.

The Seventh Question-" Who have been admitted into Full Membership f"-was taken up.

Rev. Edward S. Wilson was called, addressed by the Bishop, examined in Disciplinary Questions, and, by vote of Conference, elected to Deacon's Orders, and admitted into the Conference.

Pursuant to the motion of the preceding day, the Order of the Day was taken up on motion of Rev. J. D. Walsh, which was the election of delegates to the General Conference.

The Bishop announced the following as Tellers: G. C. Mosher, William Jones, T. B. Stratton, J. B. Perryman.

Ballots were distributed from the Secretary. Four ballots were taken, and, as no one received- a majority of the votes cast, there was no election.

Question Two-" Who have been Readmitted f"-was called. R. T. Moores, located at his own request, in 1902, by the Ken­tucky Conference, was, on motion, readmitted.

S. M. Carrier, coming from the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, with recommendations in due form, was referred to the Committee on Conference Relations.

Rev. M. C. B. Mason, of the Freedmen's Aid Society; Rev. W. A. Robinson, of Christ's Hospital; and Rev. W. H. Vaughn, pastor Ninth Street Church, Lexington Conference; Revs. J. P. Whitehead, of the Presbyterian Church, Newport; Gervaise Roughton, C. H. Grubbs, and E. P. Edmonds; D. E. Shelton, J. E. Thomas, and J. C. Echols, of the Cincinnati Conference, were introduced.

Question Eleven-" What Others have been Elected and Or­dained Deacons, as Local Preachers f"-was called. Ernest H. Darragh, W. C. Judd, James B. DeBoard, William B. Smith, George F. Thompson, Luther R. Robinson, and Samuel Lighton were called, their recommendations properly signed, presented, they were reported favorably as to examination, and were elected to Deacons' Orders.

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Question Twelve-" What Others have been Elected and Or­dained Elders ?"-was taken up. Enoch S. Hollar, a local deacon~ was represented by the Examiners and Presiding Elder, passed,. and elected to Elder's Orders.

Question Twenty-Two-" Who are the Supernumerary Preachers ?"-was called. M. M. Roundtree, W. B. Snead, V. T. Willis, and D. F. Kerr.

Question Twenty-three-" Who are the Superannuated Preachers ?"-was taken up.

W. H. Black, J. M. Oliver, W. II. Childers, J. S. Taylor, W. E. Cook, B. F. Whiteman, E. B. Elliott, H. D. Burnett, John Godbey, J. M. Cook, S. F. Kelley, J. S. Cox, W. F. Maltby, Jasper Fields,

J. H. Hayes, J. H. Lennin, H. C. Northcott, H.]. Ramey, L. B. Piersel.

Question Thirty-" Where shall the Next Conference be­Held ?"-was asked.

After slight consideration, it was postponed until Saturday. At the close of the fourth ballot for delegates to the General

Conference, it was moved and carried to adjourn until 1.30 P. M. After announcements, the benediction was pronounced by

Chaplain Nave.

AFTERNOON SESSION.

PURSUANT to adjournment, Conference met at 1.30 P. M.,. Bishop Joyce in the chair.

The devotions were led by Rev. F. L. Creech. The fifth and sixth ballots for delegates to the General Con­

ference were taken, and no election resulted.

Question Four-" Who have been Received on Trial ?"-was. called. George W. Bunton, Arthur R. Connell, James B. De­-Board, John J. Giblin, and Robert T. Holland. They were rep­resented by their respective Presiding Elders, their examinations. reported, and they were recommended for Admission on Trial in the Traveling Connection. They were received.

Rev. W. F. Sheridan presented a report on the unification of Publishing houses, which was adopted.

Rev. V. T. Willis, on motion of Rev. J. R. Howes, was. changed from effective to supernumerary.

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Rev. R. 1. Watkins presented a resolution concerning the pUblication in this year's Minutes of the Constitution of the Preachers' Relief Association. It was carried.

Rev. Dr. Newcomb addressed the Conference. Rev. J. S. Young presented the report on the Epworth

League. It was adopted. The result of the seventh ballot for General Conference dele·

gates was announced, and Revs. F. W. Harrop and E. B. Hill were declared elected, in the order named.

The Conference proceeded to cast a ballot for two reserve delegates to the General Conference.

Report on Freedmen's Aid and Southern Education was pre­sented and adopted.

The Roll was called to receive money on the publication of the Minutes.

A Committee consisting of Messrs. L. H. Wilson, John Venn, and John Henderson, from the Lay Electoral Conference waited on the Conference to know its pleasure concerning the lay body. The Committee was requested to notify their main body that the Conference would be pleased to meet and receive them.

Revs. J. D. Walsh and E. L. Shepard were elected as Reserve Delegates to the General Conference in the order named.

The Lay Electoral Conference entered as a body. Mr. H. K. Lindsey, the chairman spoke briefly. Addresses were delivered by Mr. R. T. Miller and Mr. A. B. Davidson, Lay Delegates, and Rev. F. W. Harrop and E. B. Hill, Ministerial Delegates.

A resolution concerning the unification of the Publishing­houses was presented by Mr. W. P. McLaughlin, Secretary of the Lay Conference.

Announcements were made; Bishop Joyce addressed the Lay Conference; the Doxology was sung; and the Benediction was pronounced by the Bishop.

FOURTH DAY.

SATURDAY, September 19.1903.

CONFERENCE opened with divine service led by E. S. Dun­ham.

Rev. Bishop 1. W. Joyce took the chair at 9 A. M. The Minutes of the preceding day were read, and it was

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moved that after various minor alterations, they be adopted, which motion carried.

The list of Conference Claimants was read, and the names of Revs. A. R. Crislip, deceased; A. F. Felts, who had been made effective; and G. M. Burnett, who had been transferred, were erased.

Two communications from Rev. W. H. Black were read. The letter from him containing reference to a check for the benefit of pastors was ordered published.

Rev. J. D. Walsh moved that Rev. Robert T. Holland be elected to Deacon's Orders under the Missionary Rule, and it was so ordered.

The orders of Rev. Stephen M. Carrier, as an elder in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, were recognized, and the Presiding Elder allowed to employ him.

The Report of the Book Concern was partly read. It was ordered that the Secretary edit and publish a portion of the report.

The Report on Church Extension was read and adopted. A resolution was adopted memoralizing the General Con­

ference to so arrange that hereafter as the claims of the salaries of the Bishops and "Presiding Elders are adjusted pro rata so it shall- be with the claims of the superannuates.

Rev. R. S. Rust was introduced and addressed the Confer­ence.

Rev. E. B-. Rawls, of the Indiana Conference; Rev. J. S. Simms, Presiding Elder of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; Rev. E. B. Caldwell, representing the Missionary Society; Rev. G. A. Miller, of the Christian Church, this city; Rev. W. H. Stabler and Rev. W. B. Brown were introduced.

Committee on Bible Society presented Report, which was adopted.

Mr. R. T. Miller, having insisted on resigning from the Committee, by motion of E. L. Shepard, confirmed by Confer­ence, Rev. F. W. Harrop, Mr. J. A. Johnson, and Joseph Luccock, D. D., were added to the Committee to Publish Minutes.

Auditing Committee presented Report, which was adopted. Committee on Sunday-school and Tracts presented Report

and it was adopted.

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Conference recommended that the Committee on Public Wor­ship arrange for the Missionary Sermon to be preached on the night preceding the next session.

Announcements were made and Conference adjourned with the Benediction.

FIFTH DAY.

SUNDA Y, September 20, 1903.

THE Conference Love-feast was presided over by Rev. S. F. Kelley.

A t I I A. M., Rev. Bishop I. W. Joyce preached. After this he ordained eight deacons.

The Memorial Service was held at three P. M., presided over by Rev. J. D. Walsh, D. D.

Rev. E. L. Shepard delivered a memorial address, referring to the honored and usefullife of Rev. A. R. Crislip.

Rev. G. N. Jolly, pastor of Hon. Vincent Boreing, read a paper setting forth the history, the useful service, and distin­guished life of this eminent man and servant of the Church.

Following this Bishop Joyce ordained four elders. He was assisted in this service by several of the elders.

Benediction was pronounced by the Bishop.

SIXTH DAY.

MONDAY, September 2I, 1903.

EVANGELIST E. S. DUNHAM led the devotions beginning at 8.30 A. M.

Bishop Joyce took the chair at 9 o'clock. The Minutes of Saturday were read, corrected and approved. The Roll was called and a collection was taken for the publi-

cation of the Minutes. It was moved and carried to publish in the Minutes the resolu­

tion concerning the demise of Hon. Vincent Boreing. Bishop Joyce placed in the hands of the Secretary the Cer­

tificate (which see) of the ordination ofthose ordained elders and deacons on the Sabbath preceding.

Rev. R. I. Watkins presented the action of the Board of Educa­tion nominati~g the members of the Fifth Class. The names of

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Rev. Amon Boreing, D. D., and Mr. Harold Means were given and they were confirmed.

A resolution was presented requesting the Conference to ap­point Revs. Amon Boreing and R. 1. Watkins and Judge J. H. Tinsley a Committee to meet a similarly appointed Committee of the Kentucky Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, that they may consider all matters p~rtaining to educa­tional interests within the State. It was adopted.

The Board of Preachers' Relief Association presented a pre­amble and resolution concerning the printing of the Constitution and history of that organization, which carried.

Rev. J. D. Walsh presented the report of the Board of Trus­tees, which was adopted.

The Conference approved the committal of the money by Rev. E. B. Hill, resulting from the sale of the Church property at Irvine, to the Board of Trustees of the Kentucky Conference.

The paper on memoirs present.ed by the Committee was adopted.

Rev. D. F. Kerr was, by the action of Conference, granted a supernumerary relation.

Thomas R. Gillespie was represented by several of the breth­ren and his orders as a Deacon from the West Virginia Confer­ence of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, were recognized.

The names of the Board of Examiners in the Conference Course of Studies for the four years were announced.

To preach the Annual Missionary Sermon, Rev. F. L. Creech. Alternate, Rev. A. H. Davis.

Committee on Education presented its Report and it was adopted.

Rev. Thomas Hanford, D. D., was called to the chair; the Bishop retired with the Presiding Elders.

Rev. H. C. Jennings, of the Book Concern, was introduced and addressed the Conference.

Rev. John Pearson, D. D., was introduced and spoke to the Conference in the interest of the American Bible Society.

The Bishop returned and took the chair. The Report of the Committee on Temperance was presented

and adopted. The Board of Stewards presented its report; the moneys

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were placed in the hands of the various claimants, or their friends, and the report was adopted. (See detailed Report.)

The Committee on the Middlesboro Hospital presented a resolution, which was adopted.

The Report of the Committee on Sabbath Observance was read and adopted.

The Committee on Woman's Home Missionary Society and Woman's Foreign Missionary Society presented its Report. Adopted.

It was ordered to publish the by-laws of the Board of Educa­tion in this year's Minutes.

The Thirtieth Question was asked: (C Where shall the next Conference be held'?" Barbourville was nominated. A telegram from President Frost, of Berea College, was read inviting the Conference to that place. After a count vote, Barbourville was chosen by a decided majority.

Rev. A. Boreing, D. D., presented a resolution in reference to the Preachers' Relief Association, which was adopted.

By a motion, the Secretary was requested to edit a portion of the Minutes of the Lay Electoral Conference and publish same in Conference J oumal.

A resolution of thanks presented by Rev. W. F. Sheridan to the authorities at Berea for their tender of entertainment was adopted.

The Bishop referred to the relation of Rev. J. W. Gibson to the Conference and stated "that he had been transferred by Bishop J. M. Walden to the North Indiana Conference as a pro­bationer of Kentucky Conference. His ordination by the Bap­tists was recognized by that Conference, and after the recognition of his orders as an Elder and his admission into full membership by that Conference, he was transferred to this Conference."

Rev. J. D. Walsh presented a resolution of thanks to the General Missionary Committee for its increase in appropriation to this Conference, and also a request for an additianal increase, all of which was adopted.

The Committee on Resolutions presented its report. The resolutions read were all adopted.

Rev. A. H. Davis, Statistical Secretary, presented his report.

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They were read in the totals and adopted with the privilege granted to Rev. A. H. Davis of editing them.

Rev. Davis W. Clark, D. D., Presiding Elder of Cincinnati District, was introduced.

It was moved by Rev. J. D. Walsh, and the Conference adopted, that Presiding Elders and pastors be requested to pre­sent written reports of the various Conference claimants within the bounds of their respective charges, that these reports may be presented to the Conference Board of Stewards.

A standing vote of thanks was tendered the ladies of all the Churches who so kindly and generously provided the daily lunch for the Conference.

It was moved by Rev. J. D. Walsh, and it was adopted, that the Secretary ftirnish to every pastor, in ample time before the Annual Conference, statistical blanks, and that a duplicate set, for every pastoral charge, be furnished to the Presiding Elder in sufficient time before the session of the Conference, the pastors being expected to pass their blanks to the Presiding Elder. that he may review them before leaving for Conference.

By action of the Conference, Rev. G. W. Bunton was added to the Statistical Secretaryship.

By motion, on a count vote, the Conference adjourned, and the Bishop pronounced the benediction.

AFTERNOON SESSION.

AT 1.30 P. M., Bishop Joyce took the chair, announced Hymn 797, four stanzas of which were sung. He then led in prayer.

On motion, adopted, the Conference authorized the Secretary to place its official record in the hands of Rev. J. D. Walsh, on his order, that it might be used with reference to business con­nected with the Board of Education.

Rev. J. D. Walsh presented a paper referring to Rev. G. p. Jeffries and his relation to the Preachers' Relief Association. (See Resolutions.) It was adopted.

The Treasurer, Rev. G. N. Jolly, presented his Report, which was adopted, and ordered to be printed in the Minutes.

A motion, presented by Rev. J. D. Walsh, and adopted, re­quested the Presiding Elders to urge the pastors to take the col-

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lection for General Conference expenses the first quarter of the year.

Rev Bird Hughes acknowledged the receipt of $5, which amount brought the account of the Conference claimants to a balance.

Rev. F. W. Harrop presented the names of those nominated on the various Conference Boards, and they were a11 confirmed by the Conference. (See Conference Boards.)

The appropriation of Missionary money to the several appoint­ments, as recommended by the Committee on Missions and ap­proved by the Bishop, were confirmed by action of Conference.

The Bishop announced the various names of those transferred from this Conference and to it, according to Questions One and Fourteen. (See Disciplinary Questions.)

A collection, amounting to $ 10.65, taken for the sexton, was placed in the hands of Mr. H. K. Lindsey.

Rev. A. Boreing was granted the privilege of editing and placing with the Secretary a paper concerning deaconesses.

At the suggestion of Bishop Joyce, the Conference voted to appoint the Standing Committees of this year to act for next year.

On motion, the Conference ordered that, after the appoint­mentl'l were read, the Conference would stand adjourned "with­out a day."

Bishop 1. W. Joyce addressed the Conference, read the ap­pointments that follow, and pronounced the benediction. There­upon, Conference stood adjourned.

PRESIDENT.

E. L. SHEPARD, SECRETARY.

c====~ cS":~

'Ubis is to <!ertif}?t That, in Covington, Ky., Sunday, September 20, I903, in the Union Methodist Episcopal Church, under an election of the Kentucky Conference of the /l1ethodi# Episcopal Church, I did ordain as DEACONS, Edward S. Wilson, William C. Judd, James B. DeBoard, William D. Smith, George F. Thompson, Ernest H. Darragh, Samuel A. Lighton, Luther R. Robinson, and Robert T. Holland; and I the same day, in the same place, assisted by Elders, I did or­dain as ELDERS, Reuben T. Laslie, Alexander F. Felts, lames M. Newton, and Enoch S. Hollar.

Given under my hand this twenty-first day of September, I A. D. I903.

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APPOINTMENTS.

ASHLAND DISTRICT.

J. R. HOWES, Presiding Elder, 2.-P. 0., Russell, Ky. Advance,. . . . . . . N. G. Grizzle, I.

Ashland, .... . . . . . . C. W. Sutton,s. Ashland Circuit, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W. H. Davenport, L

Catlettsburg, . " .... ......... F. T. Kelley, 1. Crum, . . . . . . . . . . . Supplied by E. H. Darragh, 3. Dorton,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . To be supplied. East Maysville,. ..... . ........ L. R. Godbey, 1. East Point, . .... .. . . . . . . . . To be supplied. Eden,. . . . Supplied by W. N. Chaffin, 3. Flat Gap, . . . . . . . . . . . . . Supplied by W. M. Walker, 3. Greenup, . . . . . : Isaiah Cline, 3. Hunnewell, ............. Supplied by B. D. Morris, 2. Louisa, . . . . . . . . . .. . ... John Cheap, 2. Olive Hill,. . . . . . .. .......... Cyrus Riffle, 1.

Paintsville, . . . . . . . . . . . " A. L. Williams, 1. Pikeville, . . . . . . ., ... Supplied by M. C. Reynolds, 2. Quincy,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J. W. Gibson, I.

Russell, . . . . . . . . . ............ A. F. Felts, 1..

Salt Lick, . . ......... N. H. Young,!. Salyersville, ............ Supplied by E. S. Hollar, 1. Tolesboro, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G. W. Howes, 2. Vanceburg, .. . ............... A. H. Davis, 3. Wallingford, . . . . . . . . . . . . Supplied by W. R. Hunt, 2.

COVINGTON DISTRICT.

F. W. HARROP, Presiding Elder, 2.-P. 0., Latonia, Ky. Asbury, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G. W. Bunton, 2. Augusta,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thomas Hanford, 4. Bellevue, . . . .. ............. Amon Boreing, 6. COVINGTON: Main Street, ........... J. M. Newton, I.

Shinkle, . . . . . . . . . . . '. . .' G. C. Mosher, 4. Union, ................... R. 1. Watkins, 4. West Covington, ................ Wm. Jones, 1..

Dayton, . . . . . . . J. A. Colledge, 3, and J. W. Zimmerman, 3. Foster, . .. ................. Eli Wesley, L Germantown, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R. 1'. Laslie, 1. Grant, .. . ................. E. S. Wilson, I. Harrison.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F. L. Creech, s. Latonia, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J. G. Dover, 1. Ludlow, .................... E. L. Shepard, 2. Maysvillle, .................... J. S. Young, 2. Mt. Olivet, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bird Hughes, 7. Newport, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joseph Luccock, 3. Sardis, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W. H.Crain, 2.

R. W. Springer, Chaplain in United States Army, member of Union Church (Covington) Quarterly Conference.

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LEXINGTON DISTRICT.

E. B. HILL, Presiding Elder, S.-P. 0., Somerset, Ky. Albany and Gap Creek, . . . " . . To be supplied. Barbourville and London,. . . . . . . . . . . . . G. N. Jolly, 4. Barbourville Circuit, .............. R. T. Moores, 1. Bethel, .................... J. F. Hopkins, 3. Booneville and Beattyville, . . .. . Supplied by W. C. Judd, 1. Breathitt,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . To be supplied. Burning Springs, . . . . . . .. ....... To be supplied. College Hill, .................. J. L. Sturgell, 3. Beattyville, . . . . . .. . .... James B. DeBoard, 1. Gray . . . . . . . . .. .. Supplied by T. J. Martin, 1. Harl~n,. . . . . . . . . . . To be supplied. Holly Hill, . . . . . '" .' . . C. C. Colyar, 1. Kingsville, . . . . . .. . SupplIed by G. H. Canno~, 1. Lexington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . George V. Morns, 1. London, .'. . . . . . . . . . . . Supplied by P. M. Lanham, 1. Middleburg,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W. G. Bradford, 1. Middlesboro, ................ Joseph E. Bretz, 1. Monica, . . . . . . . . . . . . Supplied by J. B. Pendergrass, 2. Nicholasville, . . . . . . . . . .. ..... T. B. Stratton, 2. Pineville, . . . . . . . . . . . . . Supplied by S. M. Carrier, 1. Raccoon, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. C. T. Stump, 1. Riley, .. ................ P. H. Ebright, 4. Rockcastle, . . . . . . . . . . . Supplied by L. lVL Davidson, 1. Science Hill, . . . .. . ..... Supplied by A. P. Smith, 1. Somerset, . . . C. A. Fellows, 2.

West Bend, . . T. H. Conrey, 1. Williamsburg, , . . J. G. Reagan, 2. Woodbine,. . . T.]. Perkins, 1.

J. P. Faulkner, President of Union College, member of Barbourville Quarterly Conference.

U. S. G. Perkins, member Middlesboro Quarterly Conference, left with­out appointment to attend some one of our schools.

LOUISVILLE DISTRICT.

J. D. WALSH, Presiding Elder, 4.-P. 0., Louisville, Ky. Arlington,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R. T. Holland, 1. Beaver Dam, ............. Supplied by]. H. Embry, 2. Blackford, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . To be supplied. Bowling Green and Circuit, . . W. T. Dunn, 3, one to be supplied. Deer Lick, . . . . . . . . • . . . . Supplied by W. M. Wyatt, 3. Dexterville, . . . . . . . . . . . . Supplied by W. M. Embry, 1. Earling:ton, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E. B. Timmons, 3. GreenvIlle,. . . " ............. G. P. Jeffries, 3. Hardinsburg, . . . . . W. H. Calvert, 2. Hi~kory Grove, . . . . . . . . . A. R Connell, 1. LeItchfield, . . . . . . .. C. S. Jupin, 1.

LOU~S':'lLLE: Epworth, . . . W. L. Spence, 2.

TrtDlty, . . . . W. F. Sheridan, 3. Wesley, . . . . . . . . .]. M. Ackman, 2.

Morgantown,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J. B. Perryman,s. No Creek,. . . . . . . ............ ]. W. Cantrell 2

Oldham and Shelbyville, . . . . . . Supplied by W. B. Walsh: 2: Onton, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ]. H. Brown 2

Owensboro, ........... Suppl~ed by A. M. Lambert: 3: Paducah,. . . . . . . . . . . . . Supphed by R. A. Cummins, 2.

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LOUISVILLE DlSTR.ICT .-Continued. Sacramento, .................. To be supplied. Sample, . . . . . .. ............ To be supplied. Scottsville, . . . . . . . . . . . . . Supplied by ]. M. Horne, 3. Spring Lick, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . To be supplied. Summit, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Supplied by S. J. Purcell, 3. Tompkinsville, ......... Supplied by D. P. Holtzclaw, I. Vine Grove, . . . . . . . . . . . . Supplied by A. B. Potter, 1. Woodsonville, . . . . . . . . . .. ..... To be supplied.

CONFERENCE ANNIVERSARIES.

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THE Educational Anniversary, Tuesday, September 15th, 7.30 P. M., was presided over by Judge J. H. Tinsley. The devotions were led by E. L. Shepard. The audience was addressed by Rev. Dr. W. F. McDowell, Corresponding Secretary of the Board of Education.

The Woman's Home Missionary Society Anniversary was presided over by Mrs. J. H. Dunn, of Louisville, Wednesday, 2.30 P. M. The addresses were by Rev. W. F. Sheridan and Mrs. Dr. 1. D. Jones, of Walnut Hills.

Rev. J. G. Dover presided over the Church Extension Anni­versary, at 7.30 P. M. Rev. T. H. Conrey led in prayer. Rev. T. C. Iliff, Assistant Secretary, delivered the address.

The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society held its anniversary service, Thursday, 2.30 P. M. Mrs. L. H. Wilson, of Newport, presided; and Mrs. Mary Carr Curtis and Mrs. Gen. B. R. Cowen addressed the audience.

The Freedmen's Aid and Southern Education Society..Anni­versary was observed Thursday night. Rev. Thomas Hanford, D. D., presided; and Rev. M. C. B. Mason delivered the address.

The Preachers' Relief Association held its annual meeting, beginning Friday night, 7.30 P. M. Colonel J. A. Johnson pre­sided, and introduced as the speaker of the evening, Rev. W. F. Sheridan.

Saturday, 2.30 P. M., Rev. G. N. Jolly, D. D.,. presiding, the Conference Missionary Sermon was preached by Rev. T. B. Stratton.

The Missionary Anniversary, at which Rev. J. G. Dover pre­sided, Rev. H. D. Burnett leading the devotions, was observed Saturd::ty, at 7.30 P. M. Rev. Dr. Ernest B. Caldwell delivered the address.

MISSIONARY APPROPRIATIONS.

YOUR Committee on Missions recommends that the appropriation of the $4,000 allowed to the Kentucky Conference be distributed among the Churches as follows:

ASHLAND DISTRICT.

Ashland District, Ashland Circuit, Advance, Catlettsburg, Crum, Dorton, East Point, . Flat Gap, . Greenup, . Hunnewell, Louisa, Olive Hill, Paintsville, Pikeville, . Quincy .. Russell, . Salt Lick .. Sal yersville, . Tolesboro, Wallingford,

Total, .

COVINGTON DISTRICT. Asbury, . Foster, Germantown. Grant, .. Harrison, . Main Street, West Covington,

Total, .

LEXINGTON DISTRICT. Albany and Gap Creek,. . Barbourville and London, . Barbourville Circuit, Bethel, Booneville and Beattyville •. Breathitt, . . . Burning Springs. Gradyville, Grays, Harlan, . Olive Hill, Kingsville,

I London Circuit, .

$16 Middleburg, . . 40 Middlesboro,

o Monica,. r Pineville, . 5~ Science Hill, 35 Raccoon,

Riley, . 40 Rockcastle, ~5 West Bend,

o Woodbine, 40 Williamsburg,. 30

40

40

40

36 36 30

40 40

40

$75 50 50 40

36 J60 44

. $455

$60

Total. LOUISVILLE DISTRICT.

Beaver Dam, Blackford, . Bowling Green, . Deer Lick, Dexterville, . Earlington, . Greenville, . Hardinsburg, . Hickory Grove, Leitchfield, . . . . . Louisville-Epworth, Morgantown, No Creek, . Onton, Sacramento, . Sample, .. Scottsville, ..... Oldham and Shelbyville Spring Lick, . . . . . ' . Summit, Vine Grove, . Woodsonville, . Tompkinsville,

Total, .

RECAPITULATION • Ashland District,. . Covington District, . Lexington District Louisville District, :

$50 50 70

40 60 50 50 50 40 50 40

65

$50

50 125 50 30

90 60 40 60 55 55

JOO

40

90

40

50 70 60 30

50 60 55 50

. $1,360

$930

455 1,255 1,360

100 50 40 50

.40

50 50 50 50 SO 50 Grand Total, $ . 4,000

I concur in the above Appropriations and Missions. ISAAC W. JOYCE. 240

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And we further recommend that the amounts apportioned to the Con­ference for the several benevolences be distributed to the Districts on the following basis:

Ashland District, . Covington District, Lexington District, Louisville District,

· 18 per cent. • 30 per cent. · 25 per cent. · 27 per cent.

J. D. WALSH, President. F. W. HARROP, Secretary.

TREASURER'S REPORT.

Cash received: Conference Collections, " Book Concern Dividend, " Chartered Fund,

Total Cash,

Cash disposed of as follows:

$5,258 00

436 00 22 00

$5,7I6 00

Paid to Jennings & Pye, for Missions, .............. $2,6[7 00

" " "" Church Extension, . . . . . . .. 489 00

" " "" Freedmen's Aid, and So. Education, 335 00

" " ,," Children's-day Fund, . . . . . 144 00

" " "" Bishops. . . . . . . . . . . . 197 00 " " "" General Conference Expenses, . 108 00

" " "" Sunday-school Union, • . • . . 63 00

" " "" Tract Society,. . . . . . . . . .. 57 00 " " ,," Woman's Home Missionary Society, 22 00

Paid to J. D. Hearne, Treasurer, for Conference Board Education; " G. D. French, Agent, for American Bible Society, ... " Mrs. G. S. Wilson, Conference Secretary, for Woman's

" Foreign Missionary Society, .•

Bird Hughes, Conference Claimants, .

Total Cash,

Total Vouchers,

Grand Total Cash and Vouchers, .

305 00 7I 00

$5,7I6 16

$9,825 00

September 2I, I903. G. N. JOLLY, Treasurer.

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CONFERENCE CLAIMANTS.

THE Board of Stewards organized by electing Bird Hughes Chairman and C. '117. Sutton, Secretary.

The Board of Stewards and Managers of the the Preachers' Relief Association, acting jointly, respectfully submit the following report:

The following amounts have been placed in our hands for distribution to the Conference Claimants of the Kentucky Conference:

Z .: a c" /'!) ... -

I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

10 II 12 13 14 IS 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27

From the Book Concern., • . . . . From the Chartered Fund, . . . . . • From the Conference Collections,. . .

From the Preachers' Relief Association,

Total, ............ .

The distribution is as follows:

Allowed Allowed by CLAIMANTS. by Preachers'

Stew'ds. Relief.

E. D. Elliott, . .. $25 00 $3498 Mrs. Mary A. Humphrey, . 60 00 87 96 Mrs. Martha Gill,. . . . . 60 00 87 ¢ J. S. Taylor, ........ 45 00 65 73 J. M. Cook, ........ 7l! 00 105 83 Mrs. Marv P. Harrison, .. 6000 87 ¢ Mrs Alice A. Fitzgerald,. 30 00 45 98 H. C. Northcott. . .. 58 00 84 60 Mrs. Benie Gardner, . 50 00 70 57 Mrs. Clarissa Furniss, 42 00 61 50 Mrs. Sarah Murphy, . . ............... 2000 Mrs. Eliza H. Newman, 42 00 61 50 J. M. Oliver, 54 00 77 55 J S. Cox, ....... 60 00 87 96 B. F. Whiteman, ... 10 00 13 97 Mrs. Eliza A. Colledge, 8200 II992 Mrs. Jedediah Foster, . 4800 75 27 H. J. Ramey, .. 48 00 75 27 Mrs. C. S. Smith, 7200 .................. John Godbey, 36 00 52 72 H. D. Burnett, . ............... 25 00 L. B. Piersel, '. 5400 81 57 W. H. Childers,. . 60 00 . ................. J. H. Hays •.. '. 70 00 10084 W. E. Cook,.·. 6800 .................. S. F. Kelley, .. 40 00 58 54 Jasper Fields, . 30 00 ..................

---$1,278 00 Total,

$1,583 18

Respectfully submitted.

. $436 00 22 00

• 820 00

---$r,2i8 00

1,583 18

.... $2,86r 18

Total. GIVEN TO

----$59 98 J. H. Brown. 147 96 J. W. Cantrell. 147 ¢ J .. D. Walsh. lID 73 E. B. Hill. 179 83 Self. 147 96 R. 1. Watkins. 75 98 J<:. S. Wilson.

142 60 Self. 120 57 W. H. Calvert. 103 50 J. S. Cox. 20 00 G. W. Howes.

103 50 C. W. Sutton. 131 55 W. B. Walsh. 147 96 Self. 23 97 E. B. Hill.

201 92 J. A. Colledge. 123 27 F. W. Harrop. 123 27 Self. 72 00 J. L. Sturgell. 88 72 J. F. Hopkins. 25 00 Self.

135 57 Self. 60 00 R. T. Miller.

170 84 Sdf. 6800 R. T. Miller. 98 54 Self. 3000 R. T. Miller.

$2,861 18

Board of Stewards by {BIRD HUGHES, Chairman, , C. W. SUTTON, Secretary.

Preachers' Relief Association, by R. T. MILLER, Treasurer.

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ST A TISTICS NO.1.

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ASHLAND DISTRICT. -- - -- --- -.-- ----

Argelite ....................... , ......... . Asl1lalld .................................. . Ashllmd Ci rcui t ...................... . Catlettsburg ........................... . Crum ...................................... . Dorton ..................................... . East Maysville ....................... . East PoilJt ............................. .. Eden ....................................... . Flat Gap ............................... .. Greenup .................................. . Loui8a ..................................... . Olive Hill. ............................ .. Paintsville .............................. . Pikeville ................................. . Quincy .................................... .. Salt Lick ............................... .. Salyersville ............................ .. Tolesbc>ro ............................... .. Hullnew,·ll ............................ .. Vanceburg ............................. .. Wallingtord ........................... .

55 219 u ... 3 2 10 [) 25 125 4 1!i2,700 $10 ......... ......... 26 1\31 1 II 50 5 1 64 466 I 18,000 "i "i5:oo0 1,000 60 339 3 2 10 40 4 40 350 3 3,000 2 1,500 2-5 .... $5'0 '''$'iso

I 79 .... ..... I 12 65 1 4,000 . ............. 30 9 201) ..... 3 5 6 4 12 100 4 2,000 ... .......... 600 .....•... 80

10 100 2 ...... 7 2 14 65 3 1,700 ... ........... 300 ....... -. .......... 30 42;{ .... 4 4 6 4 40 Wi 5 4,500 I 600 100 ......... 80 50 130 I 4 4 5 I 8 IUO 1 1,000 .~ ...... ~~.~j ::::::;~ .................. 20 100 .... . .... 1 I 5 60 . ................. 60 195 3 4 ..... 12 4 311 215 4 3,000 . ................. 17 187 ..... .... 12 3 24 1110 2 4.000 I 600 ......... . .................

280 4 3 2 ...... 4 32 ........ 5 5,000 1 600 280 20 ......... 8 111 2 ..... I 7 3 20 l4u 3 2,600 1 400 500 ......... ......... 8 1M I 2 ...... 3 21 100 4 2,000 I 600 75 ......... . ........

38 103 4 .... 2 14 3 21 16u 2 2,500 -, ............ . ........ ......... 4ti 136 ..... 1 3 12 3 27 200 2 3,000 "i ...... 600 600 42 108 1 .... 1 ...... 2 17 90 2 1,500 14 60 350 f> 3 1 40 9 40 520 4 3,900 I 600 250 20 8 331 5 8 4 12 4 26 260 4 4,800 1 70u 725

12 188 2 ..... 17 3 21 100 2 1,200 ......... 30 236 ..... 5 7 20 3 35 290 2 4,400 1 800 25 49 35 222 ..... .. - .. ..... 12 2 13 \ 80 3 2,000 1 300 56 11 - -- -- - -- --- ---- - --- ---- ------

Total ................................ .. 625 4,733- 34 50 96 238 69 550 3,791 61 74,1100 15 11,500 4,636 126 403

COVING'I'ON DISTRICT. Asbur)' ..................................... 3 103 ..... 2 ...... 4 2 18 125 3 3,7OU 1 1,000 100 ................ .. Augnsta................................... 7 248..... (; 3' 5 2 19 110 2 5,200 1 800 25 ................ .. Bellevue.. ................................. 10 177 ..... 4 12 :2 I 26 200 I 4,000 ... ........... 12 ................. . lJovillgton: !\fail! Street.......... 3 68..... I 2 ... ...... ....... 1 10,000... ........... 62 ................. .

Shinkle. ............................... 28 305 2 6 8 6 1 25 3511 1 15,000... ........... 338 ................ .. Ullion................................... 19 377.... 3 3...... 1 35 203 I 50,000 I 10,000 1,600 ................. . We8t Oovington.................. 10 76 1 1 2 I 1 21 144 1 5,000i ... '........... 445 ................ ..

Dayton..................................... 9 176..... 1 7 4 1 19 154 I 4,000 1 2,5110 9~ 140 ....... .. Germantown.................. ......... 3 256 1 7 19 3 13 120 4 3,000 I BOO 7 ................. . GI·aut........................................ 17 222 4 6 3 21 150 5 3,700 1 300 235 4t 200 Harrison...................... ...... ...... 61 605 1 2 1 7 5 40 350 7 8,400... ........... 800 ......... 1,400 Ludlow..................................... 1 138 ..... ., 6 1 12 140 1 6.500... ........... 39' 181 ....... .. h-Iaysviii e.. ............................... 8 220 2 12 3 ...... I 20 125 I 8,OU(I I 2,500 100 ................. . Milldale (P. O. La tonia) ......... 21 123 2 1 I 3 I 18 175 1 2,000 1 2,000 511 ................. . Mt. Auburn........................ .... 4 196..... 1 ..... ...... 4 23 165 4 3,000... ........... 138 ................. . Mt. Olivet................................. 68 420 3 6 1 3 4 48 22:; 3 6,400 I 1,200 160 ................. . ~erwdIPSo.r .. t .••..•.•.........•....................•.•.........••................... , 9 4~5 1 ..... 8 ..... 1 49 371 1 20,000 ....................................... .. ,,~ 10 277 ..... 2 3 18 2 12 80 2 2,000 1 1,00() 200 ................ ..

------- --- ---- ---- ----------Total ................................... ,291 4,412 17 62 60 76 34 419 3,187 40 159,900 10 22,100 4,405 2021,600

LEXINGTON DISTRlC'I.'. Albany and Gap Crf'ek .......... .. Barbourville and London ...... . Barbourville Circuit ............. .. Bethel .................................... .. Booneville and Be .. ttyville ..... . Breathitt .............................. .. BurninlLSprings .................. .. Colltoge Hill ............................. . Gradyville .............................. .. Gray's ...................................... . Harilln .................................... . Kingsville ............................. .. Holly Hill ............................... .. Londo" Circuit ....................... . Lexillgton ............................. . Middleburg ............................ .. Middlesborongh .................... .. Monica .................................... . Nicholasville .......................... .. Pineville ................................ . Pulaski ................................... . R.tccoon ................................ . Riley ................................ ···· .... ·

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244

SAMES OF CHARGES.

KENTUCKY CONFERENCE.

MEMBERSHIP. RAPT. SUNDAY· SCHOOLS. CHURCH PROl'ERTY.

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LOUISVILL}; DISTRICT.

Arlington ............................... .. Beaver Dltlll ......... u ................. .

Bowling Green ....................... . Deer LIck ................................ . DElxterville ............................ .. Earlington ............................. . GrePlldlle .............................. .. Hardinsburg .......................... .. Hickory Grove ...................... .. Leitchfield ............................. .. Louis ville: Epworth ............. ..

Trinity ............................... . Wesley ............................... ..

Marion ................................... .. Morgantown ......................... .. No Creek .............................. .. Onton ..................................... .. Owensboro ..................... ~ ...... .. Paduclth ................................. . Sacramento .......................... .. Sample ................................... .. Scottsville ............................... . Shelbyville and Oldham ......... .. Spring Lick ............................. . Summit .................................. .. Tompkinsville ......................... . Vine Grove ............................. .. Woodson ville ......................... ..

Total ................................. .

* Parsonage Fund.

Ashland ............................... . Covington ............................ . Lexington ............................ . Louisville ............................. .

Total, 1903 ...................... . .. 19U2 ...................... .

IncreaRe .................... .. Decrease ..................... ..

20 25 27 10 10 3

15 12 31 10 27 17

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240 1 2 35 171:) 26 150 3 1,750 I 750 III ............... .. 2117 2 3.... ...... :l 23 180 4 2,000 I 300 65 ................. . 31g 1 4 2,5110 I 500 .......................... .

436 4 7 5 17 I 35 468 i 1 65,UOO.l 9,000 ......... 1,500 4,000 213 1 2 10 6 I 16 205' 1 17,001)1'" ........... 59u ......... 183

15U I :::~ · .. ·2 :::::: "j "'i'5 "'j'oo' I 4,000 1 2,ono 490 ......... II'I;oU

140 ......... -... ..... 3 20 ~no I 3 !,500 1, 700 ..... ; ....... ; ........... . 15 315 2 6 8 21; 5 30 275 4 ~,OO() t 1,000 oUO 370 ......... . 28 300 1 2 21:) 17 22') 3 3,!OO I I 600 1,655 ......... 1 ....... ..

Ii 219 I 2 5 8 l 16 165

1

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24 253 2.... 4 4 2 12 bO 3 2.8',0 1 900 700 ......... 375 6 130 I 2 21 23 I 5 40 4 1,2',0 ... ........... 57 ................. .

20 420 3 4 4 16... ...... .... ... 4 2,uOO I 600 ......... ......... 275 11 120 1.... !> 2 12 1511 2 2,700 1 350 .......................... . 19 110 1 1 ..... ...... 1 8 80 4 l,bOO I 200 150 ................ ..

200 276 2 1.... ...... I 3 25 .5 2,5()0 ....................................... .. 16 341.... .... ..... ...... ... ...... ........ ..... .......... ... .......... ......... . .. 7 92 I ..... ... ...... 3 131M 6 5,500... ........... 17 :.::::::: ::::: .. :: 5 159 4 2 ..... ...... 2 10 1011 4 3,000... ........... 700 ......... 100

589 6,147 -:;; -70lli91s3 56 3853-:t;4s 94 153,950 18 20,810 6,533 1,9:;.? 7,578

RECAPITULATION BY DISTRICTS.

625 {,733 31 5

196 231 69 1\50 3,791 61 7~.800 15 I 1000 4636 126 403

291 4,412 17 62 60 i6 :ll 419 3,1117 40 159,90U 10 22:100 4:40.,\ 202 1,600 6~8 6,813 43 42 65 22 6~ 452 3,889 9M 107,900 10 1321)0 4134 8 I 473 ' 589 6,147 _~!.,O ::: .~~ ~~ 385 3,648":~ 153,950 ~ 20;8lO 6;538 1,955 7;,,78

2203 22,105 136224 340 7251228 1806 14,515 293 496,55053 67 110 19,08 22QI '11 O~4 W35 21,206 ~.~ :~I ~ ~~~ ~~ 1851 13,629 289 47:l,25~ ~ 67:535 18;637 . 7:167 9:184

168 899..... ..... 31 ...... ..... ...... 886 4 ........... 2 ......... 1,07t ......... 1,870 ...... ......... 69 51 ..... 330 6 45 ......... ..... 23,3011... 425 ......... 4,R7n ........ .

A. H. DAVIS, Statisticn\ Secretary.

STATISTICS NO. 2.

SUNDAY-SCHOOLS.

NAMES OF CHARGES.

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Shinkle, Union, West Covington,

Dayton, Germantown, Grant, . Harrison, Ludlow, Maysville, Milldale, (P. O. Latonia,) Mt. Auburn ... . . . Mt. Olivet, Newport) Sardis,

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423 162

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40 444 30

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Total, ..

Arlington, . Beaver Dam,

LOUISVILLE DISTRICT.

6 45 215 100 ............ 2 18 110 80 ............ 2 20 300 ............ ............ 4 32 225 175 ............ 4 12 200 200 ............

. -.......... ............ . ..... -..... ............. . ........... 3 12 200 140 2 14 100 75 I 5 40 35 5 25 250 175 4 15 127 64 4 14 170 100 4 10 200 100 3 15 175 100 ............ I 22 124 94 2 15 125 60 3 16 200 IIO I 6 40 32 2 12 87 50 ............ 5 35 125 .... .... ............ 2 15 125 60 ............

3 21 145 100 ............ ............ ............ . . . . . . . . . . . . ............ . ........... ............ ............ ............ . . . . . . . . . . . . ............ ............ ...... " ..... ............ ............ . ...........

2 32 21I J52 2 12 1I0 30 2 15 IJO 75 I 6 40 20

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SUNDA V-SCHOOLS.

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Triuity, .' . Wesley, .' .

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.......... . ............ 22 300 12 175 12 80 5 40

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75 16 45 f2 ............ 50 3 10 3 5 50 40 7 20 25

. ........... . ........... . ........... . ..................... . ........... ............ 100 ............ 26 ...................... ............ 55 130 ............ 19 65 24

............ ............ I~ . ..................... ............ 18 60 13 25 12 60

270 105 34 ..................... ............ 275 94 13 16 67 16 174 75 15 60 20 30

200 28 200 35 25 196 160 160 28 35 115 16 50 3 25

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RECAPITULATION BY DISTRICTS.

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shland, ......................•. Dvington, ............ .......... exington, ....................... Duisville, .........................

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--231 224

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1810 14846 9285 1867 14165 8151

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153 538 901 182

203 329 689 265 552 331 . ..................... II6

............ 381 333 121 153 538 901 182

-----------908 1579 1923 684 289 1493 2697 909 ----------

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A. H. DAVIS, STATISTICAL SECRETARY

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Paintsville. 3 3 2 Pikeville. Quincy .. 8 8 5 I I 3 2 7 Salt LIck. I 4 5 I I 11 2 Salyersville .. 5 5 2 I 2 Tolesboro ... 25 10 35 5 I I 2 8 I 3 Hunnewell. 5 5 Vanceburg .. 14 8' 22 8 I I 5 2 8 I 2 17 2 Wallingford. 10 10 3 I I 2

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COVINGTON DISTRICT. Asbury. 7 7 Augusta 16 10 26 2 I 2 2 18 2' 7 3 Bellevue 38 38 76 12 2 I 10 5 82 9 3 10 3 Covington: Main Street 10 18 28 3 2 3 5 3

Shinkle ..... 10 12 22 5 4 3 ? I 40 53 2 2 Union. 270 ISS 425 100 12 10 175 53 17 75 155 925 20 ISO 25 West Covington. 9 9 I 2

Dayton .. 24 26 50 5 2 2 5 5 2 100 12 3 ,10 5 Germantown 14 15 I 2 I Grant ... 3 3 10 I I Harrison. 90 90 3 I I.udlow. 6 Iq 25 5 I I 3 10 5 Maysville ........ 10 IS 25 5 5 6 5 5 9 10 5 I Milldale (P. O. Latonia; 22 28 so 8 5 3 4 5 5 4 84 5 23 6 Mt. Auburn 3 3 I I Mt. Olivet .. 18 2 20 IS J I 8 4 I 7 10 8 Newport 23 37 60 5 2 10 18 5 i25 25 45 18 SardIs . 20 . . 20 5 .. . 3 3 2 2 I .. . . 5 2

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LOUISVILLE DISTRICT. Arlington. 10 10 Beaver Dam. 2 2 4 6 2 Bowling Gree~ : 20 5 25 4 2 I DeerLick ... 3 Dexterville . Earlington. 6 6 2 Greenville . Hardinsburg. . 13 13 2 I 4 51 II Hicko~ Grove. IS 15 5 3 I 2 5 Leitch eld ..... Louisville: Epworth. 12 13 25 I I I I I 3 I 2 2

Trinity ....... 825 252 1077 70 5 5 70 1I3 35 10 94 676 200 25 Wesley .. 5 40 45 4 7 I 4 2 13 I 3 3 2

Marion .. 5 5 Morgantown 2 2 2 3 No Creek. 5 3 8 2 6 7 2 2 2 Onton. 10 5 IS 3 2 3 2 Owensbol'o . 5 5 3 2 Paducah. I 5 2 Sacramento. 10 10 Sample .. 5 5 sco1:tsville ....... Shelbyville and Oldham Spring Lick . . Summit ..... ,

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Total. 946 329 1275 102 16 7 83 134 67 13 100 739 3 17 237 36

RECAPITULATION BY DISTRICTS.

Ashland District. 3II II7 428 jlI6 19 13 57 8 63 19 186 4 27° 16 120 32 Covington District . 586 367 953 174 26 18 231 88 62 95 SIS 2 II41 41 287 83 Lexington District. 465 98 563 108 19 19 75 180 37 24 73 155 45 39 181 46 Louisville District. 946 329 ,275 102 16 7 83 134 67 13 100 739 3 17 237 36

-- -- -- - -- ----- -- -- -- ---- -- -- -Total, 1903. . 2308 9[1 3219 500 80 57 446 410 229 151 874 900 1459 II3 825 197 Total, 1902 .. l775 962 2737 518 83 68 517 4040 254 122 854 565 1032 1 767 201

-- -- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- - -- -- ---- -Increase 533 48;. 29 20 335 427 Il2 58 Decrease 51 18 3 II 71 25 4

A. H. DAVIS, Statistical Secretary.

PREACHERS' RELIEF ASSOCIATION.

AS the Conference requested the printing of the history and Constitu­tion of the Preachers' Relief Association, the following is set forth, believ­ing that the facts mentioned will both inform and interest.

In the year 1873, a Committee was appointed on Preachers' Aid Society. On page 10 of the Minutes of the Conference for that year, under date of Monday, February 24th, this item is found:

"The Committee to prepare and report a plan for a Preachers' Aid Society reported a Constitution, and recommended the organization of such a society, and the report was adopted, and a meeting called for 3 o'clock P. M. to organize."

Nothing appears in the Minutes of that or the following year to show what was done at that meeting. But in the Minutes of the year 1874, under the head of" Conference Societies," Rev. D. Steven.son is named as Presi­dent; R. G. Gardiner, Vice-President; J. L. Albritton, Secretary; and]. D. Walsh, Treasnrer, of the Preachers' Aid Society. On pages 33 and 34, of the Minutes of that year, the Constitution of the Society is set forth in fourteen articles. Laymen were permitted to become honorary members by the payment of five dollars. It is subscribed to by the four officers named above, and thirty other members of the Conference. The Society was to be conducted on the mutual assessment plan. This organization seems to have proven unsatisfactory.

This is the account of its dissolution: (Minutes 1885.)

THE OLD PREACHERS' AID SOCIETY.

Society organized at Conference held' in Lexington, Ky., February 22,

1873, with thirty-six members. In the second year, Society paid the widow of A. Albritton $172. Eleven members refused to pay assessment. On de­cease of 1. F. Harrison, only eleven members of the twenty-eight paid the assessment, and his widow received but $64.20. Two of these paid no annual dues, and the Society was reduced to nine members. Seven alone of these paid their dues in 1878.

At a meeting held in Covington, Ky., March 16, 1878, it was unani­mously agreed to wind up the affairs of the Society, and disband. The President, H. D. Rice, and the Treasurer, J. D. Walsh, were appointed a Committee, with power to act, and the Committee were instructed to pay $18 for a cemetery lot in Ashland, Ky., and to repay to each member of the Society the amount he had paid into the Society. The balance, if any, to be paid to such Conference society or board as the Committee might judge best.

SEVENTy-SEVENTH ANNUAL SESSION. 257

In the hands of the Treasurer, at the time of the disbanding, was one note, on H. C. Northcott, for $II6.74, on which had been made three pay­ments, aggregating $25, and the same has been paid for the cemetery lot, and to M. D. Murphy and H. D. Rice, as per vouchers filed with the books of the Society in the Conference trunk.

J. D. WALSH, Treasurer, P; A. S. Covington, Ky., October IO, I885.

This appears on page IO of the Minutes of I878: "Amos Shinkle, Chairman of the Board of Stewards, presented the fol­

lowing: "Resol'lled, That the Bishop be, and hereby is, requested to appoint a

Committee of two ministers and two laymen to report to the next Annual Conference a plan and Constitution for a Society for the relief of superan­nuated preachers of the Kentucky Conference. Adopted."

The Committee appointed were Revs. W. W. Ramsay, B. A. Stubbins; Messrs. J. D. Shutt, Amos Shinkle.

The Committee prepared and presented the following report:

SOCIETY FOR RELIEF OF WORN-OUT PREACHERS.

COVINGTON, KY., January I9, I879.

The Committee appointed at the session of the Conference held in Cov­ington, Ky., March I3-18, 1878, to report to this session" a plan and Con_ stitution for a Society for the Relief of Superannuated Preachers of the Kentucky Conference," report that, after prayerful consideration of the subject, we respectfully recommend that a Society be formed, which shall include all the members of the Conference, probationers in the Conference, and adult Conference Claimants, the object of which shall be to secure by donations, bequests, and otherwise, an endowment fund, the income only of which shall be appropriated, annually, to those only who shall be legal "Conference claimants" at the time.

We also recommend that, if the Society is organized. the Board of Man­agers, hereinafter provided for, shall as soon as possible take such steps as may be necessary to secure an act of incorporation.

We also recommend that a Board of Managers, consisting of three min­isters and four laymen, shall manage the business of the Society, and that they be elected by the Conference for the first organization of the Board, to serve one, two, three, four, five, six, and seven years, respectively, and that, thereafter, one be elected annually.

We recommend that the Conference elect as the first Board of Man-agers:

Hiram Shaw, to serve one year. W. M. Mullipix, to serve two years. D. E. Roberts, to serve three years. J. D. Walsh, to serve four years. Joshua Speed, to serve five y~ars. Benjamin A. Stubbins, to serve six years. Amos Shinkle, to serve seven years.

4

KENTUCKY CONFERENCE.

We recommend that a public meeting be held at some time during this session of the Conference, for the purpose of hearing addresses on this sub­ject and formally organizing the Society, to be known as " The Preachers' Relief Association of the Kentucky Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church."

The Kentucky Conference met in its next session at Danville. The Minutes of that year, 1880, gives on page 25 this account:

The two pages following give the Charter of Incorporation. So that this organization, the legal name of which is" The Preachers'

Relief Association of the Kentucky Annual Conference," began its noble work in 1880, with $22.67 in the treasury, subject to order for appropriation to claimants.

Following the request and action of both the Annual Conference and the Preachers' Relief Association, the following Constitution, taken from the Minntes of the Kentucky Conference for 1879, is herewith published:

E. L. SHEPARD, Secretary. Covington, Ky., September I7, I903.

We recommend the following Constitution:

CONSTITUTION.

ARTICLE I.-NAME.

This Association shall be known as the Preachers' Relief Association of the Kentucky Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

ARTICLE H.-OBJECT.

The object of this Association shall be to more fully provide such re­lief as is contemplated by the Church in its Book of Discipline for the superannuated preachers and other Conference claimants.

ARTICLE IlL-MEMBERSHIP.

All members of the Conference, probationers in the. Conference, and adult Conference claimants, are members of this Association.

ARTICLE IV.-OFFICERS.

The officers of this Association shall be a President, Vice-President, Secretary, and Treasurer, to be elected annually by the Board of Managers from their own number; and a Board of Managers, consisting of three min­isters (members of this Conference) and four laymen, elected by the Con­ference. For the first Board, the Annual Conference shail elect a manager for one year, one for two years, one for three years, one for four years, one for five years, one for six years, one for seven years, and each year one shall be elected by the Conference upon the nomination of the Board to serve seven years. In case of death or resignation, the Board may fill vacancies until the next ensuing session of the Annual Conference.

ARTICLE V.-FEES AND DUES.

The fees for membership in this Association shall be the annual pay­ment of one dollar, and failure to pay the annual fee shall cause the delinquent to forfeit any claim he or she may have upon the funds of the

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Association at the time. Any member, who may have forfeited his claim upon the Society, may be reinstated upon the payment of all arrearages, but so as that no claim shall be established thereby which may have arisen while the arrearage existed.

ARTICLE VI.-ENDOWMENT FUND.

All donations, bequests, annual dues and fees, and the unexpended in­come remaining after the annual disbursements. or any other funds, ex­cept curr~nt income, coming into the hands of the Association, shall con­stitute the endowm~nt fund, the principal of which shall remain intact forever.

ARTICLE VIL-INVESTMENTS.

The Board of Managers shall receive and have charge of any funds that come into the possession of the Society, and shall invest them in bonds and stocks.

AR1'ICLE VIII.-DISBURSEMENTS.

The Board of Managers shall make the distribution of funds at each. session of the Annual Conference, usually upon the basis ad9pted by the Conference Stewards as to claims, and only the income from investments shall be disbursed.

ARTICLE IX.-CLAIMANTS.

None but those adjudged claimants by the Annual Conference shall be claimants on any funds of this Society, and then only when they have paid their annual dues.

ARTICLE X.-AGENTS.

All officers and members of this Association, who are members of the Annual Conference, shall be agents to receive donations Qr· beqruests to the endowment fund, but so as that the work of this Society shall in no Way interfere with the annual collection for Conference claimants provided for in the Discipli ne.

ARTICLE XL-BY-LAWS.

The Board of Managers shall have power to m,ake their own by-laws, only so as that their by-laws shall be in harmony with this Constitution, the Charter of Incorporation, and the Disciplineof the Methodist Epi$copal Church.

ARTICLE XII.-AME.NDMENTS.

It shall require a majority of three-./ourths of the U1e~bers pTesent at' a regular meeting of the Society, and th~cencurrence of the Annual Con­ference, to make an amendment to this Constitution.

ARTICLE XIII.-ANNIVERSARIES.

There shall be an anniversary meeting held at some time during the annual sessions of the Conference, at which reports from the Secretary and Treasurer shall be read and addresses delivered. At such meetings, the opportunity to make donations to the funds of the Society shall be

afforded.

260 KENTUCKY CONFERENCE.

Your Committee further recommend that if this report and Constitu­tion be adopted, the Constitution be published in the Annual Minutes.

Respectfully submitted. W. W. RAMSAY, J. D. SHUTT,

BENJAMIN A. STUBBINS, A. SHINKLE.

This report was referred to a Committee of the Whole, and the follow­ing report of the Committee of the Whole was adopted bv a unanimous vote of the Conference.

The Committee organized by the election of Bishop Scott as chairman, and Benjamin A. Stubbins, Secretary.

On motion, it was resolved to organize the Preachers' Relief Associa­tion of Kentucky Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

The Constitution recommended by the Committee to the Conference was taken up seriatim, and the entire thirteen articles adopted without amendment.

A number of members then paid their annual dues. The entire report, including the recommendation of the Committee as

to the first Board of Managers, was adopted, and the Committee of the Whole adjourned.

BENJAMIN A. STUBBINS, Secretary.

SOCIETY FOR RELIEF OF WORN· OUT PREACHERS.

DANVILLE, Ky., March 29, 1880. To the Kentucky Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church:

THE Board of Managers of the Preachers' Relief Association respect­fully report:

Amount in the treasury subject to order for appropriation to claimants, $22.67·

The amount will probably be over a $100 next year. The Board has elected the following officers for the ensuing year: W. M. Mullinix, President; Hiram Shaw, Vice-President; Benjamin A.

Stubbins, Secretary; Amos Shinkle, Treasurer. The Board respectfully nominates Hiram Shaw for election, to be Man-

ager, to serve seven years. The Board will then stand: 1. Hiram Shaw, to serve seven years. 2. Amos Shinkle, to serve six years. 3. B. A. Stubbins, to serve five years. 4. Joshua Speed, to serve four years. 5. J. D. Walsh, to serve three years. 6. D. E. Roberts, to serve two years. 7. W. M. Mullinix, to serve one year. The Board respectfully requests that you publish its Charter of Incor­

poration in the Annual Minutes for this year. By order 0/ the Board. B. A. STUBBINS, Secretary.

SEVENTy-SEVENTH ANNUAL SESSION.

PREACHERS' RELIEF SOCIETY OF KENTUCKY CONFERENCE OF METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

In account with A. Shinkle, Treasurer.

DEBIT. Subscription at Conference at Somerset, . . . Interest on $100, 4 per cent Government bonds A. Shinkle's subscription, . . . .. . ... ' . Interest on A. Shinkle's subscription to November I,

1879, ................... . To amount of interest subject to check this year, .

CREDIT. To. premium paid on 4 per cent bonds, .... Pa~d B. A. Stubbins for printing and postage, . Pald for copy of Charter,. . . . . . . . . . .

Amount in hands of Treasurer for investment, Four per cent bonds, . . . . . . . . . . . . Highland Cemetery bonds, 6 per cent, . . . .

Amount uninvested, which was received March I, r880,

$109 50 4 00

1,200 00

18 67 $r,332 17 22 67

$0 25 8 53 3 00

100 00 $1,297 72

I,roo 00 1,200 00

Respectfully. A. SHINKLE, Treasurer.

CHARTER OF INCORPORATION.

(CHAPTER 285.) AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THJ::t PREACHERS' RELIEF ASSOCIATION OF THE

KENTUCKY ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

Be it Enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Ken­tucky:

SECTION I.-That the following Board of Managers, to-wit: W. M. Mullinix, President; Hiram Shaw, Vice-President; Benjamin A. Stubbins, Secretary; Amos Shinkle, Treasurer; and John D. Walsh, D. E. Roberts, and Joshua Speed, or their successors in office, as provided for in the Con­stitution and By-Laws herein provided for; and the preachers who are, or may, from time to time hereafter, become members or probationers of the Kent~cky Annual Conference of the said Methodist Episcopal Church, together with each adult person, as by the law and usage of said Church are known as Conference claimants, be and are hereby constituted a body corporate, to be known as the Preachers' Relief Association of the Ken­tucky Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

SEC. 2.-The said Preachers' Relief Association, hereby incorpo­rated, is, by this enactment, empowered to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in the civil courts of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, as a natural person; and to have, hold, administer, and receive by gift, dona­tion, devise, or request, personal property and real estate, bonds, mortgages, notes, and commercial papers; and is also empowered to convey right and make title to such property, when, in the administration of its business, it may become necessary for the purpose hereinafter described.

KENTUCKY CONFERENCE.

SEC. 3.-The object and purpose for which the Association, hereby incorporated, shall be administered, is to secure by collections, donations, devises, and bequests of money, lands, or other negotiable or merchantable property, an endowment, the principal to remain intact forever, the income or produce of which only shall be benevolently appropriated annually, or oftener, to the benefit and relief of such persons as, in accord­ance with the Book of Discipl~ne of said Methodist Episcopal Church, the Kentucky Annual Conference of said Church shall, from time to time, designate as Conference claimants, and for such incidental expenses of the Association as may legitimately occur in the administration of its business.

SEC. 4.-Be it further enacted, that the Association hereby incor­porated shall have power to enact such Constitution and By-Laws as may be necessary to properly provide for the election of its Board of Man­agers, President, and other officers, and for filling vacancies in the same, and for the government and management of its affairs, and for the times and places of its meetings; provided, however, that such Constitution and By-Laws shall not be contrary to· this Charter, nor to the Constitution and laws of this Commonwealth, nor to the Constitution and laws of the United States, nor to the Discipline of the Methodist Episcopal Church, as it may from time to time be revised; and provided, further, that said Constitution sh'all be subject to the approval of the said Kentucky Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

SEC. s.-Be it further enacted, that in consideration of the benevo­lent object of the said Preachers' Relief Association, any property that it may become possessed of under this Charter shall be exempt from taxation.

SEC. 6.-This Act shall take effect from and after its passage. J. M. BIGGER,

SPeaker of the House of Representatives. J AS. E. CAN'tRILL,

Approved, February 27, I880. By the Governor, SAM'L B. CHURCHILL,

Secretary of State.

SPeaker of the Senate.

LUKE P. BLACKBURN.

SEVENTy-SEVENTH ANNUAL SESSION.

ANNUAL REPORT OF R. T. MILLER, TREASURER.

PREACHERS' RELIEF ASSOCIATION, KENTUCKY ANNUAL CON­FERENCE, SEPTEMBER 1903.

EXHIBIT A.

RECEIVED FOR ENDOWMENT FUND. 1902

Sept. 25. Sept. 25. Oct. 4. Nov. 7. Dec. 2.

" 17· " 20.

" 24· " 25·

190 3 July. Sept. 2.

1902

Balance on hand last report, . . . Benoni Barnett Bequest, in part, C. W. Sutton, Secretary, . . . . . Vincent Boreing,. . . . . . . . . S. F. Kelley-"A Thank-offering," Geo. W. Hamilton. -Mrs. Amos Shinkle, Mrs. S. B. Park, . . "A Friend," . . . .

T. B. Renfro, per Sheridan, . "A Friend," . . . . . . . . . .

To Balance brought down,

DISBURSEMRNTS.

".

Oct. 7. For 60 Shares National Lead Preferred

$2,098 32

3, 614 37 121 93

5000

3 00 100'00

25000 300 00

1,125 00

10 00 1,000 00

52 38

Stock, ... , . . . . . . . . . .. $5,760 00 190 3

Jan. 9. For 20. Shares 'National Lead Preferred Stock, . . . . .. . ...... .

Sept. 2. For I Covington City 5% Bond, No. 135, .

By Balance Sept. 16, 1.903, •

EXHIBIT B.

1,850 00 I,Il5 00

SHOWING CONDITION OF INCOME FUND.

Bonds, Face Value: 3 City of Covington Funding, fives,

August and February, ., •.. $1,000 00 $3,000 00 3 City of Covington Funding, fours,

August and February, . . . .. 100 00 300 00 7 Kenton County Funding, sixes, June

and December,. . . . . . .. 500 00 3,500 00 4 C. H. & D. Ry. Co., Gold, four and

one-half, January and July,. . 1,000 00 4,000 00 4 D. & M. Ry., Consol. fives, January

and July,. . . . . . . . . . . 1,000 00 4,000 00 I South Covington & Cincinnati Street

Railway, Gold, sixes, . . . . . 500 00

Stocks, Face Value: 5 Shares Mt. Sterling National Bank, Ky., . 6 Shares National Bank, Cynthiana, Ky., .. 6 Shares German National. Covington, Ky., .

$500 00 60000 600 00

8,500 00

$15,300 00

85 Shares National Lead Preferred, ..... . ---- $10,200 00

Notes of Hand: J. H. Miller, 6%, secured, H. C. Northcott, .' . . .

$1,000 00 503 00 I, 503 00

KENTUCKY CONFERENCE.

EXHIBIT C.

RECEIVED FROM INCOME FUND.

Dividends: 1902

Dec. 17. 190 3

Jan. 2.

Jan. 2. Jan. 2. Mar. 16. June 16. July 2.

" 2.

" 2. Sept. 16.

Interest: 1903

Jan. 16.

June 16. July 16.

Sept. IS. " 16.

National Lead, preferred, ..... .

German National Bank, Covington, . Mt. Sterling National Bank, .. National Bank, Cynthiana, National Lead, preferred, .. National Lead, preferred, .. German National Bank, ., . National Bank, Cynthiana, . Mt. Sterling National Bank. National Lead, preferred,. .

4 Dayton & Michigan Bonds,. . . . . . 4 Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Bonds, I South Covington & Cincinnati Street

Railway Bond, ... . . 2 City of Covington Bonds, . 3 City of Covington Bonds, .' . . . . . 7 Kenton County Bonds, ... . 7 Kenton County Bonds,.. .... . 4 Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railway

Bonds, .' ............ . 4 Day. & Mich. Bonds, ........ . I South Covington & Cincinnati Street

Railway Bond, ..... 2 City of Covington Funding Bonds, . 3 City of Covington Funding Bonds, . J. H. Miller, note, . . H. C. Northcott, note, . . . . . .

Distributed at Conference, .' . .

$II3 75

$15 00 25 00 4800

148 75 148 75

IS 00 4800 So 00

148 75 ---- $761 00

$100 00 90 00

IS 00 SO 00 600

105 00 105 00

90 00 100 00

IS 00 So 00

6 00 6000 30 18 $822 18

---- -----$1,583 18 $1,583 18

R. T. MILLER, CUSTODIAN, IN ACCOUNT WITH LASHBROOK FUND.

1902

Sept. 25. To Balance on hand, . $90 81 Dec. 2. Paid F. W. Harrop, Presiding Elder, . $19 87

" 18. Paid F. W. Harrop, Presiding Elder, . 1000 190 3

Jan. 14· Paid F. W. Harrop, Presiding Elder, . 46 00 Balance, ............. 14 94

$90 81 $90 81 190 3

Sept. 16. To balance on hand, .. $14 94

BOARD OF EDUCA TION.

IN ACCOUNT WITH J. D. HEARNE, Treasurer.

GENERAL ACCOUNT. 1902

Sept. 9, By balance ,in my hands, . . . . . . . . . . Oct. 2, By cash of R. I. Watkins, Conference Treasurer,

1903

July 9, By cash of W. F. Sheridan (Union College

'902

Oct. 2,

" 28,

Special),. . .. ...... . .. .

CONTRA.

To amount credited to Income Account, . To R. T. Stevenson, traveling expenses Speed

Case,.. . . . . . ........ .

" 27, To J. P. Faulkner, traveling expenses Speed Case, ., ................ .

Nov. 5, To H. P. Magill, Secretary, insurance Union College, ............. .

Dec. Dec.

4, To J. D. Walsh, expenses Speed Case, . 22, To A. Boreing, printing Conf. Minutes,

'903 May lO, To R. 1. Watkins, Record book, ..

" 12, J. D. Walsh, expenses Speed Case, . July 18, J. D. Walsh, expenses Speed Case, .

Balance on h3.nd,. . : .

INCOME ACCOUNT. 1902

$95 00

II 90

1000

28 50 19 20 6 30

3 60 17 10

8 34 66 33

$266 27

$10 27 19000

6600

----$266 27

Sept. 9, By balance in my hands,. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. $r62 74 Oct. 2, By one-half Conference collections from General Ac-

count, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nov. I, By dividend Third National Bank, Cincinnati, 4~%, .

'90 3 Jan. 3, By dividend First National Bank, Covington, Ky., 4%, .

" 21, By dividend First National Bank, Barbourville, 4%, .. May I, By dividend Third National Bank, Cincinnati, 4~%, .

19°3. July 2, By dividend First National Bank, Covington, 4%, .

" 2, By dividenQ. First National Bank, Barbourville,. • Sept. 9, Sundry coupons, interest, . . . . . . . . . . . .

95 00 63 00

4 00 12 00 63 00

$4 00 9 00

320 50

$733 24

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CONTRA. 1902

Oct. 17, To amount paid J. W. Henderson, Treasurer, . . . .. $IIO 00

" 17, To amount paid J. P. Faulkner, President,. . . . .. 140 00

Sept. ro, To amount credited Fanny Speed Fund, premium on Bonds, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., 50 00

To amount credited account loss on Cnmberlan.d Valley Bank Stock, . . . . roo 00

To balance on hand, . . . . . . .' . . . . . . . . .. 333 24

$733 24 FANNY SPEED FUND.

190 2

Sept. 9, By amount in my hands as per report, . IQ03

Sept. 10, By amount charged to Income Account loss on Cumber-land Valley Bank Stock,. . . . . . . . . . . . .. 100 00

By amount charged to Income Account as deduction of premium paid on Bonds, 50 00

Amount in my hands, ....... . $177 52'

BONDS AND SECURITIES.

I hold endowment securities, the income only of which is to be used by the Board:

GENERAL ACCOUNT.

$2,600 Kenton County, Ky., funding 6 per cent bond, due December I, 1913.

$100 Covington 4 per cent funding bond, due August I, 1920. $100 Covington 4 per cent Water-works. bond, due January I, 1930.

FANNY SPEED FUND.

One share First National Bank, Covington, Ky. Three shares First National Bank, Barbourville, Ky. Fonrteen shares Third National Bank, Cincinnati, O. $1,000 Covington, Ky., 4 per cent Water-works bond, due 1928. $500 Covington 4 per cent Water-works bond, due 1928. $100 Covington 4 per cent funding bond, due 1920. $500 Norwood, Ohio, 5 per cent bond, due 1929. $500 Norwood, Ohio, 5 per cent bond, due 1926. $700 Kenton County, Ky., 6 per cent bond, due 1913. All of which is respectfully submitted.

J. D. HEARNE, Treasurer.

The undersigned have examined the securities and vouchers in the hands of the Treasurer of the Board of Edncation, J. D. Hearne, and find the same to be correct. R. IRVING WATKINS,

F. W. HARROP.

SEVENTy-SEVENTH ANNUAL SESSION.

BY·LAWS ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION

OF THE

KENTUCKY ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

ARTICLE I.

SECTION I.-The meetings of the Board shall be regular and called. SECTION 2.-There shall be two regular meetings of the Board, one on

the third Tuesday in January of each year at Union Church, Covington, Kentucky, at 9 A. M., and one on Thursday at 2 P. M. at each Annual Con­ference session.

SECTION 3.-Called meetings may be held whenever the President, or any three members of the Board shall so order.

SECTION 4.-All meetings of the Board shall be opened with prayer, and the following order of business shall be observed:

First. Devotion. Second. Roll-call. Third. Report of Committees.

a. Standing. b. Special. c. Treasurers.

Fourth. Unfinished bustness. Fifth. New business. Sixth. Reading and approving Minutes.

SECTION 5.-No business shall be transacted at a called meeting except that for which it is called, unless the meeting shall unanimously decide that other business demands immediate attention.

ARTICLE II.

SECTION I.-The officers of the Board shall consist of a President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer, who shall be elected by the Board at the meeting at the first Conference session, and at said meeting each year thereafter, and at such election any member may vote in person, or by a duly authenticated proxy. They shall hold their offices until their suc­cessors are duly elected and installed; provided in case no election is had at said Conference session, it shall be held at the regular January meeting thereafter.

SECTION 2.-The President shall preside at each meeting and preserve order, and perform the usual duties pertaining to that office.

SECTION 3.-The Vice-President shall perform all the duties of the President 1n his absence.

SECTION 4.-The Secretary shall notify all the members ofthe meetings of the Board, keep and preserve all books and papers committed to his care, and shall keep a true record in a book provided for that purpose of all of the official acts and proceedings of the Board, and read same at the close of each meeting, and render such other seryice as the Board may require from time to time.

268 KENTUCKY CONFERENCE.

SECTION 5.-The Treasurer shall receive and receipt for all moneys belonging to said Board or intrusted to its control and management, care­fully crediting each amount to its proper account, keep an accurate account -of all receipts and expenditures, and report the same to the Board at the Annual Conference meeting. He shall execute bond with a safe Guaranty Company, as surety approved by said Board for the faithful discharge of his duties. The expense in making said bond to be borne by the Board. All investments of money made by him shall be with the approval of the Stand­ing Committee. There shall be appointed by the President at each annual meeting, an Auditing Committee to consist of three members, of which the Vice-President shall be one, and chairman. All accounts against the Board shall be audited by said Committee, and paid by the Treasurer on its ap­proval.

ARTICLE III.

SECTION I.-The Committees authorized are either standing or special. SECTION 2.-The President, Secretary and Treasurer of the Board shall

constitute a Standing Committee on Finance, who shall be charged with the proper investment of the funds belonging to or intrusted to said Board, so as to make them yield in their judgment the best income consistent with safety. It shall perform such other duties as it may be ordered by the Board to perform.

SECTION 3.-Select Committees to consist of not less than three mem­bers may be appointed by the Board at any regular meeting, or a meeting called for that purpose, and shall perform such duties as may be assigned them.

ARTICLE IV.

Finance Regulations. SECTION I.-No appropriation of money shall be ordered by the Board

except at a regular meeting, and a majority of the Board must concur therein. and all orders for the appropriation of money shall be by a yea and nay vote, recorded on the Minutes at the time, except that bills for ordinary expenses may be audited and passed at a called meeting by a majority vote -of the members present, not to exceed, however, $100 at anyone time.

SECTION 2.-The Board shall not in anyone year appropriate more than three-fourths of the income derived from any fund belonging to, or intrusted to its care, for any purpose, unless by the unanimous consent of all the members, the twenty-five per cent held in reserve shall be to recoup any losses that miglit accrue to the fund intrusted to it, and in no e~ent shall it appropriate any part of the principal of any fund intrusted to it for any purpose whatever.

ARTICLE V.

SECTION I.-A majority of the members of the Board shall constitute a quorum, and a majority of any Committee appointed by it shall constitute a quorum of such Committee.

SECTION 2.-No business shall be transacted by said Board, except to meet and adjourn to a day, unless a quorum is ptesent, except that one member with the President may graduate students and confer degrees.

SEVENTy-SEVENTH ANNUAL SESSION.

ARTICLE VI. SECTION I.-These by-laws may be altered, amended, or repealed at any

regular meeting of the Board by a three-fourth vote of the members present, provided notice of such amendment shall be given by offering same in writing at the regular meeting preceding the taking of such vote.

The foregoing by-laws were adopted by the Board of Education of the Kentucky Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, at a meeting held at Union Church, Covington, on the thirteenth day of July, 190 3.

R. IRVING WATKINS, Secretary. A. BORE lNG, President Pro Tem.

ACT OF INCORPORATION FOR BOARD OF EDUCATION.

(By Kentucky Legislature, January 15, 1867.)

CHAPTl!!R 997. An act to incorporate the Board of Education of the Kentucky Annual

Conference of the ME!thodist Episcopal Church. . WHERl!!AS, The Kentucky Annual Conference of the Methodist Epis­

copal Church in the United States has resolved to form an educational fund, to be styled the Centenary Educational Fund, for the promotion of literature, science, art, morality, and religion within the bounds of said Conference; now, therefore,

Be it enacted b:,.' the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Ken­tucky.

SECTION I. That John R. Eads, D. Stevenson, W. H. Black, and J. G. Bruce (ministers), and J. D. Hearne, J. W. Cardwell, George Blakey, and Amos Shinkle (laymen), and their successors in office, be, and they are constituted, a body politic and corporate, under the name and style of the Board of Education of the Kentucky Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, with the right and power of exercising all and singular, the privileges, incidents, and capacities, of corporations. aggregate; to sue and be sued; implead and be impleaded; contract and be contracted with; grant and receive; and: do and perform all other acts, neces,sary and proper, to the accomplishment of the obj ect had in view, in the formation of the said Educational Fund of which they are hereby constituted Trustees, with such conditions, limitations, and re­strictions as are embraced in the other sections of this act.

SEC. 2. That this Board shall ?-lways be composed of an equal num­ber of members of the said Kentucky Annual Conference, and laymen or local preachers, who shall be members of pastoral charges, under the j uris­diction of the said Conference; that the number of members of the Board may be changed at the pleasure of the Conference, provided that it shall never be less than eight, nor more than eighteen; that the mem­bers hereafter to be elected shall be elected by the Conference, provider! that it shall be competent for the Board at any meeting thereof, regularly held when the Conference is not in session, to fill any vacancy that may hav~ occurred by death or resignation; that the Conference may, never­theless, at any time, declare the place of any member vacant, and proceed to fill it.

SEC. 3. That the Board shall be divided into a number of classes,. equal to one half the whole number of members composin.g the Board at any time; the classes to be known as first, second, thtrd, etc.>- and each class to be composed of one member of the Conference, and one layman or local preacher; the first class to go out of office at each ses­sion of the Conference succeeding the first session that shall be held after

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the passage of this act. The second class to take the place of the first, the third the place of the second, and so on to the end; and a new class to be elected to fill the place of the last on the list.

SEC. 4. That it shall not be competent for a retiring member of the Board to be re-elected as a member thereof at the same session of the Conference at which he shall have gone out of office, except upon the nomination of a maj ority of the other members of the Board.

SEC. 5. That the Board shall have the right to elect such officers and agents, and to confer upon them such powers as shall be deemed neces­sary, to transact the legitimate business of the Board.

SEC. 6. That the first meeting of the Board shall be held at such time and place as shall be indicated by the member whose name stands first on the list; that succeeding meetings shall be held at such time and places as shall be determined by the Board; that a majority of the members of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the tranaction of busi­ness, provided that such official notice of the time and place of meeting shall have been given as the Board may direct.

SEC. 7. That a fair and true record of their proceedings shall be kept by the Board, together with a full and exact account of all the real and personal property held by them as constituting the Educational Fund, and of the interest, dividends, and rents, arising therefrom, and the manner in which said interest, dividends, and rents have been ap­propriated, and that a full and fair exhibit of the same shall be pre­sented to the Conference at each annual session thereof.

SEC. 8. That th{'! Board may hold property, real and personal, as constituting the said Educational Fund, to the amount of three hundred thousand dollars.

SEc. 9. That the Board, under the direction of the Conference, shall have the power to devise, and put into execution, plans for the raising of money, or its equivalent in property, by collections, donations, the sale of scholarships, or otherwise to constitute the said Educational Fund.

SEC. 10. That all the means coming into the hands of said Board, or duly conveyed to them, as constituting said fund, shall be invested un­der the general direction of the Confe-rence; that securities and other property, constituting said Fund, may be sold from time to time, but only for the purpose of improving the condition of said fund, or of pre­venting its loss or damage or depreciation; and the funds of any such sale shall be reinvested by the Board at the earliest moment practicable.

SEC. I!. That all the interest, dividends, and rents arising from said fund, over and above what may be absolutely necessary to keep the fund in a safe condition, shall be used by the Board, under the general direction of the Conference, in payment of the salary, or salaries, of such teacher, or teachers, as shall be approved; or in the aid of worthy youths of either sex, struggling to acquire an education, preference being given, in the case of said aid afforded to students, to such licentiates, or can­didates for the ministry, as shall be properly recommended by the Quar­terly Conferences of the circuits or stations where they hold member­ship.

SEC. 12. That the Board shall have the right to 'confer degrees and grant diplomas on account of excellency in scholarship, wherever they shall be able, from the interest, dividends, and rel}.ts annually arising from the Educational Fund, or from these sources, mcreased by funds aris­ing from other sources, to support a Facu.1ty of professors and teachers qualified and prepared f~r the work of mstructmg stud.ents in a fair collegiate course of studIes, and shall be empowered wIth such other rights, privileges, and authority as are presented by trustees of colleges generally.

SEC. 13. That the property and estate, real and personal, held and

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owned by the said Board of Education under this act, shall be free and exe:npt from taxation, whether the same be for State, county, or corporabon purposes.

SEC. 14. That the Legislature reserve the right to amend or repeal this act at any time, provided that no contract or agreement made or entered into in accordance with any of its provisions or requirements shall be annulled or violated by any act of amendment or repeal.

SEC. 15. That this act shall go into effect from its passage. Approved January 15, 1867.

REPORTS OF VARIOUS COMMITTEES.

AUDITING COMMITTEE.

WE, the Auditing Committee, have examined the Presiding Elders' ac-counts, and find them correct. J. H. BROWN.

AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY.

THE Bible is the foundation-stone of our American civilization-it is the nucleus around which every true idea of religion must cluster-it is the one standard by which every moral question can safely be determined.

The Bible must be the guide in all Church enterprises, and without it all efforts to bring the world to Christ must fail.

The success of our missionary enterprises all over the world must de­pend largely upon the American Bible Society to furnish the Scriptures to all men in the language wherein tbey were born.

This is being done by tbe Bible Society in a manner almost as marvel­ous as it was done by the Holy Spirit on tbe day of Pentecost. The Bible is now being read in over four hundred different languages and tongues, and being circnlated at the rate of 2,000,000 volumes a year, and yet the demand is far in excess of the supply.

If this be true, then bow vast the work of the Bible Society, and how tremendons the responsibility of the Cburch to supply that demand which, when fully met, will bring a glorious victory in the years to come! There­fore,

Resolved, Tbat we give the American Bible Society tbat hearty sym­pathyand generous support which will basten the triumph of our Lord, when tbe nations of the earth may join in that sweet song, "Glory to God in the highest, and peace on earth, good-will to men."

BOOK CONCER.N ACCOUNTS.

CYRUS RIFFLE, W. H. CRAIN, ELI WESLEY.

WE, your Committee on Book Concern Accounts, sugg:est that all per­sons owina: accounts should settle them as soon as convement.

We sl~olild especially feel ourselves under obligations to pay all ac­counts promptly, in view of the fact tbat the Book Concern divi~ends paid to the Kentucky Conference ~moullted to more than the collectlOns of the agent at our Conference seSSIon.

W. H. DAVENPORT, Chairman.

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BOOK CONCERN AND PERIODICALS.

AMONG other things, the Methodist Episcopal Church stands for good literature. Our publishing-houses seud out uothing but the best books and periodicals, and our Church papers are unexcelled ill the field of relig­ious journalism; therefore, be it

Resolved, That we, the members of the Kentucky Conference, do what we can to put our Sunday-school literature in all our Sunday-schools, dis­couraging the use of any other. Also, that we endeavor to increase the circulation of the Western Christian Advocate and the Epworth Herald in all our charges. F. T. KELLEY, F. L. CREECH,

W. H. CALVERT, J. F. HOPKINS.

CHURCH EXTENSION.

BRETHREN: Your Committee on Church Extension desire to report with great satisfaction the good work done by this arm of the Church.

From the beginning, seven and three-quarter millions of dollars have been collected and disbursed. Twelve thousand, three hundred and fifty Churches have been aided. Our own Conference has paid into this $25,-536. Our collections this year are $474.

Nine Churches have been aided this year in our Conference. We are asked to raise $1,200 this coming year. Our needy Churches, on approved application, may receive $1,200.

The aid granted depends upon the amount of the collection taken. We should, therefore, use all possible diligence to secure the full amount asked.

Resolved, First.-That we, as a Conference, will not be content with~ any thing less than a full response to the call of the General Committee, until all people in our land shall be furnished with places of worship.

Second.-That availing ourselves of the helps provided by the Board, we will present this cause in all of our Churches, and secure at' least the amount asked in accordance with the plan of the Discipline.

J. G. DOVER, President. A. L. WILLIAMS, Secretary.

DISTRICT CONFERENCE RECORDS.

WE, t'he Committee on District Conference Records, offer the following report:

Only two districts, Lexington and Louisville, hold District Conference. We have examined the records of each, and have found them correct.

and properly kept. J. L. STURGELL, WM. JONES.

EDUCATION.

THE time was, in Kentucky, from the birth of the Commonwealth un­til the war of the .R.ebellion, that the Methodist Episcopal Church was the leading denomination in educational work. It.~ is equally true that since the war, other denominations have been doing so much more th~n our own, that we are now left in the fourth or fifth rank. It is not our purpose in this brief report, to inquire into the causes that have brought about such a change in the relative position of our Church to others in so important a~

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branch of Christian work as educatiorr, but only to state that such a change has taken place. We do not even stop to lay it to the charge of the Church, that she has not done what she could, for we are not so sure that the Church has been negligent of her duty; we only plead that the Kentucky Conference bear constantly in mind, that the work of Christian education is only second to that of preaching the gospel, and that it is a thing greatly to be desired to have our Church first, or among the first, in carrying it for­ward.

Our democratic institutions, of which we are all proud, and are instinct­ively accustomed to regard as the latest and fairest product of the spirit of liberty, have not yet given to religious instruction the place it deserves in their courses of study. Hence the importance of having our denomina­tional schools, colleges, and universities keep up their work with redoubled energy. Should our Churches become lax or lukewarm in the support of their schools, there would be great danger of losing from our American educational system its most important and most needed element of cul­ture-namely, that of religious instruction.

Union College, at Barbourville, is the only school of collegiate grade now under the control of the Conference. Its course of study has been, for ten years, approved and accepted by the University Senate. For ten years, young men and women have been graduated. We commend the work of the college to the Conference, and urge that all be done that can to widen its influence and strengthen the sinews of its power.

We urge young men who are entering, or are contemplating entering, the ministry, to give themselves a thorough education. The knowledge got in college should be supplemented by a thorough training in one of our theological seminaries. When we say that this finishing preparation for preaching should be done in one of our seminaries, we do not wish to be misunderstood. We do not wish to inculcate loyalty to our Church among our ministers through their ignorance of the teachings and doctrines of sister Churches; but we do insist that the breadth of view, which some claim may be acquired by study in one of the seminaries not accredited by our Church, may be had only by the sacrifice of those ideals and traditions that have made our Church what it is.

F. T. KELLEY, R. I. WATKINS, J. P. FAULKNER, W. F. SHERIDAN.

EPWORTH LEAGUE.

EACH year we see more fully demonstrated the wisdom of the organ­ization of the Epworth League. We rejoice in its growth and great effi-ciency. We heartily commend the reorganizaton.. .. .

We also indorse the plan of the Woman's ForeIgn MIsslOnary SocIety to have one thousand Kentucky Epwcrthians supJ?ort a foreign missionary,

. and thereby help both the Leagues and the miSSIonary cause. We renew our pledge to stand loyally by the Epworth Herald and se­

cure all the subscribers possible for this grand organ of our young people. J. S. YOUNG.

FREEDMEN'S AID AND SOUTHERN EDUCATION SOCIETY.

WE the Committee on Freeoman's Aid and Southern Education Society' would respectfullY call the attention of the Conference to these facts in' connection with the work of this very important organization.

The attendance on the schools of the Society has been in advance of last year. Twenty thousand dollars have been appropriated to industrial school work. The increase for the quadrennium in collections has been

$42 ,945. ... r th d . d· The total increase lU appropnations lor e qua rennmm en lUg 1904

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is $105,000, as compared with those of the preceding quadrennium. There has been a decrease of 25 per cent in the administrative expense. During the past three years the debt has shown a constant decrease, and the total for that date is $66,466.

These show that the Society is being very carefully and successfully administered. The events of the past few years show the crying need of work being done such as this Society is doing. The ten millons of colored people of the South and the millions of poor whites who are so liable to be lost to the Church and the Nation, or to become a source of peril not easily stayed, urge the entire Church to a large contribution. We trust that our entire pastorate will make this work a subject of earnest prayer, effort, and increased contribution. Since the pupils of these schools are being trained not only in professional callings and common education, but in industrial training, we believe that the financial support of this organiza­tion will be one of the safest and most useful ways of serving our Divine Master. E. L. SHEPARD, J. W. CANTRELL.

T. H. CONREY,

RESOLUTIONS.

WHEREAS, The Book Committee has submitted a Report on the Unifi­cation of the Publishing-houses of the Book Concern for the consideration of the Church, recommending greater ecomomy in the management of our publishing interests;

Resolved, That we approve this action and recommend to our dele­gates to the General Conference that they join in such further action on the subject as will promote the greater efficiency and success of our publi­cations in "the propagation of religious knowledge" and "the support of our superannuated preachers, their widows and children."

Resolved, That we urge greater activity on the part of our preachers and official members in securing more substantial support of our period­icals and publications to the end that the objects for which the Book Concern was instituted may be more certainly and quickly brought about.

W. F. SHERIDAN, J. D. WALSH. E. B. HILL,

To the General Mi-ssionary Committee: The Kentucky Conference thanks the Committee for increase last year and respectfully request an increase of appropriation. The Conference has lost much of opportunity for enlargements by reason of the reductions made, of necessity, for several years past. The Conference can wisely use the increase for the enlarge-ment of our work where it is much needed. J. D. WALSH,

A. BOREING.

Resolved, That the thanks of the Conference be given to Union Church, Covington, and to Dr. Watkins, the pastor, and especially to the elect ladies of our Church in Covington, Ludlow, Newport, Bellevue and Dayton, for their handsome entertainment of the same, and to Scott Street Methodist Episcopal Church, South, for assisting in the same.

Resolved, That we thank the railroads for all favors received. Resolved, That the thanks of the Conference be given to the Secre­

taries for their efficient work. Resolved, That we hav~ been greatly edified by the discourses of the

visiting agents of the General Conference, Drs. McDowell, Iliff Mason Gilbert, and of Dr. Dunham in his evangelistic service. ' ,

Resolved, That we tender Bishop I. W. Joyce, D. D., LL. D., our hearty thanks for the cheerfulness and courteousness of his presidency.

THOMAS HANFORD, J. W. ZIMMERMAN. CYRUS RIFFI,E,

WHEREAS, G. P. Jeffries has been a member of this Conference thirty­four years, and has traveled hard circuits all these years; therefore,

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Resolved, That it is the sense of this Conference that the Secretary of the Preachers' Relief Association should receive the dues of Brother Jeffries with interest o~ deferred I?ayment~ (according to the rule), which he te.nders now, after havmg not pa1d anyth1ng to the fund since the begin-lllng-2 5 years, $44. J. D. WALSH,

A. BOREING. Resolved, That while heartily welcoming the representative ·of the

great 1;>eJ?evolent causes ~f the Church, and recording our sympathy with !hem, ~t 1S the sense ?f th1s Conference that no public collections be taken In then behalf at th1s Conference session.

C. W. SUTTON, G. N. JOLLY. W. F. SHERIDAN,

PREACHERS' RELIEF ASSOCIA'I'ION.

Resolved, That we will more particularly invite the attention of our ~eople to t.h~ objects of this Society and endeavor to secure more substan­tial recogllltlOn and support of its objects by annually soliciting subscrip­tions, gifts, bequests, and annuities in its behalf.

R. IRVING WATKINS, E. B. HILL, C. W. SUTTON, BIRD HUGHES.

MEMORIAL 1'0 THE GENERAL CONFERENCE OF THE METHODIST EPIS­COPAL CHURCH.

WHEREAS, The Supreme Court of the United States has decided that the traffic in intoxicating liquors as a beverage is dangerous to "public safety and public morals" (see Beer Co. vs. Massachusetts, et als., 97, U. S. 32);

WHEREAS, The aforesaid traffic has been prohibited in the naval and military reservations and in the Capitol Building at Washington, D. C.;

Therefore, We, the members of the Kentucky Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, respectfully request you to memorialize the President, and the Congress, of the United States of America to pro­hibit the sale of intoxicating liquors as a beverage in the Territories, Is­lands, District of Columbia, and all other places where the Federal Gov­ernment has police control, to the end that the Legislative and Executive Departments may be in harmony with the decisions of the Supreme Court.

Our motto is: "No Saloons Under the Flag." ISAAC W. JOYCE, Bishop Presiding.

E. L. SHEPARD, Secretary.

While unable at this time to accept your generous invitation to jlOld the next session of the Kentucky Conference at Berea, we desire to express -our hearty appreciation of the same and wish you Godspeed in your no-ble work. W. F. SHERIDAN,

THOMAS HANFORD.

SABBATH OBSERVANCE.

WHEREAS, We regard the Christian Sabbath as one of the greatest blessings given to man through the economy of Divine grace, in that it affords time to rest from the secular cares and labors of life and an oppor­tunity to worship Almighty God in his holy temple; and,

WHEREAS, It is a deplorable fact that inroads have been and are being made upon the sanctity of the Sabbath by open saloons, grog· shops, and stores, by excursions, games <;>f ball and <;roquet, by traveling f~r pleasure and mercenary purposes, bqymg and se11mg, etc.; therefore, be It

Resolved, 1. That our people be requested to refrain from the reading -of Sunday newspap~rs! from needless self-indulgence, Sunday headaches, visiting, and entertammg company.

2. We indorse the Sunday League of America, and recommend the .circulation of the Sunday Reform leaflets.

3 We beg our people to avoid buying and selling, and all unnecessary work'on the Lord's-day, and we recommend the more faithful observance

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of the Apostolic injunction, "Not forsaking the assembling of yourselves together," etc.

4. We recommend the observance of a day of fasting and prayer in the interest of the Sabbath, and that every pastor preach at least one sermon 011 the Fourth Commandment, or some kindred text, some time during the ensuing Conference year. H. ]. RAMEY, J. H. HAYS,

G. R. FRENGER, H. D. BURNETT. Committee.

STATE OF THE CHURCH.

WE note with joy the reports of victories of our Church in the bounds of the Kentucky Conference for the past year, as given by our Presiding Elders and pastors, for, beyond a doubt, God has been opening wider doors of opportunity and usefulness to our Church in this grand old Com­monwealth for the year that has just closed than ever before, and our people have not been slow to seize these opportunities and enter these open doors in such a way that every man and woman who is not still sitting under the" juniper-tree" of despondency can heartily rejoice in that God is again "comforting the waste places in Zion" even in Kentucky, about which it has often been said, "Can any good thing come out of Nazareth ?"

Our preachers have shown by their faithfulness at their posts of duty and their heroic attitude in the face of difficulties and discouragements, that they are truly called of God to lead his hosts to victory, and no longer can it be said that indications are such that we need to halt in presence of our enemies and with a flag of truce unfurled ask ourselves whether or not we should turn over our work to another and withdraw from this par­ticular field; but, to the contrary, God has shown by these indications that the Methodist Episcopal Church has a work to do in Kentucky that no other Church or people can do successfully. We also note with joy and hopeful expectancy the fact that our pastors, by studious applicatIon and untiring effort, are determined to give the lie to that impression that has gone abroad that they are ignorant and inefficient and not abreast with the times, and by adding to these qualifications a conscious baptism of the Holy Ghost, they are stirring themselves to do what their hands find to do, Jehu-like, tremendously and furiously.

But while these things give us hope and encouragement, our condi­tions can be greatly improved by a hearty co-operation on the part of the leaders of our Church. These, with only some few exceptions, are not will­ing,it seems, to give us the encouragement we should expect in our work or give that work its due appreciation. For we do zealously contend that there is no more important field into which the Methodist Episcopal Church has entered, south of the Mason and Dixon Line, than Kentucky' and, further, that commensurate with that which has been given by th~ Missionary Society for work in Kentucky, no more productive field can be found among the whites in the South. We, more than ever before protest against that impression (above referred to) that has gone abroad ~oncern­ing our ministry, "that it is illiterate and inefficient." For whi1e it is true that some of our ministers can not boast of being graduates of three colleges, most of them can of at least two; viz., Brush College and that of common sense. And that means that with no other library than the old­time saddle-bags and by a brush or pine-knot light at night and on horseback by day. many of these preachers have lain up in store for use in their work an abundance of good, hard, comlllOll sense, that they know how to use in cases of t:mergency.

We gladly accept and invite encou,ragement and co-operation of our brethren who come to us as representattves of. the various interests of the Church, but we deprecate and deny that we eIther need or enjoy so much expression of pity like as would be given the inmates of a feeble-minded institute, to. which we often have to listen and be humil.iated by. Mortified by these thmgs, many of our> men (whom we sadly mISS trom our ranks

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have sought other fields of labor, where their sacrifices are better recog­nized and appreciated.

We believe that our work in some portions of the Conference is crip­pled. by a lack of superintendency, owing to the extreme magnitude of the Presldl~g Elders' districts, and we urge our Bishops, so soon as practicable, to readjust the same so as that each charge may have its quarterly-meetings ~)U the Sabbath-da~. And, further, we urge our Bishops to put themselves mto closer touch ~lt~ our people in Kentucky by coming among us oftener, and thereby acquamtmg themselves with the needs of our work.

We stand in great need of a revival of the enforcement of Discipline, and we do urge upon all the executive officers of our Church to do their best to put 8: Discipline in every Methodist home, accompanied by the Western Chr'tstian Advocate, and then to zealously enforce our Discipline.

We further urge our pastors to be more accurate in their reports, as we often fail to get credit for actual results because of inaccuracies in our reports.

Rejoicing in the victories of the past year, and with a hopeful outlook for the years to come, we gird ourselves for the work that is given us to do by faith in the God of battles. F. L. CREECH,

C. W. SUTTON, S. F. KELLEY.

SUNDAYeSCHOOLS AND TRACTS.

DEAR BRETHREN:-We believe that our literature is far superior to any other and should be used in all our Sunday-schools. We believe our pastors can do much toward placing our literature in our own Sunday­schools. The Sunday-school Board offers to supply newly-organized schools with all necessary literature. We believe the Sunday-school is a nursery for the Church. Sunday·schools ought to be organized wherever Methodism plants its banner, and we urge that our people use our litera­ture. Our Tract Society is doing much to aid in the circulation of our religious literature, in the way of tracts and leaflets, in the United States and in foreign lands. By the distribution of tracts and leaflets many souls have been brought to Christ. We urge our people to give this cause a hearty support. GIBSON MOSHER, Chairman.

TEMPERANCE.

THE general progress of temperance sentiment among the American people, despite the sporadic reactions, is cause for Christian congratulation and praise to the Lord Jesus. Almost half our population is under some form of prohibition. The outlawry of the canteen, by act of Congress, and the prohibition of liquor-selling in the Capitol at Washington, and in our immigrant stations, warrant our faith and hope that the National Govern­ment will establish the same policy in the District of Columbia, and in our Territories, continental and insular. The results that have followed the abolition of the canteen in the army are salutary for the soldiers and the country. The official records of court-martial for eighteen months under the anti-canteen law, show that the trials decreased in number about forty per cent. Admissions to the hosp.ital were reduced a~out twenty-five p'er cent. Since the canteen had a tnal of twelve years 1n the army, and lts results were so direful that Congress outlawed it twice, we ask at the hands of Congress a fair trial ~o~ the anti·can~een law iu answer to the clamor for its repeal. We fel1cltate the Antt-Saloon League and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union that they have induced Congress to appropriate a million of dollars for the II construction, equipment and maintenance" of suitable buildings for the social diversion and recreation of our soldiers. We commend our Congress for this economy of money, health, and morals, and will find more gratification in larger expenditures for such substitutes for the saloon.

KENTUCKY CONFE RENeE.

Under the present regulations of Interstate Commerce, the States are powerless to regulate or prohibit the sales of intoxicants ill original pack­ages imported from any other State. The citizens of one State are thus not only enabled to violate the laws of another State. but also to enlist the citizens of another State in the violation of its own laws.

, The liquor traffic under cover of Interstate Commerce regulations has bushwhacked prohibition commonwealths and communities with a trade repudiated by their own citizens. Thus the laws of th! Nation have been misused to nulhfy the laws of States and communities. Then the trans­gressors have converted their misdoings into testimony that prohibition does not prohibit.

It is the design of the so-called" Hepburn Bill" pending in Congress to shell the guerrillas frollI their hiding places and enable 'a State or com­munity to enforce its liquor laws. This bill subjects importations of in­toxicants into a State to the jurisdiction of such State so soon as they arrive within its borders. Then the people who have suppressed the do­mestic in surrection of the traffic can repel its foreign invasion. Then victory at home will not be turned into defeat and discouragement from abroad, but the victors may become the pacific invaders and redeemers of all the land.

We heartily indorse the Hepburn Bill and urge our Senators and Rep­resentatives in Congress to support it.

We recommend the following persons as delegates to the Eighth National Anti-Saloon Convention to be held at Washington, D. C., Decem­ber 9-1 I, 1903: G. C. Mosher, G. W. Bunton, and the following as the alter­nates: N. H. Young and William Jones, and the continuance of our repre­sentative, W, G. Bradford, on the Board of Directors of the League.

Resolved, That our Secretary shall send an official copy of these reso· lutions, or so much of them as .pertain to the Anti-Canteen Law and the Hepburn Bill, to each of our Senators and Representatives in Congress.

We rec.ommelld adoption of the memorial of the Rock River Confer­ence to the General Conference reque;;ting it to memoralize the President and Congress of the United States to prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors in all places where the Federal Government has police control.

WM. JONES, Secretary, G. W. HOWES, Chairman.

WOMAN'S HOME AND FOR.EIGN MISSIONAR.Y SOCIETIES.

WE, your Committee on Woman's Hon'le and Foreign Missionary Soci­eties, indor,.;e and commen(l the faithful and efficient work beillg done by these Societies. From what has been accomplished in the past, we are persuaded that the missionary spirit is the heart or Christianity and the spirit of Christ; the spirit that is dead to self H ud alive to God; the spirit that transforms a man and sends him forth to aid in bringing this world to Christ.

A wonderful thing is this Christian ity of ours. There is nothing like it. They used to say, in apostolic times, that it turned the world upside dowll. It is at the same business to day. We believe ill the. ultimate victory of Christ. Every Church should be a mission-lry training-school. It must be admitted, very few have the knowledge they ought to have of the mission­ary training. Sr)me day the souls, that are being ,snatched as brands from the burning, will shine as the most brilliant stars in the heavenly crown of those who respond to this work. In the name of Christ, for the sake of humanity, we call for u!1ite~ hearts and hands. We beg your prayers, sympathy, and co-operatIon, 111 the same way. It·'s a cold, selfish, sinful world OU1 side. Shall we go forth into it half·hearted and afraid, or in the strength of Christ shall we set up our banners, confident of success and victory? What all should do is to bridge the gulf of personal conven ience and selfishness by a more complete consecration to Christ.

SEVENTy-SEVENTH ANNUAL SESSION.

In view of the fact that to all Christian denominations an increased r~spons.ibi1ity comes with the acquisition of new territory, and that we are hvmg 1n the. day of great onward movements; that to earth's remotest bound~ men, 1mpelled by fiery zeal, are proc1aimiug the unsearchable riches o~ Chnst; that men, with hearts all aglow with love, are placing their g1fts ~n the altar, and, in the Christlike spirit, the small gifts are becoming the mIght .of tl~e Church, for the religion of Christ takes the coin of this world, punfi~s 1t o~ the altar of love. presents it at the great treasury of God, wh,:re. 1t recelVes the stamp of the mint of heaven, the image and superscnptlOn of Jesus Christ, and is returned legal tender for all heavenly blessings. . And, wh~rea~, in the proviilence of God, human beings are the 1ns~ru!11ents m h1s ~ands of extending his dominion on the earth. and behevmg that the kmgdoms of this world are to become the kingdom of o?-~ Lord. and o! his C!Irist; the~efore, we recommend that pastors be more d1lIgent 1?- enhghtelllng the m1nds of the people, presenting the needs, and pressing the claims of home and foreign missions.

G. C. MOSHER, J. M. COOK, J. G. DOVER, V. T. WII,LIS.

COMMITTEE ON MIDDLESBORO HOSPITAL.

WE commend heartily the work of the hospital at Middlesboro, assur­ing those in charge of our sympathy and co-operation.

We recommend this hospital to the favorable consideration of the Woman's Home Missionary Society, suggesting that it be taken under the watch, care and direction ()f that organization.

W. F. SHERIDAN, Secretary. E. B. HILL, Chairman.

MEMOIRS.

YOUR Committee on Memoirs beg leave to report that a program was arranged and carried out Sunday, at 3 P. M.

A. BOREING, E. L. SHEPARD.

I wish to express the most sincere thanks and appreciation of myself and my brother's family to Bishop Joyce alld the members of the Confer­ences, both ministerial and lay, for the very kind and tender expressions of sympathy and love to us in the hour of our great affiiction.

A. BOREING.

To REV. BISHOP JOYCE, D. D., AND BRETHREN OF THE KENTUCKY CON­FERENCE: Please accept Dr. Hubbard's letter of indorsement and inclosed draft

for $20 to be distributed by the Presiding Elders among needy circuit preachers.

Allow me to add, that I was sent by the Ohio Conference to Augusta Circuit Kentucky, in 1849, and then to Montgomery Circuit, and that I was p;esent in Covington as a member of the Kentucky Conference in 1853. I greatly desired to be with you at .the present session, a half cen­tury later, but was prostrated by the heat m June past, and find myself un­fit to travel.

I am trusting ill the Savior, preaching the gospel frequently, and expect to meet you in heaven.

Your brother in Christ. W. H. BLACK.

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R.EPOR.T OF THE BOOK COMMITTEE.

FOLLOWING the action of the Conference, this amended statement from the above-named report is presented:

"The business of the Eastern House last year was the greatest in its history, enabling the agents to reduce its indebtedness to a nominal sum. The Western House has also exceeded its previous record. This increased prosperity is due not only to the efficiency of its management, but also to the increasing loyalty of the Presiding Elders, pastors, and Sunday-school superintendents in their insistence on the use of our own publications. We desire to call attention to our Sunday-school periodicals, and to com­mend these publications in the strongest terms. We would call attention to the fact that our periodicals are the only ones that teach the doctrines and ~tand for the policy of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

"The dividend to the Conferences for the current year is $75,000, which we are pleased to state is an increase of $25,000 over last year." On the account of Episcopal Fund, all claims against the treasury have been met.

The total assets of the Methodist Book Concern, New York, are $1,985,078'90.

The total assets of the Western Methodist Book Concern, Cincinnati, are $1,691,889.50.

The two combined are $3,676,968,40. The net sales of the two houses are: New York, $877,065.62; Cincin­

nati, $1,181,384.77. The combined net sales, $2,058,450.39. E. L. SHEPARD.

PUBLISHING THE MINUTES.

Balance from 1902, . . . . . . Collected on suhscription, . Collected Board of Education, . Collected from advertisements,

Total, .' ....... .

Paid to Jennings & Pye for printing, binding, and

$2 25 lI806

4 00 47 50

. $171 81

mailing, ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $157 31 To printing Conference blanks, . . . . . . . . . .. 3 00 To Secretary and Publishing Committee for expenses, II 50

Total, ., . . . . . . . . . . .. ...... $171 81 A. BOREING, Treasurer.

Jtilemoir9.

VINCENT BOR.EING.

VINCENT BOREING was born in Washington County, Tennessee, No­vember 24, 1839. His parents moved to Laurel County, Kentucky, when he was about eight years of age. He was baptized in infancy, it is thought, by "Parson" Brownlow. He was converted and joined the Methodist Church in 1860 at Woodward's Camp Ground in Laurel County. He was licensed as a local preacher and for many years in quite an extended sec­tion he exercised his talent in this calling.

In company with his father, he enlisted in the Twenty-Fourth Ken­tucky Volunteer Infantry, U. S. A., and was promoted to various offices until at the close of the war he ranked as major. He was severely wounded at Resaca, Georgia, and transported thence to Louisville, Kentucky, where his condition kept him until hostilities ceased. He then took a three­years' course of education; two in the Laurel Seminary at London and one in Tusculum College, Greenville, Tennessee.

In 1867 he and Miss Martha Ferris were united in marriage. To them were born nine children, six of whom are living. He first made his home at a point near London, engaging in agriculture. He soon, however, be­came interested in various other enterprises. He taught institutes, intro­duced better books into the public schools, and advanced the interests of education very decidedly in numerous adjoining counties. He founded the Mountain Echo, the paper that has had a longer continuous existence as a Republican organ than any in the State. He became quite a factor in large contracts for carrying the United States mail in many States of the Union. He entered the mercantile business and pushed on to success therein. He advanced in a marked degree the improvement of both London and Laurel County. He organized and was readily elected to the Presidency of the Cumberland Valley Land Company. He was the prin­cipal agent in founding and conducting banks at Stanford and London.

His political life began about twenty-seven years ago. He first was County Superintendent of Instruction, then County Judge. He was ap­pointed Pension Agent by President Grant, but chose not to serve. He was elected by his countrymen and served two terms in the National Congress and had been elected the third time. He was the only Republi­can of the Kentucky delegation, and wielded an immense influence with the administration at 'Vashil1gton. In politics and finance he was more than orciinarily successful. Of tireless energy, resourceful in affairs, private and public; seeking his ends by means honorable and able, he commanded a high order of respect and honor from a glad, extensive, and willing con~ti.tuency. .. . .

His poslt1on towards the Church of hlS cholce was one of unfl111ch111g loyalty and liberal support, so that not alone in the territory of home, but abroad, those who knew of him cheerfully honored him. He was twice elected as delegate to the General Conference and once as reserve. The esteem in which he was held was in part manifested by the action of the Ministerial and Lay Electoral Conferences holding their sessions at the time of, or immediately following his demi~e, September 16-18, 190 3.

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First, this telegram, signed by R. I. Watkins, J. W. Zimmerman, J. D. Walsh, C. W. Sutton, and E. L. Shepard, was indorsed by the Conference and forwarded:

To A. Boreing, D. D., and the Family oj Hon. Vi1lcent Boreing, London, Kentucky: "The sincere sympathy of the Kentucky Conference, Clerical and Lay,

is extended to you iu this hour of trial and o.ur earnest prayers are offered to. God in your behalf."

A Committee from the Kentucky Conference consisting of E. B. Hill and E. L. Shepard and one from the Lay Electoral Conference consisting of John Venn and L. H. Wilsou were appointed to. present resolutions ex­pressive of the sorrow and deep sympathy of these respective bodies. The subjoined were presented and adopted by a rising vote:

WHEREAS, After more than thirty years o.f active and useful member­ship in the Methodist Episcopal Church in Kentucky, Vincent Boreing, of London, Ky., has ceased from labor and entered upon rest; and,

WHEREAS, He has, at three different times, been elected to represen t the Methodist Episco.pal Church of Kentucky in the General Conference, and three different times elected to represent the citizens of his District in the Congress of the United States; and,

WHEREAS, He has tendered distinguished service to the Church, the State. and to. his immediate circle of friends; therefore,

Resolved, That we reco.rd our high appreciation of his Christian char­acter, his distinguished public service and his. many social virtues.

Resolved, That by his death the Church has lost a useful and devoted servant, the State a distinguished citizen, and his friends a wise and faithful counselor.

Resolved, That we send to his distressed family this distinct expression of our sympathy in their time of sorrow, and that we commend to them that grace and love which alone is sufficient for the hours and experiences of human affiiction.

Resolved, That these resolutions be entered upon the Journal of both the Annual and the Lay Electo.ral Conferences of Kentucky for the year 1903, and that a copy of this action be furnished by the Secretary to the family of our deceased friend and brother.

E. B. HILL, E. L. SHEPARD.

JOHN VENN, L. H. WILSON.

REV. ABRAHAM RIGOR CRISLIP.

A. R. CRISLIP, the son of Jacob and Elizabeth Crislip, was born in Roane County, Virginia, January 12, 1825. His mother's maiden name was Kirhy. His ancestors were German. He enjoyed only the advantages of a common educatiou. He was converted in that thorough way that en­abled him in all after life to make plain to individual or audience the necessity and nature of this vital and important work of Divine grace.

He entered the ministry in the West Virginia Conference and re­mained in active relation therewith until the turmoil of the Civil War caused him and many o.thers to seek a region of greater quiet. When in :866 it was manifes.t what the tren~ of affairs woulrlbe and w1;tat the liberty lU matters of Co.nSCIence and worsht p. many me III bers of promlllent families from Catlettsburg to. Pikeville, having been barred for a time from pro.per affiliation with the Church of their real choice, asked for ministers of the Meth.odist Episcopal Church. .The autho~ities selecte~ for one the subject of thIS sketch. They were eVIdently gUlded of PrOVIdence, for it would have been difficult indeed to have found a man so well adapted to the field

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and so well equipped for the kind of work needed. Going into a region ~·here there were virtually no churches and where ecclesiastical organiza­tto.n: poor at best, was in complete chaos, he began his work. He had an ahIltty to stand on cabin floor be-neath a tree on the end of a bench made of the sapling of the forest ~nd reason as b~t few could, of temperance, rightt-ousness, and judgmen't. His sermons were always exte.mpora';le~us. But sllcll was the clearness of his intellect and the depth of hIS conVIction that hundreds were affected and sought the Lord. In the five counties of Lawrence, Johnson, Floyd, Magoffin, and Pike, he, more than any otl:ler one person, laid the foundation and began the superstructure of all that the Church has become in that region. Men and ministers who have done much for Methodism and Christianity gladly claim him as their spiritual father. He was loyal to all the doctrines, customs, and policies of the Methodist Episcopal Church. With success he maintained and defended the doctrines of his Church against any assailant with whom he met.

His ministrv was blessed. with more revivals and crowned with a greater number of conversions than any individual that ever labored in the valleys of the Big Sandy and Licking. While the infirmities of age ham­pered his body for years, demanding his superannuation, his intellect re­mainen unimpaired till almost the sunset hour. He departed this life June 4,1903·

How worthily he stands enrolled in the rank of those of whom it was written, "Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors, and their works do follow them!" E. L. SHEPARD.

lRoll of our lbonoreb lDeab. "Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea,

saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors i and their works do follow them."-Rev. xiv, 13.

The first Conference in Kentucky was held in 1790; but the work in Kentucky was not set apart as the Kentucky Conference till 1821. Meanwhile, death was claiming its own among the preachers. Henry Birchett died in 1794; Francis Acuff, in 1795; Lewis Hunt, in 1801; Learner Blackman, in 1815. The roll since that time is, approximately, as follows:

t;d a:f;1 tl t;d a:f;1 tl 0 ~. 0 ;; . '1 ........ '1 ... .....

NAMES. ::t =(1) P. NAMES. = ::t(1) P. .... '1 ....'1 f1l(1) f1l(1) ::;-p. ::;-p. ':'l ':'l

------------------ --- ---I- ------------------ --- --- ---Adams, William, . 1785 1813 1835 Harrison, Samuel, 1782 1808 1834 Albritton, Adam, . 1841 1874 Harrison, I. F., . 1812 1848 1875 Bell, Angus, . 1826 1857 1861 Harrison, J. C., .. 1809 1830 1878 Black, Daniel, 1795 1823 18271 Holman, William, . 1790 1812 1867 Brown, J., 1788 18ro 1856 Hill, C. T., . 1819 1844 1874 Brown, George, 1771 1818 1823 Humphrey, John A., 1832 1855 1883 Bennett, Obed, . 1850 1877 Hunt, Absalom, . 1773 1815 1844 Blaisdell, Henry R., 1836 1862 1899 Ingram, W. C. S., 181 7 1857 1893 Bosley, Elijah M., ...... ...... 1839 Keach, John R., . 1795 1817 1826 Bruce, John G., 1810 1831 1891 Kelley, Greenup, . 1806 1827 1830 Bristow, James H., . 1813 1844 187c Kennerly, Philip,. 1769 1804 1821 Callahan, Robert D., . 1807 1901 Landrum, Francis, . 1789 18II 1835 Centers, Martin L., . 1829 1857 1894 Lashbrook, R. D., . 1852 1897 Clarke, G. M., ....... 1885 1889 Lindsey, Marcus, . ...... 1809 1833 Cole, Leroy, 1749 1777 1830 Littlejohn, John, . 1756 [775 1'836 Colledge, Aaron B., . 1825 1866 1897 Meeks, Peter 0., . 18r5 1838 1841

Corwine, Richard, 1789 1817 1843 McHenry, Barnabas, 1787 1833 Cisney, R. A., ...... ...... 1873 ,McNelly, George, . • 0 ••• . .... 1839 Crislep, A. R., . 1825 1903 !McKnight, Wm. B., . ...... 1829 1835 Davis, E. A., . 1831 1853 1894 Murphy, Miles D., . 1873 1885 Davis, Nimrod R., . r814 1867 1879 Newman, Herman, . r816 r837 r885 Denham, John, . 1843 Ogden, Benjamin, 1764 1786 1834 Dills, Nelson, ...... 1822 1827loutton, William,. . 1833 1835 Decker, John A., . 1844, Pars~>us, Charles B., . r805 1839 1871 Duke, Henry S., . . 1805 1824 1836j IPatnck, Ebenezer, . ...... ...... 1841 Eads, John R., . 1829 1851 1891 Pell, Henry Clay,. . 1825 1855 1868 Evans, Hooper, 1790 1828 1837 Perry, Hartwell J., 1806 1830 r885 Edmunds, Wm. B., . 1806 1843 1884 Power, Joseph B., 1802 1826 1833 Finley, John P., . 1783 1810 1825 Pullman, Peter, . . ..... . .... 1868 Fisk, John, ... 1804 1824 r829 Purdom, L. W., . 1873 1898 190r Fitzgerald, F. P., . 1857 1885 1893 Rankin, Thomas,. 1796 1827 1881 Foster, Jedediah, . 18H 1836 1896 Roberts, Edwin, 1816 1836 184r Fox, Absalom D.,. ...... 1816 1838 Robinson, Alex., . . ..... 1834 1841 Flint, Martin, 1799 1819 [825 Ridgell, Joel W., . 1815 ]846 1868 Furniss, Wm. L., . 1813 ...... 1883 Smith, Charles S., 1839 1885 1897 Gardiner, R. G., 1806 1832 1888 Stevenson, Daniel, . 1823 1851 1897 Gill, J. C .•. 1835 1877 1891 Stewart, Robert, . ...... ...... 1867 Gibbons, Thomas H., . 1807 1829 1838 Taylor, Z. M., . 1815 1840 1885 Gragson, J. B., . 1832 1867 1875 Thomas, John, . 1843 1879 1898 Greenup, James L., . 1805 1825 1874 Thompson, J. C. C., 1812 1835 1882 Gray, David, . 1791 1819 1823 Turner, Samuel,.. . 1802 1834 1880 Green, ,F:lihu, . 1814 1838 1843 IVance, Thomas P., . ...... r829 1833 Gragg, John L., 1866 IVandyke, H. S., . . ...... ~ ..... ...... Grinstead, J. P., r8ro ...... 1888 Veach, Samuel,. 1791 1822 1867 Grider, F., . · 18301866 r902 Wilson, Oliver M., . 1867 r895 1897 Hanks, L. P., . '!' ..... 1886! r899 Wisner, H. S.,. . ~.~:.: ~.~~?! ~~~ Hanner, J. Fletcher, · 1839 1868 1876 Wyatt, William, . Harber, Obadiah, . · 17901821 r827, Young, William, . 1798 1820 1825

MINUTES OF THE LAY ELECTORAL CONFERENCE

OF THE KENTUCKY ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

THE Lay Electoral Conference of the Kentucky Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church met in the Scott Street Methodist Epis­copal Church, South, Friday, September 18, 1903.

The Conference was called to order by Mr. H. K. Lindsey. After re­ligious exercises, including the administration of the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, the Conference proceeded to business.

Mr. L. H. Wilson, of Newport, moved that the roll be called from the list of members, as given by the Presiding Elders. Carried.

Fifty-two members responded to their names. They organized by electing Messrs. H. K. Lindsey, Chairman, and W. P. McLaughlin, Secre­tary. On motion of Mr. L. H. Wilson, of Newport, one member from each District and the Secretary were constituted a Committee on Credentials. The Committee on Credentials reported fifty-two (52) members having proper certificates, and as being present.

Mr. Henderson, of Ashland, moved that the body proceed to the elec­tion of delegates to the General Conference. This carried. It was also decided that the vote should be by ballot, two na~es to be written on each ballot, and that those persons receiving the highest number of votes, provided there be a majority, be declared elected. The alternates to be elected by the same rule, provided that the one receiving the highest num­ber of votes be declared the first alternate, and the one receiving the next highest number, the second alternate.

The first ballot resulted in Mr. R. T. Miller receiving 49 votes, and A. B. Davidson 31 votes. R. T. Miller and A. B. Davidson were declared elected.

On the second ballot, Messrs. P. H. Taylor and H. D. Means were elected alternates, in the order named.

Coming in the nature of a substitute, and offered by A. B. Davidson, this resolution was adopted as the action of the Lay Electoral Conference:

Resolved, That we organize an association to be known as "The Lay­men's Association of the Kentucky Conference," to be composed of two laymen from each Quarterly Conference; that we elect a J?re.sident, Vice­President Secretary, and Treasurer as officers of the AssoclatIOn; that we elect one ~ember from each Presiding Elder's District, who shall, together with the officers of this Association, constitute a Committee to prepare a Constitution and report same at time and place of the next 4-nn~al Con­ference, whe~ a permanent organization shall be effected.

"Under the above resolution, adopted," calling for the organization of the Laymen's Association of the Kentucky Conference, H. K. Lindsey

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was elected President; L. H. Wilson, Vice-President; A. B. Davidson, Treasurer; and W. P. McLaughlin, Secretary.

Rev. W. A. Robinson, D. D., addressed the Conference. It was resolved, that the Lay Electoral Conference furnish one room

in Christ's Hospital at an expense of one hundred dollars ($100) per year, said room to be known as "The Kentucky Room." Mr. H. K. Lindsey was appointed to raise the amount.

A resolution was unanimously adopted to appoint a Committee of two to meet a Committee of like number from the Annual Conference to pre­pare, and publish in the Minutes as the joint action of both the ministerial and the Lay Confereuce. a suitable minute of sorrow and sympathy con­cerning the death of Hon. Vincent Boreing.

Mr. John Venn introduced a resolution on the death of Hon. Vincent Boreing, which was adopted.

Resolutions of thanks were adopted, acknowledging the deep gratitude of the Conference to Rev. U. V. W. Darlington and the officials for the use of the Scott Street Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

Also, Mr. G. P. Houston, for free printing. Also, Mr. H. K. Lindsey, for the courteous and efficient way in

which, as Chairman of the Entertainment Committee, he has provided for the welfare and comfort of the attendants upon the Conference.

The Lay Electoral Conference, on motion, stood adjourned.

The above is edited and copied from the Minutes of the Lay Electoral Conference which may be found in the hands of W. P. McLaughlin, Esq., and is here presented in accordance with the request and action of the Min­isterial and Lay Electoral Conferences.

E. L. SHEPARD.

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