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THE MINUTES OF THE FORTY-THIRD SESSION

OF THE

NEBRASKA ANNUAL CONFERENCE

OF THE

METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH

HELD IN

St. Paul Church, Lincoln, September 16-21, 1903

ORGANIZED APRIL 4, 1861

Published by ORIEN W. FIFER, Secretary

Press of
NEBRASKA NEWSPAPER UNION
York, Nebraska

Officers of the Conference

PRESIDENT -- BISHOP EDWARD G. ANDREWS, New York.

SECRETARY -- ORIEN W. FIFER, York, Nebr.

ASSISTANTS -- J. W. SCOTT, O. T. MOORE RECORDER -- G. A. HOBSON.

STATISTICAL SECRETARY -- E. D. GIDEON, Harvard, Nebr.

ASSISTANTS -- A. M. PERRY. C. E. GIWITS, H. G. WILCOX, E. L. BARCH, D. W. WILT, I. C.
LEMON, H. P. YOUNG, C. E. RUCH, K. W. G. HILLER, C. L. MYERS

TREASURER -- A. C. CROSTHWAITE, Edgar. Nebr.

ASSISTANTS -- G. M. JONES, L. F. SMITH, J. W. EMBREE, W. B. ALEXANDER.

RAILROAD SECRETARY -- D. B. LAKE, Auburn, Nebr.

POSTMASTER -- A. E. CHADWICK, Louisville. Nebr.

STEWARDS - P. C. JOHNSON, Chairman, Tecumseh, Nebr., J. R. WOODCOCK, C. B. LENFEST,
G. W. ABBOTT, T. H. WORLEY.

Conference Boards and Committees.

BOARD OF EXAMINERS: -- G. H. Moulton, O. T. Moore, C. M. Shepherd, O. W. Fifer, G. W. Abbott, John Gallagher, L. C. Lemon, P. C. Johnson, W. M. Balch, R. N. Orrill, J. W. Scott, T. H. Worley, P. P. Carroll, B. W. Marsh, H. G. Wilcox, F. A. Colony, W. T. Cline, J. E. Houlgate, J. W. Embree, G. A. Hobson.

EDUCATIONAL: -- President, J. W. S. Dean; Secretary, W. T. Cline.

FREEDMEN'S AID AND SOUTHERN EDUCATlON: -- President, Hiram Burch, Secretary, J. W. Swan.

HISTORICAL: -- President, Hiram Burch; Secretary, P. C. Johnson Treasurer, A. C. Crosthwaite.

MISSIONARY: -- President, J. F. Kemper; Treasurer, A. C. Crosthwaite; Secretary, G. W. Abbott.

WOMANS' FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY, TOPEKA BRANCH: -- President, Mrs. C. F. Wilder, Manhattan, Kas; Cor. Secy., Miss Matilda Watson, Lincoln, Neb.; Rec. Secy., Mrs. E. L. Madison, Topeka, Kas.; Treasurer, Mrs. A. M. Davis, Lincoln, Neb.; Nebraska Conference Secretary, Miss Ella Watson, Lincoln, Neb.

WOMANS' HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY: -- President, Mrs. S. E. Miller, University Place; Vice-Pres., Mrs. W. M. Morrow, Table Rock; Rec. Secy., Mrs. G. J. States, Lincoln, Neb.; Treasurer, Mrs. Leslie Stevens, University Place; Cor. Secy., Mrs. Annie Hobbs Woodcock, Fairfield; Supply Secy., Mrs. G. M. Gates, Lincoln.

DISTRICT MISSIONARY SECRETARIES: -- Beatrice, L. G. Parker; Hastings, E. M. Evans; Lincoln, H. G. Wilcox; Nebraska City, B. W. Marsh; York, Geo. C. Cobb.

CONFERENCE DEACONESS BOARD: -- O. W. Fifer, J. R. Woodcock, D. L. Thomas, Mrs. M. D. Nickel, B. L. Paine, Mrs. M. E. Roberts, Mrs. Isabella Spurlock, B. F. Farley, B. W. Harman.

Sept. 1903]

NEBRASKA CONFERENCE.

EPWORTH LEAGUE DIRECTORS: -- Beatrice district, W. M. Balch; Hastings district, U. G. Brown; Lincoln district, P. P. Carroll; Nebraska City district, J. W. Scott; York district, O. W. Fifer.

CONFERENCE SERMON: -- A. C. Crosthwaite; alternate, J. W. Stewart.

MISSIONARY SERMON: -- M. R. Crisp; alternate, F. A. Colony.

BOARD OF CHURCH EXTENSION: -- President, L. C. Lemon; Vice-Pres., P. P. Carroll; Secretary, J. B. Ferguson; Treasurer, B. L. Paine; N. A. Martin, G. M. Gates, F. M. Esterbrook.

DISTRICT BOARDS OF CHURCH EXTENSION.

Beatrice: -- L. G. Parker, A. W. Nickel, J. B. Parker, F. W. Bean and the presiding elder.

Hastings: -- A. C. Crosthwaite, C. L. Lewis, C. P. Metcalf, J. C. Hedge, and the presiding elder.

Lincoln: -- T. A. Hull, W. M. Worley. S. D. Hyde, B. L. Paine and the presiding elder.

Nebraska City: -- W. B. Alexander, Duke Slavens, John Calvert, G. M. Jones, V. G. Tyford, M. C. Joyce, T. H. Bowman, J. W. Bassett and the presiding elder.

York: -- John Gallagher, J. T. Roberts, A. L. Hughes, G. W. Shreck, and the presiding elder.

TRUSTEES NEBRASKA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: -- J. H. Mickey and L. C. Lemon, term expires 1904; J. S. W. Dean and F. M. Esterbrook, term expires 1905; G. W. Isham and G. I. Wright, term expires 1906; J. M. Stewart and A. L. Johnson, term expires 1907.

MINISTERIAL VETERAN ASSOCIATION: -- Commander, P. C. Johnson; S. V., J. W. Stewart; Adjutant, J. T. Roberts; Quartermaster, J. W. Royse-; S., J. E. Rippetoe: Chaplain, G. W. Martin.

TRUSTEES SUPERANNUATE FUND: -- D. L. Thomas,. A. C. Crosthwaite, L. C. Lemon, W. B. Alexander, C. B. Lenfest.

MINUTES OF THE

[Forty-Third Session

Standing Committees

   Auditing. -- Leander Morrison, J. W. Royse, C. L. Myers, J. E. Rippetoe, E. M. Furman.
   Bible Cause. -- W. B. Alexander, C. M. Shepherd, E. L. Wolff, Wm. Worley, J. T. Roberts.
   Conference Relations. -- J. W. Swan, F. A. Colony, C. A. Hale, W. B. Alexander, G. M. Morey.
   Church Extension. -- C. E. Giwits, A. W. Shamel, J. D. Hammel, D. W. Wilt, C. P. Metcalf.
   Current Book Accounts. -- John Calvert, H. Zinnecker, C. D. Metcalf, E. D. Gideon, J. G. Stanard.
   District Conference Records. -- F. W. Bean, H. V. Price, A. B. Grossman, Wm. Van Buren, J. M. Darby.
   Education. -- John Gallagher, R. N. Orrill, W. M. Worley, W. M. Balch, J. E. Houlgate.
   Episcopal Fund. -- E. L. Wolff, J. A. Nichols, P. H. Smith, J. W. Lewis, David Fetz.
    Freedman's Aid and Southern Education Society. -- N. A. Martin, Duke Slavens, Chas. Burns, R. R. Fletcher, A. W. Coffman.
   Memoirs. -- G. H. Moulton, P. C. Johnson, J. H. Presson, C. W. Wells, P. P. Carroll.
   Methodist Hospital and Deaconess Home. -- D. L. Thomas, J. R. Woodcock, G. M. Gates, J. W. Warfield, G. M. Jones.
   Missions. -- The Presiding Elders.
   Periodicals. -- I. C. Lemon, L. F. Harmon, P. P. Carroll, P. H. Smith, F. M. Esterbrook.
   Post Offices and Local Preachers -- B. F. Summers, M. C. Smith, M. R. Crisp, W. L. Austin.
   Public Worship -- The Presiding Elders, P. L. Wharton.
   Resolutions. -- T. A. Hull. F. P. Blakemore, I. W. Kenagy, W. T. Cline, G. M. Gates.
   Sunday Schools .-- B. W. Marsh, W. H. Mills, S. T. Walker, C. E. Rowe, L. C. Lemon.
   Temperance. -- L. G. Parker, M. A. Wimberley, E. M. Evans, F. L. Wharton, B. W. Marsh.
   Tracts. -- J. A. Branson, C. E. Ruch, J. A. Rousey, J. G. Walker, M. S. Foutch.
   Woman's Foreigh Missionary Society: -- J. W. Embree, U. G. Brown, A. M. Perry, G. W. Ayers, L. M. Grigsby.
   Woman's Home Missionary Society. -- M. P. Dixon, T. S. Fowler,. H. W. Cope, W. W. Hull, J. T. Roberts.
   Board of Stewards. -- P. C. Johnson, C. H. Lenfest, J. R. Woodcock, G. W. Abbott, T. H. Worley.