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January 5, 1899
Southern Christian Advocate
Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina
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1898 Methodist conference report contrasts statistics with 1897: gains in membership and buildings, losses in baptisms and some finances; notes data errors; lists 103 pastoral reassignments across South Carolina districts.
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Comparisons are always odious applied to individuals, but hardly such in the contrast of general interests. In this light suffer a review of the past with the present reports of our late Conference:
Local preachers, 1898: 108
Local preachers, 1897: 105
Increase: 3
Membership, 1898: 74,331
Membership, 1897: 73,972
Increase: 359
Baptism-Infants, 1898: 1,624
Baptism-Infants, 1897: 1,835
Decrease: 211
Baptism-Adults, 1898: 1,066
Baptism-Adults, 1897: 1,646
Decrease: 580
Epworth Leagues, 1898: 75
Epworth Leagues, 1897: 77
Decrease: 2
Members, 1898: 2,455
Members, 1897: 2,491
Decrease: 36
Sunday Schools, 1898: 735
Sunday Schools, 1897: 712
Increase: 23
Sunday School teachers, 1898: 4,717
Sunday School teachers, 1897: 5,077
Decrease: 360
Scholars, 1898: 40,884
Scholars, 1897: 43,112
Decrease: 2,228
For Superannuated:
1898-Amount assessed: $10,000.00
Collected Con.: $6,436.40
Pub. House: $900.00 - $7,336.40
Deficit: $2,603.60
Deficiency, per cent.: 26.66
1897-Assessed: $10,000.00
Collected: $8,551.58
Pub. House: $900.00 $9,541.58
Deficit: $458.42
Deficiency, per cent.: 4.58
Collected in 1897: $9,541.58
Collected in 1898: $7,336.40
Decrease: $2,205.18
This showing will enable the superannuated widows and orphans to know why their stipends were so decreased this year.
Missions, 1897: $18,912.99
Missions, 1898: $17,533.70
Decrease: $1,379.29
Deficiency, per cent.: 7.34
Church extension, 1897: $2,059.61
Church extension, 1898: $2,604.36
Increase: $544.75
Amer. Bible Soc'y, 1898: $329.00
Amer. Bible Soc'y, 1897: $660.53
Decrease: $331.53
Bishop's Fund, 1898: $1,643.36
Bishop's Fund, 1897: $1,577.75
Increase: $65.61
Presiding Elders, 1898: $15,055.00
Presiding Elders, 1897: $15,644.41
Decrease: $589.41
Preachers in charge, 1898: $107,561.00
Preachers in charge, 1897: $101,301.62
Increase: $6,259.38
There is a mistake in this last somewhere; the figures are taken from last year's minutes, and The Advocate of the 15th instant, on referring to the general recapitulation, we find for the Preachers in charge, 1897: $121,095.01
And from Advocate, 1898: $107,561.00
Decrease: $13,534.01
There is unreliability in the figures somehow, and ought to be corrected, for we are very sure there is no such increase or decrease in the matter. This may serve to warn all to look closely to the verification of figuring.
Church edifices, 1898: 719
Church edifices, 1897: 700
Increase: 19
Parsonages, 1898: 173
Parsonages, 1897: 153
Increase: 20
PASTORAL CHARGES.
W. P. Meadors, from Charleston District to Spartanburg District.
A. C. Walker, from St. George's to Batesburg.
W. B. Duncan, from Allendale to St. George's.
J. C. Welch, from Hardeeville to Fort Motte.
P. A. Murray, from Beaufort to Chaplaincy.
G. W. Satlin, from McClellanville to Bucksville.
Marion Dargan, from Greenwood to Florence District.
W. A. Betts, from Ninety-Six to Branchville.
W. J. Snyder, from Abbeville to Cherokee.
W. H. Ariail, from McCormick to Prosperity.
E. W. Mason, from Lowndesville to Lynchburg.
S. D. Vaughn, from Princeton to Belmont.
Peter Stokes, from Phoenix to Rectorship.
C. W. Creighton, from Newberry to Bennettsville.
A. S. Leslie, from Kinards to Saluda.
J. J. Stevenson, from Saluda to Kinards.
E. G. Price, from Prosperity to Princeton.
W. W. Daniel, from Washington Street to Anderson.
P. L. Kirton, from Marion Street to Florence.
R. C. McRoy, from Edgefield to Edgewood.
J. W. Neely, from Hyatt's Park to Brookland.
M. L. Banks, Jr., from Lexington Fork to Fairfield.
J. N. Wright, from Lewedale to Lexington Fork.
N. B. Clarkson, from Leesville to Oswego.
C. C. Herbert, from Johnston to Dillon Station.
D. Z. Dantzler, from Edgefield to South Branchville.
W. H. Miller, from Fairfield to East Chester.
R. E. Stackhouse, from Columbia College to Blenheim.
E. T. Hodges, from Florence District to Columbia District.
W. I. Herbert, from Florence to Newberry Station.
R. A. Child, from Darlington Station to Greenwood.
D. M. McLeod, from Cheraw to Blacksburg.
R. E. Mood, from Cheraw Circuit to Van Wyck.
G. F. Clarkson, from Hartsville to Johnsville.
W. S. Martin, from Darlington Circuit to Kingstree.
A. B. Earle, from Kingstree to Beaufort.
G. W. Davis, from Union to Darlington Circuit.
J. A. White, from Lanes to Georgetown Circuit.
A. J. Stokes, from Georgetown to Charleston District.
O. L. DuRant, from Georgetown Circuit to Lanes.
A. E. Holler, from Johnsonville to Union Circuit.
W. C. Power, from Greenville District to Marion District.
H. B. Browne, from St. Paul's to Orangeburg District.
W. R. Richardson, from Anderson to Washington Street.
F. H. Shuler, from Starr Circuit to Union City Circuit.
R. E. Turnipseed, from Iva Circuit to Port Royal.
E. P. Taylor, from Piedmont to Bishopville.
A. H. Best, from Greers to Campobello.
C. B. Burns, from Traveler's Rest to Santuc.
A. T. Dunlap, from Pendleton to Santee.
J. B. Wilson, from Marion District to Greenville District.
W. S. Stokes, from Conway to Lowndesville.
J. F. Way, from Bucksville to McClellanville.
J. R. Sojourner, from Loris to Lewedale.
A. J. Cauthen, Jr., from Little Rock to Allendale.
Galley Ten. A
W. W. Williams, from Clio to Denmark.
P. B. Wells, from Blenheim to Manning.
J. L. Stokes, from Bennettsville to Georgetown.
J. S. Beasley, from Bennettsville Circuit to Rock Hill Station.
J. B. Traywick, from Bricksville to Chester.
John Owen, from Orangeburg District to Johnston.
J. E. Strickland, from Orangeburg Circuit Mission to Wateree.
W. L. Waite, from Orangeburg Circuit to Ninety-Six.
E. Z. James, from Providence Circuit to Orangeburg Circuit Mission.
J. C. Stoll, Branchville Circuit to Richburg.
E. A. Wilkes, from South Branchville to Orangeburg Circuit.
M. B. Kelly, from Denmark to St. Paul's.
N. K. Melton, from Orange to Edgewood.
S. H. Zimmerman, from Rock Hill to Columbia.
T. C. Ligon, from Rock Hill Circuit to Piedmont.
J. E. Mahaffey, from Chester Circuit to Green Street.
R. A. Yonge, from East Chester to Fort Mill.
E. P. Hutson, from Richburg to Orangeburg Circuit.
H. J. Cauthen, from Blacksburg to Cheraw Station.
J. H. Thacker, from Hickory Grove to Rock Hill Circuit.
J. W. Humbert, from York Circuit to Hartsville.
J. A. Campbell, from Fort Mill to Little Rock.
S. H. Booth, from Van Wyck to York Circuit.
L. L. Bedenbaugh, from Tradesville to Jefferson.
J. P. Attaway, from Chesterfield to Traveler's Rest.
Allan McFarlane, from Chesterfield to Tradesville.
A. J. Cauthen, from Spartanburg District to Bennettsville Circuit.
W. C. Kirkland, from Duncan to Black Swamp.
J. C. Roper, from Union Circuit to Grier's.
T. M. Dent, from Gaffney to Clio.
J. M. Lawson, from Cherokee to Scranton.
B. M. Grier, from Pacolet Mills to Hickory Grove.
E. S. Jones, from Pacolet Circuit to Pacolet Station.
D. A. Phillips, from Whitmire to Heath Springs.
A. T. Berry, from Santuc to Chesterfield.
S. A. Nettles, from Campobello to Pacolet.
S. T. Blackman, from Belmont to Waterloo.
C. B. Smith, from Wofford College to Darlington Station.
W. H. Hodges, from Manning to Gaffney.
A. B. Watson, from Santee to Pendleton.
J. R. Copeland, from Foreston to Wedgefield.
W. B. Justus, from Lynchburg to Whitmire.
J. F. Anderson, from Oswego to Leesville.
J. W. Elkins, from Bishopville to Conway Station.
S. W. Henry, from Salem to Abbeville.
W. T. Duncan, from Smithville to McCormick.
B. M. Robertson, from Camden Circuit to Pelham.
Foster Speer, from Wedgefield to Foreston.
103 changes in all.
Comparisons are always odious applied to individuals, but hardly such in the contrast of general interests. In this light suffer a review of the past with the present reports of our late Conference:
Local preachers, 1898: 108
Local preachers, 1897: 105
Increase: 3
Membership, 1898: 74,331
Membership, 1897: 73,972
Increase: 359
Baptism-Infants, 1898: 1,624
Baptism-Infants, 1897: 1,835
Decrease: 211
Baptism-Adults, 1898: 1,066
Baptism-Adults, 1897: 1,646
Decrease: 580
Epworth Leagues, 1898: 75
Epworth Leagues, 1897: 77
Decrease: 2
Members, 1898: 2,455
Members, 1897: 2,491
Decrease: 36
Sunday Schools, 1898: 735
Sunday Schools, 1897: 712
Increase: 23
Sunday School teachers, 1898: 4,717
Sunday School teachers, 1897: 5,077
Decrease: 360
Scholars, 1898: 40,884
Scholars, 1897: 43,112
Decrease: 2,228
For Superannuated:
1898-Amount assessed: $10,000.00
Collected Con.: $6,436.40
Pub. House: $900.00 - $7,336.40
Deficit: $2,603.60
Deficiency, per cent.: 26.66
1897-Assessed: $10,000.00
Collected: $8,551.58
Pub. House: $900.00 $9,541.58
Deficit: $458.42
Deficiency, per cent.: 4.58
Collected in 1897: $9,541.58
Collected in 1898: $7,336.40
Decrease: $2,205.18
This showing will enable the superannuated widows and orphans to know why their stipends were so decreased this year.
Missions, 1897: $18,912.99
Missions, 1898: $17,533.70
Decrease: $1,379.29
Deficiency, per cent.: 7.34
Church extension, 1897: $2,059.61
Church extension, 1898: $2,604.36
Increase: $544.75
Amer. Bible Soc'y, 1898: $329.00
Amer. Bible Soc'y, 1897: $660.53
Decrease: $331.53
Bishop's Fund, 1898: $1,643.36
Bishop's Fund, 1897: $1,577.75
Increase: $65.61
Presiding Elders, 1898: $15,055.00
Presiding Elders, 1897: $15,644.41
Decrease: $589.41
Preachers in charge, 1898: $107,561.00
Preachers in charge, 1897: $101,301.62
Increase: $6,259.38
There is a mistake in this last somewhere; the figures are taken from last year's minutes, and The Advocate of the 15th instant, on referring to the general recapitulation, we find for the Preachers in charge, 1897: $121,095.01
And from Advocate, 1898: $107,561.00
Decrease: $13,534.01
There is unreliability in the figures somehow, and ought to be corrected, for we are very sure there is no such increase or decrease in the matter. This may serve to warn all to look closely to the verification of figuring.
Church edifices, 1898: 719
Church edifices, 1897: 700
Increase: 19
Parsonages, 1898: 173
Parsonages, 1897: 153
Increase: 20
PASTORAL CHARGES.
W. P. Meadors, from Charleston District to Spartanburg District.
A. C. Walker, from St. George's to Batesburg.
W. B. Duncan, from Allendale to St. George's.
J. C. Welch, from Hardeeville to Fort Motte.
P. A. Murray, from Beaufort to Chaplaincy.
G. W. Satlin, from McClellanville to Bucksville.
Marion Dargan, from Greenwood to Florence District.
W. A. Betts, from Ninety-Six to Branchville.
W. J. Snyder, from Abbeville to Cherokee.
W. H. Ariail, from McCormick to Prosperity.
E. W. Mason, from Lowndesville to Lynchburg.
S. D. Vaughn, from Princeton to Belmont.
Peter Stokes, from Phoenix to Rectorship.
C. W. Creighton, from Newberry to Bennettsville.
A. S. Leslie, from Kinards to Saluda.
J. J. Stevenson, from Saluda to Kinards.
E. G. Price, from Prosperity to Princeton.
W. W. Daniel, from Washington Street to Anderson.
P. L. Kirton, from Marion Street to Florence.
R. C. McRoy, from Edgefield to Edgewood.
J. W. Neely, from Hyatt's Park to Brookland.
M. L. Banks, Jr., from Lexington Fork to Fairfield.
J. N. Wright, from Lewedale to Lexington Fork.
N. B. Clarkson, from Leesville to Oswego.
C. C. Herbert, from Johnston to Dillon Station.
D. Z. Dantzler, from Edgefield to South Branchville.
W. H. Miller, from Fairfield to East Chester.
R. E. Stackhouse, from Columbia College to Blenheim.
E. T. Hodges, from Florence District to Columbia District.
W. I. Herbert, from Florence to Newberry Station.
R. A. Child, from Darlington Station to Greenwood.
D. M. McLeod, from Cheraw to Blacksburg.
R. E. Mood, from Cheraw Circuit to Van Wyck.
G. F. Clarkson, from Hartsville to Johnsville.
W. S. Martin, from Darlington Circuit to Kingstree.
A. B. Earle, from Kingstree to Beaufort.
G. W. Davis, from Union to Darlington Circuit.
J. A. White, from Lanes to Georgetown Circuit.
A. J. Stokes, from Georgetown to Charleston District.
O. L. DuRant, from Georgetown Circuit to Lanes.
A. E. Holler, from Johnsonville to Union Circuit.
W. C. Power, from Greenville District to Marion District.
H. B. Browne, from St. Paul's to Orangeburg District.
W. R. Richardson, from Anderson to Washington Street.
F. H. Shuler, from Starr Circuit to Union City Circuit.
R. E. Turnipseed, from Iva Circuit to Port Royal.
E. P. Taylor, from Piedmont to Bishopville.
A. H. Best, from Greers to Campobello.
C. B. Burns, from Traveler's Rest to Santuc.
A. T. Dunlap, from Pendleton to Santee.
J. B. Wilson, from Marion District to Greenville District.
W. S. Stokes, from Conway to Lowndesville.
J. F. Way, from Bucksville to McClellanville.
J. R. Sojourner, from Loris to Lewedale.
A. J. Cauthen, Jr., from Little Rock to Allendale.
Galley Ten. A
W. W. Williams, from Clio to Denmark.
P. B. Wells, from Blenheim to Manning.
J. L. Stokes, from Bennettsville to Georgetown.
J. S. Beasley, from Bennettsville Circuit to Rock Hill Station.
J. B. Traywick, from Bricksville to Chester.
John Owen, from Orangeburg District to Johnston.
J. E. Strickland, from Orangeburg Circuit Mission to Wateree.
W. L. Waite, from Orangeburg Circuit to Ninety-Six.
E. Z. James, from Providence Circuit to Orangeburg Circuit Mission.
J. C. Stoll, Branchville Circuit to Richburg.
E. A. Wilkes, from South Branchville to Orangeburg Circuit.
M. B. Kelly, from Denmark to St. Paul's.
N. K. Melton, from Orange to Edgewood.
S. H. Zimmerman, from Rock Hill to Columbia.
T. C. Ligon, from Rock Hill Circuit to Piedmont.
J. E. Mahaffey, from Chester Circuit to Green Street.
R. A. Yonge, from East Chester to Fort Mill.
E. P. Hutson, from Richburg to Orangeburg Circuit.
H. J. Cauthen, from Blacksburg to Cheraw Station.
J. H. Thacker, from Hickory Grove to Rock Hill Circuit.
J. W. Humbert, from York Circuit to Hartsville.
J. A. Campbell, from Fort Mill to Little Rock.
S. H. Booth, from Van Wyck to York Circuit.
L. L. Bedenbaugh, from Tradesville to Jefferson.
J. P. Attaway, from Chesterfield to Traveler's Rest.
Allan McFarlane, from Chesterfield to Tradesville.
A. J. Cauthen, from Spartanburg District to Bennettsville Circuit.
W. C. Kirkland, from Duncan to Black Swamp.
J. C. Roper, from Union Circuit to Grier's.
T. M. Dent, from Gaffney to Clio.
J. M. Lawson, from Cherokee to Scranton.
B. M. Grier, from Pacolet Mills to Hickory Grove.
E. S. Jones, from Pacolet Circuit to Pacolet Station.
D. A. Phillips, from Whitmire to Heath Springs.
A. T. Berry, from Santuc to Chesterfield.
S. A. Nettles, from Campobello to Pacolet.
S. T. Blackman, from Belmont to Waterloo.
C. B. Smith, from Wofford College to Darlington Station.
W. H. Hodges, from Manning to Gaffney.
A. B. Watson, from Santee to Pendleton.
J. R. Copeland, from Foreston to Wedgefield.
W. B. Justus, from Lynchburg to Whitmire.
J. F. Anderson, from Oswego to Leesville.
J. W. Elkins, from Bishopville to Conway Station.
S. W. Henry, from Salem to Abbeville.
W. T. Duncan, from Smithville to McCormick.
B. M. Robertson, from Camden Circuit to Pelham.
Foster Speer, from Wedgefield to Foreston.
103 changes in all.
What sub-type of article is it?
Religious Event
Appointment
What keywords are associated?
Methodist Conference
Membership Statistics
Baptisms
Sunday Schools
Pastoral Appointments
South Carolina Districts
Where did it happen?
South Carolina
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
South Carolina
Event Date
1898
Outcome
increases in local preachers (3), membership (359), sunday schools (23), church edifices (19), parsonages (20), church extension ($544.75), bishop's fund ($65.61), preachers in charge (corrected decrease $13,534.01); decreases in infant baptisms (211), adult baptisms (580), epworth leagues (2), members (36), sunday school teachers (360), scholars (2,228), superannuated collections (26.66% deficiency), missions ($1,379.29), american bible society ($331.53), presiding elders ($589.41); 103 pastoral changes.
Event Details
Review of the 1898 Methodist conference reports compared to 1897, covering statistics on preachers, membership, baptisms, leagues, schools, finances for superannuated, missions, extensions, societies, funds, and a list of pastoral charge reassignments among districts and stations in South Carolina.