Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 September 1917 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts ot the Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in the Nearby Cities and Towns—Matters of Minor Mentioa from Many Places. CONFERENCE AT VALPARAISO Is Attracting Many Methodists to That City This Week. The annual session of the Northwest Indiana Methodist conference opened at Valparaiso Wednesday morning, and is being attended by large numbers of Methodists frum all over the district. The conference is in charge of Bishop i nomas Nicholson, and will continue over Sunday into the early part of next week when the appointments will be announced. Among those from this city in attendance at the conference are Rev. !E. W. Strecker, Rev. C. W. PostlU, Rev. G. F. Cramer and Judson J. Hunt. A unanimous call was made by the official board of Trinity M. E. church for the return of Rev. Strecker, and there is little or no doubt but that he will be sent here for another year. The visiting ministers and delegates to the conference were welcomed by Professor O. P. Kinsey of the Valparaiso university, who assured them that the city gates were open and that the people of the town wanted them to be in “a restful state of welcome’’ during their stay in the city. Mr. Kinsey also took occasion to offer a tribute to the late H. B. Brown, who was known to many and loved by all of the ministers. One other interesting feature of the rheeting is the sessions of-the Methodist Itinerant school, of which Rev. E. W. Strecker of this city is the president. This school, or rather board, conducts the examinations of all students and others seeking admission to the conference.