Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 79, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 June 1903 — Name Not Acceptable. [ARTICLE]

Name Not Acceptable.

“Dunkards,” the name by whioh they are most commonly known, is not aooeptable to the plain people who are holding their national oonfereuoe at Bellefontaine, Ohio, whioh wilj continue through this week. Neither do they like to be called Dunkera or German Bap tists, and one of the matters to be considered will be the changing of the ohurob to the plain and simple title of Brethren. The oharoh was organized in Germany in 1708 and in 1719 they commenced emigrating to America and formed a settlement around Germantown and Philadelphia, in Psansylania . From this nucleus the ohuroh has rapidly grown until now members of the aeot live in every state; but they are more numerous iu Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, lowa, Missouri and Kansas. The general oouferenoe is also au annual reunion, and it is expected that fully 50.000 people will be at Bellefontaine on some dayß before the meeting oloses.— Elkhart Review.