Dec. 30, 1896 magazine. Includes articles on area church histories, society news, school histories, and local news, as well as advertisements from area businesses.
History of WV Methodists who have received the Conference Cane, "awarded to men of age and long years of service ... almost always awarded to the oldest man who has given his life for a worthy cause."
The author, who was an ordained minister in the Holston Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, describes the location of camp meetings that were held in Holston Conference in the Cleveland, Tennessee area in the 19th century.