The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1886-11-13
FOURTH DAY

The morning was clear and cold and
the preachers dropped into the meet.
ing one by one, and it was several min
utes past nine before Bishop Galloway's
gavel fell calling the conference to or
der. Rev. NJ. NJ. Dunn opened the
services with hymn, reading from
the Bible and held prayer.
The minutes were read and adopted
Mr.. PONIES moved to reconsider the
vote refusing the names OF Messrs
Jones and Angel TO the conference re-
lations. Reconsidered.
The secretary read communication
from Waco offering to give $4,000 to
locate methodist Bishop in Dallas,
asking from other sections amounts
corresponding The matter was re-
ferred to the following committee to
report at this conference: NJ. Fl. Nee
", Terrell; Young Burghcr, Honey
Grove; W. ii. Hughes, Dallas. Mr..
Fuller. of Whitesboro, rose to a
question of privilege, and said he had
seen in the city papers the amount cal
lected for drouth sufferers in
Mesquite district and he thought
it unfair or injustice to
other districts; that his district had
raised considerable and sent it out.
Several other gentlemen responded.
The bishop brought his gavel down
about this time and introduced DR..
Rankin, agent Of the American Bible
Society. Mr.. Rankin spoke of the ne
cessity of extending the circulation of
the Bible.
Tenth question was called. Elder
Clifton presented the name OF w. j.
Atkins for deacon's orders. He was
elected.
h. S. Stricklin's name was presented.
Elder Hughes said he did not know
him very well, but understood he was
good man.
Elder Shelton, the collector" Of the
conference, spoke few moments on
the question. Mr.. Stricklin was elect
ed. 1t required standing vote, how
ever, 10 decide the question.
Thirty-First Question-Where shall
the next conference be? Sherman,
Honey Grove, Decatur, Greenville
and Terrell were put in nomination.
Rev. Binkley spoke for Sherman,
Rev. Montcastlc spoke for Honey
Grove, Rev. Anderson for Honey
Grove. zone Of the most solid towns"
said the preacher, sin the North Texas
Conference; it is built out of rock,
and the church is built out of rock
and we want you.
Mr.. Binkley, speaking for Sherman,
said that the black mud at Honey
Grove was so bad that it would be al
most impossible to get about if il
should rain during the conference; that
Sherman had no black mud. Mr.. AL
derson remarked that Brother Binkley
was color blind. Mr.. Binkley retorted
that the trouble with Brother Alder
son was that he couldn't see. ,ss
Rev. Hill spoke for Greenvillc, Mr..
Nicely for Terrell. The vote was then
taken as follows: Sherman 6, Honey
Grove 81, Decatur, 2, Greenville8 8, Ter
rell 81. Honey Grove was then unani-
mously elected as the place where the
twenty-first aunua, conference of the
NJ. f. Church, South, would be held
next year.
Rev. DR.. Johns, secretary of the
board of missions. was introduced and
asked to meet the conference board Of
missions this afternoon. ...s
The bishop then called for preachers
who were admitted in full connection.
Harry X. Agee and Julian Woodson
The Bishops instructions to those
Young men were very impressive,
which he delivered in the course of
his interrogatorics. After the exami-
nation was over the young men were
by a vote Of conference.
The Bishop announced that DIR.
wished to say few words.
He is secretary Of church extension.
His talk was about maps. books and
His board, he said, had
issued more printed matter than any
other boar in the church. Some eau
tious bretheren were a little afraid
that they were going too fast, but the
doctor said there is power in printers
ink, sure as you are born.' He said !
these books issued by them had built
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