The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-22
NETHODISTS OF The SOUTH.
The Conference at Memphis Ends Its
WOTk and AdjOuTlS.

A
pisbops on the Report of the Com
-,i++ee of Seven-A Scheme to Organ
ize A Church Insurance Society.
Memphis. Tenn, May 21.-Bishop Fitz-
-or.,d opened the Methodist conference
sbis morning. Short devotional exercises
,rare conducted by DIR. Wilson. After
tbe morning prayer. the minutes of the
,ost session were read and approved.
pisbop Fitzgerald then retired and
Risbop Hargrove took the chair.
The committee on the Epworth League
made its report, which was adopted. 1t
isas follows: Your committee nominate
the following for an Epworth League
hoard Bishop B. P. Hargrove, John E.
poder ". M. Bend, William Whitaker,
IN Rust. J. T. Browniski, w. B. Thomp-
.on J. D. Crooks, ]. A. Clifton, j. +.
Harrison. ]. w Newman, J. E. Wray and
". W. Pinson.
At this iuncture Bishop Keener ad-
vanced to the front of the platform and
rsa5 paper from the college of bishops,
which vetoed paragraph $50 of the report
of the committee of seven, because it was
unconstitutional.
TEXT OF THE PARAGRAPH.
The paragraph in question, as offered
bv the committee of seven and adopted by
the conference on last Saturday, reads as
foIiows. Every case to be tried shall be
referred to a committee of not less
than nine nor more than thir-
teen who shall be selected by lot
from the members of the conference,
and who. in the presence Of bishop or
chairman, whom the president of the con-
ference shall appoint, and one or more of
the secretaries of the conference, shall
have full power to try the case, and their
decision shall be final, save as to the
right to appeal 1t will be remembered
that the report was railroaded through,
and that formal protest was made upon
the manner in which it was done.
DR.. Yate moved that the whole matter
be tabled
DR.. Alexander raised the point of order
that the veto of the bishops could not be
tabled
DR.. Denny finally settled the matter
BY moving that the revised calendar be
taken up.
The notion prevailed and the matter
that caused such a breeze was left where
it first was.
DATE OF THE NEXT CONFERENCE.
DR.. Wilson moved that when the con-
ference next meet, it meet on the first
Thursday Of May, 1898. The motion pre-
vailed
A report from the committee appointed
to sift the calendar was read to the effect
that they had already selected and put
before the house the most important
business on the calendar, and recon-
mended that the conference select what
business it wanted to consider hereafter.
The report was adopted.
The report of the committee of three,
which was appointed on motion of DIR.
Whitehead at the Saturday morning ses-
sion, was read and received. II set forth
the fact that the report of the committee
Of seven was presented and distributed
among the members. and was better un-
dersto0d than if it had been read before
the conference.
Tle report was spread on the minutes.
Report No. of the committee on
church extension was read and adopted
The report of the cor-mittee on mis-
slouS was read and adopted.
Dr HEIDI asked permission to offer a
resolution, which was granted. He read
as follows:
resolved, That this general conference of
.ne Methodist episcopal Church. South, send
Ialernal greetings to the Cumberland Pres
T,e TT5,erlan General assembly now assembled IN
EGsene City. OrePOn.
Inc resolution was adopted.
CHURCH EXTENSION.
Report No. 6 of the committee on
Tnurch extension was read and adopted
Ut Pntchett moved that the first item
VI the committee on Sabbath observance
oe taken up out of it's order This was
carried; The report embodied a memo
RAJ and letter from DIR. Knowles from the
american Sabbath Union and cited the
ttssnuency to laXity of church members in
cue snG matter of stamping out the vice of
SdOoath desecration. The report was
agau a5 ana adopted. The report was then
@u0pted as whole.
oni reports No. and of the committee on
'p6tSlcopacy were read and adopted.
nepOrt No. of the committee on edu-
VdJlon ,I, was read and adopted.
Inc report Of the committee on timer
''' was adopted without being read.
CHURCH INSURANCE SOCIETY.
~. "A report of the committee on church
oo4S'5nSlon ~ recommending that the board
;oILutch extension investigate the ad-
ss,oaioIliIy OF organizing church insurance
NY, Nv. on a vote, was adopted
was n'. Aeener raised the,point that there
how ~, " y itoI ulu NOJlDE. several men,
nc 's asked him to withdraw his motion.
Cor co,s d. d quorum was not obtainable, the
tt65n'erenre t6n would have to adjourn until
otborAv ueAv meeting, four years hence. An
6nei 6oro !9te was taken, as several mem
I0f uIu not vote. The vote stood 93 to
a5o..a Yuorum-and the report was not
ffSoop'eo fSo Thus DIR. Keener, who opposed
o1cag nC report, carried his po.n. after he had
Rpport
yis,il yi@TiporJ NO. 2 of the committee on re-
'gl5S was read discussed and adopted.
pana..t ,1u answer to the greeting sent to the
c5rvr4I cbrsrtI assembly of the Pres byterian
rea5 'N now In session in Nashville was
NJ pa, ra Mangum moved that consideration
er.o.. ragpQrt No S of the committee on itin
naes ny r ue made special order of bust
vaHoS S"'S evening, and the motion pre-
al : uG ~ conference then adjourned to meet
CLOCK this evening.
NJ PLAN OF VISITATION.
yilitoe,i, iine i,ooIowing is the plan for Episcopal
''~''aIlon for lS94-'95:
BISHOP KEFNER.
2South Carolina--Laurens s. G.. Nov. 81.
Dec / ,n mississippi - Sardis. Miss,
'1'SSISsippi-Meridian Miss, Dec. 90.
D.. BISHOP WILSON.
NozlI, Nail Mission, Rio de Janeiro. July 2e.
WopulS and Humbolt, Tenn, Nov. 4
~ Nov. 2S. ''' oii'i'' . Va 'ilie'
b,r-o north Carolina-Trinitv church Dur-
O., A. e., Dec 5.