Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-05-31
N. {. CHURCH, SOUTH.

Ehe Winding Up Of thesBusiness Of the
some of the Important Matters Before
the Conference Finally Passed Upon-Thc
Next ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS for EPis-
copal Visitation for 1s94-9H.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, May 21.-The last
lays session of the Southern Methodist
general conference was opened by Bish-
OPP Fitzgerald and the devotional exer-
| eises We're conducted by DIR. Wilson,
OF the Tennessee conference. Bishop
Hargrove then took the chair and
welded the gavel during the remain
der of the morning session. On mo-
| ton of DR.. Matthews, of st. Louis, the
election of the board of control for the
Epworth League was taken up, and the
following persons recommended by the
committee on Epworth League were
chosen as members of the board: Bishop
4. K. Hargrove, John B. Raeder, w. R.
Webb, A. E. Whitaker, j. n. Rust, j..
T. Brownislsi, w. B. Thompson, J. D.
Crooks, j. A. Clifton, J. E. Harrison, j.
w. Newman, J. e. Wray and w. w.
Pinson.
VETOED BY THE BISHOPS.
At this juncture Bishop Keener adj
vanced to the front of the platform and
read d paper from the college of bish-
ops, which vetoed paragraph 260 of the
report of the committee of seven that
had been appointed to revise chapters Z
and Of the discipline, having reference
to church trials, and more particularly
the trial of bishops. The ground OF the
veto was that the proposed amendment
of the discipline was unconstitutional,
inasmuch as it provided for the appoint
ment of laymen on the trial commit
tees. The paragraph in question, as
offered by the committee of seven and
adopted by the conference, is as fol-
lows:
Every case to be tried shall be referred to a
committee of not less than nine nor more than
thirteen, who shall be selected by lot from the
members OF the conference. and who in the
presence of a bishop or chairman, whom the
president OF the conference shall appoint, and
one CT more OF the secretaries of the con-
ference. shall have full power to try the case,
and their decision shall be final, save as to the
right of appeal.
The report was railroaded through,
and a formal protest was entered by
DIR. Tigert upon the manner in which it
was done.
The bishops announcement was fol-
lowed by fusilade of questions, mo-
tions and points of order, led by DR..
Paul Whitehead, of the Virginia con-
ference. He wanted the word ''cler-
ical' inserted before members in the
report of the committee of seven, so
as to make it acceptable to the bishops,
and several others took the same posi-
ton.
At last somebody discovered that
there was no way of getting around
the bishops veto and the matter was
dropped
The question of the date of the next
quadrennial conference was next sug-
gested, and, on motion of DIR. Wilson, of
the South Carolina conference, it was
decided that the next meeting should
be on the first Thursday in May, 1898.
It was also decided to send fraternal
greetings to the Cumberland Presbyte-
rian general assembly in session at Eu-
gene City, Ore.
An attempt was made to authorize
the committee on church extension tc
investigate and report on the advisa-
bility of establishing a church insur-
ance society, but it failed-93 to LOG.
The report of the committee on Sab
bath observance was taken up and
adopted. It embodied memorial from
the American Sabbath union calling at
tention to the laxity of church mem
bers in the matter of stamping out
Sabbath dissertations Supplementary
reports of the committees on epis-
copacy, education and itinerary were
also adopted.
The afternoon session was presided
over by Bishop Duncan and was de-
voted to the cleaning up of the odds
and ends of business usually left over
to the last day of the conference. The
most important matter was the an
nouncement of the following plan Of
episcopal visitation for 1s94-95:
Bishop Keener-South Carolina, Laurens, S.
c., November 81; North Mississippi, Sardis,
Miss, December 6; Mississippi, Meridian,
Miss, December Is.
Bishop Wilson - Brazil mission, Rio de
November IA; Western North Carolina, States
vile, N. c., November %; South Carolina,
Trinity church, Durham, N. c., December 5;
South Georgia, Waycross. Ca, December Is.
Bishop Granbery-West Virginia, Hunting
ton, w. Va, September 5: Holston, Abingdon,
Va, October 10: Louisiana, Louisiana Avenue,
New Orleans. December IL: Baltimore, Wash
ington, D. c., March q.
Bishop Hargrove-Indian mission, McAlester,
I. T., October 81; Northwest Texas, Hillsboro,
Tex, November 6; North Texas, Bonham Mo-
vember Is; Texas, Cameron, Tex, November
Is; East Texas, Jacksonville, Tex, Deem
per6
Bishop Duncan-Kentuclxy, Frankfort, KY,
September 49, Louisville, Owensboro, KY, Sep
TENDER 81 Tennessee, Franklin, Tenn, October
IL: North Alabama. Athens, Ala, November 81;
Alabama, Brewton, Ala, December S; Florida,
Jacksonville, Fla, January 9.
Bishop Golloway-China, Foochow, October
IL; Japan, kwansei Makuin, August 8.
Bishop Hendrix-Denver, Colorado Springs
Col July rs; Western, Augusta, Kas. August
%; Missouri, Carrollton, Mo-, September, 5;
Southwestern Missouri, Jefferson City, Mo-,
September 81; St. Louis, Fredericton, Mo-,
September 20; Illinois, Marion, ILL.,, October, 8;
New Mexico, Ell Paso. October A. Northwest
Mexico, Durango, Mexico. October II: Central
Mexico, Tolnica, Mexico October Is; Mexican
Border, Picoso, Tex, November 8; West Texas,
Lockhart, Tex, November Is; German Mission,
Llano, Tex. November q
Bishop Haygood-Virginia, Charlottesville,
Va, November "a; North Georgia. Rome, Ca.
November 81 Arkansas, Quitman, Ark, De-
cember 6: Little Rock, Prescott, Ark, Decem-
Der ~; White River, Helena, Ark, December
10.
Bishop Fitzgerald Montana, Corvallis, Mont,
August 2: East Columbia, Spokane, Wash,
August 49, Columbia. Oregon City, Ore, Au-
gust 30: Los Angeles, San Bernardino, CAL
September 80; Pacific. San Francisco, Cal, Oc-
tober 10.
CLOSING DETAILS.
The customary resolutions of thanks
to those who have been good to the
brethren during the conference were
passed with hearty good will, and the
venerable Bishop Keener addressed
the delegates in brief discourse
on the work accom- plished during