Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-06
THE FOURTH DAY
OF the Methodist Conference at Mont
gomery-Much Active Work Being
Disposed of at This Session.

Montgomery, Ala, Dec 5.-(StaR Cor
espondence.) 1.-THE conference session
was opened with prayer by Rev. ]. D.
Wright, who read the twenty-thi1d
Psalm and sang hymn No. SIG.
The minutes. of the third days session
were read and approved.
The twentieth question on the passage
of character was taken up and the fol-
lowing were passed: o. C. McGehee, j.
B. Tate. ]. A. Scale, B. e. Feagin, ]. l..
Grace, I. P. Fineher, w. M. Cox, S. w.
Cousins, L. w. Powell, w. Bancroft, j.
p. Sanders e. M. Turner, G. II. Smith,
]. o. Keener, T.. M. Peterson
AT this point DR.. j. o. Keener rose to
speak on the Southern university, of
which he is president. He made a plea
ment of the institution. He stated the
needs of the case and made an appeal
At this point the special order of the
day was taken up, and the conference
discussed the question of memoraliZing
the legislature on the subject of the
charter of the college at Tuskegee which
makes a prohibition town of Tuskegee.
A motion was made limiting speeches on
this subject to five minutes. Speeches
were made by DIR. J. w. Rush, Rev. C. A.
Rush, Rev. T. Y. Alternately. DR.. T. F.
Mangum, DR.. A. J. Lamar. The confer
ence voted as a whole in favor of memoir
ializing the legislature as proposed.
Next was taken up the adoption of the
other part of the report of the committee
on temperance indorsing the Anti-Saloon
league Rev. j. b. Cummings spoke in
favor of the report and gave the facts OF
the organization and read the constitut-
ton. DR.. T. f. Mangum spoke, and
moved to lay on the table. The motion
prevailed fc
The president appointed DR.. 7. f. Man
gum, w. P. Dickinson and j. M. Car
michael as committee to memorialize
the legislature on the subject of the char
ter of the college at Tuskegee.
1t was moved by Rev. w. H. Wild, at
the request of Rev. w. e. Mcconnell, that
the vote by which he was admitted on
trial be reconsidered. 1t was carried,
and then the application of Mr.. McCon-
nell was withdrawn -sffH
Rev. w. d. Heath, of the Presbyte-
rian church, was offered to the conference
on application for membership in the
body. He comes with certificate from
the presbytery and was dismissed from
made by Revs. w. H. Wild, ]. F. Bilfro,
DR.. Geary, G. Smith, of Georgia, J. H.
Jones, DIR. M. S. Andrews, DR.. j. X. Rush,
DR.. A. S. Andrews. J. P. Roberts, Mr..
Heath was admitted by a large full vote.
On assuming the vows of the ministry,
he was recognized as a member.
Rev. DIR. Geo. b. Eager, of the First
Baptist church, of this city, was present.
en- to the conference.
Rev. j. w. Shoemaker, of the North
Alabama conference, was introduced.
DR.. A. H. Mitchell presented the report
of the local conference. This report gave
the state and condition of certain trust
funds which are held in hand for the ben
eft of the conference laimants. The
sum OF $53.75 was handed in as the nu-
nuity from the sum.
The conference reelected the same
members of the legal conference for an
other year. s.frr0z
Rev ]. o. Keener spoke to the confer
ence on the report of the legal conference
showing that there were bequests in the
courts Of Monroe county, which have not
been collected.
1t was moved by DR.. A. S. Andrews
that this conference instruct the legal
conference to collect the sum bequeathed.
Several members spoke The motion
prevailed. = sB.
communication was read from the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
of Alabama, and was referreu TO the
committed on temperance.
Rev. Dr. j.. j. Tigert editor OF the
Methodist Review, spoke to the confer
ence on that periodical. He spoke OF
the splendid condition and success or
the periodical as compared with ike
publications. But he wished to have II
circulated among the laymen.
Dr. ]. d. Darbee made a speech for tho
publishing house at Nashville.
Rev. J. B. Cummings spoke to the con-
ference on the subject of the Alabama
Christian Advocate, the organ OF the
conference. eauutafte.
Adjourned with the benediction by the
bishop. ,s.s. sli4 tAQlii-
Rev. C. B. Pilley is one of the young
est presiding elders of the conference.
He is original, pointed and practical.
One feature of his sermons often noted
among other, rexcelleneies, is the. fact
that he knows how ostop. He breaches
often, but half hour.