The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-02
WARM WORDS IN CONFERENCE.
QUESTION 20 CAUSES DR. J. B.
A'GEHEE TO ANSWER A CIRCULAR

AeNs W. l. HuckaDee the AuAhoF'
DR.. McGehee said Ii i a Menace
10 the Conferenee-Wants the
Method of Circulars FrovVned
Down-CfrcuIar on ~OliEarchy
should Have Been Called An
archy,- He said, and w. A Huck-
abee- Richard Croker-First Days
Work OF the Conference.
The South Georgia cozfere1-e began ms
thlrty-hrst SESSION yesterday morning o.
Wesley Monumental c1urc1. Tl= ogS=n-us
hymn was followed by an eloquent az' fer
vid prayer In which the blessing Of rh@ A.
mighty was asked upon t1e NorS before
the conference-
The sacrament OF the Lords supper vas
administered. all Of TIE preachers taxing
par. The service was - Bishop ky
who was assisted By gsv. A r. wynn.
Rev. ". 81 Thomas. Pew. J. ". Hinton.
and Rev. = o. Anthony. TIE ceremony
vas impressive.
BisnOp Key. The presiding officer # the
conference. then took Up -oe regular o-i=-
OF bu=s14ss and called for nomination. fo-
secretaries. Rev ~. c. Lovett Ta7
served ll that capacity Lass year. ana Rev.
". F. smith were elected secretaries. AMI
Rey IS. y. AIusworth. Rev. " y. Birca
Rev. o. ?. Cook Rev. T. Il Taomps5a.
and Rev. T. J. PIX were made statistical
secretaries
Ire appointment Of the gentlemen Who
are 10 act Throughout the contsrenee as
members Of the Standing committees l.
regarded as a matter Of great importance.
as much OF the Work If the bo1y, ard iarge
respo1zifI-ity fats upon the shoulders Of
trese committees. Il is customary for the
presiding elders Of the districts TO gel To-
gcther for the purpose u submitting names
for the committees. This vas dors. and
the nominations were presented By Rev
J. 3. McGehee. presiding elder Of the
Amerlcus district One OF two alteratl0u
we're made in the committees after the
nominations were confirmed. as some az
those first appointed STATED that. owing
TO their service on other committees or
boards. it would - impossible for them %
discharge the duties Of oota. The stand
ing committees, as finally adopted. are as
follows:
Public Worship-Rev O.. 9. y. MacD.o--
ell Rev. A u Williams. Rev. J H
Scruggs. Rev james T. Ryder and Rey.
/. F. Morgan. As savsnnahians wlll OBJ
serve, this committee is comprised % thz
presiding elder Of this district and ths
ministers Of the city. II Is customary
Tor i 70 BE- 50 composed in order thar
the best understanding Of the local stu
alton may De had By the committee. Il
VIII o@ the province q these gentlemen 20
~ ~ ,-i'--r a=Efi taat VAL
y D7-o N-fiHs tE- conference ana 90 az
lam t-ls P-ea-iie1S Nlo WI y he2r1 next
2-I4-as y s-'sla- o. i-e cH4rcles q o-1-E
cFi-'ll-'l- at.eI-s tnst nave opened t1eIr pull
~ - ling l---i7.ets-
D454v ~2-l-e-5- = Sotoan- e D ADAMS,
w@l1s Lana - % Ntc1olso1. samuel
LARK.
DSSAs ana Fef4oli-a-s-h- r COOK, II
q sl'fsahr J. a. Alonas, I. d. Ellis. J.
/. S1i1Ess ana M . J. Feaoocz-
4slAIef Z f.ce-tteF. J. n AcGehees =. l.
S-ahtSl Rev ". l. y Gotten, Mr.. y. h
rogers u - r eFf-l-, j. w Arnold. IS. u.
stewart = O. hines and Rev J. Il. Eos
yer
District Conference. Records-W. A Gre
ram Kew 3 :. SenreAs Rev J. =.
Glenn, Air- J ". DOmingos ana J. 8
1noerOlHz.
SPECIAL Committee on Wesleyan CHRIS
tan AoTocate-C- T. Clark. y. ". Dozler.
". W St-awell and " J. Flanders
ReT. A IL Williams suggested to the
conference that the sessions be from uu-
II o'clock, as these hours would be most
convenient the local committee or enter
talnmen. mad found, for both the dele
gales snd the people with whom they are
stopplng These hours were adopted ana
the third pos OF the auditorium from the
pulpit. as suggested oy Mr. Williams. was
made the bar for members OF the confer
ence, the bishop asking that thev take
their places within the designated section.
h order 20 be within hearing distance
Dir. Williams called attention 70 the fact
that the superintendent and wee president
OF the Central railroad had rendered the
members OF the conference 4. commitment
airy trip 10 Tyoee. The committee having
the arrangements for the thin IN charge
had decided that the best Tine for IL no
he made would b. Friday afternoon. AR
z. 2. Reppard. chairman Of the commit
Tee. reported the plan that had been ar
ranged. The members VIII leave ne
church promptly al 1 O'Clock. taking cars
for the Ty0se depot An oyster roast viii
be provided on the island Mr.. Williams
also announced the arrangements for the