The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-10
BELONGS TO THE PREACHERS.
METHODIST BOOK CONCERN REAL
LV THEIR PROPERTY.

savannah District Conference Call
ed for the Return of the Congress
siOnaI Appropriation TO the Gov
eminent If Any Deception or Mis-
representa- ton Is shown to Have
Been Used in Securing It-Preach-
ers Are the Ones to Act in the Mat
ter-COnfcrence Passed Temper
ance Resolutions.
The delegates to the Savannah district
conference of the Methodist Church re-
turned home from Sylvania yesterday.
The conference was largely attended and
considerable interest was shown in all the
proceedings.
AS has been stated in the Morning News
the conference adopted resolutions pre-
scented by Rev. j. H. Scruggs. of Trinity
Church. requesting the public to withhold
It's verdict on the matter of the congr ess-
ional appropriation to the publication as
ISOLATION until the book committee had
made its report. The resolution also call
ed for the return of the money to the
treasury of the United States if it were
shown that there were any deception or
passage of the bill The Savannah dis
trict conference was a unit in this mat
ter 1t is the impression that the bishops
as they make their rounds, will get the
vote of the preachers on the matter and
then proceed to act.
Although it is not generally known, the
book publishing concern really belongs
70 Z ,a 4 eta Cd hu he
with their money, and the net profits of
the business largely go to the support of
superannuated preachers, to the widows
and orphans of preachers, and to the fill
ing out of salaries of underpaid clergy
men. The question of the return of the
appropriation is accordingly one for the
clergy to pass upon. There is no doubt
that The sentiment among them is now
practically unanimously against keeping
/ the appropriation.
Delegates TO the next annual meeting of
the South Georgia conference, meeting at
Hawkinsville, were elected. They are
Rev. J. B. Bazemore, Messrs. ]. o. A.
Enecks, George r. Lee, w. K. Harrison,
The alternates elected were Rev. w. A.
Nease, J. 4. Shuptrine and w. F. Scott.
The following resolutions in reference
to the liquor traffic were unanimously
adopted:
Whereas. It appears to this body that
the nefarious business, known as the
liquor traffic, is the greatest foe to all
Christianity and civilization, and
Whereas, We recognize the fact that It
cannot be checked in its dreadful work
OF wreck, ruin and death by mild efforts
or by compromising restrictions placed in
the hands of treacherous officers of the
law, whose sympathies and support are
often with those engaged in the traffic
and
Whereas, We realize that our license
laws are erroneous, and that the enforce
ment of so-called restrictions is a failure,
amounting TO no more than a farce, that
minors in wet counties buy whisky pro-
miscuously, that the wet counties openly
and detiantly employ statesmen in every
portion of the state and flood the dry
counties, therefore be it
Resolved, first That We heartily indorse
the Bush Anl-Bar-room Bill" which
has already been recognized by the legis-
lature of our state.
| Second, That we hereby pledge ourselves
individually to support, in every way pos
slble, the bill above referred TO- or any
other similar bin, when it may be intro
duced in our laW-makng body.
Third, That We support with our ballots
only such candidates for representatives,
! and state senator's as Will pledge them
4 selves to support this bill
| Fourth, That copy of these resolutions
! be mailed to the president of the Senate.
| the speaker of the House, and TO each
/ member of temperance committees, as NAV
I be appointed by our legislative body, when
| SAID body convenes at its next session.