The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-22
DIMES METHODIsTs.
Plan of Episcopal Visitation of the
Bishops for the Year

Baltimore, May 2.-The general confer
ence of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
South, had a warm discussion to-day on
the subject of the limitation of evangelists.
The question was on the adoption of a law
forbidding evangelists 70 enter charge
and hold services without the consent of
the pastor
During the discussion Rev. Sam Jones
sat on the platform in a rocking chair.
Screening illusions were made to evange-
lists, but he seemed unmoved. Evange-
lists were referred to as anarchists, men
who make trouble" etc. 1t was also in
timated that evangeHsts were after mon
ey.
The proposed regulation was finally
adopted.
The plan of Episcopal visitation of The
bishops. of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
South for the ensuing year was an
nouuced.
The conferences. are divided into ten
districts, to each of which is assigned one
of the bishops.
Bishop John C. Keener of New Orleans.
who was recently retired at his own re-
quest, was not assigned Following is
me name of the conference, the place
and date of holding it and the bishop who
viii preside;
First District-Bishop A w. Watson,
Japan Mission, Kobe, Japan, Aug. %.
Korean Mission Seoul, Korea, Sept. );
China Mission Shanghai, China, October
%.
Second District-Bishop John c. Gran
berry, Illinois, Waverly, ILL.,, Sept. Z;
Kentucky, Flemingsburg, KY, Sept IA;
Louisville, Louisville KY, Sept p; Bal
hmore, Alexandria Va, March 4.
Third District-Bishop R. X. Hargrove
Western Virginia, Catlettsburg, Ky. Sept
/; Holson, Morristown, Tenn, Oct. 5; Vir-
ginia, Portsmouth, Va, Nov. l6; South
Georgia, Hawkinsville, Ga, Dec. Z.
Fourth District-Bishop w w. Duncan,
New Mexico, FL Paso. Tex. Sept. s; New
Mexican, Chihuahua, Mexico, Oct 8; Cen
trail Mexican, City of Mexico. Oct. 19;
Mexican Border Mission, San Antonio
Tex, Oct. 20; German Mission, Houston,
Tex, Nov, 8; North Georgia. Augusta,
Ca, Nov. %: South Carolina, Greenwood
Dec. 7.
Fifth District-Bishop Charles B. Gallo
way, Brazil Mission, Piricacaba, Brazil,
aug. A; West Texas, Sequin Tex, Nov 2;
Northwest Texas, BrownwOod Tex, Nov.
IS: North Texas, Greenville, Tex, Nov.
%; Texas, Houston, Tex, Dec /; Texas,
Beaumont, Tex, Dec. 7.
Sixth District-Bishop E. R. Hendrix
Montana, Butte, Mont, Aug. 4; Eastern
Columbia La Grande, Aug. IS; Columbia,
Albany, Ore, Sept. /; Pacific, Oakland,
Cal, Sept 14I Los Angeles, Downer, Cal,
Sept 20; Memphis Paducah, KY. Nov. 49,
Seventh DISTINGUISHING ]. S. Vey. Ten
nessee, ClarksviIle, Tenn, Oct 10; North
Alabama, Huntsville, Ala Nov. %; North
| Mississippi, Aberdeen, Miss, Nov 80; Ala
bama, Greensboro Ala, Dec Z.
Eighth District-Bishop o. P. Fitzger-
aid. Western North Carolina Winston
N. c., Nov. 4; North Carolina, Elizabeth
City, N c., Nov. II; Mississippi, Hatties-
burg, Miss, Dec. IA.
Ninth Dstrict-Bishop Warren A. Cand-
Ter, Denver Col.
To-day's session was presided over by
Bishop E. r. Hendrix.
The following commission on education
was appointed James F. Carlisle, w. NJ.
Baskerville, Morgan Galloway, Sr., j. A.
Kern, ". P. Few E. B. Craighead H. c.
Pritchett, ]. o. Keener, Edward MayeS
and Eugene H. Pearce.
The book committee was elected as fol-
lows: Collins Denny ]. B. Morgan, T.
d. Fife, ]. D. Hamilton, R. A. Young, w.
| c. Kendrick, E. c. Reeves, j. A Odell,
Paul Whitehead, w. P. Lovejoy, r. w.
! Mnlsap, james Campbell and j. NJ Mason
Rev. w B. Murray was elected secretary
! of education.
A resolution to increase the Nashville
| Advocate from sixteen to twenty pages and
appropriate s., 800 for contributions was
| adopted.
! An appropriation of 81 800 was made for
the Methodist Review.
Two fraternal delegates DIR. w. T. Da-
! vison of England and DR.. ]. F. Berry of
the Methodist Episcopal Church made
| farewell addresses.
A joint meeting of the ecumenical com.
mission of the NJ e. Church and the NJ
e. Church, South was held this after
! noon Bishop John F. Hurst and Rev L.
| B. Wilson, cf the former church, came
over from Washington to attend the OBJ
| jcct of the meeting was to decide on a ba-
| sis of representa- ton of the two churches
at the council to be held in London in 1901,
and for the presentation Of propositions
before the London meeting. No definite
| plans were arranged and the meeting ad-
| journed subject to the recall of Bishop c.
! p. Galloway, who presided al the meet
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