Semi=weekly graphic., 1899-11-25
OF THE M E. CHURCH, SOUTH, IN SESSION AT
 FORDYCE.
BISHOP c. B. GALLOWAY
Presiding-Met Tuesday Morning Presiding Elders Make
 Their Reports.

Special to the Graphic
 FoRDYeE, ARK, NoY. 22.-The forty-sixth session of the M. E. Con- ference, South. met in the beautiful little city of Fordyce, Ark, at 9 O.. m. Tuesday.
 Bishop c. 5. Galloway presided. The bishop opened tue conference with religious service. The 2nd chapter of 2nd Timothy was read, and the hymn And are we yet alive" was sung, then the bishop led in an Apostolic prayer.
 Rev. J. k. Moore, secretary of the last conference, called the roll. TLere are 132 clerical members, be- sides the undergraduates, and nearly all the clerical memb bers.
 There are 2S lay delegates. Near ly all the clerical members, and Is of the lay delegates were present. Prof. J. D. Clary was elected secre- tary, J. c. Curtis statistical seere- tary, and W. A. Steele railroad sec retary.
 Hours of meeting and adiournlng fixed at a. Ill. and 12 a. m. Pre- siding elders acting as nominating commit ee submitted their nomina- tions to the various committees namely: conference relations district conferene records, Bible cause, tem- perance, publishing interests, public worship, publishing minutes, and special committee to whom was re- ferred certain documents relative to Mormonism.
 Communications from Barbee & Smith, book agents.
 J. D. Hammond. secretary of gen. eral board of education; James At kins, Sunday-school editor; Drs. Lambuth and Prircheti. missionary secretaries, were presented and all referred to appropriate boards and committees.
 The following brethren were intro duced: Rev. B. E. Wallace. pastor of the Presbyterian church at For dyce; Rev. F. $. H. Johnston, mana ger of the 20th century fund for Ar kansas; Revs. J. F. Baker. w. E. Thompson, Julian c. Brown, trans fers tg this conference,
 At every Methodist conference the name of every preacher is called and GNo oI administration is inquired into. Un- der the 10th question, which dealls with thls inquiry, the names of the Presiding Elders were first called, and James Thomas, A. Turrentine, T. F. Scott, k. K. Moore, J H. Rig gin, T. H. Ware and J. Nj. Hawley reported their respective districts. Their reports were very encouraging and their characters passed.
 Under the 10th question the names of the superanuated preachers were called: J. H. Gold asked and was granted a location. Andrew Hunter, B, B. Johnston, W. H. Browning, J. H. B. Withers, J. s. Nicholson, J. Fl. Blakely, W. J. Scott, J. Nj. Cline, E. N. Watson, q. W. Mathews, J. A, Avery. A. B. Win field, J. E. Caldwell, R. c. Atchly, A. c. Kelley, J. F. Carr. E. Garrett, o. H. Keadle, J. Nj. c. Sturgis and w. J. Davis characters passed, and they were referred to the committee on conference relations for the superan- uated relation.
 Several of these brethren go to the superanuated relation this year for the first time, and they all together constitute the "old guard" Sever al of them made talks to the confer enee that melted the hearts of their brethren. Rev. J. F. Carr, of Pine Bluff, seemed most deeply moved as he realized that his active work of forty-six years in the ministry had suddenly come to an end.
 H. Townsend. (. D. MeSwain and J. F. Evans were referred to the committee for the superanuary re- lation.
 Under question l2. What travel Ing preachers are elected elders9" c. J. Green being absent at school. l was continued in the class of the fourth year. J. II, cummins, J. N. |