The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-12-08
AID FOR GALVESTON
Conference Gives $933.h0 to
Rebuild Churches There.
Character of Mr.. Gattis Passed. Addresses on
Mission Work in China. Or. Klgo
breaches Annual Sermon.
Especial to News and Observer

Newbern, n. c., Dec. 7.--Conference
met at $3.50 o'clock this a. IN. Bishop
Morrison in the chair The passage
of character under the twentieth ques-
ton was continued from yesterday
and concluded. This portion Of the
proceedings being finished the confer
ence turned to other business. Revs.
G. A. Road, N. c. Yearly, Lafayette
johnson, and j. E. Holden were adj
mitted to the conference on trial. The
admission to full connection of adj
eligible candidates was made the spe-
cial order for IL o'clock tomorrow.
Rev. Guy y. Moses, of Swan Quarter
circuit, was discontinued.
Two splendid addresses were made
during the morning. Rev. DR.. Pritch-
ard, Secretary of the Board of Mis-
sions, was introduced and made an eX-
tremely interesting address on the
work of missions in China.
Rev. d. II. Tuttle made a feeling
talk in behalf of the Methodists who
have been deprived of houses of wor-
ship by reason of the Galveston disas-
ter His address was affecting in the
extreme. ard at its conclusion a col
lection was taken up to- assist these
unfortunates in rebuilding their
churches. This collection Melted the
handsome amount of $933.5O.
At half past one o'clock conference
adjourned to meet at 9:30 a. m. tomor-
row.
Tonight being the anniversary OF
the Board of Education. DR.. j. [. h1lgo
delivered the annual sermon.
The ministers and law delegates all
express themselves as being highly
pleased with the reception in New
bern. The whole town is striving
nobly to make the occasion one long
to be remembered.
The following preachers were elected
deacons: ]. r. Johnston, Raleigh district;
d. G.. McDuffy, Wilmington district; II.
NJ North, Newbern district; L. E. Saw
yer and A. W. Price, Elizabeth City dis
trict The following were elected elders
B. c. Thompson, R. H. Willis, A. j.
Groves. A. S. Barnes, w. D. Sasser and
]. w. Potter
DR.. T. N. Ivey offered the following res
olution which was unanimously adopted;
Whereas, there is pressing need of a
State institution in which youthful Grim
inals may be kept separate from older
or more hardened criminals and thus be
saved to society and to Cod and
Whereas. a State Reformatory Asso-
citation has been formed with view TO
the establishment by the Legislature of
such an institution, therefore be it
"Resolved, That the North Carolina
Conference urge the Legislature to take
some favorable action in the direction Of
State Reform School and that the said
conference hereby pledges it's moral and
practical support of such an institution.
ct. N. IVEY,
81 T. GIBBS,
d. B. ZOLLICOFFER.'
On motion of Dr. Swindell it was or
dered that DR.. Ney present this action
to the General Assembly.
G. o. Green, P. D. Woodall, r. r. Grant.
j. T. Stanford, E. r. WEIGH, H. M. North
and ]. F. Bivins, Question p were con-
tinued on trial
G. B. Starting, G. d. Moses, w. ID.
Piland, j. Old and w. f. Jones were
advanced to the class of the third year.
Question ~.
]. H. McCracken, J. C. Humble, ]. NJ.
Benson, S f. Mercer, b. II. Black and G..
T. Adams were advanced to the class of
the fourth year. Question y.
The Board of Missions has been given
the power to appoint the delegates to
attend the Ecumenical Missionary con-
ference of the NJ. e. Church South to be
held in New Orleans in April, 1901.
The Bishop grows in favor. Yesterday
he stated that the reports of the two
conferences in this State were the finest
he had heard except the New Mexico
conference. which paid their assessment
for foreign and domestic mission, The
Bishop also stated that some laymen had
complained that he did not invite lay
men to meet with him and his cabinet.
The Bishop said he would now extend to
all laymen who read the church papers,
had family prayers and had said nothing
| unkind to their wives, to meet with them,
| This was received with broad smile.
The status of DR.. Kilgo and Mr.. Gattis
| is this: The conference reiterated its
confidence in DR.. Kilgo. Mr.. Duke and
| Mr.. Odell and passed DR.. Kilgo's charac-
| ter. 1t also passed the character of Mr.
| Gattis. So it says both are entitled to
| confidence.