Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-05-18

| W cleCI eleven SeCrcCurleS.
Those elected were Rev. w. D. John
son Jr., of South Georgia; Rev. D. j.
Mcdaniel of 8. G. Rev. Sandy Simmons
of Michigan; Mr.. P. A. Richardson of
N. c.; Rev. w. B. Brooks of Kansas;
Rev. r. B. Brooks of Florida; Rev. H.
H. Pinckney of S. j.. Mr.. H. B. VIM
of Texas; Rev. B. A. J. Nixon of Tenn.
was elected reading clerk and Mr., C.
S. Smith of Illinose was elected official
stenographer
THIRD DAYS SESSION.
Bishop Turner called the conference
to order, and before turning the gavel
over to Bishop Gains made statement
in ragged to the birth of the church.
He said they had been dating the foun-
dation of the church from 1916. This
was wrong, and should be corrected for
the sake of history. He said charter
was issued for the church on September
Is, 1896. The first bishop was elected
EPISCOPAL COMMITTEE.
The following members of the Epis-
copal committee were selected by the
several conference delegations:
First district--New England, w. FL.
Thomas; New York, w. D. Cook; New
Jersey, w. H. Giles; Pennsylvania, l..
J. Coppin; Nova Scotia, L. J. Tice; Der
muda, R, H. Shirley. #
Second Observation-Disclosures John
Hurst; Virginia, A. L. Crimes; west
North Carolina, R. H. w. Luke; North
Carolina, A. Stoud; Hayti, John w.
Beckett; San Domingo, H. c. c, Asst,
wood.
Third district-Ohio, j. II. Jones;
northern Ohio, Charles Bundy; Pitts
burgh, ID. F. Calliinan; Ontario, A. w.
Hackley; British Guiana, E. Il. Sealey;
Winward Island, j. w. Gazaway.
Fourth Observation-Disclosures, A. l.. MUIR
ray; Iowa r. c. Ransom; Illinois; A. j.
Burton; Michigan, r. F. Hurley.
Fifth district-Colorado, P. A. Hub.
bard; Kansas A. NJ Ward; northern
Missouri, c. w. Preston.
SIXTH district-Georgia S. D. Rosen-
borough; northern Georgia, j. S. Flip
per; Macon, E. P. Holmes; southwest
ern Georgia, F. F. Boddie; Alabama,
D. G. Edmondson; northern Alabama,
N. L. Edmondson: central Alabama l..
Gardner. g..
Seventh district-South Carolina, L.
r. Nichols; Columbia, F. Y. Dendy;
northwestern South Carolina, w. d.
Chappelle, Florida, A. j.. kershaw,
eastern Florida, r. S. Quarterman;
southern Florida, L. w. Long.
Eighth Observation-Disclosures, P. W.
Wade; western Arkansas, p. w. Walls;
southern Arkansas, T. J. Jackson; east
ern Arkansas, j. S. Lowe; Mississippi.
O. w. Chiles; central Mississippi, E.
W. Hampton, eastern Mississippi, E.
r. Carter.
Ninth district-Tennessee, j. A.
Davis: western Tennessee, G. w. Por-
ter; Kentucky, S. IL. Burks.
Tenth district-TeXas, p. G. Hunt;
western Kentucky, j. NJ. Turner; vest
ern Texas, Il. E. Taylor; central Texas,
T. G. Denham; western and eastern
Texas, A. G. Scott; Louisiana, l.. IL.
Reynolds; northern Louisiana, John
Webb.
Eleventh Observation-Disclosures, E. T..
Coltman; Oklahoma, Nj. y. Brookins;
Puget Sound, George A. Bailey; Indian
territory, G. R. Tucker.
Foreign-Liberia j. c. Curtis: Sierra
Leone, II. M. Steady; South Africa, N.
d. Sterrett; Transveal, r. S. Beal.
The fourth DAY was spent in speeches
and uuadriennial addresses and reports
FIFTH DAY SESSION.
Bishop Tanner presided at the morn
ing session. A Stewart and }. w.
Frazier were elected pages. A reso-
luton designating Wednesday, May l6
as the date for election Of bishops and
other officers was referred to commit
r tee on episcopacy. The delegates are
getting somewhat restless for the ex'
element of the elections to begin.
The Green resolution for revision OF
the discipline was taken off the shell
where it had been placed three days
ago and was referred to the commit
tee on revision. A third resolution fol
z the appointment of Charles Stewart a!
official reporter Of the conference was
adopted.
Rev. L. w. Henderson, cuisines man
ager of the publication department
presented his quadrennial report. Ii
referred enthusiastically to the fac
- that the circulation of the Christian
Recorder mad doubled in the past fou
=. years. In the job department OF tn
publishing house in Philadelphia man
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