The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-22

sta+a church than the collectlon s,A ~,
..fa,,,on OF tbs Twentieth SsNtuly -. tl,a
Offering fund which was oIasieu
ss-,ersIS church a little whilei ago;
$500 Is ite. 2. snrt os trouble ovsr the mater
eI,,a,, brewing for some time, anu ~ :.
-. 10 ~ rror1psness of Bishop duncan u
- session of this body yesteroa tiis,s
ZIG - ,,,sise,een words said which would
have b5en regretted Afterwards. - - 80.
conference th2T- are TWO ois'ii'e',
flows The leaders Of oo1n az iien
hrains and Drawn; men VINO VIZ nv ~,
LTD until thzy are not oh1s .e':a..;r,a ti,ev
ara yauouished, men VINO. osi,eV ii5 49,
49, rsiht will dare TO do anything allow
sh1e r. a minister os tha Gospel.
..1,boss, men were arrayed against eaIh
yesterday. and the lines OF ost'ie
go cIaor:v drawn, but the Bishop, &C
~, ,,,rned this battle into sAlr'iiis, H.
The fight is not off, however 1t - stli ~
nostponsd. and while every nletiosi =,
d-onfarence clerical or lay. Is heaftiiS ~
s,ra,. of the Twentieth Century Movemshs,
the contest will come UP as an NJ
sa,+o1 issua The feeling is very strong
.,rd tho outcome no man llnoWeth MUCH
rests ,1Don the irnness ana plol1lptiieSs
Of TIL. presiding Bishop as 70 th5 iesuA'
Of the struggle on the floor OF the Con
ference. whiei, will more than prooaois
taks place to-day
a
every point known to an astute parma
| mentarian was raised in order to gam
| some advantage in the s!Sirmishtns; the
| tactics were those OF a political ooos'
! Their than a Stats, Conference OF larse
| and influential church, and the same .ac-
| tics are l;ab,e to BE- repeated to-day. l hls
promises to be the most interesting
| sion of the Conference, Whlcn lIaS 80
! iourn Thursday night with the reading ot'e
!,
This Norfolk Landmark NoVsEnDer -i9t'
| WASHINGTON POST.
| NORFOLK. VA, Nov 2G--When KEY.
| DR.. ". w. Smith. chancellor of Randolph
| Macon College, rose, to a point OF personal
| privilege before the Virginia State Con-
i ference of the NJ. z. Church, South, TINS
I morning, the air was sultry with ihlpslld-
| ing thunder and wrath. Such was MS oS
! ginning, but when he finished his eyes
! V.arn fil1ed with tears as he made an ap-
| nsal for a better understanding among
| The brethren
In taking the floor, DR.. Smith said that
| as there had been intimat:ons OF d!s'fust
| and misconduct in the matter OF the t"eh
t.eth century fund. he would explain. by
+, ..distrust" and misconduct. to Whlch ne
| referred he meant the suggest oAs that
nave been made during the past ysar that
| money for the twentieth century 1uHa
! that ought to have gone to other purposes
| had been diverted to the Blackstone re
mile Institute. of which Rev. James can
| non Jr. ( principal. and 10 possibly othef
individual schools. In his explanation ne
said That after the collection OF the tWeh-
| t:cth century fund was begun It was as
| certained that two mistakes were beng
made in collecting for certain schools out
| side Of the districts in which they We're
I | situated the Blackstone Seminary ana
the Bowling Green Seminary. but that III
| both cases the collection was stopped as
soon as the attention Of the persons in
! terested was called to the mistakes
Washington Post. Nov 2rth
NORFOLK DISPATCH.
That the matter of the distribution OF
the twentieth century fund was not yet
settled to the satisfaction Of the Confer
| ence was apparent to-day. when Rev. w.
w Smith chancellor Of Ra1dolph-Macon
system of educational institutions, arose
ard asked to be allowed to make an eN-
! PLANTATION. He proceeded to explain, and
as he progressed Rev. J. Sidney Peters.
recognized leader of the disaffected, at in
| tervals courteously asked DR.. Smith to
| explain his explanation. The chancellor
spoke with great feeling, and tears came
into his eyes. He said that there has been
i no wrong done. that errors may have. in
fact. been made, but nothing wrong was
done by design The errors were trflins,
he said and would be corrected He said
that it was not possible to deny that dis
| trust as to the proper handling OF the
fund obtained. but he said TINS was not
well founded. His explanation Of several
; points appeared to be satisfactory to the
| Conference.
Chancellor Smith said to-day that the
distrust of Rev. James Cannon and some
others associated with him was eating the
heart and the life out OF the cnurcn'-
Norfolk Evening Dispatch, November
Goth.
" BALTIMORE AMERICAN.
To-dav,s session OF the Virginia Annual
Conference was enlivened by spicy ana
unconventional spat between Rev James
Cannon, Jr., and Rev. Sidney Peters Or.
Cannon resented any intin:ation that his
school has prOated to any greater extent
by the educational fund than any other
college. The row occurred over the report
of the Committee on Education.
Mr. Cannon endeavored to explain the
statistical part OF his report, but num-
Der of the ministers wairted the details,
intimating that the Manufacturing fund
was not being distributed among the va
. riolls educational institutions fairly, and
that Blacksburg Female College, of which
Mr. Cannon IS president. was getting more
ihan its share-Battimore American, 10th.
RICHMOND DISPATCH.
DR. w. ". Smith arose to a personal ex-
| PLANTATION, and assured the Conference that
if any one thought there had been any
wrong doing by the Board of Education
or any of its members concerning the
twentieth century fund. he was mis-
taken He was familiar with the entire
work of the board, and knew no inten-
tional advantage had been taken for any
particular institution There had doubt
less been some mistakes made, but they
had been rectfied as soon as discovered.
All the schools under the control of the
Conference had been allowed to solicit
contributions in their respective districts
to go TO the schools. and yet be credited
to the twentieth century fund There
were few Instances where they had gone
outside of their districts. but such action
had always been stopped as soon as the
knowledge of it reached the board. Ger
tain individuals claimed the right to say
how their money should be used and this
could not be prevented. While it was true
Blackstone Female Institute had received
about si,4OO more money than had been
subscribed by Farmvle District. this
money was largely given by teachers and
pupils in that school-Richmond Dispatch.