Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-12-04

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TAE SESSION lin COLOMBIA Is HoNoRsu
4 sBY The pAEsENcE or THREE pisHoPss
.AAlAY MATTERS or importance.
New Editor u Christian Advocate Chosen.
Matters q General interest.
Columbia, November u The Annual
Conference Of tho Methodist Episcopal
Church. South, convened here this morn
ing. To days session was dexoted al-
most entirely to organization and pre-
liminary work, the appointing Of com.
mittees and receiving reports OF d gene
raj nature. Many OF the ministers and
delegates were not present at the open
ing, arriving IN the oity only In time TO
attend the afternoon session. ,s5
Bishop Galloway isl presiding at this
session OF the conference. 5, \; SIS
Governor McSweeney delivered the
address of welcome. Is s. sl,
Election Of Editor.
Columbia, November 90, ~ The election
OF editor Of The Southern Christian ADJ
yocate by the; Methodist inference to-
by DR.. John O. w llson, who was a can-
didatel for reelection. There has been
some feeling over the matter, but when
Bishop Galloway announced that the
election would be hold DR.. Willson,s g
friends were confident that he would be
reelected. On the first ballot DIR. Will
son received 90 votes. DR. w. II. Rich
ardson ~ Rev. q. O. Vatson 50 and Rev.
ssry 70 OSse The second nHSs Ss
lot there were 243 votes necessary to q
choice, 192. The return was Richard
son III, Wilson 1O2, Watson is and
StaokhQuse 8. On the third and final
ballot Watson anG Stackhouse received 9
votes each and L.. II, Beatty /, Richard
son 1873, Wilson 1O2. @ (.
DIR. WILSON AFFECTED.
81 DR.. Wilson was visibly affected. He
walked to tho edgo of the pulpit beside
the Bishops desk and said, with tremb-
ling voice, that at the call of the confer
ence he had unwillingly taken up this
work work and SSnSTillingly SnS does he put #
ginning, but had begt to love the work.
However, he would in manly spirit re-
'ceive the diotum of the conference. He
concluded:
a"All ask of You, Bishop, is to send
me to the poorest charge, with the most
miserly salary in the conference, that
may show to my brethren that the shafts
which have been directed at me are un-
just"
/ The election of editor for The Advocate
was tho principal event of the day, one
over which there has been great interest
and some feeling.
Columbia Female College.
One of the first matters before. the
conference was the proposition to remove
the Columbia Female College from this
city. This was disposed OF for a year
by the passing of a resolution providing
that places desirous of having tho college
should submit their bids to the board of
trustees which will report at the next
conference. tg Y
Rev. DR.. Lambuth, of Nashville, and
'Rev. Mr. Tarboux, of the Brazil mission,
addressed the conference on the subject
,of missions.
Edward Ehrlioh, Of Columbia, was
elected lay delegate to the General Con
ference.
The anniversary of the missionary
board was celebrated tonight.
Addresses were made by Bishop Cand-
ler, DR.. Tarboux, of Brazil, and DR..
Lambuth, missionary secretary. Bishop
Candler's address was, perhaps, the finest
of it's kind ever heard in this conference.
+ Ministers and Tobacco.
A memorial was presented, which is to
go to the General Conference, against
the use of tobacco by ministers. The
preamble laid many faults to the weed,
among othor things being that its use
was filthy habit, that its indulgence is
in the nature of a habit injurious to the
health, and that ministers should by pre-
cept and example discourage its use.
The terms used against the weed brought
laughter, although the signers of the
memorial were deeply in earnest. It re-
quested the General Conference to pass
q law to make new ministers take a
pledge not to use tobacco.
Rev. R. c. McRoy Expelled.
The trial committee made report on
the charges preferred against Rev. r. @.
McRoy, who was charged with gross i'm
morality. Tho committee recommended
that he be expelled from the ministry
and the church, and the conference en-
dorsed the report. 1t was stated that
while 1t was most unwelcome duty to
perform, still the church required that
the character of its ministers be ire.
proaohable, and the disagreeable duty
was met without fear or favor.
Honored by Three Bishops.
Columbia, December 1.-The 118th
annual session of the South Carolina
Conference is one of the most enjoyable
in it's history. There have been some
inspiring scenes. 1t is unusual for three
Bishops to be present on such an occa-
sion. The records show that this hap
pened in 1927, when Bishop Roberts,
McKendree and Soule presided at Au-
gusta. There have baon other distin.
guished visitors in attendance, and the
periences have had warmth and earnest
ness in them.
Yesterday nearly all of the elections
were disposed Of. Bishop Galloway
finished the call of "the 2Oth question:
and every minister in conference has
recorded his personal experience for the
past year.
Delegates to General Conference. q
The election of lay delegates resulted
in the selection of the following gentle-
mon to represent the South Carolina
Conference in the General Conference
Bates, of Barnwell; Edward Ehrlich. OF
Columbia; q. G. Featherstone, of Lau-
rens; Geo. E.. Prince, of Anderson; Geo.
O.. Hodges, of Greenwood; John G.
Clinkscales, of Spartanburg; D. Mel
son, of Charleston, alternate. The cleri,
cal delegates are: Rev. John O. Wilson,
OF Columbia; Rev. w. r. Richardson, OF
Spartanburg; Rev. g. ID. Mann, of ST.
Matthews; Rev. j. Walter Daniel, Colum.
bia; Rev. j. A. Clifton, Sumter; Rev. r.
A. Child, Greenwood; Reys. e. o. Wat,