The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-24
A CHANGE AT DALLAS
oroRGIAN ELECTED SENIOR BOOK
AGENT.
sIeHAM IN BARBEE'S PLACE
oruER IMPORTANT ELECTIONS
HELD.

NJ smith Continued as Junior
nook AGENT After Several Ballots.
Dr. G. B. WiutOn Made Editor OF
the Christian Advocate and DIR. j.
I Tigert Reelected Book Editor
and Reviewer - II. NJ. DubOSe
elected EpwOrth League Secre-
.arw-FraternaI Delegate of Afri-
am Methodist Church Makes
soIaudid Address and Is Given
ovation.
DALLAS. Tex, May 2S.-The election
If correctional officers absorbed the
interest of the delegate at to-day's ses-
sion of the general conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
The election of senior and Junior book
agents to-day caused spirited contests.
r. G. Bigham of Georgia was elected
n succeed DIR. ]. G. Barbee of Nash
vile Tenn, as the senior book agent
and d. NJ. Smith of the firm of Bar
bee & saith was reelected as junior
hook agent. H. NJ. DuBose was select
ed on the first ballot for general secre-
tarv of the Epworth League and editor
of the Epworth Era. DR.. Lambeth was
elected missionary secretary, With
practically no opposition.
At the afternoon session DR.. G. B.
Winton of Monterey, Mexico, was
elected editor of the Christian Advo-
cate the organ of the church at Nash
vile. and DIR. J. ]. Tigert was re-
elected book editor and editor of the
review.
Much routine business was disposed
Of and it is thought that the confer
ance will finish it's business and adj
iourn not later than Tuesday next.
Bishop Gambler presided at the morn
ing session of the general conference.
Calendar work was resumed, the first
business being the consideration of the
resolution to limit the continuous SER
vice of ministers as presiding elders
without special reasons to four years.
The whole matter, both the majority
and the minority reports, were tabled
and the long discussion was ended by
leaving the discipline as it is.
DR.. Edward Thompson of the Sun
day League was introduced and spoke
of the progress of Sunday observance
the world around. Bishop Gambler re-
Piled briefly to Dr. Thompson's adj
dress.
The tellers returned with the vote
on Epworth League secretary. H. M.
DuBose received much more than
majority of the votes cast and was
declared elected.
Negroes Address Given an Ovation.
Prof. Healing of Philadelphia, fra
o1 Jo1o ta bo fripq
NJ. r. Church, was presented and de-
lvered what was conceded to be one
of the most finished fraternal address
es of the conference. He was given an
ovation, participated in by the episco-
pacy, the clergy and the lay dele
gates.
Bishop Gambler responded to the ad-
dress in words which showed he had
a high appreciation of the address.
The election of senior and Junior book
agents was announced as the next or
der of business and the conference pro-
ceeded to cast the first ballot for senior
book agent, the body having already
voted to elect the agents one at a time.
Two ballots were required to elect Mr.,
Bingham.
The conference took up the minority
report of the Committee on Boundaries,
recommending the transfer of the St.
NHdIleS ulSlTlCl from the missouri 10
the st. Louis conference After one of
the most spirited debates over mat
ters on the calendar that has taken
place since the assembling of the con-
ference, the minority report was tabled
and the st. Charles district question
referred to the Missouri and ST. Louis
conference for mutual adjustment.
DIR. Bnrbee Not Reelected.
The first ballot for junior book agent
was ordered. MIR. Smith received the
majority of votes on the third ballot.
The unfinished business was resum-
ed at $3.50 o'clock.
DR. Lambeth was reelected mis-
slonary secretary and DR.. j. d. Ham
mond reelected educational secretary,
receiving 100 votes.
p. H. Wisner was elected secretary
OF the Church Extension Board.
During the afternoon session the con-
terence refused to place limitation on
advertising in Sunday-school litera-
ture The matter was left to the dis
cretlon of the committee as heretofore
The conference also decided to con-
cur in the memorial of the Internal
tlon Typographical Union in favor of
arbitration for labor controversy
The conference adjourned until to-
morrow morning.