The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-05
THE TEXAS CONFERENCE
AN APPEAL DECIDED BY BISHOP
HENDRIX.
Subscription Of $4,000 to the Fund for
Superaanuated Ministets--Bryan
Wants Next Conference.

Crockett, Texas, December 4.-Tbe soc.
ond day Of the Texas annual conference Of
the Methodist church, South, opened cold
and clear. large gathering greeted Or
A. F. Watkins, VINO conducted the half.hoor
Of instruction. using the fourth chapter OF
Philippians as the basis Of his tlk.
The roll was called aud number who
were absent on yesterday answered to their
names.
Communications from the Texas Meth
ousT orphanage at Waco and from the
Sunday League Of America we're read and
referred TO committees
a question Of law was submitted TO tho
bishop and answered. "At the fourth quar-
tery conference for Marvin church, Tyler
1902, the presiding elder was requested to
decide whether the quarterly conference has
a right 70 elect assistant Sunday school 81.
perintendcuts, and he ruled they have no
such right, whereupon an appeal was taken
from this decision TO the presiding bishop
Of the ensuing annual conference me
bishops decision was as lclloNs' the us
cipline does not contemplate tho election of
an assistant superintendent II there is
necessity for an assistant superintendent
the quarterly conference should make the
election and not the Sunday school
c. L. Harrington, on his request, was re-
ferred to the committee on conference reia-
lions for the superaunuated relation.
John W. NarNck, {. NJ. Davenport gnu
S. NJ Thompson were referred for tho su-
pernumerary relation.
Seth Ward, ]. W Downs and D II.
uotchkiss were appointed committee 10
recommend measures concerning the editing
aud publishing Of the minutes OF this SEES
sion.
trial2 II. b. UTquhart, G. l.. Burke Leon
Henderson. S. S. Mckennsy, A. Nolan and
advanced to class Of second year
j. r. Morgan, u. S. Hursey y VI. Gaul
and c. H. Adams were elected 90 demons
orders. These with Jesse Lee, j. ". snort
George W. Davis and Charles n. Morton
who are already deacons, were advanced 10
the class Of the third venr. This .7s az
young men rs TO be received into full n
nectiOp tomorrow md the bishop e4HtV
them before him and gave them some dlrec'
lions preparatory to that Important step
Question z. Who are deqeons Of one
year? Harry J. Hayes, r. L: Bridges, Jesse
willis. ]. W. Mills and L. L. Ingrim, aud
w W. Galilhugh, d. S. Burke W. $.
Easterling and r. c. George were elected
to elders orders.
John a. Carr John NJ. AInolo ana an,
drew j. zorne were elected to local deacons'
D. P. Angel was elected to local elders
orders.
BAPTIST minister, were recognized. be nay
Ing been received into this church, he Is
TO assume the vows Of the elders order on
Sunday with the class then TO be ordained
Seth Ward, v a. GGdhey and 5. Il. Hay
were constituted a committee 10 consider
the matter Of mn episcopal r'sideuce IN
Texas, and to report to this session.
AT IL O'Clock Il. IN. DR.. A. 4. watkins,
who Is the agent Of the superannuatc en-
dowment fund and who Is commissioned ly
the church to raise fund Of SjCpauVO 10
he invested for the benefit of supernnnu0ted
preachers and the wives and orphans of de
ceRsed preachers addressed the conference
and secured subscription or Slo,OOO, rus
amount The Post understands. Is much
larger than any Of the other conferences in
Texas has subscribed. Among the larger
giyers were Hon l.. l.. Jester OF Tyler, who
gave $1,000 and Hon. T. ;, Garrison %
Timpson and Judge J. q. Crawford of
Franklin, who gave $500 each,
After singing twice the "DoNology the
conference adjourned, Rev. John Adams
pronouucing the bencd'cton-
Rev. w w Watts is announced 70 preach
at p. m. at the Christian church ana , Key.
]. r. Green breaches tonight AT the Metn-
odigt church.
Among the notable persons attending the
conference are Prof II. G., Pfltchett, piln'
cipal of Sam Houston Normal institute
Huntsville; Hon, Il. S. Garrison ot Ilmp-
Judge John r. Crawford Of Franklin ana
". w. Adckes Of Huntsville.
Rev $. II. Morgan, chaplain or the penn
Tertiary at Huntsville, is memheE OF the
body and Is attending
A number Of handsome new churches nave
recently been built In the conference among
them the one at Cameron, the one IN Whlch
the conference is now holding It's sessions
Crockett, and very handsome one is uh'
der construction at Bryan
II Is understood that Bryan will ask to
entertain the conference next year