The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-05-25
NEW BOOK COMMITTEE
Conference Places Clrcuses Under the
Ban.
DONATIONS AND SALARIES FIXED
Subscriptions to the Superannuated Fund. II
is Believed That the GsneraI Con-
ference Will Adjoin Not Later
Than Monday Night.
(By the Associated Press.)

Dallas, Texas, May 24.-Another impor-
tant step in the affairs of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, was taken at
tOdays session of the General Conference
when the Order of Deaconesses was ere
ated. After one of the most interesting
debates since the conference began the
legislation necessary to stablish the or
der was passed by the decisive .vote of
130 to SO. This is said by church authori-
ties to be the most advanced and radical
step ever taken in the church policy and
discipline.
The newly elected bishops, DR.. f. e.
Hoss and DR.. A. Coke Smith, were or
dained with impressive ceremonies at
the First M. E. Church, South, this af-
ternoon. DR.. Tigcrt, secretary of the
conference, said today that in his opinion
the conference would finish it's labors and
adjourn not later than Monday night
Bishop Duncan presided at todays ses-
sion. The new book committee was an
nounced as follows:
o E. Brown, w. c. DeBrelI. John Bran
som, J. R. Morgan, Collins Denny r. w.
Nillsap, Paul Whitehead, James Camp
bell, j. R. Hindman, Sydney Bass
The American Christian Convention
sent greeting which were accepted.
Or. Tigers at this point said that the
original list of amusement prohibited by
the church did not include circuses. This
amusement was placed under the ban.
Report number five of the publishing
committee recommended that nasmuch
as the business now conducted resulted in
an annual loss that changes be made; that
the book agents retire from the book
selling business and that it was mex
pendien. to enter upon the erection or
building at this time. Without reach
ing vote on the final recommendations
they We're ordered to the calendar.
The Committee on Episcopacy fixed the
following donations and salaries:
Bishops. SO 600: Superannuated Bishops
81, ,000; widows of Bishops, 81, 900 per year.
DR.. Tigers. when the question of the
issuance of licenses was brought up made
spirited argument in favor of delegating
that power exclusively to district con-
ferences. He compared the English and
American system in favor of the former
Other conference leaders spoke on the
subject but the body refused to take the
step desired by Dr. Tigert and his fol-
lowers, and against the majority report,
which somewhat increased the jurisdic-
tion and discretion of district conferences
and co-respondingly lessons the powers
Of the quarterly conferences.
Latiman Vandiver of Alabama brought
up. under the head of personal privilege
the question of superannuated minister's
He announced that he would subscribe
n hp ta
fund which is to be started with 500. 600
and is expected to grow to $5 600, 900.
Bishop Galloway said he did not like to
deprive Mr.. Vandiver of the honor Of be-
ing first, but that he had a letter from
a friend of SO years in Louisiana. who
rroffcre1 that amount DR.. Whitehead
said the honor was due to Mr. 'Vandiver
The preachers took a hand and when the
call was made for subscriptions of $1O0
Within a few minutes $10,500 had been
raised and the subscriptions were closed
with the announcement that d. C. Scales
of Nashville, Tenn, was chairman of a
committee who would receive future sub
scriptions which were to be sent him at
Nashville.
The majority and minority reports of
the committee on revisals concerning the
proposal to create the order of deacon
esses obtained before the conferenc.
Paul Whitehead said he had been an
advocate of the establishment of dea-
conesses since 1890. There was no ma
terial difference between the prejudice
against trained women and trained nurses
Southern prejudice was against it but the
common sense of the age and necessi-
ties demanded these women. The work
was for them and they loved to do ii
and provision must be made to train
them 1t could not be done without
school.
He moved the substitution of the ma
5ority report.
w. R. PEBBLES. of Tennessee, opposed
the legislation. 1t crushed individualism.
He would like to see something done
for the Methodsm along the line proposed
without orders. He did not approve of
class legislation and considering the fact
that only single women or widows were
eligible as deaconesses, the legislation
was of the class kind.
DR.. A. Coke Smith said there was a
work in cities which only trained women
could do. You could not pick up women
here and there. When a woman married
she legislated herself out as she had
children of her own TO look out for St
Paul made the distinction. The call was