The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-25
Created by the Southern McthOdists.
cIRCUSES UNDER THE BAN
Not Fit Amusement for Mcm-
 bers ofthe Church.
lEr. vandiver of Montgomery Heads
 GAperannuated Investment Fund With . subscrip- cs.s ltion of el, 900.

fs..a@ u0u o1 vi,VoV'
 Dallas, Texas. May .A-Another i'm
 portant step in the affairs of the Metho
 dist Episcopal Church South was takei
 at today's session of the general confer .ence when the order of deaconesses va
 created. After one of the most interest
 ing debates since the conference began
 the legislation necessary to establish tn,
 order was passed by the decisive vote O
 1so to ss. This is said by church anthori
 ties to be the most advanced and radics
 step ever taken in the church policy an,
 discipline.
 The newly elected bishops. pr. F. k
 Hcss and pr. Az Coke Smith, ' wer'
 ordained with impressive ceremonies .
 the frst Methodist Church South. thl
 afterueon .&
 pr. Tigerts Secretary of the Conference
 said today that in his opinion the con ference would finish its iabors and ad
 journ not later than Monday night. Bishop Duncaa presided at today's ses
 sion. The new book committee was an, | nounced as follows: c. E. Brown, w | Dtbrell. John Bransom. J. R.. Morgan Collins Denny. R. M. MiIIaap, Pauf White head. James Campbell. J. K. Hindman Sidney Bass.
 The American Christian Convention sent greetings which were accepted. | pr. Tigert said that the original list oi
 amusements prohibited by the church did not include circuses. This amusement was placed under the ban.
 Publishing Committee.
 Report No. 5 of the publishing com. mittee recommended that. inasmuch al the business as now conducted resulted ir an annual loss. changes be made: that the book agents retire from the book sell. ing business and that 1t was inexpedient
 to enter upon the erection of building at this time. Without reaching .-4 Ausl vote on the recoInmsfdatiops, kiiey weTs ordered returned to the calendar. Th< lexpectafjon ss that d spirited contest will 1 take place when they are again bfbu6hi before the general conference, As$the pro. posed changes materially affect the in. terests of the book committee.
 The Committee on Episcopacy fixed the following donations and salaries:
 Bishops. $3.eoo superanuated bishops. eSsVuVs WluOWo Oi OtSHOpps eisH9p pCts war Dr. Tigert. when the question of the issu- , ance of licenses was brought up. made spirited argument in favor of deiegating that power exclusively to district con ferences. He compared the English and American systems 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 adopted the majority report which somewhat increased the jurisdic- ton and discretion of district conferences and correspondingly lessons the powers of the quarterly conferences.
 Layman w. F. Vandiver of Montgom- cry. Ala, brought up. under the head of personal privilege the question of super annua ted ministers. He announced that he would subscribe $f. 600 to the superan- nuated investment fund. which. is to be started with s1Oe.O0o and is expected to grow to s5.ooo.ooo.
 MT. vandiver the First.
 Bishop Galloway said he dld not like to deprive MT. Vandiver of the honor of being first, but that he had a letter from a friend of s2 years in Louisiana. who proffered that amount. pr. Whitehead said the honor was due to MT. Vandiver. The preachers took a hand when the call was made for subscriptions of s10o. With In a few minutes $i050o had been raised and the subscriptions were closed with the announcement that D. c. Scales of Nash vile, Tenn, was chairman of a conn
 nittee who would receive future sub scriptions which were to be sent him at Nashville.
 The ma jority and minority reports of the Committee on Revisals. concerning the proposal to create the order of dea- coYiesses was laid before the Conference pr. Paul Whitehead said he had been an advocate of the establishment of the dea- conesses since 1890 There was no mate rial difference between the prejudice against trained women and trained nurses. Southern prejudice was against 1t, but the common sense of the age and necessities demanded these women. The work was for them and they loved to do fl and provision must be made to train them. Ii could not Abe done without a school. He moved the substitution of the minority report.
 W. R. ,Peebles of Tennessee opposed the iesislation. It crushed iudividualism, he said He would like to see something done for Methodism along the line pro- posed without orders. He did not approve of class legislation and considering the fact that only single women or widows were eligible as deaconesses. the legisla- ton was of the class kind
 Dr. A. Coke Smith said there was a work in cities which only trained women could do. One could not pick up women here and there. he said. 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 pressing. and he hoped it would be adopted.
 Tribute to Catholic Nurses.
 W.sR.. Webb paid a tribute to the Ro- man Catholic nurses during the war |
 s. B. Adams followed in q glowing eu- IoRy on the Sisters of Charity, with whom he had been associated in cheritable work Methodlsm should follow their steps. and he rejoiced in the attempt to institute practical charity.
 Dr. A J. Lamar opposed advertising piety by garb and dress. Orders weak ened a church-had done so to Catholic ism. he continued Sentiment was beautf- fui. but had no place here.
 pr. J. A. Clifton. familiarly known to the Conference and visitors as the South | Carolina 1rishman." spoke in favor of the proposed legislation in speech fnll of continent and humorous piety. "A brother" he said. has spoken of senti- | ment in dsprecating terms. Sentiment makes character and character makes the na4ioa.' t