The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-01
WORK OF CONFERENCE
RESOLUTION HEoARDrNo COL
 LEGE IS PASSED.
Annual Appropriation Will Be With held Unless the Charter of the owenton Institute is Chang
 ed-Fight Was Warm.

ed-Fght Was Warm. Tuscumbia. Noy. 3o.-(Special.) .)-Yester- day was what was known among Meth odists as a quiet day in Zion" The city was tbronged with hundreds of viz itors in addition to the conference. All the pulpits in the city were filled by Methodist ministers in attendance on the conference while those of Shemeld, tIor- ence and Leighton were also supplied.
 The old fashioned love-feast was held at o'clock and seemed to have lest none of Its pristine popularity. At II o'clock Bishop Smith preached pow erful sermon to a congregation which taxed the standing space of the Metho- dist Church, many being turned away.
 After the service the bishop ordained a large class of deacons, as follows: J. R, Jordan, L. W. Young, A. l.. Mathtson, J. P. Lancaster. ]. W. Culberson. Fl. M. Stevenson, J. A. Mathison. E. H. Har- ris, J. W. Shoemaker. J. P. Long.
 An interesting feature of the service was the special musical program by the choir. Mrs. T. F. Simpson. organist and directress.
 At 8 o'clock in the afternoon memorial service was held by Rev. V. O. Hawkins in memory of Rev. T. M. Wilbon. pastor of the Piedmont Church of the Talladega district, the only member of the con- ference who had died during the year. l An obituary was read by Dr. J. w. Newman and appropriate and feeling re- marks were made by Rev. J. W. Norton,
 Rev. J. W. Carri and others. Prayers
 were offered for the widow of the de-
 ceased and special prayer for the gifted
 son. that he might continue the work
 begun by his noble father.
 ssDr. J. J. Tigert occupied the pulpit at z o'clock D. m. At this service the choir also rendered special music. including two beautiful solos by Dr. A. J. Notes- ,tein of Lafayette Station and Miss Hen rietta Clark of this city.
 iAt the conclusion of the sermon the class of elders composed of w. E. Aid ridge. J. A. May, R. T. Tyler. W. w.
 Scott, J. M. McClesky. J. c. Price and U. W. Murphree was solemnly and impress eively ordained by ''The laying on of hands and prayer" by the bishop. assist ed by Drs Hawkins, Simpson. Newman, West and howard.
 A large crowd was present at this mornings session in anticipation of a further discussion of the college ques- tion which was before the conference Saturday and postponed until to-day. A
 warm time was expected and the crowd was not disappointed.
 The leading arguments in favor of the resolution were made by F. P. Culver,
 J. D. Ellis and V. o. Hawkins, arrayed
 against them being Dr. Anson. West.
 Frank Brandon and E. V. Glenn. The debates were heated and exciting, a collo- quy between Dr. Hawkins and Dr. West
 being of a very warm nature. Dr. flaw
 kins remarked that he had the greatest respect for Dr. Vests age and ability, but none in the world for some of his methods. It was soon apparent that the resolution was favored by an over whelming majority of the conference, and
 when the question of passage was called the ayes were 137 and the noes B. The opponents of the resolution contested every inch of ground and died fighting. The resolution provides that the char ter of the Methodist College at Owenton near Birmingham. be amended so that the college will be wholly under the con- trol of the conference which seemed to be not the case at present under the operation of the present charter. It also
 be nominated by the Board of Educa- ton, and elected by the annual confer
 ence which is not now the case, the | trustees being self-constituted and self perpetuating, and that unless these
 changes are forthwith made or assur- ances given that such would be done
 within a given time. the conference with
 hold It's next annual appropriation or as-
 sessment from the institution. The reso-
 lution was passed as presented, the fight l being principally against the last clause
 that of withholding from the college the
 annual appropriation.
 H. P. Berry, R. A. Timmons, J. S.. Chadwick, R. A. Spear and w. A. Mont gomery were referred for superannuate
 and w. L. Hendricks for supernumerary relations.
 WY kh~ bilt University, and Dr. H. M. Hamill.
 secretary of the Sunday-school board,
 were introduced. They made interesting reports. Dr. Tillett stated the theolog- l ical department of the Vanderbilt with
 the past twenty-five years, had turned
 out 5000 Methodist preachers, and that at present there were seven students from the North Alabama conference fitting themselves for the ministry.
 The afternoon session convened at p.
 m The characters of the preachers of
 nine remaining districts to be called were called one, by one by the Bishop and
 passed. The reports made were the fin-
 est ever heard and were so pronounced
 by the Bishop. The report of the Board
 of Finance was read and $7,994 reported
 paid to superannuates and families. Ten
 thousand dollars had been appropriated
 for this purpose by the last conference
 bOdTO OI NdtSSlOnS TepOTISO 9l1, iOo1t dp- propriated for foreign and $5,6S7 to do-
 mestic missions. a slight decrease from last year. The church extension board re-
 ported $3,2S4, an increase of $S70. Two thousand and fifty dollars was reported
 collected for the support of bishops. The
 Board of Finance made an assessment of $10.0O0 for preachers next year.
 J. T. Self and R. L. Crump were re-
 admitted.
 Talladega was unanimously elected as the place for the next session of the con- ference. Gadsden and Athens withdraw ing.
 At the night session reports were re- ceived from the various committees, bi- ble Society, Sunday School. Sabbath, mis- sionary and others. A resolution was adopted thanking Bishop Smith for hIs impartial dealings; the people of Tuscum-
 bia for their cordial entertainment, the sister churches in Tuscumbia, the rail-
 roads and the local committees. The fol- lowing list of appointments was read Sy
 Bishop Smith, and the conference ad- journed at 10:30 o'clock:
 Birmingham District-J. D. SimtSon. Presiding Elder; Birmingham First Church. c. B. Riddick; St. Johns. W. R Hendrix; Five Points, J. H. Mccoy: Elev- enth Avenue, W. E. Morris, 2. A. Par ker. supernumerary; Trinity, L. D. Pat terson; Fountain Heights F. w, Bran don; St. Paul l., A Holmes. Weela,y