Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-04
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
Proceedings Of Southern
Methodist Conference.
MASS MEETING CALLED
QUESTION OF CHURCH CoNsTRUC-
TON TO BE DISCUSSED.
Erection of House of Worship in Wash
ington - Routine Proceedings
General News of City.
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.


ALEXANDRIA. Va. April 4, 1904.
The members of the Baltimore conference,
Methodist Episcopal Church South, in an
nual session at the Washington Street
Church this morning were invited to attend
a Methodist mass meeting to be held this
evening at o'clock IN Mount Vernon Place
Church, Washington, in the interest os
Southern Methodism in the District of Co.
lumbia. 80 - ~ :
Il was announced by Rev Forrest j..
Prettyman. pastor of Mount Vernon
Church. that the meeting was not to fur
Their the interests of any particular churcn
in Washington, but to promote the welfare
of the Southern Methodist denomination
there generally. The principal address CT
the evening will be delivered by Bishop e.
j.. Hoss.
As stated in petition to the conference
last week. il is the hope of many members
OF the Methodist Episcopal Church South
In Washington to erect at some time in the
near future new house of worship on the
site of Mount Vernon Place Church.
Pursuant to the action of the conference
In executive session providing for the ap-
pointment of "A committee of sixteen-one
ministerial and one lay member from each
district-to consider the establishment of a
conference paper. the follow ng nominations
We're made by the pres ding elders this
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Messrs. J. A. Anderson. K. " Register, f..
J. Prettyman, c. ID. Harris, p. III. Whisner,
Collins Denny. Charles Lynch and w. N.
Wagner clerical; c. e. Muller, c. M. Arm
strong, +. j. Pollard, +. ID. Newman T.. h..
Lipscomb, Il. #. Fishburn. A E. Huddle-
ston and A. l.. Pugh, lay members.
Conference Organ Wanted.
In executive session late Saturday after
noon the conference decided by a close vote
fn 1.
President James Cannon and Secretary j.
Sidney Peters OF the Baltimore and Rich
mond Christian Advocate. which was be-
fore published as the joint organ of the
Baltimore and Virginia conferences One
proposal was to sell the paper to the con-
ference out and out and the other was to
continue II under its present name, praying
Tor the continued support of the body. The
report of the committee on publishing in
terests. which had the matter in hand also
provided for the withdrawal of the indorse-
ment OF the conference from the paper and
authorized the appointment at some time
during the present year of committee of
siNteen-one lay and one ministerial menu
Der from each of the districts-to confer as
10 the ACCESSIBILITY of establishing a con-
ference organ and TO take such steps to
this end as might be deemed necessary
There was much discussion on the matter
many favoring the continuance OF the old
plan, and when a vote was finally taken an
amendment faYoring that side of the oues-
ton IL was lost only by a vote of 40 to n
The report of the committee was then
adopted.
Routine Proceedings Today.
The nth days session of the conference
opened this morning with the usual reii-
Hious services.
Conference voted to recognize the order
of Rev. T. q. Magann OF Roanoke. an
elder in the Methodist Protestant Church.
On the calling OF the sixth question. who
are received by transfer" the names OF
Rev. T. A. Jordan. from the West Virginia
conference. and Rev. A. A. Walker, from
the Montana conference. were called
The report OF the Joint board OF finance
was read by Treasurer J. r. Houck Ac-
/ cording to this the amounts collected dur
Ing the past year were as follows: For
bishops salary, $2,3l2; superannuate fund