The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-20
DR. NELL MODERATOR
CHOSEN DY PRESBYTERIAN As-
 sERIBLY AT MOBILE.
Attendance df the Commfssioners at thes0penfng session is UnusuaIIy
 Large-Rev. pr. Hopkins De
 livers Annual Sermon.

Attendance df the Comnafssi0ners at h the 0pen1ng session Is UnusuaIly
 Large-fsev. pr. Hopkins De
 flyers Annual Sermon. Mobile. May 19.-(Special. .)-The forty. fourth General Asssyubly of the Bresbytc- rian Church for the Southern District copvened in Government Street Presbyte- rian Church at II o'clock this morning The attendance of Commissioners at the very gratifying. A large number of mem bers of the local church were present and the several committees were very busy all morning receiving and looking after the comforts of the Commissioners. The l.se,I present officers of the General As Charleston, W. Va, Moderator.
 At Il o'clock, with all the, seats in the church occupied. the Assembly was call ed to order; In the pulpit were Rev. pr. Moderator; Rev. pr. J. B. Shearer. Press iGent of Davidson College. Davidson, N C.. and Rev. Dr. w. T. Palmer of the First Presbyterian Church. New Orleans. The church choir, with Mir. John Holmes as organist, was in the choir loft, and the following were the choirists: Mrs. Frank P. Davis, soprano; Mrs. F. JIM. Aeker. contralto: Mir. Ewing McBee, ten- or: MT. Thomas H. Halliwell, basso. pay rne cnor Q sas sang voluntary 9,u after which
 
 A hymn followed, when Rev. W. T. Pal mer read the Bible lesson. The prayer by Rev. Dr. Shearer, which followed, was one Of the most fervent ever heard in this city.
 Other appropriate hymns were rend- cred. after which the annual sermon was delivered by Rev. Dr. Hopkins
 At the conclusion of the annual ser mon by Roy. Dr. Hopkins which cccu-. pied great length and proved one of much interest as well as benefit to his hearers, the general assembly got down to the first order of business, which was the election of a moderator. Four can didates were placed in nomination, as
 Rev. pr. s. M. Neill of Kansas City, Mo: Rev. Dr. J. H. McNeilly of Nash vile. Tenn; Rev. pr; " E. Boggs z, of French of Fort Worth. Texas.
 Four ballots were taken and on the last ballot Rev. Dr. Neill of Kansas City, Mo-, having received mapority of the votes, was declared elected mode
 The new moderator was conducted to the chair by Revs. Messrs. Fleming and French and congratulated by the retir- ing moderator. making suitable re- sponse.
 Upon taking the chair, the moderator announced the election of 0 minute clerk as the first business. The retir- ing moderator, Rev. A. c. Hopkins,
  special order for Monday at p. m. This precipitated a lengthy debate, which lasted over an hour, the older members of the assembly cIamoring for delay, tion. The matter resulted in the noni- ination of the following and making the election of minute clerk the special order for il a. m. tomorrow: Rev. J. D. Leslie, Central Texas Presbytery; Rev. s. P. Thompson, Lexington, Ky; Rev. q. R, Law, Spartanburg, S. C.; Rev. W. s. Campbell, Richmond, Va; Rev. Alex M. Frazer. Stanton, Va; Rev. T. L. McCue, Jackson Miss.
 Rev; E: A, Abbott. Fayettes Mo, and Rev. A. Y. Allison, Lake Charles, Mo, were elected temporary clerks.
 Rev. A. F. Carr presented the mode rator with a gavel made from a piece of the first wharf built by Bienviile at Mobile in 1710, recently excavated, it's authenticity being proved by old maps
 The following special orders were made: Friday. 8 p. m.. Sunday school and young peoples work; Monday, 8 p. m, ministerial relief.
 Dr. s. M... Neiik the new moderator. Church. Ramsay City. He is of the noted Mecklenburg. North Carolina, stock. and was educated at the La. Grange College. LaGrange, Tenn. which practiced law in Memphis in his young CT days, was a soldier in the Confed- crate army and at the close of the war studied theology in Columbia, S, C., and Edinburg, Scotland, From '72 to '75 he was pastor at Oxford. Miss, thence went to Shelbyville, ky, from which place he went to his present owing to the death of the permanent clerk, which occurred during tue current year, 1t became necessary to elect A suc- oessor. A number of names were of- fered. but the election was deferred un- election Is to take place. Assistant clerks elected were as follows: Rev. E. A. Abbott of Bonneville, Mo, and Rev. J. Y. Allison of Lake Charles, La.
 Tonight's session was devoted to re- ligious exercises, the congregations be- ing unusually large.
 Nearly all of the commissioners are present and all are comfortably located that for the first day of the General Assembly. this Is the most successful of the forty-four assemblies of the church. The following are the Commissioners to the General Assembly:
 Synod of Alabama.
 Presbytery of Central Alabama.-L. W. Lee, Selma: John Ford, Selma.
 Presbytery of East Alabama-R. J. McIlwain, Clio; F. P. Glass, Montgom- Presbytery of Mobiie-E. A. Smith, T. c. McBryde.
 Presbytery of North Alabama-J. W. Orr. Ensley, A. M. Garth, Courtland; Frank Marston, Good Water; G. L. 0dell. Bessemer.
 Presbytery of TuscaIoosa-D. L. Barr, J. H. Somerville, AlIceviIle.
 SynOd of Arkansas
 Presbytery of Arkansas-Dr. W. M. Morrison, Louisville, Ky; Guy E. Thompson, Little Rock.
 Presbytery of Ouachita-Jas. E. Green, John D. Spragins, Nash vile.
 Presbytery of Pine Blunt-Dr. s. c. Pine Bluff; J. R. McChes- Presbytery of washbourne-Dr. A. W. Mister, Russellville; A. D. Morris, Fort Smith.
 synod of Florida.
 Presbytery of Florida-R. O. Baker, Argyle; D. Campbell, De F'uniak Springs. Presbytery of St. Johns-J. I. Norris, B. c. Graham, Plant City. Presbytery of Suwanee-Dr. w. E. Boggs, Jacksonville; John Eikel, Mikes vile.
 Synod of Georgia.
 Presbytery of Athens-Dr. T. M. Mo- Connell, Gainesville, Robert McMillan. Presbytery of Atlanta-J. O. Herndon. LaGrange; W. A. Powell, Atlanta; P. P. winn, Decatur; J. Corley, In- Presbytery of Augusta-Dr. H. W. Bur NE