The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-17
{ COMES TO END Two Sessions on the
 Last Day. RECEIVED. ITS REPORTS Bishop Candler Will Preach Two Sermons Today. He Will sps k at Court Street Church in Morning and at Dexter.
 Avenue Church at
 Night.

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 -The business sessions of the Montgom- i cry District Conference of the Methodist Church came to sn end at the Pores; Avenue Church, Highland Park, yester. day afternoon. The Conference adjourn ed to meet next year at Watoola Church. | At II o'clock this morning all Methodists | or Montgomery will join iri servicen ai the Court Street Church ard fslshou | CaEdler of Georgia will preach The Bishop will preach again tonight at the Dexter Avenue Church. There will be no other services in Methodist churches or Montgomery today.
 The third and last days session of the conference convened at 9 o'clock yester- day morning with Bishop Candler in the cnair and with devotional exercises by the Bishop.
 The minutes of the previous days ses. sion were read and approved The Lay delegates proceeded to elect delegates to the annual Alabama Confer ence which will be held in Selma next year. The delegates are: Dr. J. T An derson. A. E. Barnett and B. NJ Wash burn. The alternates are: A. Roemer, J. J. Fowler and J. A. Bullock | For Superannuated Ministers. An able and eloquent appeal in the in- terest of the superannuated ministers en- dowment fund was made by Dr. A. F. Watkins of Jackson, Miss Dr. Watkins i5 the agent for the superannuated en- dowment fund for the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and works under the ai- rection of the General Southern Confer ence.
 So stirring was Dr. Watlxinss appeal to the Conference that $1,146 was immedi- ateiy raised and donated to the fund The Committee on Quarterly Conference made it's report which, on motion, was adopted
 The financial report of the trustees of the Montgomery District Parsonage was read by the Secretary, and was as fol- | lows:
 | Cost of furniture .................... 107.00 Rent of Montgomery parsonage.... 335.S5 Advertisement of sale of Auburn | property ........................ 3.4S | Insurance .. .........,................ S1.4 Interest on note paid ............... 17.Sl Total cost of Montgomery parson- | age .,........................S .S5, ,696 3f Received for old parsonage ........ .$1, ,792. 5C Paid c. W. Thompson ............. 14s.2i Paid w. F. Vandiver ............... 9O3t
 Total. .. .. ....,............,... g. .Os1ll l A1uAHhSV uOC OtA AAhOhfSOhlSAy P0A sonage ..-......................S SS,6So 2s To MT. Lehman ..................... 3.3OO0t To w. F. Vandiver .................. 176.0t | To c. w. Thompson ................. 189 2
 The report was signed by W. F. Vandi- yer. chairman; Albert E. Burnett and Adolph Roemer.
 The report on Parsonage was, by unani- nous vote, ordered spread upon the minutes.
 Rev. H. Trawick, editor of the Ala. bama Christian Advocate. was introduced and spoke Interestingly in behalf of his paper.
 Afternoon Session. The Conference convened at o'clock yesterday afternoon. The religious exer, cises were conducted by Bishop Candler
 The minutes of the morning sessior were read and approved.
 The report of the District Secretary was read and on motion, the report wal ordered spread upon the minutes.
 The report of the District Secretary oi Home Missions was read, and on motioI was ordered spread upon the minutes.
 Dr. S, M. Hosmer, President of thu Southern University, at Greensboro, wa! introduced and addressed the Conference in behalf of the interest of that institu ton. Among the many interesting thingi that Dr. Hosmer said was that the peo pie of Alabama are becoming more anC more interested in educational work.
 He said that his college was working under hard conditions and had beer working under just such conditions many years, yet. he has an excellent teach ing force and hopes to be able to raise the money sufficient to keep them. H. said that he had a fine class of young men. who arc doing ood work l There are, as Is usually the case" h' said. "a few boys who don't do much
 who don't apply themselves, and whC do not take an interest in their work"
 Bishop Candler made another strong talk on the subject of education.
 The Secretary then read the following resolutions of thanks:
 Resolved, That the thanks of this Dis trict Conference is due. and are hereby expressed to the good people of Pores Avenue Church and of Montgomery
 Methodism, for their Christian hospital ity and the entertainment we have en
 loved during this District Conference"
 This resolution was signed by c. A
 Cornell and L. c. Calhoun. It was adopt
 ed unanimously.
 The Conference then adjourned to mee
 at watoola, on the Salem circuit. All Methodist congregations of Mont
 gomery will meet in a grand rally at tn
 Court Street Church this morning at
 o'clock. when the sermon will be preache,
 by Bishop Candler of Atlanta and agail
 tonight at o'clock at the Dexter Ave