The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-05
Many Resolutions and
 Memorials.
THE BODY IS ONE OF BUSINESS
Telegram Sent to Negro Methodists
 Meeting in Memphis.
Tsurteen standing conamittees are Named to Pass Upon the Nu- merous Matters That wiii
 come ,up--Bishop Dun- s can Presides.

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 Hirminghan,. May 4.-tspecial = Hishop A. w. Wilson presided wnes the second days session of the ni,een. .., general conference of the Me.nooiss ' r,risconaf Church, South. was called 70 order fhis morning at o'clock nev J,H Mclean. of Bonhan, Texss isau tha errinture lesson, reading the his Shsntsr Of Ephesians. After the reao- ing of the lesson. the song, | boso ~ '' Thy Kingdom, Lord" was sung Dy sne congregation. Many ladies wsre tendance at the conference. tooas' MT. Mclean led in prayer. The arrival of number of delegates ,,are announced by Secretary Tigert. The minutes were read and with some roii,or corrections were adopted Bishor Duncan then took charge or tne con ference. A large number of resolutlons and memorials were then tss from the annual conferences anu real work started.
 The t,rst business of the day was the readinx of reports from standing com niittees. Dr. J. ]. Tigert reported TOT she Committee on Rules. It was moved that the rules be suspended so that yuzgestions would become laws at once; The motion was withdrawn because ot opposition. ,..
 E~ q. which considered a paper to amend Rule 6. by substituting the word trip licate" for duplicate, SO as to read: Every resolution shall be In writing and, in triplicate. signed by at isast two members; and every substitute or amendment and every report Of com- nnittee shall be in writing ana n trip- Iicate." was against the change.
 The next order of business was the einbnnitt.hsg of memorials from various coufeYences Here are some or the me- YnoriaIs that will be considered by va rions conlmittees.
 M : Some of the Memorials.
 A memorial from Memphis contained {. memorial from the General Confer ence Board of Education. signed by Bishopsi c. B. Galloway and ', H, Kirk lana. ccncerening various items sug- gesteu by the board.
 North Georgia corfereeee--A memo ! rsai to be allowed further tsrne for dir vision of conferences. noflmittee on
 North Georgia. conference--To, defne authority of President of Conference in the establishment and support of conference of missions. Referred to Committee on Missions,
 Concerning trial of travelling peach CT from St !, John's Station, Augusta District. North Georgia Conference
 Neraphis Couference--To amend the order of business of our annual con- ference. Committee on Itinerary.
 Memphis conferencc-That authority to license persons to preach be restored to the quarterly conference. commit tee on Itinerary.
 From members of Louisiana Confer ence-With reference to amendments of the laws on trials of travelling preachers and hearings of appeals.
 Alexandria District, Louisiana Con- ference-on conference evangelists and appointments of presiding elders.
 Louisiana Conference-To promote city mission work.
 Pastors meeting of Knoxyille-To de- fine more explicitly the boundaries of Holston conference.
 Holston Conference-Looking to the establishment of minute questions In district conferences.
 German Mission Conference-To publish German scateehism.
 Florida Conference That unordained pastors be allowed to administer sac raments of the church and celebrate rites of same.
 China PublishinE House.
 That the General Conference author ize the Book Committee to expend $50, 900 in the publishing house in China; signed by Collins Denny, chairman, and W. c. Dalwell. secretary Book Commit tee
 That general conference elect a book agent and assistant book agent That there shali be an establishment in Nashville for the manufacturing and publishing books.
 North Georgia Conference-A memo rial to be allowed further time for division of conference Committee on Boundaries.
 North Georgia Conference-A memo rial to empower all pastors to admin ister sacrameuts md perform marriage ceremony. Committee on Revisals.
 North Georgia Conference-A memo rial to increase lay members of an nual conference. Committee on Re- visals.
 North Georgia Conference-MemoriaI in reference to local preachers license. Change in quarterly conferences.
 North Georgia Conference-To amend Paragraph 163. Committee on Re- visaIs.
 New Mexico conference-on bounda- fies.-Committee On Boundaries.
 Mississippi-Five memorials, one of which concerns the distribution of funds to superannuated preachers. An other had reference tc the lay repre- sentation.
 Many other memorials were submit ted. some of them being repetitions. Altogether there were about fifty or sixty deailEg With VarlouS phases of church work They will be threshed out by the fourteen committees and dis eussed on the floor of the conference when reports are made.
 At the conclusion of the reading of the memorials Secretary Tigert said the seat of James Thomas of the Little Rock Conference had been challenged. The matter was referred to the Com nnittee on Credentials.
 A rcuest for a fiashlight photograph was made and granted. It will be taken this afternoon.
 It was moved that the standing com n1ittees meet this afternoon and organ ise. The motion provided the two sec tions meet at different hours.
 Substitute offered
 A substitute was offered to have the roll of conferences called and that the Assignments of members to the several standing committees be presented in duplicate by the respective chairmen of delegations. It was further provided that the first section of he committees meet at 2:3o p. m. and the second sec ton at s;3o D. m. today for orEaniza-