The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-22
CONFERENCE ,,f IS ADJOURNED It Will Meet Next in
 May, 1910. NEW BISHOPS WELD GAvEL Rapid Dispatch of Business on the
 Last Day.
GaveI Made from the Wood of McKen. dree Chapel, the First Church of the Denomination Built West
 of the Mississippi.

blrmingham, Ala, May 21-The hf- teenth session of the quadrennial Gen eral Conference of the M. D. Church, South. came to a close shortly after 5 o'clock this afternoon with few words of paternal advice and touching bene- diction by the venerable Bishop A. W. Wilson, the senior bishop of the church.
 The last day was marked by the rapid despatch of business and while there was nothing of exceptional i'm portance to engage the attention of the delegates, numerous minor meas ures were disposed of. The Conference on Saturday had named committee to sift the calendar and get the mat ters of most importance on top. and they were rushed through with little delay at the two sessions held today.
 The features of the morning were the reading of the answer to the pro- test of several delegates against the plan adopted looking to a revision and restatement of the church creed; de- bate on who should be in control of the publishing house in Japan, which Book Committee. the present custo- dians, and the adoption of a resolution striking out the paragraph of the dis cipiine relating s to worldly amuse- ments and empowering the college of bishops to draw up a new paragraph on the subject.
 A gavel was presented to Bishop Hendrix made from the wood of Me- Kendree chapel near Jackson, Mo. first Methodist Church west of the Mis- sissippi river.
 TiEert Succeeds CandIer.
 Bishop Candler resigned as secretary of the college of bishops and Bishop Tigert has been elected in his place.
 At the afternoon session provision was. made for the more evangaiistic missionaries and a change was made in the rule recently adopted allowing unordained ministers to perform the ceremony of Baptism and marriage, by making rule apply only In states where 1t was-ln conformity with the civil laws.
 Five bishops presided during the course of today's proceedings all three of the new men wieidfng the gavel for the first time.
 A motion fixing the first wednes- day in May. 1910 as the time for hold ing the next conference prevailed. A discussion arose over the report of the church extension committee which made several changes in the personnel of the board. but the report was adopt ed. The officers and managers of the new church extension board are:
 I. Gsa JeiISEGOHs IICBlQCHts JOnH Wheat. Vice President; John ouerbach- er Treasurer; Managers: R. B. Gilber, I. H. Tapp, T. S. Garrison, T. w. Lewis, J. M. Henry, E. Goodbey, N. B. Henry. N. I. Linebaugh. Henry Trawick. NJ. J ., Cofer, W. J. Young, W. J. Johnson, John C.. Strother. The re- port recommended hearty support of the church extension work especially in the new fields of Cuba, Oklahoma and In- dian Territory, and the rural districts of the South. The committee on gem eral conference entertainment report ed that 1t had organized with R. w. MilIsaps as chairman and B. F. Lips combe secretary.
 Protest is Answered.
 An answer by tSo special committee appointed for the purpose, was made to the recent protest filed against the new statement of faith. The answer was signed by c. M. Bishop. o. E. Brown and l. H. Scruggs, and said that the protest had been read with sorrow and amazement" The reply also stated that it had not been suggested by any representative of the majority that there should be or was needed any re- vision of faith, but that the conference only authorized the commission 10 in- vite other branches of the Methodist faith to unite in preparing "an ade- auate statement of the common faith of the followers of John Wesley"
 The reply was quite severe in some particulars and dealt with the subject at considerable detail. After the doc ument had been read, Bishop Seth Ward took the chair. An amendment was made to the report of the com mittee on Sabbath Observance which was adopted calling on Congress to re- duire that the gates of the Jamestown Exposition be closed on Sunday. The following were named to represent the church in the Federal Council of the interdenominational conference of the federation, the bishops having made the nominations:
 Bishops A. w Wilson. Charles B, Galloway. F. R. Hendrix, John J. Tigert. E. E. Hoss and Seth Ward; Clerical members: J. S. Frazer, F. S. H. John ston, l. D. Long, N I. Linebaugh. W. F. Taylor, F. N. Parker, H. M. Dubose, S. P. Creasp, J. D. Simpson. T. N. Ivey, w. B. Murray, c. c. Rankin, w. c. Low ett, G. B. Winton, Lay members: A. R Pugh. c. W. White, c. c. Henderson. John C. Wheat T. B. King. George M. Napier. w. F. Williams, H. N Snyder, I w Vaughan, I. I. Jester. W. w. smith. J. E. Pritchett, J. I. Nelson and Levin Smith. The matter of the union of three German Methodist Bodies in ,rexas was taken under advisement.
 A telegram of greeting was received from the Cumberland Presbyterian gen eral assembly at Decatur, III. The Ep worth League Board was elected as follows:
 Rishop A. W. Wilson, president; J. M B4rcus. A. F. Watkins. w. T. Mo CIure. T. B. King and E. P Peabody and J. c. Brown