The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-07
FORWARD MOVEMENT IN
 EDUCATION IS PLANNED

so Rev. J; M Mason was elected Con- time fn"GH and d'fseS."ry ReS for ths sightesnth George Fontaine, Rev. E. |. craw- raw ford, Rev. .. H. Motley Rev. IT. s. | uF9n. Rev. H. T. StewartRev H. M. Andtew and A: E. Barnette were ap. pointed as assistant secretaries Rev: M. B. wharton, D. D.. of the Eufaula Baptist Church: Rev. B L Ell Hbiiroh. Of the he, JEufapla Presbyterlar assistant secretary of the Board Of of Mission. of the M. k. Church, South: Rev. smith of the South Georgia Con south Georgia. Conference Epworth League, were Introduced i,y the Bish- ops to the Conference.
 Tn the line. of routine business, the | 6ishop called question 20: Are all the preachers blameless in their life and official adminlstration?' l Superannuatcs Reply. Under this call the Bishop heard first From the super1nnuated preachers. Those answering were; J. W. Shores, g. D, Gayle, B.. L. selman. D. c. SW5@nIdlfy WrISbf W H; w,idoIIl Morris D. y D J, ?. D; Rlyes, J. Q. Andrew, R. smiiee, Pilley, ". J Price, Neil Gillis. A. II. T. D. Albright, J, M. Patton, J. R! Peayy, J. O. Noble. N R, Hamer.
 Their characters were passed and they were referred to the Committee
 
 annuated relation.
 The name of L T. Reynolds was called under this question and his health having been impaired during the year he was referred to the same com mlttee for the supernumerary reIa- tion.
 The name of W. T. Powers was call ed, and he having, died during the year. was referred to Committee on Memoirs MT Powers was killed by street car while attending ihe General Conference at Birmingham last May.
 Under the same call the Presiding El- der or the Mobile, Greensboro. Selma and Prattville Districts were called and their characters proved
 M. H. Holt, Presiding Elder of Mont gomery District, made an interesting In his district 9E. ,3Yt "
 Bishop Duncan then called Question ?: Who remain on triill2' Answer. the names of Thomas F. Da- vis, Robert R. EliesorJ ohm c. James, Henry B. Register. Haley Lizenby, Eza called and were reported on by the ex- amtning committee. Their characters were passed, they were advanced to the next years class and remain oh
 w. G. Miller was not before the comittee, but his character was passed and he will remain in the same class.
 The following young preach DTS were| elected deacons: Chester E. Johnson, Stonewall Gibson and Francis M LoWrey.
 Selman U. Turnipseed, James lende- mir. Henry M. Andrews. Daniel W. Haskew and William E. Mcconnell were advanced to the class of the fourth year. after standing successful examination by committee of the third year.
 Joseph F. Price was elected to EId- CTS Orders. and John M. Muun and William H McNeal being. members ofI the same class, but already in Elders Orders by standing successful eXaIni- nations were graduated from the four years course of study reqVired of all
 Committees are Named.
 The standing committees appointed by the Bishop were.
 Public Worship-J. M. Mason, H. T. Johnson, J. c, James.
 Books and Periodicals-J. E. North cut, L W. Chalker, w. D. Heath. A, |. Andrews J. C. Harrison, E. c. Moore, ". R. Bickerstaff, J. P. Hamilton, o. J.
 District Conference Records-Ral- eigh W. Green. T. A. White. w H. Mason, W. K. Campbell. G. K. Will Hams, T. D. Sanford, J. L. Jones, c C. Daniel. J. B. Troter.
 Conference Relations-A. J. Cousins, J. D. Kersh, J. E, McCann, c. B. Piuey, R. A. Foster, J. w. Hammer, W. T. Rencher, J. w. Breedlove, R. c. Will Hams.
 Memoirs-J. s. Frazer, L F. BiIbro, C. S. Talley. J. NJ Geun.
 On Temperance-A. J. Cousins, S. M Hosmer, J. E. Cumming. J. B. Trotter.
 The Epworth League anniversary was held Wednesday night in the church and was addressed by E. P. Peabody of South Georgia and Dr. W. W. Purser of Nashville, Assistant Mis- sion Secretary of Sonth Methodist Church
 The roll call was dispersed with at the session this morning. Rev. W. H. ArIds of Sandy Ridge conducted the devotional exercises and Bishop Duncan led in fervent prayer.
 J. W. Malone, President of the An drew Female College at Cuthbert. Ga. Rev. MT. Ledbetter of the Georgia Con- ference, and Rev MT Lawrence, Presi- dent of the State Anti-Saloon League of Birmingham, were introduced to the Conference.
 The names of ten candidates for ad- mission for trial into the Conference were considered, nine of whom were received and the tenth was referred back to the committee on techntcali- ties for reconsideration, and will be again placed before the Conference to- morrow morning.
 Francis M. Atchison of the Mobile Dis trict; Roy Moore, Frank G. Hastings. c. T. Martin of the Montgomery Dis trict; A. c. Clayton and Josephus Hen by of the Eufaula District; J. c. Mar tin and R. J. CoXwen of the Mariana District George H. Hicks and J. B. Avery of the Pensacola District.
 Dr. A. J.. Lamar. Business Manager of the Methodist Publishing Company of Nashville; Rev. John Massey, u. D., President of the Alabama Conference Female College. Tuskegee Dr. $. M. Hosmer, President Southern University, Greensboro. made fine reports, which were referred to the Board of Educa- tion.
 Communications were read from the Board of Mission, General Board of Education. Trustees of Church, and were referred to appropriate boards and committees A collection of S1,305 was taken for the expense of the col lege work of the Southern M. F. Church at Kobe, Korea.
 Sunday School Celebration.
 The Alabama Conference Sunday School Anniversary was celebrated to- night and was made, by reason of the importance which is being attached to that special phase of curch work, and because of the number of prominent Sunday School workers of the Snnth taking part in the exercises, one ot the strongest features of the second days session of the Alabama Conference.
 The First Methodist Church of Eu- faula, where the Conference is in ses- sion. was taxed to its GaDacitv to hold