The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-10
TO DELIBERATE
 ANNIVERSARY MethodEts Arrange Plan
 For 1908. METH0DEM 100 YEARS OLD Special Committee Formulated Plans
 Last Night. Every MetAesIst Church ana Edaea. tioH.i iastisss'e. In AiaAama
 win Observe oee.sss.
 witA sseeiai Program.

According to plans arranged by the special committee appointed at the last meeting Of the Alabama Confer- encs Historical Society. the tooth an- in the state will be celebrated next year with appropriate exercises in every Methodist church and Methodist educational instftution In the State. Detailed plans of the celebration, were arranged.
 When the meeting Of the specia, committee.' consisting of seven mem- bers. was called to order last night by Chairmah Thomas N. Owen at the Exchange Hotel. every member was present. They are as follows: Dr. Thomas M. owen. chairman; Rev. !. N. Danhelly. Rev. Frank Seay, Rev. Charles H. Motley. Rev. Crawford Judge William H. Thomas and Hon. J. A. wilkerson.
 In calling the meeting to order Dr. Owen stated the purposes for which the committee had been appointed, and the purposes of this first session. He submitted series of resolutions which, after being discussed, were unanimously adopted.
 This resolution provides that memo. rial or commemorative exercises be held In every church and Sunday. school In te Alabama Conference in 1908. on such date or dates as may be decided upon. and in such forms as Will De serve to arouse in the conGres gatlon Q renewed appreciation of the past Of the church. and an interesting sense of oblikatlon thereby imposed on all loyal Methodists for future eixorts.
 That these commemorative exercises De held during the seventy-sixth an- nual session of the Alabama Confers ence, during the fourth annual Ases- sion of the Aiabama Conference His toffcal Society. and during the 1908 annual conference of the Epworth League.
 HistorfcaI work.
 That as a part of the con1memora- tive work ok the year, all preachefs Of the conference be urged to compile for the society, sketches and histories of their several churches. also to cof- feet incidents In the life of the denorn- fnatfon In the State. and to gather and forward to ADr. Thomas N. owen, at Montgomery, for permanent preserva- tion all historical source desirable for the collections of the Conference His tortcal Society.
 Following the adoption, of the resp lutions outlining the scope of the eele- bration, the Chairman announced sub- committees in obedience to q resolu- tion to that effect. These sun-eofnrnit- tees to have charge of particniar du- ties as follows.
 Rev. Charles H. Motley to prepare a series of historical sketches on early Methodism In Alabama, for publica- ton.
 Rev. J. NJ. Danneiiy to look after the execution of resolution for the providing for commemorative exercises In educational and benevolent institu. tions controlled by the e>Methedists of Alabama,
 Hon. J. A. Wilkinson appointed to prepare history of the Sunday schools of Alabama Conference during its early history. It is stated that the sunday School at Autaugaville, of which Mir. Wilkinson is . member, and of which at one time he was superintendent, is the oldest Sunday School In the United States, and the interest of Mir. Wilkin- son In Sunday Schools has been pros nounced. he Is peculiarly fitted for this werk.
 Rev. E. L. Crawford to make an in. vestigation and report to the commit tee what histortcal spots and places In the State ought to be cofimemorated by tablet or stone.
 The Chairman Dr. Owen, was direct- ed 10 prepare all necessary blanks, cir- cuiars and papers necessary and per- tAining to the work of the Committee.
 Messrs. DannAiiy, Crawford. Thomas and Owen as q special committee to consider and report plans tof an ouu~ cational fund as memorial cominerh- oration of the teoth anniversary. The Chairman was also directed to investi- gate and report on the advisability of a bronze medal commemorative Of the anniversary.
 4 special committee of three. con- sisting of Messre. owen, Danneliy and wilkinson, was Appointed to prepare a program of the exercises to be dlstrib- uted in the Sunday Schools and churches of the Conference for use tn the commemorative exercises.
 To arrange the date for the celehra- tion of this anniversary. pr. owen. Rev. Frank Seay. Rev. c. H. Motley were appointed to consider and report
 Rev. Charles II Motley to confer with the Board of Education of the North Alabama Conference with the view of securing cooperation so that the celebration will be throughout the State.
 1t is in contemplation that the first of q series of anniversary exercises shall be held iIR, the two great centres of Methodism of the Alabama Confer. ence, Montgomery and Mobile, and that these Initial celebrations may be a great success, Rev. Frank seay was appointed to have charge of the mat ter in Mobile. and pr. Thomas My Owen and Judge W. H. Thomas in Mont gofnery.