The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-09
GREAT HOSPITAL
 PLANS OUTLINED Methodist Conference Adopts
 Pertinent Resolution
C0Sl WILL BE s2OO,ooo
Conference lndorses Movement to Build Church ospltal-Appoint- nents of Preachers Will Be
 Announced on Monday.

Columbus, Miss, December s.-(Spe- cial.)-The North Mississippi confer ence of the Methodist Episcopal church. south which is in session in this city spent busy day yesterday. A long morning session was held and another long business session was held in the afternoon. Business was conducted at rapid rate, and Monday morning when adjournment Is taken all work will be finished and all will be ready for the new years 1abors. The morning session commenced at 9 o'clock with Bishop Hendrix pre- siding. Tlle bishop continued his series of discourses by speaking on Moses, the Phophet of Vision" Rabbi Joseph Herz, pastor of the local Jewish congregation, was intro duced as a visitor and made a brief address, in the course of which he undertook to disprove the historical ac- curacy of Shakespeare characteriza- tion of the Jewfin the Merchant of Venice" Bishop Hendrix responded in very pleasant and sympa thetic vein to the words of the rabbi.
 Rev. J. S. Glasgow, presiding elder of the Tuscaloosa district. North Alabama conference, was introduced.
 The hospital committee made the fol- lowing report, which was adopted aft CT an address by J. H. Sherard:
 Your committee having carefully considered certain documents relative to a proposed Methodist hospital, re- spectfully recommend that the confer ence adopt the accommodations of the commissioners as follows:
 "1 That you endorse the proposal to erect at the place considered most eligible a Methodist hospital to cost, when completed, not less than $200.000, and pledge to the enterprise your hearty cooperation.
 "2. That you accept the resignation of your commissioners, which is hereby rendered, and elect in lieu thereof two trustees, one commissioner and one layman, who will have full power to represent you in locating, establishing and equipping the proposed hospital who shall hold office for one year and who shall make a full report of the proceedings of their meetings to you at your next annual conference.
 3. That through your secretary you invite your Conference Womans Home Missionary society also to elect one trustee, who shall represent that or ganization and who shall have the same powers and hold for the same length of term as the annual conference trustees.
 "4. That in order to provide a small sum to meet the initial expenses of the movement, you levy. through your joint boards of finance, as assessment of $125 on each conference and urge it's immediate collection. Such an as- sessment would hardly be felt at all yet it would greatly aid in launching the enterprise.
 '5 That the various presiding elders and Women's Home Missionary socie- ties of the conference interested be requested to assist and cooperate with the board of hospital trustees in pro viding money to pay the expenses of said board and in the building and maintaining of said institution.
 "6. We recommend that the Rev. R. A. Meek and MT. J. II. Sherard be ap- pointed trustees in accordance with the foregoing and they shall have au- thority to confer with other confer ences in contiguous territory which in- cludes the North Alabama conference, whose recent action has been referred to us. with reference to obtaining their cooperation in the movement, which is hereby invited.
 (signed) "w. B. MURRAH.
 chairman"
 Mrs Bertha M. Scales of Starkville delivered a message of greeting from the Woman's Home Mission society.
 The afternoon session convened at 3 o'clock with the bishop presiding.
 The statistical secretary made his annual report, which shows an in- crease during the year of $500 mem bers in the North Mississippi confer ence.
 The board of missions made it's re- port, which was adopted. This in- cluded the appointment of Rev. w. $. Iagrone as conference missionary evangelist for next year.
 An appeal from the federation of Sunday Rest Associations of America embodying recommendations as to the better observance of the Sabbath on the part of the government in it's various departments was adopted. The committee on books and periodi- calls submitted it's report, which was adopted.
 Bishop Elias Cottrell of the colored Methodist Episcopal church in America was introduced to the conference The members of the conference filled the various pulpits of Columbus today. The bishop will announce the ap- pointments Monday morning.