The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-22
By E. M. GLENN.

New Decatur. November 21.-(special.)- J. Conference was called to order at a. m., Bishop Morrison presiding.
 Devotional exercises were conducted by J. W. Tucker
 The minutes of yesterdays session were read and approved.
 The secretary read a communication from the city of Athens, asking the con ference to visit that city this after noon.
 Dr. Newman read resolution touch ing the filling of the conference journal with the director of archives and history of the state of Alabama and the reso- lution was adopted.
 Jesse J. Jones, from the missionary Baptist church, J. D. Faust, from the Congregational Methodist church, and J. M. Neal, from the Cumberland Presby- terian church, were received and their orders as elders recognized.
 Rev. John l.. Bray. president of Miles college of the c. NJ. k. church, was introduced to the conference and made an effective appeal for the white people to take interest in the purposes and aims of the colored people to develop the negro race in good citizenship. In pass ing the speaker. took occasion to express the gratitude of the negro race to the white people of Alabama in the pas sage of statewide prohbitory laws. The speaker called attention to the fact that fha cfo, ,aJc gro better than any other white man does therefore, said he, it was more to be desired that he have a contribu- tion of $5 from southern white neighbor of his school, coupled with the sympathy of that man, than to have $5000 contrib uted by a white man from elsewhere uncoupled from that sympathy. To the southern Methodist church must the col ored people of tOs country look for sympathy and assistance and guidance. The conference took a collection for Miles college.
 Conference Relations.
 pr. J. W. Norton read the report of the committee on conference relations and the same was adopted. This report rec ommends for the superannuate relation the following: W. T. Andrews, Thomas Armstrong; H. L. Booth, F. T. J. Bran- don, M. E. Bait, J. N. Dupree, J. V. Emerson, r. K. Hewlett, M. E. John- ston. T. A. Kerr, M. N. Morris, C. B Riddick, G. W. Sellers. G. G. Smith. R. A. Speer, J. c. Walker, D. w. Ward R. J. Wilson
 Question 20, Are all the preachers blameless in their life and official administration"
 Under this question the following ministers were called. made report and character was passed. w. T. Haldridge w. P. McGlown, ]. s. Robertson. A. I Chappell L. F. Parrish J. A.. J. Brock, A. L. Mathison. c. c. Godbey. J. T. Self, c. w. Read. W. J. Reid E. H. Harris, A. j. Nstistine l. F. Stansell F. E. Emerson. Robert Echols. II. r. Grim, c. w. Scale, L. A. Waits. W. E. Draper, J. w. Johnson, ]. W. Ledbet- ter, J. T. Lane. W. B. Hope. H. B. Rails T. G. Slaughter, W. K Simpson. B. T. Cantrell, T. W. Hayes, Joshua Warren, w. R. Eddins, w. R. Howell J. T. Wilkins, James Williams, T. B. Mccain, ". l.. Hendricks, G. w. Alley D. T. Dye. w. L. Rice.
 Branham Confession.
 The report of the committee to fry W. s. Branham was read by l. q Francis as follows:
 We. the committee, find the defend- ant guilty on his own confession. In view of his penitence expressed in open court, and as he has been suspended for the past II months and has been reprimanded as penalty by the chair man of this committee, we therefore pass his character.
 ''T. G. SLAUGHTER.
 Chairman;
 "R. Y. HANNON,
 "J O. LANES,
 U. W. NORTON,