The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-12
DISCORD IN ALABAMA
 METHODIST CONFERENCE
Committee Raised to Consider the
 Matter.
The Body Passes Earnest ResolutiOn. on the Tragic DeatA of Senator
 Carmack, Who is Praised
 warmly by BIshop Hoss.
Br rARLEros CoLLTER.


 Greensboro. Dec. 11.--(specials )-- Charging that the affairs of the Meth odist orphanage at Summerneid had been conducted in lax manner for the last ten years and that certain facts connected with it's workings should be made public, the first breath pf- discord ruffled the eduanimity of the confer ence. today when Rev. B. L.. Moore or Sumyuerfleid and Conference Agent for Superannuates' Homes asked that an investigation of it's affairs be made.
 Once before the motion was made but without the charge of laxity. It had been defeated upon a vote later with the report of the trustees. but 1t, was repeated with the startiins charge.
 Rev. W. P. Dickinson. secretary of the Board of Trustees. frankly stated that there was nothing in regard 10 the administration of the orphanage that offered motive for concealment and nothing was concealed, tnonsn maintaining that the request cast ols- credit upon the trustees. He asked Tor himself that the investigatlon pc naos that every charge might be quieteo.
 COnanittee is named.
 Mr Moore continued his denuncia- tion. stating that he was refused ao- mission to a meeting of the board At a certain session when he inferred ne was armed WllH pShhihSAAS As@N-eN01 - to the administration.
 The. trustees present disclaiEned any yaf1sal If an interview and stated that inc failure of Mir. Moore to be at the meeting was due to nis own nesh- Eence. ing the session though all called Tor fhe investigation, the trustees pe- cause they desired every hint of care- lessness in administration to pc qis- sipated and the propAg asora ok sne original motion becauBe they main. fained that the QrphanaEe had been eondtcted in 1ax mannexs
 4 committee of i've, consisting of Frank. seay. W. P. Hurt, ". p owens. H. L. Johnson and F. IT. Me examine the report of the trustees and determine whether or not an investt- gation was necessary and to report Saturday morning at an executive ses- sion of the Conference.
 The Conference endorsed the trus- tees by a reelection of the entire body for. service for the coming var. The trustees are T. F. Whitby, Selma; H H Stewart, Selma; W. P. Dickinson, and J. A. Thompson, Marion.
 Report on ORphanage.
 The report of the orphanage as re- cealed before the Joint request Tor in" spection was favorable showing re-
  of s12.e1a.Te of which S335.69 was a halance from the preceding year with sf2.37S.10 received from various sources. Of this s1O,s3e.5O had been spent for inc maintenance of home, salaries, travelling expenses etc, leaving bal ance of s167,29. This balance. as against a standing indebtedness for preceding repairs. showed net debt Of s2.28s.24,
 It was shown that the running ex- penses of.this home were approximate ly $500 ko 3650 q month.
 The trustees in the report asked for S1O,0OO. from the Conference to elim- mate the indebtedness an dto provide needed improvements. They also rec commended the election of Rev. T. H. Jones, as agent for the home
 There are installed at the home S3 inmates. s2 from the Conference of North Alabama and 31 from that of South Alabama. Not a death occurred according to the report from Septem- Der, 1907, to September. 1908. With the exception that the Home was not situated in the most advantageous place. the report showed an excellent condition.
 The controversy was sprung with suddepness upon the Conference and upi'- ,Sally the disQuiet Is regretted v ,nin the body.
 { Friday brought forth deveIopments Q, interest, the grind of routine being in Wge measure concluded and general maA CTS being discussed. during the unoh Ing session.
 Praise for Carmack.
 Resolutions were introduced by Rev ]. s. Frazer, presiding elder of the Mo bile District lauding the late Senator Carmack of Tennessee, declaring him to he one of the greatest and most fear less men of the land and deplorlng his - death.
 In it's preamble the resolution touched upon Carmaek's work fin the Alabama prohibition campaign. It de- cIared that his murder grew out of his open condemnation of those who were trying to defeat prohibition and to con- tInue the sale of whiskey in Tennessee. His death was mourned and the resolu- tions denounced as un-American the embargo which some men who have not vet advanced beyond the cruder ideas, would put upon free speech. They en- dorsed the suggestion to aid in erecting
 The resolutions read for Mir. Frazer hv Rev. E. l.. Crawford, were endorsed bv the Conference in a rising vote
 Personally endorsing the resolutions Rishop Hess paid tribute to Carmack, his personal friend co-work- CT. From his laudations of Carmack the Bishop turned to the cause of the dead Senator. stating that the work begun will never be finished until liauor traflc is stopped.
 "They're going to shut every saloon and keep them shut" he declared.
 Brooks Lawrence Talks.
 The entire day was gtSsn over t0 prohibition talk, with the CarmaeK tribute and With an ad iress by Rev T2roolxs Lawrence in the afternoon. That well known superintendent of the Anti-saloon League with his psual vehemence against the liquor traffic. aroused the audience tirle and again. Ire declared that the question of pro hibiton in Alabama held not one whit of pessimism but that optimism and favorable outlook for dry State pre- walls.
 10 touched on the proa9ssd special