The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-12-02
SUNDAY EXCURSIONS WRONG.
METHODIST CONFERENCE REGIS
TIERS IT'S PROTEST.


TIERS ITS PROTEST.
BY Resolution it Calls Upon Other
Demo limitations In this State TO
Unite with it i'm an Effort to Put
Stop to Sunday Excursions 10
Pleasure Resorts.
Laurens, Nov. 27.-Among the i'm
portant and noteworthy transactions
of the third business session or the
South Carolina Methodist Conference
in session here, was the unanimous
election this morning Of the Rev. Ed
ward King Hardin as missionary
evangelist for the Conference, vice the
Rev. ]. w. Speake. Mr.. Hardin was,
on Yesterday, admitted to the confer
ence: today he is exalted to a power
full and important position among his
brethren. He is quite a young man.
a 1904 graduate of Wofford college, at
tended Princeton one year, ana mas
been q local preacher Of the Rock Hill
district during the past year He is
native of Greenwood county, man
Of commanding physique, powerful
command Of language, an orator OF
no mean ability and a scholar wlthai'
The committee on Conference Reia-
tions reported this morning by adding
the names OF r. w. Barber, j. X. NC
Cain. Geo. w. Waddell, and w. e.
Winn to the superannuated list, which
was adopted by the Conference anc
referred to the committee for tha
purpose. John Manning was recon-
mended by the committee for super
{ numerary relations. These names vii
he reported on at later session. Tn
: old list of superannuates remains tn
e same, excepting the name of DR..
M. c.lrietzberg.
Is The following young ministers wer
: admitted into full connection after tw
years of study This means that the
~ are now licensed to administer tn
~ Sacrament and perform the marriae
ceremony, yet they are required tw
L years more Of study. They are: Tho
y IW. Godbold, H. Bascomb Hardy, Tra'
d. w. Munnerlyn, James K. lnapine
OF Jones T. Miller and John r. Walker.
III An interesting resolution was intr
ne duced by 1. w. Bowman, ESQ.,, of
~ iv11n
le- by the Conference. 1t reads:
ne Whereas, an unholy custom n
PIC been instituted among many OF I
'p- railroads of our State of running
hp custom trains on Sunday to the vario
ho pleasure resorts Of this and adjoini
're States, and Of selling tickets and tral
nortine passengers on Sunday to 81
ee' resorts at greatly reduced rates; an
Whereas, this custom of runn
said exclusion trans and of transpo
'eS' ing passengers at reduced rates to $
resorts is exceedingly demoralizing
it's effects upon the people OF our
~" loved State, and contributes neithe
seS the glory of God nor to the bett
o'e men Of mankind: Now therefore,
, Of
'e Resolved, That it is the sense
was the Orangeburg District Conference
and c..h co,th that the r
w. roads of the State Of South Caro-
should discontinue the custom of
pe' ming Sunday exclusion trains and
III ing tickets and transporting pass
gers to pleasure resorts on Sunda
reduced rates, and that said railrt
wv" are hereby respectfully requested
refrain from same.
That this Orangeburg District
'''' ference hereby memorializes the s.
o"' Carolina Annual Conference to
ition ,.., .,..,,, 90 those ohove
uo' to call on the other Christian chur
Of the State to join with that boo
''e condemning Sunday EXCLUSIONS on
said railroads and Of selling til
e'po" and transportating apsesngers al
i"e duced rates on Sunday to pleasur
sorts.
'""" The Conference Immediately q
ed a resolution embodying the sci
the above. and calling upon the
tist Convention, Presbyterian
etc., to pass similar resolutions.
=" seems that the religious bodies
State will make a combined
against the weekend pleasure
sions.