The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-23
PREACHERS ANXIOUS
MUCH SPECULATION AS TO THE AP-
 CONTINENTS.
There stiIl Remains Much Business To Be TranHlated by the North
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 Decatur Nov 22.-(Special.) )- There still remains much business to be transacted by the North Alabama Methodist Conference before the final adjournment of the Thirty ninth An" nual session.
 The character of a number of preach- CTS stiIi remains to be passed upon under Question 20, Are all the preach CTS blameless in their official life and administration? A number of com mittee reports remain to be heard and much other business Is to be trans" acted.
 The indications are now that 1t may be Monday afternoon or perhaps Mon day night before this session or the conference adjourns.
 The last business to be transacted by the conference is the selection of a place of meeting for next year and the reading of the new appointments of preachers for the coming year. It ia quite likely that these appointments will not be read until Monday after moon or Monday night. The reading of the appointments Is always the DIE feature of the North Alabama Metho- dist Conference and this year there is more speculation, If possible than ever before as to the appointments Of the various preachers.
 Bishop IT. c. Morrison. who is-pre- siding over the conference, has not intimated where he Is going to place any of the preachers. At the open ing days session he laid down the law firmly and strictly, saying that nc would not allow himself to be infiu- enced by any person in making tnese appointments. but would use his own judgment and make them for the pest as he saw 1t. Bishop Morrison Is act" ing as his own secretary and on this account no one but he alone has seen the list of the new appointments. As is usual at Methodist conferences there is much speculation just at fhis time as to where the various preacn- CTS will be placed and many of them are becoming nervous, so eager are they to know where they are going next year. While there arc numer. ous rumors afioat as to some of the big appointments, no one VIII know for certainty whether these reports be true or false untfl Bishop Morrison reads the appointments tomorrow Some of the presiding elders are or ina opinion that the business of the conference can be furnished and the AnaI adiournment be had tomorrow morninR by ii o'clock. but the major itv of them are of the opinion that h win be tomorrow afternoon or tomor- row night before the business can pos sibly be completed and the ao1ourh- ment had. ,-,.. Many If the preachers who visited inc Methodist Female College at Atn- ems yesterday have complimenteo tne college and Miss Moore. the presloent' most highly. They spent most pleas- ami afternoon at the college as tne guest of Miss Moore and as tne BueSss | oF inc citizens of Athens. Under the nraidency of Miss Moore, Athens Coi- ieSs has been raised to a much higher l atsndard aa an institution of learning ars as a result the college IS no" crowded to it's utmost capacity. Oth- Or class rooms, dormitories' ana otheE buildings are badly needed 10 accoin- @ modate the young women Wno t%i.
 atantIv applying for admission In tnlS institntion of learning. The members oe tbe North Alabama Methodist Con. sarencA and the people in general or Nn~th Alabama are proud Of Atnens college and are also proud or "isS Moore. ,.,oos, piabor
 This morning at II o'clocK blshoP IT q. Morrison preached sermon or -a,,oS, Iorca to one of the largest con- locations that has ever assembled m ths Central Methodist Church In New nscafnr. Tonight Bishop Morrison confirmed a large class or deaeohs oL the second year at this church atter the usual services. - .,.,,,.o,,
 Services were hsiu AH .- SAs. of Decatur and of New Decatur thls
 norning at II o'clock and tonight at J7:s0 o'clock by visiting preachers. All tSf these churches were packed by
 members of the conference and citi- zenr of the two Decaturs. One of the most powerful sermons was by pr. J. Al. Duncan of Birmingham, at the First Presbyterian Church, this morn ing at II o'clock.
 This afternoon at o'clock Dr. Dun can delivered an address to men on the Manliness of Christ. at the Young Mems Christian Association Hall m New Decatur. The hall was packed to its utmost capacity at this service ternoon at 8 o'clock at the Central Baptigt Church. New Decatur. This meeting was led by R. E. Tyler.
 BlrminEham Interested.