The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-12

| voluntary sobs burst out here and
 there and the preachers joined in a hymn at the end of the farwell. The woman's College. | Reports from the few ministers who
 had not yet spoken were heard as was the report of Rev. J. Nj. Dannelly,
 secretary of the Woman's College Com | mission.
 Mir Danneily told of the delay Tn l perfection of plans for the college at Montgomery stating that the architect who at first was employed had be- l cause of illness, put a force of college
 undergraduates to work on the plans
 with unsatisfactory results. These
 were rejected he said and other archf- | tects are now at work following out | suggestions by Fredrick Low Olmstead,
 the noted landscape gardener We are going to build the college"
 he declared. and ask you not to trust | to my assertion solely, but to every
 assurance possible and 1t will start | soon."
 He said that 400 to 800 students
 were in sight for the institution from l it's start. assuring success. He asked for financial aid and that all promises ] of contribution be fulfilled. A collec- | tion was called at-the session and
 nearly $500 was received for the col lege.
 By the report of the committee on examinations of the class of the second year 1t was revealed that but four or
 the class of nineteen had passed the
 rigid examination admitting them to deacon's orders. The four. J. Bruce
 Airey. Mobile; A. c. Clayton, Tallas-
 see; T. c. Martin. Pushmataha, and
 Roy Moore, Orion, were qualified by Bishop Hoss and elected deacons by
 a vote of the Conference. | The bishop spoke at length to the l four prospective elders telling them
 that there Is no better life than that 1 of the consecrated Methodist minister 1 nor is there anything more miserable
 than the half-hearted minister. l After giving sound advice to the young ministers the bishop called for 1 their election. z l More of the probationers than usual failed upon examination--five In the
 class of the second year and five in
 the class of the first year. YOun@ Preachers Advance. 44
 A. c. Shafer, ". E. Bryan and Robert
 J. Mills. were three local deacons to
 be admitted to elders orders and eight
 travelling preachers all members of the
 class of the fourth year, were elected
 elders. They are Daniel II. McNelll.
 John B. Daughtry, Felix Nj. Wood, S.
 J. Gibson. F. J. Lowry. L. B. Green. Frank Seay and Percy Hudson. John H. Williams. a local preacher, was elected elder With the admission of the elders and deacons, there came
 a petition from R. F. Dennis. a minis | ter who had been deprived of his | credentials by the Conference, praying 1 for their restoration. The petition will come up for action before the execu- tive session of the council Saturday. Three visitors were introduced to the r Conference. Rev. Brooks Lawrence, pr. Jenkins, Tuscaloosa, and Dr. Meier rim, Secretary of the Joint Board of Church Extension of the two Confer ences.
 pr. McFerrin addressed the minis- ters on church extension for a few minutes introducing the subject, as he said, for further exposition by Bishop Hoss at night and Bishop floss made for the church extension a forceful I plea.
 A meeting of the Preachers Aid So- ciety was called and business of the Conference was suspended for a short while At the meeting the officers and directors of last year were reelected They are: B. c, Glenn. President; J. | W. Shores, Vice-President: J. E. Mo. Cam. Treasurer; E. M. Turner, Sec- ISsoty' QfeCtoFs' J. l.. Mdlnison, J /. P. Roberts. L. c. Calhoun. B. L. Moore. J. R. McGlaunn, A. l.. Sellers, B. F. Marshall. C. P. Atkinson ten. dered his resignation as a member of the Examination Committe of the Fourth Year and Frank Seay was ap- pointed in his stead.
 Church's Benevolent Work. A standing committee was appoint ed by Bishop Hoss whose duty it will | be in accordance with a resolution passed Thursday. to report on all be- nevolent work transpiring within the 1 Conference confines. The members
 are Frank SeaY. W. P. Hurt. c. P.
 Atkinson, c. S. Talley.
 J. P. Hamilton was appointed as a
 member of the Committee on Memoirs
 to aid during the absence of O. c.
 McGehee.
 During the afternoon reunion ser-
 vices were held at the Southern Uni versity under the auspices of the Y
 NJ. c. A, at which c. A. Williams and
 J. B. Airey of the Conference spoke. No cabinet meeting was held during the afternoon owing to the presence
 of Bishop Hoss at the church exten- | sion services at the church. The cess | sation of cabinet conferences is due
 also to the fact that the Bishop and
 presiding elders have rushed the task l of appointments with the result that l Lne ll5L IS nearing COfnplSAlOus TlG 1 appointments will fin all probability be
 read during Monday mornings ses-
 sion or at least such is the purpose of
 the Bishop.
 In such event 1t will be possible for
 the Conference. members and delegates l to begin 1t once their exodus from | Greensboro.
 A short session of the Southern Uni-
 versity Trustees was held today with 1 little results. The question of estab- 1 fishing a chair of history was discuss
 ed but the issue was postponed at pres- ent History Is combined with the
 chair of moral philosophy though 1t is
 more than likely that a separation will | be made soon.