The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-05-19
Bishop Galloway, a Noted Metho.
dist Divine,
GOES TO HIS REWARD
Was One Of the Best-Known and
Popular of the Bishops Of the
Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, and a Leading Citizen of
the State Of Mississippi.

Bishop Charles B. Galloway. OF
the Methodist Episcopal church,
South. died of pneumonia at his
home at Jackson, Miss. at five
o'clock Wednesday morning. The
following particulars of the sickness
and death Of this good man is con-
tained in an Associated Press dis
patch from Jackson, Miss, where the
Bishop lived for years:
Bishop Galloway, Mlssissippi's
most distinguished divine and best
knowa pub1icisI, for the last twenty
years held rank among the greatest
public orators Of America. His ILL.,
ness, OF several Gays duration, was
a mild form Of pneumonia, compli-
Gated with heart tsouble.
The Bishop was taken i'll last FRI
day en- route. frol Nashville, where
he had attended the annual session
of the College Of Bishops. No alarm
over his condition was felt until
Monday night, when pneumonia. de-
veloped in one lung. The patient
grew worse rapidly. During the final
twelve hours he was unconscious.
The funeral took place Thursday
afternoon from the First Methodist
church, followed by interment at
Greenwood Cemetery. Bishop War
rem A. Gambler, Of Atlanta, Ca, con-
Quoted the services. Allldepartments
Of the Federal, State, County and
municipal governments were closed
on Thursday, and Major Crowder Is &
sued proclamation asking that all !,
business houses close for the day out
of respect for the distinguished dead.
Bishop Galloway was possibly the
most prominent Of the Bishops Of
the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South. He was a son Of DR.. C. B.
Galloway, and was born at Kosciusco,
Miss, September 1, 1349. His boy
hood days were spent there and at
Canton. In 1866 he entered the
University of Mississippi and was
graduated in 1858. In 1869 he join
ed the Mississippi Conference.
He was married September l.,
1871. to Harriet Galloway, and to
them were born two sons and three
daughters. The degree Of doctor
of divinity was conferred on him
by the University Of Mississippi, and
the degree of doctor Of laws by the
Northwestern University and By
tulane.
Bishop Galloway's writings cover
ed wider range perhaps than those
Of any other person connected with
.he church and he travelled extensive
ly. He was the author Of "The Life
If Linus Parker "Methodisn, q
Child Of Providence" ga Circuit OF
Providence" ga Circuit OF the
Globe" Modern Missions and Their
Value" and "The American Com
nonwealth."
He represented the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, at the
Scumenical Conference at Washing
ION, D. c., and London, England, and
vas fraternal messenger to the
General Conference of the Methodist
Church in Canada. He visited Brazn
vice, Mexico twice and China and
Japan three times.
Bishop Galloway took a leading
part in the affairs Of his State and
was regarded as one of it's foremost
citizens. He was member OF the
State board of trust and Of the State
historical commission.
For a number Of years he took an
active interest in the prohibition;
campaigns in Mississippi and otner
Southern States. He was president
If the board of education OF the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
resident Of the board Of trustees
# Millsaps College and Vanderbilt
University and was a>menber OF the /:
,oard of trustees Of the John r.
Slater fund.