The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-11

title 1t to representation of i've cler- ical and i've lay delegates to the Gen erafS Conferences meeting in Asheviile. N. G.. in May and at 10 o'clock. ~ made the special order of businsss by vote. Thursday. tho election of those delegates to the Asheviile Conference began.
 The lay delegates to the convention voted to go into session separately from the body of the conference and retired into the Sunday School room to do their baiiotfng while the clerical Conference members held their places in the main auditorium of the church.
 Rev. H S 7 Eliisor was appointed to act as Secretary for the tellers of the clerical bailotink who were: I P. Rob- 'erts, O. s. weich, H. T. Johnson and J. M Shofher. The teliers for the lay members bal1oting were: R. D.. Byrne. E. w. Berry, M Lghtfoot and E. w. Thorpe with MT. Barnett as Secretary.
 The laymen reported their choice of delegates first and their delegates are as follow: A :. k. Barnett. of opelika; W. F. Feagin, of Montgomery. T. D. Sanford. of opeiika: W. P. Feather stone. of Greenviiie. and D. ". Berry. of Camden. Alternate lay delegates are. as follow: M. Lightfoot. of Brun- didge; pr. John Massey. of Tuskegee. J D. Finley, of Brewton; E.. w. Thorpe. Of DeFuniak Springs, Fla. and k. K. Jones, of Montgomery.
 The clerical delegates are as follow; Rev. A. J. Lamar. of Nashville. but a member of the Alabama Conference; Rev. !. S. Frazer, of Evergreen: Rev. W. N. Cox of Mobile. and Rev. ]. M. Danneily Of Montgomery the fifth place remaining unified for lack of time and the selection for the place to he made at the session Saturday morn ing.
 Under question ls,'' or "who are nominated kfor the superanuate reia- tion?" the names of Rev. k. L. Love lace and Rev. w. D. Heath were placed before the Conference and re- ferred to the committee on that sab- ,Aect. q The Secretary of the Conference. Dr. A. J. Lamar, read a resolution mak- ing the trustees of the Alabama No- mans College at Montgomery the trus- tees of the old Alabsma Female Col lege at Tusk egee and empow wering the new trustees to sell the property of the old school make deeds7to same for purchasers. and turn over the proceeds of the sale to the use of the Alabama Woman's College al Montgomery. The resolution was adopted.
 It is expected to raise several thou sand dollars for the use of the new COlfckt Dy- tHt bhIe OI tu6 VTORGAtJ tOA the old institution at Tuskegee.
 Inyitafion to Auburn.
 pr. c. C. Thach. President of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute at Au- burn, was introduced to the Confer ence. and extended to the members and the body as a whole, an invitation to visit Auburn and the college grounds Saturday afternoon. Immediately af- ter Dr. Thach had resumed his seat. the Secretary. Dr. Lamar. introduced resolution of thanks for the invitation of pr. Thach, which the Conference ac- cepted.
 Dr. B. c. Glenn, President of the Preachers Aid Society, took the chair during a brief session of that adjunct of the Conference. pr. Glenn spoke several minutes In explanation of the present business policy, of the society. declaring that while in the past the society has lost money because of in- tudicious loans made without proper security, such will not be repeated. He declared that the present policy of the society is to lend money only on bank able security or security that Is ne- gotiable. 4
 : He made an eloquent appeal for the support of the Preachers Aid Society, and declared 1t to be the duty of every member of the Conference to support the work 1t is doing for the Methodist ministers. 9aAs
 The Preachers' Aid Society elected fts former officers. as follows. Rev, B. :C. Glenn. President:. Rev. U ". Shores. vice-President; Rev. !. El McCann. Treasurer: Rev. E. M Turner. Secre- tary; Directors, J. L. Mathison. J. P. Roberts, L. c. Calhoun. B. L. Moore. J. R. McGlann, A. L. Sellers. B. F., Marshall.
 At the close of the session of the Preachers Aid Society, pr. c. W. Gavin of the First Methodist Church of Pen sacoia, Fla. told eloquently of the work of building the new church over which he presides. and declared 1t to be the purpose of his congregation to place a memorial stained window in the building in memory of Rev Charles B. DuBoise, the martyred pastor of that church who died during the last yellow fevor epidemic in the city of Pensacola.
 With d response that has character fixed the session from the beginning. the Conference raised the s2o0 asked by pr. Gavin in less than ten minutes from the time the collection was commenced. This matter of giving money seems to be about the easiest thing for the Con ference to do and 1t is no effort at all that matter of hundreds of dollars are raised for any worthy project. the preachers and laymen alike going right down Into their pockets and giving to the limit One often wonders if they are not denying themselves that good work shall continue
 Thursday morning Bishop Morrison addressed the Conference several min utes on Brazilian mission work and af- ter explaining the needs in that far away country. asked for s4o0. In less than fifteen minutes he had the amount wished. and more. too.
 Appeal by Miss Head.
 Let A worthy appeal be made to the Confidence, and If the story is in the least affecting, dry eyes are scarce. Such a scene occurred when Miss Head of the woman's Home Mission Board addressed the Conference Friday morning and told of the needs of that branch of the church's missionary work.
 She told of visit she and others Of the home mission work made into the slums of New Orleans. and of young Norwegian girl they found there who spoke English with the musical accent of the North.
 "we asked her. said Mlss Head. ''how she came to be in such place. and she told us her story: how she had been forced to come to America because of troubles of a brother In Norway; that she had come to New Orleans because she had heard 1t said even in Norway that e woman was bet