The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-11
OVER S14,5OO GIVEN
 MISSIONS IN YEAR Alabama Conference Holds Fourth Days Session MCCONNELL IS OPPOSED Dr. Rush's Amendments Are Adopted and Conference Unites With North
 Alabama Conference in
 Educational Plan
MCCONNELL IS OPPOSED

Troy, December 10.--(Special.)- This evening the Alabama conference missionary board held It's anniversary,
 Dr. ". N. Ainsworth Of Georgia mak- ing the main address. Reports read by officers of the board showed that S14.- 900 had been assessed for foreign mis- sions and s14.64S.60 had been raised during the past year for that purpose.
 For domestic missions s9,437.56 was raised and for specials s2,S99.57, mak- ing total of s26,4S5.73 for the year. Assessments for the coming year were made. foreign missions $17,45s, do- mestic missions s11,s1o.
 The fourth days session of the Ala bama annual conference of the south ern Methodist church was opened by devotional exercises conducted by Bishop w A. Candler. He announced hymn No. s34, My Faith Looks Up to Thee,'' and asked Rev P. M Turner, a venerable superannuate, to lead the conference in a prayer. The minutes of Fridays session were read and ap- proved.
 Mcdonnell Deposed
 The secretary of the trial commit tee in the matter of W. E. Mcconnell, who was a member of the conference, and who was charged with unbecom- ing conduct and immortality, made a report to the effect that the commit tee of 15 named to try the accused preacher had arrived at the conclu- sion that he was guilty of unbecoming conduct and immortality as charged and hat fhax, lad a he ,l posed from the ministry and expelled from the church. which was done. MT Mcconnell had in charge the Stock ton circuit in the Pensacola district the first of the present year, but, it Is all legged. that he became enamored of woman in the bounds of his charge and that he went astray. Many expres- sions of deep regret have been heard at the sad ending of his ministry. He was a pleasing man and one who had made many friends in the conference all of whom are deeply grieved at his predicament.
 The problem of arriving at a peace able and amicable settlement of the vexed question of methodist schools In the two conferences of Alabama was settled this morning by the withdra wal of the report of the board of education as submitted to the conference and the substitution of the amended report
 When the board of education of the Alabama conference made their report by a majority of one it was immediately moved to make the minority report, which had been submitted. the report of the board, which was done. Then started the debate which took up two days of the time of the conference. meeting of the board of education was held last night and it was decided to present the amended report. This was read by the Rev C. A. Rush. secretary of education
 in this conference. Dr. Rush moved the withdrawal of the minority report which had been substituted and the adoption of the amended majority report. The majority report provides for the unify- ing and correlating of the Methodist col ieges. This is left just as it was, but some interesting provisions are made in the amendments made to the report. The paper read by Dr. Rush and adopted by the conference says: