Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-06
METHODIST LEADER
SAYS SOUTH WILL
KEEP PROHIBITION
Change of Temperance"
Committee to Committee
"0n Moral and Social Cues
tons" Cause Bitter Protest
CONFERENCE FINALLY
RESTORES FORMER NAME
(By Associated Press.)

ASHE V LILLE. N T., May 0.-Wlln lnc +
usual devotional exercises, consisting If
prayers. hymns and civilizations, the
quadrennial conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church opened its second days
session this morning. The delegates were
late in assembling and the exercises
were continued until the hall filled up.
which was nearly 10 o'clock. A large (
amount of routine matters were trans
acted, greetings from fraternal organ iza-
tiCRS to the church were received and
the official roll OF committee members
was called.
ference, one by Bishop Hoss on behalf OF
Judge and Mrs. d. b. Bell, of the SUI
preme court of Tennessee 1t is made
from cedar from the home of Bishop
Scale. of Nashville. The other was held
by Captain Weaver, of Asheville on be-
half of the local Methodists. Bishop Hem
dirk, of Kansas City, who was presiding.
accepting both gavels, held them up with
the one he had been using and asid, Two
is company, three is a crowd.
ADDRESS Is REFERRED.
The episcopal address was referred to
the various standing committee and these
committees reported their organization
and officials. The committee on rules
represented an order of business, which
vas adopted.
DR.. Z. G. B. Mann. of Kentucky, took
up the question of the naming of the
committee on temperance, which yester-
day was renamed the committee on moral
and social questions. Mann said the Meth
odist Church. South. could not afford to
go on record as striking a temperance
committee from its list. He secured a
suspension of the rules and moved that
the word temperance be restored and
that the committee be called the commits
tee on temperance and other moral and
social questions.
81 am from Kentucky" he said "and
feel I have a right to speak on this.
When we get rid of our present governor,
you of Tennessee can have your Patter-
sons and we can keep our Watterson. but
II am asking this change to test
some of the Episcopal ministers-not the
Episcopal church itself. 1t should not be
said we had backed off from our fight
against the whisky evil" An attempt to
substitute the word prohibition" for
the word Temperance" was defeated and
Dr. Mann's motion was carried.
WOMEN PROTEST RIGHTS
Petitions from several women's aocie-
ties in different parts of the south. Ala
bama, Georgia, South Carolina and other
states, were presented, urging against the
granting of conference representation OF
women.
The petition asking for these laymens
rights from the Woman's Home Mis-
sion society followed the protest and. like
il was referred to the committee on re-
visals. 1t is practically certain that it
will be adversely reported, and 1t is like
~ that the report will be adopted by
the conference.
A memorial asking that the use OF
tobacco be prohibited was referred TO
the committee on itinerancy, causing I
laugh.
The rest of the session was devoted to
the reception of petitions and memorials
These. under the rules, were referred
without debate to the proper standing
committee without debate. 1t was agreed
TO meet each morning at and to adjourn
a. D. M to give committees time to meet
each afternoon.
A short address by Rev. j. w Tar
box. a missionary from Brazil, excited
some enthusiasm. The conference Tor
the day adjourned at l p m.
WOMEN'S PLEA OPPOSED.
Bishop Hendrix in his episcopal adj
dress Wednesday fatty opposed the
demands of the women of the
church for laymen's rights ana
representations in conference. lie
Said the demands were not lin harmony
with the church's ideal of what Was wo-
mans place in the church, in tH home
and in society"
The veto power in the bishops hands
and their election for life were strongly
supported and any attempt to- destroy
their power or limit their duties was
deprecated as a dangerous innovations.
FOREIGN WORK URGED.
Greater energy in foreign fields was
recommended and Africa was declared
the BATTLE-GROUND of the twentieth CEN.
turv. 1t was declared essential that the
field be entered by Methodists. de-
cided stand was taken against innoya-
lions in worship such as intonation ana
chanting of the Lords prayer.
The movement to remove the four
wear time limit on preachers service in
church was not approved. 1t would
destroy the intinerant system upon
which the church is based, according to
the bishops address.
NO CHANGE IN NAME
Cooperation and division of territory
with the Northern Methodist church
was Endorsed. A change in name was
not recommended, but greater efforts In
Sunday school work were urged.
The question of the control OF Van
derbiIt university at Nashville by the
church or the trustees was left with the
conference without recommendation
Five additional bishops were recon-
mended and the address closed with
tribute to the dead.
1t had required over two hours to read
il and at its conclusion the conferences
adjourned for the day after referring
the address to the standing committees.