The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-11-28
NJ rHODIST CONFERENCE


rice of the session Saturday
i j. T. Gibbs, offered a resolution
|, recommending that the greetings of
this Conference be sent to the Meth
odist Protestant Conference, now in
session at Henderson.
The resolution was adopted.
Bishop Hoss stated that he hoped
the members of this Conference would
cultivate more the members of the
Methodist Protestant Church. They
are good people, he said, and it
will be to your advantage to cultivate
them. 1t is becoming more and more
apparent that the principles for which
hey struggled so stoutly in the past
were right.
J. N. Cole, presented the report of
the committee on the Representative
Church which was adopted. This
report recommended that this Con-
ference contribute five thousand dol
lars to this church building within
the next four years.
The report recommended also that
D. III. Tuttle be named as the special
agent of this fund.
Ex-Governor Jarvis, by special re-
quest addressed the Conference in
the interest of the Representative
Church.
Before he began speaking, Bishop
Hoss stated that the best speech on
the subject - of the Representative
Church, was one which he heard
Governor Jarvis deliver. Governor
Jarvis said that the building of this
church should not be regarded as a
burden to Southern Methodism, but
that it should be pleasure. He
aid that he wanted the church, of
Southern Methodism in the capital
of the nation to be not only the equal
but the superior of the church which
any denomination shall erect there
He said that in his judgment nothing
more than the erection of this church
building could appeal more effective
ly to the love and patriotism of the
people OF Southern Methdism. He
said that he preferred that this
church be erected as the result of
small contributions from a great
many people in the church ] rather
than as the result of a few large
contributions.
When Governor Jarvis Lad com
pleted his address, Bishop Hoss re-
marked that if query should be made
who the second citizen in North Car
DINA is, there might be number of
answers given, but ifquery should be
made who the first citizen in the State
is, there would be one answer only.
Minute question IL was called. What
local preachers are elected deacons?
anc C.J. Harrell was elected. r.
Three places were placed in nom
ination for the Conference next year.
L. E. Thompson nominated Hay ST.,
Church Fayetteville; N. II. d. Will
son nominated Grace Street Church
Wilmington; w. r. Royal, nominal
ed the First Church, Henderson. Hay
Street Church, Fayetteville was se-
1ected.
The Conference was held last in
Fayetteville in 1901.
Question 10 was called: Who are
supernumerary?
Question 20; Who are superannu-
ated? were called, and answering
these questions the report of the Com
mittee on Conference Relations was
submitted making the following rec
concentrations for the supernumerary
relation: r. w. Townsend, w. H.
Townsend, J. o. Guthrie, N. M. Nc
Donald.
For the superannuate relation NJ.
C. Thomas, J. E. Thompson, w. H.
Kerton, A. D. Belts, j., ]. Porter, c..
c.. Brothers, l.. J. Browning, w. H.
Pickett. G. D. LangstOn, ]. 7. Old,
w. A. Forbes, T. P. Bonner, T. J.
Daley and F. A. Bishop.
c. S. Bearden submitted the report
of the committee on Temperance.
One of the recommendations of
this report was the occasion of con-
siderable discussion. This was rec
ommendation that the Conference
recommend the appointment of Rev.
|J. E. Underwood, and Rev. D. H. Tut
tie and two laymen, H. A. Page and
@. K Nimocks as members of the
Executive Committee of the Anti-Sa-
loon League.
NJ. T. Plyler offered an amendment
to the report, striking out the recon-
mendation for these appointments.
After this discussion had been con-
tinued for some time Bishop Hoss
stated that he did not know whether
the Conference would grace word
from the chairb,u tETAOINSHRDLU
from the chair but consent was Civ
en- and he proceeded to speak.
Among other things he said that
he had been a prohibitionist since
early boyhood and that he was a
member of the Anti-Saloon League
in Tennessee and proud of the fact.
There is no getting around the fact.
however, he said, that the Anti-Sa-
loon League is political organiza-
ton. I belong to it and / glory in 1t.
for I did not surrender my citizenship
when I became a Methodist preacher
A. D. Belts, asked if the Anti-Sa-
loon League is a political party and
Bishop Hoss answered that it is not
a political party, but that it is po-
litical organization, where political
methods are used in electing it's Off
GERS and doing it's work, but that 1t
| is a great organization. He said fur
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