The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-07

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Alabama conference will endeaVor to
cooperate in making a greater college
at Birmingham, after the Woman's
College at Montgomery has been got
ten thoroughly under way, but would
let the matter rest for the present.
Hospital Commission.
Rev. J. E. Mccain, chairman OF the
hospital commission. read the report
adopted at q meeting of the commit
tee held in Montgomery Sept. 27th.
The report shows some hospitals al
| ready built and a number of others
projected, and expresses the intention
on the part of the committee to build
others just as soon as some more
pressing matters can be gotten out of
the way. The report was referred to
the joint board OF finance.
Committees Elected.
J. P. Roberts was unanimously elect
ed to succeed w. Q. Waggoner, trans
ferred. on the board Of church ex-
tension.
The following were elected a com
mittee on Sabbath Observance: H. H.
| MCNEIL. W. NJ. Cox and A. E. Bar
nett. Mr.. Cox asked to be excused on
account of conflicting engagements
| brought about by his being on other
committees, and j. S. Frazer was sub
stitEted
The resignation of S. C. Boyd as a
member of the board Of missions was
accepted, and T. p. Fsincher was elect
ed in his stead.
Prominent Minister Transferred.
DR.. II. \. Hamil of the Tennessee
conference and a member OF the Sun
day School board of the NJ. f. Church,
| South, was introduced to the confer
I. ence as a visitor, and Bishop Wilson
stated, that while it was anticipated
| to some extent to make the announce
ment at this time. that he would an
nounce that DR.. Hamil had been trans
| ferred to this conference.
II. Whitehead, business manager Of
the Alabama Christian Advocate. was
introduced and addressed the confer
| ence in the interest of the paper, say
| ing that Ne would be here during the
session Of the conference for the pur-
| pose Of looking after the interests of
| the paper and inviting the co-opera-
| ton of the conference in promoting
| the interests of the Advocate.
Characters Passed.
! Question %, Are all of the preach
| ers blameless in their lives and char
acters?' was called and the following
superanuated members were reported
upon by their presiding elders and
their characters were passed and they
| were continued in the same relation:
| w. +. Price, ]. W. Shores. J. s. Will
! son. J. R. Peayy, =. c. STANDBY, A. A.
! Easley, G. F. Fisher, 3. +. F'eagin, J.
l.. Mathison. J. p. Sanders n. r.
Hamer W. d. Heath. D. D. Reeves. T.
| d. Albright. D. J. Wright. E. NJ.
| Turner, J. 0. Noble. W. D. Owens. d.
]. Hartzog. A. H. Moore, 0. S. Perry
and George Fontaine.
! The names OF II. Trawic6, a. Is.
| Brown and A. Z. Gibson were recon-
mended for the superanuate relation
| and their names were referred to the
! committee on that relation.
Presiding Elders Report.
| The names OF the presiding elders
were called and in answer to question
| p it was stated that there was moth
ing against them, after which they
made their reports. All of them re-
| ported good work in their districts
during the year, some of them report
| ing more success on some lines than
others, but upon the whole they were
| all excellent, considering conditions
| generally throughout the bounds of the
conference during the past year.
| The presiding elders who made re-
! ports and the districts represented by
| them follow: w. NJ. Cox. of the Mo-
| bile district; E. c. Moore, of the
| Greensboro district; O. s. WEIGH, of
| the Selma district: c. A. Cornell, of
| the Prattville district; J. II. Dannelly,
| OF the Montgomery district; $. NJ.
| Hosmer, of the Troy district; J. E.
Mccain, of the Eufaula district: H. T.
| johnson, of the Dothan district; 9. w.
Gavin, of the Mariana. district, and
| O. c. McGhee, of the Pensacola dis
trict.
DR.. McMurry Addresses Conference.
Rev. W. F. McMurry, D. D., secre-
tary of church extension, and one OF
| the foremost men in Southern Method
; ism, having been several times voted
upon for a bishop. was introduced and
addressed the conference. DR.. Nc
hurry said that he just dropped in to
attend the conference for the twenty
| first time.
| He spoke for sometime upon the
work Of the board of church extension.
| and, being q very entertaining and
| forceful talller, his address was listen
ed to attentively and was enjoyed by
all who heard it, besides being in
structive. He complimented the Ala
bama conference, saying in the work
of church extension it stood fourteenth
! from the top. He showed that 321 OF
| the 643 church buildings in the confer
ence were built partly with church
extension money.
He mentioned the great demand for
aid from this board in the southwest
and urged that it be given. He said
| this section afforded an empire for
| Methodism and contained unlimited
opportunities. In this connection DIR.
| McMurry said that the lack of interest
| in church work on the part Of the
young people today was accounted for
! by the lack of churches in which they
could work. when you contribute to
church extension" said the speaker,
you are contributing to the very
| foundation of the gospel and Of the
church Of Cod
Question p Resumed.
After the address of Or. McMurry,
question % was resumed and the fol-
lowing ministers were passed as to
| character and made brief reports of
the years work: c. A. Rush, A. p.
McFerrin, S. w. Williams, J. d. Hart
zog, z. c. Maye, F. NJ. Atchison. ]. w.
Rhinehart, J. P. Daughtry, D. Fl. Nc
Neal, J. B. Trotter, j. o. Lawrence, A.
J, Lamar, r. A. Moody, J. A. Stripping,
+. L. Moore. c. G. Daniel, Z. L. Cowan,
H. S. Ellison, c. W. Northcutt, f. NJ.
Lowry, w. 3. Parent, J. L. Jones, c.
w. Mcconnell, T. l.. Adams, c. p. At
kinson, L. P. Lathram, Z. a. Dannelly,
J. T. Mangum, J. r. McGlaun. D. F.
F1lliser. T. F. Davis. J. I. Kersh, ]. A.
Scale, J. W. Breedlove. T. B. Barrow,
s U. Turnipseed, g A. Williams, E. p.
Craddock, w. P. Dickinson, E. =.
Paul. I. F. Bilbro, f. w. Coleman. w.