The Hattiesburg news., 1911-12-09
METHODIST MEETING AT MERID-
IAN MARRIED BY NO UNPLEAs-
ANT CIRCUMSTANCES.
APPOINTMENTS COME MONDAY
Legislature Will Be Memoralized To
Petition Congress To Prohibit Ship.
ment OF intoxicating Liquors Into
Dry Territory.

Meridian Miss, Dec. S.-The Mis-
! sissippi Conference, now in session in
this city. has been marred by no un-
pleasant disclosures or reports of
damaging nature as regards the char
acter of any of the applicants for ad-
mission into the regular ministry. and
the discipline has not been resorted to
at any time.
President d. c. Huh cleared mat
! ters considerably Yesterday morning
| when he addressed the conference and
rendered a report on the work of
Millsaps College the Methodist insti-
tuition at Jackson. President Hull
stated that in regarl to the circulars
once declaring against the Creek let
ter fraternities and secret societies,
they had never been submitted to the
faculty of the college. or had he been
approached in regard to the matter.
He requested of the conference that
/ the matter be placed in the hands of
the faculty for settlement. He fur
ther stated that the matter would be
handled as seen fit by that body.
believe that the secret societies
would be permitted no longer. There
had been considerable discussion
along this line, and the statement of
the president was satisfactory to the
conference.
The Following preachers were found
blameless in their lives and official
administration and were called on to
submit their reports at the morning
session; S, N. Young, r. e. Rutledge,
w. F. Baggett b. w. Lewis. G. s.
Harmon, c. NJ Chapman, l. l.. PEBBLES.
John Paul, J. j. Ferguson, b. f. Jones.
W. c. Forsyth, G. II. Galloway, w. NJ.
Williams, r. b. Clifford, C. II. Ellis,
j. E. Williams, ]. s. Parker, A, f.
Smith, J. Lloyd Decell, l.. l.. Roberts,
W. w, Perry, C. F. Emery, O. S. Lewis,
W. A. Terry. T. b. COttrell. W. l.. Lin
| field W. J. Ferguson, f. d. Phillips,
p. f. Lewis, J. T.'Abney, C. C. Guice,
II. Mellard, r. r. Witt, r. w. Adams,
r. S. Gale. w. r. Griffin, r. Selby, L.
A. Darsey, J. Nj. Lewis and p. II.
Howse.
Yesterday afternoon, promptly at
o'clock, the ministers and laymen
boarded the street cars for the Me
ridan Womans College, where they
were entertained by a military drill
by nearly one thousand young men
from the Male College and young Ia
dies from the Woman's College, who
executed the military maneuvers af-
ter the manner of the regular army.
! The young ladies wore navy blue uni
| forms, the young men the regulation
kahki uniforms. While the drills
were in progress, the military band
from the male college furnished en-
| livening music for the occasion. Fol
lowing the drill, a musical in honor
of the visiting ministers and the peo-
pie of the city of Meridian was given,
and was thoroughly enjoyed. Three
| hundred ministers then repaired to
the spacious dining hall of the col
| lege, where they were served a most
! delightful luncheon and all were in
their glory as they partook of the pro-
| verbal Methodist chicken. The larg
est poultry farm in Mississippi and
one of the largest in the south is
operated in connection with the school
and the Methodists enjoyed that fea-
ture to the fullest extent. They were
loud in their praises of DR.. ]. w. Bee
son, president of the college for the
magnificent entertainment afforded
them.
The session of the conference last
night was devoted to a report of the
church extension board and an outline
of the work of this department. The
address of the evening was delivered
by Mr. w. F. McMurray, general Sec
retary of the Church Extenson Board
of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
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