The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1912-11-01
BISHOP STEWART OF C. N. e.
CHURCH SUSPENDED.
Charged With Irregularities in Ac-
counts-Meeting Held in Brming-
ham Early in october-Chrs-
tian Index Publishes Decision
of Committee - Matter
viii Go to General Con
ference in 1914.

That the recent suspension of Bish-
op G. W. Stewart, of the G. M. E.
Church, was upon the demand of three
hundred laymen of the church is the
information that has come to the
Globe recently from most reliable
source. It is said the lay members
went in body and demanded his sus-
pension, and that they made it clear
that such action must be taken at
once. The report of the findings of
the investigating committee, taken
from the official organ of the c. M. E.
Church y, as follows:
Bishop Stewart Suspended.
Theirgood Temple, Birmingham,
Ala, Oct 8, 1912-At 10 a. m. reli-
gious services were conducted by
Bishop M. F. Jamison Rev. R. M.
Mckenzie was elected secretary. The
following charge was read by the
President, Bishop NJ F. Jamison, to
the committee of investigation, as
follows; Bishop G. w. Stewart, Pre-
siding Bishop of the Seventh Episco-
pal District and Treasurer of Miles
Memorial College, is hereby alleged
to have misapplied school funds for
the year 1910, 1911 and 1912"
Committee: Revs. w. J. Turner, L.
d. Fletcher and ]. H. Howard. The
following ministers were appointed by
the Presiding Bishop as members OF
the committee: Revs. j. T. Speed, R.
B. Martin, L. w. Whitnore, NJ Lewis,
F. M. Mcpherson, H. c. Frederick, F..
P. Wheels R A. Jones, j. H. Hughes,
R. F. Fulwood, j. B. Battles and r. L..
Langford Revs S. ]. Elliot and F. A.
Bailey were the council for the defend
ant Revs. w. M. Grain and w. T.
Turner were the councilmen for the
Church.
For two days Brother l.. B. Wallace
was kept at the blackboard adding and
subtracting amounts of moneys
claimed to have passed through the
hands of the Bishop, and the amounts
claimed by the Bishop to have been
paid or sent or ordered sent by him
to their rightful places-$4, 900, and
some over in all was claimed by the
council for the Church to have passed
through the hands of the Bishop, in
cluding general and special mission,
EpWorth League, Education, General
and Church Funds. After carefully ex.
amining the checks, receipts, ETC., the
investigating committee found $43,
5J1.S2 or thereabouts accounted for by
tie Bishop; unaccounted for, $40,
6S8.18. About 8 o'clock p. M Thurs
day, Oct. 10th, 1912, Bishop M. F. Jam
ison charged the committee and dis
missed them to go and make up theil
verdict, After they had been out -four
hours, thy returned with the follow
ing verdict: 1--WE, the Committee oi
Investigation in the case of Bishop
George w. Stewart, after carefully eX
amining receipts, checks and docu
ments of the Bishop, find the charges
n, the indictment sustained; we there
fore. recommend a trial of the BishoI
necessary" Signed-J, T. Speed, r
! Martin. L. w. Whitmore, M. Lewis
F. Mcpherson, H. C. Frederick, F
p Wheels. r. A. Jones, j, H. Hughes
r r Fulwood, ]. B. Battles and X. l.
Langford Bishop M, F. Jamison theT
declared Bishop George w. Stewar
suspended until the sitting of the Gen
erai Conference, 1914. Thus endet
the First Chapter-The Investigation
of one of the most epigramatic O
dramatic scenes we nave ever wit
messed or read of in the circles OF thu
Methodisms of the world. This new
will come as a shock to many OF tn
members of our Church. Now let III
saw to the members, however much WI
NAV regret the affair and wish it hat
been otherwise-twelve ministers o
our Church have rendered their de
cision. This is final in the investlga
tion so far as the law of the Church i
concerned. Suppose we cease iron
fnrther discussing of the matte
through the public press and wait 10
the final hearing and verdict OF tn
Trial Committee of the General Con
ference, 1914.-From Christian Index
oct. II, 1912.