The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-12-11
METHOD|STS Will
RA|SE.$ 100000
Half for Wofford, Fourth Each
for Lander and Columbia.
Commissioner TO HAVE CHARGE.
Church Schools are Prosperous
Conference Adjourned At
ter Doing Much Work.

Anderson, Dec. 2.-All business
having been disposed Of, the one hun
dred and twenty-seventh annual con-
ference of the South Carolina Meth
odist Church was adjourned early
this afternoon, after the assignments
for 1913 had been read. The assign
ments carry wholesale changes.
The last days session of the Con-
ference was opened by devotional SER
vices, led by Presiding Elder O'Dell,
after which Bishop Kilgo announced
the following as being received into
the conference by transfer: s. A.
Steel, P. B. Wells, w. E. Thompson,
C. L. Ingram and ]. B. Gilgore.
Reports were heard from the board
of education, the board of missions, of
minutes, Of Bible cause and church
extension. The reports of the board
of missions and the board Of educa-
ton provoked considerable discussion
but were finally adopted as received.
To Raise 100000 Fund
The report of the board Of educa-
ton carried with it the recommenda-
ton of the employment of commits
sioner of education, who shall 1naugu-
rate a three years campaign to raise
$500, 900, one-half of which Is to go
to Wofford College, one-fourth to
Lander College and one-fourth to Co
lumbia College. The sums to be re-
ceived by these colleges are to be ap-
piled on their Indebtedness and also
for the erection Of a dormitory at
Wofford and for the extension OF the
various college plants.
The commissioner will be selected
later by a committee especially ap-
pointed for this purpose. The report
of the board of education was adopted
as received with the amendment that
s75O be appropriated for the Cokes-
bury Conference School. DR.. John
o. Wilson fathered the amendment
for this purpose and heated debate
resulted. The vote when counted
however, included the appropriation.
In promoting the appointment or
the commissioner Of education to
raise this 100000 the board recon-
mended that amounts received for
any one of the three institutions,
through agents or otherwise, within
the bounds Of our Conference between
now and the Inauguration Of this cam
paign, shall be deducted from the
amount to be apportioned to that in.
stitution." A motion was made and
strongly presented to have this part
of the report stricken out. AFTER
much debate, however, and by a close
vote, the recommendation was left as
presented.
Church Schools Prosperous
The colleges and schools Of the Con-
ference have experienced an unpre-
cedented year of success. At Column
bia college there are % teachers and
tutors, with an enrolment Of 287 stu
dents. Value of plant, $256,5OO, and
Indebtedness, $4,000. The board rec
ommends mat the field agent be con-
tinued. m,
AT Lander college there are 234
students, of which, 159 are boarding
pupils. Value of plant, $147,3OO; en-
dowment $4,000. oor
At Wofford college there are 5o5
students and 181 in the Fitting school.
This is the largest enrolment In the
history of the two institutions. Ine
property and resources OF the col!ege
have been increased by $4,000. The
endowment is $183,000.
There are 80 students at >Carllsle
Fitting School, overcrowding the DOR
mitory. The property is valued at
s35 900: endowment, $4,000. At the
Cokesbury Conference school the en-
rollment was 40. The property is estl-
mated to be worth $4,000; endowment
$1,000. oo.
Thirty-four charges in the Confer
ence failed to pay their Conference
educational assessments, and only 90
of the charges paid this assessment
in full. The Kingstree district was
the banner district, paying 80 per cent
of it's assessments.
Reports were heard from the ooaras
of missions, of Bible cause, minutes,
Sunday schools, church extension, and
ordered to the record.
Resolution Of Thanks
The Rev. w. B. Duncan offered
resolutions of thanks to the citizens
of Anderson, to the Rev. S. A. Dona-
hoe and his efficient assistants in ar
ranging for the entertainment OF the
Conference, to the postal authorities
for courtesy shown the Conference
and they were adopted by a rising
vote. 81,
The Conference appointments Will
he found in full in another part OF
this issue.