The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-04
Conference at Montgomery
Praises Action in Reject
ing Money for School
| IDOTHAN AND MOBILE
AFTER NEXT SESSION
Election of Conference Officers and
Organization of Committees Are
Among Principal Features of
the Initial Session
Rx L. s. nETTY


for rejecting Andrew Carnegies offer of
100000 for the medical department of
Vanderbilt university; election of confer
ence officers, and the organization of
committees were the principal features
of the initial session of the Alabama
conference of the Methodist Episcopal
church, south. which convened in annual
session at the Dexter Avenue Methodist
church here this morning, with Bishop
e. r. Hendrix of Kansas City as the
presiding officer.
The action of the conference in prais-
ing the college of bishops for rejecting
Mr. Carnegies s offer was expressed in the
form of a resolution. offered by nine of
the leading ministers of the state The
resolution was unanimously adopted The
resolution declared that 1.-The terms of the
offer of Mr.. Carnegie as set forth in his
letter making the offer were such that
the church could not accept 1t and main
tain its self-respect,p The noted philan-
thropist, it is understood, had made
conditional offer to Vanderbilt university
and majority of the board of trust had
voted to accept it, when the college of
bishops rejected it.
The Morning Session
The opening session began at $50
o'clock. and practically the entire morn
ing was consumed in the organization Of
committees and in hearing reports. The
Rev. j. ]. Lamar of Nashville was elect
ed secretary, and on his recommendation
the following was elected as assistants:
George Fontaine. C. II. Motley, Fl. S. AL
lison, a. E. Barnett, II. NJ. Andrew and
w. II. Rice.
Only two addresses were delivered at
the morning session, one by DR.. Stone
wall Anderson of Nashville, secretary of
the general educational board, and DR..
James Cannon of Wayneville, representing
the Southern assembly. DR.. Cannon urged
the conference to establish permanent
+. headquarters the property of the
Southern assembly In North Carolina.
Following his address the proposition was
referred to committee of ministers.
The conference voted in favor of reso-
luton requesting ministers to make care
full Investigations to determine the causes
of marital troubles before performing
marriage ceremonies for divorced persons.
In the neighborhood of $50 delegates
and ministers are here for the confer
ence, only 20 delegates being absent when
the conference was called to order and
practically all being present before the
session adjourned for the day.
Carnegie's Offer Rejected
There was a request for immediate
action on the Vanderbilt university reso-
luton as soon as 1t was offered, and as
a result the resolution was adopted with
out having been passed upon by a com
mittee. The resolution follows:
"Whereas, the action of the minority
me- NH Of M ST in
testing against the action of the majority
in accepting the so-called gift of $,000,000
to the medical department of Vanderbilt
university by Andrew Carnegie and the
action of the college of bishops, acting as
a board of visitors. in vetoing the said
action of the majority members of the
board of trust. have been criticised by
some persons as not representing the
sentiment of the church at large, there
fore, be it
Resolved, That while we regret that
the terms of the offer of Andrew Car
negie as set forth in his letter making
the offer were such that the church could
not accept it and maintain its self-respect,
we do most earnestly and heartily in
dorse both the protest of the minority of
the board of trust and the veto of the
bishops.
Resolved second That our thanks are
due and are hereby tenderel to the mi
nority of the board and the bishops for
their defense of the rights of the church
In this entire Vanderbilt controversy"
Church Hospitals
Members OF the hospital commission OF
the conference reported that the Method
ist Episcopal church, south, is maintain
ing two hospitals, one of which is the
Wesley Memorial of Atlanta, and the
other the Homer Taberman hospital and
Deacons home at Los Angeles, Cal, ana
that three others are being erected. One
Is the Galloway Memorial hospital at
Nashville. which will cost s575,000; the sec
ond is the Trl-State hospital at Memphis.
costing 100000. and the Third is the Robert
a. Barnes hospital at St. Louis which will
cost Sl,0O0,0OO, and the placing OF a $l,00o,-
90 endowment fund for its operation. The
commission reported great need FOR
more hospitals In Alabama.
Superannuated Roll
Not one request for permission to be en-
tered on the list of superannuated minis
ters was made at the opening session and
the conference voted to allow the follow
ing names to continue on the superan-
nuated roll: j. w. Shores, E. NJ. Turner,
ID. j. Wright, j. S. Williams, j. L. Matki-
son, j. p Sanders, w. ID. owens, 0. ).
Perry, ]. II. Peavy, T. d. Albright, A. A.
Easley, A. H. Moore, c. F. Fisher. j. o.
-sbitI 1toi sc L olltdluc, ~. II. INeeNeS, ~
j. Hartzog, J. F. Daily, B. L. Feagin, N.
h. Hamer, w. d. Heath, A. b. Brown.
L. c. Calhoun, j. B. Nelson and w. e.
Gibson.
Supernumerary ministers for the next
conference year will remain as follows
W. j. Price, l.. T. Reynolds and l.. b.
Green.
Committees Appointed
Committees were appointed at the first
session of the conference and began their
work in executive sessions Wednesday
afternoon. Their reports will be written
Thursday and Friday and probably will
be submitted Friday or Saturday. Mem
bers of the committees selected by Bishop
Hendrix are:
Conference Relations-R. A. Foster, Ell
ba; II. C. Threadgill, Eufaula; ID. +. Eli
sor, Monroeville J. o. Lawrence, Ha-
vana; f. NJ. Atchison, Grand Bay; c. A.
Williams, Montgomery; r. J. H9sken,
Pensacola; L. III. S. Chappell, Sr., Clan
ton; w. M. Curtis, Uniontown; L. b.
Barren, Pine Hill: j. f. Feagin, Brantley.
Public Worship--J. NJ. Dannelly, Mont
gomery, chairman; E, c. Moore, Mont
gomery; j. O. Grogan, Montgomery; p. M.