The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-05-12
SPIRITED Fight RESULTS
IN SUSTAINING HOSS RULING
North Georgians Ask Establishment Mt
OF University to Take vanderbiIt's
p'ace in Church Support-Women
ASK For Laity Rights-Reports Re.
committed to Committees.


hundred dollars for wrangling over par
ilamentary questions and rules of or.
der is the estimate of what the open.
ing session of the second week of the
general conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, COST as this
was about all that was done for the
three hours.
The conference sessions generally
extend over period of II days and the
publishing agents who handle the fl
financial end of the body estimate the
total expense at $4,000.
The Vanderbilt case only came up
for incidental mention when the North
Georgia delegation asked and was
granted permission to file a corrected
copy of its memorial previously filed
with the special committee. This
memorial asks that the conference
take steps to establish another theo-
logical college in which the church
would be sure of it's ownership and
control, in view of the fact that, ac.
cording to the recent decision Of the
supreme court of Tennessee, "the
church had no longer any control over
Vanderbilt University"
By the adoption of a report Of the
committee on missions the conference
established two new annual confer
ences from the Mexican border confer
ence, the Central Mexico Conference
and the Northwest Mexican, to be
known as the Mexican Border Confer
ence," and the Central Mexican Con
ference"
Bishop Hoss Sustained.
= Spirited discussions over rules oil
i. procedure and interpretations of laws
broke the monotony of the routine o1
Z today's sessions of the conference. The
report of the committee on appoint
ment Of a Joint commission with the
Colored Methodist Church resulted II
a discussion which brought forth al
appeal from the ruling of Bishop Hoss
presiding officer, that a minority re
port of committee must first be sub
mitted to the committee before 1t car
come before the conference. The bish
op's ruling was sustained and the mat
ter recommitted to the committee.
The business of the day was ma
terially hindered by the presentation
of reports which, it appeared, had no
been read in committee, making 1t nee
essary to recommitt many papers.
Many Reports Read.
The reports of DR.. F. j. Prettymar
fraternal delegate to the Protestan
Methodist Church in Baltimore In 1sli
Rev Frank NJ. Thomas, delegate t
the Methodist Episcopal Church at NIL
L. neapolis in 1912, and Bishop Murraf
II delegate to the Japan Methodis
* Church at Tokya in 1911, were rea'
The secretary also read IA telegram
from women in various parts OF Tn
country urging the granting OF lait
rights to women.
Under the roll call Of standing con
mittees for reports the committee Q
itinerary returned a number OF IN
MORALS calling for minor revisions
the church disciplines, with a recoi
mendation for rejection. The repoi
together with other committee return
went to the calendar, under the RUE
The transfer of all work in come
ton with the Colored Methodi
Church from the supervision OF u
+, v,oSsrd of education to the home % depa' "a,
oISIbt of the board of missions W
An}vided for in a report of the CO..
~ lItee on church relations. Inc
was referred to the board OF eo