The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-12-01

counties, between Orangeburg ana
Aiken counties, between Barnwell and
Aiken counties to the Savannah river;
except that Smyrna and Ebenezer
churches in Kersnaw county shall re-
main in the upper conference and Ker-
shaw and Salley churches shall re-
main in tee lower conference.
Resolved, second, That the name of
tie lower conference shall be "The
South Carolina conference" and that
said conference shall retain the his
torical records, the session number
and tne chronological roll; that the
name of the upper conference shall
be 'sThe Upper South Carolina con-
ference
Resolved, third, That Wofford col
lege, Wofford Fitting school, Carlisle
school, Cokesbury conference school,
Columbia college, Lander college and
tie Epworth orphanage shall be the
property of the two conferences
jointly. The upper South Caro-
lima con ference shall elect seven Of 10
thirteen trustees of Wofford college.
Wofford Fitting school, Carlisle school
and Lander college.
The South Carolina conference shull
elect seven and tie upper South Caro-
lima conference shall elect six Of the
thirteen trustees OF Columbia college,
The South Carolina conference shall
elect eight and the upper South Caro-
lima Conference shall ecelt seven of -
trustees Of Epworth orphanage,
The upper South Carolina confer
ence shall elect four and the South
Carolina conference shall elect three
of t. e seven trustees of the Cokesbury
conference school. That the quota Of
trustees elective for each conference
shall be nominated at this time by the
present board of education and elected
Cor two years; thereafter the trustees
for each conference shall be nomi-
mated by the board of education of the
conference they are to represent and
elected by the conference.
Resolved, fourth, That all property
he'd by the original South Carolina
conference other than herein other
wise provided for be held intact by the
present board of managers Of the le-
gal conference and administered for
the benefit equally and jointly of the
two conferences until such time as the
two conferences snail be duly 1ncor-
porated When t2e two conferences
have been duly incorporated said
property shall then be equally dlvld-
ed, as equity and legal requirements
appear between tie two conferences.
Resolved, fifth. That a commission
of three Methodist laymen from within
the bounds of each conference be ap-
pointed upon nomination of the board
of managers of the present legal con-
ference to determine all legal queS-
tions involved in making legal and
proper transfers of property as re-
quired by division of the conference,
said commission to take such steps as
may be necessary to amend the char
ters of the several institutions involv-
ed so as to conform to the require
ments of the division.
Resolved, sixth, That the presiding
elders of tits session of conference as
a board of nomination of boards after
the appointments for 1915 have been
fixed and Immediately before the an
nouncement thereof bring in nomina
tions for the several boards required
by each conference under the divi-
sion.
Resolved, seventh, That the Southern
Christian Advocate shall be the organ
of the two conferences, equally and
jointly The Southern Christian Advo-
cate shall be controlled and directed
by board of eight managers, four to
be elected by each conference This
board shall be elected Quardrennially
upon nomination of the board of edu-
cation of each conference, and shall
have power to cntract for the publica-
tin of the paper, elect the editor and,
as trustees Of tae conference, direct
and control the affairs of the paper.
Resolved, eighth, That the division
OF the South Carolina conference and
all provisions as to division herein
made shall not go into effect until the
announcement Of the appointments for
the respective conferences and the ad-
journment sine die Of this session OF