The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1914-12-03
METHODIST CONFER
ENCE DIVIDED.
TWO MEETINGS NEXT YEAR,
NEW EDITOR FOR CONFER
ENCE PAPER.

Sumter, November 28:-There are
now two Methodist Conferences in
South Carolina the South Carolina
and the Upper South Carolina. This
question was settled this morning
after a vigorous fight. which has
gone on for year.
The 1915 session of the Methodist
Conference will be held in Trinity
church, Charleston, while the Upper
South Carolina Conference will meet
next year in Bethel church, Spar
tanburg.
Rev VIC Kirkland has been named
as editor of the Southern Christian
Advocate by the board of managers
of that publication
This afternoons session of the
Conference practically wound UP the
business of the session of 1914, and
the appointments will probably be
announced Monday afternoon.
The question of dividing the Con-
ference was a special order for I
o'clock this afternoon. 1t had been
determined by yesterdays vote that
there would te division, but the
line of division was the matter for
adjustment.
Rev P B Wells, for the anti-divis-
ionists, made one final effort to pre-
vent division by the introduction of
a resolution proposing postponement
of division until a committee might
consider certain legal questions and
report its findings a year hence
This resolution was laid on the table
by large vote. Mr. Turnipseed then
made an argument for the line which
he proposed. He was followed by
Mr. Mcleod, for his line. The two
lines were voted on separately in an
aye and nay vote. The vote on the
Turnipseed line stood 81 for and I'll
against. The vote on the Mcleod
line stood: Aye, TIA; nay, 80. The
Bishop declared that Mr. McLeod's
line was the line of division.
Mr. W S Gray of Laurens, who
had been an ardent supporter of the
fight against division, moved to make
the vote for the Mcleod line unani-
nous, and this was done. The fight
has been spirited, but the defeated
take their defeat in good spirit and
good feeling prevails.
The committee appointed to con-
slider ways and means for handling
the Southern Christian Advocate
made q report through DR. j S Stokes
1t nominated the following as a
managing board to haye full charge
of this paper: Revs F H Shuler, W
C Kirkland, T D Gillespie, ] c
O'Dell and Messrs Leland Moore, j
B Humbert and G T Quinby.
This board, through MIR Shuler,
chairman, recommended the election
of Rev R E Stackhouse, D D, as edi-
tor of the Advocate. DR. Stackhouse
asked for time to consider.
DR. L F Beatty submitted report
for the Sunday-school board, in which
the Bishop was requested to appoint
Rev w C Owen as field secretary of
Sunday-schools to succeed Mr. j M
Way, who has resigned to accept
work with the general board. Mr.
Way will have charge Of the Sum
day.school work in several States.
At last nights session Bishop Dem
ny and DR. w N Snyder made edu-
cational addresses which were of a
very high order.
The board of education made a
report requesting the Bishop to re-
appoint Rev w | Herbert as educa-,
tional secretary. Mr. Herbert made
a report of his work. which showed
collections amounting to $4,000
during the year.
At the afternoon session the board
of Advocate managers reported.
naming Rev W C Kirkland as editor
of the Advocate. DR. Stackhouse,
who was named earlier in the day,