The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-11-29
SOUTH CAROLINA
IN TWO DISTRICTS
HEREAFTER THERE WILL BE
TWO CONFERENCES IN
THIS STATE
UPPER AND LOWER
SOUTH CAROLINA
The 1915 Conference for Upper
Carolina win Be Held in
Spartanburg.
Special to The Intcilisenocr.

Special TO The IntclIsenecr
SUMTER, Nov. 28.-The fifth day Of
the Methodist Conference resulted in
the election OF VIC. kirkland as the
editor OF the Christian Advocate, the
taking of a vote on the two
lines OF division OF the Conference and
the dispatching OF much business of q
routine nature.
The morning session of the confer
epce was opened with devotional ex-
ercises led by J w Daniel. The COM
mttee on Christian Advocate nomi-
mated the following board OF mana
gers: Clerical-Fs Fl. Shuler, L. ID.
Gillispie, T. c. Os.ell and w. c. Kirk
land; lay-Lelapi Moore, ]. B. Hum
bert and j.. l.. Quimby. This board
retired and Submitted to the confer
ference the nomination of r. q.
Stackhou1e for editor OF the Christian
Advocate. DR.. Stackfouse requested
time to consider the matter. The
nomination OF DIR. Stackhouse as well
as the new board OF managers was
highly satisfactory to the conference.
In the afternoon w. C. Kirkland was
elected to the editorship OF the Ad-
vocate.
The selection of line OF division
OF the conference was taken up; p.
b. Wells offered % substitute resolu-
tion referring the whole matter to
commissicr OF six preachers and Iive.
laymen TO consider aud report back to
conference OF 1915. S, G. T.. Harmon,
Jr., moved to table the substitute ana
1t was tabled by O good majority. r.
y. Turnipseed and ID. M. Mcleod lead
the debate on the two lines submitted
Dy saSIIs. TIE vote 0T: the iinc begin
ming between Greenville and Spartan
burg and ending on the Atlantic ocean
was b2, that on line beginning near
Cheraw and ending ON Savannah river
was ia.
"A ruling Of the presiding elder of
the Orangeburg district was submit
ted for the ruling of the bishop in
yelgsas the trustsssiiiiip off ciiurcii,
property. The ruling Of the bishop
was that the individual church was
entitled to its board OF trustees. r.
Il. Tucker was announced as trans
terred to this conference. The Sum
day school board reported that w. C.
Owen had been elected Sunday school
secretary to succeed j. M. Way TT /,
names OF j. e. Carlisle ard w. s..
Martin were referred to the commit
tee on conference relations for super-
animated and supernumerary rela-
tons, respectively Tho class OF dea-
cons was addressed by Bishop Dem
ney and they were formally elected. 4
!, The 1915, conference for the upper
Carolina conference will be held in
Bethel church at Spartanburg.
Hereafsar there will be two confer
ences in the State. the line OF the d.
vision being as follows: beginning at
the North Carolina line follow the line
between Chesterfield and Lancaster
Counties. Between Kershaw and Fair
field counties thence across Rdchiand
County I'm direct line from tho juno
ton OF Kershaw and Fairfield Coun-
ties at the Seaboard Afr, Line and the
Southern railways. thence In a direct
line to Ridgewood, thence following
the trolley lines to Hyatt's Park.
thence int direct lire 90 Simm,s sta
ttcn Or the Atlantic Coast Line rail-
way, thence I'm a direct line to the
junction OF Calhoun AMI Lexington
Counties at the southern RiehIand
County line, pstween Orangehurg and
&<lAabe3t04l a$Outzttcos utINcbu NI1nKe-
burg sAad Aiken Counties, between
Barnweii and Aiken Counties TO the
Savannah rivers excepe that Smyrna
arid Ebenezer churches In Kershaw
County shall remain IN the upper
conference and Kersfaw and gailcy
churches shall remain In the lower
conference.
The Following information, IN the
Ehape OF resolutions which wa-
adopted by the conference Ia making
the division or the conference, Will be |
OF Interest In this connection:
The name of the lower conference |
shall be .sTiie South Carolina confer
ence. and that the said conference
shall retain the historical records. the |
session number and the chropologicaI
roll; that the name OF The upper con-
ference shall he "The Upper South |
Carolina conference"
J, Resolved. third. that Wofford COL
leEe, Wexford Fitting school. Carlisle /
school, Gokesbury Conferences school.
Columbia College, Lander College and
The Epworth orphanage ,shaIl be the /
property OF tho two cnnfers ncea.
Jointly. The uppe- South f.arciinaI
conferences shalt slesg aix OF the is /
trustees or WoEford College. Wofforf |
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