The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-23
NJ. E. CONFERENCE SELECTS SIXTEEN TO RECONvEY THE RIGHTS CHURCH HAD TO CON TROL VANDERBILT

Oklahoma City. May ee.-Eight mem bers of the clergy and eight laymen were named today by the general con ference of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, as a commission of 16 to reconvey to the eight original pat ronizing conferences whatever rights the church has to the control of Van derbilt university and to consider the advisability of establishing another university as the representative educa- tional institution of the church.
 Bishops w B. Murrah. w A. candler James H. Mccoy and John C. Kilgo Rev. A. j. Lamar of the Alabama con ference, Rev. Platt S Durham of the western North Carolina conference. Rev. Forest J. Prettyman of the Bal timore conference, and Rev. William D. Brafield of the west Texas confer ence are the clerical members of the commission. The laymen appointed are G. T. Fitzhugh. Memphis; Asa q. Cand- Ter and William n. Thomson Atlanta H. R. Fitzgerald, Danville, Pa. T. T. Fishburne. Roanoke. Va; w c. NJ Thomas. Chattanooga. Tenn: John P Scott, Shreveport. La, and ]. F. Cock ferell, Austin, Tex.
 Members of the commission who arc
 
 met informally tonight but because oi the absence of several of the commits. sioners no announcement was made o1 plans contemplated. A call will be is. sued within few days for a mectfns of the commission.
 The conference today also indorsee committee plans for enlargement of tn, scope of endeavor during the nex quadrennium. sanctioned the incorpor ation of the Sunday school board an, authorized the incorporation of tn, Sunday school board and authorized the reorganization of Sunday schoo work.
 Nominations approved included thai of John R. Pepper of Memphis as pres. ident of the board of missions and Mis-: Belle H. Bennett. president of the wom- en's missionary council. As members of the federal council of Methodism tho following were named. | Bishops A. w. Wilson. F. E. Hoss and Collins Denny, Rev, Frank NJ Thomas, Rev. W. J. Young, Rev. John M. Moore, Rev. NJ. l.. Walton and Fl H. Snyder and Percy D. Maddin. | The college of bishops of the Methodist Episcopal church. south. today adopted the following plan of episcopal visitation | for the coming conference year: First District-Bishop F. R. Hendrix Denver Trinidad, Colorado, August 20 Missouri. St. Joseph. September 2: south west Missouri Clinton, Mo- September 16 St. Louis, Charlottesville. Mo-, Sep tember 23.
 Second District Bishop W. A. candler South Georgia. Dawson. Ga Novembel 26 Alabama, Andalusia December ?. Louisiana, Shreveport, December 9; Cuba Mission, Pinar del Rio. Cuba, January 14 l 19i5: Baltimore (place not selected) Marcl | 24. 1915
 
 Third District Bishop II. c. Morrison | New Mexico, Pecos, N. NJ. October IA Little Rock, Little Rock. Ark, November 20; North Arkansas, Batesville. Ark, De eember ?; Florida, Arcadia Fla. Decem !, Der 16.
 | Corean mission, Wonsan, Corea, Angus 19; Japan mission. Arima. Japan, Septem Der 3; China mission, Shanghai, China October 15.
 | Fifth District-Bishop Collins Denny North Alabama. Sylacauga, November 1 north Georgia. Marietta, Ga, Novembe | IS; South Carolina. Sumter, s. C., Novem Der 9; Mississippi, Columbia. December
 Sixth District-B Bishop Kilgo: Illinois Cd,n Ill, August 26 western Virginia, S Albans. September 2; Kentucky, Wilmor, September 16; Kentucky, Louisville. Oo
 tober 23; Portsmouth. Va. November II.
 Seventh District-Bishop w. B. Murrah l Tennessee. Pulaski Tenn, October : Memphis, Paris. November 4 east okla | homa, Ada, Okla, November Ii: wes Oklahoma, Chickasha. November B.
 Eighth District-Bishop W. B. Lambuth | Brazil mission. Juiz de Ford. July ?: soutl | Brazil mission. Alegrete. Brazil, 'Augus 27; Central Mexico, Guadalajara., Mexico November 26; Mexican border mission chichuahua, Mex. December 10; Texas |