Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1915-11-07
NEGRO EDJCATORS TALK TO
CONtERENCE sESSION-nO.
NATIONS MADE THIM
INTRODUCE NEW MEMBERS
Rev. New Harris, Amarillo Minister,
Introduced A. only Preacher
Who Wouldn't Ik \ Pc.
siding Elder.


Special ia fhr News
CLARENDON. Tex. Nov e C-
The Northwest Texas annual con
fercnc" orcled the fourth day Of its
sixth session this morning with the
usual hymn and prayer and reading.
of scripture lesson
The conference was then called
TO order hy bishop Mccoy followinr
which % telegram from the faculty
an' students oi Stamford College 10
the conference. expressing apprecia
tion OF the selection Of Stamford as
The next meeting place OF the con
ference was read
Tho list o., local preachers elect
cd % Deacons orders vas read and
the following were duly elected
Biz Springs district. ~ A. CLARK J,
Clarendon district. j. u Zinn, Hon
lin district. = T. white, stamford
district. Jesse Townsend. T. y Rye.
Prominent visitors introduced.
The following visitors were intro
duccd by ,hc bishop. Dr MELON
aid, Dr Julian. pastor Of the Chris
tian church OF Clarendon Dr Gil.
bert OF tho Paine College for Colored
people at Augusta. Ga Report ol
the committee on orphanage wa.
filed Referring to thi' report ur
burrows Of the Orphlnagc Board
spoke o., some length on the work
of the Orphans Home o. Waco and
gave o comprehensive sketch Of ~
lahore
over three hundred orphans have
been denied admittancc to the hom'
THIS year. becauac of '..h ot room
but Vhcn the new huilding aud hos
pital arc completed about three hun
dr,d more can BE- given homes
Tho homo is b.oomng 60 a con
siderable extent self supporting al
the iarm 90 yielding good revenue
and the stock OF hoTs and cattle q
very productive
Found Homes for Man, orphans
During tho present year. ncarl'
nny orphans have been placed ir
good homes but as % rule The man
agcmcu' docs not favor letting ou
children and never unless thoy lr'
less than ton years ola and lcFall!
adopted
q = pickous recently deceased
/ bcpucathcd 70 the home property %
approximately $4,000 value an
this is being put into shape eher'
.t ran be- uDd. for th. benefit o
fhn inmates
TH. committee on books and per
.odieIls reported % showed o goo.
interest iu me yauou. publication
0t the church bar noted that ih
/ Methodist Review. me Nashville
/ Christian Advocate and mo Texas
Christian Allocate have all been ru'
no q loss this year aud rccnmmeuieN
/ that owothing be- done io romoy
tbs condition. Presiding Elder J
TT Grisaoid spoke al some longtl
upon The value of Che Advocate ana
wa followed by Dr HIaifcid. Edi
tor of The ToNaS-Chrisuau Advocate
whose remarks wsre iull U. niercs
20 the conference
Bishop MoCoy followed with
strong endorsement OF thcir re-
marks Report o. tHr committe
Vas adopted A. tb.s point The Hish
or called the names ot tne ioiloVlu
ministers who were received into ful
connection y Y Dickinson. J J.
Ruck,r Lcrig smalIWood, G. "
Smith T.. g uagsarl = " FRY,
Is. C. Aston and 4 Plant
Many -Ipornrnuat"s Retired.
The committee on conference r.
lntions died its report which wa
approved The following were nam
"a TOT gupe aruuate relation
: " BAKER u e. Ross A 7
Roberts. G. = Fair J Z Holer'
: n Cru'c6neld. r H Heiter u
lC Jolly. = , Gassoway. J l. stills
H. u bochman. = - Hillhurn .
IT sharp. ! s. Hy8er. s G. Vaughn
! J. NJ Sollia John Z steele ~ I
Hn. A. o. Husscv v T. Cape'
ton. J. T. Galloway. a v Keen.