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BISHOPS COUNCIL
A. N. E.(CAURCH
rent ASUNDER
Rev. j. A. Robinson of Pine
Bluff Leads Dissenters in
Ohio.

A special to the Dayton, O., Journal
from Wherefore, o., where the
bishops council of the A. M. e.
church was in session says:
The bishops council of the A. M. 10.
church met in annual session here at
the close, of the commencement ex-
ercises of Wilberforce university.
The bishops council is composed OF
all the bishops of the connection. All
of the bishops were present except
Bishop J. Albert Johnson of South
Africa and Bishop w. H. Heard OF
West Africa. Both of these bishops
were detained because of the war in
Europe
Vacancies II Board.
The death of Bishop H. VI. Turner,
O. Atlanta, Ca, who was the senior
bishop and president of the board OF
bishops caused Bishop B. F. Lee, D..
D., of Wilberfore, Ohio, to become
the president by the, fact that he was
next in seniority. Bishop Lee has for
many years been the secretary. His
becoming president caused a vacancy
in The secretaryship. Bishop J. S.
sistant secretary, and as such many
though that he would automatically
bscc1lo the secretary till the quad
rennial election, Of officers of the
council in June, 1916. The bishops
met, and Bishop G. S. Smith, Of De-
troit, Mich, urged that the place of
secretary be, filled at this meeting.
A ballot was had and Bishop John
Hurst, of Baltimore. was elected.
Slap at Southern Wing.
Bishop J. S. Flipper took this as
being a slap at the southern wing OF
the church, and walked out of the
council. He was followed by Bishop
W. D. Chapelle, of Columbia, S. c..
who is the presiding bishop over Ar
kansas and Oklahoma, and Bishop ].
NJ Conner, of Little Rock, Ark, the
presiding bishop over Mississippi AMI
Louisiana. These bishops were sur
rounded by host of ministers and
laymen from all sections of the south,
who urged them to make one more
effort to find out if the spirit sec
tionalism was the cause. Of the turn
ing down of Bishop Flipper, or Az
lanta.
Eissenters Go Home.
A. committee OF bishops waited on
Bishop Flipper at the residence of
President Scarborough, o. So univer-
city, last night and he was persuaded
TO wait on the action of the council
today. The morning session of the
council was talgen up entirely in the
vi CT NJ hc
bishops decided that if Bishop Flip
per would sign a. statement to the eff
feet that the bishops had right to
elect at this time, that Bishop Hurst
would decline the election and let
Bishop Ripper serve. Bishop Flippel
refused this offer. and the southern
bishops walked out and took the train
for their respective homes.
Preparing for Fight.
ut is predicted that the southern
wing of the church will go to the
next general conference and by force
OF numbers take every general office
and elect enough bishops from the
south to take complete charge of the
church The election of Bishop
Hurst is declared to be the result OF
we'll laid plan. DR.. J. G. Robinson
of Arkansas, who is president of this
general correctional council went tc
Bishop Chappelle at Atlanta, Ga.
while attending the Cenior Bishops
funeral, while Bishop Turner was yet
in his coffin, and lying in state at the
church. and told him that he heard
two bishops in conversation. and that
one of them remarked. "Now we will
have the opportunity to displace
Bishop Flipper from the secretary
ship and we can bring about the
election of Bishop Hurst, of Balti-
more and true to the story told the
South Carolina prelate by DR.. Robin.
son, Bishop Hurst was elected.